Name: The in between by Mauro B/ack
Duration: 4 min 47 s
Description: A session out of nowhere, a time with melodies and acceptance.

Coriolis

Mouthfeel

Enthusiast

Work To Live

A Decadent Overture: "A Loppy Lesson" Emerges to Evoke the Unspeakable

Prepare to plunge into the abyss of the senses as DECISIONS ushers forth "A Loppy Lesson," an unfettered odyssey born from the twisted genius of Loppy B. A seductive successor to the duo’s initial Lament, this auditory indulgence blooms forth as the sinister full-length offspring of their musings, beckoning connoisseurs of the unconventional to teeter on the precipice of the forbidden and drink deep from the chalice of crooked club gear.

From the arcane crucible of Soft Centre 2022, where Loppy B did take stage to craft a musical tale of sublime enchantment, the wretched seeds of "A Loppy Lesson" were sown. Each track emerges from the obsidian mists of this encounter—a transcendent rite that blurred the lines between reality and debauched fantasy.

“The dank, the foetid, the animistic”—Loppy B's artistic ethos unfurls like a fragile secret. Forsaking the anemic gloss of festival anthems, they bask instead in the squalid muck and primordial thrum deep in the bowels of the dance. Here, sonic sprites are born from overdriven sub frequencies that cavort with tricksterish volition, instigating an aural pandemonium that sluices through the listener's very soul.

But ah, the titular "Loppy Lesson," a revelation bestowed upon the duo during a dancefloor reverie at the cusp of dawn. A truth unveiled—a visceral testament to the paradoxical beauty that emerges from the putrid and the sublime, the repulsive and the resplendent—a revelation that courses through the album's fair eddies and foul gyres.

And what visual feast accompanies this decadent audial offering? The veil between the tangible and the ephemeral shivers, as photographic fragments of digital conception entwine with the elegance of hand-cut lino prints. An ocular riddle forged by Loppy B’s very own hands, a mirror reflecting the album's descent into oneiric depths.

As twilight stretches its sinuous fingers and the stars illuminate the paths of deviants and seekers, "A Loppy Lesson" emerges—a sonic grimoire waiting to be unsealed. Surrender yourself to its forbidden harmonies, and let the arcane currents of Loppy B's creation unravel the boundaries of sonic ecstasy.

Loppy B - Neck Breather

Metallur

Surface Light

At the Bay

Following the launch of the Eyes series, Early Reflex welcomes back Ikävä Pii for “Eyes II”, the second entry in this exploratory two-tracker format. 

Possibly the darkest tracks Ikävä Pii has produced to date, ‘False Binaries Fight for Primacy’ and ‘Permaweird’ are two detailed and twisted club tunes, encapsulating the perennial state of frustrated urgency of our times. 
Uneasy feelings are conveyed in both tracks, and refracted through the artist’s signature playful approach.
False Binaries Fight for Primacy is driven by the eerie ambiguity of its major/minor harmony, and a relentless rhythmic section that nods to post-punk as much as the track’s distorted, shouty vocals. The unsettling main theme of Permaweird is hinged on an alteration of the Locrian mode (often deemed the “weirdest” mode), and its timbre, albeit recalling familiar patches from the Process Fatigue era, here paints a much darker picture. 
Topical and heartfelt, these tracks update Ikävä Pii’s sound with an uncanny mutation, material for a standout moment in a club set. Already secret weapons in Ikävä Pii’s live show for nearly a year, they’ve left heads spinning on dancefloors in UK, Europe and beyond, and now find their proper home on Early Reflex.

Ikävä Pii said:
“What’s the purpose of club music in a climate where alienation is the norm and outdated narratives are collapsing?
We live in the permaweird: reality gets increasingly absurd, and yet we adapt to it every day.
Nothing to fight for: digital vs physical, liberal left vs authoritarian right, old vs young - just false binaries. There must be another way. 
In the meantime, activate punk mode, shout in the mic, use stranger scales. 
The only real binary is rich vs non-rich (and that’s what clubs should be about).
Thanks Venkatesh Rao and David Rudnick for the inspiration.”

‘Eyes II’ is available on all platforms starting from Friday 2nd May 2025.

© & ℗ 2025 Early Reflex. All rights reserved.

All tracks produced and mixed by Ikävä Pii at Niche Studio, London § Mastering at CB5 Studios § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

False Binaries Fight for Primacy

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Ikävä Pii - False Binaries Fight for Primacy

ROOO & Ikävä Pii the 2 main forces behind NICHE, will share the monthly dose of weird club-adjacent music, playing new and forthcoming releases ahead of their next event on May 30th.


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