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Pearl River Sound enters the Meda Fury fold - he is from Rome, Italy. 
He has previously released two cassette albums on Further and Indole Records. 
 
Remember Every Moment flows out across the icy tundra, synth arpeggios pierce through the cloud and wash over the landscape below
 
Ecid gurgles forth underpinned by machine percussion, a menacing lysergic atmosphere building throughout. 
 
Imagine's melancholy chords precede a metronomic kick drum and tambourine pattern. Furthering key-voices and stabs join a parting abstract vocal collage. 
 
The Window fades in a looming square-wave bass note setting a ghostly atmosphere. Joined by a simple portamento synth melody and sovereign kick pattern. 
 


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Remember Every Moment (clip)

From the Near EP on Metamorphic Recordings

Near EP

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Near

Various Aliens / Fifth Contact – 5th Anniversary

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of our label, we present Various Aliens / Fifth Contact, a unique compilation that brings together collaborations between the founder and 15 artists from different corners of the world.

The name plays with the idea of “VA” (Various Artists), transformed into “Various Aliens” as a metaphor for that creative diversity that seems to come from other dimensions.

Fifth Contact refers both to the number 5 of our anniversary and, at the same time, evokes the notion of an extraterrestrial encounter beyond imagination: a connection that transcends borders, styles, and languages—a cosmic meeting through music.

The result is a sonic journey of abstract textures, dark minimalism, and interplanetary energy that reflects the essence of the label and its global network of collaborators.

Nada Espacial - Cl-Ljud & Eraseland

GHiO - Colonize (Original Mix)

20 Years Of Freerange - 5 x Vinyl Box Set LP

June 2016 sees Freerange Records celebrate 20 years at the top. The label, run by Jamie ‘Jimpster’ Odell and Tom Roberts, is marking the occasion with the summer release of a carefully curated and lovingly assembled 20 track, five vinyl box set featuring exclusive new music from associates old and new, as well as with a worldwide events series.

Over the last two decades, generations of DJs and dancers have gotten down to the Freerange sound. Initially that was a mix of sample-heavy productions incorporating live musicians, flirtations with the broken beat sound and some ground breaking fidget house cuts from Switch and Trevor Loveys. Then, and most enduringly, the label settled into a rich vein of deep house. Shur-I-Kan, Kirk Degiorgio, Milton Jackson, Trackheadz, Stimming as well as Jimpster ushered in this most recent chapter, and in turn the label has helped make household names of many more previously unknown talents from Detroit Swindle to Manuel Tur, Andre Lodemann to Tony Lionni. Wherever you look amongst the hundreds of EP and LP releases on Freerange, you will find nuance and evolution, dance floor sensibility and genuine emotional impact.

That same sense of timelessness characterises this new compilation, which is packed with great music from the likes of KiNK, Pittsburgh Track Authority, Kuniyuki, Kito Jempere, Soul of Hex, Clavis, Detroit Swindle, and of course Jimpster himself, as well as a whole host of other Freerange regulars. There are many highlights across the 20 track package including a warm and skipping house cut from Bulgarian live specialist KiNK, a typically slow burning and beautifully arcing epic from Andre Lodemann and spaced out jack tracks from classically inclined Liverpudlian Tony Lionni.

Big name stars like Detroit Swindle return in style with a robust and acid laced banger, the ever-underrated Milton Jackson builds something melodically magical and Pittsburgh Track Authority layer up majestic string stabs and rubbery bass into soul infused future music. Jimpster himself bolsters the whole package both solo and with Luv Jam as well as remixing Tim Toh, and on each occasion proves why he is one of the pivotal figures of the UK deep house scene.

Few labels make it to twenty releases let alone twenty years strong. Often doing so without making any real fuss, now is the time that Freerange Records deserves its time in the spotlight, and this compilation more than proves that.


Tim Toh & Ranavalona - All I See (Jimpster Remix) [Freerange Records] (96Kbps)

Recorded at the opening night of our Maximum Pressure event in Glasgow, back in October 2017, this is Laurent Garnier on Slam Radio. He's been making the planet dance for 25 years. And, for all this time, his huge energy has seen him grooving behind record decks, bouncing up and down behind studio equipment and leaping around radio studios. He is a multi-faceted artist whose impact on the music scene is far-reaching. But above all he is a DJ, a true DJ: transformed by music, passionate about the crowd

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/laurentgarnier
https://soundcloud.com/laurent-garnier
https://www.facebook.com/Glasgow.Pressure/

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Slam Radio Playlist on Spotify: bit.ly/SlamRadioSpotify 
slam-djs.com 
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/slam-radio/id584845850

Slam Radio is produced at glowcast.co.uk 
For syndication or radio queries, email conor@somarecords.com and contact@syndicast.co.uk

Laurent Garnier

#SlamRadio - 271 - Laurent Garnier [Recorded at Maximum Pressure, 2017]

@wonderstories heads over the pond for their 24th release finding the Aussie/UK collaboration between @dawn-again (returning from his excellent EP on WS019) and UK underground champion @rothmans (known for his vinyl only label of the same name). Psychedelic, melodic, and grooving are the name of the game here with 'Timeless Odyssey' venturing into melancholic ethereal territory

SB PREMIERE: Dawn Again & Rothmans - Timeless Odyssey [Wonder Stories]

The Sound Of Vast imprint, headed up by Knock and Red Pig Flower has over the years carved out quite the reputation, with an impressive back catalogue featuring material from the likes of Cosmin TRG, Vid/Egal3, Soichi Terada and The Jaydes amongst others. Here though we see San Proper and The Mole make a welcome return to the imprint, this time round joining forces with Hreno for a three track EP from the powerhouse trio.

Leading on the package is ‘Friendly Tears’ which features yet another leading figure in the house scene, Dekmantel regular Tom Trago, as you’d expect from such an impressive array of artists we’re treated so soul drenched house driven by swinging organic drums, infectious funk licks and hooky synth lines before the ‘Chunkless Mix’ strips things back a little, laying focus solely on the 80’s tinged synth work, delayed vocal murmurs and minimalistic percussion.
‘On The Floor’ then rounds out the package, retaining a similar aesthetic with choppy guitar melodies, penetrating bass stabs, crunchy rhythms and resonant arpeggio synths ebbing and flowing dynamically throughout

Friendly Tears EP

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PREMIERE : San Proper, Hreno & The Mole - Friendly Tears (The Chunkless Mix)

12" VINYL AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP : smarturl.it/needw057

OUT NOW

We welcome Fife born, Bristol/Berlin based Geoff Wright aka Kemback (Omena/Futureboogie) to Needwant. 

By day, Kemback teaches music production classes to students in Berlin, with such a musical back-ground behind him, his latest EP Moving Through Clouds is every bit exquisite as you'd think. Open-ing with the luscious 'I Need You', hi-hat, bongos and sumptuous strings are just some of the ele-ments that blend together seamlessly, a touch of modern jazz-house. The experimental combinations continue on 'Stepping Back', a heavy breaks track coupled with arps and saxophones. Whilst the hazy pads of 'Moving Through Clouds' goes down a more atmospheric route. The EP includes remixes from Soulpiction and Kim Brown (Needwant). 

Over the past ten years the Needwant mantra has been to push the very best in new talent, having provided the platform for the likes of Kiwi, The Mekanism, Maxxi Soundsystem, The Revenge and many more.

Digital / Vinyl

Kemback - I Need You (Soulphiction Remix)

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Dublin duo Long Island Sound make their debut on Bobby Analog's Body Fusion imprint with a collection of house jams high on the atmospherics.

@longislandsoundeire

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Premiere: Long Island Sound 'Digital Breeze'

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Two of Finland's finest combine on this new downtempo gem for @suol's weekly 'Hallo Montag' release series that runs alongside their Monday afternoon/evening (only in Berlin, right?) party of the same name at IPSE. This languid groove channels a Balearic vibe with loose synth undulations, discordant wind melodies, solemn vox synths and a general hazy ambience that make it a weird and wonderful winner.

@jimi-tenor
@sasse (aka Freestyle Man)

PREMIERE: Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man - Lake Of Lagomar [SUOL]

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A tasty 4-track sampler featuring highlights from some of our upcoming releases. @bengomori curates another unputdownable VA with four killer tracks from new, emerging and resurgent names from four different countries that have been getting big reactions of late.
Copenhagen's genius-like "Paxton Fettel" has been destroying dancefloors with his piano-heavy, joyous sound recently on labels like Delusions Of Grandeur and Greta Cottage Workshop. "I'd Like To Know You Better" is another fist-pumping jam that oozes positivity. London DJ "Kristy Harper" makes her debut in the production world with the slinky, pared-back disco groove of "Uncle Jungle" - an earworm of a track which she has been consistently pestered for when playing in her sets.
Sub Club resident Harri has been slaving away over new material as one half of Glasgow duo "Manakinz" alongside his bud Max, with their heavyweight, relentlessly building and layered house sounds exemplified on the extremely potent "Robopubez (Rust In Peace)". Sounds from South Africa round off the EP, as now-London-based talent "Maxime Alexander" turns out a phat acid-house-rap jam with fellow SA rapper $hakes' irresistible delivery on hand.

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PREMIERE : Manakinz - Robopubez (Rust In Peace)

Mangabey - Midnight Costume

https://www.discogs.com/fr/PVP-Tshilidzi-Si-Ya-Jola/release/13373369

P.V.P. - Tshilidzi

Out June 2013 on 12" vinyl (E-DREAMS007)
Includes remix by Terrace (AKA Stefan Robbers)

A Sagittariun - The Mojo Odyssey (clip)

Heading towards their 28th Birthday in June this year, and having been responsible for discovering some of the best up and coming producers in electronic music. It’s safe to say that London-based Freerange Records is one of the most consistent and acclaimed UK indie House labels operating today.

English Version-👇🏼​- 

RhythmXp ist kein DJ-Projekt. Es ist ein Zustand.
Ein auditiver Zwischenraum zwischen dem, was war, und dem, was sich nicht greifen lässt.
Meine Mixe sind keine Produktionen – sie sind Spuren.
Von Verlust, von Struktur, von Erinnerung.
Ich arbeite mit Resonanz, nicht mit Funktion.
Wer zuhört, bleibt. Nicht aus Neugier, sondern weil etwas ruft. 

For bookings, submissions or collaborations:
          ✧ rhythmxp.music@gmail.com ✧
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RhythmXp is not a DJ project. It is a condition.
An auditory in-between space –
between what has passed
and what refuses to be grasped.

My mixes are not productions –
they are traces.
Of loss, of structure, of memory.
I work with resonance, not with function.

Those who keep listening
do not stay out of curiosity –
they stay because something calls.


For bookings, submissions or collaborations:
         🌀 rhythmxp.music@gmail.com 🌀

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🔗 linktr.ee/rhythmxp

Tim Toh & Ranavalona - All I See (Jimpster Remix) [Freerange Records] (96Kbps)

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