Our sixth VA compilation continues in the collective spirit at the heart of Pressure Dome; here taking its fullest form. The first of its kind in the label catalogue, ‘Two [Is Greater Than] One’ sees a selection of PD regulars and friends of the label put their heads together across eight atmospheric tracks, equally as suited to the club as to solo listening. 

Those who have followed the label for a while will be no stranger to the comp’s first collaborator. Human Resources teams up with London dub techno specialist, Keplrr, on ‘Spring’: a mood-led composition where the impact is contained in atmosphere. Fragmented drum breaks are engulfed by airy synth pads and punctuated by a dancehall-indebted rhythm that marches at 90BPM. ‘Yuppel’ welcomes Noods Radio mainstay Sid Quirk aka Keppel into the mix. He is joined by label boss, Yushh, on a ruminative percussive tool, guided by cavernous drums that fabricate a vivid, immersive environment. With the guidance of Brighton’s Caldera, the journey continues with Süss Choc. The reverb-laden synth plucks on ‘evoke water droplets, and hallucinatory details echo around them to create the illusion of being in a mountainous cove.

Delay Grounds – an audiophile in the truest sense of the word – is next to take the baton. Together, he and Yushh take it up a notch on ‘Telomere’ – a full-bodied club-ready track packed with glitchy chords and giddy drums. A gnarly, Pariah-esque breakdown segues into the track’s second wind where pitched-up vocal chops accelerate it to the compilation’s energetic climax. With the help of London drum specialist, Syz, ‘Fuzbidun’ keeps our feet firmly on the dancefloor. Breakbeats are chopped and rearranged, flitting between double and half time whilst a distorted mid-bass roughens things round the edges, prepping the ground for the compilation’s move to a more inorganic feel.

Bristol don, Forever, joins Yushh next on ‘Passing Notes’ – a groove-driven club track where skittish percussion ricochets from side to side, so palpable it tempts the touch. ‘Crash Bash Party At BUFOs’ is no different. The link-up between Delay Grounds and dance music’s stalwart of musique concrète, Wordcolour, is completely idiosyncratic to both artists: the perfect combination of found-sound percussion and skillfully rehashed vocal samples. It’s up to two PD mainstays – Roy Mills and Human Resources – to close proceedings. A chugging rhythm bubbles under the surface of ‘Sycophantasy’, sending us on a dubbed-out trip before picking the pace back up again.

Copy – Annie Parker
Artwork – Jesse Webb
Mastering – Matthew Bentley

Crash Bash Party at BUFO's

Delay Grounds X Wordcolour - Crash Bash Party At BUFOs (PDCOLLAB001)

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Sandstone [CC3_029] - CloudCore

Buy : https://gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rabatanto-ep
Stream : li.sten.to/8btkpkuq

Toupaz lands on Grid with a luminous, deep and complex EP. 4 tracks mixing impossible genres with contrast as the watchword.

The lead track Rabatanto wanders between dubstep and techno influences, at once dark with sizzling bass lines and ethereal with dubby percussion samples. A club banger for any crowd.

Genuine Connection is the tool of the bunch, galloping along at 142bpm it will thrill everyone with its ultra-detailed uk bass vibe contrasting with airy and colourful synthesizers.

On the b-side, Birdsong slows the tempo with a slow dancehall atmosphere mixed with deep subs and rap vocal samples.

Islandish, the closing track puts the emphasis on emotions, with emo synth lines again combined with dub echoes and a false slowness to create a one-of-a-kind emotional mood.
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All tracks produced and mixed by Timothy Burglar
Mastered by Bob Macc @ SC Mastering
Artwork by Unité Services

Supported by : Amor Satyr, Aroent, Atrice, Ayesha, Batu, Ben UFO, Beatrice M, Blank Patrick, Breaka, Christian Coiffure, De Grandi, Derive, Cousin, Elena Colombi, Emily Jeanne, STL-P, Ey.rah, Giant Swan, Glitter55, Gramrcy, Henry Greenleaf, Hewan Aman, Jan Loup, Josi Devil, Laurent Garnier, Lena Willikens, K Wata, Madam X, Monotronique, Nono Gigsta, Object Blue, Oceanic, Ophélie, Orson, Plebeian, Polygonia, Quest?onmarq, Raär, Romy Mats, Shy One, Soso Tharpa, Sybil, Syz, Toma Kami, Warzou, Will Hofbauer, Yushh and more.

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Genuine Connection

My track from the first installment of the Obligated Records annual compilation, entitled 'Vol.1'. A 15 track instrumental comp of Grime, Techno and everything in between.

https://obligatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obligated-records-vol-1

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released May 31, 2024

Artsts:

- 1oo1o
- Bianca Oblivion
- Bluetoof
- Burna
- Chamber 45
- Henry Greenleaf
- JLSXND7RS
- Jossy Mitsu
- Lozzy
- MJK x Impey
- Sister Zo
- Skee Mask
- Swimful
- Syz
- Toura

Mastering: Joker
Artwork: Oblig

Obligated Records: Vol.1

Noceros

The Abyssal Zone

INTLPDCOMP003

Chaos Among The Peaches

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Fred again & Skepta - Victory Lap (RAVENSCOON FLIP) [free DL]

Tracklist
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NxxxxxS - Marble Floors
Swami Sound, gum.mp3, m.e.h. - Image of You
Stylust, Abstrakt Sonance, JLEON - Stay Close
Mark Holiday, DJ Trendsetter - Do it Right
Tamae - Drive Thru (Ekany Edit)
Sam Binga, Machinedrum - MSG
Logic1000 - fused (DJ-Kicks)
Oklou - obvious
Alicks - in the night part 2
Anduin - The Tide
FKA twigs - Sticky
OAKK - Moving On
Nick León, Lavurn - Product of Attraction
El-B, SP:MC - Solstice
Mr. Bill - Meaningful Ambiance
Felix Rösch - Apreggios
Oblique Occasions - Carry On
Rei Harakami - owari no kisetsu
Papa Romeo - deep purp
Keiko Maruyama - どうぞこのまま

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Swimful's PM2.5 available exclusively from Juno now! In all other shops Feb 5th.

www.junodownload.com/artists/Swimful/releases/

Taken from Swimful - PM2.5
Release date: February 5th 2016
Mastered by Conrank Frederickson
Cover by Bryan Fisher
SVBKVLT 2016

For the first release of 2016, SVBKVLT are proud to present PM2.5, the third solo-release of Shanghai-based producer Swimful. Named after the toxic particles in polluted air, PM2.5 sees Swimful tackling more dancefloor-oriented rhythms with his signature sound palette of dreamy, weightless ambience.

Swimful is the alias of English-born, Shanghai-based producer Jamie Charlton. Having spent much of his youth performing improvised music, self-releasing CDRs independently and collaborating with artists such as Machinefabriek on the Echolalia project in 2010, he went on to study Sound Arts in London, where he was tutored by composers such as David Toop.

During this time, the Swimful project was born and collaborations with Lil B and Main Attrakionz followed. His recent forays into grime and club music have garnered support from a range of DJs and producers such as Slackk, Murlo, Scratcha DVA and J-Cush, and received airtime on stations such as Rinse FM, NTS and Radar Radio.

SVBKVLT: svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/

Swimful: @swimful

SVBKVLT


Swimful - Bounce

Taken from the Termina EP  //  Out May 17th on R&S Records 
smarturl.it/termina  //  @r-srecords

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