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The last track from my Shall Not Fade EP is out today! Definitely the moodiest of the three. 2020 (and seemingly 2021) didn't offer much, if anything in terms of certainty for anyone and I found myself pretty frozen in any and all decisions, even down to little things like what to watch or eat etc. I'm sure a lot of you had similar experiences, hopefully things are looking up now ❤️ Hope you enjoy the music xxx

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Laurence Guy returns to Shall Not Fade with his much-anticipated third EP, adding to last year’s massively successful ‘The Sun Is Warm and Directly Above You’ and ‘Your Good Times Will Come’. The London-based producer has amassed a global audience of listeners, all united in their appreciation for his luscious, upbeat house music and an outstanding discography of releases via imprints like: Ninja Tune, Late Night Tales, Studio Barnhus and Mule Musique.

While still unmistakably Laurence Guy’s signature style of delicately constructed, sample-heavy dance music, this EP carries a sombre note, reflective of the confusing times in which it was made. The A-side’s ‘Love Theme For The Morning After’ maintains a positive and danceable atmosphere, an ode to the moments of clarity and contentment we grasp in the afterglow. Musically, it is an ecstatic build-up of chords that leave you breathless, with a rhythm that pulses as consistently as a heartbeat throughout.  
By comparison to this joyfully glittering track, the B-side deals with more difficult emotions. Throughout ‘Mutual Excitement’, barely distinguishable vocal samples overlap each other in a hazy clamour, whilst natural keys play a bittersweet melody, pondering the uncertainty of a new relationship. Guy says of the final track, ‘Certain (To A Certain Extent)’ “2020 was a hard year to be certain of anything, I found myself frozen in pretty much every decision I had to make”. The song, a stripped-back melody built from a low fidelity jazz sound palette, is not just an exploration of the sense of uncertainty 2020 gave us, but expresses Guy’s acceptance of living without certainty. This soothing message is at the core of the EP, managing to create a sense of hope during an unsettled time.

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Laurence Guy - Certain (To A Certain Extent)/ Shall Not Fade

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Who is Quimbie? He's a mystery man. This isn't his first rodeo, but it just be his finest hour yet, as evidenced by this cut from his excellent upcoming debut album 'Sunday Fiction' on @janxrecords. This immense slice of haunting nu skool 2-step garage shows everything he's great at: plucking choice samples, crafting solid grooves and glazing them with subtle, classy melodic motifs. Look out for the album...

PREMIERE: Quimbie - How To Cry Pt. 1 [Janx Records]

Starstamps

You've been hearing about Shanti a lot cuz she's sick with the cuts and does a great NTS show, here's her tune for Vibe 3, "Strung Up," DJ gear for sure!! 

Look out for a full 12" from Shanti Celeste on Future Times soon!!

-full release details below -

FUTURE TIMES RECORDS presents:
V/A - Vibe 3 Compilation
3 x 12" vinyl (available separately) / Digital
FT030, FT031, FT032
2015

DISC 1 - FT030
A1. OV - Junk Funk
A2. Juju & Jordash - Soggy Bottom
B1. Max D - Octopus
B2. Grapes & Isle O' Man ft The Wino Boys - Up The Dubs (It Can't Rain Forever)
B3. Raica - Makmba

DISC 2 - FT031
C1. Beautiful Swimmers - Primo
C2. Edy Alta - First Sign OF Artifice
D1. Protect-U - Krums
D2. Jeremy Hyman - Machine Stops

DISC 3 - FT033
E1. Shanti Celeste - Strung Up
E2. Dawit & Dolo - Knowledge Body
F1. Steve Summers - Shimmer
F2. DSR.MR - Crystal Jungle
F3. C'est Life - New Years Eve 2013

Future Times is back in the mix, expanding the sound and vision of the label with the latest in their compilation series, Vibe 3!!!

The compilation opens with the dynamic killer "Junk Funk" by DC newcomer OV, a pure cut that rotates between percussive slice and complete ambient stasis. Juju & Jordash come thru next with "Soggy Bottom" and get their hypnotic piano throb on, and Max D's "Octopus" follows with an improvised, kinetic bang. Grapes & Isle O' Man ft. The Wino Boys (an alias for MB and OD, who've put in work on RH's No Label) knock it out with a beautiful slab of whacked reggae in "Up The Dubs (It Can't Rain Forever)", and Further Records' Raica fades it out majestic with "Makmba."

Disc 2 starts with a new track from Beautiful Swimmers, "Primo", a thick chunk of Industrial Pop, like some fractured version of "Was Dog A Doughnut" for the freaks. Jeremy Hyman, most recently heard from in collaboration with FT's Max D for the Lifted LP on PAN earlier this year, rides a luscious animated opening into a great slice of plastic techno with "Machine Stops". The B Side starts with Protect-U's insane "Krums", a whirlwind of liquid metal and cranked snares, and rides out with "First Sign Of Artifice," the first, amazing burst from newcomer Edy Alta.

Disc 3 starts with Shanti Celeste and her monster cut "Strung Up", a savage tune for the deejays that mixes a bit of her native Bristol with classic electro. After that Dawit & Dolo (aka Dawit Eklund of the 1432 R crew and Dolo Percussion) collab on the massive, always-rising "Knowledge Body," turning a hurricane of snares into a moody, slow-build tower. Steve Summers lets us breathe for a moment on the last side of the comp with "Shimmer," a sick vignette and DJ tool. DSR.MR (a collaboration between Mood Hut's Cloudface and Max Ravitz aka M Rav/Patricia) shuffle into infinity after that with the blessed Rhodes techno shifter "Crystal Jungle," and C'est Life (aka Jack J) ends the compilation on a perfect note with the timeless "New Years Eve 2013."

Vibe 3

Shanti Celeste - Strung Up -VIBE 3 - FT032

FRITS IS BACK!

A1) Blaise Montoya
B1) Hummel
B2) Etna Deline

Worldwide release date - 26/10/15

Frits Wentink - Hummel

Bouncy feel-good number that will be in the bag for many a rooftop party this summer.

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Old Fashioned EP

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EXCLUSIVE: Demuja - Sugar [Traxx Underground]

Vinyl pre-orders ship this week and come with a free INSTANT download in WAV/MP3. Out everywhere else June 2nd. 
Jad has had previous releases on other esteemed labels such as Sonar Kollektiv, Exploited, Toy Tonics, Retrofit, Sweat It Out and his own Beats Of No Nation. Follow him here: @jad-lee

Jad & The sends off the Ladyboy (he's fka Jad & The Ladyboy) and has a Going Away Party to celebrate. The party starts off with some Sad Cries (it’s always sad saying goodbye), then the Yeah Band starts playing to take peoples' minds off their sadness. After their afrocentric set, the guy who always has the Discogs window open and 45 adapters in his pockets jumps up and plays a Disco Dancefloor Tool designed to tease but please. Now that everyone's warmed up and ready for it, the next DJ drops some Underground Real Shit which even gets a nod from the high-brow DJ squad in the corner. The twelve people there lose their shit. Great night had by all.

Going Away Party

Underground Real Shit

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Jad & The - Underground Real Shit (2MR-022)

Enter the plain of calm

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@gnork - Magic Arp EP 6/7/18
MAGIC014

Gnork - Yoga On E

Remix I did for Moff & Tarkin <3 

Out on wax via Lagaffe Tales: http://smarturl.it/LAGAFFE008

Moff & Tarkin - Takk! (Jónbjörn Remix)

Harry Griffiths - Since We're Here

I've always got a Wendy stashed in me Winnie blues mate

Harry Griffiths - Since We're Here

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