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Sub Basics lands on Osmura with the 'Phase Drift' EP, the label's second release, following a 2024 V/A featuring Caldera, Bartoli, Atomic Moog, Solma, Birgan, and Shjva. The ‘Phase Drift’ EP opens with ‘Colour’, a high-tempo, percussive, bass-heavy cut blends hypnotic echoing synths with soft, mellow syncopated pads. Up next, ‘Scope’ works a tumbling high bpm percussion over an aquatic undercurrent. On the flip, ‘Splinter’, Sub Basics deftly builds melodies and brings punchy, moody textures to the fore. Finally, the ‘Phase Drift’ EP wraps up with ‘Nt’, a deep, expansive soundscape marked by a chugging groove and gritty industrial reverb.

London-based Sub Basics producer, DJ and Temple Of Sound founder has accumulated support from Ben UFO, Laurent Garnier, Roman Flügal, Kia, Lena Willikens, Tasha and Foundation Audio. Sub Basics’ discography extends to labels such as Modern Hypnosis, Infernal Sounds and Bait, which featured in Mixmag’s 2024 best tracks of the year roundup. The ‘Phase Drift’ EP perfectly encapsulates a unique genre-defying approach to production from an artist on a spiralling upward trajectory. Sub Basics arrives on Osmura, an imprint representing London’s hypnotic dubby auditory landscape.

Phase Drift EP

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James Bangura vs JR2k [FSPD002]

A1. James Bangura + JR2k - Time Crisis
A2. James Bangura + JR2k - Pump Fake
B1. JR2k - Machine Learning
B2. JR2k - Rain Heavy

Floorspeed brings it home to DC with its first release in 2025 from local techno standout producers, James Bangura & JR2k (Jackson Ryland). Many know Bangura from his contributions to the Black Rave Culture crew and his numerous solo releases; others have heard of Ryland under the Rush Plus and Superabundance alias duos and as label boss of Floorspeed…all those credentials culminate in a superb piece of heavy techno for FSPD002.

First up - two turbo mode collab tracks. A1’s “Time Crisis” captures a latent sense of urgency and pressure felt in everyday life with subtly intensifying builds throughout the track. This one’s ready for peak time exposure. “Pump Fake” continues with integrated elements of surprise, switching up at key moments to accelerate any dancefloor on a dime.

Flipping the record to B1, JR2k goes solo with “Machine Learning,” a gritty, industrial-tinged track that incorporates techno’s future-facing elements with a touch of raw power. A relentless pulse guides the track through its vast, mechanical atmosphere, designed for the late-night hours. Rain Heavy on B2 closes the EP with a hypnotic, atmospheric vibe for an absolute hands-in-the-air finish.

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James Bangura vs. JR2k [FSPD002]

Lisbon’s Eterna, run by local mainstay @mariaamoramormaria , returns to shed light on more incredible music coming from her city. @hiromakeo is an imaginative, skilled composer who participates actively in the scene and devotes his life to music in its various manifestations. His new EP on Eterna, titled ‘Agora Mas Nunca’ (which translates as ‘Now Yet Never’) is a testament to curiosity-driven, exciting sound design - and absolutely sick rhythmic patterns.
Abstract bass-led two-step vibrations flood our ears in the stunning opener ‘Agora’, its mutant synths providing both rhythm and tension like detailed sonic painting. The tone is set for an adventurous musical journey that continues on with ‘Nunca’, a seamless fusion between digital and organic sounds, with polyrhythmic percussion leading the way, peppered with playful cut-up vocals and texture manipulation. Sound effects that sing are the name of the game in this EP - and ‘Salto’ is a prime example with its flanger-drenched, futuristic dub intro that unhurriedly morphs into an uncompromising, low-key rave banger with round basslines and metallic rushes. Club PAs around the world would revel in blasting out nuanced, exciting music like this more often - that’s what pops to mind. The final original is ‘Atraso’, a faster - and infectious - ode to broken, unexpected drum patterns complete with a driving sub-heavy bassline and accented by congas, claps and vocals.
@rhyw , a longtime label favourite, steps in for the first remix with a more concise take on ‘Agora’, stripping it to its essentials and then classically twisting things a little bit to serve elegance and freshness all at once. The second remix rounds the record off perfectly via @ciel_dj ’s intricate, attentive touch. The original is given a four to the floor signature, the bassline is re-calibrated into a bouncy yet sober pattern, textures become subtler but the experimentalist spirit remains.
This one is for listeners and DJs who not only welcome but actively search for fun and innovation in contemporary dance music: the basslines, the unforeseeable drums, the sonic sculptures will take you to places that your mind - and dancing body - is longing for.

Hiroma Keo - Agora (Rhyw Remix)

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Ear Feeder vol. 68 by Schmeltzer

We’re back with another episode of our podcast series—this time, a live recording that caught the Berlin scene off guard and launched the new year straight into orbit. This is Vision 026 w/ Harba! Captured live at our NYE rave in Neukölln.

For his Berlin debut, @harbabeats came in swinging, delivering a high-energy set packed with stomping techno, some heavy Detroit influences, loopy and hypnotic spine-chilling cuts, a touch of warm fuzzy tech house, and some wicked hard drum & bass flips. Running at around 140 BPM, he dropped heaters from Deetron, James Ruskin, TSVI & DJ Plead, CCL, Samuel L Session, and more—not to mention his own track Lakking, which sent the room into another world. A selection that couldn’t have been more perfect for the dark, underground space, frozen in time, where a bunch of proper ravers shared those first hours of 2025.

Hit up our SoundCloud and enjoy this serious trip!

Vision 026 w/ Harba (Berlin Secret Location NYE)

ASOY - 3 Boys In Trouble (Closet Yi Remix)

Tonight HANNAH invites ‘Tan Tan’ all the way from Tennessee on her guest mix for the last 30 minutes. “Tan Tan is one of my fav if not my favourite producer I’ve discovered in 2025. If you don’t know you need to know. Expect a wide range of techno from each of our mixes”


afters at mine w/ HANNAH & Tan Tan - 10.04.25 - Voices Radio

STENCHY IS BACK TO HIS MISCHEVIOUS OLD WAYS AGAIN

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The taxation of venues to outlying star systems is in dispute.

Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Grade Federation has stopped all Free Parties in the small planet of Naboo.

While the congress of the rave scene endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Gaffa has secretly dispatched two Jedi Selectas, the guardians of bass and bangers, to settle the conflict....

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Eterna transcends time, revokes its existence.
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