Lithe & NORA DRUM - Split EP

NORA DRUM - I Can Tell That You're Trying

NORA DRUM - Lungfish

Lithe & NORA DRUM - Split EP 

Four slices of polyrhythmic bass and breaks. 

"Split EP is the result of conversation between two work colleagues swapping and sharing tracks while on shift, finding common interest in music that takes the core stylistic markers of drum and bass and breaks it down into new and exciting forms. The result is a venn diagram of Lithe and NORA DRUM’s individual sounds, often overlapping and feeding back into the other but distinctly their own. 

Lithe’s contribution is markedly lighter in tone. Opener ‘It’s Rhythm’ is an upbeat, hard drum-inflected take on polyrhythmic drum and bass with pitched percussion and wobbling sub bass. The follow up ‘Second Pavilion’ is a lengthy, progressive take on liquid drum and bass that sits somewhere between fast techno and the composition style of Forest Drive West. 

NORA DRUM takes an introspective turn on their half of the EP with both tracks allowing space for mood and texture. ‘Lungfish’ is a rolling dark d&b number where polyrhythms encourage the listener to stop worrying about meter and give in to the feel of the track, with chaotic breaks on the back end that offer little respite. Closer ‘I Can Tell That You’re Trying’ is the heaviest of the four, with a deep, weighty lumber that crescendos into distorted amens and hoover bass."

Tracks 1 & 2 written and mixed by Lithe 
Tracks 3 & 4 written and mixed by NORA DRUM 
Mastered by Charles Murdoch 
Photography by Hamish Thomson 
Additional editing, graphic design, and art direction by Nadeem Tiafau Eshraghi

Lithe - Second Pavilion

Lithe - It's Rhythm

“A constant in this album is the influence I take from my childhood. Some very fond memories of mine are celebrating Carnival with my Peruvian step-father and his family and I remember being fully engulfed by the music, the culture and the people. I take that with me everywhere I go. A combination of these childhood memories and my late teens spent in Germany, where my mothers side of the family are from, has resulted in the sound you hear today. My music is an ode to both of these. Essentially what shaped me into who I am today.” - Avernian

Avernian - Maadi

Do you ever just want to call someone? Like for example your old buddies from the dubstep forum you called your friends in 2008, but you never met in real life?

You got into a big fight over the bro-stepification of the sound, and you lost not just your spirit but also your friends that went deeper into the doomed direction the genre was going. While you found assurance and peace in a post-dubstep world, that made the club-specific production finally listenable on your iPod classic headphones.

I know it's hard out here and dubstep has not been the same. Sometimes somewhere at a festival for a moment you may think it's back and everything can be as you remember it.
Yet, it's also ok that it's not. Maybe it's time to move forward and let things of the early 2000s be what they were.

Beatrice M. can’t bring you back your youth. They were probably even too young to use a computer back then. But for some reason this is what their new 2 Track Single “Call / Response” brings us back to. Reminiscing about the roots of an omnipresent genre while emerging with their own production style. Familiar sounds spin perfectly placed over a punchy kick drum. Simple, pure and genius. It’s a new direction for them, twisting their technoid and dub oriented influences, yet also an educated ode to the many productions that defined the sound of Beatrice.

“Call / Response” is a bass heavy love affair, calling on all the right highs and lows for the heads. Go buy it! 
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Produced by Beatrice M.
Artwork by Nahyun Park

Call / Response

Response

Beatrice M. - Response

Siu Mata - Amasia EP (NHD011)

Out December 15th

https://siumata.bandcamp.com/album/amasia-ep

We are thrilled to announce that French DJ and producer, Siu Mata, is the next artist joining Nervous Horizon with a six-track EP titled Amasia.

Like tectonic plates, Siu Mata's music is in constant motion. Having made a name for himself across the global underground club scene for his exceptional versatility and genre-bending productions, in Amasia EP he turns the Earth’s kinetics into an ever-changing sound exploration which fuses psychedelic dub textures and compelling rhythms, forming a dynamic narrative universe.

Shifting, flowing, evolving, always on the move and in perpetual search of new forward-thinking sonic creations, each track is named after a period in the formation of continents, evoking the idea of never-ending fusion and evolution, both on the surface of the Earth and in music.

Siu Mata - Kenorland

Hornet

Production by @siumata
Mastering by Rumble

Artwork by GMKD
https://www.instagram.com/gmkdiz/

Siu Mata - Specimen B

We’re thrilled to present the second installment of our Connected series—a bold continuation of our vision at Elicit Records. This 12-track compilation builds on the momentum of the first, featuring a mix of returning favorites and fresh voices from across the globe.

Spanning jungle, techno, footwork, bass, and more, Connected_02 is a celebration of the diverse and boundary-pushing talent shaping the future of electronic music. Whether in the club or your living room, this release offers a dynamic and immersive listening experience that we’re incredibly proud to share with you.
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releases January 31, 2025

Artwork by Alice Vink
Mastered by @kess1er

NORA DRUM - Lungfish

NORA DRUM

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