TITLE: WE DON'T OWN, WE CREATE
Artist: DYLAN THOMAS
LABEL: FUTUREPAST
CATALOGUE NO: FPLP02
FORMAT: 12" VINYL / DIGITAL / STREAMING
RELEASE DATE: 9 MAY 2025
pre-order: futurepast.bandcamp.com
Triple Vision: https://tinyurl.com/44t64r9m
Deejay: https://tinyurl.com/bdf282jx
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Decks: https://tinyurl.com/4jz8uadu
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TRACK LISTING:

A1. My Ikigai
A2. Plastic World
B1. Silent Reverie In To Memory
B2. Remind Me Ridley
C1. A Beautiful Struggle
C2. Echoes Of Fate
D1. We Don't Own, We Create
D2. Crescendo For Mizze

Dylan Hayes' album debut (LP), We Don’t Own, We Create, released on Futurepast, is a sonic trip balancing club functionality with experimentation. The two-discs project is a bold statement of artistic intent—where minimalism, industrial textures, and introspective loopy moods collide. 
As the result of 8 years of research and experimentation, We Don’t Own, We Create is an electronic sci-fi odyssey, unfolding across eight tracks balancing structure with unpredictability. Co-produced and mixed by Davy Vandegaer, this album is also the story of a friendship rooted in a shared vision—crafting a signature ‘futurepast’ sound where old-school techno aesthetics meet fresh, yet edgy, sonic treatments.

The first disc unfolds like a waking dream. My Ikigai sets the tone with pulsating, introspective club energy, blending loopy synths and a growling bass. Plastic World plunges into eerie depths, weaving spectral vocals and fragmented rhythms. Silent Reverie in To Memory drifts through textured atmospheres and layered percussive echoes. Remind Me Ridley twists hypnotic techno into a dense, mantra-like piece—its reverbs and delays build an intensity conjuring into a foggy, shifting auditive illusion.

The second disc marks the awakening, shaking off the haze with Beautiful Struggle, where abrasive loops, industrial bass surges, and dissonant synth layers build tension. Echoes of Fate condenses the album's ethos, unleashing pulsating stabs and humming rhythms that slice through the mix with razor-sharp precision. The eponymous We Don’t Own, We Create is an electronic ode to the creative process, where haunting vocal loops weave through deep, trippy synth lines, blurring the boundaries between organic and synthetic. Closing on Mizze, the journey dissolves into pure introspection, fading into the ether.

The record balances four club-driven tracks and four experimental pieces, crafting a distorted, explorative soundscape—an immersive journey where dance music meets dark, avant-garde sound design.

Tracks written by Dylan Thomas Hayes
Produced by Dylan Thomas Hayes
Co-produced by Davy Vandegaer
Mixed by Davy Vandegaer
Mastering by Simon Davey (The Exchange)
Pre-mastered by David Morley
Lacquer cut & pressing at AFG
Artwork by Brecht Nijssen
Words by Camille Reich

FPLP02 I Dylan Thomas - We Don't Own, We Create (Snippets)

Berlin based explorative record label, to build a path on the edge of experimentation and functionality. Sense of time is irrelevant.