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Dam Swindle's Wanderist returns to Aus Music with club-ready three tracker, Imagine 

The Dutchman's third EP for the label blends breakbeats and house rhythms into fulsome electronic soundscapes  

Wanderist is the solo project of Maarten Smeets, half of the influential Dam Swindle duo. With that project and their Heist Recordings label, Smeets has spent the last decade-plus touring the world's best clubs and festivals and cooking up timeless house sounds across a wide spectrum of sub-genres. Earlier this year, they dropped their third full-length Open, which was a personal deep dive into a range of melancholic, ethereal sounds that often veered away from the dance floor and into lush home-listening. 

This new EP finds Smeets back in club mode and tapping into personal inspirations, from dreamy electro to dubby techno. Following his previous two outings on this label in 2020 and 2021 - which picked up support across the board from tastemakers like Len Faki, Anastasia Kristensen, Josh Wink and Luke Slater plus plays on BBC Radio 1, Ibiza Sonica and many more - he taps into fresh rhythms and a futuristic energy that moves body and mind. 

Opener 'Imagine' has shimmering synth work bringing scale to crisp, well-programmed broken beats. Careful, tender synth sequences layer in unresolved suspense while refracted vocal fragments and glitchy textures push into an otherworldly space. 'Wait' is a speedy cut built on deft but kinetic broken beats with a free-roaming bassline leading up to the stars. It's an immersive sound with lush layers of synths and cascading arps all dragging you into their orbit. 'Just a Groove' maintains the momentum with sparkling chords and urgent, cantering drums. Progressive melodies glow while the most subtle of trance chords hint at old school hands-in-the-air euphoria. 

Wanderist's 'Imagine EP' arrives on 19th September. 

1. Imagine
2. Wait
3. For You



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https://properbalance.bandcamp.com/album/pbal001

For Proper Balance´s first ever release, Valencian well established producer Pépe delivers an EP showcasing his versatility. PBAL-001 may contain: glitch, warp, warble, hiss. Optimal playback conditions will produce significant alteration of vibrational bodies with full range oscillation in the 20-20k hz range. Assembled by Pépe in twentytwentyfive.

Pre-sales up now via our bandcamp, Subwax distribution and more. Out October 3rd.

Artist: Pépe (Valencia, Spain) @ae.pepe_ 
Title: PBAL001
Format: 12”/ Digi
Distributed by: @subwaxbcn  Artwork by @tegifo.studio 
Mastered by Beau at Ten Eight Seven mastering (London, UK) @teneightsevenmastering 

A1: Fen´d out
A2: Count
B1: Meow Meow
B2: Nag

Thanks to everyone involved in this journey.

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Pre-order: https://thirdplacerecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-are-you-drinking-ep

Japan’s @sakuratsuruta appears for the first time on Will Hofbauer’s @thirdplacerecords with a new EP, ‘What Are You Drinking?’, a dreamscape of soothing synths, rubbery basslines, and playful, unrelenting grooves.

"The question, "what are you drinking?" for me is a soft invitation - something I find myself asking when the bass is thumping, and I’m feeling a little social. This EP is a toast to that moment - the buzz, the curiosity, the clinking glasses, and spontaneous laughter. A sonic nightcap for the dancefloor," she says.

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Premiere: Sakura Tsuruta 'What Are You Drinking'

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Pre-order: https://suchimusic.bandcamp.com/album/sub-cut

@suchisuchi debuts her new @ikke-sant imprint with 'Sub Cut', featuring three tracks of shimmering psychedelia in hybridised club fun.

The EP's ultimate track 'Propeller' digs deepest, its heightened tempo summoning celestial arpeggios while its charged low end pumps deep for an eyes-closed finale.

Premiere: SUCHI 'Propeller'

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