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Rawtrachs
Live Wire E.P.
A: Live Wire
B: The Clap Trap

Out 16th December 2022

Tower blocks loom into the grey skyline like shattered teeth.  Under the glare of these great monoliths a patchwork of housing estates, creep across what once was untamed. 
Yet there is a kind of magic here. Amongst the artificial shadows cast from broken street lights and flickering plasma screens. Amongst the damp corners of a metropolis too big to care, an energy is cultivated. 
Alive with a pure creative vitality, this space is once again Organic...

https://soundcloud.com/rawtrachs
https://www.instagram.com/rawtrachs/
https://torrexvi.bandcamp.com/

Rawtrachs - Live Wire

TXVI029

Rawtrachs
Live Wire E.P.
A: Live Wire
B: The Clap Trap

Out 16th December 2022

Tower blocks loom into the grey skyline like shattered teeth. Under the glare of these great monoliths a patchwork of housing estates, creep across what once was untamed.
Yet there is a kind of magic here. Amongst the artificial shadows cast from broken street lights and flickering plasma screens. Amongst the damp corners of a metropolis too big to care, an energy is cultivated.
Alive with a pure creative vitality, this space is once again Organic...

https://soundcloud.com/rawtrachs
www.instagram.com/rawtrachs/
https://torrexvi.bandcamp.com/

Rawtrachs - The Clap Trap

Illegal Shipment joins the ranks for WORSHIP004, delivering attitude fueled 2-step heaters with unnerving undertones - authentically infusing elements of dubstep and grime akin to the aesthetics of late 90’s and early 00’s mutations of UK garage.

Drawing from the more aggressive sounds of early bassline, “Cheque It” opens with kick led grooves and sharp drums, evolving in the latter half to abyssal bass hits with shimmering synths offering a lighter contrast in the mix.

“Fight It VIP” is a heads-down lights-off-in-the-basement tool with creeping synths 
& stuttering 2-step complemented with pulsing, sub-shaking, warped bass. Short breaks give way to abrasive samples and disquieting stabs. 

Dripping in old-school flavour, the digital bonus track “Nuff Talk” brings punchy kicks, slowed vocal samples, and gritty bass lines together with playful ease and a warm, rough-around-the-edges aesthetic.

WORSHIP004 - Illegal Shipment (Clips)

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Ice Spice - In Ha Mood (O'Flynn Remix)

Rushing out advanced patterns that springboard from hi-tek soul, jungle, footwork and weightless grime into unknown zones, J-Shadow arrives on Sneaker Social Club with an album which cements his status as a true sonic scientist. 

Since his first drops some five years prior, the London-based DJ/producer has weaved a web of intrigue across labels like Bun The Grid, Nous Disques, Warehouse Rave and an album last year for Keysound. Through it all, he’s demonstrated a prodigal affinity for the elements of hardcore -rooted soundsystem culture without ever being beholden by the perceived rules of dance music.  In his hands, tracks can hover in suspense without ever needing a breakdown or build-up, pivoting on skittering drum machine pulses or teetering on the precipice of mountainous subs, gliding on celestial pads or skating into abyssal negative space. The acknowledgement for past methods is there in some of the canonical samples - like where Heather O’Rourke’s Poltergeistcall takes on a truly alternative dimension subtly bedded into the vast swathes of ‘Beneath The Undertow’ - but nothing is as it seems. 

The End Of All Physical Form is no self-consciously ‘deconstructed’ record, though. It’s futurist rather than post-modern, carrying on the legacy of jungle and other such forms as vehicles for innovation and urgent exploration, bristling with energy and still, ironically, physical despite the mutated forms the beats and basslines manifest in. Find these works an open-eared soundsystem and they’ll absolutely do the damage, taking the dance somewhere far beyond in the process.

J-Shadow - Arsu

Gimme A Break Records present Groovy D’s “Phase Shift EP”, a collection of 3 genre-bending tracks designed for the club, supplemented with a leftfield breakbeat remix from An Avrin. Leeds-based Groovy D is a former founding member of Denham Audio, who has amassed an enviable string of releases on highly respected labels, including Shall Not Fade, Unknown To The Unkown and Hardline Sounds. His sound primarily contributes to the new wave of 2-step and 4x4 UKG. However, he also draws influence from UK Funky, Dubstep and Techno in his productions. Groovy’s sets are as energetic as his tracks, allowing him to play at a number of top clubs in the UK and around Europe. 2023 sees no slowing in the pace and momentum of Groovy’s rise, with sets as far flung as Tbilisi, Georgia as well as a huge fabric debut.

GABD013 sees Groovy at his most unrestrained, colliding ideas from multiple genres in a highly energetic EP. In “Freak U” Groovy utilises his break chopping skills to create a contemporary electro-style beat against the backdrop of an acid-like rave stab, constantly moving and shifting throughout the track. “Phase Shift”, the track which kickstarted the EP, came together quickly on a train down to the capital. This 145 bpm rave weapon features meticulously chopped break elements as well as high-energy stabs and is bound to get the club moving. Building on the success of his highly sought-after “Glue Riddim” released on ec2a, Groovy melds elements from Dubstep, UK Funky and Breakbeat to send “Ravey Riddim” to new heights. Finally, Scuffed Recordings mainstay and South London’s resident leftfield wizard An Avrin provides a stupendous remix of “Freak U”, sending listeners through a portal of incomparable sound design. 

Groovy D
https://open.spotify.com/artist/43iAneSLd8xkYP6lgczDIZ?si=5n5JUD_BQmyoB0hCU9gurg
https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/groovy-d/1503563215
https://www.instagram.com/groovyd_ukg/
https://soundcloud.com/groovyduk
https://groovyd.bandcamp.com/

An Avrin
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3AesIIDnUocquLwVrVVO8o?si=j8fVAAbLTxSJ0wqzxjDW6w
https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/an-avrin/1487702119
https://www.instagram.com/an_avrin_/
https://soundcloud.com/4navr1n
https://4navr1n.bandcamp.com/album/bonk-ock

Gimme A Break
https://www.instagram.com/gimmeabreakrecords/
https://soundcloud.com/gimmeabreakrecords
https://gimmeabreakrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/gimmeabreakrecords

PREMIERE: Groovy D - Freak U (An Avrin's Portal Mix) [Gimme A Break Records]

Pre-order: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sentimento/freak-dj-adhd-remix

@solosentimento is a new project from Italian producer Riccardo Vangelli who teams up with @djadhdgotbngrz to take on a remix of 'FREAK', his latest breakbeat cut-turned-909 banger.

“My rhythmic textures are cold, I use metallic noises to shape the transients, it’s my signature sound," says SENTIMENTO.

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Premiere: SENTIMENTO 'FREAK' (DJ ADHD Remix)

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