ARTIST: @kolya-x-now
TITLE: 'Crying Over Spilt Poppers'
CAT: EGD004
RELEASE DATE: September 26th
DISTRO: Rubadub

Raised somewhere between Ministry Of Sound’s ‘The Annual’ and early music message boards, Kolya’s taste still extends from obscure tape-only releases to turn-of-the-millennium
trance anthems. 

As a DJ, it’s taken the South Londoner from Bugged Out! to Berlin – at home supporting Demdike Stare with coldwave, spinning runway house alongside MikeQ while a House Of Trax resident, or unleashing noughties fidget at the closing of Camden’s infamous Lock Tavern. All of which is to say, his debut EP for Ecstasy Garage Disco arrives steeped in musical history. 

Recorded during lockdown, it draws on perhaps his greatest love, deep (deep, deep) house. A soaring synth work out, opener ‘Stick Together’ is a case in point, standing on the shoulders of giants like Peter Daou, but with a life-affirming exuberance all of its own. ‘Miss Honey Prancin’ In The Twilite’, meanwhile, is a tribute to Moi Rene, as well as a love letter to Project X Records in general, her vocal recast over a groove that alternates between outer space iciness and snare-rolling high drama. 

On the flip, ‘Crying Over Spilt Poppers’ blends the flavour of amyl-soaked Gherkin with the emotional nuance of Nu Groove, joyous and reflective in equal measure. And ‘Jamais Vu’ signs off, its bumping kick pattern and intertwining melodic layers connecting glimmering 90s electronica and contemporary, future-facing house.

Artwork by Penny Klein

Kolya - 'Crying Over Spilt Poppers' EG004

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Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 11/01/24

Quick sketch in tribute to Kenny Dope, sampling and psychedelics.

Kenny's Dope

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Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 08/02/24

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Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio with Decibella & LMajor 11/04/24

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Ecstasy Garage Disco On Netil Radio With Kolya 09/05/24

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Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 13/06/24

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Ecstasy Garage Disco On Netil Radio 11/07/24

Crunchy breaks and distorted subs on 808 day

Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 08/08/24

// punk funk / warehouse anthems / clonk bass weight / wonky techno / breakbeat hardcore / & MORE... //

Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 10/10/24

'Is this the way you normally behave? Or did you leave your brain at home?'

The final EGD show of 2024 speeds through the gears of hardcore and jungle.

Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 12/12/24

First EGD of the year featuring special guest Antek joining me for a b2b to showcase his collection of bleep and other early 90s gems.

Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio with Antek 09/01/25

A dig into late 90s/early 2000s garage and breakbeat mixing up stone-cold classics and personal favourites alongside rarer cuts and a couple of newer bits.

Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 13/02/25

Spring-nearly-sprung house & garage vibes, breaks & bruk, electro & Italo. I was taking but the mic wasn't listening/transmitting.

Ecstasy Garage Disco on Netil Radio 13/03/25

Fun fundraiser for the Galleywall Nature Reserve. Bring a record brush or get the dusty moment that happens at one point in this recording.

Live at Pondlife @ Avalon Cafe - 4th May 2025

An addendum to the @angeldlite b2b from their year's @fieldmanuvers, a whizz through some of the other happy 'n' hard records that didn't get played.

Field Mo'neuvers: rest of the bag

The debut of my new radio show on MEATransMISSION radio, going out live from 4-6pm on the first Saturday of every month.



Ecstasy Garage Disco on MEATransMISSION Radio (05/12/15)

Ahead of both appearing at the first birthday of Les Poppeurs in London, Cómeme's @christian-s-1 popped in to join me for a guest mix on the second half of the show.

Joe Roberts EGD mix:

Daniel Wang - 'Let's Go To Mars' 
Pepe Braddock - 'Intriguing Feathered Friends (AK-Pella)' 
Jedi Knights - 'Human Blancmange' 
Project "86" - 'Total Recall' 
Sound Patrol - 'Griff's Opus' 
Boom Boom & Master Plan - 'Face The Music' 
Blancmange - 'Blind Vision' 
Prins Thomas - 'Bobledub (Kambo Super Sound Dub Kutt)' 
Boof - 'Life Is Water' 
Old School Rider - 'Just Give Up .. No … Ok' 
Sax Featuring Elan - 'Don't Turn Your Back On Me (Deep House Mix)' 
Marta Accuna - 'Dance, Dance, Dance' 

Christian S. guest mix:

Bufiman feat. Bimbo Johnson - 'Bonobeat'
Will Powers - 'Adventures in Success'
Golden Teacher Meets Dennis Bovell - 'Instigator (Dub)'
Christian S & Bryan Kessler - 'Untitled Guitar Track'
Bar - 'Bar Theme (Wolf Müller Mix)'
Sweet D - 'Do Do It'
Elbee Bad - 'Fought The Law'
Don Pablo’s Animals - 'Paranoia'
Rhythm Trax - '112 bpm'
Unknown - 'Freundliche Zöllner'
Unknown - 'Break 4 Alan'
Gladkazuka - 'Arpeggio Style'
Milton Mendoza - 'El Caramelo (Techno Pop)'
Jerome Derradji - 'Bass Is The Place'
Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul - 'Luxurious Dub'

Ecstasy Garage Disco on MEATransMISSION Radio With Christian S. (Cómeme)(06/02/16)

Look closely at a 2003 documentary on Dillinjah's Valve Sound System and you can catch a babyfaced soundcloud.com/lmajor brocking out in a whirl of ginger dreadlocks. 

The locks are long gone, but the love of a twisted out bassline has driven an addiction to production that has seen him move from drum and bass (as part of a successful threesome) to his current defining solo output. Mixing d&b breakbeat science and bass mechanics with the hardcore and garage of his Essex upbringing, he's leading the next generation pushing theses palettes into new tempos and forms. 

As one half of soundcloud.com/wearelocalgroup he's also a resident DJ at UK festival Field Maneuvers, in 2017 supporting a roll-call of original rave heroes including Mark Archer, Storm and Groove Chronicles. 

'Omega Point', his debut solo EP, launches the label Ecstasy Garage Disco with four 140bpm jungle-inspired rinse outs. Get set for the rewind.

Omega point EP

LMajor - Alpha Centauri

Look closely at a 2003 documentary on Dillinger's Valve Sound System and you can catch a babyfaced soundcloud.com/lmajor brocking out in a whirl of ginger dreadlocks. 

The locks are long gone, but the love of a twisted out bassline has driven an addiction to production that has seen him move from drum and bass (as part of a successful threesome) to his current defining solo output. Mixing d&b breakbeat science and bass mechanics with the hardcore and garage of his Essex upbringing, he's leading the next generation pushing theses palettes into new tempos and forms. 

As one half of soundcloud.com/wearelocalgroup he's also a resident DJ at UK festival Field Maneuvers, in 2017 supporting a roll-call of original rave heroes including Mark Archer, Storm and Groove Chronicles. 

'Omega Point', his debut solo EP, launches the label Ecstasy Garage Disco with four 140bpm jungle-inspired rinse outs. Get set for the rewind.

Omega Point EP

LMajor - Gully Scully

LMajor - Epimetheus

LMajor - Proxima B

OUT NOW

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Overwintering in the silt of the production pond, as spring beckons, BufoBufo swims towards the light with a brace of creations dredged up from the depths of his batrachian mind.

Following his debut 12" EP, which launched the label Ritual Poison and saw plays from Octo Octa, Tone Dropout's Sween and Bawrut, 'Toadstone' represents the latest distillations of his sound.

'Amanita' is a psychedelic swung out 4/4 garage monster haunted by the ghosts of mid '90s Armand Van Helden or The Stickmen. 'Misty Eyez' finds inspiration closer to home, drawing on UK influences, ghostly vocal samples and spacious atmospheres. 'Discocookie' is a Balearic disco piece with blissful pads and a lethal lead line, and 'Unitone Hyphae' tips a hat to the dub techno of Basic Channel, adding depth charge sub and acid influences to the recipe.

BufoBufo - Amanita

OUT NOW

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JUNO DOWNLOAD: www.junodownload.com/products/bufob…ep/3685479-02/

Overwintering in the silt of the production pond, as spring beckons, BufoBufo swims towards the light with a brace of creations dredged up from the depths of his batrachian mind.

Following his debut 12" EP, which launched the label Ritual Poison and saw plays from Octo Octa, Tone Dropout's Sween and Bawrut, 'Toadstone' represents the latest distillations of his sound.

'Amanita' is a psychedelic swung out 4/4 garage monster haunted by the ghosts of mid '90s Armand Van Helden or The Stickmen. 'Misty Eyez' finds inspiration closer to home, drawing on UK influences, ghostly vocal samples and spacious atmospheres. 'Discocookie' is a Balearic disco piece with blissful pads and a lethal lead line, and 'Unitone Hyphae' tips a hat to the dub techno of Basic Channel, adding depth charge sub and acid influences to the recipe.

BufoBufo - Misty Eyez

BufoBufo - Discocookie

BufoBufo - Unitone Hyphae

Dexorcist, aka South London’s Si Brown, has been at the forefront of the UK electro scene since the late 90s – running the seminal Control Tower label with Radioactive Man and producing as part of a number of collaborative projects alongside his solo releases, including as Kronos Device with Bass Junkie.

His ‘Rage Signal’ EP, the first vinyl release on Ecstasy Garage Disco (following digital releases from LMajor and BufoBufo), journeys further back into his musical roots. Combining Dexorcist’s trademark industrial-strength aesthetic with elements of dub, bleep and hardcore, its raw sound unites electro’s bass weight with the undying energy of rave’s early days.

Dexorcist - B2 'Jah's Comin' clip EGD003

Dexorcist - A2 'Centurion' clip EGD003

Dexorcist - A1 'Rage Signal' clip EGD003

Track released on Lobster Theremin's 'PLUR Volume 4', a 35-track comp raising money for Hackney community initiative Sistah Space, a charity dedicated to supporting African and Caribbean heritage women and girls affected by domestic and sexual abuse.

Buy comp here: lobstertheremin.bandcamp.com/album/lobs…r-volume-4

More info on Sistah Space: www.sistahspace.org

Donate here: uk.gofundme.com/f/a-safe-space-fo…tage-dv-survivors

Corporeal Face - 'Softly Does It'

( ͡ಥ ͜ʖ ͡ಥ) Ecstasy Garage Disco / @ritualpoison / @wearelocalgroup / aka Corporeal Face

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