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Banlieue enters 2022 with a bang courtesy of Mortimer Dubaton’s Athens VS Predator EP. Behind this monicker is Louis De La Gorce, an Athens-based French producer, notorious for his duo The Pilotwings and his solo project Eiger Drums Propaganda.

De La Gorce’s well-documented jocularity seeps through this release, right from its title to the track names and actual productions. This idea is approached through another angle with NEED FOR SPEED, a tune where car-related sounds are brilliantly used by the producer. Layering samples and building a tribal groove sprinkled with chopped up breaks, thick low-end bass, and a zest of vocal samples, this mutant track fit for a car chase in the eponymous video game finds its influence in modern hip hop vibes, but the spirit of rave music is never too far. The result is playful, forwarding thinking bass music that will elicit a response from listeners and dancers without fail.parallels with hard drum purveyors.

Words by Ed Isar
Mastering by Mathieu Berthet
Illustration by Nicol Bolas

Athens VS Predator

PREMIERE - Mortimer Dubaton - Need For Speed (BR014)

Commonly found exploring fractured club sonics with a fierce bite on her POLAAR label, Flore links up with Peder Mannerfelt Produktions for a two-shot exercise in grubby, dance-wreckin’ rhythm. 

The lioness from Lyon wields noise and distortion with a razor-sharp intent on ‘Get Digit’, threading a tapestry of interference around a monolithic bass thump with a groove that takes its cue from the gnarliest end of the dancehall spectrum. 

‘Base IQ’ pivots towards 8-bit bleep and square wave grime with a stern, modernist tract. The sound design spits and snarls around these luminescent hooks while the low end takes on a thunderous energy, positively demanding a monstrous soundsystem over which to preach its message. 

True to Flore’s mission thus far, PM+6 comes loaded with a swagger fit for darkened parties where familiar structures get laid to waste in flamboyant fashion.
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releases March 2, 2023 

Written & Produced by Flore 
Mastering by Isle Audio 
Artwork by Håkan Ullberg

Flore - Base IQ [PM+ 6]

London based with a global eye, TT label share their next compilation 'Preset Resets'. 4 wonky club stunners that run up everything from drill to eski beat sound spheres.

Oliver Twist's 'Backroads' plunges with a UK funky arrangement that pummels along with squelching bass blasts and high pitched snare slaps all in a high edge speed zone.

The EP arrives in full on March 31st with further entries from Jenny Sparks, First Circle and SBUERS.

Follow here: https://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/music

Preset Resets

PREMIERE: Oliver Twist - Backroads (Tobago Tracks)

https://cassiusselect.bandcamp.com/track/bunny

BUNNY

The New Show

Throw-Off

We premiere music from Torino-based artist Ninja Exotic Machine as the duo debuts Early Reflex for their 14th release. We feature ‘Apple Brucho’ an intricate piece of deconstructed hard-drum heaven.

The Italian experimental duo of Ninja Exotic Machine debuted on Early Reflex with their ‘Red Ant’ EP. The Pho Bho Records affiliates Matteo Confetti and Kakofonico showcase their deep love for off-kilter rhythms and cinematic style soundscapes on this one.

‘Red Ant’ was created in a slightly different mindset as the production process was based around the soundtrack for a visionary videogame. It blends various influences from riddim and dancehall which have been rearranged into a weirder and more unearthly manner through syncopated rhythms, stretched vocals, and deep basslines – bringing the definitive Ninja-Exotic-Machine-touch to this idiosyncratic project.

We premiere Apple Brucho – a forward-facing take on tribal rhythms, fusing glitchy IDM crackles and swells with syncopated drum grooves. Low and punchy kick-drum are on display here as they set the scene for a leftfield look into classic tribal club music. The duo jerk up the BPM on this one and create a wall of sound, surrounded by a plethora of jungle-inspired rhythmic sounds. The rainforest meets space travel here.

Ninja Exotic Machine
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EYX014 Red Ant

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Four Four Premiere: Ninja Exotic Machine - Apple Brucho [Early Reflex]

Pho Beat Bazar embodies the classical atmosphere you breathe in a jumbled stand where who is patient enough to root around can find the oddiest gears.
 It's a shared virtual place where we want to get close our favourite artists, welcome to Pho Beat Bazar vol. 3!

Pho Beat Bazar Vol. 3

Galtier - Otswowe

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I’m a ‘polite rudboi’
2nd single from my upcoming album out Today !

The quest begins in just some weeeeeks. Get reaaady for ‘Cuspide Des Sirènes’.

More info and pre order at bandcamp : https://simocell.bandcamp.com/album/cuspide-des-sir-nes-album?label=1739385335&tab=music

polite rudboi (2nd single from my upcoming album)

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

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