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To coincide with our short documentary; here is the first of two undeniably hypnotic grooves provided by Nathan Coles himself in 1996. We hope you enjoy listening to it even half as much as we do.

Find the Ode to Nat documentary on our Instagram, and Facebook.

Spontanious Combustion - Nathan Coles, 1996

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Within the transformations of their meticulous processes, London duo Kassian become a vessel for alchemy: filtering and distilling scores of stems, samples and layers until something richer and more complex than the sum of its parts emerges. Uncomfortable in any solitary genre, and at the midpoint of somewhere unexpected and uncharted, the pair describe their sound as “almost techno.”

Since their debut release in 2018, Kassian have drifted leftwards into heavier, more abstract territory, harnessing their individual skills for working in the small pockets and painting the whole cloth of the canvas. In their first outing for !K7, Phase Two EP, the Roland System 1 synth is the throughline as they painstakingly piece together sketches, turning high hats into kick drums, capturing the resonance of percussion and drift further into each other’s heavy-hitting sonic realms.

“X-303” recontextualises the sci-fi inspiration of its name, forging a new style of interstellar acid. A driving kick drum holds steady through a track which oscillates between contrasts: from eerie, suspenseful pads and distorted string sounds, to a minimalistic groove accented with double-time drums and mechanistic pulses. “Tabla” reduces a distinct latin rhythm down to its essence, and is propelled by a thick and distended bass loop. Its hypnotic groove combines the human and the virtual with a glitching vocal sample and the juddering of strummed guitar strings, highlighted by the percussive hits of its namesake instrument.

The pair characterise “Prelude” as “a Frankenstein kind of monster.” Constructed around a radio sample of a legend of the scene, it is a sleek and incremental gradation of shades, with micro layers from their palette of sounds rising and falling, blending and twisting with no obvious lead or bass. Repurposing the same drums as “X-303”, the EP’s final track “Patterns” was inspired by Kassian’s earliest incarnations of live performances, and it unashamedly captures the peaks of communal moments, rounding out the EP with an epic take on deep and techy house.

PREMIERE: Kassian - X-303

Last week's Ode to Nat at Wiggle was a moment of pure and electric bliss that wholesomely reanimated the original spirit of Wiggle as it did the ethos of its dear, late co-founders Nathan and Lou. Their contagious grins could be felt filling what remaining space was left between the dancers. I arrived exhausted after an 11-hour door-to-door journey from Romania, but the energy from all the faces, familiar and new, quickly swept all that away. Unsurprisingly, Fabian and Josh clearly have it in their blood to pick up the baton from their parents under the guidance of Terry. Everyone who I heard played impeccable sets, but I'm just gutted I didn't get to catch the boys with Harvey under their 3 minds alias earlier on, but I heard it was on point as ever. Wiggle is back, and long may it thrive! Oi oi!

Big thanks to Eddie, who kindly recorded my set.

Silverlining @ Wiggle | An Ode to Nat (July '23)

Part 3 of the series, a garage and breaks special, enjoy!

Tracklist:

Crustation - Flame (Move II Swing Vocal)
Madagascar - I never thought (Homegrown Dub)
Booty Fool - Booty Fool B
Soul II Soul - Pleasure Dome (Tuff Jam's UVM Mix)
DJ Perception - Endz
TJR, Xavier - Just Get's Better (Extended Dub)
Mikki Funk - 4 Da Steppas
Dj South Central - Ghetto Funk
Kaos & One Eyed Wonder (Brothers In Bass) - Rumble
Dj Deller - Romantic Call 2001
Jive Talk - UK Gary
Craig David Re-wind Remix - Unknown
Zero FG - Can't Hide
Menage A Trois - Funky 69
Kolter - Duck Concert
Make A Dance - Mad Queen
OCB - Unstable (DJ Version)
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Half Cab - Unreleased Dub
Gella - Chi Kaa Chi Koo (Gunfire Dub)
Triple Point - Back 2 Life
Sovereign - Truly

Chef Nicky Part 3: Garage & Breaks Special

Lil 5 pound edit of Blanco's Londis, no idea what category this even fits into, so have it as a free DL.

More biz coming soon

Blanco - Londis (GLOCKTA edit) - FREE DL

B2B with my coin collector Syz at Waterworks 2023 🪙💚🔫

Joly B2B Syz Waterworks 2023

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5nSzragSPuM

Label: Data Memory Access
Artist: Jacopo Latini
Format: 12" Vinyl
Cat. Number: DMA002
EP Title: Echoes Of Tomorrow EP
Release Date: July
Support it: https://www.deejay.de/Jacopo_Latini_Echoes_Of_Tomorrow_EP_DMA002_Vinyl__1079224

Jacopo Latini and Giammarco Orsini continue the Data Memory Access trajectory with the second outing on their eponymous label. Jacopo flies solo for this release, showcasing his innovative sound across four essential cuts within the “Echoes Of Tomorrow” EP. Gritty yet futuristic energy throughout, creating a beautiful balance between genres, teasing elements of techno, and electro, but still keeping the depth and emotion Latini’s productions have become synonymous with. Wandering between the distinctive and hypnotic moods of “Time Is Up” and the sought after “Nightfall”, in addition to the transcending yet punchy atmospheres of “Otherside” and “Electric Edge”.

Data Memory Access
https://soundcloud.com/datamemoryaccess
https://www.instagram.com/data_memory_access/

Jacopo Latini
https://soundcloud.com/JacopoLatini
https://www.instagram.com/_jacopolatini/

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Houseum
https://houseum.fr
https://www.instagram.com/houseum_
https://www.instagram.com/houseum_records
https://soundcloud.com/houseum
https://www.facebook.com/houseum.yt

Nightfall

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PREMIERE: Jacopo Latini - Nightfall [Data Memory Access]

Rinse FM Podcast

Syz - 31 August 2024

Little riddim i've been working on, mastered by SYZ

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𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳: 𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 5 𝘩𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 // 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯.

He’s been an integral part of the scene since Cartulis Day was born 10 years ago in his adopted city of London. But there is so much more to the nerd from Bilbao (cartulis meaning "nerd" in his dialect). In fact, Unai Trotti’s musical journey did not start with techno in London but in Madrid as a sound technician for famous artists, travelling the globe as a crew member on world tours. But for him the parties really started when he moved to E8...

We catch up with the Hackney resident and listen back to a highlight of the year: An extract from a 5 hour set recorded during Cartulis Music at Fold. Setting the scene, Reade Truth had just finished his (debut) live. It was still dark but as the sunlight crept in through the shutters of the blinds, Unai created his soundtrack, transforming the room into his own sci-fi film. Dancers glued to the floor, with suspense and emotions running high through to the closing by Craig Richards & Nicholas Lutz.

Q&A: https://www.saywhatmag.com/interviews/unai-trotti

@unai-trotti

Image Credits: Candem, Curitiba Brazil

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