Lithe & NORA DRUM - Split EP 

Four slices of polyrhythmic bass and breaks. 

"Split EP is the result of conversation between two work colleagues swapping and sharing tracks while on shift, finding common interest in music that takes the core stylistic markers of drum and bass and breaks it down into new and exciting forms. The result is a venn diagram of Lithe and NORA DRUM’s individual sounds, often overlapping and feeding back into the other but distinctly their own. 

Lithe’s contribution is markedly lighter in tone. Opener ‘It’s Rhythm’ is an upbeat, hard drum-inflected take on polyrhythmic drum and bass with pitched percussion and wobbling sub bass. The follow up ‘Second Pavilion’ is a lengthy, progressive take on liquid drum and bass that sits somewhere between fast techno and the composition style of Forest Drive West. 

NORA DRUM takes an introspective turn on their half of the EP with both tracks allowing space for mood and texture. ‘Lungfish’ is a rolling dark d&b number where polyrhythms encourage the listener to stop worrying about meter and give in to the feel of the track, with chaotic breaks on the back end that offer little respite. Closer ‘I Can Tell That You’re Trying’ is the heaviest of the four, with a deep, weighty lumber that crescendos into distorted amens and hoover bass."

Tracks 1 & 2 written and mixed by Lithe 
Tracks 3 & 4 written and mixed by NORA DRUM 
Mastered by Charles Murdoch 
Photography by Hamish Thomson 
Additional editing, graphic design, and art direction by Nadeem Tiafau Eshraghi

Lithe - It's Rhythm

Le Motel - Sueños is out now on Maloca

Belgian artist and Maloca Records founder Le Motel returns to the label for a new EP, ‘Sueños’, his most expansive work to date. Released on the 25th February, Le Motel draws from the worldly ethos of the label to bring together collaborators from the UK, Ghana, Spain and Brussels. 

Meaning dream in Spanish, ‘Sueños’ was made during the lockdown and is inspired by the fragments for dreams and the incapacity of experiencing music and life in a physical way. On Le Motel’s two solo cuts, ‘Sueños’ and ‘Talking To Drums’, the dynamic artist showcases his signature percussive driven sound. With the global influences from the collaborators, ‘Sueños’ continues to expand across heavyweight grime on ‘Love Talk Bad’ with Logan, glitchy IDM with Cabasa on ‘Libet’s Delay’, Clara! bringing reggaeton flavours to ‘Rápido’ and Bryte provides his distinctive vocals to the heavy bass rhythms of ‘Wonteeda’. 

As a music producer and film composer, Le Motel’s versatility has taken him to festivals and clubs in every direction and as a field recordist, he has ventured out to the less accessible areas of the globe to source sounds for his enriching productions. Having produced for some of Belgium’s biggest hip hop artists, Le Motel has also released on Portugal’s XXIII, LA’s TAR and New Zealand’s Cosmic Compositions. 

Launching Maloca Records in 2020, Le Motel aims to bring together a global network of makers which was highlighted on the label’s first compilation, Maloca Vol. 1. The release focused on a terrestrial and borderless percussive sound that has been bubbling in clubs and Le Motel’s orbit, featuring tracks from Nick León, OMAAR, DJ JM, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Coen, DJ N.K. and Tsongo. Maloca has also released solo EPs from Howie Lee, Farsight and more recently Griffit Vigo.

Sueños

Le Motel - Talking to Drums

☁️ After “No Borders” released in 2020, We want to celebrate the end of summer with a new Various Artists named “Le Ciel Bleu” as a reminder of the color of the sky in summer, which reminds us of the sunsets, parties on the beach during these few months..
This compilation is inspired by all these shades 🌞🌙

s/o all the others artists on the compilation : Dylan Dylan, Islyz, Kaval, Nathan Boost, Olympe4000 !
@lecielrecords

https://sq.lnk.to/CIEL007

Scorpio (V.A Le Ciel Bleu)

Pied au plancher en Seat Leon, 2 nouveaux riddims infusés slow baile. Cette fois ci en compagnie du brésilien K-OH. ROARRRRRR! (Cri de lion)

Mastering by Qant

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Kaval - Telemóvel

320 RIP Vol. 9 -- featuring 28 tracks from Seattle's underground:
download for free https://hypeddit.com/320ripvol9

Follow @jasoncode

Tracklist:
1. wristboi - what it do (@wristboi)
2. Hünter - Orange Sling (@hoonterdot)
3. Radical Kid - 320 WALLRIDE (@djradicalkid)
4. BRANDON - Amazon Warehouse Riddim (AFFIRMATIONS) (@stickwithtrigger)
5. Edders - UnR!!
6. komono - shift (@komono)
7. Fleksor - YGGITM (@fleksor)
8. DJ SMOKE - DOWN (@dj_smoke_sea)
9. Boxy Fit - Dance Powder (@djnhkguy)
10. Salleymane - Bring It Back (@salleymane)
11. Jason Code - Gradient Tool (@jasoncode)
12. DJ Wifi - Drop1000 (@djwifiworld)
13. Rafa Maya - Wasteland Cinderlla (@rafa_maya)
14. Lucas - Amen (@lucastrax)
15. Soffos - traveling (@soffos)
16. Avi Loud - JOOGSTEP (@aviloud)
17. Pacifix - illstyle (@pacifixsounds)
18. ceilla - better now (@ceilla)
19. Ca$h Bandicoot - BIG NUMBERS (@cashbandicoot)
20. Sawyer James - Chromo Slink(@sawyerjames)
21. 5HTTP - yaaeerrvvas (@5http)
22. ShadowVariable - Verbania (@shadowvariable3)
23. DJ Leukos - Untitled Riddim (@djleukos)
24. dj puff - ayy big girl
25. wristboi - br1ng w3rk (@wristboi)
26. DJ Crewneck (feat. DJ SMOKE) - Ride or Die (@coverturf @dj_smoke_sea)
27. Betaboy - UandJustMe (@dj_beta_boy)
28. Phowen - Feedback Loop

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Jason Code - Gradient Tool

320 RIP Vol. 9 -- featuring 28 tracks from Seattle's underground:
download for free https://hypeddit.com/320ripvol9

Follow @fleksor

Tracklist:
1. wristboi - what it do (@wristboi)
2. Hünter - Orange Sling (@hoonterdot)
3. Radical Kid - 320 WALLRIDE (@djradicalkid)
4. BRANDON - Amazon Warehouse Riddim (AFFIRMATIONS) (@stickwithtrigger)
5. Edders - UnR!!
6. komono - shift (@komono)
7. Fleksor - YGGITM (@fleksor)
8. DJ SMOKE - DOWN (@dj_smoke_sea)
9. Boxy Fit - Dance Powder (@djnhkguy)
10. Salleymane - Bring It Back (@salleymane)
11. Jason Code - Gradient Tool (@jasoncode)
12. DJ Wifi - Drop1000 (@djwifiworld)
13. Rafa Maya - Wasteland Cinderlla (@rafa_maya)
14. Lucas - Amen (@lucastrax)
15. Soffos - traveling (@soffos)
16. Avi Loud - JOOGSTEP (@aviloud)
17. Pacifix - illstyle (@pacifixsounds)
18. ceilla - better now (@ceilla)
19. Ca$h Bandicoot - BIG NUMBERS (@cashbandicoot)
20. Sawyer James - Chromo Slink(@sawyerjames)
21. 5HTTP - yaaeerrvvas (@5http)
22. ShadowVariable - Verbania (@shadowvariable3)
23. DJ Leukos - Untitled Riddim (@djleukos)
24. dj puff - ayy big girl
25. wristboi - br1ng w3rk (@wristboi)
26. DJ Crewneck (feat. DJ SMOKE) - Ride or Die (@coverturf @dj_smoke_sea)
27. Betaboy - UandJustMe (@dj_beta_boy)
28. Phowen - Feedback Loop

Fleksor - YGGITM

Links:  https://fanlink.to/lavibe012

"Greg is not only the incarnation of an electronic dance less centered on tradition and the Western culture, he is the face of its future, inexorably" Olivier Lamm, Libération, Nov 2021

The Paris-based Mauritian artist GREG is without a doubt one of the French newcomers whose rise has been the most spectacular in recent years.
 Following his very first EP "Eau Coulée Smart City" released in 2021 on lavibe, he immediately found himself propelled under the spotlight: selected by DJ MAG UK among the 11 emerging artists to follow, described in a complete portrait on Libération as "one of the hottest talents of French dance music", the medias are numerous to want to discover the young artist, from France Inter to Radio nova or Pan african music, and his EP unanimously praised by the specialized press, from Resident Advisor to Trax magazine.

GREG became very quickly an icon of the new French scene that brings electronic music out of its classical boundaries. First of all for his impressive DJ talents, mixing outstanding technical skills and eclectic selections, which earned him invitations to Nuits Sonores (Lyon), Nyege Nyege festival (Paris & Amsterdam), and in most of the key clubs in Europe and France, including b2b performances with respected artists such as Teki latex, Kampire, Bambounou or Simo Cell. But he is also acclaimed as a producer, especially with his hit "Dembow Tronico" featuring the Latin Grammy awarded beatmaker King Doudou, which trigger a wave of Shazam requests every time it's played on the radioshow or a club.

 After a huge anticipation from all of his fans, the Mauritian artist is finally ready to unveil his new ep Jazz Net, on April 13th on lavibe.

 Gqom, Techno, Dancehall, Footwork, Bass music... with this new release, the young talent steps up the musical genres hybridation with even more subtlety, especially in the rhythmical patterns, making the tracks at the same time stylistically indefinable, singular to the point of not being able to link them to a particular scene, but always with the dancefloor in sight, be it at 130 or 95bpm.
Composed from his home studio, the 4 original tracks were then reworked in terms of additional programming and mixing in collaboration with the producer and sound designer LE DOM, partly at Redbull Studio (Paris).

And as a link with his first EP, Greg asked the godfather of the French Bass music scene Simo Cell (Livity Sound, BFDM, Temet) to produce 2 remixes of the banger "Dembow Tronico" released in 2021. The talented Nantes based producer delivered 2 new versions, dissecting the original track, injecting many effects (work on vocals, ASMR ...) and bringing it in a new dimension, even more DJ friendly, but still faithful to the basic track.

GREG feat King Doudou - Dembow Tronico (Simo Cell Rhythm & Clicks Remix)

The Besançon Rythmique Club label launches its dubplate series with a banger by 252.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/252-besancon-rythmique -club-nerf-gun

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