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MASH UP Made for XLSIOR MAIN PARTY, party dedicated to Peter Rauhofer.

Whatever Balance Werkkk (XLSIOR MASH)

Label: Banoffee Pies Records
Release No: BPBL01.1
Release Type:  Black Label / Part 1 / 750 LIMITED PRESS / VINYL ONLY
Various Artists: Christian Jay / Larry De Kat / Florist / Crump
Genre: Minimal / Dub Techno / Breaks
Release Date: 13/06/16

Mastered: Ten-Eight-Seven
Pressed: Disc Solutions
Distributed by: Banoffee Pies Records
Artwork by: Ellen Pearson

For those who thought they may have just begun to understand Banoffee Pies Records - Lest it be known you never will, and that’s how they intend things to stay. Tuck into Part 1 of their new Black Label Series and drop yourself back to the drawing board. An honest insight into the crews deeper passions. Four hard hitting tracks with real dance floor power. Grooves between the Petals - Part 2 drops after summer - more BPR fire, this series is one to watch. !!TIP!!

Black Label Series 01.1

Black Labels Series 01.1

Buy 12" / mp3

A2 Larry De Kat - Starry Nite Life CLIP

Produced by Sun Runners 女神の恋人達  & Lord Tusk 2018 ¥®¥

Always be your G

At First Light

Move

Ugandan rapper MC Yallah joins Phantom Limb for the release of her blistering new 12” Mama Waliwamanyii. Produced by Irish electronic artist Eomac (one half of R&S Records’ Lakker), the EP fuses Yallah’s breakneck Luganda language rapping with Eomac’s powerful, purposeful beats.

Formed remotely between Dublin and Kampala, Mama Wailwamanyii represents several months of work, sending beats, loops and song-stems back and forth until the results boiled down to the two vital cuts of exhilarating, experimental, unpredictable hip-hop that make up the EP. 

Opening with urgent descending synth lines, ‘Mama Waliwamanyii’ rushes Yallah’s rhythmic vocal style to the forefront, bristling with kinetic energy. The song references her mother - its title translates to “Mama, you were strong” - and a sense of fierce, feminine intensity pervades throughout, a deep personal meaning that kicks as hard as the beats. The track is destined to intoxicate dancefloors across the world, perfectly sculpted by Eomac to rise and fall with breathless ecstasy one moment and send the heart racing with expectation the next. Yallah wrote the track after losing her mother, who raised her and her siblings alone following their escape from the domestic violence of their home life in Kenya. She writes that the studio session evoked floods of tears. That raw, expressive power shines through.

On the flip, ‘Kakana’ is darker, more patient. Eomac’s spacious, creeping synth lines burn and glower with simmering anticipation, while Yallah’s delivery fills in the percussive gaps with machine-gun poetry. It acts as a neat foil both to ‘Mama Waliwamanyii’ and to Yallah’s previous material, positioning her contribution to the collaboration as a colourful, flowing solo over the greyscale, psuedo-industrial sonics laid down by Eomac. A call to arms, the title translates to “calm down” in response to the criticism Yallah has faced as an outspoken, independent MC in her local scene.

The EP also features extended mixes of both tracks as instrumental versions specially created by Eomac, transforming them into a mutant, warped techno with entirely different personalities to their vocal takes.

MC Yallah is Kenyan by heritage, but born and raised in Kampala, where she is a key member of the much-celebrated Nyege Nyege crew. Her debut release - a collaboration with French producer Debmaster - surfaced in 2018 on Nyege’s Hakuna Kulala imprint. Björk recently picked up on the Yallah phenomenon, spinning her tracks in DJ sets and mixes.

Eomac (Dublin-based producer Ian McDonnell) is one half of Phantom Limb favourites Lakker, whose pitch-black avant-techno graces both dancefloors and experimental music venues the world over. His solo records - including the vital 2016 album Bedouin Trax LP of Middle Eastern samples, released on the UAE’s Bedouin Records - are favourites of Phantom Limb’s A&R team.

The EP is released on highly limited purple vinyl and digital formats on July 3, 2020.

MC Yallah & Eomac - Mama Waliwamanyii

@ronan-music

BUY: tinyurl.com/VIRALVOL6

Here it is, the final compilation on our Viral Syndicate series we’ll be sharing with you before we turn our attention to concentrate on upcoming vinyl releases.

6 compilations, 52 tracks and £3,000 later; we’re quite bloody chuffed with the response to the series and the support we’ve received. So, here’s a huge thank you to every single one of you who has supported the series so far - you really have made a difference helping some of the most dedicated and hard working artists within our scene over the past few weeks.

Anyway, we’ll let the music do the talking.

Viral Syndicate, over and out x

Ronan - Heart Space

Artist: Stelios Vassiloudis
Title: Manual
Label: Balance Music
Cat:  BALANCE009EP
Genre: Indie Dance
Release Date: 22/05/2020
Buy Link: https://www.beatport.com/release/videotape-ep/2941687

Greek producer Stelios Vassiloudis joins up with Balance Music to release four deep, melodic cuts entitled ‘Videotape’ EP.

Hailing from Greece, Stelios Vassiloudis has always been operating on the fringes of what is considered progressive house. A quick glance at his discography will reveal an artist who has come a long way since those earlier releases on Bedrock. Today he's making a name for himself as a highly cerebral practitioner of deep techno productions. On what might be Balance Music's most noetic outing, Vassiloudis has crafted four immersive cuts that showcase his maturation as a highly-skilled engineer, and thoughtful producer. With this release, we expect the Greek's profile to reach into new territories within dance music

The 80s inspired electro stylings of ‘Manual’ featuring wavering synth patterns, delightful stabbing melodies and emotive chords that makes you feel like you are cruising the streets of Miami with Tubbs and Crockett

Soundcloud:
@balance-series / @stelios-vassiloudis

Curator:
Enrico Cherbino

Artwork:
Kaio Batista

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Videotape EP

Buy now on Beatport

PREMIERE: Stelios Vassiloudis - Manual [Balance]

Great Coat

The sixth release on InterGraded by EM+STAV. (@em_stav)
Mastered and cut by Matt Colton @ Metropolis. Vinyl and Digital out July 3rd.
Buy/download/stream here: smarturl.it/INTGRD006

Afterglow

EM + STAV - Inner Space [INTGRD006]

Safe Haven EP

Safe Haven

Three records labels, Graded, ReGraded and InterGraded run by Midland & Chris Gold. 

Distributed by Unearthed 

https://graded.bandcamp.com/

EM + STAV - Inner Space [INTGRD006]

GRADED