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Mastered by Ryan Schwabe

To celebrate the endless journey of Vv Pete’s West Sydney anthem ‘Frauds’ Trackwork are releasing a slew of new remixes from local club heavy hitters DJ Plead, Strict Face, Rydeen & Grasps. 

Accompanying Mall Grab’s explosive remix of Frauds earlier this year, the collection spans hard hitting percussion to emotional trap landscapes utilising Vv’s iconic vocal delivery, and unique instrumentation of producer’s Utility & Cassius Select.

Adelaide’s Strict Face finally drops his metallic, Baile Funk-infused rework that has been playing throughout clubs for the last 6 months, surfacing in mixes including a recent Utility & Vv Pete mix for NTS Radio with YL Hooi. Grasps (of Sydney power duo Agony) weaves melodically rich textures, while fellow Sydney-based producer and DJ, Rydeen, sculpts a club ready heater with eccentric, chopped up layers of samples. 

After murdering Trackwork’s Vivid Sydney show ‘Club Service’, as well as a current EU Tour, Lebanese-Australian club legend DJ Plead’s relentless yet subtly buried Duduk trills lay under a bed of percussive claps, and highly active sub patterns framing Vv in completely new light.

Frauds (DJ Plead Remix)

Listen to "Ziplock Weaponry" by NIQH taken from "Familiar Rift" out digitally and on limited compact disc via Plasma Sources on 29th September

Bandcamp: https://plasmasources.bandcamp.com/album/familiar-rift

Following on from J-Shadow and Hypna’s A2I, Plasma Sources offers up Familiar Rift, the debut EP from NIQH (pronounced ‘NEE-KEEH’). Weaving together grains of garage, ambient and club, the release places a heavy emphasis on sound design like its predecessor to create an immersive world-building experience. 

The EP is a sharp juxtaposition to the label debut - where A2I was dark and heavy, Familiar Rift feels light and skittering. What links these two releases together is an emphasis on sci-fi, world building and high-fideilty, laser sharp sonics. Through these shared aesthetics, Plasma Sources intends to fully cement itself as an imprint which will not simply be tied to one sound or genre. 

NIQH’s process is determined by chaotic serendipity - Familiar Rift was fashioned into shape from a colliding together of captured sounds and experiences, before being assembled into new, mutated forms. Heavily inspired by the work of Moebius and the visual style present in Aeon Flux and many 80s/90s anime, the body of work here represents a dynamic, ever-shifting environment of sonic contortion. 

Despite the chaos at play, the release still feels focused to NIQH. “I finally feel like I’ve got to a point with my music making where ideas feel aligned, concentrated, focused, in a way they didn’t before. Each of the tracks here fuses the chaotic serendipity I love with the notion of keeping the core musical ideas and patterns simple. I’m trying to marry these two pretty disparate notions into a concentrated, highly detailed style of music-making which feels more like a flowing environment than a series of musical actions.” 

Links:
NIQH
https://soundcloud.com/niqhniqhniqh
https://www.instagram.com/niqhniqhniqh
Plasma Sources
https://soundcloud.com/plasmasourcesmusic
https://plasmasources.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/plasma__sources

Familiar Rift

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[Premiere] NIQH - Ziplock Weaponry (Plasma Sources)

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Ma Sha - Elastik EP

Release date: 27 October 2023
https://ma-sha.bandcamp.com/album/elastik-ep

Nervous Horizon is delighted to welcome New York-based producer and DJ Ma Sha to the roster with a high-voltage three-track EP titled "Elastik".

For her Nervous Horizon debut, the Kindergarten' honcho immerses herself in a solitary sonic journey drawing inspiration from the concept of self-isolation-induced time distortion and the interplay of the diverse rhythms intertwining in her environment. From the quick motion of people outside her Ridgewood apartment juxtaposed with the slow, fluid movements of her indoor plants, to the intense traffic on Myrtle Ave contrasting the flowing red light shadows on her studio walls, Ma Sha blends warped reality and sound exploration forming the perfect collage.

Shaping her distinct solo sound with a focus on finding a balance between her critical thinking and intuition, each track resonates with different emotional states. By aligning heavily time-stretched elements with chopping and granulation techniques, Ma Sha skillfully incorporates the altered time concept within the tracks' structure. If "KV December" mirrors unpredictable emotional fluctuations, in both "Myrtle Warp" and "Psyspi" vocal textures' shifts and layered synths co-exist with bold and sharp percussion. Accompanied by a fresh take by Ehua on one of the originals, the EP unravels around a warped perception of time while consistently maintaining the playful atmosphere that defines Ma Sha's personality and the music that truly inspires her.

Ma Sha - KV December

Elpac lurches into the NHS fold with their debut EP, taking form as a selection of four mounds of spasmic drum & bass and dancehall clay. The Pressure Dome affiliated artist captures the essence of his locality – Bristol – through the multiplicity of auditory colours and shapes that define the city’s approach to syncopated, warped electronica eclectica.

The release is fundamentally pacey and pushing, moving in an oddball step along threads of influence with regular moments of transient, oblique leakages. A rich undertone of UK-style sub frequency pervades the collection; the EP is laden with flowing, swelling, pulsing bass that is paired with an unconventional mash of synthesis and percussion.

https://soundcloud.com/elpacuk

Artwork by Jiah Wells
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

Observe, extract - EP

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Elpac - Observe, extract [NHS023]

Pleased to kick off the POSTWORLD Premieres series today with @ziyiz's fantastic cybergrimey-sci-fi-tribal remix of @hyper-john's Metatron.

The track is taken from Hyper John's Metatron EP, out November 1st on @infinitoaudiolabel. The EP, which is Infinito's 120th release, features two huge cuts from Hyper John, plus remixes from DJ Warka, Loophie, and of course Ziyiz.

Mastered by Imaabs
Artwork by After Twitter

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PREMIERE: Hyper John - Metatron (Ziyiz Remix) [Infinito Audio]

Before I start releasing new music next year, I have to let go of one thing first. 

Not many people know, but last year in April I lost all my project files (thanks Dropbox backup!). My entire project folder, and everything that I worked on for the past three years were instantly wiped out. This included what would have been my second album. Written during the pandemic, It was not yet finished but I had almost 25 demos to pick from.

At first I was deeply upset and sad for days. Eventually I started to get over it: I was never fully into the album – I liked it but also had my doubts, that it wasn’t as strong as my first album – I didn’t know how it would’ve been received, as it sounded like nothing else I’d released. So I put it aside, tried to move on with my life, eventually forgot about it.

Seven months later, my mum was taken into biopsy for suspected stomach cancer. During that time I stumbled upon that forgotten album. I remember listening to it on repeat after all those months; it helped me get through one of the most difficult times of my life. 

Fortunately, my mum has recovered now, but this incident made me realise that this project can’t sit on my hard drive forever. In these trying times, I believe it's worth sharing this music with the world, hoping it can bring some positivity and comfort to those who listen.

So here it is, Stella Remota. What was for me a light guiding me out of the darkness. What would have been my 2nd album, now for you all to enjoy. 

Thanks for your support, as always. Lots of music coming in 2024.

PS: Bandcamp Friday is in two days. All the money generate from this release on the day will go towards Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) 


Cover artwork by @y.yairam
Visualiser by @matteo.zamagni

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TSVI - Stella Remota

Cybernetic house meets synth maniac IDM on this new dance-ready oddball by the Saint-Étienne scene stalwart Farkoner.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/farkoner-prisme-ascension-0

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PREMIERE: Farkoner - Ascension 0 (PRISME)

Hassan Abou Alam - Shalfata (3Phaz Remix) [YUKU]

Originally meant to be a remix, this track was never released and the project file is lost like so many others, so it joins the forgotten archive. Suitable for the colder months of North Earth this time of year.

Chunky, aggressive, oddly forward thinking for where I was at musically at the time. Listening to this track makes me realise how this style was kind of a turning point for me and the sound I was trying to make.

Artwork by Jiah Wells

Torn & Strewn

Australian NHS boss Galtier and UK label Synes co-founder Druid team up for a collaborative EP 'Stone Hardware'. The EP’s four tracks are a collection of solo works and collaborative efforts from both producers recorded throughout the duration of late 2020 and early 2021, taking form as a hybrid collection of club-ready dancefloor destroyers.

The established end product of this EP is evident in the release’s title – an organic, primitive sound palette that frequents Galtier’s dynamic sound as heard in the last few years, combined with Druid’s mechanized futurism taken straight from the streets of Neo-Tokyo. Each producer has offered a distinctive focus that they have merged together into one evolving, unanticipated synthesis of proto and post-earthly sound.

https://soundcloud.com/galtier
https://soundcloud.com/druiduk

Artwork by Karnn Bhullar
Mastering by White Peach

Stone Hardware - EP

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Galtier - Bayou Of Metamorphoses (feat. Druid) [NHS025]

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