Artist: Xiao Quan
Title: Connection
Mix & Master: Xiao Quan
Artwork: Gabriel Massan
Label: FunctionLab & Indieworks

The name Xiao Quan sparks a question mark and confuses tons of listeners. His nationality, cultural background and behaviour are topics that everyone who knows him for the first time want to talk about. Those are also the themes he is more than happy to play with in his music. In fact, he has lived in Shenzhen, China for two years, when Oil Club wasn‘t even open.

Cultural symbols from Asia and Africa have appeared more and more frequently in world’s art scenes in recent years, although the status of self-consumption in content and consumption by the Western world is still unchangeable in a short time. As a producer from São Paulo, Xiao Quan’s "Connection" EP uses a generalized and concrete way to create cultural symbols as he operates them and make them sound normal and casual, which is impossible for many original creators of culture, especially in mainland China, which is almost derailed from its tradition now. Xiao Quan is just like us (Chinese people and producers), absorbing and using a large amount of information from around the world.

"Connection" EP is undoubtedly based on the Xiao Quan-style black humor, and the connection with the Asian and African culture he deeply loves. Unlike in the past, he really participated as a member of Asian culture through FunctionLab this time. From the first sound of "Rolling Barrel”, like the sound of a dragon coming out of the fog, drums from Asia and Africa came through and wore it to the end, warm and obscure. Does the rough Chinese vocal sample appearing in the track puzzle you? This is the voice that Xiao Quan doesn't understand very much but crazy in love with. The fun is self-evident. As for elaborate arrangements and superb production techniques, these have never been the case for Xiao Quan.

Welcome to the wild and lovely dancing world of Xiao Quan.

[FL016] Xiao Quan - Connection EP

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welcome to the Dreek’s Beach Club where no one likes school and everyone is crazy about eurodance.
sweet, wonky, hyperpopish beats and bright pianos are penetrating your brain non-stop, but it’s not a problem, because you’re probably a chillout master. and if you're not, “Always Be With You” will teach you some relaxation tricks.

music by Andy Portou
@dreeksmusic
https://dreeksmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dreeksmusic/

artwork by julek ploski
www.instagram.com/julekploski/

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Dreeks - Always Be With You

HDMIRROR - ALWAYS TOO LATE 
POCARI PISS - FREAK ME

Always Too FREAK (HDMIRROR x POCARI PISS mashup)

𝙰 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗

𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴: 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘦-𝘢𝘴𝘣𝘭.𝘣𝘦/
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Artwork by @4kfairyfantasy
Mastering by @drgibby

music by @myentericplexus @duality6371209 @djsportium @djhristos @spaansekech69 @axemblem @trillosta @golce-dabbana @leop4rdi @lukasoppenheimer @taucontrib @k-e-n-a-iiiiiiii @jr_bst @umbra-abra @autism101

Dua Lity - See You, Bye Bye

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

lovefear - ectomorph
soundcloud.com/lovefear1/sets/persona

playboi carti - ur the moon

lovefear + new carti

Ship Sket - England as a Succubus EP
ID008
Release date: 07-06-24

"Listening to Ship Sket feels like being dragged to hell and back." - DAZED

You cannot separate pleasure from pain. Grotesque drums hiss and boom inside drill’s stricture, voices utter shattered phrases to each other in a darkening chain of whispers, synthetic violins mourn their last and rush towards singularity. Drawing upon the ‘self indulgent, purple prose’ of Angela Carter, the staggering works of composers Villa Lobos and Xennakis, the fissure between pagan mysticism of England past and its feckless, soul consuming present; ‘England as a Succubus’ is a lustful spirit that writhes and vibrates against a backdrop of lurid sonic pressure. 

Raised amongst the trees of the North Dorset countryside and presently residing in Manchester, Ship Sket grapples with a frenetic and maximalist style that subverts and perverts expectations of UK bass music with equal measure.

His new EP 'England as a Succubus' will be out on 7th June 2024 on Illegal Data.

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Ship Sket - G String Politixx

SHL⌬ is a project based out of [REDACTED], exploring the intersections between [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and new forms of [REDACTED]. They have leveraged new forms of alchemy to create sounds meant to project [REDACTED] onto the club sphere, offering unique potential for subcultural integration and control.

For this mix, SHL⌬ lets us into their lab to hear the newest audible weapons they've discovered, composed together into a highly effective board of tools for subconscious control and suggestion.

Tracklist:
SUTA - Blood on My Thinkpad
Miedo Total - Pomegranate
MY BITCH IS - (Central Cee - Doja [Apu Nanu Rmx])
CELES7E - A Miserable Fate + Max Dahlhaus - Ninsei Lane (Trngs remix)
B.yhzz - GORR
OMULU X SOPHIE X MC 2K - PIRANHA BOY (maja rip blend)
Shyqa - Betraying (Ida Dillan remix)
Rumina - Quarry (WULFFLUW XCIV remix)
HANAH - More is More
rensgo - HALLOWEEN NA D27
Avburn x Imogen Heap - False Stairs (Avbvrn Headlock) + DJ Lag - Drumming
Torus - Chroniko
playboi carti 2024 iyliaes remix + LOVE US - Nail Tutorial Symphony 1
DIGESTIVO - Fungi
shl - extract_forever (tropical interface x ship sket x cb) + B E N N - the palace
Grasps_ - Arcane Blade
TCV - SEXo Si
MEAT CAGE - skeeye 163 (club destroy)
B E N N - pasvake
Ani Klang x Tempa T - next sadbois (Rama's Mad Mashup)
MYEN - [515] MYEN HARD BAILE REFIX
x/o - Cyclone Scream
Lefka - Intrusion
vio lino - see u tonight

RADIO:TRAUMA 040: SHL⌬

An ode to the frontline, this one goes out to retail lifers and mall walkers alike. Built by two garage heads scheming on a daytime gig at the Eaton Centre, the track fuses bold 2-step pressure with playful samples and a proper old-school flex. Somewhere between the food court and the fitting room, youll hear a familiar voice claiming the systems 5,000 watts - a nod to local folklore and even louder ambitions.

1P003 // 1TK & Operator P - Retail Badmon

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4 Xiao Quan - Sweat

3 Xiao Quan - New Ties

2 Xiao Quan - Sword Dancer

1 Xiao Quan - Rolling Barrel

Label based in HangZhou, China.

demo / contact : flmusic@functionlab.cn

1 Xiao Quan - Rolling Barrel

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