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Premiering Escaflowne's (@escaflowne-iii) remix of 'ACAB' by PowerPlay (@dj-playplay & @cpowers) taken from the Breaking Capacity EP out June 18, 2021 via @sorry-records

Introducing PowerPlay — the new collaborative project from C Powers (Sweat Equity, CGI, Astral Plane/Contagion Discs) and PlayPlay (Knightwerk, Juke Bounce Werk, Worst Behavior). Long in the works, Sorry Records is proud to present the duo’s debut release Breaking Capacity. Eight tracks that gleefully fuse breakbeat frenzy, energetic jungle, and uncompromising queered antifascism made with love by two long-time members of the American South rave underground.

There's also two huge remixes — an acid take from rising Brooklyn producer Escaflowne (Sorry Records, Fixed Rhythms) fresh off his inclusion on all three of MoMa Ready/AceMo's mission statement Haus of Altr V/As as well as a jaw hanging bass mix from west coast rave royalty Bored Lord (CLUB CHAI, Loveless Records, Juke Bounce Werk)who has a forthcoming release via Octo Octa & Eris Drew's T4T LUV NRG imprint.

PlayPlay and C Powers first connected years ago bonding over their similar experiences growing up as young queer ravers in the south. These two trans/non-binary comrades felt as if they were cut from the same cloth and shared a love for late 90’s American Drum and Bass, cheesed-out “electronica” and the less-savory staples of the southern rave experience like muddy Kikwear and JNCOs, Mountain Dew at the rave, dehydration, afterparties on racetracks, and 5 a.m. Waffle House visits.

The duo began their production collaboration four years ago and like typical southerners they’ve been slow-cooking it. The results yield fall-off-the-bone basslines, well-seasoned Amen break experimentation, submerged voices, and sauce-doused synth work. One of their earliest efforts, “ACAB”, has taken on new significance as America slides further into a state of societal collapse. On “ACAB” breakbeat-based elements from the past collide in new configurations of bass, speech, and queered takes on beat sequencing.

The music on “Breaking Capacity” seeks to rupture the civility politics of dance music that keep self-reproducing, and queer the traditional expectations around dance music. As the release title suggests, Breaking Capacity is about the practice of building relationships and care focus in order to collectivize an unstoppable opposition against state repression.

This is reflected in the narrative aspects of Breaking Capacity which arrive via abstracted self-care mantras, meditative reflection, and cascade into an anti-police anthem infused with radical love. Having grown tired of a dance music hell-bent on trying to locate relevance in the past, PowerPlay seeks to recenter the revolutionary edge of dance music in the contemporary.

Breaking Capacity was mastered by DJ SWISHA (Juke Bounce Werk, Fools Gold) and has already been supported in mixes from BEIGE, Gabe/The Astral Plane, Spinee (PC Music), Rose Kourts, and Bored Lord herself who included tracks in both her DJ Mag Fresh Kicks mix as well as a recent Pride 2021 mix for BBC Radio 6.

Written, produced, and mixed by C Powers and PlayPlay
Artwork by amad.studio
 Remixes by Bored Lord & Escaflowne
 Mastered by DJ SWISHA

Breaking Capacity

DRILLPREMIERE: PowerPlay -  ACAB (Escaflowne's Acid Bastard Remix) [Sorry Records]

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Roy savage coming in hot with their debut EP!! 4 Club ready dance floor destroyers. Look out for more from Roy in the near future.....

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Roy Savage - I ain Clubbin' EP (SAMPLER)

In a galaxy far, far away (known to the initiated as "Australia") a new record label has emerged 🌌 @saucetraxx have put together a stunning line-up for their first VA compilation, which is out on the 4th of September and features familiar faces like DJ @karawai, @djmellg and @3phasesupply.

We have the honour of premiering "Darth Fader", an absolutely stunning belter by @osckins, who started his own killer label, @shubzin, this year. This forceful track manages to be an amazing amalgamation of rattling Amen Breaks, fat Sub-Bass and Star Wars Samples, without just ticking off classic UK Hardcore or Jungle Techno tropes. Still, the track's ability to destroy planets will most likely only reveal itself on a massive Soundsystem at Notting Hill Carnival 2021. Now press play to make the jump to lightspeed!

PREMIERE: Osc Kins - Darth Fader (Sauce Traxx)

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Premiering Jonas Friedlich Remix's (@jonasfriedlich) remix of 'Unknown - Dont Dance' taken from the Nasty Enterprises Vol. 4 - Family Affairs compilation EP out November 6, 2020 via @nastyenterprises

“The Kurl has some family business for you to work through. The 4th release on Nasty Enterprises brings together friends, artists and affliates. „Family Affairs“ paints a picture of today’s dance music (and when in the history of dance music the word today was weighty in meaning). The recipes for Nasty Enterprises Vol.4 are lush in sound and feel. Each track an erotic adventure in itself. Electro-leaning, vocal-heavy or stripped down breakbeat: The Kurl’s family’s got a signature, and it’s gonna make you dance.”

Family Affairs

DRILLPREMIERE: Unknown - Dont Dance (Jonas Friedlich Remix) [Nasty Enterprises]

Out November 27, pre-order it here: https://sabrinabellaouel.bandcamp.com/album/libra

@sabrinabellaouel is releasing her new six-track EP 'Libra' via @infine-music.

Sabrina sends a message of female empowerment on ‘Arab Liquor’ - a track penned on remembering the separate male and female floors Sabrina once served working in a London Shisha Bar, a nod to her Saudi, Iraqi and Pakistani female customers. On the track, Sabrina says - “A big delirium! I had fun doing this piece. I was a waitress in a Shisha Bar in London for two years. The men and women each had their own floor. I could have played this song for my Saudi, Iraqi and Pakistani customers. It's for them. Women! Empowerment!”

Libra

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Premiere: Sabrina Bellaouel 'Arab Liquor'

Artists: @jamaimoi    @therealselfhood
Label: @barbecueclub

Pre-save: backl.ink/144921700

Jamaimoi left Paris for Lisbon to work as a freelancer, surf under the sun, mix on the beach and in the city’s natural wine bars. This dreamy combination gives a unique sound, close to Mézigue for the big kick and the powerfull way that he uses samples sometimes but with this warm and solar side borrowed from the Portuguese climate; a signature that he called “frenchghettotouch” characterized by the EP’s eponymous track eponymous. But it is with “This Girl Change My Morning Routine” that we introduce him with this beautiful 5 minutes R&B loop that he has redefined. The English producer Selfhood brings the title to Miami by presenting a definition of what he calls ghetto.

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[PREMIERE] Jamaimoi - This Gurl Change My Morning Routine (Selfhood remix) [barbecue]

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DRILLPREMIERE: Unknown - Dont Dance (Jonas Friedlich Remix) [Nasty Enterprises]

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