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DKL003: Steve Spacek - Follow Me (Portway Edit)

For our third monthly free download Bristol based 160 producer and @softcore92 label head Portway comes through with a footwork flip of Steve Spacek's left-field house track Follow Me. With a huge punchy kick and minimal yet progressive percussion this one is set to do some damage in the dance.

Portway's Socials:
@portway-portway-portway
https://www.instagram.com/oscar_portway/

Free Download

Steve Spacek - Follow Me (Portway Edit) [Free Download]

Enjoy this one off, super special, free DL from @soulmasstransitsystem - the name was just for bants. **Disclaimer: we are not the official "Count Donkula" seems like we've angered some keyboard warriors haha. 😘

Overmono - So U Kno (Count Donkula Edit)

Manny based @z_james who you might recognise from the @kulturacollective steps up with this crazy fire UK Funky/Afrobeat inspired summer riddim. This one is guaranteed to make you want to draw for the jerk chicken, Magnum tonic wine and catch a little whine... It is Carnival Season after all! 💃🏾

Z.James - Press Trigga [Free DL]

PREMIERE : Le Matin (@cestlematin) - What Would We Do [LAN] (@lan-berlin)

With a name like “Le Matin” - French for “the morning” - one could be forgiven for expecting something mellow. Gritty drums are layered over revolving time signatures, taking inspiration from footwork, grime, hip hop and rave. Le Matin celebrates the power of a vocal sample, chopping, reconstructing, looping to infinity and re-emerging with momentary clarity before diving back into disarray. Claiming that “we can change the party”, or “I just took my first shot”, his sense of humour is as strong as his sense of rhythm. Noisy hits pan and shake from one side to the other, turning the body to butter, Le Matin is a master of deranged patterns. Simple yet effective, his latest release is sure to unhinge any joint.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/lan-berlin
https://soundcloud.com/cestlematin
https://lansonor.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/_willisanne

What Would We Do

PREMIERE : Le Matin - What Would We Do [LAN]

Citizen D

Making his debut on the dubplate series, we have Bristol-based De-Tu. He brings us ‘Agonda’ and ‘Get Doe’. ‘Agonda’ introduces high-pitched vocals against a strong electro/techy beat influence. ‘Get Doe’ is a track built for the club, its darker vocals and melodic beats couple seriously well with the percussive highs.

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[EC2A-057] De-Tu

In "Where were you?" Dj Shatta merges the dark and gloomy vibe of Jerusalem's rave culture with the euphoria of an Israeli trance melody.

This compilation of music was put together in order to raise funds that can hopefully give some aid to the residents of Huwara, all of the proceeds Confused Machines make from digital sales will go directly to Physicians For Human Rights – Israel (PHRI) www.phr.org.il An NGO that works in the occupied Palestinian territory.

• www.confusedmachines.bandcamp.com

@shyerahat
@confused-machines

For Huwara

Support

PREMIERE : DJ Shatta - Where were you? [CM21]

Premiering " Vivre (T - Scale's ‘Mourir’ Rework)" by Scanone taken from the digital bonus of "Vertabrate" EP, released on 8th May via Reposition Records

"Vertabrate" 4-tracker out on 24th April on 12'' vinyl:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/scanone-sync-24-vertabre-ep/914534-01

Pre-order digital version:
https://repositionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vertabre-ep

Audio nerd and DSP enthousiast T-Scale is hooked on warping sounds since forever. A two years long gap in music has come to an end and the signal processing knowledge accumulated since then is now being put into sonic materialisations.

The ever-innovative and versatile Scanone joins the Reposition family with a special EP, perusing between electro and industrial influences with cinematic splendour.

The release features 3 originals - Vivre’s grandeur meets Kraft’s cerebal walz and the brutal groove of Vertabre, all glued together by mind-bending detailed production. Sync 24 closes out the EP with a unique remix of Vertabre, twisting the track into an electronic war cry.

Links:
Scanone :
www.scanone.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/judegreenaway
@scanone
Reposition Records :
www.reposition.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/repositionrecords
@repositionrecords

Vertabrate

pre-order / bandcamp

[Premiere] Scanone - Vivre (T-Scale's ‘Mourir’ Rework) (DIGI BONUS, Reposition)

@syzuk self-released his Mindforms mini-LP in 2020, stepping away from the dancefloor to explore an expansive sonic world, ‘balancing the tranquility of the ecological world with the immediacy of the digital one'.

The original release was accompanied by a highly limited run of just 10 dubplates. Deeming this 6-tracker too good not to receive a proper pressing, Control Freak are proud to present the first ever complete vinyl run for Mindforms.

Alongside the record, Syz & Control Freak have curated Clubforms, a collection of remixes from some of our favourite producers, each bringing the original release firmly onto the dancefloor with their own production flourishes. @tammohesselink brings deep, European techno flavours to the slate.

Syz - Mindforms (Tammo Hesselink Remix)

FREE DOWNLOAD

Ice Spice - In Ha Mood (O'Flynn Remix)

Rushing out advanced patterns that springboard from hi-tek soul, jungle, footwork and weightless grime into unknown zones, J-Shadow arrives on Sneaker Social Club with an album which cements his status as a true sonic scientist. 

Since his first drops some five years prior, the London-based DJ/producer has weaved a web of intrigue across labels like Bun The Grid, Nous Disques, Warehouse Rave and an album last year for Keysound. Through it all, he’s demonstrated a prodigal affinity for the elements of hardcore -rooted soundsystem culture without ever being beholden by the perceived rules of dance music.  In his hands, tracks can hover in suspense without ever needing a breakdown or build-up, pivoting on skittering drum machine pulses or teetering on the precipice of mountainous subs, gliding on celestial pads or skating into abyssal negative space. The acknowledgement for past methods is there in some of the canonical samples - like where Heather O’Rourke’s Poltergeistcall takes on a truly alternative dimension subtly bedded into the vast swathes of ‘Beneath The Undertow’ - but nothing is as it seems. 

The End Of All Physical Form is no self-consciously ‘deconstructed’ record, though. It’s futurist rather than post-modern, carrying on the legacy of jungle and other such forms as vehicles for innovation and urgent exploration, bristling with energy and still, ironically, physical despite the mutated forms the beats and basslines manifest in. Find these works an open-eared soundsystem and they’ll absolutely do the damage, taking the dance somewhere far beyond in the process.

J-Shadow - Arsu

Gimme A Break Records present Groovy D’s “Phase Shift EP”, a collection of 3 genre-bending tracks designed for the club, supplemented with a leftfield breakbeat remix from An Avrin. Leeds-based Groovy D is a former founding member of Denham Audio, who has amassed an enviable string of releases on highly respected labels, including Shall Not Fade, Unknown To The Unkown and Hardline Sounds. His sound primarily contributes to the new wave of 2-step and 4x4 UKG. However, he also draws influence from UK Funky, Dubstep and Techno in his productions. Groovy’s sets are as energetic as his tracks, allowing him to play at a number of top clubs in the UK and around Europe. 2023 sees no slowing in the pace and momentum of Groovy’s rise, with sets as far flung as Tbilisi, Georgia as well as a huge fabric debut.

GABD013 sees Groovy at his most unrestrained, colliding ideas from multiple genres in a highly energetic EP. In “Freak U” Groovy utilises his break chopping skills to create a contemporary electro-style beat against the backdrop of an acid-like rave stab, constantly moving and shifting throughout the track. “Phase Shift”, the track which kickstarted the EP, came together quickly on a train down to the capital. This 145 bpm rave weapon features meticulously chopped break elements as well as high-energy stabs and is bound to get the club moving. Building on the success of his highly sought-after “Glue Riddim” released on ec2a, Groovy melds elements from Dubstep, UK Funky and Breakbeat to send “Ravey Riddim” to new heights. Finally, Scuffed Recordings mainstay and South London’s resident leftfield wizard An Avrin provides a stupendous remix of “Freak U”, sending listeners through a portal of incomparable sound design. 

Groovy D
https://open.spotify.com/artist/43iAneSLd8xkYP6lgczDIZ?si=5n5JUD_BQmyoB0hCU9gurg
https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/groovy-d/1503563215
https://www.instagram.com/groovyd_ukg/
https://soundcloud.com/groovyduk
https://groovyd.bandcamp.com/

An Avrin
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3AesIIDnUocquLwVrVVO8o?si=j8fVAAbLTxSJ0wqzxjDW6w
https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/an-avrin/1487702119
https://www.instagram.com/an_avrin_/
https://soundcloud.com/4navr1n
https://4navr1n.bandcamp.com/album/bonk-ock

Gimme A Break
https://www.instagram.com/gimmeabreakrecords/
https://soundcloud.com/gimmeabreakrecords
https://gimmeabreakrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/gimmeabreakrecords

PREMIERE: Groovy D - Freak U (An Avrin's Portal Mix) [Gimme A Break Records]

Pre-order: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sentimento/freak-dj-adhd-remix

@solosentimento is a new project from Italian producer Riccardo Vangelli who teams up with @djadhdgotbngrz to take on a remix of 'FREAK', his latest breakbeat cut-turned-909 banger.

“My rhythmic textures are cold, I use metallic noises to shape the transients, it’s my signature sound," says SENTIMENTO.

More exclusive music

Premiere: SENTIMENTO 'FREAK' (DJ ADHD Remix)

bugzy malone - spitfire (welyn flip)

BUY NOW: nicendeadly.bandcamp.com/album/nd021-better-be-careful-ep

ND021 // Rassan - Better Be Careful EP

01. Saxon Dub
02. Slide 'N' Wine
03. Up To No Good
04. Better Be Careful
05. Saxon Dub (Stones Taro Remix)

Produced by @rassaaan
Remixed by @stonestaro
Mastered by Leandro Morgado

[ND021] Rassan - Better Be Careful EP

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