Taken from SBKT050: ABADIR - Mutate
Release date: 22nd July 2022

Marking the 50th release-proper on SVBKVLT, we are excited to present ‘Mutate’, a new album by ABADIR.

‘Mutate’ started when I was trying out Maqsoum loops at high bpm blended with Jungle tracks during one of my DJ sets. I noticed that the Maqsoum rhythm complements the Amen break in a refreshing way. The first time I actually tried integrating both in my productions using “call and response” was when Ice_Eyes asked me to remix one of their tracks. The result was the closest to what I had always imagined to be my own club sound.

I set out to make an album using the same technique with some of my favorite club genres. My aim was to mutate those genres, collecting different types of Arabic rhythms and cooking them with Jungle, Jersey Club, Reggaeton, Footwork, etc. It’s an irreversible equation, like a chemical reaction, where the output is a melted piece which cannot be broken down into its separate inputs. Instead of ‘deconstructing’ or generally looking beyond club music, I made some fatty, straight up dance floor music.’ – ABADIR

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AِBADIR (Rami Abadir) is a music producer and sound designer born in Cairo, Egypt. His work focuses on experimental, club, glitch and ambient music, and he’s one half of the duo 0N4B. .


Artwork: Luke Griffiths
Photograph: Omar Elkafrawy
Mastering: Raphael Valensi
Special thanks to Amira Elmasry

Mutate

ABADIR - Mutate

IGNITION Extension Pack out now!

4 new remixes by Cassius Select, Brodinski, Bamao Yendé and myself, pushing the sonics of the IGNITION world further into club-territory.

Artwork in collaboration with Latoya Haguinatha Breu & Babybrusher

C - (feat. DÆMON) (Cassius Select Remix)

I’ve made a track and AGENDA⋮ has made a song out of it.

“Paradigms” out in 3 versions.

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms -++
Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --
AGENDA⋮ - Paradigms +-

A fancy press release text here. A big concept. The usual tags, buzzwords, adjectives. Post-facto meaning, retroactive motives. Tropes for easy consumption, categories for easy detection. Some big DJ played it out! It's forward-thinking - yet the usual.
Or, left turns, fuckups, new experiments, old loves.
Lyrics, words, good ideas, desires, tea, fears, memes, questions, wrong answers, bad ideas.
No interesting sound was ever made by playing it safe.
Have fun you coward :)

҉p҉҉a҉҉r҉҉a҉҉d҉҉i҉҉g҉҉m҉҉s҉ ҉l҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉҉c҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉ ҉d҉҉e҉҉e҉҉p҉҉f҉҉a҉҉k҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉s҉҉t҉҉e҉҉r҉҉e҉҉o҉҉t҉҉y҉҉p҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉l҉҉i҉҉c҉҉h҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉o҉҉s҉҉p҉҉l҉҉a҉҉y҉҉s҉ ҉d҉҉r҉҉a҉҉w҉ ҉t҉҉h҉҉e҉ ҉l҉҉i҉҉n҉҉e҉ ҉f҉҉u҉҉c҉҉k҉ ҉u҉҉p҉ ҉b҉҉u҉҉t҉ ҉w҉҉i҉҉t҉҉h҉ ҉g҉҉r҉҉a҉҉c҉҉e҉

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --

[AML005]

Mastered by Mert Akkuş
Cover by Berk Çakmakçı

Rumina - Song A

Kattie / Chewlie split EP is OUT now 👾🪩

Featuring a bouncy minimalist funky tune named 'Friend' 🤗💃by Argentinian producer Kattie (@kattiebeats) & the complex heavily-chopped-track 'Flourish in the Ruins' 🌱🏛️ by Switzerland bass-wizard Chewlie (@juicy_chewlie) 

Please also find attached a remix by footwork legend Jana Rush (@jaru-1) from Chicago 🌆 + another one by the infamous occitanian bass-addict duo @stacktracedub & @knurx 🧱

Mastering by @dviance // Knurx&Stacktrace remix mastered by @qqantt
Artwork by Becem Sdiri 🔥
28th april 2025
ISENGARD SPLIT  006  💯 📢`
🌆 🇦🇷🇹🇳 🇧🇪 🇨🇭🇺🇸🇫🇷🏙️ 

SPLIT006

Bandcamp

Chewlie - Flourish In The Ruins (Stacktrace & Knurx STAGE 4 Remix)

Sin Afuera (“Without Outside”) is the new collaborative EP from Chilean producer Imaabs, label manager of NAAFI and cofounder of Máquina Simple, and Other Islands, a vocalist and producer from London’s underground club scene. Both based in Mexico City, the two artists share a close creative partnership shaped by a mutual interest in exploring the limits of global electronic music.

The EP’s title refers to the myth of closed systems—those that define themselves by casting an outside as dissident, migrant, or simply noise, and enforcing its exclusion. Through hybridity, dissonance, and distortion, the record traces the contours of this outside, imagining other ways of being in the world.

Released via NAAFI, the four tracks draw on and destabilize the rhythmic logics of dembow, baile funk, grime, dancehall, reggaeton, and jungle. Frenetic percussion and glistening synths meet expansive sound design: ASMR flickers, field recordings, and fragments of unintelligible speech bleed through swung grooves and shimmering textures. The result is a sound that is luminous and tense, shot through with longing and evoking a space that feels at once intimate and yet out of reach.

Sin Afuera

Pre Sale

BR!CKZ

existence is deathrow

Elections in Africa

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztvymqhq5dpdo16/ALL%20THE%20THINGS%20U%20SAID%20%28AM97%20RERUN%29.mp3?dl=0

ALL THE THINGS U SAID (AM97 RERUN)

track specially made for my Berghain DJ set, last week.
limited to 100 dl.
wave format

Happy Birthday, Hyperdub.

Berghain Assault

MDLW - THE SONGWEAVER

Merlin Modulaw is a sonic architect who constructs immersive worlds and identities through the medium of sound. His artistic endeavors encompass a diverse array of approaches, spanning composition, production, performance, multimedia works and spatial audio. 

From an early age, his fascination with the convergence of various influences fueled a quest for innovation.
He seamlessly blends experimental electronic music and sound art with classical composition, contemporary rap, dancehall, and R&B, along with regional club-music styles. This unconventional fusion reveals the underlying parallels, forging a musical language that defies traditional boundaries.
Guided by a keen ear for innovative sound design and a talent for captivating performances across various mediums, Modulaw's artistic vision takes tangible form. Whether presenting acousmatic experiences, DJ-sets, performances, sound installations, or his own musical creations, he consistently pushes the limits of his artistic expression.

Having studied sound design and electroacoustic composition, Modulaw's creative exploration extends beyond the realm of music. He ventures into new territories such as videoworks and print, expanding the boundaries of his creative expression.