Scuffed Recordings co-owner Wager (@wagerdj) debuts his new alias on the label with a four-track EP exploring his breaks, electro and bass influences.

London-based Wager (formerly known as High Class Filter) has spent the past few years building momentum as a DJ, with festival appearances at Glastonbury and Parklife, gigs across London and the rest of the UK, and a long-running residency on Reprezent Radio.

At the same time, he has built an in-the-know following with his productions, which have appeared on labels like Moveltraxx, Futurebounce, and Four40, and seen support on BBC Radio 1, 6Music, Rinse and NTS.

As one-half of the Scuffed Recordings team alongside Ian DPM, Wager has built the label into one of the most respected UK underground electronic labels of recent years.

The ‘Vector’ EP marks the first release under the Wager alias, and marks his first return to Scuffed since the Elemental EP in 2018.

Across four tracks, Wager explores a blend of club-focussed influences – from the acid-tinged electro slammers ‘Bump’ and ‘Vector’, to the sludgy ‘Acetic’, and rave-meets-grime workout ‘Prismatic’.

Out April 30th.

Vector EP

Wager - Prismatic

@Ganesa_drops_beats & @Squane two 30min sets, w/ guest mix from @Jubleyy.

Track-listing:

Ganesa's Set:

Foxmind - Ordeal (Machine Tendencies)[Forthcoming Jelly Bean Farm]
Henry Greenleaf - Last [Unreleased]
PAN:INC - Freight [Forthcoming Jelly Bean Farm]
LKY- Stative Decision [Artifice Music]
Cabasa - Ancient Forest [Forthcoming Boom Ting Recordings]
WZ- Domo [Unreleased]
Lokua - Undrgnd [Forthcoming Jelly Bean Farm]
Squane x Rees - Illuminating [Unreleased]
Manifesto x Denham Audio - M1 [Boom Ting Recordings]
Yilan x Wooda - Paradise Broken  [Unreleased]
Earth Movement - Aloof [Unreleased]
????????- ???????? [Mysterious]
Sully- Blue (Max D Edit) [Unreleased]
Blackdown - Halcyon Skies [Unreleased]

Squane's Set
Korzi x Loss - Playtest [Unreleased]
Kinsman - Facile [Forthcoming Jelly Bean Farm]
Near - Stress [Unreleased]
Delo - Hades [Tessier-Ashpool]
Truska - Rush [Forthcoming Jelly Bean Farm] 
Aerotonin & Opus - Communicate [Frthcmng Jelly Bean Farm]
Ebb & Embrago - The Network [Unreleased]
Rnbws - Construct [Unreleased]
Vern & Milla - 3C-US [Unreleased]
Pro.Tone - Flux [Forthcoming Jelly Bean Farm]
Doctor Jeep - Vault of Glass [Unreleased]
Hypho - Shen [EatMyBeat]
Fujin - Transfer [Unreleased]
Yilan - Polyphasic [Unreleased]
Squane - Collide [Forthcoming Bunk Audio]
Phrixus - Dispute Revolver [Unreleased] 

Jubley's Set- All Originals

Experiments
Respirator
Tazed
Zoned [Forthcoming Jelly Bean Farm]
Triple Distilled Hate [Might as Well Collective]
Traditions
Orient [????]
Free You
The Abbies
Unknown Means
Cold Caller
Night Raid

Transit.FM Show- Ganesa / Squane /Jubley

Weaving through leftfield techno, electro and ragged breakbeat, Joe Craven pays tribute to Bristol's bass music heritage on his first solo release.

@joecravenuk
@scuffedrecs

Buy:
https://scuffedrecs.bandcamp.com/album/landing-strip-ep

PREMIERE: Joe Craven - Staring At Your Feet Or Mine [Scuffed Recordings]

The next EP on our label comes from @Kahter aka Cameron Carter, a Bristol based DJ/Producer from South Devon.

Support from: Klose One, Madam X, Jossy Mitsu, Lamont, BethBethBeth, Vern & Milla, Dusk & Blackdown, Ganesa, Bob Sleigh, Cabasa, Werdna + more.

Coming from a musical background he has grown up performing and learning various types of musical instruments, which has stemmed and innovated his knowledge to become a creative electronic music producer. His genre doesn't sit perfectly in one category as pushing the limits of experimental bass music is his only intention by creating sounds that came from the influences of Techno, Grime and Dubstep.

In this release he explores the dark & hard hitting sounds of low end UK Bass/ Techno music delivering two tracks made for those intimate dungeon-esk low ceiling venues where weird sonics engulf dimly lit rooms.

Opening this release you’ll find two fast hitting club weapons; “Jigger” with its consistent percussion and spacious steamy pads allows for a room to breathe and be filled simultaneously throughout the track whereas “Quire” takes the more full on approach using a gatling gun effect with the kick drums, screwing up even the most conventionally peng punters standing in its path.

Today you can find Kahter in the darkest of clubs of his hometown of Bristol supplying the largest of bass heavy rhythms.

CJAW015: Kahter

Kahter - Quire

A1 Scooped
A2 SBWYS
AA1 Smashed Crabs
AA2 Abyss

Bandcamp Link - https://tectonicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/abyss-ep

TEC110 - Walton - Abyss EP

Aberdeen label & collective MELD return with a new release from Edinburgh producer Bolam.

The 'Break Yo' Self' EP includes 2 original tracks & 2 remixes from Sputnik One & this belter from Willy! 

Pre-order your copy here: https://meld-scotland.bandcamp.com/releases

Bolam
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bolambeatz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bolambeatz/

Willy
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/willystrax

Meld
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/meld_scotland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MELDSCOT/

PREMIERE: Bolam - Forgot My Brain (Willy remix) (MELD)

rough ideas fleshed out during lockdown. 1 of ???.

https://iandpm.bandcamp.com/album/demos-001

Ian DPM - Airlock

Mani Festo steps up for the first vinyl release on the Club Glow imprint following a series of cassette tapes exploring all corners of rave music. ‘All Night’ is filled with Mani Festo’s dynamic influences from trip-hop, dubstep, and garage with ‘Trackside’ a moody FWD style roller and a subtle nod to a miss-spent youth sneaking out and painting graffiti. 

Also on the EP are a couple of tracks which were elusive dubplates until now including ‘All Night’ and ‘Cheatin’. These records were staples in sets from the likes of Loefah, Orson, Youngsta, and Chunky. 

Club Glow is a collective of Borai, Denham Audio, Major and Mani Festo which launched in 2018 with a collaborative release from Denham Audio and Borai - ‘Club Glow Vol. 1’ and featured hits such as 'Make Me' and '6AM (How Do U Feel)'.

Pre-order 'All Night' here: https://clubglow.bandcamp.com/album/all-night

Premiere: Mani Festo - Trackside

"Combining a stellar pool of sounds from across the spectrum of electronic music, Yin Yang marks a new beginning with the launch of its label and subsequent release of an exceptional 25 track various artist compilation. Complex Contrast is an amalgamation of distinct ideas, forming a cohesive soundscape to truly represent the label's essence."

@yinyanglabel
Mastered by Joe Farr
Artwork by James McGuirk

Complex Contrast

Doctor's Order [Yin Yang]

@pas-1
@more-cowbell

Buy:
https://more-cowbell.bandcamp.com/album/labyrinth