Livity

@peverelist is one of those artist’s whose legacy is already assured. His labels Punch Drunk and Livity Sound have been at the cutting edge of their own unique musical niches for more than a decade. Fusing their native Bristol’s history of dub, sound system culture and bass, their output deals in endlessly fascinating genre mutations that continue to push electronic music forward. Peverelist’s own captivating rhythms and precise sound designs have always been at the heart of that, bridging the gap between hypnotic techno and heavy bass. 

And that’s the path he heads down on this week’s mix. The one hour selection weaves a thread through all the sounds you’d find in his orbit - stripped back beat science and Gqom, UK funky and mesmeric dub techno. Always stripped back but never devoid of character, this is physical yet meditative music that taps into that deep desire we all have inside: to move to the sound of pounding drums.

Dekmantel Podcast

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Dekmantel Podcast 349 - Peverelist

Taken from the 'Drums From The West' EP on Livity Sound.

The next drop on Livity Sound is the first collaboration from long-time label mainstays Hodge and Simo Cell. True to the styles the artists have individually marked out since first appearing on Livity Sound circa 2014-15, LIVITY050 presents fiercely imaginative, upfront club music across a spectrum of tempos. 

The supple, fluid approach to electronic music the two producers are separately known for feeds into a cohesive partnership, whether they’re turning their hand to dancehall-inspired, sub-100BPM heavy hitters or jagged, technicolour half-step tapestries.

Released 26 Nov 2021.

Drums From The West EP

Medusa

Hodge & Simo Cell - Medusa

This Friday, @parris_dj releases his long-awaited debut album, Soaked In Indigo Moonlight, on the can you feel the sun label he co-runs with Call Super. The album is rooted in the pop music he loves but characterised by his own inventive rhythms, joyful vocal features and the many different emotions associated with personal relationships. It comes after years of colourful and psychedelic takes on bass and techno on labels like Idle Hands and Hemlock, and marks a new high watermark in his already assured discography.

On this week’s mix, Parris threads together all aspects of his sound - there’s restrained bass music, lively grime and novel techno. Each one is skewed through his own lens and served up with compelling energy. Despite the physical results, the dynamic grooves retain the sort of depth and detail that keep your head as busy as your heel.

Dekmantel Podcast 359 - Parris

Tracklist + Q&A here: https://bit.ly/3oGkSxF

Producer and Can You Feel The sun label boss @Parris_DJ joins us for an hour-long foray into up-tempo bass, shuffling acid and bubbling bleeps and bloops.

In Session: Parris

Rinse FM Podcast

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Hodge with Rhyw - 09 December 2021

When Ploy released the 2018 club smash 'Ramos', it was clear he’d hit on a winning formula.

Like the music of his Timedance label mates Batu, Bruce, Lurka et al, this was slick, modern dance music full of know-how and technical trickery – but it was also cheeky, with an infectious energy that gave it head-turning appeal and real staying power.

Ploy's contribution to our Crack Mix series maintains this same energy as well, as it races through themes and styles that influenced his 'Rayhana' EP – out now via his new label Deaf Test. 

Check out the tracklist on crackaud.io: crackm.ag/3dVNj5C
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Crack Mix 430: Ploy

artist : https://soundcloud.com/forest-drive-west

TMS.456 FOREST DRIVE WEST

Surprise ! The tape is sold out, here is the mix 4 free. Props to Skee Mask for joining, you're the MF G !

Tracklist : https://temet.net/tape1/
Info : https://temet.bandcamp.com

2x45min taken from a 7h B2B mix, recorded live at Trempo (Nantes) in April 2019.  Covering all poles between New Beat, electro, Manc punk and darkroom EBM sleaze in the first half, and fully twysting out between ghetto tech, breakbeat hardcore, footwork, and gnashing acid tekkers on the rushing 2nd part - including a killer haul of juke-juiced flips of classic ‘80s synth-pop.

Text by Boomkat

Skee Mask B2B Simo Cell - TemeTape1 (Full Mixtape)

I LOVE: DUBSTEP tickets are now LIVE🚨
20 DJs, 4 MCs, 7 hours, 3 rooms
11th March. 11PM - 6AM. Fabric
Ticket: rinse.fm/ilovedubstep

Rinse FM Podcasts

Hodge with Kouslin - 10 February 2022

For 10 years, south west label Livity Sound has been at the forefront of a wave of sound that’s been dubbed as anything from “distinct”, to “Bristol techno”, “dubby and innovative” to “broken techno”, even “Bristol bass-techno”. Whatever you want to call it, Livity has been busy capturing a fragmented energy of bassy and hybrid UK club sounds for the last decade.

Ahead of their birthday party here in Farringdon on Friday 6th May, honcho Pev has gifted us a mix – a flavour of what to expect when *that* Bristol sound comes to the club.

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1504433

Peverelist - 10 Years of Livity Sound

Pods

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Memory

Ghosts

NTS show from July, massive shouts to Akito for having me!

Kouslin on NTS Radio 28/07/17

Next up on Livity Sound is Bristol’s own Ido Plumes with the ‘Away From The Reign’ EP. Hear the depth-charge UK techno cut ‘Which Way Is Up’ now

More: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-ido-plumes-which-way-is-up

Premiere: Ido Plumes ‘Which Way Is Up’

A vital new artist presents a mix full of twists and turns

https://mixmag.net/feature/impact-kouslin

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