The imprint from Turin celebrates its second birthday with Flex003, a compilation featuring ten tools from new, up-and-coming and established artists from around the globe.

Ranging from 90 to 160+ BPM, the release encompasses multiple aspects of experimental club music such as dancehall, drum’n’bass, leftfield techno and broken beats sounds.

The compilation kicks off with a bass post-club experiment of ‘Gain XP’ from Bladeblanc, which leads to the combination of broken beats and atmospherical sound design of ‘Wonder’ from AYLN. Follows ’East Wing Oslo House’, the new techno-adjacent-mutant-club contribution from Ikävä Pii, and ‘Scamming’ from Lighght with its psychedelic vocals and pitch-shifting percussions. To close off the first side of the album we find the leftfield techno of Alec Pace’s ‘Ghost Money’ with its syncopated bass and mysterious vocals. Opening the second half the compilation is Honeydrip with her new work ‘Wake the Phone’, characterised by a bouncing beat and a 90's feel, followed by ‘Sentimento’, the quirky and hypnotic interlude signed by BLCKEBY. Hassan Abou Alam then brings the listener into a distant world with his glitchy robotic tool titled ‘Freeze’. The BPM then shifts up for an explosive ending where club-driven percussive rhythmics blends with d’n’b excursions in ‘Day After the Last Day’ from Diessa and ‘Rek’ from NORA DRUM.

Flex003 is available on all platforms starting from Friday 3rd June 2022.

© & ℗ 2021 Early Reflex. All rights reserved.
All tracks produced and mixed by the respective artists § Mastering by Andrea Prato § Drawings by Giuseppe Cavuoto § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu & Giuseppe Cavuoto.

East Wing Oslo House

Ikävä Pii - East Wing Oslo House

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HYPR105 BAD ZU - BAD LUCK 
Bandcamp: badzu.bandcamp.com/album/bad-luck

Bad Zu, now an international multimedia band, is releasing their third album on Hyperboloid, their first in four years. Three years in the making, "Bad Luck" reflects the uncertain and vulnerable times we live in right now. "Bad Luck" represents the rollercoaster of emotions that was experienced by all of us in the last three years, not only the group led by Philipp Alexandrov. There's a place for hope in a track called "Safe Place" and a place for loss in "Death Around the Corner." The album was finishing on the run — in the buses, gas stations, and motels — and it shows in its constantly changing, always moving sound representing vitality and chaos.

Attention to detail in the sound of "Bad Luck" is astounding; as Alexandrov says about the approach to making the album, "It helped us rethink the importance of music to ourselves." For years, Bad Zu was known for its energetic and astonishing performances, and you can feel their live vibe completely in "Siren Vogue" thanks to the recordings of the crowd. There's also the tribute to the night club Mutabor on the eponymous track: the dark rhythms with a take on tribal music fit the name perfectly. As always with Bad Zu, many worldwide rhythms and melodies don't dwell on any particular ethnic sound: that sophisticated approach matches the universal themes of "Bad Luck." Many filtered and sliced vocal parts create a sense of dialogue with a listener and get the feeling of a deep dive into the Bad Zu world, more considered than ever.

Music - Philipp Alexandrov
Drums - Alexander Malyshev
Mixing Mastering - iBenji
Art - Kitasavi
Video - Alexey Voronov

BAD LUCK

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BAD ZU - SAFE PLACE

We're pleased to share with you our third compilation , and we hope you'll enjoy it. 
Dedicated to the beautiful magical moments of the departing summer.

big thanx to @maidenn @m0rimori @107_18 @kal1one @wa-ste222 @hp925mp463 @yancitygurl @igor-maximilian @thecryingnudes @user-251557634 @tumy06 @arte001 @rab_neba @bewareilive @fmsao

mastered by @fmsao

YancityGurl - Lil Silly Coda

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Echo Chamber

В глубинах пыльных закоулков моего разума рождается загадочное описание, словно бы туманный воин, проникающий в бездну тайн. Мысли, похожие на прерывистый звук старого винилового диска, медленно нарастают, создавая волну внутреннего беспокойства. Оттого моя голова больна, словно сверкающая мозаика, украшающая торжественные пейзажи самого безмятежного rая. 

В крайних гранях моеgo сознания, и бытия притаилась магическая ипи, которая служит ключом к древним тайнам и эзотерическим технологиям. Она пронизана энергией, словно искры ночного костра, озаряющего наш путь во мраке. Загадка, сплетающаяся из прядей света и тени, бережно хранит в себе откровения о мирах, скрытых от нашего взора, а также о силе, подаренной уверенным шагам под знаменем чая. 

В потаенных заповедниках эзотерических технологий, где размыта граница между фантазией и действительностью, происходит настоящая встреча с безграничной энергией. Здесь, в благословенном месте, небеса сливаются с землей, и огонь света глубоко поражает душу, открывая путь к самым глубинам понимания. 

Свет, словно лучистый амбразур, проникает в самое сердце моего существования, сияет и превращает окружающее в мягкий исторический пепел. В тишине святости, сплетаясь с осциляторами, словно трепетный смешок ангелов, умело исцеляющих раны и пробуждающих потаенные магические силы, развертывается балет между небом и землей. 

Воздвигнув пещеру мистического наполнения, словно гигантский камень, прикосновение к святости открывает внутреннюю гармонию, зовущую себе равновесие и покой. Однако, упомянуть об энергии, свете и святости – значит только намекнуть на громкие загадки, доступные лишь настоящим +++++++, тем, кто готов испытать и раскрыть великую тайну. 

Записано за два дня в мастерской на Комсомольском Проспекте совместно с DJ HeadSick

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ouing ouing & Francis Cheval - Il est mort le soleil

To monetize with this beat please dm me directly to purchase a lease (I will provide key and bpm if needed)

For free use, please credit me @stoicfaced

have fun, God bless, good luck.

butterfliez lo-fi remix (stoicfaced)

Streetlight Cipher - Trap x Hip Hop Instrumental Beat

VE11NTE - NADNA (prodby @fiftyzeros)

Saint Abdullah's (@saintabdullah) "hy.poc.risy" off of their 2nd album, 'Stars Have Eyes' - out early April on cassette and digital formats via PTP.

Mastered: Saint Abdullah and Jesse Munro Johnson
Artwork: Ghalamdar

Tracklist:
1. Taxi Ride Through Tehran
2. Children At War
3. I'm Sad, I'm Frightened, I'm Angry
4. hy.poc.risy
5. Friday Nights (Secret Song)

“We were in an angry state of mind when we made these tracks. It began around the same time the US condemned Syria and Assad for the use of chemical weapons. The events took us back to the Halabje chemical attack in Kurdistan, Iraq, where exactly 30 years ago, Saddam, with the blind support of the West, killed between 3000-5,000 and injured 7,000-10,000, mostly Kurdish civilians. Have we not learned anything? It feels like history is less a source for understanding and growth, and more so to be exploited, mined, in search of tactics that are sure to cause havoc on humanity. These tracks are dedicated to the next generation of Muslim kids who are left feeling sad, frightened, angry.”

Saint Abdullah is the sound project of Iranian-Canadian brothers, Mohammad and Mehdi. Motivated by the history of Western misconception and opposition towards Muslims and the Islamic Faith, they began writing music to serve as "cultural translators,” with the goal of challenging stereotypes, acting as “a conduit between unnecessary enemies." 'Stars Have Eyes' is their 2nd album – a weaponized narrative of field recordings from the streets of Tehran transformed into hulking instruments of information, then sunk into a dreadscape of sub frequencies and foreboding echo chamber clatter.

BAD ZU - SAFE PLACE

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