Artist: https://soundcloud.com/timothyclerkin
Track:  Tour de Trance
Label: https://soundcloud.com/insulttoinjuryrecords
Format: 12" Hand Stamped Vinyl, Digital EP
Release date: 02/09/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/xiov2Uo4Kmw

Returning to the Ransom Note Records offshoot, Insult To Injury boss Timothy Clerkin presents four prime cuts of rave meatiness for our ravenous consumption. Showing off his chops, Timothy’s distinctive Acid sound collides head on with Jungle and Breakbeat elements, put through the mincer to form an EP of epic dance floor destroyers.
Our choice here felt to Tour de Trance which takes the tempo down a notch, whilst revving up the Hands-In-The-Air-O-Meter! Big, analogue synths build throughout, sweeping us up and taking us to a place of pure ecstasy by the end.

Dreaming EP

PREMIERE | Timothy Clerkin - Tour De Trance [Insult To Injury] 2022

For a few years now, Lisbon has been a better place with the presence of french keyboardist, composer, beat maker and DJ Julien “Larry Quest” Berland. When Julien arrived he had just released his debut EP on the revered Delusions of Grandeur label (headed by one of the UK’s greats, Jimpster).

Hot on the heels of this love, Ka§par met Julien and both started a long and fruitful relationship that would place Julien at the top tier of Lisbon-based producers and DJ’s with a string of impressive releases, some of them on PERCEBES MÚSICA: “Faíscas”, “Austro” and now his final
piece as a Lisbon resident “Entrega” - as he prepares to head back to Paris in search of bigger and better conquests.

In this, his final opus for Percebes in 2023, Julien crafts another tryptic of incredible funky technosoul bangers! All three tracks present common features: fast paced tempo, latin-themed rhythms on top of bumpin’ four-to-the-floor stompin’, full and delicious chord stabs and pad progressions and a feeling of timeless soul and jazzfunk music printed into their melodies. These tracks will be incredible picks when played against 313 classics or soulful nuyorican house vibes.

- “Loop Hall” is a tense and dubby techno soul slammer. Luscious pads spiked by stabby organs, aided by a resonant squelchy 303 funk bass and lot’s of smart percussion. Clear, clean cut production and a solid, club heavy mix and master for the win. Very evocative of some of Carl
Craig’s most classic work.

- “Father Fader” has a housier feel: a few smartly picked sampled vocal bits and smart key chops looped into a very raw analog sounding beat, while a heart racing narrative evolves around the stacking of stabs and organs that keep building on an ever increasing galvanizing tension. Peak time, fast paced deep winner.

- “Worshipping Express” brings faith and spirituality into the fold, by respectfully borrowing a classic gospel, organ driven house template and pressing it against Quest’s usual corrosive bubble-rubber 303 lines. The surprise comes when the honky tonk piano dresses the whole affair
in a southern fried funk! It’s a clear Los Hermanos/Gerald Mitchell tribute delivered with great transparency and we know it’s going to be a special option for the discerning dance floor minded DJ giants of this world. Reel rite!!

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Larry Quest - Loop Hall

„Dime" comes from Lok44's "Late Reaction" EP. After four 12”s on TRUST Records in the last two decades, this is the first Lok44 release on Pomelo.

„Late Reaction” features four diverse cuts of electric sweat music and will come out mid October on Pomelo Records, one of the longest running techno labels out there. 

• www.pomelo.bandcamp.com/

@lok44
@pomelorecords

Late Reaction

PREMIERE : Lok44 - Dime [POM49]

French producer Cate Hortl reinterprets ‘My Blood’ off Justine Forever's EP 'Out Of The Blue’, upping the tempo and placing her signature cocktail of dark pop and coldwave-tinged synths centre-stage.

Buy/Stream the full release: humanendeavour.lnk.to/OutOfTheBlue

My Blood (Cate Hortl Remix)

Justine Forever - My Blood (Cate Hortl Remix)

Limited 10" Lathe Cut Vinyl available via
https://warningberlin.bandcamp.com/album/eeppiicc002

A Side: Jotel California - Strike a Pose
B Side: Candyflip DJ Team - Things She Said (EEPPIICC Cut)

For the second edition of EEPPIICC, power duo Jotel California and Babyblade unleash a combination of cheeky belters - strictly for the dancefloor. Jotel's solo work 'Strike A Pose' combines a catchy chord and iconic vocals on a house trance hybrid in his true style. On the (candy) flip side, we have an exclusive cut of 'Things She Said', their infamous electro smasher featuring legendary vocals from the golden era of music television.

https://soundcloud.com/jotelcalifornia
https://soundcloud.com/babyblade666

BANDCAMP

PREVIEW: Jotel California / Candyflip DJ Team - EEPPIICC002

@kimannfoxman serves up two pumping house cuts with a classic prog twist

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-kim-ann-foxman-dance-dont-stop

ST004 We Are Rhythm

Premiere: Kim Ann Foxman ‘Dance Don’t Stop’

shamisen (三味線) beats (36)

Artist: Dj Noche
Title: Roc, Sudor & Sufrimiento
Label: Hum Club Records
Cat No: HUM001
Format: 12" Vinyl Only


Tracklist:
A1. Vuelvo de Día (Ft. El AriGato)
A2. Quiero Mucho Más v2 (Ft. Dami Paglialunga)
B1. Descontrol Dinámico (Ft. Dami Paglialunga)
B2. Estaba Perfectamente Lúcido (Ft. Red Ryu)
B3. Fantasmagórico

We're proud to launch Hum Club Records with the debut release from DJ Noche: "ROC, SUDOR Y SUFRIMIENTO".

A record that explores different shades of techno, EBM, acid and electro — all blended with a rock-influenced spirit that moves between dramatic, melancholic and energetic, in a fairly daring way. Dubby and trip-hop-inspired rhythms also find their space, opening up new textures and moods. The tracks feature vocals and sound design from various Rosario-based artists, adding diversity and identity to each piece. A straightforward and honest first step for the label — no templates, just sound.

Release in May 2025.

[HUM001] Dj Noche - Roc, Sudor & Sufrimiento

💥 Unlog – Startech
🎧 Release : 09 Mai 2025
🏷️ Label : 7Art Sound Records

Plongez dans l’univers d’Unlog avec Startech, un track de techno progressive à la fois deep, puissant et finement sculpté. Avec ses textures envoûtantes et son groove hypnotique, ce morceau incarne la précision et la profondeur d’un producteur à l’expérience affirmée.

Originaire des Caraïbes françaises, Unlog évolue depuis de nombreuses années dans le monde de la musique électronique. DJ et producteur aguerri, il se distingue par une maîtrise du sound design toujours à la pointe, au service de productions de qualité.

🔊 Une immersion sonore à ne pas manquer. Disponible le 09 Juin 2025 sur toutes les plateformes via 7Art Sound Records.

Unlog - Startech | OUT ON 09.06.25

@pillow-queen
@d-tiffany 
@vani_t
@ex-terrestrial

For its second release, Radiant Love sticks to family values. Paying homage to the party and label’s co-director and resident Byron Yeates, Byron’s Theme comes from the likes of Vani-T (one half of Berlin’s forceful, femme party Climax) and D. Tiffany (who threw down a ruthless remix on the label’s first release by Fio Fa). Together, they take the name of Pillow Queen – a semi-pejorative term for the kind of sub who expects to receive pleasure like a well catches rainwater. No reciprocation, just a reign of sexual passivity.



Their tracks, however, give plenty. “Byron’s Theme” presents a rich palette in its 2-minute buildup: a dry trance hook, high-end synths buzzing and wavering, pitch-shifted voice samples and a pan-flute ran through with tremolo. Throbbing, the 303 bassline picks up after a breakdown at the 4-minute mark, and only then does one realise the song’s still building. There’s still room in the last 40 seconds for some percussion modeled on a breakbeat loop – which is to say, the track is incredibly cheeky and hard-hitting – all that I would hope for in any lover.



While the EP’s first track feels wide, rangy, “Estrel Nights” opens the EP’s B-side in a much closer, tighter space. The build is percussive: bongo taps, claps, cowbell; then a hi-hat snaps things into shape, and in lopes the kick drum. And rhythm remains the central player here. It’s not until 3 minutes in that the percussion finds a melodic backdrop – a dreamy, detuned pad, choral, like a moan.



Ex-Terrestrial’s remix of “Byron’s Theme” repositions some of the elements and ratchets up the tempo of the original, but maintains its respiration: the energy and erotics flow into a different structure, closer to traditional trance, with sharp hi-hats and loopy arpeggios that phase in and out of syncopation, measure to measure. Diagonal, we incline to a climax that dizzily plateaus at 6 minutes, de-escalates and breaks down over the next 2, glows until it’s just a kick drum, slower, slower still; we’re catching our breath.

PILLOW QUEEN
Title: BYRON'S THEME
Cat: RADIANTLOVE001
Format: 12”
Distributed: RUBADUB
Artwork: YENNY JRANT 
Text: NAT MARCUS
Release date: 16.03.20

PILLOW QUEEN - BYRON'S THEME

Taken from A Sagittariun's EP Live From The Sea Of Tranquility on Craigie Knowes, out July 20.

More: www.orbmag.com/music/

@craigie-knowes
@elastic-dreams

Live From The Sea Of Tranquility

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Premiere: A Sagittariun - Heart Sūtra

@the-ransom-note sub-label. Curated and run by @rosie-ama-cain.

A space for artists exploring the dark, deep and hypnotic corners of the musical spectrum.

Justine Forever - My Blood (Cate Hortl Remix)

Human Endeavour