Otik's debut on Aus Music, the Xoul Trap EP back in May 2023, showcased his unique blend of atmospheric and breakbeat-powered techno. It is one of many releases over the last decade that have helped establish Ashley Thomas as an artist with a left-of-centre perspective. As well as curating his own Solar Body label he has dropped his singer sounds on Mall Grab's Steel City Dance Discs and Martyn's 3024, where he served up his debut album Cosmosis late in 2024. 

The lush 'Retrograde' is doused in loved-up synth layers and beautiful arps that swirl around a dusty, driving beat. The celestial charm is heightened with angelic vocal motifs that drift through the mix as the lo-fi drums drive on and lock you into a hazy trance.  
'X-Dream' is another melodic masterclass, this time with a garage-tinged and shuffling groove. Gorgeously tender keys rain down from above next to more echoing vocal coos and heavenly synth smears. The whole thing has a hint of melancholy that makes for an even more lasting impact.

Retrograde/X-Dream

Otik - Retrograde

@violetxx9

Second chance, second life
Can't decide, you or I
Fingers locked, intertwined
Love and hate, suicide
What's the price? I don't mind
Take my soul, it isn't mine
Better luck another time
Send me up, I'm paralyzed
Trying to hold it
It's crazy but I'm stuck in this moment
These feelings make no sense
I'm losing it trying to control it
So tell me where home is
The look you're giving me is a protest
I feel it approaching
I'm scared but there's no hope being hopeless

Skin to skin, bruise to bruise
What's it like being you?
I can't think, I'm confused
I cant speak, my words removed
Wait for spring, my heart will bloom
& hold you like we didn't move
Nothing changed, inhale the fumes
and realize I'll always lose

Trying to hold it
It's crazy but I'm stuck in this moment
These feelings make no sense
I'm losing it trying to control it
So tell me where home is
The look you're giving me is a protest
I feel it approaching
I'm scared but there's no hope being hopeless

bruise prod violet

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Cortese - Steven Charles

Surkit

Surkit (Calibre Remix)

Pour It

Mumbai based DJ BRIDGES sets are all about emotional tension, space and weight. Moving between ambient textures, UK Bass, Garage, Breaks and everything in between, BRIDGES always chases a feeling than a formula. With a style inspired by artists like Overmono, Joy Orbison and Leon Vynehall, BRIDGES tries to build journeys that sit somewhere between introspection and release.

About The Mix -

For my mix for Filth Inc., I wanted to tell a story that starts in a meditative, almost sacred headspace, and gradually pushes into darker, grittier club sounds.

It opens with YULLOLA’s Crosstalk edit of “Sister Mountain,” which sets this kind of eerie calm, before slipping into the broken glitch of Tourist & Gold Panda, and later into more percussive cuts from Burna, Flatmate, and PÉPE.

Midway through, it gets weird in the best way Canary Yellow’s edit of Zammuto, Former’s “Turnhand,” and the cold techno edges of Somne and Felix Fleer. But even in the heaviest moments, I’ve tried to hold onto a sense of melody and emotion. I close it out with Atrip and Kelbin’s remix of Aleph tracks that feel like closing your eyes in a crowd and letting go.

This mix is a reflection of where I’m at musically right now searching for that sweet spot between vulnerability and power on the dancefloor. Hope it moves you the way it moved me while recording it."

Track List -

Sister crossralk edit 
Portway 3xn 
Forever tjaro 
Snd4 kelbin 
+1 -  tourist
Jumpboy- flatmate 
Imsoniak - mesopolanca 
It can feel so good -  canary yellow
Odd ocassion - wait 
Get paper - burna 
Sunshine pepe 
Douvelle19 - skin club edit 
Turnhand - former 
Sonne blue spirit 
Bodhi surge 
Stin9 - mi7 dad's remix 
Oxygen soki
Playboi carti - all red dogs i know remix 
Set the roof phritz remix 
Premise - felix fleur 
Atrip here with me 
Joe polar - what you want 
Aleph - just believe kelbin remix 

BRIDGES -
https://soundcloud.com/yaman-khan-811579340
https://www.instagram.com/bridges.dj/

FILTH Invites: Episode 95 - BRIDGES

Pre-order: orcd.co/maxair023 

@wearelocalgroup (AKA LMajor and Joe Nonlocal) make their debut on @maximumairtime with two hands-in-the-air breakbeat anthems and a dark post-garage remix from UK techno royalty Jerome Hill. 

Cutting their teeth as residents at UK festival Field Maneuvers,  Local Group channel hardcore,
breakbeat, garage and jungle into an atemporal rave sound. They've previously released on
Ritual Poison, Secret Rave, 1Ø PILLS MATE, and GODDEZZ, and hosted an all-night
takeover of Fabric highlighting their multi-genre sound.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Local Group 'You Know'

Interlox / Activate

Interlox

A high-energy Drum and Bass track that balances raw intensity with smooth rhythm. The drums hit hard with crisp breakbeats and deep sub-basslines, driving the momentum forward. The sound design leans aggressively — sharp reese bass growls, distorted synth stabs, and punchy kicks — but it’s controlled and polished, avoiding chaos.

Over the top, atmospheric pads and vocal elements add emotion and texture — either chopped female vocals or haunting spoken lines that weave through the mix. The vocals soften the edge, bringing a human touch to the mechanical energy.

The overall vibe is powerful, dark, and dynamic, perfect for late-night sets or cinematic chase sequences — energetic enough to move a crowd, but with a melodic core that keeps it musical rather than purely brutal.

Fragmented Logic

Set Me Free [remix]

Dedication to Michael from Willy & Friends

Pangaea - Memories

Hotflush is a record label launched by Paul Rose aka Scuba in 2003. Its early period was spent as a central part of London's Bass Music scene which exploded in the mid 2000s, although the label has always been difficult to pigeonhole musically and recent output has focused on Techno and House.

Cortese - Steven Charles

Hotflush

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