Sumac presents three exclusive tracks from label founders DJ Plead, Jon Watts and T.Morimoto. This is the first in a series of releases dedicated to reworked material from Utility's singular 2019 release Nexus Destiny (SU005).

DJ Plead extends 'Flooot' into a hypnotic 140BPM journey; Jon Watts contextualises 'Vert Bend' against his signature hard-as-nails electro template; and T.Morimoto bends '96Khz Rapture' + 'Cloudy Choir' into a heady psychedelic mix.

Nexus Destiny is an experiment in preset aesthetics conceived by Utility (T.Morimoto and Austin Buckett) as equal parts sonic readymade, machine/human collaboration, ambient soundtrack and sample pack for fellow producers.

utility101.bandcamp.com/album/nexus-destiny
unprojects.org.au/article/interview-with-utility-part-i/
unprojects.org.au/article/interview-with-utility-part-ii/

Nexus Destiny Reworked

Flooot - DJ Plead Remix

Pre-order: https://infinitemachine.bandcamp.com/album/im105-despina-fire-from-heat

The title of @despinadespina's new EP on @infinite-machine, ‘Fire From Heat’, comes from the expression “heat from fire, fire from heat,” used by the trans community in voice training. At the same time that Despina searched for their voice as a trans, non-binary person, they found an alternate, musical voice through the extensive use of human and non-human voices.

The resulting album ties these conceptual threads - each voice is countered by rhythmic constraints, undulating cyclical grooves, sinister basslines, and interruptive structures that create a delicate interplay between the imagined speaker and an idealised dancer.

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Deena Abdelwahed materializes the collaborative and borderless spirit of her album Jbal Rrsas with an EP of remixes to be released on InFiné.

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PREMIERE: Deena Abdelwahed - Complain (Ehua Remix) (InFiné)

Brussels-based imprint Maloca is proud to present percussive connoisseur Coen’s sophomore mini-album, Moshpit: an 8-track exploration where focus and intensity rules all. As the title suggests, the release marks a more abrasive turn after 2023’s Slop Drop & Roll.
 
Feeling like a new direction was needed for his second mini-album, Coen went back to his roots. There, the artist re-discovered a love for Slayer and the brutal, near out-of-control power found in thrash metal. Through this recapturing of his teenage years, he found his approach, developing methods for transposing the genre’s raw aesthetics into his stripped back, drum-forward sound.
 
The result is a listening experience dominated by double-time kicks, corroded walls of texture and a level of intensity not heard before in the London artist's work. Moshpit acts as an ode to Slayer and the brutal, relentless energy of thrash metal, taking the genre on a conceptual level and translating it into Coen’s universe. 

Despite this aesthetic turn, the album also stands as an evolution, rather than a revolution, from Coen. The orotund percussive tones and lethal high energy grooves of Headbanger and Roll Play are nods to 2023 standout Pressure Roll - weapon of choice for DJs across the spectrum including Bonobo, Bambounou, Ahadadream, Toumba & Lu Su.
 
Moshpit also sees Coen at his most concentrated, distilling what he does best down to its most vital and essential form. Each track bristles with a cinematic, metallic sheen and never feels too busy, with the artist getting the most from recordings of his studio’s collection of percussion instruments – with many of the textures on the album becoming distorted abstractions of drums found in it. 
 
The artwork, made by Coen himself, bristles with coarse texture, without becoming drowned in noise - an appropriate visual guide to the sonic landscape to be found in Moshpit. 

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Basic Maneuvers EP

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I'm releasing three exclusive and unreleased edits. All proceeds will go to the First Nations Fire Relief Fund, NSW Rural Fire Service and the Victorian Bushfire Disaster Appeal.

These tracks are offered with the intention of giving much needed relief to communities across South East Australia that have been affected by the worst bushfires on record.

For information on the individual funds and ways to directly donate, follow these links:

www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities
www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/support-your-local-brigade
www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/supporting-cfa#donate-cash

Purchase entire release on @sumactrac bandcamp https://sumactrac.bandcamp.com/album/massari-for-relief

Massari for Relief

Massari and Me

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Dj Python - Rosada

'Sharpen, Moving' celebrates five years of the Timedance imprint, blending the labels original aesthetic and opening it up into new corners of leftfield club music. Artists featuring include the regular faces of Batu, Bruce, Ploy and Metrist, alongside newcomers Kit Seymour, Akiko Haruna and Mang & GRAŃ. Timedance also welcomes techno royalty Peter Van Hoesen with one of his most broken tracks to date, plus new appearances from Patina Echoes contributors Via Maris, Cleyra and Nico.

The compilation showcases Timedance's evolution from 'Bristol techno' to a more global conscious sound, incorporating energies from different scenes and synthesising them into new modern forms.

Artwork by Butt Studio.

Dj Python - Rosada

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