soltura balances dancefloor momentum and emotional weight on some lithe, exquisitely calibrated jungle.

'Seven Seas' is out January 28th on HTS.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3H4cGz7

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Seven Seas

Premiere: soltura - Stave Hill [HTS]

The first of EXILES - in order of appearance. 

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mastered by Roland Nagy
artwork by Endre Cserna
typography by János Hunor Vári

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Animistic Beliefs - MERDEKA

With their profound take on electronic music, Animistic Beliefs have steadily solidified their spot in the global underground. Influenced by cultural concepts such as ancestry, animism and mythology, as well as the languages of political techno, punk, bubbling and IDM, Linh Luu and Marvin Lalihatu consistently translate their visions into sensitive productions as well as high-octane live performances. On their new record, MERDEKA, the artists explore and embrace their cultural heritage in all of its pride, pain and complexity. MERDEKA symbolizes Animistic Beliefs’ breaking free, coming to terms with their changing selves and letting go of external expectations. The record rethinks childhood memories, confronts the generational trauma left by (post-)colonialism, and re-connects Linh and Marvin – respectively of Vietnamese-Chinese and Dutch-Moluccan descent – with their formative cultures. 

MERDEKA marks their first step in an overall departure from western club music. For its layered sound, Animistic Beliefs once again draw from the past, present and future of global club music, creating a sonic space where fast techno, warped breakbeats and ambient soundscapes make way for the augmented influence of (Southeast Asian) tribal music. 
The record incorporates Indonesian scales and recordings of 
the Tahuri (a wind instrument made out of a conch shell), Totobuang (Gamelan-like gongs) and Tifa drums, known as ‘the Moluccan heartbeat’. 
There is no audible distinction between old and new, between organic and digital, between instrumentation and voice. 
It is through words that the artists further touch on their experience; To Dream About Water opens with a stirring spoken word fragment by Marvin, marking the first time his voice is recognizably featured, whereas Khi Minh Gap Lai (‘Until We Meet Again’) centres on a Vietnamese poem by Linh, in which she beseeches her ancestors and finds a safe haven for unanswered questions. 

In true Animistic Beliefs fashion, MERDEKA will set fire to sweltering clubs and (sleepless) dreams. Yet, for the artists, it is essential to amplify the stories that spark that flame and keep it burning. 
The release of MERDEKA follows CACHE/SPIRIT, their ongoing collaboration with visual artist Jeisson Drenth, which extensively explores the artists’ intersectional identities. As such, the latest album is the next step within a bigger, introspective investigation. More unapologetic than ever, MERDEKA embodies a turning point on Animistic Beliefs’ ongoing journey towards self-acceptance – fuelled by the sound of urgency. 
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released August 26, 2022 

Written and produced by: Marvin Lalihatu and Linh Luu 
Artwork by: Don Elektro 
Mastered by: Rashad Becker

Untitled [Khi Minh Gâp Lai]

For EYX009 London based producer Tooth Rust steps out to follow up her breakout release on Cherce Encore ‘Striae’ in 2021. 

The producer from London debuts on Early Reflex with the experimental downtempo three-tracker ‘Glut’, which blends both organic matter and artificial elements yet thinking about the club. 

The enchanted opener ‘Gyre’ swallows immediately the listener into Tooth Rust’s cosmic vortex of eerie sounds, mournful chorus and marching snare drums. The relentlessly hypnotising kick drum and its rhythmic session do their job delivering a spell-casting club tool.

Buy via: https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/glut


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Glut [EYX009]

Premiere: Tooth Rust - Gyre [Early Reflex]

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@renslink - !85 EP
Label: Infinite Machine
CAT#: IM103
Format: Digital
Release: May 26th, 2023
Mastered by Fausto Mercier
Artwork by Luis Tomita

UK producer Renslink calls IM103 his first effort focused on the dancefloor, but it belies a lifetime steeped in it. This is prime material for the most advanced of DJs.

The first cut, Static, blends heavy, droning atmospheric sound design with the half-time template of dubstep, complete with jungle vocals. Before reaching the first half, however, it goes into a healthy techno gallop, making the track a perfect set opener if drama is your thing.

From that we go into the three-on-two mindbend of In My Mind, full of beautiful rhythmic trickery and rave culture nods in the sampled female vocals.

Cenotaph feels like a Pinch & Mumdance dub that they kept for themselves around the Control/Strobelight era, all rolling, persistent kick, dubbed-out dready vocals and dystopian hoover.

In Touching The Void we find a moment of drama and relative tenderness, as cinematic strings and choir soar over a busy rolling breakbeat. Occasionally, the proceedings are punctuated by a reese bass and bleeps fill that keep it fresh (an you on your toes).

Closer Silence is a mutant dembow wobbler with alien vocals by Nivalis, like dancehall for after the nuclear apocalypse, when we’ll have all the extra limbs we’ll need to dance to music like this.

Renslink - Touching The Void

@seekersinternational with a warped take on soundsystem dynamixxx for @grid-records’ new bass-focused compilation.

Assembling an all-star cast of bassbin mutants, ‘Sans Relâche’ finds the SKRS gang on a dubwise tip. Low-slung pressure from the same fertile, rudely abstracted territory they’ve inhabited for over a decade.  

Dubby experimentation inna twiss-up SKRS style. 

‘Sans Relâche’ is out June 23rd on Grid.

Pre-order: gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sans-rel-che

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Premiere: Seekersinternational - Guide Dem Selecta [Grid]

913 (w/ Sad Madona)

HOYYYYYYY estuvo normal pero bien y agusto

Twenty seven ( Perspective _____ 07/08/2025 )

still dunno how to mix :-P

lyrics ;
i know there's many things i want
i'll stick to everything i know, yeah i know
its hard to forget good things like you, yeah its true
but i know i could do great things alone, i know

( i know )
aint tryna play in ya face, i just want my own
aint tryna play in ya face, it just feels like home

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