Love From Above

Powder

Out September 3, pre-order it here: https://wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/sputnik-one-love-from-above-ep

Dublin rising star @sputnik_one lands on @facta and @k-lone93’s @wisdomteeth-uk with his most accomplished record yet: a flawless four-tracker of mutant dancefloor gear that draws on broken UK techno, psychedelic tribal, footwork and ravey post-hardcore. 

There are echoes of Shackleton and Olof Dreijer in ‘Love From Above’ and ‘Michael Cera’, whilst ‘Microbead’ and ‘Powder’ offer refreshed and refined takes on modern post-dubstep / post-hardcore club styles. 

Across the record the tempo creeps from 130 to 150, keeping all bases covered as late summer ravers migrate towards darker autumn dancefloors.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Sputnik One 'Microbead'

Akkord - Akkord is out now. Order your copy direct from Houndstooth: http://bit.ly/HTH015 or iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HTH015

Following a pair of highly sought-after white labels and the superb Navigate EP, Akkord return to Houndstooth with their self-titled debut album.  

Akkord began as a shadowy collective with an espoused passion for mathematics and sacred geometry, crafting intelligent and beautifully oppressive electronic music. Eventually revealed as a collaboration between experienced Mancunian bass producers Synkro and Indigo, 'Akkord' blurs the lines between junglist revivalism, smoky ambience, and suctioned dub, with a consistently engaging pulse linking the styles. Carefully arranged and achieving maximum impact on a proper soundsystem, Akkord have turned in an ominous and daring debut LP.

Previews of each track on the album will be revealed during the weeks leading up to the release via akkordmusik.net and other sources.  

The album is available on double LP, cut to heavyweight 180g vinyl by mastering engineer of the year, Matt Colton, CD and digital. 

Buy from Houndstooth

Akkord - Hex_ad [Houndstooth]

in the key of 'P'

Phil Oddie

Mysterious supergroup Protect Ryan (@protectryan) make their HOMAGE debut with the 'Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed' EP, featuring four original rave bangers paired with remixes from five of the scene's most trusted underground producers.

Protect Ryan unites three friends (all veteran producers) that first came together through their shared love of '90s rave culture. Their debut EP arrived on DJ Die's GutterFunk label and introduced the world to their distinct ethos, producing club-ready cuts that inject the dancefloor with big energy. Now they expand on their story with the purest form of their dynamic sound, the 'Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed' EP on HOMAGE.

Leading off with 'Bro Magnum', Protect Ryan launch into an all-out assault of banging breakbeats and growling bass before a squelching acid line takes over. Then comes 'Liam Features', a track also forthcoming on TSHA's fabric presents compilation, which follows with more rouged rhythms paired with playful stabs transporting listeners back to the golden age of rave. Next is 'Senhor Whep' and its nostalgic drum breaks that lay the foundation for an absolutely naughty acid line building into peak time euphoria. Finally, rounding out the Protect Ryan originals is 'Unfinished BTEC' delivering the trio's most refined sound, with tight percussion and chopped vocals stacked on top of a smooth, deep, and emotive bass line.

While the originals are enough to satisfy anyone's thirst for rave-ready anthems, the release is complete with a staggering collection of remixes. Building on the energy that was already laid out, Apparition (@apparition-noise) speeds up the bpm with their version of 'Bro Magnum' for a hyper bass banger. Then Club Glow's own Denham Audio (@denhamaudio) takes on 'Liam Features' with his signature breakbeat NRG before Boulderhead (@boulderheaduk) flips the same track into a bumping house cut highlighting the original's infectious bassline. Finishing off the release are two remixes of 'Unfinished BTEC', first by HOMAGE label co-founder Ryan Clover (@ryanclover) who's hard-hitting version highlights the deep squelchy bass and chopped percussion while Davis Galvin (@davisgalvin) delivers a sublime and ethereal downtempo chugger.

Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed

Protect Ryan - Senhor Whep (Original Mix)

New music alert, and first up from boy wonder Waxtek’s debut EP is Lowrider! The fastest of the release, Waxtek packs pulsating rhythms and crashing breaks into 3:20 of high-octane dance energy.

Alongside the release, we are encouraging fans to engage in our campaign to support refugees from Ukraine and beyond. By doing your part and helping out in some way or another you can receive the EP for free. If you’re interested, please head over to Vief’s Instagram where there’s more information!

Waxtek - Lowrider

We're back with another charity VA - this time in support of FareShare Southwest 

ANY BPM Vol.2 releases 09/09, available to pre-order now! 

1. @leftleftdbg - Watchen
2. @whambolam - Chugugga
3. @user-182838783 (Yoosee)- A Little Bit Dark
4. @fiyahdred - The Shuffle
5. @ruffkaval - Pileup
6. @sickarone - Leaves
7. @van-wilkins - Concentrate
8. @yourboykiran - I Can See It
9. @tvsmiffland - This Ain’t a Place for the Living
10. @slinkiuk - Godfruit
11. @dai-su - Again
12. @etraetra - Kyoho
13. @k-65uk - Dispatch
14. @roamingdataa - Boxwerk 
15. @djsideswipe - Plantlife
16. Goldman & @djlazergun - Set U Free 
17. @norazion1 - It’s a Pity
18. @cazzztle - Remember
19.  @qqantt - Deep Breath

Preorder here - https://excessbristol.bandcamp.com/album/any-bpm-vol-2

AB002 - ANY BPM Vol. 2 [Clips]

@tom-jarmey is an absolute wizard on the buttons. That much is patently obvious, and when he sent me over this new set of tracks I was absolutely melting. He manages to just get so much lovely texture in to the music and yet craft it in a way that it absolutely crushes it on the dance floor.

I’ve played these out on some big rigs and I honestly can’t believe how amazing they sound. You have to experience it to believe it really. They hit hard but are also packed full of emotion in a totally un-cheesy way.

Buy EP

HHSUB008 - Tom Jarmey - Crusher EP (Clips)

PRE-ORDER 12" VINYL: https://bit.ly/SNKR053
PRE-SAVE FULL EP: sq.lnk.to/SNKR053

Out 5th April 2024

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It’s been a minute, but Sneaker Social Club is gassed to facilitate the return of the mighty House Of Black Lanterns, locking in for the dankest 2-step flex in a sincere ode to pirate radio culture. Dylan Richards has always displayed an affinity for low-end pressure threaded through his versatile HOBL output on Houndstooth and his prior work as King Cannibal, but he’s never dialled in to UKG with this much focus before.
 
The A side comes on strong with ‘Back To Back Special’, a dark garage creeper with negative space so vast it becomes all consuming — all the better for the ample MC toasting and spring reverb FX splashes to ping out around the skeletal, hard-knocking swing and snarling bass. ‘Out To The Private Number’ maintains the theme, flipping soulful UKG tropes into an ice-cold update for these malevolent times. 
 
On the flip, Richards pushes the formula further out with ‘Slew’, which deploys hardcore-minded bass hooks in a devilishly dissected rhythmic framework and amps up the yard intensity on the MC source material to create a deadly intersection of garage, rave and dancehall. ‘Summon Like’ dials up the eeriness and lets the growl of the bass take centre stage in a potent, unnervingly minimalist dance wrecker that simply confirms the crystal clear vision Richards is pursuing on this record. 
 
It’s a devout love letter to the edgiest of garage’s golden era without being limited to a simple genre study. Instead, a broad church of soundsystem exaltation gets expressed through the Richards’ elevated production vocabulary, capturing the shockout, mind-blowing spirit of the most trailblazing plates when they first got dropped on an unsuspecting crowd.

Pre-order

House of Black Lanterns - Slew [SNKR053]

~ Summer Number ~
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