Alex Banks releases ‘A Way Out’ on Mesh. The track stands as the first single from his anticipated third studio album ‘Projections.

‘A Way Out’ is a heady dancefloor track with a foot in breaks and techno alike. Flanked by the artist’s signature pads and synths, it balances melancholy and optimism with stirring effect.

A stunning video for ‘A Way Out’ has been created by award-winning motion graphic designer Matthew Clugston. He illustrates the track’s contrasting moods with dynamic images of hectic man-made cities, manipulated and warped in time with Banks’ hectic breakbeats. When the emotive pad sounds join the melee, images of mountains and lakes take the place of the concrete streets and buildings, representing serenity in contrast. 

Written, mixed and produced by Alex Banks
Album artwork by Michael Bodiam
Graphic Design by Colin Droz.
Mastering by Bo at Calyx Mastering
℗ 2022 Mesh © 2022 Just Isn't Music Ltd

Projections

A Way Out

Buy Projections Double LP vinyl / Stream / Download: https://ffm.to/projections

Respected producer, DJ and sound designer Alex Banks presents his third studio album ‘Projections’, returning to Max Cooper’s Mesh imprint. The work follows up critically acclaimed releases on Modeselektor’s Monkeytown, Ninja Tune, where he remixed Bonobo, and his sublime sophomore album ‘Beneath the Surface’ from 2019.

Produced in his studio in Brighton, UK, the album is an immersive nine-track masterstroke covering the gamut of electronica, techno, breakbeat, bass and IDM, fit for clubs and home-listening alike. The project was born in the early stages of 2021. With little outside stimulation to draw inspiration from, Banks
invested in new gear including a Moog Matriarch, DFAM and a host of Eurorack Modules - and set about immersing himself in the possibilities of his new semi-modular synths. In terms of sonic reference points, he found himself in new territory, too. “Usually going to a club night, or concert, or even the
simple things in life that you take for granted all feed into a melting pot of things that inspire me to create. But without these, I instead found myself drawing on memories of experiences, and imagining new ones for the future to come. I began to feel like these were projections, almost like memories of experiences I had been projecting via the music I was creating,” he shares, adding that memories of clubbing trips to Berlin, London and Brighton fuelled his vision for the album.

Furthermore, the seclusion we collectively experienced allowed Banks to philosophise on the nature of human connection, which fed into the album concept: “I started to think about how during our period of relative isolation, we are all projecting into the digital ether, searching for a connection in an increasingly virtual world where shared human contact and experiences have
become scarce.”

Introspective

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Alex Banks is a Brighton-based DJ, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his intricate yet dancefloor-driven sound, inspired by the dense electronica of artists like Jon Hopkins and Max Cooper. Blending jungle, broken beat, and dubstep rhythms with techno textures and IDM melodies, his music is defined by masterful sound design—an expertise that has made him an in-demand engineer, composing for film, TV, and global brands like Nike and Honda. His latest Impermanence EP, released on Last Night on Earth, showcases his signature style, where tense drums and euphoric melodies merge into thoughtful electronic compositions. 

On this Balance Selections, the English producer flexes with an exquisite two hours of scalpel-sharp dance music. Featuring tracks from Max Cooper, Floating Points, Tinlicker and more, this is a journey worth taking.

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Balance Selections 319: Alex Banks

TRACKLIST & INTERVIEW

UK club luminary Peverelist returns to the NTS fold for a special one-off - celebrating the release of new compilation _Pulse Archive_ with an hour of music that inspired the Pulse series. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/livity-sound/episodes/livity-sound-3rd-october-2025

Peverelist - Pulse Inspirations  031025

Shimanski - Sektor Evolution - 27.09.25

🛳️ Sisyphos Dampfer | 04. Oktober 2025 🌴🔥

Was. War. Das. Bitte?!
Der Dampfer hat gekocht, geschwitzt, geklebt - ihr wart mittendrin, wie ne Horde glitzernder Dschungelwesen auf Zucker. Von der ersten Basswelle bis zum letzten Strobo war das pures Dengue-Fieber.

Wir sagens ehrlich: Das war kein normales Set. Das war ein illegales Klebe-Ritual am Tempel von Gluetzalcoatl - die Göttin des Klebstoffs.

Danke an alle, die mit uns durchgedreht, geschwitzt und gelacht haben - an die Bass-Amazonen @trauma_mia fürs Vorheizen, und an die Boss-Level-Brudis @mauricemino & @sin.portofficial fürs Abräumen danach. Ihr seid Wahnsinn.

Das Ergebnis? Feinster Klebstoff fürs Trommelfell - live, roh, mit Liebe und Duft. Jetzt auf SoundCloud. Laut aufdrehen - Seele kleben lassen 🖤🧷

#2komponentenkleber #sisyphosberlin #dampfercrew #newmix #soundcloudrelease #berlinrave #b2b #techhouse #gluecrew #junglerave #keule #oscarwandel #bassamazonen #bosslevelbrudis #raveculture #klebedschungel

2komponentenkleber (Oscar Wandel & K.EULE) | Gluemanji | Sisyphos Dampfer | Nichtgeburtstag 2025 |

Sisyphos Nichtgeburtstag - Strand Opening - 05.10.2025

Buy Link: https://transitionofc.bandcamp.com/album/trsn040-roots-ep
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Release Date: 31.10.2025

Mastering: Patrik Skoog 
Artwork: Esso Dyer

Tracklist:
01. Intro 
02. Dust To Dust 
03. Let Me Come Again 
04. It's On 
05. Chase
06. Outro 
07. Dust To Dust (Vromo Remix) 
08. It's On (M.I.T.A. Remix) 
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TRSN (Transition)
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BCCO Premiere: DJ SWISHERMAN - Chase [TRSN040]

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not sure if it's done.
make it loud. 

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Hœrgut - Easy like sunday morning...

Was für ein schöner Auftakt. Danke dass ihr gekommen seid !

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