Lauer returns this year with his highly anticipated second EP on Public Release. The two tracks showcase his ability to bookend both club and indie, unified by his signature hypnotic groove and emotionally charged dance-floor storytelling. “770077” is an ecstatic emo club builder, while “Felt Bat” ventures into guitar driven new-wave-club with a strong dose of renewed nostalgia.
On remix duties, two esteemed Canadian artists bring their own unique interpretations. Khotin enhances the ethereal allure of “770077”, deepening its hypnotic atmosphere and rhythms, while Yu Su reinvents “Felt Bat” as an urgent, brooding, breakbeat-driven track that pushes the EP into new territory.

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The much anticipated Remix EP of “415-PR22” finally arrives from pressing hold ups. A truly international roster of remixers and co-conspirators, topped off with graphics by UK legend Fergus “Fergadelic” Purcell.

Abstract Dance: London new school Kolago Kult, remixes London old school Richard Sen.

EBoys 2020: SF/NY based Earth Boys, get flipped via Tokyo icon Licaxxx.

Summer into Winter: Old friends share a track; Eric Duncan gives Tokyo’s Mild Bunch member Fran-Key an offering.

8th & Broadway: The great white north; Jex Opolis drops his trademark touch on Tim Sweeney's first solo production.

Slice the Top: SF/BE friends Vin Sol and Matrixxman produce this blissed out version for Greek brothers Tendts.

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RELEASE DATE: vinyl and digital – February 10th, 2023

The venerable Philip Lauer (aka “Lauer”) makes his debut on Public Release this Fall with his latest EP Otto Zero.
One half of T&P, another half of Tuff City Kids, and a full two halves of Lauer, we're thrilled to welcome him to the
Public Release family.

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ARTIST: Earth Boys
TITLE: In The Sun 
LABEL: Public Release
CATALOG NUMBER: PR28
RELEASE DATE: vinyl and digital – January 26, 2024
WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION: Above Board Distribution

TRACKLIST:
A1—In The Sun
A2—In The Sun (Eden Burns Remix)
B1—Fog Night
B2—Chillb909
B3—Chillb909 (Mayurashka Remix)

SALES INFORMATION:
At the dawn of 2024, Earth Boys, the collaborative force of Michael Sherburn and Julian Duron, reemerges on Public Release with their latest EP, 'In the Sun.' Their signature raw and smoke-infused sound is as rugged as ever, reaffirming the unmistakable Earth Boys touch. The lead single gets a hypnotic tweaky groove
courtesy of an Eden Burns remix—perfect for setting the stage for a peak-time build—while Tokyo's Mayurashka offers a deep and contemplative atmospheric chugger. This 5-track EP is perfect for a spectrum of cheeky activities on and off the dance floor.

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B1 Fog Night (CLIP)

A2 In The Sun (Eden Burns Remix) (CLIP)

A1 In The Sun (CLIP)

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Seeing as Public Release is a San Francisco label and sister to Face, a long-running local party, you could say it was inevitable the label would put out a record that candidly celebrates its hometown’s talent, color, character. 415-PR10, whose name is an ode to S.F.’s first, emblematic area code, is exactly that: a frenetic survey of some of Northern California’s finest producers—and a blueprint of sorts for more similarly-minded and -themed EPs in the future.

The 12-inch gets warmed up with an uncharacteristically brief yet captivating nugget of West Coast-tinted Balearica by Anonstop, a mysterious cat whose debut release was a pair of edits on the cult imprint Blackdisco that came out five years ago. Then, 40 Thieves, a collective of some of the region’s most lauded and sought-after diggers, rev things up and settle into cruise control with Cage & Aviary’s dubby, drifting mix of “Lower Haighter.” It has a peculiar, crooked patience that sounds like an invitation to seek out all that goes bump in the night.

The strobes begin to flash on the flip with Bézier’s “Domination,” a swinging Italo disco riot that’s as sweaty and goofy as it is focused and no-nonsense. It’s a subtly twisted jam that you’ll swear played for hours when it sharply ends in a bass-and-hi-hat reprise, which is probably exactly what it was made to do; Bézier, a.k.a. Robert Yang, is one fourth of Honey Soundsystem, the San Francisco DJ crew that’s been throwing parties for over a decade. The EP calls it with the Beat Broker’s “Trade Secrets,” a glittery shuffler that almost serves as a medley of the three cuts it’s preceded by. A dollop of velvety kosmische, a cup of slow-mo disco, and a sprinkle of underspoken piano house, it’s a freeing way to wrap the four-tracker.

415-PR10's cover art is by legendary Californian painter and graffiti artist Barry McGee. A two-track remix 12" featuring Tim Goldsworthy (as Thee Loving Hand) and Chida mixes of PR10 tracks follows in November.

Tracklist:
A1 Anonstop - Seaside
A2 40 Thieves - Lower Haighter (Cage & Aviary Remix)
B1 Bézier - Domination
B2 The Beat Broker - Trade Secrets

B2. The Beat Broker - Trade Secrets

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A2. 40 Thieves - Lower Haighter (Cage & Aviary Remix)

A1. Anonstop - Seaside

Landing straight after 415-PR10, Public Release’s first in a loose series of San Francisco-centric compilations, this three-track 12-inch is a further exploration of the Bay Area’s sounds and aesthetics, though here it’s explored via remixes produced by friends from abroad.

The A-side is a complete overhaul, reimagining, and extension of Anonstop’s “Seaside” by Thee Loving Hand, Tim Goldsworthy’s solo moniker of choice these days. The ex-DFA Records co-founder and former member of UNKLE took the tune’s Balearic foundation and used it as a bed for what one might mistake as a lost Arthur Russell cut from the World of Echo era. Joel Wells lent his airy, light, sweet vocals to the track, while Darren Morris added synth work to bolster Tim’s usual production genius. It’s carefree and emotive, the aural equivalent of a big, toothy smile.

The flip features a mix that’s a whole helluva lot more intense and uptempo, though no less positive than it’s original. Chida’s remix of “Domination” is squarer and housier than Bézier’s piece, which was glitzy classic disco dunked in Italo, but enough of it remains to be unmistakably a spinoff. Fiery and propulsive in the way a Gulfstream jet is, it’s a ball of thunder that will electrify any set, any dance floor.

B1. Bézier - Domination (CHIDA Remix)

A2. Anonstop - Seaside (TOUGH TALK Remix Instrumental By Thee Loving Hand)

A1. Anonstop - Seaside (TOUGH TALK Remix By Thee Loving Hand)

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"It's not a genre, it's a feeling" for Pinchy&friends

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Trail Mix

A1 - Trail Mix

7_Domination - Bézier

6_Big Time - Earth Boys

Public Release maintains its coast-switching lifestyle with what is perhaps its most ambitious project—and inarguably its longest —yet, Earth Boys’ debut full-length, The eboys LP, the logical conclusion to a chain of collaborations that began, a little over a year ago, with the release of their Trail Mix EP. The two-disc, twelve-track album represents a new high for the pair comprised of Michael Sherburn and Julian C. Duron both creatively and technically; ideas they’ve been stewing and simmering since their splash of a debut in 2015 are now presented fully baked here.
Eboys was conceived as a classic long-player, with the majority of the tunes having a runtime of about four minutes and the whole thing feeling most satisfying when inhaled with one big tug that gets you from the A1 all the way to the D3. It begins with “The Intro,” a sort of manifesto for what’s to come: here, we find Earth Boys sitting, a little wine drunk, at the piano, attempting a slick jazz lick that sits atop shuffling breaks and is completed with a free-wheeling sax soliloquy, courtesy of local friend Jeff Hackworth. Think of it as Sherburn and Duron’s title credits sequence à la Saturday Night Live. Then it's a splash of water across the face and onward to business with "Roll it Back," a flexy, laconic warmup workout that sets the tempo and pace for the party unfolding. The rest of the first side is a woozy, pads-and-vox-drenched crisscross through deep house tropes that unhurriedly tumbles into the B-side, a slinky, sharper-focused movement that begins with the G-funk-dusted “Bossa Nova Gang,” an homage to Bossa Nova Civic Club, the Bushwick dance-music incubator that the boys came up in and around.
With the next disc, Earth Boys nudge the tempo up a smidge and get a little punchier, first with “Come Thru,” an elliptical party jam with a fat, bouncy bass, then even more so with “Blue Iris,” a ravey anthem illuminated by black lights and lasers. The journey begins to come down with “Last Call,” a slo-mo wobble to the bar for one last shot of a perk-me-up, and then folds back into itself with “The Outro,” a chill-out finale that burns the remainder of the journey down to a sticky resin.

Vinyl and digital release date: Friday September 28
Pre-orders at: Above Board Distribution & Pacific Beach Vinyl

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This promo mix was recorded live at Public Works during quarantine, SF CA April 2020. Stay safe and please remember to support the artists in this mix. I can ID any tracks if needed.
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The "Public Service" EP is available at https://publicworkssf.bandcamp.com
This release was a joint effort between Public Release and Public Works where 100% of the proceeds go directly to the Public Works Staff Support Fund. Seven tracks, remixes and rarities that were previously only available on vinyl or hard to wrangle from the Public Release discography.
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