Party Rock Anthem - 3

Samantha

Outland

Taken from the 'Drums From The West' EP on Livity Sound.

The next drop on Livity Sound is the first collaboration from long-time label mainstays Hodge and Simo Cell. True to the styles the artists have individually marked out since first appearing on Livity Sound circa 2014-15, LIVITY050 presents fiercely imaginative, upfront club music across a spectrum of tempos. 

The supple, fluid approach to electronic music the two producers are separately known for feeds into a cohesive partnership, whether they’re turning their hand to dancehall-inspired, sub-100BPM heavy hitters or jagged, technicolour half-step tapestries.

Released 26 Nov 2021.

Drums From The West EP

Medusa

Hodge & Simo Cell - Medusa

Akito is no stranger to London's club scene. Over the last years he has released four EP's and an album, established his label Sans Absence, while maintaining his monthly show on NTS Radio. In his new EP for Greek clubnights-turnt-label Not Now Records he finds a balance between his hard-hitting percussive sound and softer melodies that caption the repressed feelings of aggression, self-doubt and melancholy that the last period of isolation and uncertainty have elicited.

Opener's "Coal Mine Canary'' bouncy 97 BPM beat is complimented by distorted strings and heavy stomps, while "Double Gin & Mood Swings" follows. smoothly combining ghostly xylophone harmonics with a half-time dancefloor-ready beat and layers of percussion. 'Sliding Shadows" embodies the contrasting feeling of the record, the inner battle between serenity and undercurrent anger, where comforting steel drum chords and warm pads alternate with a menacing square bass over a hard drum riddim. In "Turb Sprog'' UK producer and frequent collaborator Noire steps in, bringing his rhythmic drum patterns against a haunted keys loop and a heavy, chorused bass, elevating the track into one of the most DJ-friendly moments of the EP. "Residual Feels" follows the same path with detuned keys, gliding sub and an icy square synth riding a percussive, tribal beat, recalling Akito's earlier work and his love for both club music and Grime. In remix duties we find bass heavyweight Last Japan taking the opening track into a whole new dimension, progressing a single loop from the original into an anthemic UK Drill instrumental.
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All tracks written and produced by Akito Hearnshaw

Additional production: 
Radio Etc and George Next (Tracks 1,3,5)
Noire (Track 4)
Last Japan (Track 6)

Mixed by George Next

Mastered by Stardelta Audio Mastering

Artwork by Loic Dupasquier

Akito - Coal Mine Canary

Dancehall vs Raggatek vibes on this remix of Crawl Out by Suku feat. Marvin Binns.

Original here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXvAXb8HZbQ

Toolbox

Crawl Out (Amen4Tekno Limited Vinyl)

2020, AKA The Year of Delivery. Waimai. Food delivery. Virus delivery. Vaccines. And now, at the end of 2020, Love Bang has something to deliver too. 

We’ve spent the last ten years swimming in the cartoon dimension and creating chaos. Parties are in our blood, but they only last one night. Music lasts as long as plastic delivery containers. Time on earth is short, so we’re launching a label to start releasing music. 

Our first release, "Delivery", is a compilation of footwork, bass, club trax, and delivery anthems made in 2020 by friends we’ve met during the Love Bang adventure: Ceezy, Gouachi, Graphic Violence, Heatwolves, MMQ, Swimful, Vorbi, and Tsui Honagi, a.k.a. Dirty K, who mastered the whole project. We've traveled together through airports and train stations during pandemic times as well as “normal” times. We've played shows and emerged from clubs into daylight together. We've grown together. May this be the first of many Love Bang releases! 

Thank you Waimai, for delivering us into 2021. And thank you to everyone who’s been a part of the Love Bang story so far <3 

Mastered by Tsui Honagi.

Outland

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