https://odopt.bandcamp.com/album/incident-ep 

Three years ago in a different life, we used to release tracks for people to dance in a club. We still miss it sometimes, so we decided to repeat the feeling. The second Born Free EP is what we personally think is our best, so we kindly asked the label to put it out on our personal Bandcamp page. To keep it fresh and more exclusive we added a very different version of the Navy Fit Republic track. It's called Dub State. It was born during a session of mixing with Leo and his mighty space echo when we tried to make a dubbed out bass in it, but in the end, and rightfully so, Sling picked the cleaner version. We couldn't agree more, but that second version remained in our hearts and we were waiting for a good opportunity to share it with friends. The pack also includes a poster and a great "Death Dancing Waltz" cover by one and only Marko aka Floating Bstrd, which now feels almost like a precursor of what happened with the world since then. We hope this waltz will end soon and the kick returns. And then comes a snare.

Dub State

https://emotional-especial.bandcamp.com/album/picha

Especial is delighted to welcome Odopt back to the label, this time teaming up with Sano for a club-heavy global excursion and the vocal deep dive of Picha. A meeting of friends and collaborators across continents and years, finally presented in vocal and instrumental, as well the welcome return of label stalwart Jamie Paton with additional remix and dub to bite.

Long-time fans of Sebastian Hoyos aka Sano’s productions, seeing him release for Matias Aguayo’s Comeme and Munich’s Public Possession, Especial jumped at the chance to present Odopt’s reworkings of Sano’s oeuvre, taking vocalist’s Lolito
night-time exoticisms and offering a red-lit basement, dark room anthem.

As with all good things, time let the music ferment. The 2016 outline became a 2019 demo, first presented to the label, and emphatically embraced. With Sano returning from Barcelona to his native Columbia, replacing the world of club culture with horticulture, Odopt found their new Paris base led them to finally hit the pocket, the tribal percussion propelled by the razor-sharp snare and perfectly, more cowbell.

Who better than to request remixes than the origin of Especial, its first artist, mainstay mixer, and designer of each artwork since the label’s birth in late 2013, Jamie Paton. Having gone on to release for label peers and inspirations, ESP Institute and Multi Culti, this is a welcome return. Paton’s trademark deep dubwise is ever present, as is the exemplary programming, but now the twist of breaks in Remix form gives this EP widescreen dynamics.

The sound system stretching Dub mix rounds off, the vocals pulled back, the wobble and trembling bass, again highlight Especial’s mission, club music for the head and feet, mixing new wave with neu rave, beats with breaks, looking back but always, always moving forwards. 

released November 15, 2023
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Odopt & Sano - Picha [Emotional Especial 46]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/thomassjackson
Ep: The Trance Of Bird Watching
Remix: https://soundcloud.com/chezdemilo
Label: Playground Records
Mastering: Submarea Estudio
Press & Communication: Avoiding The Issue
Catalogue: PGR057
Release date: 17/04/2024

The great ArgenMexican Thomass Jackson returns to Playground with a tasty EP consisting of 3 original tracks and a remix by the talented Bristol boy Chez de Milo.
Fat basslines, lysergia and plenty of groove await you on this release destined to be savoured on the dancefloor.

In dawn's gentle hush, where time's whispers rush, birds in flight, a trance, nature's noise dance.
In this trance, we find our place, amidst the wonder, the boundless space, where whispers merge with nature's song, and in its depths, we truly belong. Each beat a rhythm, ancient, free, a dance of grace, for eyes to see. In the movement we find peace, in their soaring embrace, a moment, a sigh, beneath the open sky.

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The Trance Of Bird Watching

Amargaux Simil

Intronics (EP)

CHLOÉ - Intronics

We're giving away a wrong speed refix of the lead track on A-Tweed's EP 'Riot Disco Punk' to raise money for Medical Aid Palestine. 

Pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp but please donate generously if you're able: https://a-tweed.bandcamp.com/track/kabuki-spin-a-tweed-wrong-speed-rallentony-refix

You can also download here in exchange for giving A-Tweed's new release some love. It's free but please donate directly to MAP if you're able: https://www.map.org.uk/ 

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Medical Aid Palestine work to provide immediate medical aid to those in great need, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system. 

Mastering by Oltrefuturo.

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A-Tweed - Kabuki Spin (Wrong Speed Rallentony Refix) [Free Download]

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Magician On Duty proudly celebrates the return of Dnl Mike (@dnl_mike) with his highly anticipated fourth release, a project that encapsulates the essence of his musical evolution and his unwavering devotion to storytelling through sound.

Dnl Mike first appeared on the label in 2024 with his debut project Fantasy. More than an introduction, it was a statement: a journey through modular synths, organic instrumentation, and cinematic textures that reflected his diverse background as a multi-instrumentalist. The release showcased not only his mastery of the saxophone, piano, guitar, and drums, but also his ability to translate those traditions into a fresh electronic language.

His second release deepened this narrative, weaving warmth and intricacy into the Magician On Duty catalog. Here, he began to shape his signature: deep, melodic, and textural soundscapes that balance meditative introspection with rhythmic drive.

Through remix contributions and collaborative projects, Dnl Mike has since built bridges between genres and cultures, bringing both soulful energy and modern electronic precision to every work. His versatility reflects his eclectic influences—ranging from blues and jazz to rock and classical—while remaining rooted in a timeless sense of melody and atmosphere.

Now, with his fourth release, Dnl Mike delivers his most refined and emotional statement to date. A collection that feels equally at home in intimate listening spaces and expansive dancefloors, the record expands on the themes of transformation, connection, and inner journey. It is music that resonates with both the mind and the heart—crafted with patience, depth, and the wisdom of an artist unafraid to explore new sonic territory.

Magician On Duty invites listeners once more into the world of Dnl Mike: a world where every note is alive, every rhythm is intentional, and every release is another chapter in a growing story.

Dnl Mike - Shine

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Premiere: Dnl Mike - Room [Magician On Duty]

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For over ten years, ZILLAS ON ACID (Broadzilla DJs, 100 Years of Solid Dudes) have raddened dance floors as residents of Philadelphia’s party institution Making Time. Now, they harness the Focused Totality of Their Psychic Powers for their first original offering: BACK TO THE BEAST, the debut vinyl release on 100 Years of Solid Dudes. 

Title track BACK TO THE BEAST is a conga-click slab of acid argument, a jacked-up My Life in the Bush of Ghosts for late-night early 21st century freaks. Next up, GOING INTO TRANCE offers a guided regression session into the White Hot Room, a hypnotic deep trip behind your eyes. BACK TO THE BEATS is a dank, dubby reimagining of the title track that starts as a bonus beat and ends as a dark drum rebuttal from deep within the BEAST. Finally, best boys KHIDJA (Hivern Discs, Malka Tuki, Love on the Rocks, [Emotional] Especial) reincarnate the title track as a transcendental piece of wet techno—a 9+ minute aquarian journey to the center of The Orb.
credits
released April 21, 2017 

Music by Thomas Roland and James Weissinger 
Mixed by Justin Geller 
Mastered by James Savage 

A 100 Years of Solid Dudes Production

Back to the Beast

Going into Trance

"To date, long serving but low key Detroiter Sharif Laffrey has specialised in delivering epic cuts that prioritize hypnotic grooves, raw drums and subtle musical shifts. For his debut on Lovefingers' ESP Institute label he ratchets up the intensity by a few dozen notches, basing fearsome A-side "Tangier" around a druggy, full-throttle groove, wild and psychedelic acid lines, snaking Middle Eastern horn solos and the kind of rumbling bassline that will sound awesome blasting out of a meaty soundsystem."

[ESP079] SHARIF LAFFREY - Tangier / Everything Is Nice

[ESP079] SHARIF LAFFREY - Tangier

SHARIF LAFFREY  'TANGIER'     < released on ESP Institute ESP079 >

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The first of our monthly free downloads for 2019 is brought to you by Natural Sugars.

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Based in Paris, Lumière Noire is a creative entity founded by Chloé pitched somewhere between a record label and a club night.

if you wish to share some demos, please send to:
contact@lumierenoirerecords.com

CHLOÉ - Intronics

Lumière Noire Records