Indo Funky kinetics and percussion flexes meet in this deadly 3 tracker from London's Darama and Bay Area's Kush Arora. Touching on both producers' skillful blending of bassy South Asian workouts, this collab weaves grime, uk funky, and South African dance influences into snappy reductions that finds both at their most playful in recent productions. Flutes call at heartstrings and log drums and angular riddims keep you on your toes whilst their signature Punjabi rhythms build upon UK stylings.

"Heart Meter" kicks off the ep with bansuri melodies and minimalist snares, set to the tone of a heart meter, whilst log drums and counter melodies interplay gliding the riddim along.
2-step and Gqom flip heads on "Rattle", that runs Punjabi tumbi flute lines calling out to the motherland alongside boxy breaks that hit like cement blocks. Breaks and grown n sexy amapiano flourishes guide this roller till it flips to a gqom drop zone, a rare combo of Indian / South African vibes.
London indebted "Grid" hits with a Pulse X reinterpretation grime workouts featuring the double flute alghoza alongside ballroom impacts and cars zooming by with tablas.

Darama has cut his teeth in the British Asian Underground, gaining global recognition for his unique blend of South Asian percussion and UK bass-driven sounds.
Darama's journey includes sharing stages with the likes of Four Tet, Ben UFO, and Jyoty whilst playing at prestigious festivals such as Boomtown and The Warehouse Project. His productions have been found on labels like More Time Recordings and spun within Boiler Room, and Rinse FM on the regular. As a core member of the Daytimers collective, he contributes to the thriving British Asian underground music scene. He's also a co-founder of the immersive record label Bubblin alongside yourboykiran and runs a radio show on Subtle FM allowing him to share cutting-edge percussive club sounds.

Bay Area veteran Kush Arora aka Only Now has been dubbed an “arch hybridizer" and approaches his art with wild abandon. His trademark deconstructions of Punjabi music has found itself in circles ranging from dancehall to industrial music since the early 2000's. Recent collabs include: Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura drummer), Runkus & Royal Blu, Flore (Polaar) and Upcoming collabs are with Virginia's Prison Religion, Uk's Ahadadream, and Chrisman (Nyege Nyege Tapes). Kush has performed alongside DUMA, Andy Stott, and Shackleton in the past years, and been seen in Red Bull SoundClashes and NTS radio specials. Work in the early 2000's found itself rooted in the experimental chapters of SF, alongside folks like SOTE. This lead it's way into the dancehall/dubstep world where he collabed and remixed people such as Cutty Ranks, to Gyptian and Gappy Ranks. His releases have been featured on Bokeh Versions, Polaar, Dutty Artz, Club Yeke, Infinite Machine, Discrepant and countless others.

Darama X Kush Arora - Rattle

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The Rhythm Passport’s Cabinet of Curiosities - February 2025

UKG/Bassline

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Patreon/Edits

Bruises (B.Cause Kelela X Shall I Bruk It Edit)

Bandcamp

Elbarto - Talamera

Orile to Berlin

Yeah Yeah Yeah

Something sexy for the summer :)
Not claiming any rights to non of these songs.

JT - OKAY (SUAVEZ edit)

Is This Real

Cheque One-Two

Rebel Queen

Happy Day

Kush Arora X Darama - Heart Meter

Kush Arora X Darama - Grid

O Mundo Dá Voltas

Cobra Criada / Bicho Solto

So it Goes

Produced and Mixed by Max Shrager at Studio Zoe NJ
Mastered by Dan Millice

Céline Dessberg - Yatga
Ben Borchers - Drums, Bass, Keys
Max Shrager - Guitar

Céline Dessberg - "Selenge"

Execute

No Good 4 Me (feat. Megaman, Romeo and Lisa Maffia)

Sorry

Sorry! (I Didn't Know) (David Howard Remix)

East London duo Payfone are back on Golf Channel with an EP of soulful proto-house and disco tunes that should not go unnoticed. After "Paradise", "Quarantine" and "Catholic Central", here comes "Justified", with the title track on A side and "We Are Chains" premiered here on the flip side, quite reminiscent of the track "Paradise". The production remains slick, Louis Howard Jones' vocals has an undeniable catchy tone and the mood is dystopian as hell. "Justified" is out on Friday, be quick !

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PREMIERE : Payfone - We Are Chains

A Little Bit Of Luck

Arranca el fin de semana y queremos acompañarte donde vayas, con buena música siempre!

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SANGO - Tá Preocupado Comigo

Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood (Radio Mix)

San Francisco Based Producer of future culture sounds

Darama X Kush Arora - Rattle

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