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quest?onmarq - Contagion / Spinout

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'Digital Recall' is taken from my upcoming EP 'Explorations In Music For Dancing Vol. 2'. Pre-order now - https://happahappa.bandcamp.com/album/explorations-in-music-for-dancing-vol-2

Out on the 2nd April via Bandcamp and the 9th April everywhere else.

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Explorations In Music For Dancing: Vol. 2 

Happa - Digital Recall

Today we premiere Doubt’s new track ‘Friotaíocht’, releasing as part of the Chancers Vol. 1 compilation, on the new City Imp Records imprint from Roo Honeychild and City Imp, who are releasing their debut compilation with some rising talents of Irish dance music and “weirdo pop”.

With the announcement of Chancers Vol. 1, ‘Dublin Club Queen' Roo Honeychild launches her new label ‘City Imp Records ’. The philosophy of ‘City Imp Records’ as a label is not to take itself too seriously, according to City Imp its “music for messers”. The stunning artwork designed by DJ Egg provides a graphic of all artists on the VA which includes Roo herself, Selky, Sweet Philly, Toké O’Drift, and more.  

The anything but-over-serious compilation links club sonics derived from genres such as Jersey Club, Industrial Rap, Trance and Hard Drum but all full of Irish Humour and nostalgia and appreciation for “Irish Institutions” such as “shifting someone’s mate at a teen disco, cúpla focail Gaeilge briste and drinking cans on public transport. Iconic samples included on the compilation include some vocal chops from Enya, B*Witched and that viral video of the Kerry Family that failed to catch the rogue bat in their kitchen, but you’ll have to wait to hear them all! 

Doubt’s track ‘Friotaíocht’ is today’s premiere from the compilation. ‘Friotaíocht’ is a fast paced track with the kick pattern and breaks of Jersey Club  Music but with that Hard Drum sound Doubt's production is known for along with hypnotic trancey synths and samples from this moment on Talbot Street a few years ago when Pegida fascists were chased out of Dublin City. 

There has been no slowing down for Doubt in recent years, he is the co-founder of Cork’s ‘Flood’ label with Syn and Tension all of whom have pioneered a forward thinking percussive sound in Irish dance music. Flood as a label have provided an extensive discography of hard drum releases and have been supported internationally by heavyweights such as I Hate Models and Lyzza to name a few. He recently released ‘Soilse’ as a single on the label earlier this year, which is another beautifully produced melodic track, while also making his debut appearance on Rinse FM with Object Blue back in February, who states Doubt as one of her all time favourite producers. 

Check out Doubt’s track below from ‘Chancers Volume 1’ on our SoundCloud now and be sure to follow City Imp Records and Doubt on their socials. Pre-order for the compilation is now available on the City Imp Records Bandcamp with a release date of Wednesday the 28th of April.


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quest?onmarq - Spinout (ft. Neana)

Pre-order here: https://questionmarcdj.bandcamp.com/album/contagion-spinout 

As a producer and DJ, New York native @quest?onmarq has always had both hands and feet in the rave. Their residencies with Rinse France and The Lot Radio, along with sets globally from Bossa Nova NYC to Berlin’s Panorama Bar, have become prolific for their unpredictability. The only certainty being they’re armed with three decks, two hands and one mic.

Their forthcoming EP on Jamz Supernova's @FutureBounce embodies this with out-and-out hyperactive tendency, featuring a jersey club tinged techno track and an EBM-style acid march featuring Neana. 
'Contagion' was made in London after quest?onmarq spent a summer in Berlin and is designed to unapologetically tear up a room.

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Pre-order: https://petrola80.bandcamp.com/album/nightshade-edition

Taken from PET-008: Lyra Valenza - "Nightshade Edition"
Out June 19th on Petrola 80
@lyravalenza
@petrola-80

Danish duo @lyravalenza (aka Hjalte and Jens Konrad) operates on the outskirts of contemporary electronic dance music. Armed with a playful approach and a patchwork of digital and analogue equipment, Lyra Valenza carved their own space in the Copenhagen scene by genre-blending Jungle, UK Garage, and Footwork into a mix of forward-facing and euphoric dance music for 2020 and beyond. A testament to the duo's unique approach to sound design, they were selected for this year's SHAPE - a platform for innovative music and audiovisual art from Europe.

Lyra Valenza's latest EP, Nightshade Edition, is a package of sweet and dangerous cuts to the taste of dystopian romance. The prime dance floor material hits with metallic percussion and bursts of fluttering synths tuned with just the right amount of trance. From stepping UKG, to lush digital soundscapes, the four breaks heavy tracks are hyper-modern sonic experiments processed through a retrospective haze.

The Nightshade Edition EP is released on Lyra Valenza's own @petrola-80 label. It follows their 2018 debut EP "Scan Deliver" on UK imprint Opal Tapes and comes as a welcome return from the energetic producers.

Artist: Lyra Valenza
Title: ‘Nightshade Edition’
Label: Petrola 80
Catalogue no.: PET-008

Artwork: Laurits Hanak
Mastering: Joel Krozer (Sixbitdeep Studios)
Mix: Frederik Møller
Format: 12" vinyl, digital, longsleeve T-shirt
Release date: June 19th 2020

Blind Spot Monitor [Petrola 80]

back again w/ even more new 
quest?on meets neans for volume "II"
download on bandcamp! 
>> https://questionmarcdj.bandcamp.com/album/gemini-ii-quest-onmarc-meets-neana<<
see also, "FANTASII" a/b single
> https://soundcloud.com/iamquestionmarc/sets/quest-on-meets-neana-do-u-like <

100% of proceeds donated toward 

Black Trans Travel Fund (NY/NJ, USA) 
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The Black Trans Travel Fund is a mutual-aid project developed in order to help provide Black transgender women with the financial resources needed to be able to self-determine safer alternatives to travel, where women feel less likely to experience verbal harassment or physical harm. This project was created out of direct response to the relentless and unacceptable violence Black transgender women across the country have been experiencing. We are currently providing our service to Black trans women in New York and New Jersey, and will be working to expand our efforts to other states soon! 


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The mission of the BTFA Collective is to connect the community of black trans women and non-binary femmes in the arts & to build power among ourselves. 

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Neana (@neanaonthetrak)
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art by quest?on , master by Neans

Schöneberg Shuffle - quest?onmarc meets Neana

https://soundcloud.com/avernianofc
https://soundcloud.com/cressida

Joining the NHS team is Manchester’s own Avernian, whose presence amongst many other contemporary electronic music producers has shone brightly through a slew of releases on Daniel Haaksman’s Man Recordings, Scuffed Records, Row & Circular Jaw; a refined synergy of worldly instrumentation and modern mechanical sounds characterized by oblique rhythm structures defines his works. His foray into the NHS realm comes in the form of ‘Ripper’ – a battle-ready EP that encompasses the stages of conflict through rolling drum work and thunderous atmospheres.

We are called into battle with the title track ‘Ripper’ whose namesake suggests a sense of tearing and viciousness. Commencing with the ominous gong that swims through the emptiness at the beginning of the piece, we are immediately crushed by the monstrous kick drum sequence that dominates the mix of delicate distortion on the hats and mid frequency African percussion guiding it forward.

Following on is ‘Tornado’ taking a much more-fuller, bolder approach to the quality of the soundscape. Still carrying the same focus on rhythm primarily, Tornado chugs along as the 4x4 kick pattern carries the polyrhythmic force into the eye of the storm. Double time tabla keep the furious pace spinning around the outside of the intricate structure of this anarchic clash personified.

Taking the relentlessness of Tornado, Glacial Industries affiliate ELLLL expels the track into the nothingness of space with an exercise in low-end mastery. A distinct lack of high-end sounds, complex, rumbling sub bass hooks and its hammering rhythm help create the haunting mood on her reinterpretation of Tornado, an ideal soundtrack to the aftermath of the devastating storm.

Our last stand is not one that we take on alone; Avernian is joined by Cressida on ‘Canary’. Breathy risers maximise the forcefulness of the rhythmic madness on Canary. Rough, distorted smashes and crashes, much like that of the metal of swords and shields engaged in conflict, maintain the constant energy of the ensuing struggle. A powerful conclusion to the EP, though the war carries on.

Artwork by Benfika
Mastering by Doug Shearer

Ripper - EP

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Avernian & Cressida - Canary

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quest?onmarq - Spinout (ft. Neana)

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