Circle Dance are happy to share ‘Hell Lane’, the third EP from producer and label head Muckers. From the wintry shades of previous release ‘Dingly Dell’ and the vernal promise of debut ‘Out of County’, we emerge into the high summer of ‘Hell Lane’. This is slippery psychedelic electronica for hazy mycological meanders through the sandstone holloways of West Dorset.

Muckers says: ‘Landscape is important to my work, and this release really started to take shape following a series of long walks over Colmers Hill and through the passage of Hell Lane, both of which are a stone’s throw from where I grew up in Bridport. The dreamlike, jubilant atmosphere also draws inspiration from dancing in the third bardo at numerous All Our Friends and Beauty and the Beat parties, cycling among the cumbia-loving barbecuers of Burgess Park, the Peter Greenaway film Drowning By Numbers, Peter Zummo, Ash Ra, Agnès Varda and a lean period of employment’.

‘Thanks as always to my brother Dom for his invaluable insights and for getting me excited when I need it! Thanks to original circle dancer and dear friend Joe for his beautiful design, everyone who’s lent time and energy to launching the Circle Dance parties where much of this music was trialled live, and to Amber for endless love, support, and the bassline that kicked the whole record off’.

Written, produced and mixed by Matt Huxley.
Bassline on A New Loving by Amber.
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux.
Design by Joe Nava.

Released by Circle Dance Recordings © 2023
CD003

circledance.co.uk

Hell Lane

The Gleaners

What A View (Dub)

Circle Dance are happy to share ‘Hell Lane’, the third EP from producer and label head Muckers. From the wintry shades of previous release ‘Dingly Dell’ and the vernal promise of debut ‘Out of County’, we emerge into the high summer of ‘Hell Lane’. This is slippery psychedelic electronica for hazy mycological meanders through the sandstone holloways of West Dorset.

Muckers says: ‘Landscape is important to my work, and this release really started to take shape following a series of long walks over Colmers Hill and through the passage of Hell Lane, both of which are a stone’s throw from where I grew up in Bridport. The dreamlike, jubilant atmosphere also draws inspiration from dancing in the third bardo at numerous All Our Friends and Beauty and the Beat parties, cycling among the cumbia-loving barbecuers of Burgess Park, the Peter Greenaway film Drowning By Numbers, Peter Zummo, Ash Ra, Agnès Varda and a lean period of employment’.

‘Thanks as always to my brother Dom for his invaluable insights and for getting me excited when I need it! Thanks to original circle dancer and dear friend Joe for his beautiful design, everyone who’s lent time and energy to launching the Circle Dance parties where much of this music was trialled live, and to Amber for endless love, support, and the bassline that kicked the whole record off’.

Written, produced and mixed by Matt Huxley.
Bassline on A New Loving by Amber.
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux.
Design by Joe Nava.

Released by Circle Dance Recordings © 2023
CD003

circledance.bandcamp.com

A New Loving (Gentle Mix)

Circle Dance are pleased to share new 4-tracker ‘Happy Go Mucky’ from producer and label head Muckers. Like the KLF on a Krautrock combine crunching through the English countryside in search of a chugged up and dubbed out dance deep in darkest Dorset. Released digitally and on hand-stamped white label 12”.

The eponymous track Happy Go Mucky comes in two edits, the Bridport and the Peckham mixes, reflecting the two places they were created, and the two homes of the Circle Dance project. Happy Go Mucky (Bridport Mix) has a mycelial trail to its motorik pulse, while the Peckham Mix plays it straight with a 303 front and center, but both have an infant playfulness and a big grin to match their punning title.

On the B side Bog Nos brings some flecks of psy to play as a slippery melody in a world of echo sidewinds over a one-drop rhythm, while Highway (Nite Mix) slows things down with On-U-inflected percussion and an array of murky acidic textures.

The records are hand-stamped to an alleatoric design, so each 12” is unique. They were designed by Circle Dance’s own Joe Nava, who can also be found alongside Muckers on the decks at our parties.

releases November 7, 2025

Written, produced and mixed by Matt Huxley.
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux.
Design by Joe Nava.

Released by Circle Dance Recordings © 2025
CD004

Happy Go Mucky

Muckers - Happy Go Mucky (Bridport Mix)

Circle Dance are pleased to share new 4-tracker ‘Happy Go Mucky’ from producer and label head Muckers. Like the KLF on a Krautrock combine crunching through the English countryside in search of a chugged up and dubbed out dance deep in darkest Dorset. Released digitally and on hand-stamped white label 12”.

The eponymous track Happy Go Mucky comes in two edits, the Bridport and the Peckham mixes, reflecting the two places they were created, and the two homes of the Circle Dance project. Happy Go Mucky (Bridport Mix) has a mycelial trail to its motorik pulse, while the Peckham Mix plays it straight with a 303 front and center, but both have an infant playfulness and a big grin to match their punning title.

On the B side Bog Nos brings some flecks of psy to play as a slippery melody in a world of echo sidewinds over a one-drop rhythm, while Highway (Nite Mix) slows things down with On-U-inflected percussion and an array of murky acidic textures.

The records are hand-stamped to an alleatoric design, so each 12” is unique. They were designed by Circle Dance’s own Joe Nava, who can also be found alongside Muckers on the decks at our parties.
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released November 7, 2025

Written, produced and mixed by Matt Huxley.
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux.
Design by Joe Nava.

Released by Circle Dance Recordings © 2025
CD004

Muckers - Happy Go Mucky (Peckham Mix)

Muckers - Highway (Nite Mix)

Muckers - Bog Nos

Muckers is a musician and composer from Bridport.

He's scored documentaries about Windrush, North Korean refugees and rural poverty, made an instagram opera for the Royal Opera House, and collaborated with Jeremy Deller.

He runs Circle Dance.

He also plays in Strange Boy.

Muckers

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