playlist#12

APRIL 2021

The Upload

three feet tall

Pagan has been quietly building repute as one of Ireland and the UK’s most exciting up and comers, building a sonic palette that weaves in and out of trance-like euphoria, gun finger breaks and vibrant techno; tied together with an overwhelming sense of largeness. 

With recent plaudit pick-ups from some of the UK’s most exciting underground artists (Breaka, Denham Audio, DJ Boring, X-Coast) for his high-energy blend of low ceiling, low lighting world building, Pagan readies the release of the inaugural EP on Cheeky Music Group sub-label RRRAAAVVVEEE.

‘Butterfly’ kicks things off with a cut of introspective breaks; tranced-out melodies creating a sense of hair-raising emotion and vastness - a perfect peak-timer for those little personal moments of awe on the dance floor. ‘Ways You Went’ is a 50/50 blend of hard dance and classic trance: pounding rhythms and fun melodies scoring the silliness, before having to wipe your cut knuckles clean from punching the roof too hard.

‘The Depot’ brings back memories of Irish heads in packed-out basements; that sense of largeness steadily building amongst inspired energy, trance-techno and unapologetic UK bassline, before ‘Dreams of You’ casts a grey cloud speckled with dying sunlight into the frame with its ambient techno aesthetic and thoughtful emotion.

"Butterfly" drops Friday 21st May via RRRAAAVVVEEE.

>> @musicofpagan

Butterfly

RRRAAAVVVEEE1 // Pagan - Butterfly

Out April 9, pre-order it here: https://alexautajon.bandcamp.com/album/mtxlt195-alma-ep

Alex Autajon (@a-alex) is a young French DJ/producer who makes forward-thinking club tracks. After a few net label releases he appeared on  “Street Bangers Factory” series alongside Traxman, Nadus, Amadeezy, Kush Jones & more. He also produced official remixes for Crookers, Teklife and Morgan Hislop and played in Spain, Switzerland, UK & France. His debut EP 'Alma' is now coming out via @moveltraxx featuring Leomid & DJ Earl (Teklife).

Jaxy Driver (DJ Earl Remix)

More exclusive music

Premiere: Alex Autajon 'Jaxy Driver' (DJ Earl Teklife Mix)

I first met @sglewis during a 3 day studio trip to London on December 2017, the nicest dude to hang out and work with. We had a connection from before obviously with the remix I did for him that I’m still super proud of.

We worked on a few beats at his place, mixed genres, and ended up releasing a dreamy funk track called 'Tides' on his 'Dusk' EP in 2018.

When I started working on the Daybreak EP it knew I wanted to make music with someone as nice and talented as him again. We spent an afternoon listening to demos and jamming at his London studio and I came home with a 1 minute bounce and these haunting chords.

After a while, and the magic of @maxrbaby for the bass, 'Crossing Paths' was there. It’s a club track with the organic feel I think we both look for in music. So happy to have this one out with you bro !

Full visualizer by @ffi0oul , always on point, available now on @rochemusique YouTube

Buy / Stream

Kartell - Crossing Paths Feat. SG Lewis

Nia Archives fuses old skool jungle, UKG, R&B and hardcore on her striking debut EP, ‘Headz Gone West’. Check out the title track and its nostalgic visuals now

More info:

Premiere: Nia Archives ‘Headz Gone West’

faustian bargain

steady walking (prod. qqqu1ncy)

embrace

produced by @xoinxscoob
mix/art/vox @falinee

made a bag in a weekend just like that
100k thorugh customs its so ez like that
if u dont wanna know then pls dont ask
gotta go when i leave the house i wear 2 mask

watch the sun in the dawn
october in the fog
i found my soul again but parts of me are still gone
i gotta run it back i get everything i want

turn the ashes to ashes and from dust comes love
ik ur so special like sent from above
whats on ur mind today u know i wont judge
dont worry im gonna stay u the only one i trust

somethings happening i feel it all around
keep it to myself i dont wanna let u down

made a bag in a weekend just like that
100k thorugh customs its so ez like that
if u dont wanna know then pls dont ask
gotta go when i leave the house i wear 2 mask

Fuck it up 😈 make a rack 💵 then I make it rain 💧
It’s a lonely 😞 cloud ☁️ on my back there’s no sun today ⛅️ 
I refuse ⛔️ to leave the house 🏠 unless 😏 I’m getting payed 💰 
I was done ✅ long time ago ⏰ let the memorys fade ✌️

ashes to ashes

sorry for the long wait.
I'm finally back :)

this pandemic really messed up my creative motivation, but I'm happy to say it's slowly coming back !

lyrics:
I wanna leave this place and I won't say goodbye
I wanna break away and let this pain subside
moving so fast, disappearing
I can't see you, won't you see me?
I wanna leave this place 
and never come back...

I wanna break away, 
fly away
knowing that I see
you wait
can I say you don't belong to me

I wanna leave this place and I won't say goodbye
I wanna break away and let this pain subside
moving so fast, disappearing
I can't see you, won't you see me?
I wanna leave this place 
and never come back...

ashes to ashes

FALINEE