The third instalment of our four-part 12" series features our favorite artists from around the world.

Melbourne's Pugilist opens the gates with 'Flip Trix.' It's a dub-drenched, broken techno hybrid with earth-shattering low-end throughout. This lengthy 130bpm track, with foggy breaks and frosty pads, smartly concludes on a 4x4 beat to ensure a smooth exit. 'Flip Trix' is certainly a future percy for all.

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A1. Pugilist - Flip Trix (Out Now!!!)

Following his 2021 debut on the reverse label with Retreat Ites EP and a spot on the Molten Mirrors compilation, Jurango is back on Livity Sound with another four tracks of low-slung soundsystem pressure. 

On An Amorphous Mass EP Jurango presents a particularly focused sound which draws on halftime D&B, dancehall and broken techno all filtered through the meditative pulse of low tempo club music. The measured pace of the tracks doesn’t detract from their weight, whether it manifests in the heavy roll of murky opener ‘Big Saver’, ‘Inner Seam’s mutant dembow rhythm or the heady breakbeat chops of the title track. The stripped-back subs and fractured percussion of ‘Muni Ce Boa’ close the record in potent yet understated style, proving minimal music doesn’t have to compromise on impact for the dance.

Jurango - An Amorphous Mass

Djrum's first release since 2019, the Meaning’s Edge EP is an introduction to a whole new world. For the artist also known as Felix Manuel, it was created in the final stretches of six rather traumatic years work. Having carefully honed his techniques and aesthetics, and learned some hard-won emotional lessons over this time, finally he began to work in a quicker, lighter fashion – and to cleanse his palate a little by bringing in a fresh ingredient: his own flute playing. For listeners, though, it will serve as an appetiser, a way into the delights and complexities of this new phase of his creativity.
 
It’s a serious work in its own right, mind. The use of flutes – including Bansuri, Shakuhatchi, Western Classical, and synthesised all blending and blurring into one another – gives it a coherence and a sense of airiness that unites the five tracks over half an hour, however divergent their beats get. And as in all his music, 
 
Here you find the opening track ‘Codex’ which alone touches on OG dubstep, Aphex Twin-like braindance, post-classical exploration, movie themes and more. The gentle tones and melodies that rise up out of it perfectly conjure Felix’s running theme of a protective bubble that provides a sense of safety and tranquillity even as the beats and acid gurgles and spurts all around it conjure up the slings and arrows of life’s difficulties.
 

… and it’s only just the beginning. This is the return of a master craftsperson more focused than ever on his vision and vocation and ready to blow your mind all over again.

12" vinyl @djrum - "Meaning's Edge" - Out 22/11
https://hth.lnk.to/djrum

Meaning's Edge

Codex

12" VINYL

Djrum - Codex

Panta Rei

Buy on Bandcamp

Ehua - Sistemi (3024-EHU2)

Peace Portal is pleased to premiere Should Be Looking by @arinakrondeva forthcoming on @maudevos @delusional_records

Full release available here:

https://arinakrondeva.bandcamp.com/album/scattered-2

Influenced by her current Florida home, Arina straddles the long stamped history of Florida breaks and modern day experimental club music. With this body of work, Arina carves her own path of zany eccentricities, emotive solitude & club kinship, while paying homage to the influential club scene that shaped the breakbeats we know today. 

The sounding of Scattered materialized during a time Arina was fuzing the old and new elements of self. She funneled the overwhelm of feeling "scattered" & torn into this EP. We feel the energetic push and pull throughout this body of work in her quest for clarity & connection.

Hear more from Arina via our interview on the Peace Portal website:

www.pnwpeaceportal.com/blog/premiere-arina-krondeva

Premiere: Arina Krondeva - Should Be Looking [Delusional Records]

It's not your breaksness

Modern Controls is the first solo LP from Dubringer. This 12-track offering covers a lot of ground while staying in the deeper realm, from the crackling, Burial-esque collaboration with Beolost, “Voidrift,” to the R&B-tinged “Song For Her.” You’ll find his main influences pulled from classic Neurofunk and Dungeon Dubstep, remolded into modern deep Garage. The use of complex, modulated growls and mids paired with stunning atmospheres, textures, and vocals will keep the listener intrigued, while the skippy Garage and two-step-style beats will keep their feet moving. Prepare for a journey through several flavors of Garage that manage to keep things deep yet boldly engaging.

Dubringer - Install

Urola Kosta Garage

Forbidden

Taken from the Termina EP  //  Out May 17th on R&S Records 
smarturl.it/termina  //  @r-srecords

Termina EP

Stampede

Buy the EP here

Yak - Stampede

Taken from the Terminus EP by @Forest-Drive-West
Out August 21st - https://smarturl.it/terminus-ep

More Info / Pre-Order

Forest Drive West - Impulse

UK record label based at fabric, East London. Run in part by Rob Booth (Electronic Explorations)

Djrum - Codex

Houndstooth