DJ Mag Premieres

Today we host a stellar premiere from one of the most illustrious producers within the electro scene, Controlled Weirdness. The South London bass merchant arrives on the coveted imprint, Cultivated Electronics with a four track EP that screams vintage electro.

Controlled Weirdness has remained somewhat in the shadow’s of the electro scene, known best for his monthly radio show on Threads, his Presence Unknown label and Electric Sweat events. The DJ and producer is very much intwined in the London scene, yet remains to some degree on the fringes, making the EP name In The Shadows impeccably fitting.

The Londoner has been rocking the decks and perfecting his craft since the mid-’80s when as a youngster, Electro and early ’80s pirate radio started his obsession with electronic music and he played his first gig at “The House of Dolls” in Farringdon where he soon became resident. After a stint in New York from 1989 he met Joel Bevacqua aka DJ Deadly Buda, who after returning to his hometown of Pittsburgh invited Neil (Controlled Weirdness) to play at the first ever rave there in 1991, leading to a 6-month stint of events.

Upon Neil’s return to London in 1992 he started a radio show on pirate station Chillin FM alongside his sister, Stacey (later known as NoYeahNo). Many more events followed until in 1996 and then he formed Unearthly Records. Since then, he has played worldwide from plush clubs to dirty warehouses and has appeared on a variety of labels including Audio Illusion, Control Tower, Praxis, Zhark, Dirty Needles, Fdb and Still Raven.

As Controlled Weirdness arrives on sister label of Cultivated Electronics, Cultivated Electronics LTD which specifies in vinyl only releases he brings with a quartet of prime electro cuts. The four track EP is ripe with tough electro rhythms, timeless acid lines and earthy soundscapes.

Corona Acid does exactly what it says on the tin. A rolling acid soaked club tool that simmers through unwavering 303 lines and heavy 808 bass drums. This is the perfect track to set the tone for the club, or on the other hand wind it down. Top shelf electronic music, from an unsung hero of electro.

Controlled Weirdness
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In The Shadows

Four Four Premiere: Controlled Weirdness - Corona Acid [Cultivated Electronics LTD]

Waterford, Ireland DJ and producer @cailin1210 debuts on [R]3volution Records with five cuts of dark, cavernous techno

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-cailin-dkw

Premiere: Cailín ‘DKW’

Latvian duo Queer On Acid return to Dense & Pika’s Kneaded Pains label with another stellar release. 
The ‘Rollerblader’ EP brings together a trio of bangers, further adding to the pair’s arsenal of tuneage that has found favour on labels like Josh Wink’s Ovum Recordings, Shadow Child’s Takeout imprint, and their own Queer On Acid record label.

Lead cut ‘Rollerblader’ is built upon thunderous beats and rattling snares, a simple stabbing horn penetrating through the granite hard drums. ‘Psycho’ gets raw and nasty with its brain scrambling elements, leaving ‘Inhale’ to close the EP with its deep and trancey low-frequency oscillations with ear-piercingly high-pitched sounds.

Queer On Acid 
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Kneaded Pains
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Queer On Acid - Rollerblader EP

PREMIERE: Queer On Acid - Rollerblader (Kneaded Pains)

'Amy Dabbs unveils a new EP on Low Battery Records...'

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Premiere: Amy Dabbs - Don't Go [Low Battery]

At the very coalface of the UK rave/breakbeat/techno/call it what you like scene since the 1990s, Jerome Hill is something of a hidden treasure amongst the plethora of DJs and producers to have dropped both bangers and bloopers over the ensuing three decades.  With minimum of fuss and fanfare, Hill has steered record labels like Super Rhythm Trax, Don’t, Fat Hop and Hornsey Hardcore to revered acclaim, as well as firing out a consistent stream of releases for imprints such as Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Jr, Exalt Records, and I Love Acid, to name but a few.

Surprisingly, ‘Flow Mechanics’ is Hill’s debut album after a production career that kicked off in 1998 as one half of Groove Asylum. And its collection of unabashed acid and rave bangers is a perfect fit for the Hypercolour label, whose personnel over the last few years has included Luke Vibert, DMX Krew, Shelley Parker and Gary Gritness.  Tracks produced directly for club play; the album features 8 cuts destined to fit in cross-genre sets.

With pumping electro cuts such as ‘Deafening Lull’ and ‘Knob Jitter’, four to the floor acid stompers like ‘Walk The Plank’, the mutant garage of ‘Brought Up Badly’ and the house groover ‘Stax Had The Funk’, ‘Flow Mechanics’ is a joyous romp through rave’s sound palette, replete with playful samples and skits (featured on the vinyl LP version), and a mischievous demeanour that affords the listener an lively album that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Flow Mechanics

Jerome Hill - Flow Mechanics (HYPELP022) [clips]

Pre-order: https://pardonrecordings.bandcamp.com/releases

Amsterdam-based DJ @twiena has gone from strength to strength with her perfect blend of heavy rave and booty-moving electronic sounds. Her debut release, ‘Work’, on @pardonams' 'Whut?! Vol. 1' compilation solidifies this more than justified rapid rise in the Netherlands. 

‘Work’ features an ever-present kick that cuts through the sample and sits perfectly above its addictive bubbling bassline. Impossible not to werk too, a familiar motivational voice drops in to remind you exactly how the song should be enjoyed.

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Premiere: Twiena 'Work'

@aksportsdj steps up on Asquith’s Higher Power label with four warehouse-rattling techno cuts

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-ak-sports-lockdown-big-smoke

Premiere: AK Sports ‘Lockdown In The Big Smoke’

@rupture's Planets EP series returns with label regulars and first-timers delivering expansive, star-gazing junglism Voytek, Djinn and Type

More info: https://djmag.com/news/premiere-type-hummer

Hummer

Premiere: Type ‘Hummer’

Fiasco! founder @reecespooner fuses heady club beats with irresistible pop hooks on his debut solo EP

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-reece-spooner-hoxton-skank

ClubPop Vol. 1

Premiere: Reece Spooner  ‘Hoxton Skank’

@j-shadow's debut album for @Keysound-recordings is an eight-track collection of cosmic, exploratory music inspired by the UK’s long electronic music lineage and perceptions of reality

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-j-shadow-parallel-worlds

Final Departure

Premiere: J-Shadow ‘Parallel Worlds’

Big Miz returns to the fold with five club cuts in the form of 'The Bothy Code' EP. Hear the Glaswegian DJ/producer's acid-laced thumper 'Sleep Well' with fellow Scot Ewan McVicar now.

The Bothy Code

Premiere: Big Miz 'Sleep Well w/ Ewan McVicar'

Poznań-based DJ and Oramics member @MOLIMONSTER records a high-velocity mix of techno, breaks and rave NRG for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Niamh O’Connor about learning to mix at house parties and the @bathroomdjgreatesthits meme account

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-190-monster

Fresh Kicks 190: Monster

Rosa Anschütz - Goldener Strom Remixes 2
BUY LINK: https://orcd.co/goldenerstromrmxs2
Release date 27th January 2023
Label: BPitch (https://soundcloud.com/bpitch-control)
https://soundcloud.com/rosaanschuetz https://soundcloud.com/umfang

As the impact of Goldener Strom, Rosa Anschütz’s debut LP for BPitch, continues to be felt far and wide, we bring you the second instalment from the remixes package. This two-track release contains compelling reinterpretations from Aasthma and Umfang. Both artists are renowned for their maverick take on electronic music, and their reworks pay homage to the original works in unique style.

Aasthma takes a considered approach with his remix of ‘Sold Out’, composing a downtempo cut that honours the original vocal with a highly emotive instrumental. Sombre drones drive the low end, while a solitary string amplifies the emotional power of this stirring rework.

On the flip, Umfang channels her distinct sound into a spacious and tempered revision of ‘Polished’. Rosa’s vocals rever- berate through this stripped back cut. Subdued drums and bass give the vocals plenty of breathing space on a carefully poised composition that complements Aasthma’s rework.

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PREMIERE : Rosa Anschütz - Polished (Umfang Remix)

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Taken from the album In Order To Dance 4.0 >> fanlink.to/RS2220

Belgian artist & producer Kris Vanderheyden has been a tour de force on the electronic music landscape ever since careering onto the scene in the early 1990s.  A regular collaborator with CJ Bolland (co-writing the landmark ‘The 4th Sign’ album release, as well as on the huge singles ‘Sugar Is Sweeter’ and ‘The Prophet’) as well as remixing global stars Blondie and Janet Jackson, Vanderheyden has also been knocking out bona fide rave classics under the Insider moniker.

Having already fired out releases for esteemed imprints such as Cocoon many big Belgian techno labels over the last three decades, ‘Something Flash’ surprisingly Insider’s first release for R&S Records under this alias. And the wait is most definitely worth it, as a rollicking club banger is put together, as Insider bares his teeth for a fusion of slamming, kinetic techno and pumping dancefloor grooves delivered with punk attitude.

Download/Stream

Insider - Something Flash (RS2216) [clip]

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