Returning with our first release of 2022, we are delighted to welcome @soreabuk to the label :) 5 cuts bridging the gap between Bass Music, Italian Techno and early IDM. As well as a weighty remix from the formidable @pugilistmusic <3

150 copies, hand stamped.

Release date: 17/06/2022
Distributed by Rubadub
Design by Atelier Plus and Giuditta Turchi

Pre-order: tbc

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PSEU003 - Soreab - Bound to Origins [PREVIEWS]

Taken from DJ Plead's "Quick' EP for Livity Sound out 28th Oct 2022.

Two years since his Going For It EP, Livity Sound is pleased to welcome back Sydney’s DJ Plead for a second round of versatile, psychedelic club variations. Since debuting around 2018 Plead has forged a distinctive sound which focuses on inventive use of percussion and elegant melodic hooks that draw lines between global dance music cultures without adhering to any fixed formula. 

From the carnival futurism of lead track ‘Come Quick’ to the infectious reggaeton lilt and understated trance synths of ‘El Es’, Plead presents a sound as playful as it is serious, predominantly exploring the 100 bpm tempo range. Shaped out by acutely angled rhythms, shifting time signatures and bold licks, Quick EP further establishes him as a vital, individual talent with the kind of flexible club tracks that bend between scenes and inject vibrant energy into the dance.

DJ Plead - Skittles

HEADSETVA01

4 tracks of varying tempo from Scottish producers.

Mastered by Optimum (Livity Sound, Tectonic, Pressuredome)
Pressed by Mobineko
Distributed by Rubadub

A2 - Kamus - Bedrock Head Knock

Available now on LTD Handstamped vinyl over at 

https://rwdfwd.com/products/facta-ditto-dorisburg-remixes

A Facta - Ditto

As Pugilist, Alex Dickson has a rich history of fusing multiple genres to produce unique soundscapes that occupy the collapsing space between techno, house, breakbeat, and jungle. Extracting and distilling the crucial ingredients from each one and using them to conjure up rich sonic tapestries that are as vivid as they are intoxicating. With his debut EP for Of Paradise, entitled Negative Space, Dickson pushes his sound even further, serving up a masterclass in atmospheric club chemistry, purpose-built for a post apocalyptic world.

Featuring four deeply effective cuts caught somewhere between offbeat techno, lucid breaks, and swaggering bass, Negative Space is a four-track vortex born out of heat-soaked landscapes and executed with cold vein precision.

A1. Circuit Breaker
A2. Daggers
B1. Misanthrope
B2. Micro Dose

Pugilist: https://soundcloud.com/pugilistmusic

Negative Space

OP021 // Pugilist - Negative Space

Kouslin returns to Livity Sound with a second collection of slippery club tracks after the 2020 Vision E.P. With an emphasis on head-twisting sound design and a detailed line in percussive programming, the London-based producer continues to reach into intriguing new areas without forsaking soundsystem-ready physicality.  

The tracks which make up the Patterns E.P. stemmed from a period of personal experimentation, where Kouslin returned to making music for its therapeutic benefits rather than a fixed purpose. The loops and sketches he returned to and expanded upon for this EP bristle with originality at every turn. 

There is a continued exploration of dancehall rhythms on ‘King’, while ‘Five Four’ toys with time signatures for a jagged, fast-paced abstraction of techno. ‘Why Don’t You Don’t’ is harder to pin down thanks to its knotty beat and mutant synthesis, and ‘Michael’ flips the script further with an unexpected swerve into pearlescent melodic lead lines – the perfect demonstration of the honest and instinctive approach Kouslin took when making these tracks.

Patterns E.P.

Kouslin - King - Livity Sound

Days seemed to pass by in a blur; they no longer knew what date the calendar showed or what time the clock struck each hour. They extracted fragmented voices from the haze; noticed a change of light in the room; an all engulfing silence slowly taking over, but life was now indistinguishable from dreams and imagination. Like a series of over exposed photos left to wither and fade in a drawer or the fuzzy static that flickered on the TV, they were hovering high above, no longer playing a role in their own life, only watching it play out from the darkness...

London's Control Freak Recordings have got a debut outing on their hands for their first release of 2023. It comes courtesy of Memory Play, the guise of Dialogue co-founder and one half of production and live duo ASYTRYD, Jo Kašpar. The first of two EPs (the second of which will be landing later this year on the label), these three rich techno mutations give us a window into Jo's skilled and meticulous approach to sound designs. Generated on his hardware set up and honed during a three month residency, the music begins his journey into a more personal and conceptual sphere, where he can express himself freely and use performance as a 'method of healing'.

Choice EP (MP3)

PREMIERE: Memory Play - Protect Your Joy [Control Freak Recordings]

Pre-order - https://pressuredome.bandcamp.com/album/two-is-greater-than-one

Our sixth VA compilation continues in the collective spirit at the heart of Pressure Dome; here taking its fullest form. The first of its kind in the label catalogue, ‘Two [Is Greater Than] One’ sees a selection of PD regulars and friends of the label put their heads together across eight atmospheric tracks, equally as suited to the club as to solo listening. 

Those who have followed the label for a while will be no stranger to the comp’s first collaborator. Human Resources teams up with London dub techno specialist, Keplrr, on ‘Spring’: a mood-led composition where the impact is contained in atmosphere. Fragmented drum breaks are engulfed by airy synth pads and punctuated by a dancehall-indebted rhythm that marches at 90BPM. ‘Yuppel’ welcomes Noods Radio mainstay Sid Quirk aka Keppel into the mix. He is joined by label boss, Yushh, on a ruminative percussive tool, guided by cavernous drums that fabricate a vivid, immersive environment. With the guidance of Brighton’s Caldera, the journey continues with ‘Süss Choc’. The reverb-laden synth plucks on ‘evoke water droplets, and hallucinatory details echo around them to create the illusion of being in a mountainous cove.

Delay Grounds – an audiophile in the truest sense of the word – is next to take the baton. Together, he and Yushh take it up a notch on ‘Telomere’ – a full-bodied club-ready track packed with glitchy chords and giddy drums. A gnarly, Pariah-esque breakdown segues into the track’s second wind where pitched-up vocal chops accelerate it to the compilation’s energetic climax. With the help of London drum specialist, Syz, ‘Fuzbidun’ keeps our feet firmly on the dancefloor. Breakbeats are chopped and rearranged, flitting between double and half time whilst a distorted mid-bass roughens things round the edges, prepping the ground for the compilation’s move to a more inorganic feel.

Bristol don, Forever, joins Yushh next on ‘Passing Notes’ – a groove-driven club track where skittish percussion ricochets from side to side, so palpable it tempts the touch. ‘Crash Bash Party At BUFOs’ is no different. The link-up between Delay Grounds and dance music’s stalwart of musique concrète, Wordcolour, is completely idiosyncratic to both artists: the perfect combination of found-sound percussion and skillfully rehashed vocal samples. It’s up to two PD mainstays – Roy Mills and Human Resources – to close proceedings. A chugging rhythm bubbles under the surface of ‘Sycophantasy’, sending us on a dubbed-out trip before picking the pace back up again.

Copy – Annie Parker
Artwork – Jesse Webb
Mastering – Matthew Bentley

@keplrr | @are-human-resources | @sidquirk | @caldera-caldera | @delay-grounds | @syzuk | @foreverg10 | @wordcolour | @private_planet | @yushh

Spring

Various Artists - Two [Is Greater Than] One (PDCOLLAB001) [clips]

Will Hofbauer - 'Hiccups' (WSDM025)

@ofparadiserecords
@destratavan
https://ofparadise.bandcamp.com/album/counterweight
"Vancouver-based artist Destrata chalks up his first solo release for Of Paradise with Counterweight, a multi-layered, richly-textured and often hyper-real journey through new school club music. Placing the critical elements of UK-flavoured bass and breaks under the microscope, Destrata’s almost scientific approach to production sees him examine everything in minute detail, disassembling and reassembling every aspect of a track until a structurally perfect composition emerges.

Featuring four highly immersive cuts, Counterweight showcases a flux of atmospheric inspirations, displaying Destrata’s enthusiasm for more ethereal and fractal sounds built to ooze through back rooms, safeguarding the listener with a weighty lushness."

Bandcamp

*PREMIERE* Destrata - Counterweight

ALL I SEE (Avicii Tribute) unmastered

Scottish rave & label

Full discography (vinyl & digital)
www.headset-scotland.bandcamp.com

HEADSET001 - Creep Woland
HEADSET002 - Capricorn One
HEADSET003 - DJ Posture
HEADSET004 - Creep Woland
HEADSET005 - Usurp

HEADSETVA01 - LWS, Kamus, Aggregate Culture, Delahunt
HEADSETVA02 - Hectic Grub, LWS, Creep Woland, Fourth Precinct

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ran by @skillis-scotland

Previous guests (A-Z)
AK Sports, Anina, Bakongo, Batu, Beneath, Bluetoof, Cando, Cera Khin, Champion, Chris Farrell, Cooly G, Daisy Moon, Danielle, Debonair, DJ Lag, DJ MA1, DJ Crud, DVS1, El-B, Enchanted Rhythms, Facta, Ghost Phone, Gramrcy, Greenman, Groove Chronicles, Hi & Saberhägen, Hodge, Jeremy Sylvester, J Wax, Kairogen, Kamus, K-Lone, Krash Bandicute, Kowton, Laksa, Le Freak, Lezure, Maveen, MikeQ, Mosca, Mother, Murder He Wrote, Neil Landstrumm, Nico, Onyx Stone, Parris, Paleman, Partial, Peverelist, Piezo, Ribeka, Redstone Press, Roska, Riz La Teef, Scott Garcia, Slam, Stephen Brown, Sticky, Telfort, Toma Kami, UNiiQU3, Uno, Wen, Wheelman, Yazzus, Yung Singh, Yushh, Zed Bias, 12th Isle

contact: nick@headsetscotland.com

A2 - Kamus - Bedrock Head Knock

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