We're doing things a bit differently this week and announcing our Postcard Club single on a Tuesday. Yesterday our good friends Joanna Gruesome announced their debut album which is due for release on Fortuna Pop and Slumberland (!!!) in the US. It was a big day for them which they totally deserved and we thought two JoGru related announcements in one day might be a bit much for some people. Alanna McArdle is Joanna Gruesome's most recent member and as well as singing vocals for them, she also produces solo work under the Ides moniker.

Her first EP released on Reeks of Effort received plaudits from all round; and rightly so. Alanna seemed to effortlessly document tales of heartbreak weaved with despair. As a listener, hearing the EP in full is almost a therapeutic experience. The same can be said of her postcard single 'Prisms' - with an added fidelity that wasn't present on her earlier recordings, Alanna's softly sung lyrics become even more effecting. This is no truer than when she sings the haunting line "it was over before it began".

You can catch Ides in August playing in Brighton, Bournemouth, Bristol and of course our all dayer in London on the 31st. You can find her on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/idessmusic?fref=ts

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Ides - Prisms

Streetlights bleed gold on the wet avenue
Rain keeps the rhythm nobody asked it to
I count every droplet like blessings in rows
They land on my cheeks, nobody knows
My mouth drew the shape that they taught me in school
Curled at the corners, the number-one rule
Eyes do the talking; they learned how to lie
Soft little crescents that never ask why

Hands in my pockets, fingers gone numb
Holding tomorrow like it might come

Everything’s gentle, everything’s slow
Everything’s perfect, just like they told me so
I’m floating on nothing, dressed up in grace
Wearing the brightest mask on my face

Children are laughing two storeys below
Sound waves climb walls like they’re scared to let go
I wave from the window, they wave back the same
Mirrors teach mirrors how to play the game
Clock on the wall gave up ticking at dawn
Hands froze together like nothing is wrong
I dance in the silence, barefoot and light
Spinning in circles that feel like goodnight

Breathing gets quieter, colours get deep
Dreams and the daylight both put me to sleep

Everything’s gentle, everything’s slow
Everything’s perfect, just like they told me so
I’m floating on nothing, dressed up in grace
Wearing the brightest mask on my face

If you look close you’ll see it
The smile never wavers
If you look close you’ll see it
The eyes don’t behave here

Everything’s gentle
Everything’s slow
Everything’s perfect
Let me go
(Let me go)
(Let me go)

Smiling through the glass…
Smiling through…
Smiling…

Everything [Uptown] (Mainstream Mix)

Shaah - Looped

Jayy - Lost

First release of the year comes from BiG AL, Kiano and Below Bangkok.
These guys always comes up with quality underground house. If you like
some old school San Francisco deep house then check out the David Kassi remix.
Dont miss the Harlem Knights remixes quality stuff!

You Can't Understand is written by Adel 'BiGz' Ghandour and Produced by Adel 'BiGz' Ghandour featuring Amor 'Kiano' Jashari & Amir 'Below Bangkok' Jashari.
Additional Remix & Production on Track 2 by David Kassi in Greece.
Additional Remix & Production on Track 3 & 4 by Harlem Knights.

Tracks 1,3 & 4 mastered by Rob Small UK.
Track 2 mastered by David West


Delivered by <a href='http://www.label-worx.com'>Label Worx</a> on behalf of <a href='http://soundcloud.com/oh-records-stockholm'>Oh! Records Stockholm</a>

OHR066 : BiG AL Feat. Kiano & Below Bangkok - You Can't Understand (David Kassi  Remix)

'Semi-Automatic' by twenty | one | pilots from Vessel - available now on Fueled By Ramen.

Vessel

Semi-Automatic

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Africa is a hub for some of the most out there Hip-Hop and Sibot has been a huge staple in the scene. From from doing projects with Ninja (Die Antwoord) to Spoek mathabo and others to winning the SA Battle Championships in 2002 he's done it all.  Now see's his first jeffree with is a packed release with weird but catchy futuristic beats from the beathead genius. The title track "Magnet Jam" and "No Question" sound like Q-bert's "Wave Twisters"  for a new generation, weird spacey reverse suction beats for droids and punk robots.  The final track is like a lost tune from an unheard cantina band from Star Wars, its like future funk for midget aliens that dance on the bar tops for bit coins.  This said Sibot has clearly lost his mind, these are sounds you've never heard before that make you dance in unthought of ways.

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Sibot - Magnet Jam

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BANG!

Like the American Deep South's twisted South African cousin, BrainBang's looping vocal hook from Louis Blaise will get your neck snapping til your head hurts.

Distorted 808s, warm synths and twisted drums make this track a full-blown dancefloor problem.

The EP has support from Nick Thayer (OWSLA), HeavyFeet (UK), OWWWLS, Moska (Mixmash / Mad Decent), Revero (Mixmash), Eddy TM (XFM), 5FM (South Africa), SonicC (Dim Mak), Taiki and Nulight (Benga Beats / Cheap Thrills) and is now released via Do Work Records

DW002

Das Kapital - BrainBang ft. Louis Blaise [OUT NOW!]

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When you're home
just wind on water
just do your job and let it go
you made your feelings known
and what else can you do or say

when you call
we'll talk about your pets
a play of light and shadow fair and generous
it underplays, it overplays
keep it simple
you've fallen down this hole before 
you always want a thousand more
we all become our opposites in time

your the anchor
the sinker on my line
you hold me to the river bed
a time to wait expressionless
don't care anymore
there is is no sleep there is no pleasure
I always want a thousand more

when your home
don't blame the lack of oxygen
don't blame the sugar
don't blame the yeast

Zammuto - Sinker

My name is Skyé. Just Skyé.

My true loves are alternative & gothic, and house & trance (mainly from the 90's and early 2000's).

Twenty years as a DJ playing other people's tracks, while having music in my soul and dreams in my head (with no formal musical training), was like skiing uphill on a mountain of ash 8 days a week and never going anywhere.

I write my own lyrics (with a mostly darker side), and I dabble in Fruity Loops to create personas, sounds, riffs, and hooks that evoke a specific feeling I'm trying to find in the music.

Finally, I use Suno AI to put it all together, and after many, many tweaks, I get the sound I'm looking for. It would have been (and has been until a few months ago) impossible for me to express myself in the sheer love of music without the final touch of AI giving my inner dreamer the chance to fly high and free.

I do not sell or restrict my music; I make it, post it, and let the chips fall where they may.

Everything [Uptown] (Mainstream Mix)

Just Skyé

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