"Archive" by Nuage is a compilation of his early works. Available exclusively on Bandcamp: microfunk.bandcamp.com/album/archive

"The idea to make an archive of music I started my career from came to me spontaneously. I collected 24 tracks, some of which have been released, some are unfinished demos and others have been shared as freebies. I re-rendered the tunes from my DAW and leave them unmastered so you can hear them exactly how I’m when was creating them. I took out vocals from most of the songs to keep the attention to instruments and also leave the original project titles of the tracks.

Today, at the Archive release day, I deleted all those projects to completely let that music go and free my mind for new music experiences. I hope you’ll share some nostalgic moments with me listening to Archive." — Nuage

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Nuage - life is turn

UPDIG023/ UP12001

A – Cruel Culture – Hyperion
AA – Cruel Culture – Hyperion (Tellus Remix)

B – Elusive Elements & Silent Mind – Immortal
BB – Elusive Elements & Silent Mind – Immortal (Kodama & Turrican Remix)

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This is Urban Poetry's 2nd 12“ vinyl release and it combines old and new in a beautiful and timeless way. Being located in Berlin, the label has been releasing 170 bpm music and beyond for almost twelve years now. Both tracks, Cruel Culture's Hyperion and Elusive Elements & Silent Mind's Immortal, first came out in 2012 as digital only releases and were musical milestones for the label. Their sheer beauty and grace is still breathtaking today. In Cruel Culture's Hyperion, celestial strings and atmospheric pads open up the doors for a dance of the titans to which the track continually evolves and takes the listener to other spheres. Tellus, an uprising star and extremly gifted talent within the 170 scene, blesses us with a modern, breathtakingly fresh and epic remix of Hyperion. Razor-sharp drums lead through the track while the characteristic strings from the original accompany a super heavy and deep diving bassline. Top notch business! The flipside follows the same concept with Elusive Elements & Silent Mind's Immortal, which offers another classic from the Urban Poetry rows. Immortal is a beautifully crafted piece of contemporary electronic dance music and is, with its classic groove, earworm melody and minimal arrangement, somehow reminiscent of the early days of synthesizer music. Kodama, to some better known as Ahmad or Acid_Lab, joined forces with Turrican for the Remix. Staying true to the original the two added their special touch and gave it a new, more etheric, outfit. The 12" release will be strictly limited and comes in a full color sleeve with a sticker and (Bandcamp) download-code. 12" and Digital will be avaible end of August 2021 via Bandcamp and other resellers.

Mastering @ MH Mastering, Leipzig, Germany
Manufactured @ R.A.N.D.MUZIK, Leipzig, Germany
12" Distribution @ Unearthed Sound, Poole, United Kingdom
Digital Distribution @ Cygnus Music, Gloucester, United Kingdom

UPDIG023 / UP12001

Hyperion

A - Cruel Culture - Hyperion [UP12001 / UPDIG023]

Out now: https://microfunk.bandcamp.com/album/glancing-stream

"I made this ambient piece on one of those cold evenings last winter. It has been inspired and built around a recording of Anastasia Basenko reading a fragment of the play «No Exit» by Sartre. If you need a little extra tranquillity and calmness in your life this one might be up your alley." — Bop

Bop ft. Anastasia Basenko - Glancing Stream

00:00 hugo massien - beyond completely gone
03:27 octo octa - beam me up (to the goddess mix)
10:00 slim hustla - we forget the water cycle and the life cycle are one
13:40 ben hauke - one year dance
19:07 hugo massien - ursa minor
24:21 cousin - overtime dub (ft tom g)
27:53 sasha vs franky wah - haunted
31:10 wayward - waiting for the world
34:10 brako - 001 (bandit)
36:55 mister shifter - that dreamer trak!
39:10 jad & the - x-treme drum
41:55 lt - staminize
46:50 zoo look - direct contact
52:20 witch trials - hollow grave
55:55 ben hauke - ain't bad

part1 here: https://hearthis.at/elusive-elements/breaks01-elusive-elements-mix/
photo by https://soundcloud.com/silent_mind

[breaks02] elusive elements - Atmospheric Breakbeat Mix

Modern Conveniences proudly presents Modern Technology: a collection of 12 disparate songs ranging from techno-infused autonomic to lush halftime drum & bass.

Modern Technology is available worldwide on March 18th.

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Mastering by Sine Sound
Artwork by Akuratyde

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Squares Music Show w/ Uneven 12.07.22

Bristol based DJ/Producer with releases on multiple labels across the board. Mainly focusing on deeper side of drumandbass music and beyond. Co-owner of Squares Music label, pushing deep autonomic sound.

See all tracklists & shows at https://bit.ly/3BcIC1B

Bucharest Pressure w/ Brusten & Uneven - 13th July 2022

Here’s an old one from the archives.
Free download.

This is ca. 12 years old.
I sampled a Finnish vocal group back then, and I was excited about this.
I kept contacting their agent, trying to discuss if they’d allow me to use the vocal, so I could use it in the song and feature it on my album back then.
Comms finally dried up, and back then, in frustration, I deleted the whole project.
I guess they just didn't care about a small project like mine.
I regretted that later, because the song kept coming back to me in my head.
Also, I had played it in some sets and mixes, and I was getting Qs what the song was and it it’d ever come out. 
I had deleted the .wav in frustration, too.
Ppl asking me about it made me feel even more bummed out as all I could say was “I don’t have the song anymore”.
That was a major bummer.

Well, what do you know, the other day I was rummaging thru some old projects in my Dropbox that has a ton of stuff, and I found the .wav file.
I never fully mixed this one properly, but thru some mastering I just did, I think it actually sounds quite OK, considering I never really fully finished it.

So here it is, finally - enjoy “Hämärä”.
(means “dark”, “gloomy” or “dim” in English)

Should any copyright owner or such party request it, contact me and I will take the song down.
I’m requesting no payments for this song and it is not being used for any monetary purposes.

Hämärä

🎵 صوت الرمال (Ṣawt al-Rimāl) – The Voice of the Sands

[Intro – 0:00–0:50]
[soft desert wind, distant low hum like earth breathing; faint chime echoing from far away]  
[a single oud note sustained with deep reverb; silence between sounds feels infinite]  

[Verse 1 – Arabic, male whisper – deep and slow]
يا صَوتَ الرِّمالِ، يا نَفَسَ الأرض،  
في صَمتِكِ تُولَدُ الحِكايات،  
تَهمِسُ للأبدِ عن كُلِّ خُطوةٍ،  
وعن كُلِّ رُوحٍ عَبَرَت.  

[Bridge – 0:55–1:20]
[female breath-like voice echoes words “الرّوح... الرّمال... السّلام...” in stereo whisper]  

[Verse 2 – Arabic, female vocal – warm and fragile tone]
تَتَكلَّمُ الرِّياحُ بلُغَةِ النُّور،  
ويُجيبُ الصَّمتُ بنَغَمٍ خفيّ،  
يا رِمالَ الزَّمانِ، يا صَدى الحَياة،  
كُلُّ حَبَّةٍ مِنكِ قَصيدة.  

[Main Groove – 1:30–2:45]
[Minimal ambient deep groove (108 BPM): sub bass heartbeat, soft kick blended with desert wind,  
sparse tribal percussion — daf strokes fading in and out, ethereal synth pad like glowing sand.]

[Instrumental / Ney Solo – 2:50–3:30]
[slow ney improvisation drifting through wide reverb field; faint background choir “Ah...”]

[Verse 3 – Arabic, male/female duet – ethereal delivery]
يا صَوتَ الرِّمالِ، يا أُغنِيَةَ الفَجر،  
فيكِ تَنتهي الطُّرُقُ وتَبدأُ الرُّؤى،  
وفي نَسيمِكِ يَغسِلُ الزَّمانُ جَرحَه،  
ويَعودُ النُّورُ إلى الصَّدرِ.  

[Final Chant / Mantra – 3:40–4:40]
[grouped soft chanting, layered male and female voices repeating:]  
"رُوحٌ في الرِّمال... نُورٌ في السَّماء..."  
("Soul in the sands... light in the sky...")  
[wind intensifies, synths shimmer softly; no percussion — just pure breath and echo.]

[Outro – 4:40–5:15]
[wind fades slowly; single ney note remains; final whisper:]  
"النُّورُ يَبقى... والرِّمالُ تَتَكلَّمُ..."  
(“The light remains... and the sands still speak.”)

�  صوت الرمال (Ṣawt al-Rimāl)

'Time' by @Synkro is out today on 'Lost Dubs 3' compilation.

Stream / buy: microfunk.bandcamp.com/album/lost-dubs-3

The third edition of Microfunk Music’s coveted ‘Lost Dubs’ series is finally here. Featuring 10 rhythmic glitch patterns from the Russian labels usual suspects, you can expect compositions from Synkro, Oak, Hybris, Akuratyde, Dissident, Kharm, Jason oS and of course label boss Bop. The record will be available on all digital and streaming platforms after a week-long exclusive on Bandcamp and will be pressed to a limited run of 100 cassette tapes, which will not last long. With distinguished artwork courtesy of none other than the infamous Trickartt, this is truly a collectors item and not to be missed.

Many things slip through the sands of time, but thankfully these beautiful songs will know no such fate. The introductory ‘Time’ from Manchester's Synkro is laden with a hopeful sadness, as melancholic sonics reverberate beautifully from start to finish. You could be forgiven for thinking this may set the tone for the LP to come, but what follows is a compendium of beautifully crafted musical delights, as varied in character and constitution as the seasons themselves.

A frequent partner of Bop as both a performer and artist, Oak graces the imprint once more with a deep electro cut ‘The Bay’ and tells a down-tempo tale in ‘Airwalk’, which is available to download upon pre-ordering the full LP. Rampant in it’s sheer textural beauty, the likes of Elsewhere follow suit with an expansive and heart-fluttering take on the 170BPM tempo in the form of ‘Procession’. Things take a techy turn as Jason oS delivers an introspective stepper in his ‘Hidden State’, but not before Akuratyde and Kharm weave their own atmospheric wonder ‘Enamoured’.

Although never fearful of pushing the boundaries or confinements within the D&B universe, Microfunk Music remains true to the genre that inspired it with the likes of Hybris injecting his trademark sonics into a sublimely styled technoid roller. Abstract Elements keep things stepping in a similar vein with ‘Throb’, whilst St. Petersburg's very own Dissident enthralls the listener with their hypnotic addition ‘Bathyscaphe’.

Bop has the honour of bowing out the stunning album with a dub-techno pattern ‘In My Dreams’ that traverses the expansive audible palette that so often engulfs Microfunk Music. Incorporating a myriad of moods, the Lost Dubs compilation further cements Microfunk Music as one of the leading purveyors of electronic excellence.

Brace yourself for a profound journey outside the conventional D&B paradigm.

Synkro - Time

Mix 2020

Nuage 'Gradient' LP:
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Akuratyde 'Inviting Chaos' LP: https://microfunk.bandcamp.com/album/inviting-chaos

Microfunk Music is an independent click'n'bass label run by Bop.