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We've been enamoured with Canadian producer SIM for some time, premiering 2019's incredible (and foreshadowing?) 'Lockdown' featuring 45DiBoss that was inspired by a period of hardship. The Montreal beatmaker recently signed to Nervous Horizon, the global electronic visionary label headed up by TSVI and Wallwork, who kick off their year with SIM's 'Terminate' EP. “Writing the ‘Terminate EP’ felt really intuitive and made sense,” SIM says. “As a raver kid myself, channeling this need to party towards my own craft was sort of therapeutic and gave me hope that a new era is on its way. Heavy subs shaking you to your core, squeaky synths echoing in the depths of the warehouse, sweat dripping down your face, this collective motion of hundreds of people, just moving to one rhythm. One pulse. That is what inspired me to write this EP." SIM's first entry point into music was within the dubstep scene, although he would later be introduced to the likes of Epic B, Uninamise, Hitmakerchinx and Brooklyn’s wider FDM network in New York. He now cites his main influences as artists like King Tubby and Dave Kelly, as well as Plastikman, Jeff Mills and Equiknoxx. 'Chased', which we're premiering now, wears those influences on its sleeve, fitting somewhere between the worlds of dancehall, FDM and gqom via razor sharp snares, stabbing bass and whirling alien synths.

Terminate EP

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Premiere: SIM - 'Chased'

Our next release, 'Carnyx', delivers no-holds-barred remixes from Jennifer Walton, Pluralist, and the return of Bolam to the fold. Carnyx marks our second VA - a major milestone for the label. Jennifer Walton delivers her signature style of glitch and space with a remix of KAVARI’s ‘Skee’. Pluralist created a dancefloor-commanding flip of Mercy System’s (fka Monir) ‘Troika Shuffle’. Bolam’s story-telling is in full force, with an epic retelling of Mercy System’s ‘Every Time I See You’ with his own style folded throughout.

Available on Hogmanay - 31st of December - Exclusive to Beatport until the 14th of January. Pre-order below. Also available to pre-order via Bandcamp.

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Pre-order Bandcamp: https://meldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/carnyx-meld006

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Carnyx

'Carnyx' Remix EP  - Jennifer Walton, Pluralist, Bolam (MELD006 PREVIEWS)

Debuting for @simocell's @temet-music label, Second. runs the gamut from mutant broken techno and bass abstraction to introspective ambient interzones. Following Lolito’s excellent ‘Memory File Hosting’ LP, this one treads a different path.

Running a distinctly UK take on dizzying club-ready ballistics, our premiere sees the Frenchman link up with Simo himself. Seismic, bone-rattling pressure primed for adventurous dancefloors.

Pre-order: secondsecond.bandcamp.com/album/rasuba-ep

Rasuba EP

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Premiere: Second. - Smile (feat. Simo Cell) [TEMƎT]

Introducing Pala EP, the first instalment of Pressure Dome’s new tape series and a PD debut from London’s City Kudu. So far finding its home across Manchester’s Access Memory imprint, and Kudu’s own beloved brainchild, Kite Hill Records, the emerging producer’s discography toys with space and rhythm to create immersive environments.

In keeping with this theme, Pala EP is a thoughtful display of the ways in which light and shade can co-exist in dance music, each track bolstered by driving bass lines and accented by delicate melodic flares. Honeysuckle and Jade draw on dubbed-out soundscapes taken from the schools of Basic Channel and SND, both enlivened by the dynamism of tuned drums. The former is haunted by a fragmented voice, whilst the latter is bathed in a plaintive ambience. Connected in their half-time pace, Pala and Twine work to further emphasise the dichotomy between light and shade. The title track’s dancehall-indebted rhythm accompanies radiant pads, whilst Twine represents its gritty counterpart, not a far cry from the work of Livity Sound extraordinaires Toma Kami and Kouslin. 

Exclusively on offer to those swift enough to get their hands on a limited edition cassette, the B-side sees Kudu wear the EP’s influences on his sleeve, offering an inspiration mix featuring music that has fed into the sound of the EP.

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Pala

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City Kudu - Pala (PDT001) [clips]

maloca.bandcamp.com/album/maloca-vol-2

« Founded almost four years ago, Le Motel’s Maloca Records has excelled in world-building as it tirelessly brings together some of the best and most innovative artists from different pockets of the club community around the world. This is showcased most notably through the compilation series which returns for its second volume on the 8th December as it combines both established and breakthrough artists.

Across 17 tracks, Maloca, Vol. 2 features both label family and exciting debuts with the likes of Farsight, Griffit Vigo, and DJ JM returning to the imprint. The rest of the compilation sees knockout contributions from the likes of Bambounou, Flore, Konduku, Tristan Arp, NVST, De Grandi, Neida, Cheb Runner, Malo2k, Leese, Ultima Esuna & Destrata, Mika Oki, M I M I and Space Drum Meditation. Whilst these artists may be from different cities across the pond, they all have something in common - they are leading the way for the next wave of club music. Whether that’s the riotous sounds of NVST, Griffit Vigo’s ever- evolving landscape of gqom, Tristan Arp’s signature insect-inspired soundscape, the emerging Brussels-based artists M I M I and Mika Oki or the trippy, introspective melodies of Konduku and Space Drum Meditation. Maloca, Vol. 2, captures a mind-melting moment in time.

The artwork is by Brussels-based painter Anastasia Bay who’s work presents a renewed vision of the human figure. Oscillating between abstraction and figuration, Anastasia Bay’s work is all about contrast and balance. The choice of a precise fragment of reality in her works dissolves any narration. »

Artwork by @bay.anastasia
Mastering by @hypna__

Maloca, Vol. 2

NVST - Destroyed In The base Of One Rhythm (Autohifive High Sonic Edition)

DJ JM - Stalk

AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM FT > 
https://futuretimes.bandcamp.com/album/dolo-6

DOLO PERCUSSION is back! DOLO 6 is the first Dolo Percussion drop since 2020, 6 more drum tools for the freaky, gnarly, and psychedelic DJ in U. Fastfreeks and Chuggheads can each get some, with everything from DOLO 27’s frenzied tek to DOLO 29’s SP crank. Direct from Future Times digital for immediate party use. Do Your Beat!
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releases April 12, 2024

Produced and mixed by Andrew Field-Pickering at Future Times.
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete
DOLO 26, 27, 30 Mixed with Mezey, DOLO 25 Mixed with Niko Rao
Cover illustration by Andrew Field-Pickering

DJ JM - Stalk

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