XLR8R+ Member Submissions: November

Dre is joined by Dyslecta this month on guest mix duties. Dre sits either side of Dyselectas 1 hour mix with a selection of ambient, techno and breaks from Trinity a Carbon, Karima F, Pessimist, Skeemask.

Dre w/ Dyslecta - May 2021

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INDEX:Records alum vase (aka Downstairs People; games) and label-head Conna Haraway team up as ‘Department’ to deliver a two-track mini-epic of sprawling brooding soundscapes and future-facing rhythms, via finely chiseled abstract outbursts and widescreen cinematic depth of field. (Additional live instrumentation comes courtesy of Glasgow-based staev, and INDEX:Rec affiliate MCRD supplies intuition suggestions.)

Starting off as a proper serene slice of beatless musing, 'Cogent' slowly hatches into a rhythmic shape-shifter combining the immersive power of elastic sound membranes with the incisiveness of post-industrial breaks, leaning towards IDM-oid fractals and signature UK bass menace.

All in vaporous piano chords (cue: staev), heavily dubbed-out layers and FX-coated emotion, 'Recovery' beckons us onto the path of soulful elation with its poignant melange of brittle stabs and skittish drum patterns gone astray. Dark and solar at once, the track blends cavernous entrancement with verbed-out RnB samples and percussive trenchant on a steely, broken techno tip.

Ethereal like a mirage yet daunting as the four elements boiling up a storm, Department's debut two-tracker is an elusive piece of sewn-together sketches exuding the sheer magnitude of a master painting in sound.
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A1 Cogent (7:16)
AA1 Recovery (10:09)

releases November 28, 2025

Written, Produced & Mixed by vase & Conna Haraway
Final Composition & Arrangement by vase
Drum Programming by usiq
Live Instrumentation and Additional Production by Alex Keogan
Intuition Suggestions by MCRD
Recorded in the Scottish Highlands, September 2025

Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Cut by Pitchcraft Mastering
Artwork by Conna Haraway
Words by Baptiste Girou

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Loyal Hardware - 29 April 2020

From LCAO - Aufbau EP

The three tracks condense the casted-away-moments on the vast oceans. Produced in the soulful leisure hours while working on a ship, the EP delivers a statement for freedom.
Somewhere between warm Indie Electronica and pleasantly relaxed leftfield House, the music doesn't care which drawer it is stuffed into. 
LCAO's approach to productions from a more non-electronic perspective, creates the special narrative crossover form of the songs or as he says himself:
"eclectic electronic music". 
Aesthetics more reminiscent of soundtracks are translated by LCAO into the language of electronic music.

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The first installment of Black Theeth Records.

A 4 track EP with all 4 Genres we represent.

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Diffraction Blare

Ela - Diffraction Blare  [BTR001]

Collaboration between Flora Maye and Small Circles, recorded during lockdown.

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Submerse - Turn Back, Something Is Wrong
Oneohtrix Point Never - Chrome Country
Lapalux - Voltaic Acid
Lanark Artefax - Touch Absence
Skee Mask - Routine
Floating Points - Kites
Dedekind Cut - Tahoe
Andrea - Attimo
Djrum - Creature Pt. 2
Skee Mask - Dial 274
Andrea - SKYLN
Struction - Strukture
Ligovskoï - Thessalosians
Otik - Neuro Blossoms
Jabes - Glass Censors
Pugilist - Shimmer
Skee Mask - Everest
Illum Sphere - The Journey
Nathan Micay - Romance Dawn For The New World

2020 - 2 'One Circle Around The Sun With You' [Mixtape]

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NOODS Radio - 03/12/20

Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube, Facebook and futureintelradio.com every Thursday and Friday — from 20:00 till 23:00.

French II ╚═ Future Intel ═╗  12 23 2020

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Hekkla - First Time

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Composer and vocalist Hannah Elizabeth Cox joins musical forces with David Yann Robert for their first release as Animated Matter, a conceptual ambient and modern classical record based around the myths of the Selkie.

Animated Matter - Manta [Animated Matter]

For our first 1020 show of 2021, Tramma delivers a “kozmik, chunky n funky” mix in memory of better times. Choice cuts of spacey melody are served on a bed of driving 4/4 rhythm.

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Ex-Terrestrial - Mojave Skyline (Original Mix) (NAFF)
Forest Drive West - Static (Original Mix) (Livity Sound)
Akkord - Submerged
Martyn - Miniluv (Ostgut Ton)
Bakongo - Tribal Warrior (Livity Sound)
Rnbws - KLR (Eddy Larkin)
LOIF - Quarantek
Kepllr 4DRK (Control Freak Recordings)
Chrissy - Can't You Feel It (Soundbwoy Killah remix) (Dansu Discs)
RIFFS - My Weapon (Original Mix) (Prjkts)
Nativ - Shifty (Tumble Audio)
Al Wootton - Body Healthy (Trule)
Adam Pitts - Kino der Toten (X-Kalay)
DJ co.kr - Soundbwoy Rudebwoy (Bianca Oblivion remix) (Biroso Records)
Shedbug - For You (Lobster Theremin)

1020 Radio | Tramma | 21st January 2021

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