Bareskin – Distorted Symmetry EP 
HYPEDIGI035

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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Berlin based Dial label boss Lawrence tees up a deep and stripped back remix of KiNK’s ‘Ta’ for the Hypercolour label.

A well-respected producer via his releases for Mule Musiq, Giegling, Smallville and the aforementioned Dial imprint, Lawrence takes ‘Ta’ from KiNK’s recent ‘For The People’ EP and turns in a deliciously deep revision for the heads!

Ta (Lawrence Remix)

KiNK - Ta (Lawrence Remix) (HYPE114) [clip]

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Ben Prophet has shot out from Ireland’s burgeoning techno scene with a string of killer releases and DJ sets under his belt, and his remix of RIOT CODE’s ‘Awakening’ on Hypercolour further solidifies the DJ/producers credentials.

Derry-based Oliver Grant takes the RIOT CODE project to headier heights, and the ‘Awakening’ single picked up key support from the likes of Laurent Garnier, Locked Groove and Cortese and received the remix treatment from Minder (Sneaker Social Club/Hypercolour).

On this remix, Ben Prophet rolls out a rollicking four to the flour techno quarter pounder, served ready made for the dancefloor!

RIOT CODE - Awakening (Ben Prophet Remix) (HYPE117R2) [clip]

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Hypercolour boss Alex Jones gets the remix treatment from two top tier techno mainstays, Answer Code Request and Elisa Bee.

Patrick Gräser AKA Answer Code Request has consistently brought the heat on his productions via releases for Ostgut Ton, MDR and Delsin, and on his remix of ‘Flex & Vibe’ feat. Rhymestar, the Berlin based producer goes dense and deep with a first-class hypnotising version.

Alex Jones - Flex & Vibes (Answer Code Request Remix) (HYPE116) [clip]

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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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London based DJ/producer Kayper lands on Hypercolour with a new two track single ‘Warning’ / ‘Jungle’.

A brace of energetic breakbeat driven tracks are served up by Kayper on her Hypercolour debut, with more singles set to be released on the label over the coming months.

Kayper - Warning/Jungle (HYPE119) [clips]

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Kayper continues her run of new singles for Hypercolour with a second brace of tracks, ‘Champion Sound’/‘Uprising’.

The Brooklyn based DJ & producer deploys a pair of slammin’ bass driven club cuts, dipping into the rich tapestry of the UK sound from jungle to house, bleep and beyond.

Kayper - Champion Sound/Uprising (HYPE120) [clips]

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Carlton Doom makes a return to Hypercolour with a brand-new album. ‘Frankenstein’ pulls together a stellar collection of raw and unadulterated techno & electronic tracks produced over the last ten years.

The Belfast based producer & DJ has previously dropped face melting releases on Hotflush, Deep Sea Frequency & Cead, alongside a handful of Hypercolour releases, most recently, his Fine EP in 2023. A collab track with Warchief makes up a heady and eclectic hoard of leftfield electronica.

Carlton Doom - Frankenstein (HYPELP027) [clips]

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Across a series of three singles, Kayper has flexed her diverse sound and production talents, carving out a trilogy of modern, bass driven club cuts for the Hypercolour label.

On this concluding single, the London based DJ & producer serves up a pair of wide-eyed house cuts with ‘Let The Music Lift’ and ‘I Know You’re Able’.

With support already from the likes of BBC 6 Music’s Tom Ravenscroft and Radio 1’s Sarah Story, Kayper’s productions are most certainly hitting the spot.

Kayper - Let The Music Lift/I Know You're Able (HYPE121) [clips]

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Raw, broken techno vibes are whipped up on TRAT’s debut for UK institution Hypercolour.

‘TRAT01’ serves up muscular and titanic beats coupled with a heavily distorted vocal hook for a first-class slab of uncompromising techno.

TRAT - TRAT01 (HYPE122) [clip]

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Manchester based DJ/producer Scartip joins the Hypercolour ranks and opens the label’s 2025 account with the ‘Cans & Hooves’ release.

From Nottingham's underground pirate airwaves to clubs and warehouses across the UK, Scartip has forged a steady presence in the UK Bass scene, morphing from Jungle / Drum & Bass into unexplored sonic territory. 

A trio of unyielding, sub-heavy tracks are delivered on ‘Cans & Hooves’, with a featured vocal from respected MC KOЯЯON on ‘Freefall’.

Scartip - Cans & Hooves (HYPE123) [clips]

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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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Label boss Alex Jones fires out a brace of raw and uncompromising club focused cuts on his Hypercolour imprint. 

With the ‘Yaz’/’Dubplate’ single, Jones leans into the deeper end of the bass spectrum, serving up wonky beats, gargantuan basslines and disorienting tones, a sound that is fast becoming synonymous with the multi-versatile producer.

Alex Jones - Yaz/Dubplate (HYPE125) [Clips]

Blue and Green is the combined production efforts of Josh Thompson AKA Bareskin and J. Wiltshire.  The two young producers both have history with Hypercolour; Wiltshire having recently dropped his ‘False Awakening’ single on the label, and Bareskin having contributed to both Hypercolour and Losing Suki imprints in the past.

Emotive territory is plundered on ‘The Wait’, a breakbeat flecked and pacey production that blends introspective vocals, dark guitar melodies and distorted bottom end with refreshing results.

Alan Fitzpatrick, picks up the mantle on the first of two remixes on this
single.  The Drumcode regular has been firing on all cylinders these last 12 months, with class remixes for Trus’me and dubspeeka and releases for Hotflush, Figure, Cocoon and Adam Beyer’s aforementioned Drumcode label. Fitzpatrick strips back the vocal and creates a peak time rolling Dub Mix in his own solid and inimitable style.

A second remix comes courtesy of techno psychonaut, A Sagittariun.  The Elastic Dreams boss follows up singles on HypeLTD and Secretsundaze and remixes for Permanent Vacation and Futureboogie with a distinctively warm and telepathically charged “Re-Dream”. 


Blue & Green - The Wait (Alan Fitzpatrick Remix) (HYPEDIGI049) [clip]

Roman Flügel - Radio 1 Essential Mix 2015

1.	Aris Kindt – Braids / Unreleased
2.	Simple Symmetry  - Best Ice In Guwahati (Marvin & Guy Remix) / Hivern
3.	The Golden Filter – Breakdown / Optimo Music
4.	Hi & Saberhägen – Raymond / Lionoil 
5.	Medlar – Loon / Wolfe Music
6.	The Maghreban – Now Easy / Zoot Records
7.	Mosca – White Mice / Not So Much
8.	Randomer – Bell Jam / L.I.E.S.
9.	Daniel Avery – Clear / Phantasy
10.	Richard Fearless – Metal Dub / Drone 
11.	Harmonia – Sehr Kosmisch – (Edward Close To Pompeii Version) / Die Orakel
12.	Harald Björk – Sabor Latino / Studio Barnhus
13.	Lori – Monsoon / Phonica 
14.	Cosmin TRG – Motoric / Fizic
15.	Carreno Is LB – Migration / My Favorite Robot Records (Unreleased)
16.	Talaboman – Unreleased
17.	Bicep – Closing Sequence / 50 Weapons
18.	Answer Code Request – Calm Down / MDR
19.	Roman Flügel – Black Acid / Unreleased
20.	Golden Bug – L’Horloge / Les Disques De La Mort
21.	Unloved – Guilty Of Love (Andrew Weatherall’s Guilty Of Dub) / Unloved Records
22.	Bernard Fevre – (Benedikt Frey Remix) / Unknown
23.	Arthur Russel – This Is How We Walk On The Moon (Lore Remix) / Unknown 
24.	Morgan Geist – Darkstar / Environ
25.	Roman Flügel – Nine Years (Kosi’s Club Mix) / Unreleased


Roman Flügel - Radio 1 Essential Mix 2015

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)

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

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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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Back on Hypercolour after 2017’s ‘All The Things’ EP, J. Albert returns to the label with more underground goodies and beat science. 

Precarious synths cling onto stammering rhythms, as the Trilogy Tapes / Black Opal artist flexes his multifarious skills over four finely crafted tunes.

Wake Me Up

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