Flightpath - Releases

Mani Festo - Releases

*PREMIERE* Moogie Fox - No Feelings

Edition of 300 vinyl:
shallnotfade.co.uk/album/pathfinder-ep

When Mani Festo isn’t designing the artwork for Club Glow - the collective he forms part of alongside Borai, Denham Audio and LMajor - or running his own imprint ‘Flightpath’, he uses his DJ sets and production to pay homage to the soundsystem-oriented music that made him. A real artist of the moment, the past couple of years have seen Mani Festo get the recognition he deserves, with many citing his prowess in capturing the darkly seductive essence of hardcore’s antecedents, creating something at once nostalgic and futuristic. 

Those searching for this fine balance will not be disappointed by Pathfinder EP, the next  instalment of Basement Trax: a series which focuses on club-fuelled Techno and Electro. ‘Powertriip’ is a full-bodied electro slammer, coloured by the metallic textures of an industrial soundscape. The title track continues with the same high-voltage pressure, this time with hi-hats that give it double-time energy. The B-side is about computer love: ‘Big Rooms’ is driven by a highly-processed acid melody whilst ‘Auto Sequence’ is a dizzying take on breaks with high-pitched arpeggios and deranged vocal chops that add to the track’s eeriness.

Pathfinder EP drops 3rd June 2022 via Shall Not Fade

Powertriip

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SNFBT012 // Mani Festo - Pathfinder EP

1) Mani Fest - Eyes Open
2) Mani Festo – Dreadnaught
3) Mani Festo - Eyes Open (Denham Audio Remix)
4) Mani Festo – Testflight
5) Mani Festo - Folding Time (Digital Only )



Hot on the heels of Dawn Razors “Blizzard EP” we are back with an EP from yet another hot new talent making their DEXT Debut “Mani Festo” has been on our radar for some time now releasing imprints such as Shall Not Fade , Sneaker Social Club , WNCL Recordings Lobster Theramin & Club Glow His tough & raw no nonsense sound which encompasses Techno , Electro , Breakbeat whilst paying tribute to UK underground sound system & Rave culture is exactly sort of heavy weight tackle that you would expect to see released on DEXT and this EP certainly doesn’t disappoint, expect speaker rattling subs , chest piercing distorted kick drums , mutated flanged breakbeats , dark and immersive textures and soundscapes not to mention a rerub of eyes open from fellow Club Glow comrade Denham Audio .

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DEXT016 - Mani Festo - Eyes Open EP (Clips) Out 9th Sept 2022

DRUMSKULL / MANI FESTO
PHASE VELOCITY EP (DSSR090)

01 Drumskull - Phase Velocity (Original Mix)
02 Mani Festo - Hours (Original Mix)
03 Drumskull - Phase Velocity (Mani Festo Remix)
04 Mani Festo - Hours (Drumskull Remix)

Hot off dropping an EP on Hooversound, East London DJ and producer Drumskull launches his own eponymous label with a double-header featuring Club Glow co-founder Mani Festo.

The four-tracker includes an original from each producer – both tracks previously released on Seagrave before it closed its doors last year, taking its back catalogue with it. With these reissued versions remastered, each producer then remixes the other for a fresh, new take.

Drumskull's 'Phase Velocity' displays the same genre fluidity highlighted on 2020's debut album 'Interlocked'. Starting out with a footwork stutter, lush chords floating over booming 808s, the vibe evolves, rolling breaks adding in a jungle intensity. Mani Festo reconstructs this for 140 floors, his club kick pattern providing the bounce as flanging, time-stretched breakbeats keep it rooted in the hardcore continuum.

Mani Festo, aka South East London DJ, producer and graphic artist, Nick Marks, has previously appeared on labels such as Rupture, E-Beamz, Sneaker Social Club and Club Glow, which he runs with LMajor, Borai and Denham Audio. 'Hours' highlights his background in drum and bass, rude basslines running under techy, metallic breaks. Reduced down to 135 by Drumskull, deep, deadly subs and bumpy, swung drums focus it into a dark, shuffling groove.

Combining two of the leading lights from the new wave of breakbeat music, the Phase Velocity EP is released digitally on Friday 24th March 2023 with a limited run of lathe cuts available via the launch party at Planet Wax in London on the same date and to follow on Bandcamp.

Launch party: https://ra.co/events/1652731

Mastering by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven

Artwork by Nuj Aside https://www.instagram.com/nuj.aside/

For more info contact: mail(at)drumskull.zone

@mani_festo @drumskull_music

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Drumskull / Mani Festo - Phase Velocity EP - Out Friday 24th March 2023

Ben Pest - Cancel Couture
BUY LINK: https://benpest.bandcamp.com/album/cancel-couture
Label: Love Love Records (https://soundcloud.com/loveloverecords)
https://soundcloud.com/benpest
Release Date: 7th July 2023

Love Love continues the LOVLTD series with a follow up from Bristol based producer Ben Pest. In a similar vein to his previous 12" on Love Love, ‘On The Three’, it’s an all out techno affair with 4 high powered tracks geared for destroying dancefloors.

Eponymous track ‘Cancel Couture’ is driven by a hard four to the floor kick and thick squelchy acid line with a percussion workout for maximum groove while ‘My First Rodeo’ is a tearing stomper of a track, reminiscent of 90’s warehouse hard techno with huge sub bass pounding in an off-kilter rhythm.

The flip-side kicks off with ‘PP Breaks’ which, as its name might suggest, is a breakbeat track with a particularly rubbery electro bassline and hard snare, providing an elastic party experience.

Track 4 is ‘Bad B’ which provides a raucous highlight to the EP - A rough chunky acid hardware jam with deep bass and rich drum machine rhythms, adorned with stuttering fills and a tidy 303 that bleeds tightly in the mix.

A real stormer of a 12’’ that captures some of the magic Ben Pest has been known for performing in his live PA

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PREMIERE : Ben Pest - PP Breaks

Pre-order: https://steelcitydancediscs.bandcamp.com/

Following on from her most recent EP, 'What?', @imogensmusic unveils her latest three-track venture, 'Albert Road', her debut release on @steelcitydancediscs.

The record's opener, ‘In Bed With My 808’, fuses fierce breakbeat with an unrelenting bassline, and showcases the producer's evolution of sound over the years.

Albert Road EP

More exclusive music

Premiere: IMOGEN 'In Bed With My 808'

Track 1 - Mani Festo - Rhythm of Life
Track 2 - Mani Festo - Gonn

Available 07-07-23

flightpathaudio.bandcamp.com/

Mani Festo - Rhythm of Life [Flightpath] - Preview

Artist: Ben Pest
Track: Bad B
Release: Cancel Couture
Cat: LOVLTD04
Label: Love Love Records
Release date: 7th July 2023
Format: 12" Vinyl + Digital

DT PREMIERE: Ben Pest - Bad B [Love Love Records] (2023)

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-aloka-vector-space

Now on the cusp of their thirteenth release, Cardiff-based imprint @typelessrecords line up two tracks from label boss @alokamusic, blending UK bass with dense ambient textures and dystopian breaks.

Granulate / Vector Space

Aloka - Vector Space [Typeless]

Release date - 25/08/2023

K-65 returns to Flightpath off the back of his hugely successful ‘Get Down’ EP earlier this year, tasked with remixing the label's biggest track to date, Mani Festo’s ‘The Reaper’. He has turned the techno stomper into a signature Electro / Breakbeat dancefloor destroyer, which has been doing damage on every sound system it’s touched.

Mani Festo repays the favour by remixing K-65’s club weapon ‘No Stop’. Rising bpms Layered breaks and psychedelic elements take this powerhouse track into new sonic territories, still just as ready to flatten any dance floor in its path.

Flightpath continues to build its catalogue of technoid bass music, with a release schedule that extends long into 2023.