Lumps & Bumps spiked the punch with their latest two track release, “Are You Gonna Rock”.  The is definitely the most party track that F-CLASS has released.  The title track and the “Love Tech Remix” both employ an intensity that is a step above most tech house tunes. 

“Are You Gonna Rock” uses a polyrhythmic and siren call synth to maximum effect against a sloppy and layered sub line that slaps the other side of the beat into place.  The combined effect is a rolling boulder sensation for listeners; this track bulldozes through floors. 

Chirpy hats and cut off drum sounds set the theme on the aptly named “Are You Gonna Rock (Love Tech Remix”).  Muted, staccato, and carnivalesque keys create a subtle lane for the same slap back bass line as the original.  Octal layers work together to create a pleasant sort of mush out of the soundscape. 

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Are You Gonna Rock

Are You Gonna Rock (Love Tech Remix)

These rogue dog walkers always make it deep and this latest from Dog Park Vigilantes, “Be Free”, keeps the belly rubs flowing. F-CLASS is proud to present this two track single in all it’s subterranean glory.  Close your eyes, and let these tracks wash over you.  

“LOAM” nourishes and replenishes, it creates a fertile growing environment for new creations.  This track is the loam from which DPV’s sound has grown; a sensual and deep melange of instrumentation set against a timeless and evocative vocal chorus. 

Dreamy and distant room noise accentuates lush and brushed pads on the title track “Be Free”.  An electric piano anchors the listener in a cinematic landscape while tapestries of novel ambient sounds gives the track a sense of geographic movement.  “Don’t you wanna be free?”

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Be Free

Our resident category-defying oddballs are back with three of the biggest tunes to hit the F-CLASS roster yet.  This three track release runs the gamut from sultry beach vibes to acid techno to breaky electro.  They’ve already shown us their eclectic side, this release shows Cuddle Fish Party’s range. 

“Not Every Banger” begins with a deceptively cooled and relaxed feel and builds in the most approachable of ways.  Peaked hi hats and an organic sub and string line help to guide the listener along a smoothed course as ladder-filtered synths bring a restrained intensity to the tension and release of this moving tune.  

“Supreme Lift” has distinct and intriguing mix separation.  Every part of this track lives in its respective frequency range and works playfully with the other sonic elements.  A swinging ride cymbal and a moving kick drum create a quasi-breaks aesthetic for en electro synth line to swim around, while the deeper elements of the track create a solid house groove.  

“UntzenBlitzen” is a tongue-in-cheek jab at cross-genre dance music, but the overall effect is no joke. Heavy motion drums meet an acid techno veneer to create a frenetic and jagged experience.  You should probably consult your neurologist if some part of you doesn’t move during this track.  

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Supreme Lift

Not Every Banger

Ahn Lilt did a dirty dirty thing with “I Like The Way Ya”, their latest for F-CLASS.  A two track release, this single oozes up from the gutters with a couple of beastly bass lines.  

“Yeah Make Me” carries a syncopated mid line, call and response sub line, and click clack percussion group and let’s them innocuously set the mood until a 9.0 on the richter scale earthquake arrives with the lead synth bass.  

“I Like The Way Ya” has a sling shot feel to its drums and sub line.  The track starts with a bounce and a classic looper feel and then evolves into a bona fide chugger with relentless dance floor feel.  There is no stillness in this song - all movement, all day. Ahn Lilt likes the way you shake that thing.  

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I Like The Way Ya

Frank & Fred slide “With Ease” into their latest for F-CLASS.  These two tracks form a single that is as characteristic as ever of F&F’s distinctive synth sound.  

“Once” is a nod to early 2Ks mashup feel.  With a boom bap beat centered around a prominent vocal line, this track nestles into a groove with a certain nostalgia.  (Once it arrives, though, this track packs a wompin’ stick)

“With Ease” is a sidewalk stroller.  This title track starts off with a bass line shuffle and a vocal hook and transitions to a percussive chorus with an almost marching band sort of quality to the leads.  Saving a super rinse for the last bit of the song, Frank & Fred walk this track through all the right paces.  


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With Ease

Once

KICKS! (AND NOT KICKS) brought the space heater with their latest, “Glimmer Shot”, for F-CLASS.  Striding the line between peak hour tonality and the smoothing effects of classic analog synths, this two track release has just the right amount of melancholy with a sub feel that weighs like a blanket; perfect for crisp fall tunes. 

“Delivered” takes a classic acid bass line and then sinks it to the bottom of the swimming pool.  Two interlacing bass lines work to create a subsonic frequency lane that is moving and complex only letting the higher synth frequencies peek through on rare occasion.  Driven and directed top drums and a commanding, but stark, vocal sample keeps everything in line.  

“Glimmer Shot” begins from a place we all remember - womb like and warm - then quickly develops a groove that is at once frenetic and a tad askew.  Two overlapping melodies take turns as the featured instrumentation and the percussion elements carry the listener without ever getting in the way.  

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Glimmer Shot

Delivered

Blurt & Early are back again with a three-track tech house release for late fall.  F-CLASS’s resident groove machines deliver a unique and esoteric take on stripped back house music.  All three tracks on “Cut The Grass” leave a good deal of breathing room and plenty of space for the environments to flex.  

“Let There Be Music” starts things off with a tension-building string section and literally winds up into a house track that pulses and throbs like a drum chorus.  Sub lines that behave more like Ghanian junjuns and an organ line that slides its way into place right behind create a pocket so deep it goes to the knees.  A subdued-but-grinding top line and a heavily filtered set of pads ensures this track keeps that starting tension taught  taut. 

The second track on the release, “All About”, is a bit more aloof and ironic in its delivery.  Organic bass and rhythm tonality sit against a staccato lead line to create a punchy and slappy effect. The vocal sample has a little bit of a creepy feel, but in an amusing and rather askew manner.  

“Cut The Grass” is a subsonic adventure with a subdued approach.  Taking an everyday and almost mundane activity / sample and turning it into a complicated and groove-heavy wash of room noise and dubs, this latest for F-CLASS is a mid-set must.  

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Cut The Grass

Cut the Grass

All About

Let There Be Music

F-CLASS is proud to continue to present its set of tracks from Lumps & Bumps.  “Given Up” is an up and down display of divergent sounds.  The first track is a subdued and at times melancholy offering, while the title track is about as peak-hour as this imprint tends to get.  

“Know What” takes things down a notch while keeping the overall feel at proper house tempo.  80s sensibilities turn to new-wave dynamics and carved-in ladder filters.  The chordal structure and vocal line are a bit emo, while the bass line still insists on a persistent funk that keeps the track definitively house. 

“Given Up” is about as “epic” and loud as F-CLASS has been known to get.  A classic all-frequencies wavetable synth seems omnipresent and then manages to build on itself with ascending layers of octaves. The movement of the rhythm honors the house lane that it lives within, but harkens to a time when breakbeats ruled the floor.  

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Given Up

Know What

KICKS! (AND NOT KICKS) wrap up their fall slate with this latest for F-CLASS.  “Lean In” is a two-track offering with a heavy feel.  Both tracks are restrained, but contain a force in the lead lines that is bulging with energy.  

“Until The Drop” intermingles a bright and motion-oriented arp line with a dingy and teeth-clenched electro bass line.  The lead lines carry a tonality that could reach out and blow the speaker box at any moment, but stay contained and rolled-off instead.  There is a haunting and ancient feel to the backdrops, pads, and lead arp line of this track.  

The title track here, “Lean In” has the most addictive and lilting swing about it.  Gallop and stride lead lines sit against a faux triplet three in the hi hat, while the definitive four on the floor wraps everything together into a signature-defying play on time. Fast and frenetic buzzsaw leads stay under wraps while the organs and pads slow roll their way into the mix.  This track is at once gentle and commanding in its dance floor allure.  

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Lean In

Until The Drop

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