Label founder Holly Lester pools together a selection of her favourite artists from across the globe to form the first volume in the Duality Trax Visions compilation series. Bouncing from the U.S to Europe, the VA travels through a multitude of moods and genres across seven tracks - including acid tinged electro from New York, breaks infused garage from Chicago, rave-fuelled house music from Belgium and a pulsating trance-inspired club track from Estonia. 

Today we bring you the first listen of 'Umwaya', a dreamy breakbeat number that beautifully rounds off the compilation from Belfast hustler Optmst.  

Keen to reflect the core ethos of the label, the compilation series name serves as a nod towards her ideals of a more equalised future in electronic music - something which is fittingly demonstrated throughout this stellar lineup. 100% of compilation profits will be donated to Doctors Without Borders, who provide medical care to casualties of war in Gaza, Syria, Yemen and much more. The organisation has also worked tirelessly to provide Covid-19 related aid to countries hit the hardest throughout the pandemic and are currently lobbying for a global waiver of patents on COVID-19 technologies.

Premiere: Optmst - Umwaya [Duality Trax]

//YouTube - https://youtu.be/Q6EJ22sLOS0

Young Lychee
https://soundcloud.com/young_lychee
https://linktr.ee/younglychee

Mike Starr
https://soundcloud.com/mikestarr
https://www.instagram.com/iammikestarr/

Raiders
https://soundcloud.com/raiders_records
https://linktr.ee/raidersrecords

"Nothing to see here, just another remix package squeezing extra mileage out of rinsed out tunes...

Wait a minute, that's actually not the case!?!?

Introducing an insane collection of complete re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes from our very first release: Ghettoraid Vol.1. No straight edits on this one, it's all high-newtrition, juicy fresh content! From the mirror-sheen, clinical electro of Mike Starr's J@net rework, to the rave fave that is Rory Kelly's Big Mama RMX of The Past, to URTE's hands-in-the-air breaks version of Could It Be, this release has something for everyone who likes it fast, funky and "auf die Fresse".

Also available on a limited edition USB Stick, which will be the final in our series of engraved thumbdrives. For those who have been asking us to reissue the Ghettoraid Vol. 1 USB, this is your chance to get what you need as we have included all the tracks from the original release with the stick in addition to the new remixes and some spicy bonus content of course.

Big up to all the artists for their contributions <3"

Vol. 1 Remixed

PREMIERE: Young Lychee - Janet (Mike Starr Remix)

Release Date - 18th March 2022
Distro - https://www.unearthedsounds.co.uk/products/design-default-takama-ga-hara-w-sputnik-one-remix-10-vinyl

For the first release of the 10” series, we welcome Design Default to the Dome with an EP that effortlessly orbits a beautiful yet precisely constructed world. The release encapsulates the atmosphere of his previous ambient works with the energy of his left of centre club releases demonstrating the depth of output this Parisian producer is capable of.
 
On the A-side, we dip into his distinctive approach to sound design with glistening melodies, flourishing through an array dreamy soundscapes on Eta Aquariids. We welcome back PD favourite Sputnik One whose rework ups the energy levels with a flip certified to move the floor while maintaining the euphoria and bliss of the original.

On the B, we are again transported to unexplored worlds on the uplifting journey of  Kagura where fragmented particles collide on the backdrop of uplifting otherworldly atmospheres.

Takama-ga-hara reflects the lofty sacred world from which the name implies - weaving through a haze of influences giving us something beautiful, engaging and unique and following on from a tough couple of years, a positive look into the future as we move towards more freedom, connection and positivity. 

Mastering – Ten Eight Seven
Pressing - MPO

Design Default - Takama-Ga-Hara (PD10001) [clips]

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MineralEP01 is out 10.06.2022.

Infinity – Judgement © 1994 Miracle Records

Mastered and Cut by Marco Pellegrino.
Design by AJAM.

Infinity - Judgement (MINERALEP01 - Snippets)

Overthink Records start the new repress series with this gem from Bryan Zentz as Bryan Never, originally released on Psychoactive records in 1997.

Dark Rooms Ep is the perfect combination of the sound of electro, breaks & techno with a touch of ambient (in the track a3).

BRYAN NEVER - DARK ROOMS (OTHRP001)

out of bounds + rngr

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Bbydhyonchord (Remix of Aphex Twin)

A track released on the almighty M>O>S Deep label...

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6239/asok/better-dead-than-alien

ASOK - Better Dead Than Alien - M>O>S Deep

OBERGMAN — ‘Pyroclastic Flow’

OUT NOW 
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A1. ‘Pyroclastic Flow’
A2. ‘Olympus Mons’
B1. ‘Osculating Circle’
B2. ‘Fibonacci Horizon’

Stilleben Records (Cat. no. Still.O57)
Distributed by Clone.nl

‘Pyroclastic Flow’

‘Pyroclastic Flow’ [Stilleben Records]

Melbourne based producer, DJ and co-founder of Sumac Records, Jon Watts delivers his Butter Sessions debut, Music for 3 CDJs. With over 10 years experimenting as an artist, Jon has an established history with the Australian underground scene. Music for 3 CDJs, showcases two contrasting sides, revealing his ability to seamlessly navigate manifold sounds.

The A-side presents three distinct tracks, thread together with restless percussion and a propulsive force. The introduction to the EP, Prohaasation, is a medley of techno and electro fabrics which progressively build before abruptly halting -- generating suspense for the track to follow. The feverish William gasps and screeches in tones that peak and fall, accompanied by audio maintained throughout; reminiscent of a malfunctioning fax machine. Now It’s Done is a choppy and disjointed piece yet coherent in its structure that makes for a rewarding conclusion to the release’s first chapter.

Subtlety and minimalism prevail for side B, as Jon gifts us with loops that swirl and churn. AMB 4 marks the first deviation from the narrative of Side A; sounding like hypnotic swelling from the bottom of a deep well. AMB 5 follows suit, divulging more of the picture. Carved out of a sound bed of field recordings, the nine and a half minute piece enchants with its repetitive arc, a spaciousness mirrored in the EP’s farewell. The last track Piano 1, is an intricate study of a singular piano chord, examining the layers of the chord’s sustain that are disclosed. A testament to Jon’s unadorned restraint and confirmation of the old adage that less is really more. 
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Mastered by C. Kikos
Design by M. Syawish

Jon Watts - Music For 3 CDJS - A Side Previews

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