Operator 4th May 2022

Nerve Collect co-founder Gamma Intel follows up label partner Identified Patient's inaugural release with his thrilling E.M. EP. Across six club-ready cuts, the Dutchman explores the spaces where bass, techno, electro and acid all intersect. E.M. is available in digital and physical 12'' format.

On the A side 'Little Mirror Man' opens up with an elastic but thumping broken beat. A flurry of jungle drums rain down next to scratched metal stabs, bleep-techno melodies and all underpinned with heavy bass rumbles. 'Save Pair of Hands' doesn't let up, with knick-snapping hits and earth-shattering bass weight. As heavy as the groove might be, there is still plenty of room for deft synth designs to bring plenty of emotion. On '5AM-SBM' you are tugged in many directions at once - nimble drums dart about beneath prickly percussion and flaming hits that have a mind of their own. Although the low end is distorted, the details up top are well-defined and given plenty of space to make their mark.

The flipside takes off on turbocharged techno-electro fusion 'Sleep and Cry.' It's a devastating and visceral drum track that also packs an emotional punch as celestial chords suspend you at the doors of heaven. 'Panthera Leo' soundtracks the end of the world as acid lashes about amidst controlled but unrelenting drum chaos and finally, the drilling bass and frantic drum programming of 'Trust' is another all-powerful club track. Its dark energy sucks you in for a white-knuckle ride to remember.

This EP finds Gamma Intel pulling off plenty of unusual tricks and twists on his way to conquering the dance floor.

All tracks mixed and arranged by Gamma Intel
Artwork by Nina van der Berg
Graphic Design by Sander Molenaar
Mastering by Enisslab Studio

Dedicated to Eddie Moncef

Pre-orders https://nervecollect.bandcamp.com/

NC002 // Gamma Intel - E.M.

Gamma Intel (@gammaintelligence) is a sonic explorer who can rewire your brain with his left-of-centre approach to sound and rhythm. The Dutchman is a master of contrast between the dark corners of the dance floor and moments of emotional light. He draws on broken beats, acid, techno and electro but skews them through his own lens on labels like brokntoys, Pinkman and Mechatronica. He recently co-founded the Nerve Collect label with friend Identified Patient, and will release his E.M EP there at the end of March. 

Gamma's love of creative sampling and meticulous sound design carries over into the music he plays in his sets. This week's mix is perfect proof as it twists and turns on contorted basslines and muscular drum patterns. It's an intense and futuristic listen that goes through moments of all-out hand-in-the-air dance floor joy and heads down marching to slick jungle workouts and dystopian worlds of bass. Few DJs can manipulate sound in such thrilling ways.

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X1: PARTY PEOPLE
X2: LET YOUR GUARD DOWN
Y1: LIGHTS OUT
Y2: TEARS IN THE DANCE

OUT TO:
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TODD TERRY ON Y1

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XPRS004

Recording of Identified Patient's set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Identified Patient at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @french_ii & @gammaintelligence

RRFM • French II B2B Gamma Intel • 19-07-23

Netherlands’ @bastianbenjamin and @french_ii serve up seven cuts of lithe and limber post-dubstep on a new collaborative EP, ‘End of Line’

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-bastian-benjamin-manuscript

End of Line

Premiere: Bastian Benjamin ‘Manuscript’

NYC’s @drjeep lands on @identified-patient’s Nerve Collect with six hybridised club slammers

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-doctor-jeep-shake-club

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Premiere: Doctor Jeep ‘Shake The Club’

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The world that Identified Patient orbits in may sound a little different these days, but there’s still an arresting industrial approach to his work, one filled with conflict and tension, and one that invites you to deal with these emotions head on. 

∿ now live a mix, visuals and words from @identified-patient live now on wav.world ∿

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X1: UNTITLED
X2: UNTITLED
Y1: UNTITLED
Y2: UNTITLED
Y3: A LITTLE LOVE SONG FOR THE DANCE (VIP)*

OUT TO:
AZARI & III ON X1
TOUCH OF CLASS SOUND ON Y3

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XPRS005

Hassan Abou Alam is next to step up to the unconventional Nerve Collect label with six tracks of futuristic club-ready chaos. The finely crafted EP arrives in Aug and comes on 12" vinyl and via all digital platforms.

Hassan Abou Alam has established himself as one of Egypt's most innovative underground musicians over the last 10+ years. His music is a meeting of disparate worlds - organic and synthetic designs, digital and analogue tools, the traditional and the futuristic, and it has come on the likes of YUKU, Rhythm Section, Banoffee Pies and Casa Voyager. His versatile sound pulls apart existing genres and reconstructs them as something entirely new.

Opener '3asabi' is a stylish sonic assault with thumping rhythms and trippy oscillations that will get any dance floor bouncing. It's fun yet functional, serious yet seductive and 'Basha' Ft. ZIAD ZAZA, Ismail Nosrat & Aly B is another kinetic fusion of hand claps and complex drum funk, Egyptian vocal gymnastics and punchy bass. 'Ghalat' has lurching drums and plunging bass driving on beneath mangled synths, odd vocalisations and percussive splatters drawn from a unique sound palette. The drilling low ends of 'Khalsana' Ft ZIAD ZAZA are offset by fluttering percussive details up top while spare but booming kicks shake every bone in your body and the bassline devastates. There is no let up on 'Mesh Mafhoom' which is a ritualistic workout with moments of melancholic synth soul shining through the jumble of tin-pot percussion and crashing hits. Closer 'Zein' is more body-popping brilliance that channels ancient spirits into warped synths and rhythms so complex they melt the mind.

Hassan Abou Alam's blurring of the lines between the real and the imagined is second to none on this EP. It's a sub-heavy mix of the human voice, machine-made sounds and inventive rhythms that make for something new, weird and wonderful.

NC007 // Hassan Abou Alam - Mesh Mafhoom EP

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