This record was written while I stayed in a hotel in between jobs and living situations immediately after my mother passed. This is a reflection of the that time.  I wouldn't be where I am without her.

R.Y.S.S. (Rejuvenated Youth Subliminal Saviour)

Just some of my favorite tracks from the D.C. boss, and Black Rave Culture member, James Bangura. 

JAMES BANGURA

Ambient

@jamesbangura - For The People EP

Vinyl release: 06/08/2021
Digital release: 03/09/2021

With this EP James Bangura has definitely taken me to another place musically. It certainly is the deepest record on any of the Holding Hands labels and yet I was so drawn to the tracks. Something about the weight of the sub just called to me and then shot me off into an imaginary club space. I could feel myself swaying with my eyes closed in a dark space with enormous subs and it felt right.

There is a real dream like quality to this collection and at the same time there is level of bite just beneath the surface. You listen and float but at the same time there is a sense of unease that comes from the off-kilter rhythms and sounds that appear from time to time.

They may not be the straight to the face hair raisers that you might expect from a release that I’m involved in but you will find that if you take them to the right space they will definitely have the power to create impact and moments of insight.

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Artist: https://soundcloud.com/azari, https://soundcloud.com/butrmusic, https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-glenn, https://soundcloud.com/jamesbangura
Track: Phaze
Label: https://soundcloud.com/yungdumb
Format: Cassette Tape, Digital, VA
Release date: 28/10/21
Purchase: https://yungdumb.ca/album/wade-galaxy-ft-azari-butr-jeremy-glenn

YUNG DUMB Records and Model Future present Wade Galaxy. A collaboration between Toronto-based AZARI, Butr, and vocalist Jeremy Glenn. The trifecta comes forward with an EP that will bring you through a modular soundscape of love, lust, and distrust inside the hypercube. The A-Side is a hazy fusion of R&B and slowed electro, accompanied by Jeremy Glenn's ethereal vocals. The B-Side provides a room shaking cerebral 2-step remix of 'Phaze' by James Bangura, and fade off with a higher octane version of 'Hypercube' dubbed 'Surrogate Mix', as we exit directly into the future.

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PREMIERE | Azari, Butr, Jeremy Glenn - Phaze (James Bangura Remix) [Yung Dumb] 2021

Hot off a string of records released on Coloring Lessons, Bliss Point, People Of Earth, and Off Track Recordings, Malik Hendricks returns to Darker Than Wax with Tessera – a fresh twelve of dancefloor cuts tinged with broken rhythms and funk-infused melodies. No stranger to the label, Malik had contributed a track on 2020’s Bodyclock Vol.1, and we are pleased to share this solo offering, backed with a remix by the hotly-tipped James Bangura.

Recorded in Brooklyn in 2020 and 2021, Tessera marks a shift in the American-born, Lisbon-based producers sonic journey. Normally a sample-focused producer, Malik’s ongoing collaborations with musicians John Barera and John Silas impacted the artist’s sound with their funky, improvisational approach and pushed him to explore his own musicality in a deeper way. The result is Tessera, four cuts of organic, modern dance music traversing shades of Midwest funk and techno, and signifying a new chapter in Malik’s craft.

Diving into the record, first single ‘Switchback’ goes in heavy with an electro-fused flavour, pairing smooth chords with raw drums. ‘Fiyahverkx’ is an 808-heavy broken techno heater, while ‘The Money Dance’ invokes daytime house vibes with a chunky analogue bassline and funky synth lines throughout. ‘Totem’ channels a rolling, percussive atmosphere, flipped by James Bangura into a driving late-night floor filler.

The future looks bright for Malik Hendricks as he jumps from strength to strength, and we are elated to provide a home to this record that marks an evolution in the artist’s sound. 
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All Tracks Written & Produced by Malik Hendricks
Additional Keys by John Barera on 'The Money Dance'
'Totem' Remixed by James Bangura
Mixed by Malik Hendricks
Mastered by Pontchartrain
Illustration by Shaina Yang
Layout by Dean Chew

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Malik Hendricks - Totem (James Bangura Remix)(Tessera EP)

More fresh new talents from Lyon!! 

For this inaugural release the french label BFDM introduces two young promising producers aka The Pilotwings. Agorespace is an excursion, a trip where dark and killer drums meet with some soft melodies and primitive percussion.

“Trance Beats” is a wonky house track made up of hip-hop/jungle breaks and synthetic animal sounds, a powerful combination of tribal rhythm and creepy synths. On the same side comes “Cavernes Magiques”, a modern electronic tune where raw 707 jams gives way to Trippy dance pads, 90’s influences. On the other side a strong techno track contrasted with bright synths called “Cours-la-Ville”, a dark and long exploration.

A2. Cavernes Magiques

Pilo - Day One (James Bangura Remix)

B1 Congo Libre

from Seiho's full-length "Collapse" out now on Leaving Records

VINYL + DIGITAL: bit.ly/1WD3reK
iTunes: apple.co/20RRUbc
CD (Japan!): bit.ly/1qpB2uJ

Rising Osaka-based composer Seiho meticulously crafts electronic music in futuristic fusion. Collapse is the full length album amalgam detailing dance floor / Rave dominators, and hidden doorways into hyper-nuanced free jazz & musique concrète. Collapse is a representation of where we’re going: the symbiosis between music, technology, and human potential. Leaving Records befriended Seiho when touring Japan in 2012, and since then they have continued to remain close contemporaries exchanging influences - bridging west-coast scenes with Japanese electronic music culture.

Seiho on Soundcloud:
@seiho

VINYL + DIGITAL

Seiho - Peach and Pomegranate

The sequence is downwards moving. New identical sequences are introduced octaves higher. The new ones are faded in and the old ones are faded out, giving the impression of an eternal sequence. Like snow flakes move in and out of your field of vision.


Snowfall

tack till https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman/hoffman-8-bit-jungle för inspiration

wsctr - dk jungle

Off The Percs (Drum Freak Mix)

B2. 2129

B1. Lucid Memory

A2. Color of Rhythm

A1. Broken Mind

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B1. Lucid Memory

_James_Bangura