Before we know it, we’ve found ourselves within the sauntering ceremonial swagger of “Forest Hollows”, a ritualistic headnodder and forbidden temptation illuminated by the blood-orange light of sacrificial fires.  This laid back half time swang lingers and resonates within the open hollows between metronomes, tribalistic percussive taps and textures fill the clear-night sky as these sounds reverberate in spaces where the very stars reside ~ Axon Members do it best.
- Frank Pomes, Rendah Mag

Support

Forest Hollows

"eye of the storm" out now on bandcamp

https://tsuruda.bandcamp.com/album/eye-of-the-storm

canceled session

ROADMAP TO THE SUN

9kings

man.cotu beat 1

https://open.spotify.com/album/7yj0txOWGbmfECibb0uQyq?si=X73CetOXThGfgca8khHaOQ

ENDLESS

Download

Uminari

PAINT 'Exodus' EP
Release Date: 18th August 2017
Label: 20/20 LDN
Format: 12" Vinyl // Digital
Cat No: 2020LDN007

A progressive electronic duo, formed in 2016 by seasoned beatsmith Tsuruda (Darker Than Wax, Team Supreme, Division) and experimental artist Huxley Anne (Dome of Doom/Alphapup), PAINT incorporates all aspects of both member’s creativity. The duo was inspired as the two were coming up in the LA beat scene, often adding visual elements to their live performances while writing genre-defying songs in the studio. Their style draws largely on abstract hip-hop, jazz, bass, and grime influences, but unites these elements into seamlessly painted soundscapes that stand out in the modern sea of electronic music. Their powerful rhythms, colored nuances, and expressive lead synth tones ignite in the PAINT live show, where you can often find the duo mashing custom visuals together while spinning tracks back to back.

“After years of writing together under our solo aliases, this EP has solidified a creative purpose—unifying musical production with a visual aesthetic to elevate electronic music into the realm of art. It also serves a social purpose, placing a man and a woman on equal footing within a technical environment where women are scarcely represented. Fighting against both genre and gender constructs drives our forward-thinking energy inside the musical structure.

When 20/20 LDN approached us about writing an EP, we were ecstatic. They’ve created a platform we value for both the visual aesthetic and their fearlessness in bridging genres within electronic music. For us, working with Ivy Lab on this release is directly in line with our goals of defying genre constructs in order to create art that lives beyond contemporary confines.

This EP is an intellectual apex for us, seeking to defy genres from within their technical and stylistic constructs. By combining sound design techniques from European bass music with the rebellious energy of the LA beat scene, we’ve entered a musical landscape that is not yet defined. The EP’s title, Exodus, represents our departure from genre-based music, opening up a new environment where sound design, aesthetic, synthesis, and culture have become modular tools for exploring the future of electronic production."
- Tsuruda & Huxley Anne

Tracklist:
1. Beast Mode
2. Gaiden
3. Exodus
4. Reverie

https://soundcloud.com/paintofficial
https://paintofficial.bandcamp.com
https://2020ldn.com

Contact Benjamin Smith for more information
ben@echoempire.net // 077 6492 6719

Paint "Exodus" [2020LDN007]

stuck in dodge

@vhscrl
@dayle_ooo

The Conscious Kid is a charity that helps combat systematic racism by providing children’s books to classrooms across the country. These children’s books provide an opportunity to relate inspiring stories of resistance and activism to the youth. So that tomorrow may be brighter than today. 100% of proceeds from this compilation will go directly to The Conscious Kid. Thanks for listening.

More info on The Conscious Kid - www.theconsciouskid.org

released August 7, 2020

Art by Jack Cotolo - www.instagram.com/jackcotoloart/

DONATE / DOWNLOAD

Vhscrl & Dayle - U Do

Blonde EP

Start The Clock

If "The Year of the Rat" compilation last year demonstrated what the label was about, our latest compilation in the lunar calendar series "The Year of the Ox" might give you the hint that we aren’t backing down. We have curated a 12 track serve from some of our fave artists both local and global. 

We are excited to have onboard Austrian OGs, ROYGREEN & PROTONE, who take a detour from their jazzier side into no-nonsense halftime and LAKEWAY, whilst still fresh off the Med School boat, delivers a marvellous dark liquid club banger. 

We also have Asian-based artists representing in full force. Beijing’s rising big cheese RADIAX, Unchained’s roller studmuffin KRAY, Japan’s long-fringed wonderkid FETUS and Sino-Italian trio outfit FRACTALE - all brimming with burly bass weight. 

Unchained Recordings Dutch royalty SUBP YAO offers up yet another ‘make shit bang’ curveball and Russia’s CHAMPION SOUND shows how to recycle classic breakbeat for modern-day warehouse stomping. 

Stateside, Unchained crew member and skinny git, AIRSTRIKE makes his debut by embracing Unchained’s mutant bass ethos and disguises it in dirty, smelly, “roller” clothing with his tune Lion Up. 

Canadians GROVES and OAKK are back with two totally wrong face-tic wonky wobblers and we also welcome fresh outfit 3VS's (Akuratyde, Tellus and Monika) who have thoroughly owned this gorgeous, atmospheric yet menacing, sunrise belter. 

We are incredibly proud of all our artists for their work on this release and we sincerely hope you grab a listen to all the tunes inside.

I'm So Sorry

OAKK - I'm So Sorry

IVY LAB = Sabre + Stray

Bookings:
--------------
N.America: shunt@teamwass.com / sgoodgold@teamwass.com
R.O.W: francesco@primarytalent.com

Management:
---------------
shai@ivylab.co.uk