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Atlanta-based DJ; JSPORT, spent the start of the global pandemic meticulously learning the craft of production. After countless sketches, they have created five otherworldly drum poems for their debut EP, “Out of Bounds.” 

Whether it’s a bass, a snare or a clang, percussion is front and center at almost every moment, but always paired with a careful attention to melodic detail. 

The release opens up elegantly with Zenon, as sparse, detailed patterns are sprinkled on top of an infectious house groove. Next is the sinister yet sexy Gully Bop, where a soca-infused pulse meets darker UK style bass. Capoeira Drum is an intricate network of shuffling rhythms, with each hit moving together as if they were intermeshing gears. Panting breaths and baile funk style horns weave in and out on Hyper Drive, through a maze of stuttering high hats and ghost vocals. Guillotine Drum closes things out menacingly, with aggressive slams riding a wave of humming low end and wails from the abyss. 

Cadences from the Caribbean, South America, and the rest of the African Diaspora are carefully pieced together here with JSPORT’s own interstellar vision of club music. There may be intense layers upon layers of percussion on this release, but these aren’t just DJ tools like most drum tracks tend to function as. They’re rich and full, beautifully detailed, and serve as vessels for an exciting new universe of sound, which adds JSPORT to the ranks of producers pointing to the future of global dance music.

Out of Bounds - EP

March indie/nu disco & electronic music chart 2023

Manchester-based producer and Interpolate alumni @Dulha offers up an ominous post-dubstep cut with plenty of bass weight.

Read + Donate: http://bit.ly/DT002Dulha

Part of DT002, our collaborative release with UK-based collective @daytimers_uk in aid of Covid-19 relief in India.

All money raised through Bandcamp sales goes directly to Hemkunt Foundation, Goonj and Citta India, so please give generously.

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Dulha - Agility [4:17]

Two members of the Daytimers crew, @yourboykiran and @chandedj team up for 'Pani Puri Pirates'; a pumping ballroom cut that fuses staccato drums with chopped and screwed vocals and a melody sampled from Rufus & Chaka Khan's 'Ain't Nobody'.

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Part of DT002, our collaborative release with UK-based collective @daytimers_uk in aid of Covid-19 relief in India.

All money raised through Bandcamp sales goes directly to Hemkunt Foundation, Goonj and Citta India, so please give generously.

yourboykiran x Chandé - Pani Puri Pirates [3:28]

Taken from Hypna (@hypna_52) new EP Nylon Hood, out September 3, 2021.

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This September, Hypna (pronounced hip-nah) unleashes a 5-deep EP of true-to-form, meticulously crafted club tracks. A singular sound—previously heard on forward-facing label Insert—Hypna shows off all of his assets on this one. The title track, ‘Nylon Hood’, is possibly his most signature sounding of the lot with bleeps, shimmering highs and that off-kilter drum thwack he uses oh so well. 

‘DRM//BLL’ punctuates the three OG tracks, applying tight pressure to a pristine pallet of sounds to astounding effect. The coded name only becomes truly apparent towards the end; a thrum of bells and weight driven drums slowly creep in before falling away completely, only to 
hammer back all at once — delicious. 

The final original piece of the release is a mind melter. Aptly named ‘Beam Reflector’, it whirls upwards through a sky of clinical beeps and rotating sonics, throwing up images of metallic mechanical arms as it ebbs and flows. A stand out of the pack for sure. 

The stack of tracks are rounded off with two remixes; Blacksea Não Maya flips ‘DRM//BLL’ whilst Phrixus spins ‘Beam Reflector’ into an otherworldly, fantastically odd bit of bass-ridden sound design. Listen to it in a pair of decent headphones — it’ll pull your insides apart.

Artwork by Ross Paul McEwan
https://www.instagram.com/arp__rpm

Mastered by Frederic Alstadt @ Mont Analogue

Nylon Hood

Premiere: Hypna - DRM//BLL

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Somdantzo

somdantzo

DNZA - Maluco (OMAAR Remix) Out Now!

SOMDANTZO EP

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🛒 https://whypeopledance.bandcamp.com/track/milda-in-the-mirror
🔊 https://youtu.be/iyZKds5lYBI

Beyond all of the things we judge in ourselves, there’s a warm light that accepts us just as we are. Now. 

The path of self-love is not an easy one, as you have to open-heartedly face all of your vulnerabilities, one by one. It does take practice. Sometimes you end up swimming every ocean just to realize that love has always been right here, looking back at you.

But it's all worth it in the end because you are worthy of love.

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BC DOWNLOAD: Sibilë - Milda in the Mirror [whypeopledance]

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Label: Mess Express
Artist: Mr. Sosa & Ronnie Pacitti
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: MESS002B
Release Date: February 2023
Support it: https://www.beatport.com/release/tunnels/3989799

Mr. Sosa & Ronnie Pacitti join forces with ‘Tunnels’ a melodic 2-step fusion on Richie Blacker’s Mess Express imprint. A perfect mix of Ronnie Pacitti's  ethereal chords & elated melody with Mr. Sosa's energetic drums and soaring flow offering a true feast for the ears, whilst also routing itself firmly in the realm of club functionality. 

This is a real special release for the two artists as they've been previously working in sync under the same management crew on releases such as Anjunabeats, Last night on Earth (where Mr. Sosa had a collab with Sasha), Skream's OfUnsoundMind, Viceworks, FFRR, Eton Messy, Stress Records, NeedWant, Anjunadeep and Flyboy just to name a few, but now it's time for the two artist to come together on a track and what a masterpiece that is.

Mess Express
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Mr. Sosa
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Ronnie Pacitti
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https://www.instagram.com/ronniepacitti

Tunnels

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PREMIERE: Mr. Sosa - Ronnie Pacitti - Tunnels [Mess Express]

Pre-order: https://gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/passage-ep

@grid-records launch their first of a string of releases for 2023 with a five-track EP, 'Passage', from Mexico City's @nico-dubs.

'Passage' is complete polyrhythmic bliss with minimalist, ethereal elements that sparkle among the overall dread-driven atmosphere. Bass-forward A-side track 'Timex' builds that pressure to a climactic peak.

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Premiere: Nico 'Timex'

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