Eliphino – I Don’t Care
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A. I Don’t Care
B. Understand


Having produced some stellar jams for labels like Somethink Sounds, and Giles Peterson’s Brownswood, Eliphino AKA Tom Wrankmore, debuts for Hypercolour this Autumn, opening up the label’s new term with this solid two track release.

“I Don’t Care” opens the account, all chopped up RnB vox and rolling beats, wrapped up in a super smooth melody.  Already road tested by the Hypercolour firm over the last few months, this deep garage vibe hits the sweet spot for sure

On the flip, ‘Understand’ further plunders Eliphino’s love of rugged garage beats and an ear for a catchy hook.  A feverish interplay of vocal chops, keys and organ stabs keeps up the ante, with some decidedly trancey synth parts ramping up the 90s house influences here, and once again a cut that most definitely brings the heat to the dancefloor.

‘I Don’t Care’/’Understand’ is available from 9th September 2013 on 12” vinyl and digital download


Eliphino - I Don't Care (clip)

Bareskin – Distorted Symmetry EP 
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1. Distorted Symmetry
2. The Shape Of It
3. I Was Born To A Woman From Space

Release date: 18/11/13

Having already made a splash on Hypercolour and Losing Suki back in 2012 (‘Eyes’ EP and ‘Flow Control’ EP respectively), Bareskin makes a return to the roost in November with a sure fire packet of three.

Lead track ‘Distorted Symmetry’ is a deadly slab of pacey and techy house, its vocal bringing in a decent amount of soul to the proceedings.  A proper modern day house record, the production is first class, its reverberating and glitchy beats working a treat amongst the deep melody.

‘The Shape Of It’ comes deeper than a wizards sleeve, a twisted vocal hook held up with fat pads left, right and center, the minimal beats almost lending a pure ambient vibe to this one.  Bareskin AKA Josh Thompson, signs off with the cosmically titled ‘I Was Born To A Woman From Space’, a meaty beatfest, evoking shades of Mood II Swing at their dubbiest, with some extra terrestrial flutterings and deft keys holding up another cracking female vox line, defo one for the erection section.


Bareskin - I Was Born To A Woman From Space (HYPEDIGI035) clip

Cayam - No Stress (Version 1) (clip)

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Jamie Russell and Alex Jones set up the Hypercolour imprint back in 2006 and the label continues to dish up genre bending bangers two decades down the line.  For the label’s milestone 100th release, KiNK cues up a killer four track release with ‘For The People’.

One of house music’s most in demand producers and remixers, KiNK has delivered time and time again for labels such as Running Back, Royal Oak, Macro and his own Sofia Records label, and so it’s with great honour that the Bulgarian artist commemorates the label’s centenary with a kaleidoscopic bundle of hyperactive bangers!

For The People

KiNK - For The People (HYPE100) [clips]

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One of house music’s most in demand producers and remixers delivered the goods for Hypercolour’s 100th release.  KiNK aka Strahil Velchev nailed four cuts of genre bending bangers for the label’s milestone release on the ‘For The People’ EP.

In the first of a series of EP remixes, Perc & Bailey Ibbs both come correct with new versions of one the EPs highlights, ‘Vacation’.

Perc tears it up with a no hold barred techno ripper, whilst Bailey Ibbs weighs in with a funk laden, tech wig-out of the finest order.

Vacation (Perc / Bailey Ibbs Remixes)

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KiNK - Vacation (Perc / Bailey Ibbs Remixes) (HYPE107) [clips]

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One of house music’s most in demand producers and remixers delivered the goods for Hypercolour’s 100th release.  KiNK aka Strahil Velchev nailed four cuts of genre bending bangers for the label’s milestone release on the ‘For The People’ EP.

For the second installment of the ‘For The People’ remix series, Nikki Nair and Elli Acula weave their signature styles into new interpretations of KiNK’s title track.

Nikki Nair supplies the damage with a sound mangling, bounce-laden banger, as Elli Acula turns up the temperature with a killer rave weapon.

For The People (Remixes)

KiNK - For The People (Nikki Nair Remix)

KiNK - For The People (Elli Acula Remix)

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Via her weekly Radio 1 ‘Future Dance’ show, broadcaster, DJ, producer and songwriter Sarah Story has been instrumental in championing emerging new talent and pushing for more female and non-binary artists to breakthrough into dance music’s upper echelons.

On this new single for Hypercolour, Story puts herself front and centre with a pair of pumping and hypnotic club belters for the long running UK label.

Another

Sarah Story - Another

Sarah Story - Too Shy

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Hypercolour boss Alex Jones gets the remix treatment from Elisa Bee.

On ‘Bucks Phenomena’, Elisa Bee turns in a funky and up-tempo slammer of a remix.  The industrious DJ & producer, based in Milan, has been firing out releases for Unknown To The Unknown, Kneaded Pains, HardGroove, Truncate, I Love Acid and Outerworld, to name but a few.

Alex Jones - Bucks Phenomena (Elisa Bee Remix) (HYPE116R) [clip]

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Originally released on the ‘For The People’ EP for the Hypercolour label’s 100th release, stalwart producer KiNK’s ‘Kazan’ track gets the remix treatment from Zed Bias.

Emerging in the late 1990s, Zed Bias became known for his innovative blend of garage, grime, house, and bass music. His breakthrough track “Neighbourhood” became a staple of the UK garage scene. 

Over the years, Zed Bias has worked with various artists across genres, shaping the evolution of UK dance music. Beyond garage, his versatile productions have also embraced dubstep, jungle, and future bass, ensuring his lasting influence in the underground music scene. He continues to push boundaries with each project.

Kazan (Zed Bias Remix)

KiNK - Kazan (Zed Bias Remix) (HYPE124) [clip]

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Hypercolour label boss Alex Jones hits a purple patch of late, firing out left of centre and decidedly wonky electronic beasts.  On his latest two track single ‘Contact’/’Told U’, the seasoned producer continues this run of infectious tunes.

With a prolific career spanning decade, Jones, one half of techno duo Dense & Pika, as well as producing under the Minder moniker, continues to push boundaries in electronic music. 

‘Contact’ melds a looping piano motif, energetic beats and some skewed sound manipulation, whilst ‘Told U’ is a low-slung affair, micro samples and sonic design work sprinkled over a chugging groove.

Alex Jones - Contact/Told U (HYPE126) [clips]

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‘Acid Love Letters’ is a collection of hazy, fragmented memories, woven into intimate audio notes from the writer to the listener, echoes of sound that shaped the artist's perspective.

Released on the Hypercolour label, ‘Acid Love Letters’ is a four-part tale with a familial feel, characterised through cutting, distorted 303 basslines and underpinned by hypnotic vocal samples and raw, pumping hardware drums.


Acid Love Letters - Acid Love Letters (HYPE127) [clips]

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Mumbai-based producer Chrms lands back on Hypercolour with new single ‘Circles’, a contemporary cut of vibrant, left-field club sounds.

Born out of the Indian electronic underground, Chrms made his Hypercolour debut with 2024’s ‘PILOT’ EP, and has performed at some of India’s most celebrated festivals such as Magnetic Fields, Echoes Of Earth & Terminal 1, sharing the stage with the likes of revered producers such as Mura Masa, Sinjin Hawke, Zora Jones & DJ Stingray.

‘Circles’ aims firmly for the club, stacked with shimmering synths, IDM-esque skittering drum patterns and vocal chops which give way into a throng of chest rattling bass-weight.

chrms - Circles (HYPE128) [clip]

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Hypercolour boss Alex Jones presses on with his killer streak of releases for the label. On this new single ‘Baz’, Jones delivers another earworm of weighty, leftfield electronica. 

‘Baz’, a slice of breakneck UK techno, comes weighted with skittering drum patterns and a deep, penetrating bassline with distorted synthwork and crooked samples.

Alex Jones - Baz (HYPE129) [clip]

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Brooklyn-based Praveen Sharma joins the Hypercolour ranks under his genre spanning, dancefloor leaning Braille alias. ‘Goblin Booty’ serves up two tracks of crisp, forward thinking club music oozing with his signature sound.

With a career spanning well over a decade, across various aliases and styles, Braille has made a name for himself appearing on Rush Hour and LA-based Friends Of Friends, as well as being a staunch regular on Scuba’s Hotflush Recordings since the early 2010s - notably as one half of Sepalcure with Machinedrum and more recently with his 2024 Triple Transit LP.

Lead single ‘Goblin Booty’ is a skittering, swinging slice of UKG full of vibrant synthwork and a playful, wandering bassline, while ‘Paradise Vest’ is a sprightly house cut of glittering, filtered keys, choice vocal samples and thick, analogue low-end.

Braille - Goblin Booty (HYPE130) [clips]

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London’s Yves Tomas distills his technical prowess and wide-ranging influences for Hypercolour with the new single ‘The Original’ 

Cutting his teeth in studios with some of grime’s most prominent acts before signing to Rekids under the mentorship of Radio Slave, Yves has made a name through club-ready releases on Rinse, System Records, and Interlink. His genre-fluid creativity has earned co-signs from heavyweights like Todd Edwards, Skream, Helena Star and more.

Lead track ‘The Original’ is equal parts raw and refined with driving rhythms and razor-sharp sound design through hyperactive sample splicing and gripping sub. ‘Always Been A Grime Kid’ is a high-energy fusion of UK grit and Detroit groove, driven by bounding 909 drums and icy eski clicks threaded with RnG-style vocal licks.

Yves Tomas - The Original (HYPE131) [clips]

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British producer Perc comes correct with a new single ‘The Drums’ on Hypercolour, delivered in a two-part strike of future-facing, raw and functional techno cuts.

Having toured globally with his DJ and live sets - from Berghain to Glastonbury - and shaped the sound of the underground through his acclaimed label Perc Trax, Perc remains a benchmark for cutting-edge techno, with releases on Drumcode, CLR, Kompakt, and recent praise for his fourth album ‘The Cut Off’.

The ‘Future Mix’ is a breakneck, dystopian workout with thick, precision-tuned drums colliding with eerie atmospherics in true industrial fashion, while the ‘Flashback Mix’ strips things back to a gritty core - slower and heavier, with Perc’s unmistakable warehouse energy.

Perc - The Drums (HYPE132) [Clips]

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A heavyweight return from one of Hypercolour’s founding forces - Alex Jones pushes on with his recent output of mangled club sonics on new single ‘Belong’  

Driven by a backbone of skittering, distorted drumwork and lurching, thunderous low end - ‘Belong’ weaves warped piano and frenzied samples through its core with equal parts menace and momentum, while its looping vocal mantra floats over chest rattling synth lines for a slice of raw club tackle.

Alex Jones - Belong (HYPE133) [clip]

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Newcastle-based DJ and producer melba drops a quartet of tracks on Hypercolour.  The ‘angel 777’ EP blends 160 BPM rhythms, punchy 808s and bright, playful synths for a fresh and fearless take on club music.

Since launching her inaugural single ‘Insatiable’ for Gimme A Break, melba has delivered a string of razor-sharp releases via imprints like Stereo 45, Vief Records and Sherelle’s Hooversound Recordings, with steady support from DJ heavyweights such as LCY, DJ Flight, and Ehua. 

Across four meticulously crafted tracks, melba explores the intersection of heavy bass pressure and hyper-melodic expression through the lens of uptempo club music like Chicago footwork. Utilising whipcrack snares, glitched-out vocal chops, and unpredictable rhythmic turns for a high octane joyride through distorted euphoria.

melba - angel 777 EP [clips]

A riotous romp through imaginatively used samples, familiar piano riffs, customary beats and other rave tropes, the master of mischief Luke Vibert puts together a 10 track ode to the era of M25 convoys, mobile phone hotlines and raving amongst dogs on strings in British aerodrome fields. 

With a long and extensive history in the UK’s dance counterculture spanning three decades, Vibert has released a barrage of inventive and animated music over the years that really doesn’t take itself too seriously, and is all the better for it.  LPs and singles for Mo Wax, Warp, Planet Mu, Ninja Tune and Rising High really speaks for itself, so it’s a honour to welcome Vibert back onto Hypercolour (after 2014’s ‘Ridmik’ album and 2015’s return of his Kerrier District moniker).

Vibert stiches together a collage of sounds, samples and beats for ‘Luke Vibert Presents UK Garave Vol. 1’ that captures the essence of the rave era perfectly.  Shuffling breakbeats and spine-tingling synths provide the flashbacks on ‘Heard It All B4’ whilst an onslaught of classic vocal hits come at the listener faster than a double drop rush on ‘Feel The Melody’.

‘Feel The Riddim’ doffs it cap at the dawn of UK garage with big bass bin rumbling riffs and Todd Terry beats on +8 whilst ‘U Can’t Touch Dat’ fuses skippy garage beats, rave-tastic stabs and another rewind on the ‘Can You Feel It’ vocal sample that never fails!

Whether you are an ageing raver, or a wide-eyed newbie, ‘Garave Vol. 1’ is a hugely enjoyable frolic in rave’s DAT tape archives, with Vibert playing master of ceremonies to a musical genre that quite simply refuses to die!

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Luke Vibert - Feel The Riddim (HYPELP008) [clip]

One of the current techno scene’s ‘hidden treasures’, Bristol based A Sagittariun has discretely released a wide breadth of music over the last five years for labels like Secretsundaze, Hypercolour and his own Elastic Dreams label. Two highly acclaimed albums in “Dream Ritual” and “Elasticity” as well as fifteen EPs have appealed to those who like their techno without frontiers, taking in blistering 140BPM techno, breakbeat IDM and ambient dub with ease. His second release for Hypercolour displays signs of crossover appeal at long last…

Lead track “Vanishing Point” has already been receiving early plays from the likes of Laurent Garnier (dropping it in his recent Timewarp Germany set), Spencer Parker and Len Faki. Big pumping beats and spiralling FX fall aside to a lone breakbeat that ushers in one pretty special breakdown section. The childlike keys and fathoms deep synth stabs (straight out of the John Carpenter school of fathoms deep synth stabs) have already drawn comparisons to the retro 80s vibes to be heard on the American sci-fi horror series Stranger Things. It’s a breakdown that takes the listener to an uncharted dimension, bookended by slammin’ beats that acts as a perfect mood changer in any set. Watch this one soar!

“The Pathway” keeps things on an all together straighter tip; an incessant tribal loop weaves and filters around a thunderous kick and shuffling hats, ebbing and flowing all the way in what might be A Sagittariun’s most club-centric and stripped back production yet. Matrixxman (Dekmantel/Spectral Sound) is on hold to deliver a superb remix; pushing the original down a long dark tunnel for a growling and reverberating techno overhaul. Splendid stuff from the San Francisco based DJ/producer who is making serious waves on the scene after his landmark 2015 album ‘Homesick’ for Ghostly International.

Vanishing Point

A Sagittariun - The Pathway (Matrixxman Remix) (HYPE063) (EXCLUSIVE STREAM)

As proprietors’ of the Will & Ink label, Yaleesa Hall & Malin Genie have been maintaining a busy and consistent release schedule of top notch techno sounds, largely releasing their own, well received, productions. The duo appeared on Hypercolour’s “10 Years” compilation in 2016 with the excellent “Buchan Trap”, and we’ve been blessed to secure a full single release with the on-point pair.

The mechanical funk of “Artin” swings with plenty of assured groove; the shuffling hats, dense kicks and dubby stabs that ping pong across this fierce production mark this out as a real killer cut.

Dario & Marco Zenker, AKA the Zenker Brothers, take time out from their busy Ilian Tape operations to remix “Artin” into a brutal yet funky techno goliath. Congas perpetually roll forward, with frenetic 909 hats and raw and ready stabs in what may well be one of the Zenker’s finest remixes to date.

The essence of funk continues in Hall & Malin’s music, with “Cahen”, a great slab of compelling techno that never slips too far into darkness, instead keeping an ever evolving groove and some abstract drone like synthesis to keep the mood buoyant.

Wrapping up the release is “Brown”, a track that finishes as urgently as it starts, perhaps with a cap doffed to the Purpose Maker sounds of a certain Jeff Mills, but broadening the palette to allow some trippy sound architecture and an effective breakdown mid way through.

Modern day techno supplied by a duo that will most certainly flourish over the coming months, Yaleesa Hall & Malin deliver the goods aplomb on this Hypercolour single.

Artin Brown Cahen EP

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Yaleesa Hall X Malin - Artin (Zenker Brothers Remix)(Hypercolour)

Impenetrable and compelling beats from Cassius Select on the “Fake Death” EP, his first offering for Hypercolour after stunning releases on Herbert’s Accidental and Unknown To The Unknown.  

An EP brimming with forward thinking vigor and razor sharp edges across six cuts of mutilated beats and dense auras.

Fake Death EP

Cassius Select - Fake Death (HYPE073) [clip]

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Four pure heaters from Cop Envy on the ‘Cotton’ EP; dense and meditative breaks, plentiful bass and wide-eyed themes.

Cop Envy’s debut for Hypercolour follows on from distinguished releases on Black Opal, Templar Sound and Cry Baby Records.

Cotton EP

Cop Envy - Cotton EP (HYPE076) [clips]

The Hypercolour train picks up yet more steam with their next release, a double A side from Maxxi Soundsystem Featuring Name One on vocal duties and legendary sonic inventor Matthew Herbert in the remix role. Brighton based beatsmith Maxxi Soundsystem has risen to the top of the pile in recent months with heartfelt jams for Needwant and Futureboogie all fusing uplifting melodies with melancholic beats. 

And it’s a similar MO on this unassumingly anthemic new track, ‘Regrets We Have No Use For.’ Characterised by a wavy, frayed synth line that grows louder then quieter in the mix, soft shakers bring some wiggle whilst the breathy voice of Name One floats up above. It’s charming and sultry, slowly working its way under your skin at the same time as making you dance all under pinned by a monstrous, all consuming and grumbling bass line that makes your chest throb and head bob. 

Found sound innovator and general all round music chief Matthew Herbert goes for a much less soupy sound on his remix. The beats here are less smooth and more splintered, propping up the now distant, filtered vocal that drifts in and out of focus. Of course, the background synth are now much more unhinged and trippy in Herbert’s hands, with the resulting effect one suited to darkened back rooms in the dead of night. 

As ever, an unpredictable release from Hypercolour but that sounds as unique as anything the label has offered up in the past.

Maxxi Soundsystem - Regrets We Have No Use For (w/ Matthew Herbert remix)

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Available on 122" vinyl/Digital from 15th November

Asquith brings his own imitable brand of UK garage/rave/breaks hybrid to Hypercolour for an EP brimming with real underground vibes.

Hot on the heels of a series of 12”s on his own Asquith label, the Lobster Theremin head honcho drops four cuts of heavy, distorted bass brain melters on the ‘Time & Space’ EP.

Time & Space

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Asquith - Time & Space (HYPE081) [clips]

Following some major releases of late, Hypercolour return to championing undiscovered talent, this time in the form of the prodigiously talented 18 year-old J. Wiltshire. 

In releasing on Hypercolour, J.Wiltshire follows in the footsteps of his good friend and fellow ‘Winch’ crew member Bareskin, whose recent Eyes EP caused a number of heads to turn in the direction of the Hampshire. These young producers from Winchester are the architects of a mature sound, defying the logic that music with a strong level of maturity takes years and years to perfect. Showcasing a sound across three tracks that harnesses an inert level of depth, the How It Is EP also sees J.Wiltshire take vocal control on each track. 

The title track is a deep-house lament that bubbles with intent. Soft driving basslines rub up against claps and a kick that drives the tune at a steady pace. The build is slow and patient, allowing the repeating vocal and backing synth line to slowly crank the tension of the tune to its full level. Cloaked in subtlety and with a beautifully understated drop in the mid-section, it’s a track which is both capable of delivering an awesome headphone experience as well as a 4am club moment. 

The other two tracks on the EP keep to the mantra laid down by the first. Closer is reminiscent of early Maya Jane Coles releases and again features another pitch-perfect mournful vocal, delivered with enough echo and restraint as not to engulf the track. Finally, Take It Off Mind offers more of an ambient texture in the first half of the track, with soft cymbals and more fragile tones before the synth line becomes fractured enough to tailor it to the dance floor in the second half, which then lands back into a beautifully soft and textured ending. 

J.Wiltshire has produced a sound on the How It Is EP that will resonate strongly with clubbers and connoisseurs alike. The fact he’s managed this at 18 makes him an exceptionally strong bet for the future.

J.Wiltshire - How It Is Ep

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You know we are in for a treat when Luke Vibert, exponent of electronic beats and breaks since the dawn of rave, delivers not one, not two, but three new album projects, each with a specific musical theme and thread.  A set of three long players, collect them all like bubble gum stickers and annoy your neighbours by playing at high volume!

Vibert’s previous album projects for Hypercolour, both as Kerrier District, and under his own name, have always excelled, not to mention his ground-breaking and brain scrambling long players for Warp, Rephlex, Rising High Records, Planet Mu and Ninja Tune.

Vibert revives his Amen Andrews moniker after over a decade lying dormant.  Squarely aiming the sound at the ‘Amen break’, ‘Luke Vibert presents Amen Andrews’ brings together 14 slabs of raucous breakbeat bangers, riddled with cool as fuck samples and bass bin shattering sub!

Luke Vibert presents Amen Andrews

Luke Vibert Presents Amen Andrews (HYPELP015) [clips]

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