Bakongo comes proper with two stripped back drum workouts for TRULE’s 10” series. UK Funky pioneer Roska has been making great percussion tracks under his Bakongo alias for some time now. On Thirteen/Level Cowbell he continues this with two rugged, skeletal drum tracks with tough, minimal bass and the faintest trace of texture in there that absolutely demand to be moved to.

Bakongo - Thirteen/Level Cowbell Clips

Our long awaited second record comes in the form of a vinyl only VA, showcasing a variety of experimental club sounds from the UK’s underground.

UK Bass duo @heritage_ds collaborate with @Delouk on the A1. Following up EARWAX001 and The Reminiscence EP with a signature Bass/Breaks hybrid, Undesirable.

The A2 comes from the Berlin based and Sneaker Social Club affiliate, @Lowendactivist. 'Circle Speak' is a 140bpm low end, club weapon who’s rolling sub bass and mid-track percussion set the precedent and typify’s LEA’s genre bending style.

On the flip, we welcome Leeds producer @Krotone to the label, bringing with him a forward thinking Techno-Garage sound. The gradual onset of signature dubbed out chords on 'Immersed' make for a lengthy hypnotic breakdown and an emotional return to the dance floor.

Closing things out is @yosh_productions, who’s been firing on all cylinders since his 2020 emergence with serious EP's on Vivid, Time Is Now and Holding Hands. His remix of 'Immersed' is an all-out, drums blazing, breaks wobbler.

Cat No: EARWAX002
Ltd to 300.
Hand stickered & stamped on 12" white label.
Mastered by TB-Mastering.
Lacquer Cut by Graeme @ The Exchange.
Pressed by Diamond Black.

Available exclusively at www.earfulofwax.com from 30th July.

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EARWAX002 | VA - Heritage X Delo / Low End Activist / Krotone (+Yosh Remix)

maya q, everybody!

Three hard-hitting, playful, and emotive tracks + Stones Taro returns to the label with a mega remix. Enjoy!

TPDD006

"Not all those who wander are lost"

maya q - break rev (incl. Stones Taro remix) [Clips] [TPDD006] 💕

Out here in the middle of nowhere it was easy to forget the importance of human contact. For as long as he could remember this little cottage in the depths of the countryside had been home. He was as secluded as one could get, and that suited him just fine, after all you didn't miss what you'd never had. Nature and its inhabitants were his closest confidants; the sheep that roamed the fields, the bees that buzzed in his garden and the woodpecker that perched on his window each morning - they listened to his thoughts, feelings and ramblings, without expecting anything in return.

It's been over a year since London's Control Freak Recordings, the label arm of party starters Cabin Fever, shared a new record in their White Label series. Always available as a super limited run of hand-stamped records (once they're gone, they're really gone), previous contributions have come from Syz as well as Guava, Breaka and pals, and now they're firing it up once again with an EP from Graz-based producer Awo Ojiji. While the wigged-out, percussive tracks take cues from UK club music, specifically the realms of leftfield techno and bass, he manages to craft his own singular take on these UK-centric sounds.

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PREMIERE: Awo Ojiji - Woodpecker [Control Freak Recordings]

CNP022 • ‘Extend’ EP - @vilhelmhasselgren

OUT NOW: canape-records.bandcamp.com/album/extend

"With great pleasure, we introduce our first international collaboration: hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-year-old producer Vilhelm has blessed us with 3 gorgeous club tracks on his ‘Extend’ EP.

Pulling from the broken, ethereal productions of the mid-late 90’s, Vilhelm’s work refracts a timeless sound through a modernist lens. With a lavishly reverberant sonic palette, the Swedish producer’s Canapé debut observes a playful contrast between sparsity and complexity—a theme that is explored with compelling urgency across the EP’s length. Carried by dynamic passages of sub and break, Vilhelm’s ability to convey feeling within a club-ready track is second-to-none.

Alongside production and DJ-ing pursuits, Vilhelm also runs Villa Records with his younger brother Einar Hasselgren. Established in 2020, the label champions the jungle, drum & bass and dubstep community blossoming on Sweden’s SW Coast.

As a UK-based label, we feel honoured to have the opportunity to shine a light on some truly exciting international dance music. We hope you enjoy CNP022."

✧ W&P by Vilhelm Hasselgren
✧ Mastered by Charlie Stork at Canapé HQ
✧ Artwork by Tyler Cain

℗&© 2022 Canapé Records.
All Rights Reserved.

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Vilhelm - Absent

This was another one of those rare moments when I listen to a straight up demo cold and just instantly know that it’s completely and utterly right for the label. Qant ( @qqantt ) served me up some eyes down, impeccably produced bass heavy slices of pie and I was gobbling them down before you could say extra mozzarella.

Big beats, big bass and enough bleep bloops to set up a satellite business.

Let’s go!!! Preorders are up and the record is out on January 27th

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Dublin’s M4A4 returns with Heavy Feeling, his first release of 2023. A noticeably darker sound than previous efforts, the garage producer here weighs heavy on the subs with 4 tracks of basement-ready 2-step, breaks and speed garage in a Horsepower Production/El-B style.

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M4A4 - Heavy Feeling [M4A4x1]

DRUMSKULL / MANI FESTO
PHASE VELOCITY EP (DSSR090)

01 Drumskull - Phase Velocity (Original Mix)
02 Mani Festo - Hours (Original Mix)
03 Drumskull - Phase Velocity (Mani Festo Remix)
04 Mani Festo - Hours (Drumskull Remix)

Hot off dropping an EP on Hooversound, East London DJ and producer Drumskull launches his own eponymous label with a double-header featuring Club Glow co-founder Mani Festo.

The four-tracker includes an original from each producer – both tracks previously released on Seagrave before it closed its doors last year, taking its back catalogue with it. With these reissued versions remastered, each producer then remixes the other for a fresh, new take.

Drumskull's 'Phase Velocity' displays the same genre fluidity highlighted on 2020's debut album 'Interlocked'. Starting out with a footwork stutter, lush chords floating over booming 808s, the vibe evolves, rolling breaks adding in a jungle intensity. Mani Festo reconstructs this for 140 floors, his club kick pattern providing the bounce as flanging, time-stretched breakbeats keep it rooted in the hardcore continuum.

Mani Festo, aka South East London DJ, producer and graphic artist, Nick Marks, has previously appeared on labels such as Rupture, E-Beamz, Sneaker Social Club and Club Glow, which he runs with LMajor, Borai and Denham Audio. 'Hours' highlights his background in drum and bass, rude basslines running under techy, metallic breaks. Reduced down to 135 by Drumskull, deep, deadly subs and bumpy, swung drums focus it into a dark, shuffling groove.

Combining two of the leading lights from the new wave of breakbeat music, the Phase Velocity EP is released digitally on Friday 24th March 2023 with a limited run of lathe cuts available via the launch party at Planet Wax in London on the same date and to follow on Bandcamp.

Launch party: https://ra.co/events/1652731

Mastering by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven

Artwork by Nuj Aside https://www.instagram.com/nuj.aside/

For more info contact: mail(at)drumskull.zone

@mani_festo @drumskull_music

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Drumskull / Mani Festo - Phase Velocity EP - Out Friday 24th March 2023

@stonestaro returns to Scuffed Recordings with three new UK-tinged club tracks, backed by a remix from @tim-reaper.

The trajectory of Kyoto-based Stones Taro and Scuffed Recordings have been intertwined since their earliest days, with Taro releasing one of the first EPs on Scuffed back in 2017 and releasing regularly with Ian DPM and Wager's label ever since.

Since then, his tracks have been supported by the likes of Ben UFO, DJ Q, Jamz Supernova, Conducta and Soichi Terada, with releases on Time Is Now, Kouncil Cuts, and his own co-run label NC4K.

The producer, DJ and label owner has always worn his UK dance music influences proudly on his sleeve, and his latest outing on the Ton Tan EP continues in much the same vein, with three new originals incorporating breakbeat house, UK funky-influenced percussion, and proto-dubstep wobbles.

Closing out the release is Tim Reaper, one of the vanguard of the jungle revival, on the remix for the EP’s title track - an all-out assault of hoovers and upfront breaks.

Out April 21st:
https://lnk.to/TonTanEP

Stones Taro - Ton Tan EP (Previews)

Label: Banoffee Pies Records
Catalogue No: BPWL02
Title: Banoffee Pies White Label Series 02
Artists: No Nation
Genre: Jungle / Drum & Bass / Hardcore
Single Release: 01.06.23
EP Release: June 2023

Tracklist:
A1 - I Wonder
A2 - DntSayMuch
B1 - Ideation
B2 - Gad Damn

Banoffee Pies White Label Series is back with a debut EP on the mother imprint from Bristol based Artist, DJ & Talent, No Nation. A deeply attuned junglist delivers their love sick transmission with four gripping, jazzy and skeletal hybrid rave compositions. BPR x

Mastered: Optimum
Distributed by: K7!

Banoffee Pies White Label Series

Banoffee Pies White Label Series 02

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