Record label and collective femme culture return after a year off the grid with a new look and a fresh new compilation in aid of U.N. Women’s Safe Spaces Now. HeForShe x femme culture Vol. 4 brings the label’s charity series into its fifth year and enlists a who’s who of
rising stars across the electronic spectrum.

Featuring artists from three continents and with sonics spanning across UK bass, euphoric vocal-driven banger and leftfield techno, HeForShe x femme culture Vol. 4 demonstrates the breadth of the London label’s uncompromising style.

Funds raised by HeForShe Vol. 4 will be donated to UN Women and will be split equally between their Safe Spaces Now programme (which looks to create safe public spaces for all women and girls) and their Ukrainian relief efforts - delivering on the ground for women and those at risk.

“'G Star RAWR' is the story of Hot Roy Summer™️
I’m feeling inspired by the sun and by feeling warm. Being close to people is the ultimate sense of warmth. Pick up those new jeans and treat y'self. Be kind to you & be kind to others :)” -Roy Mills

@private_planet
@femmeculture

Buy:
https://femmeculture.bandcamp.com/album/heforshe-x-femme-culture-vol-4

HeForShe x femme culture Vol. 4 

PREMIERE: Roy Mills - G-Star RAWR [Femme Culture]

Sputnik One - Supa Natural (w/EMBY) / Grafters  [N-Face 001]

Miami’s @Coffintexts and @jonnyfromspace link up on observe participate with four cuts of hot, heavy and hallucinatory club music

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-coffintexts-x-jonny-space-cienfuegos

CIENFUEGOS

Premiere: Coffintexts x Jonny From Space ‘CIENFUEGOS’

New release by Lyon-based producer LeTo out on December 30th 2022.

LeTo - Gin & Nothing

Buy : gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sans-rel-che
Stream : li.sten.to/vcjyvgex

To celebrate Grid 2nd anniversary, we gathered together thirteen earth-shattering tracks from the bass scene’s most promising creators, all aimed to move you in the most primordial way. Evoking images of vast landscapes and deep underground catacombs.

This compilation takes the listener deep into the earth with twisted percussion workouts from the likes of Jabes, Piezo, Ronan and Sister Zo… and back into the light with serene compositions from E-unity, Tammo Hesselink and A Psychic Yes, whilst Jay Duncan, Basile3 y Clara!, Jonny From Space, Flaty, Seekersinternational, and blu-e join the dots with their genre-defying creations.

As was the case with Grid’s previous compilations 'Improvisations' and 'Da Capo Al Coda', the label once again puts its stamp on a moment in the underground by collecting together productions of the highest quality that push the boundaries but undeniably make you want to move.

1. Tammo Hesselink - Paint Reduce Trick
2. Ronan - Shadowbox
3. E-Unity - Of all the places I could be
4. Basile3 y Clara! - Respira
5. Jay Duncan - Frog Work
6. Jabes - Gaol Figure
7. Seekersinternational - Guide Dem Selecta
8. blu-e - Taken A Turn
9. Jonny From Space - Never The Right Time
10. Sister Zo - EMP
11. Piezo - 4e4u
12. A Psychic Yes - Moz Loves Frogs
13. Flaty - Crossmath

Mastered by Krikor Kouchian
Artwork by Unité Services

Supported by : Akanbi, Anaco, Animistic Beliefs, Aquarian, Aroent, Atrice, Ayesha, Batu, Bill Kouligas, Blank Patrick, Blume, Borusiade, Celestian, Ciel, Cleyra, Danielle, De Grandi, Deena Abdelwahed, Deft, DJ Voices, Doctor Jeep, Ed Davenport, Eric Cloutier, Flore, Formally Unknown, Forest Drive West, Giant Swan, Giulia Tess, Gramrcy, Henry Greenleaf, Huerco S., Glances, Jay Carder, Joanna OJ, Jurango, k means, Kaval, Kouslin, Hassan Abou Alam, Laced, Laksa, Lee Gamble, mad miran, Madam X, Mia Koden, Mumdance, Nazira, Neinzer, Nick Craddock, Oceanic, Ojoo Gyal, Om Unit, Oxyd, Pearson Sound, Ramzi, Realitycheck, Rhyw, Romy Mats, rRoxymore, SHE Spells Doom, Shifted, Slam, SSSLIP, Sofay, Solid Blake, Soso Tharpa, Steve Barker, Syz, Tia Cousins, Unknown Mobile, Valesuchi, Will Hofbauer, Wordcolour, Yilan, Zenker Brothers and more.

Piezo - 4e4u

Artist: @simon-off
Titile: joyful discontent
Label: guides
Release date: 17.11.2023
Format: digital / cassette (edition of 50)
Mastered by: LXC
Artwork: Marta Sieczkowska
Simon Hafner aka Sun People is well known to fans of fast tempos, having released music on labels such as @exitrecords @rua_sound and @through_these_eyes. Hafner presents a wide range of music and guest mixes on his monthly Sub FM radio show and is also releasing music and doing A&R for the label @defrostatica.

His latest cassette on the Guides label, titled Joyful Discontent, is a tribute to minimalism, referencing the works of Frank Bretschneider and Mark Fell. The starting point for this release was a JMT VDR-1 drum synthesizer, characterised by its intuitive aspects, its limited sonic capacities and the challenge to stretch the machine's possibilities. This one instrument informs the structure of the album, fixed in tempo, track and total length. Reducing his tools to a bare minimum, Hafner explicitly refers to specific genre traditions inherent in this radical form. Structurally and sonically, the spirit of clicks & cuts (e.g., Komet’s ‘Rausch’) can be heard, as well as influences from dub, ambient and minimalist drum&bass and footwork.

In his thinking, however, Hafner goes further. The idea of interlocking all the pieces, complementing the overall grid of constraints, provides the frame for a playful exploration. The result was also fuelled by intuitiveaction, such as when a single gesture and decision changes the direction of a process that takes place in real time. When composing, despite the track’s live act structure, he produced recordings that could function as parts of a jigsaw puzzle that can berearranged freely in any order, thus opening the way for a reinterpretation of the whole. This is also why the album will be available in two versions, both as a mix of combined tracks, and as eight individual pieces that make up the whole.

Despite so many formal constraints, Joyful Discontent still sounds accessible. The pieces produced by Hafner move in the direction of Mark Fell’s compositional approaches, where music is devoid of evoking emotion, rather, aiming for a neutral and non-imposing environment for the listener. 

(with the kind support of the city of Graz)

This release is also available on the artist's bandcamp page. If you want to support him directly, I encourage you to do so.

sun people - joyful discontent (preview)

https://jupiter4records.bandcamp.com/album/ardifaon

Cursed dubstep and stomping Half Time

6. Jan Loup - Phonomènes (Eyeza Remix)

This album is a visual journey into the heart of fashion. It is a tribute to the artistry, the drama, and the sheer creativity that unfolds on the runway. We explore not just the clothes, but the moments—the silent preparation backstage, the electric energy of the catwalk, and the stories told in every stitch and silhouette. Each photograph captures the essence of style as a living, breathing art form, celebrating the diverse designers, models, and visionaries who shape the industry. This is a look behind the curtain, a celebration of fashion in its most powerful and beautiful form.

Analog Dream

J TEGA:
https://www.instagram.com/j_tega09
https://www.youtube.com/@jtega9232

B E N D E C I D O.

Everyone needs to sort their stuff out periodically. It's a universal thing, really.

Getting Sorted Out

Produced & Mixed by Realitycheck
Mastered by Lurka (RawaudioUK)
Released by Renascence
Artwork by Ricky Mocky

Buy ''Altered Tech'' : https://isthisrealityorjustadream.bandcamp.com/album/altered-tech

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/2ASkYx4Yb2w6hgsunnVaO7
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After two tasty records released on Renascence, Realitycheck is back with a four-sided third opus. If the precision of technoïd drumtracks and fierce skills for dreamy pads still infuse in this new EP, there is a straight turn towards british spheres happening here. Ravy breakbeats on « xternal », bass-music percussive grooves on « Big Sur » or skinned garage architecture on « Dem », it's a travel through the many faces of this legacy. Landing in space with « Heavy Mantra », a wise futuristic dub bomb for alien minds, this new record delivered by our beloved Realitycheck sets up even further his hability to craft weapons of choice.

Xternal

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