The Afrosound Experience

Under A Spell is a track that describes the hypnotic power of strong love felt towards a lover despite the challenges of a long-distance relationship, and the enduring belief that you are destined to be together.  The song describes how the person being longed for is irreplaceable, and how over the years, both lovers have made sacrifices and compromises to remain committed to the relationship while working to keep love fresh and making the most of the moments when they are together.

Under A Spell

Dysmorphia, the brand new album from the Seattle-based electronic producer, EMUH, is coming soon on Feral One Records, the rapidly ascending record label from another multi-talented producer and Seattle resident, Longstocking. 

When Longstocking set out to launch this new label which is now on its third release, she was intent on honoring the spirit of her current locale, branding it as “the Sub Pop of dance music.”

In that regard, Dysmorphia checks all the boxes. Attempting to categorize the now thousands of releases in the Sub Pop catalog is futile at best. A far more efficient approach is that of emotion: Humor. Love. Angst. Rage. Melancholy. Fear. Joy. All packaged into sounds that give the middle finger to pop music in a way only Seattle knows how.

Somehow in one album, seven tracks, and barely over 15 minutes, EMUH accomplishes the same.

Opening with “Design A Water Droplet,” EMUH manifests loneliness (and the daydreams everyone will eventually devise to quell that oft-horrendous feeling) into a cheeky indie-dance tune wherein he uses peppy falsetto croons to invite everyone in his personal day dream to join him at Waterworld—a setting that could also be a depiction of Seattle, by the way.

The water-themed foray into kick-drum driven isolation continues on both sides of “I Just Sold My,” featuring another nascent artist named ZOF. The first half of this story finds the listener stranded in the ocean with nothing but a pair of synthetic mermaids to serenade them via sporadic, coruscating synth riffs. 

Then the second half known as the “4AM Mix” is what happens when they’re still floating out there. Those same riffs become fueled with a fire to get back to the docks where the Funktion 1 rig is hot ready. You know when your long-as-hell-day ends at 4AM and you still want to dance? Yeah this is it.

After going through an album built around musically escaping one’s own metaphorical internal struggles it would only be fitting to close it out with a hopeful serenade right? Wrong.

The title track (which is the final track) of the record dives headfirst into dissatisfaction and dissociation. Dance music is discarded as EMUH throws around words like “disgusting” and phrases like “I can’t catch a break” over a sleek, lofi eletronica beat that is equal parts Still Woozy and Gorillaz.

After all, the releases that built the Sub Pop back in the ‘80s and ‘90s weren’t about making anyone feel good. They were about honest emotion. On Dysmorphia EMUH is as honest as he is talented, and that’s what the world needs for now and for always. 

Cover Art: bawny
Mastering: Subvert Central Mastering (UK)

https://www.feralonerecords.com
https://linktr.ee/feralonerecords

https://linktr.ee/emuhmusic
https://linktr.ee/zofdj

Dysmorphia

Emuh - I Just Sold My (feat. ZOF) (4AM Mix)

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TRACKLIST:

KaizzaB plays:
Thunderbolt - Tengu & AL/SO
Rupture - Droptek
Ghost Train (MUZZ Remix) - Knife Party
Burn Em Down - Pythius 
Ladies Night (Drumsound & Bassline Smith VIP) - Demo & Cease 
Veteran (Serum Remix) - Bou, Trigga
Croc On My Top - Deezkid & Chiedu Oraka
Out of Time - Longboi
Old School - Ill 45, BILLO & COZMOS
Skanka - A.2.Z & Sample Junkie
Purpose - Blasterjaxx & Maddix
I Feel Like Dancing - Hardwell

DIXIE Plays:
Albzzy - Copy that
My Nu Leng - You’ve been gone
Soul Mass Transit Systems- Hold you tight
Thorpey - Talk A Di Town
Deadly Habitz- 90’s vibe
Chris Lorenzo & Hannah Wants - Girls (DIXIE Flip)
Inner City - Hoda & Eloquin
Second City & Tyler Rose - I Enter (We are Nuts! Remix)
Nu Era & Hybrid Thoery - Pull up
Hoda & Dread MC - Hydraulics
Jord- Tunnel Vision
Albzzy & Digital Koala - Game Boi
Freddie Martin - Rich Boy
Zeppho & CON X-SHN - Turn me up
WA-FU - Whippit
Cause & Affect - The Enforcer
Albzzy - The Danger

The Unit Selections: 010  - 21/08/22 (W/ DIXIE)

Crank That Soulja Boy (CLCKWRK Bootleg)

Dance Of The Sun - Nico Salazar

DEDICATION TO MY HOMEBOY

Triumph

WE ARE DKR Vol 9

Underground (Danny Phr3ntic Remix) [feat. JFB & MC Shureshock]

Hailing from the streets of South London, LJ Shellings has carved a niche for himself in the thriving music scene as a producer and DJ. Head of up and coming events brand, Akin, LJ is committed to showcasing the best of what South London has to offer while propelling local talent to the forefront with inclusive and balanced line ups.


LJ's sound is a fusion of house and garage, interwoven with the energetic influences of grime, hip hop, and UK rap that fueled his childhood passion for music.

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KaizzaB is a multi-genre producer and DJ residing in Staffordshire. Since 2014, he has been producing various styles of dance music. He worked his way up the ranks of UK Bass through releases with the likes of YosH, Amplified UK and About Last Night Records, accumulating thousands of streams across his music, including an official iTunes Dance chart Top 10, as well as receive radio plays from the likes of Flex FM and Trickstar Radio.

Alongside his success as a producer, KaizzaB has also played numerous gigs across the country, from having a summer residency at Drayton Manor Resort, to playing alongside heavyweight names at the infamous Ministry Of Sound and hosting radio shows on Loop Radio & komrad showcasing new dance music and supporting upcoming artists.

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