PSEUDUB004 is here :) 

This time we welcome the mighty @plebeiann, since hearing his release on Eternal Ocean last year we've been completely obsessed with his music and feel very lucky to be releasing this wicked dub. We also welcome one of the most exciting artists about currently in @juicy_chewlie who has provided a masterpiece of a remix <3 

10 of these will be cut as usual & full digi release x
Release date: 07/10/2022
Pre-order link: https://pseudonymrecords.bandcamp.com/

PSEUDUB004

PSEUDUB004- Plebeian - Holistic / Paradiso [PREVIEWS]

@yutotakei lands on Maloca with a stunning 7-track EP featuring a special remix from @kondukukonduku

MLC008 - Yuto Takei - MA EP - 間 EP
maloca.bandcamp.com/album/ma-ep

MA EP 

Yuto Takei - Oriental Microscope (Konduku Remix)

https://maloca.bandcamp.com/album/siiix-vol-1

Lying somewhere between a collaborative EP and a compilation, Brussels-based label Maloca Records presents SIIIX, Vol.1, a body of work showcasing a dialogue between veteran Netherlands-based HIIIT (fka percussion ensemble Slagwerk Den Haag) and 6 producers operating across a diverse spectrum of electronic music. Shimmering between footwork, IDM, UK bass and ambient, this project is united by a shared acoustic palette.

Born in 2021, HIIIT was directed by group member and respected multi-instrumentalist/composer Frank Wienk (Binkbeats) to record a sample bank from their vast collection of instruments and unique percussive sources, comprising everything from plastic fuel cans to the largest tam-tam in Europe. A select group of producers were then commissioned to compose sketches from this sample bank.

Chosen by HIIIT are label newcomers Azu Tiwaline, upsammy, Julian Sartorius, Krampfhaft and Valentina Magaletti, as well as Belgian drummer and producer Hi Hats In Trees, who returns to Maloca after releasing his album ‘Artefacts’ on the label last year. Each producer was hand-picked for their percussion-focused music approach and in many cases, their background as drummers.

After creating their sketches, the works were sent back to HIIIT, who recorded more unique layers of percussion on top of these initial pieces. These were then returned to the commissioned producers, with the brief being to utilise the newly recorded material in any way; but to ultimately create fully-realised pieces of music with it.

The final result led to 6 wildly different sonic outcomes. From the high-energy workouts of upsammy’s ‘Embrytone’, Azu Tiwaline’s ‘Brain Rattled’ and Hi Hats In Trees’s ‘CAIRO’, to Julian Satorius’s warped rhythms in ‘Klutsel-Klötzli’, or the cinematic ambient spaces conjured by Kramphaft’s ‘Anticline’ and Valentina Magaletti’s ‘A Drink with the Queen of Wands’, Maloca x HIIIT is a collection of music which rattles and pulses across the electronic music continuum. What unites this record is the acoustic colour and sense of life which would have been next to impossible to achieve without the bespoke sonics from HIIIT.

As a whole, the record can be considered as an organic dialogue; be it between composers and producers from a conceptual standpoint, or between acoustic sound sources and the resultant electronic manipulation when listening to the material.

Artwork by Quentin Lacombe

SIIIX, Vol.1

Azu Tiwaline - Brain Rattled

Available to pre-order from Second Born Bandcamp: https://secondborn.bandcamp.com/album/prefrontal-asymmetry

Porter Brook’s experimentation with Live Coding considers the reality of dance music culture in the 2020’s to be inseparably mediated through algorithms and digital space. The attention economy and the corporate co-optation of the underground has dissolved a large part of dance music culture in an acrid solvent of content creation.

Prefrontal Asymmetry liberates itself within the overstimulation which this generational change demands of us. By seldomly evoking traditional motifs and clichés of the dance-floor amongst fierce algorithmic noise and repurposed snippets of short-form digital media, Prefrontal Asymmetry provides an alternative and optimistic thesis on the perceived annihilatory Zeitgeist of Gen-Z Clubland:

“Nothing can be more freeing than resigning oneself to onslaught of stimulus, and rejecting the sincerity of such content in favour of heartfelt experimentation, cherished relationships and the joy of experience.”

This modus operandi is bolstered by collaborative work with Lagos Born, Manchester Based vocalist LINTD [@L1NTD], who provides technologically mutated ruminations on self esteem, value, and fear within our contemporary landscape. A remix from GAEL [@gaelabakarova] on the B side further contextualises and physicalises the message.

TL;DR - This record is sort of TikTok Techno.

Written and Produced by Porter Brook
Additional contributions by GAEL and LINTD
Mastered by Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare
Manufacturing by Press On, Middlesborough
Release Artwork by GRID
Distributed by Second Born

Prefrontal Asymmetry

SB001: Porter Brook - Prefrontal Asymmetry EP [Previews]

comicsansrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sal-y-sangre

From high above, atop the highest peak of the tallest mountain, grows a shrieking plant that the locals call Malesa, a spanish word that means “weeds”, if we allow ourselves a slight adjustment in spelling. But far from being an undesirable growth, the duo formed by Paola Avilés and Eloi Petillon represents a promise we wish to see flourish in all its glory.

Between epic drone, enchanting trip-hop ballads, and club tracks written under the moonlight, they release a hybrid and elusive debut album that still remains accessible to all. "Sal y sangre" (Salt and Blood): two alchemical ingredients mirroring love and madness; two crucial elements for crafting a fantastical world, where stone giants, snake tongues, mad dogs and unfaithful feathers meet at the crossroads. Thus, a symbiotic relationship between fantasy and reality rise up and transmute in the music itself, in which digital sound design techniques cohabits with field recordings and acoustic instruments from the tangible world.

With a sense of poetry and esotericism, Malesa unveils a magical chiaroscuro work, spelling invitations to dance and invocation rituals which seamlessly succeed each other in a strange coherence. Bewitching anyone who dared to pull it out, the weed definitely takes root for good and will soon be ready to whisper its magic to the clouds…
credits
released July 9, 2024

Music : Paola Avilés & Eloi Petillon
Lyrics : Paola Avilés
Mastering : Lorenzo Targhetta
Artwork : Omer Mosseri
CD Design : Francesco Tosini
A&R : sleek fata
Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 mixed by Damna

Malesa - Diablo

Monochrome Premiere :

Artist : @vvcr
Track : Wood
Album : Out of Step VEP
Label : @baitlabel
Format : Digital
Release date : October 10, 2024
Artwork : Beatrice M
Mastering : Bademjan

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄 : VCR - Wood [bait]

On Bait's third various artist release, the label seeks out the weird and wonky with the apt title 'Out Of Step'. Standing out from the rest of the label's releases, 'Out Of Step' features tracks from ex.sses, lloydfears, gillielove, VCR and lastly Ōtone, who's track we're premiering today. 

Berlin-based artist Ōtone brings organic and ASMR-like elements to the release with their single 'Valve'. Creating what they describe as 'mineral grooves' as they build these sonic worlds via their collection of field recordings, 'Valve' is a chugging swampy track that leaves you feeling like you've hiked through a metallic jungle, clanging against the various plant life on your journey.  

Out Of Step VEP by Various Artists will be released on the 18th October via Bait - pre-order here: https://baitdubstep.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-step-vep

@otonenoto
@baitlabel

Premiere: Ōtone - Valve (Bait)

OUT NOW ON BANDCAMP & STREAMING (SPOTIFY ETC.)

1. Dubbing Myself
2. Cruisin
3. Cruisin (Tatradang Remix)

The "Dubbing Myself EP" heralds W3C's return to sonic experimentation, diving deep into the roots and future of soundsystem culture. Paying homage to the rich lineage of UK electronic music, the EP also serves as a meditation on W3C's creative evolution.

The title track draws from the spirit of Foul Play's legendary 1992 classic "Dubbing You," yet stands firmly on its own ground. Gritty percussion and a brooding bassline drive the track, channeling the soul of 90s Jungle and Hardcore into a contemporary techno journey brimming with tension.

"Cruisin" takes a different path, melding earthy textures, tribal rhythms, and hints of Latin flair into a hypnotic exploration of dub techno. A deep sub-bass anchors the track, as it shifts between the driving precision of a 4/4 techno rhythm and the frenetic energy of breakbeats.

Closing the release, Tatradang (formerly minciisha ieraksti) reimagines "Cruisin" with a Brazilian funk-inspired rework. Centered around powerful kick drums and dynamic percussion, the remix weaves in enigmatic flutes and string instruments, amplifying the original’s Latin pulse while confidently emphasizing its own identity.

W3C - Cruisin

Jènic - Infinity (Original Mix)

Panorama (Short Version)

Release: Listen While Drinking
Artist: CucaRafa
Label: Synthlab Records
Catalog: SLRX0025
Release date: August 29, 2025
Format: Digital
Mastering: Nicolas Vogler

Tracklist:
1. Bill
2. Baile Funk
3. Pizza Hut
4. I Can Feel It

https://soundcloud.com/cucarafa_1312
https://www.instagram.com/cucarafa

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SYNTHLAB RECORDS

Instagram: instagram.com/synthlab.records
Bandcamp: synthlabrecords.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: @synthlabrecords
Facebook: www.facebook.com/synthlabrecordsgermany/

Mastering by Nicolas Vogler
www.instagram.com/nicolasvoglertechno

Design by Cold Visuals
www.instagram.com/cold___visuals



W3C - Cruisin

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