TRACKS IN THE MUD – Retreat Radio's first-ever compilation of original music drops on April 20, 2025! Available as a double CD, on a wrench-shaped USB, digitally, and across multiple streaming platforms. Listen to the first 4 tracks and pre-order: retreatradio.bandcamp.com/album/tracks-in-the-mud

Tracklist:
SAATANS KVINNA - I have a lot to say (intro)
HOS - Jorn
Prins Emanuel & Rivet - Umarel
Klofink - Triple Tundric Vision
Goaty - Drear
Thomas Bush - Loneliness Remembers
DJ Sandylion - Look Out!
Moonilena - Solarna
Sofftronic - Metallic Dub
Oklo Gabon - The Theoretical
Jonte Prippz - Nomore
Digge Shim - Dawn 2 Dusk
East Moon - Soloflight (Ecover Version)
Miranda Magdalena - Polly Pocket (Rivet Scrub)
CYSP - Farever
tala drum corps - conc
Aircode - Came Back
Oblinof - KK2 Corp
Rumina - Rezillik
Ceqi - Fog Juice
tZimtZum - Re-Koil
towLie - taLk to me
Five o'clock Traffic - double refusal
2Lanes - Tadpole Prime

The online radio station Retreat Radio has acted as a unifying force on the underground scene in Malmö for close to a decade and now offers its first compilation of original music from its vast community.

A community grown exponentially like a virus, with Retreat Radio as the source of infection, comprised of artists in various stages of despair revelling in hazy ambient, angular industrial rhythms and post-dub influences. Now bringing you 24 tracks of frog-induced head music made for a sad generation that wanted to be club kids but had no club to go to.

Many - if not all - of the names behind this mammoth of a compilation are Retreat residents with current or past monthly shows on the programme. Many of whom have walked the stark lit street at the outskirts of town at night to climb a spiral staircase above a carwash to play their shows.

Loosely centered around the interpretation of dub as a genre, the compilation hand-picks a curation of tracks which nonetheless point to a coherent vision: that of dub as a vital cornerstone in the development of new music reflecting on an urban post-capitalist environment.

releases April 20, 2025

Mastered by: Martin Blomberg & Jonatan Bergsman
Artwork by: Oda Haugerud
Design by: FETIDGRUPPE©
Words by: Simon Eliasson

TRACKS IN THE MUD

premiere: 2Lanes - Tadpole Prime

20_14 Assembly live

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20_14 Assembly (live) (29/03/25)

Laureato

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https://soundcloud.com/epicure-rec
🛒 https://epicurerecords.bandcamp.com/album/nde-on-mtv-including-remixes-by-elfenberg-margee-epi026

Epicure Records is thrilled to present a new EP from Danish producer Wille.

At the intersection between sunny, happy, dark and trippy, you'll find Copenhagen native William 'Wille' Winding trucking along. The lifelong DJ and producer’s sound is a tapestry of seemingly disparate musical connections, from Italo and Acid House to Balearic Disco, driven by a self-professed mantra of "never second guessing yourself." This new release features three original tracks, each highlighting a different shade of his sound.
The opening track NDE On MTV is a radiant ode to the coming summer, a sun-soaked banger driven by infectious melodies and a bassline that instantly gets you moving. It captures the carefree energy of the season with a euphoric, dancefloor-ready vibe. Accompanying the original is a stunning piano mix that reimagines the track in a more introspective, trance-inflected light. The piano takes center stage, weaving through the melodies and opening up a dreamy emotional landscape.
The third original track, Jacque’s Vallet, dives into deeper territory, layering smooth pads and subtle textures over a silky groove. It’s the kind of track that fits effortlessly into any setting, equally powerful on a late-night dancefloor or during a solitary listening session.
Rounding out the release are three remixes that expand the EP’s reach even further. 

Elfenberg, a name that needs no introduction, reworks the title track with his signature blend of acid and catchy progressive house, elevating it to peak-time energy. 
French producer Margee brings a double dose of sunshine straight from the South of France with two reinterpretations, one leaning into his acid downtempo mastery, and the other a dub version that’s both sensual and hypnotic, perfect for spring nights and long summer parties.
This EP is a celebration of versatility, warmth and dancefloor magic. An essential for the months ahead.
Epicureans from all over, let’s take a ride together!

TRACKLIST :

1) Wille - NDE On MTV
2) Wille - NDE On MTV (Resurrection Mix)
3) Wille - Jacque's Valet
4) Wille - NDE on MTV (Elfenberg Remix)
5) Wille - Jacque's Valet (Margee ‘No Rush’ Remix)
6) Wille - Jacque's Valet (Margee ‘Cosmic Dub’ Remix)



PREMIERE: Wille - NDE On MTV [EPICURE RECORDS]

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Ceqi #31 (03/04/25)

Relentless rhythms and Latin dance history from one of TraTraTrax's finest.

Percussion is, at the root, a conversation. It's about different instruments meeting each other, and interacting to form something bigger than the sum of its parts. 

Few engage in this dialogue as boldly as Pablo De Vargas, AKA Uruguayan experimentalist Lechuga Zafiro, who draws from tradition, to make sounds like candombe and clave feel, well, completely new.

De Vargas' music reaches outward, building bridges between Montevideo and Bogotá, Tijuana, Berlin and beyond. He's a key figure in the hybridisation of Latin American club music, with releases on labels like NAAFI and an album on TraTraTrax.

His RA Podcast plays like a manifesto in motion. RA.985 opens with a recording of Jorginho Gularte, a Uruguayan composer, playing a jazz rhythm, from there, it expands: cuban guaguancó, Venezuelan drums, batida, tribal, techno—it's all here, stitched together with precision and intention.

De Vargas is also, crucially, reckoning with these roots. His 2018 EP Testigo confronted the colonial violence embedded in the history of the Río de la Plata. His sets are similarly alive with memory—asking, without nostalgia: what does it mean to inherit rhythm? Who gets to carry it forward?

He's also just a killer DJ, one of those rare artists who uses CDJs like an instrument. His sets are full of hot cues, delay FX and left turns. It's technical, but never cold. It’s, in a word, funky.

@lechugazafiro
Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/985

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