A teaser selection of snippets from MAL007 by @samson_A_K 'Tape 1'

https://samsonak.bandcamp.com/album/tape-1-2

Boomkat review:
London’s Jon K & Elle Andrews grip Samson A.K. for the first MAL mixtape - a cut ’n paste hour of screwed downbeats, grotty jazz, and ruder club thrust, mostly built from his own productions interspersed with skits, on a tip somewhere between classic Disengage x Blue Jam.

Samson A.K. has long worked behind the curtain of London club music. On ‘Tape 1’ MAL spotlight the breadth of his mutant steez, giving him carte blanche for a collaged self-portrait stitched together with samples and cruddy, free-handed edits that suite the tape format well.

Side A runs from dancehall and deconstructed grime into pockets of bong-huff jazz and MJB-like deep house, then backward thru the bush of ghosts, into worm-charming industrial techno tremors. The B-side follows thru with a slew of distended offbeats and lopsided rhythmic programming to run rings around latinate techno, blown-out grunge, and radioactive brownian slosh, before bringing it back to root in mutant dancehall - a key fascination (obsession?) he shares with MAL.
Mastering by Miles / Design by Jon K

Samson A.K 'Tape 1' snippets

recorded 1-3am in room 2 at H0L0 in ridgewood NY on november 15th 2024


tracklist °•~*

Los Hermanos Detroit - Afro Dancer
Smith & Mighty - U Dub
aka-Sol - Ta Kish Kan
Kudeki - Every Stitch
Objekt - Chicken Garaage
Jossy Mitsu - Arena
tondiue - Chickadee
Xminus1 - Escafil
DJ Polo - Autumn Layers
Appleblim - Universal Mind
Shackleton - You Bring Me Down (Peverelist Remix)
Danny Goliger - Local Cable
Priori - Glass Shards
Ago - Riverwind
Guedra Guedra كدرة كدرة - The Arc of Three Colours
Vieux Farka Touré - Ma Hine Cocore (Yossi Fine's 3rd Bass Remix)
Harvey Sutherland, SOS - Type A (DJ Plead Remix)
Gigi Galaxy - Teenage Angst
Local Group - Water Dub
Ago - Eight Times Eight
RSD - Over It
EGOLESS - Emil
Mickey Hart - Planet Drum - Frog Dance
Santaka - 555
Vieux Farka Touré - Sangare (DJ Center)
DJ Polo & Breaka & Swordman Kitala - Dance Hall Again
EGOLESS - Hum
Groove Armada - Drifted
tondiue - Dubman Dub It
Uffe - Not Around
Liuos - Ease Off
EGOLESS - Vitae Eterna
Faizal Mostrixx - Tunes of the Jungle
Bakongo - Tribal Warrior
Deena Abdelwahed - Violence for Free (DJ Plead Remix) 6/8
Swordman Kitala, K-Lone - Malanga Ja (prod. K-Lone)
Branko - Waves (feat. Roses Gabor)

zi! - live DJ set @ SLINK 5 YEARS - 2024/11/15

It's a pleasure to put out this S-Tier no-skips mix from friend of the shop Pascäal. A wizard of musical creation & selection alike, and a hell of a bike rider. 

Pascäal

Car Culture, the not-dance-music alias of long-time NTS resident Physical Therapy, collages fuzzy folktronics, found sounds and unexpected edits into foot-gazing soundscapes.   
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/car-culture/episodes/car-culture-23rd-april-2025

CAR CULTURE 230425

One-off from Big Science records owner bringing some ass and unreleased  tracks from the label, announcing gigs at honeys NYC and Marble Bar Detroit 

https://www.instagram.com/warzou_bigscience 
https://www.soundcloud.com/warzouk



Warzou @ The Lot Radio 04-26-2025

Piezo & Aitch are two Milanese mischief-makers twisting club music into bold, brain-bending forms. Piezo blends sound-system pressure with psychedelic flair, while Aitch delivers warped techno and bass-heavy oddities. Together, and as part of Cortex of Light, they push dance music into thrilling new territories.


Piezo & Aitch @ Kiosk Radio 04.05.2025

Jaywalking with Yumi @ The Lot Radio 05-12-2025

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-353-james-k/ 

Soundcloud: @jamesk_1

With her forthcoming album ‘Friend’ set for release on @ad93rec in September, james K weaves memory and emotional directness into a sprawling map of love, euphoria, and intentful listening.

Music by Conna Haraway, Idoplumes, Terra Utopia, Marco Shuttle, Akio & Okihide, Marina Herlop, Carmen Villain, Konduku, MARMO, Pugilist, Pod & more...

Access the download and full tracklist (TBC) on our Patreon (patreon.com/truants). However if you need anything leave us a nice comment here with @jamesk_1 tagged and either of us will get back to you with an ID! Your support helps cover all our costs allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit and ad-free platform.

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Truancy Volume 353: james K

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prod @smokkestaxkk

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Imprint launched in 2021 by Jon K (@jon_k_mcr) 
& Elle Andrews (@elle_andrews) 
Distro via Boomkat

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Samson A.K 'Tape 1' snippets

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