SLINK resident K Wata brings skittering, dubby club abstraction to the Brooklyn-based label.

'What Do U Want?' is out April 2nd on SLINK.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2NprHoD

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What Do U Want?

Premiere: K Wata - 8 UP [SLINK]

TemeTape2
Side A. Peverelist B2B Simo Cell
Side B. Low Jack B2B Simo Cell

Bassbin dons Low Jack, Simo Cell and Peverelist do a triple tub rinse out for Simo Cell’s Temet, mixing up 90’ of grime, UKF, breakbeats, and mutant bashment business with inexorable flow.

On the A-side Pev & Simo turn the timeline from early ‘00s to 2020 inside out, running killer drums and duppied sound designs from the early heyday of dubstep, thru the infectious percussions of UKF, to grimy breaks and technoid twiss-ups, including no doubt at least one of Pev’s own zingers up in it. With the flipside Low Jack and Simo bring the tempo down a few gears to work around slippery dembow and dancehall patterns, shuffling up recent gear off Livity Sound with late ‘90s ragga instrumentals, proper, and at least a few of Low Jack’s bashy, dare-to-be-different edits for the meanest sort of clipped dancehall pressure.

Both mixes are taken from dj sets recorded live at Trempolino in Nantes during Simo Cell's residency with Peverelist and Low Jack (between 2018 and 2019). Props to Phil and Tom for joining, U R LEGENDS.

Visual by DR.ME Studio / 300 copies available / Tracklist and digital download included / Review by Boomkat

Props to Tom & Phil, U R LEGENDS !

Excerpts from TemeTape2 -Low Jack/Peverelist/ Simo Cell - OUT NOW

@ruffkaval invites us on a journey through a tropical jungle : wise melting between jerky drums sets and strange birds samples into a reverbered atmosphere.
With heavy kicks and subs which adds tension, this track is here to blow on the clubs' smouldering embers !

out to @dj_mish for the spin

Listen / Buy here : https://riddims-supplies.bandcamp.com/album/riddims-supplies-001

Kaval - Don't Disturb The Jungle (MISH SWU.FM RIP)

Clemency presents ‘Drum Circles Against Lamentation & The Crude Foyer’ - a two track single on 2 B REAL, drawing on Dub & Bleep Techno.

Following 2020’s highly acclaimed ‘References’ EP, this record sees Clemency lean further into her hypnotic dance stylings with two new cuts resolutely facing the dancefloor.

On the A side ‘Drum Circles Against Lamentation’ lays a mesmeric drum loop over tightly wound percussion and sub bass slugs to create an almost runaway momentum. On the flip, ‘The Crude Foyer’ sees Clemency plumbing the depths of atmospheric tension, building an imposing wall of moody sound over a slow motion beat.

The artwork comes courtesy of Jamie Hudson once again.
credits
releases September 9, 2021

All tracks written and produced by Clemency
Mastered by Nick Sinna at Hidden Sounds
Artwork by Jamie Hudson

Drum Circles Against Lamentation

Phillip Jondo - Little Princess EP - Dekmantel - DKMNTL089

a1. Phillip Jondo & Maxwell Sterling - Dunkelziffer I
a2. Phillip Jondo & Maxwell Sterling - Dunkelziffer II
b1. Phillip Jondo & Dj Plead - Whowhuwho
b2. Phillip Jondo & Dj Plead - Whowhuwho (Moa Pillar Remix)

https://dekmantel.com/shop/records/phillip-jondo-little-princess-ep
https://phillipjondo.bandcamp.com/album/little-princess-ep

And here we are, after all is said and done, right at the dawn of club music’s reconstruction era. Granted, listening to dance music these days comes with a weird, two-faced sense of longing: a) for careless times before the world shut down, and b) for a (hopefully) near & ecstatic future, that’s, however, in desperate need of new ideas, sounds, and rave ethics.

In this sense, the Little Princess EP on Dekmantel by Cologne-based producer and DJ Jondo feels especially of the time. Each track draws elements from the hardcore club trajectory, but reassembles them in song-like arrangements that work just as fine in any headphone or home listening scenario, without ever falling for the self-serving traps that people mean when they talk of “deconstructed”.

Of course, none of this was intended. The tracks on this EP were created between pre-pandemic London, Berlin and Cologne in April 2019 and January 2020.
The A-side has Jondo team up with Maxwell Sterling, double bass player, producer, and master of dense soundscapes. Both had been fans of each other’s releases for some time, when they eventually caught up and locked down in a London flat, packed with a Digitakt, a bunch of VSTS, an autotune pedal and Maxwell's double bass. For Jondo, the real-life aspect of their collaboration has been key, as those tracks present a process of consolidation between two musical minds who tackle their craft from entirely different angles. The results are two sprawling, dynamic pieces, grimly titled “Dunkelziffer I” and “Dunkelziffer II” (the German term for “dark figure” has been ubiquitous all year, describing the looming undertow of a much higher number of infections).

The opener’s dimly lit, RPG-like atmospheres remain drumless all the way, giving a nod to the expansive compositions of Maxwell’s long-time collaborator James Ferraro. "Dunkelziffer II”, on the other hand, is a full-on club affair, whose complex grooves and muffled drums get disrupted midway through the track by a set of icy synths, only to break open and trade every bit of rave energy for a comforting ambient variation on the lead melody.

The B-side “Whowhuwho" sees Jondo create a powerful piece of instrumental-grime-turned-quasi-jungle alongside DJ Plead, an Australian producer with Lebanese roots, based in Berlin.
The track is a perfect canvas for their shared love of intensely percussive jams, as glimpses of Diwali-style handclaps, dubby delays and classic breaks drive the track forward.
On his remix, Russian techno prodigy Moa Pillar warps the already minimalist lead synth into an even more sparse yet effective dancefloor weapon.

Jondo curated and finished all these team efforts with the same care and curiosity that inform his DJ sets, as well as his A&R process at Spa, the label he runs with Friday Dunard and DJ Brom. (Given the chemistry between these 4 tracks and the people involved, it comes as no surprise that Spa has put out releases by everyone featured on this record.) Just as in his sets, the Little Princess EP proudly exhibits all of Jondo’s musical roots – but instead of sticking with one style, tempo or formula, he innately trusts the music to let it take us into unexpected territories, time and time again. Buckle up and enjoy the trip.

DKMNTL089 // Phillip Jondo - Little Princess EP

Emerging out of Montréal’s fertile underground scene, DJ and producer SIM is next to take to the stage for our Crack Mix series.

"For my Crack Mix debut, I wanted to represent what goes on in my head," explains SIM over email. "Stuck between a wonky synth line and a thundering sub-bass, I’m constantly picturing how molecules would dance."

Check out the tracklist on crackaud.io: crackm.ag/3AiOncD
Still Independent. Help us keep it that way: crackm.ag/support

Crack Mix 422: SIM

We're thrilled to present an exclusive taste from a super dope compilation for a great cause. The upcoming project features a lot of Montreal's most exciting names in Electronic music, from Ouri, Priori, RAMZi and many more. 

The compilation drops on June 15th but for now, feast your ears on this new track from our talented friend SIM. He's making some serious noise in the right circles right now.

Re:Conceive 2 is a fundraising compilation of cutting-edge electronic music from artists based in, and orbiting around Montréal. 

It will activate its broad stylistic range into social action by donating all net profits to The Native Women’s Shelter of Montréal and Just Solutions, a pro bono refugee legal clinic. Contributing artists range from world-renowned to best-kept secrets. Opening with an orchestral bang, a long and hot fire of tracks 2–17 then burns out into the steam of tracks 18–23, before being capped by a chapter of amorphous and watery sound baths. 

The dance floor is almost always present: at times practically; at times abstracted and imagined; at other times very, very far away. The through line of the album is that of Montréal, where we lay our scene. It is the sound of this time, in this place.

Re:Conceive 2

Exclusive Premiere: SIM "Until Infinity"(from the Re​:​Conceive 2 compilation)

Producer, DJ and Club Chai co-founder 8ULENTINA joins us for an hour.

http://www.instagram.com/8ulentina

8ULENTINA @ The Lot Radio 07-23-2023

Etheral-Deep

MH016 - RAMZi - Phobiza Vol. 2 "Noite"

Sit in the creek, cool yourself, then move. Sounds to speed across the Noite skies or sink into the soil. Take the outer path to the inside and hop on the next flight to Phobiza. 

A1 - For Vanda
A2 - Fuma
B1 - Messiah
B2 - Male heya

MH016 - RAMZi - Phobiza "Noite" Vol. 2

Atrice's new "FKX82000" is now OUT on [re]sources.
Premieres via Insert UK, Trax Magazine and Tsugi Mag.

FKX82000 EP

ATRICE - Hllbll

Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Exclusive Premiere: SIM "Until Infinity"(from the Re:Conceive 2 compilation)

Music Is My Sanctuary

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