NAAR18 - Ponty Mython - Onimano X991

NAAR19 - Andy Bainbridge - Up Too Much

NAAR20 - Donald's House & DJ Chrysalis - Pound Bend

For their 21st release, Not An Animal Records welcomes the Northeast of England's Tom Rankin, aka Frequencies Of Love to the fold for his first-ever release. A half-step away from their usual low-slung sound, the EP is a bright and sepia-tinted affair bringing prime-time energy to the label. It is rooted squarely on the dancefloor and steeped with glimmering synthesizers and lashings of keys. Despite this stylistic departure, the ever-present driving grooves make it feel right at home.

The EP begins with Tucan, delicately shifting and changing synthesizer arps flow throughout, weaving a delightful tapestry of past and present.

The record glides smoothly into round 2 with Bpsyde pulling no punches; it has a distinct atmosphere of the old-school about it. A one-two of percussive breaks on the one hand and progressive bassoon the other with LFO Arps, keys and nineties vocal chops completing the combo.

Pegasus is a shimmering whirlpool off the Adriatic coast. An antiphonal of choral chanting and female spoken word endlessly circle the groove, occasionally combining in a viscous duet of wacky, Italo-flavored deliciousness.

For the remix, groove deconstruction connoisseur Fantastic Man gives Pegasus the Midas treatment. Riding a throbbing and reprogrammed bass line, key elements from the original mix cameo throughout the track, rounded off by piano chord progressions to complete the pensive sound that constitutes the glue throughout the EP.

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Lithuania’s Ponty Mython brings his signature style of dubbed out cosmic breaks to Not An Animal Records.

The title track Onimano X991 sparkles as it leads the way with a heavy four to the floor bass kick laced with an eerie interstellar melody and signature broken beat drum pattern. Deliciously squelchy interludes and breakdowns are the cherry on the space cake here. Not An Animal are known for bringing in the heavies, this time music round, musical rearrangement aficionado DJ Fett Burger gives ‘Onimano X991’ an atmospheric massage. Launching with an eerie melody recognisable from the original mix but minus the squelch. Fett Burger transcends the track from a 2am floor killer to a 6am floor chiller via a cleverly reprogrammed drum pattern, drawing the stress right out of your deltoids with his beautifully formed fingers like only he does.

‘Walkie Talkie’ is a late night squelch-a-thon from the get go, oozing NAA style with its vocoder arps and space didgeridoos all over its four to the floor kick. Closing out the EP ‘We Expect A Soft Landing’ nails its orbital re-entry calculations, touching down squarely on the realms of ambient dub techno. A tasteful composition reminiscent of something from The Higher Intelligence Agency’s ‘Colourform’. This track leaves us with a perfectly paced build that culminates in chesty bass swells and loads of bleepy sounding arps.

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PREMIERE: Ponty Mython - We Expect A Soft Landing [Not An Animal]

Exclusive: Ponty Mython - Onimano X991

It's been a moment since Ponty Mython, Alex Pletnev's anagram alias and one of the many monikers the artist calls his own, drops his first full EP, Onimano X991, after having taken some time off, at least from producing more housier music. According to the artist, he's dedicated himself to computer games, where he found new inspiration in the earlier Need for Speed series, invested into crypto currencies and shaved his beard off. Actually Alex has become an ordinary human being over the past months before joining the electronic music scene again for his EP on Not An Animal Records. Before the release of it in a few days, the artist speaks about the scene in and around Opium Club in Vilnius, that he took things way too serious a few years back, how a bar saved his life and of course the EP itself.

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Sex Tags co-captain @djfettburger morphs @pontymython's atmospheric breaks for @notananimalrecords.

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The first instalment of Here To Go w/ Not An Animal on Voices Radio.

Here To Go w/ Not An Animal on Voices Radio - 28.01.23

A collection of regular podcasts put together by artists and friends affiliated with the label with no specific brief or genre. Music for all occasions. Some with track lists and some without.

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Not An Animal Podcast No.79 - BRIAN NOT BRIAN - August 23

New release from Andy Bainbridge feat. remixes from Donald's House & Komodo.
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Up Too Much

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Not An Animal is a label that was born from the party debris left uncleaned from London’s infamous Bad Passion parties, run by Chris Stoker and Andy Bainbridge. The leftfield imprint’s next release comes from label co-pilot Andy Bainbridge himself, who has been DJing for over 25 years, and as an integral part of the Bad Passion crew together with Stoker, they ran their infamous parties in the East corner of London. Andy Bainbridge has DJ’d extensively throughout Europe and is a mainstay at festivals like Houghton and Love International. His music production includes making tracks as part of Machete Savane, Latrec and A.M Edits, with releases on Felix Dickinson's Cynic, Futureboogie and Is It Balearic. 
 
For his debut solo release on Not An Animal, Andy Bainbridge serves up a raw, late-night house dub, accompanied by sizzling remixes from Donaldʼs House and Komodo for good measure. ‘Up Too Much’ starts simply evoking house classics of old. Dubby percussion sets the genre, the Buchla synth wobbles that form the tracks melody are delicately peppered with acid sprinkles and a vocal garnish bringing the track squarely into the modern day to form a tough yet gentle roller.  Next off the pass is the Donaldʼs House remix, finely weaving the essence of the original mix into a proggy sidewinder, highlighting the acid arps previously lurking in the background and slowly melting the track into a delicious trancey mess. Closing out, Komodo kicks off in a classic Chicago style; claps, stabs and all, with vocal samples adding that extra texture for that knockout punch.

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PREMIERE : Andy Bainbridge - Up Too Much

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Not An Animal Records is made up of Andy Bainbridge and Chris Stoker and has always sat well on the left. The slick London imprint has been dancing around the club scene playing at the cooler end of the festival circuit for a decade with their wonky underground disco selections born out of their party, Bad Passion. This edge of the arc attitude is mirrored in their label output with a run of releases from the upper echelons of the scene from Man Power, Ian Blevins, James Hadfield, Que Sakamoto, Komodo, and Ponty Mython. On its next gift to the underground club world label co-head Andy Bainbridge steps in with his debut solo on his home label serving up much late nite goodness with a couple of remixes that will blow your mind.  The original cut ‘Up Too Much’ is an evocative classic house cut with lashings of acid, while the Donalds House Remix moves further to the left amping up the acid waves and the trance. Komodo’s Remix closes out in true Chicago style for the win.

PREMIERE: Andy Bainbridge - Up Too Much (Komodo Remix)

The weekends were getting longer, it were as if they party had gone on for far too long. It had never meant to be like this, the lack of sleep was becoming stark.

Back at the beginning people had used to as if you were 'up to much?' Now it was a case of being up too much.

There was only so long that the madness could continue - only so long before the cracks began to show. Was it all a little bit far fetched for what it was worth?

You bet...

Andy Bainbridge is set to release a new EP on Not An Animal - a pumping original paired with two futuristic club expansions which take the record further beyond.

PREMIERE: Andy Bainbridge - Up Too Much (Donalds House Remix) [Not An Animal]

Not An Animal Podcast No.80 - MATT COWELL & BEN CARRINGTON - March 24

DC Promo Tracks #1468: "A Curious Warmth" by Donald's House & DJ Chrysalis is part of the release "Pound Bend EP" on Not An Animal @notananimalrecords  

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DC Promo Tracks: Donald's House & DJ Chrysalis "A Curious Warmth"

Donald’s house and DJ Chrysalis give the UK’s Not An Animal Records the intercontinental treatment with a four track transpacific delivery of psyche-laden progressive house music melded with the sleazy stylistics we have come to expect and love from NAA releases, the outcome is a cohesive late-night package who’s sound is exceptionally current whilst somehow remaining thoughtfully reminiscent.

PREMIERE: Donalds House & DJ Chrysalis - Pound Bend [Apiento Remix]

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Donald’s house and DJ Chrysalis give the UK’s Not An Animal Records the intercontinental treatment with a four track transpacific delivery of psyche-laden progressive house music melded with the sleazy stylistics we have come to expect and love from NAA releases, the outcome is a cohesive late-night package who’s sound is exceptionally current whilst somehow remaining thoughtfully reminiscent. Title track Pound Bend leads in with a breakbeat whilst the scene is set by layers of proggy synth patterns before descending into a powerfully dark, driving bassline.

Apiento remix of the title track takes a more introspective approach, stripping the package back to a reprogrammed bass groove, infectiously enlivened by an earworm synth loop that is likely to stay with you for eternity. 

A Curious Warmth delivers a bassline that ploughs through a soundscape of delicately programmed drum patterns layered with pads and new-age trance synths. A scattering of housey breaks and pads reinvigorate the track in the latter half. Tingler Ring brings things down to a slower burn as the bassline is left to drive the track, accented by a haunting of delay laden stabs whilst acid synths sit at the forefront to take the EP to its close. 

All tracks written & produced by James Isaacs & Chris Ellis. All tracks mastered by Justin Drake at The Bake House Studio.

PREMIERE: Donald's House & DJ Chrysalis - Tingler Ring

Not An Animal is a label born from the party debris left uncleaned from London’s infamous Bad Passion parties, as ran by Chris Stoker and Andy Bainbridge. For the next release on the East London imprint Donald’s House and fellow antipodean DJ Chrysalis give Not An Animal Records the intercontinental treatment with a four-track transpacific delivery of psyche-laden progressive house music melded with the sleazy stylistics we have come to expect and love from NAAR releases.
Melbourne native Donald’s House is the pseudonym for the sonic explorations of James Isaacs. His sound is as distinguishable as it is diverse, and his musical endeavours has seen him release on Touch From A Distance, Permanent Vacation and Wax’ O Paradiso. DJ Chrysalis, also based in Melbourne, a bubbling DJ and dance producer who has had heavy releases on Public Possession, KANN, and Plush Records Inc. The outcome of this pairing is a cohesive late-night package with an exceptionally current sound whilst somehow remaining thoughtfully reminiscent. 
‘Pound Bend’ leads with a breakbeat, and the scene is set by layers of proggy synth patterns before descending into a powerfully dark, driving bassline. Apiento takes a stab at the title cut delivering in a more introspective effort, stripping it back to a reprogrammed bass groove, infectiously enlivened by an earworm synth loop that is likely to stay with you for eternity. ‘A Curious Warmth’ drops a bassline that ploughs through a soundscape of delicately programmed drum patterns layered with pads and new-age trance synths, while a scattering of housey breaks and pads reinvigorate the track in the latter half. ‘Tingler Ring’ brings things down to a slower burn as the bassline is left to drive the cut, accented by a haunting of delay laden stabs whilst acid synths sit at the forefront bringing the EP to its close.

PREMIERE : Donald's House & DJ Chrysalis - Pound Bend

Naar21 - Frequencies of Love - Bpsyde (Clip)

Naar21 - Frequencies of Love - Tucan (Clip)

Naar21 - Frequencies of Love - Pegasus (Clip)

Naar21 - Frequencies of Love - Pegasus - Fantastic Man Remix (Clip)

Ess O Ess - Cantillate (Chida Remix)

Eric Duncan - Shut It (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix)

Not An Animal are known for their heated takes on the art of disco-sampling house music, and Ess O Ess is one of the key factors in defining that sound. This comes through in spades on Take You To A Secret Place, where the title track comes marching out atop a deadly bassline that will cut through any mix to get the people freaking out. The dub mix is equally deadly, flying a generous dose of cosmic sparkle into the mix without losing the punch in the original production. Kuniyuki Hard takes a daring approach that slows the track down to a creep and emphasises space and tension. The Angophora version is even more drastic, seemingly stripping all the recognisable elements of the track out and leaving behind a plaintive thread of ambient instrumentation.

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Aptly setting the scene with some dance-floor absurdity, Komodo comes Running into The Sun for NAAR 015.

Perfectly obtaining the dance-floor ambiance, 'Running into The Sun' produces the visceral beat that gets the party started, with quintessential house stabs channeling the tracks inner balearic heat. Next on the A, Eric Duncan's remix of 'Running into The Sun' funnels the original's heavier elements and pours them into a rattling house shaker. 

On side B, the steady pace of 'Slow Burning' swiftly evaporates with blissful counter melodies that intertwine with arpeggiated synths, sludgy 303s and propulsive drums that create a hypnotic timbre. 'Between Shadows' explores the balearic-beat once more, with opposing guitar melodies vibrating as the soundtrack to this drive-time burnout. Finally, new kids on the block, Latrec add their intrusive Techno remix of 'Slow Burning' to complete the release.

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Komodo -  Running Into The Sun [Not An Animal Records]

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Ess O Ess, aka Chris Stoker and Jamie Blanco, are back on familiar territory as they return to Not An Animal for the fourth time their sensual and shimmering electro-tinged house cut 'Voice Inside'.

With an eclectic output, Ess O Ess have released material on imprints like Love On The Rocks, Ene, Is It Balearic and Me Me Me, but continue to showcase their finest on Not An Animal. With echoing synth stabs and guitar riffs layered over soaring atmospherics and breaks, 'Voice Inside' possesses an entrancing motif.  The ballad is undoubtedly ideal for late night dancefloor excursions.

'Voice Inside' which also includes remixes from Craig Richards and Backwoods, is set for release September 2.

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Premiere: Ess O Ess 'Voice Inside'

Chris Stoker and Jamie Blanco's Ess O Ess outfit return for a fourth outing on their own Not An Animal Records with the Voice Inside EP, replete with classy mixes courtesy of The Backwoods atmospheric re-rub and Craig Richards stipped down, minimalist take. We plump to showcase the digital only Dub version; it's electro drums and scattered French vox set the tone immediately.  Delayed guitar chops and emotive pads elevate the atmosphere, as strobing bass synths provide an irresistable groove. 

Words: Joe Morris

PREMIERE: Ess O Ess - Voice Inside (Dub) [Not An Animal Records]

Voices inside is a discovery within that begins with the vocals taking us from the now to the past and this stands true to the lyrics. This aptly named track moves from an 80’s synth-pop pad leading its way towards the emergence of an old school electro tom’s rolling its way to create the melody largely constructed synonymously with the drum programming that transcends its way to become a composition that grows into you before you know.

We are happy to welcome “@Notananimalrecords” label back again and this time with the English duo “Jamie Blanco & Chris stoker” aka “@Esso-Ess” releases their single-track EP which contains 2 versions (English & French) and 3 remixes from label boss Craig Richards himself, Backwoods and Pink language.

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PREMIERE – ESS O ESS – Voice Inside (English Version) (Not an Animal Records)

Production duo Ess o Ess come through with a swirling roller of a track – Voice inside, which is remixed than none another than Fabric stalwart and all round scene heavyweight Craig Richards. The remix takes the tune into a more frenetic and almost disjointed territory, while all the way remaining inherently playable musically interesting. 

There’s lots of elements to this track, by the end it’s almost completely morphed into a different beast. interesting – yes, hard to fathom that something can evolve so much without you realising – a testament to the remixer’s musical dexterity.

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PREMIERE: Ess O Ess - Voice Inside (Craig Richards Authority Clash Remix)[Not An Animal]

There was a haunting echo which reverberated around the far corners of his brain - it cast a spell of confusion and a murky haze over each and every decision. It was a voice inside which left him vulnerable and concerned, at risk and afraid. It had been with him for as long as he could remember and would likely always stay. There was no simple escape route, no trap door which might allow for a sweet release from the creepy whisper which lingered between his ears. The night was long and cold...

Ess O Ess are set to return to Not An Animal with a new EP of riotous intent and distinctive groove. It features remixes from Craig Richards and The Backwoods - the latter of which we are able to bring to you today.

PREMIERE: Ess O Ess - Voice Inside (The Backwoods Remix) [Not An Animal]

Not An Animal Podcast No.53 - PAVEL PLASTIKK - March 20

Not An Animal is a label born from the party debris left uncleaned from London’s infamous Bad Passion parties, as ran by Chris Stoker and Andy Bainbridge.

As Chris and Andy’s energy was being devoted more and more to their musical endeavours (Chris - Ess O Ess with Jamie Blanco / Andy - Machete Savane with Saul Richards & more recently Latrec with Ali Colling) it became both a logical and inevitable step that they would eventually see the birth of their own record label, to showcase not only their own music but also that of the friends that they’ve made in over a decade of throwing and attending parties in various guises.

It’s this collective nature which means that Not An Animal cannot be pinned down to one single sound, genre or style. The music is instead linked by a commonality of taste and approach from all of the artists involved. While you can draw some slight comparisons with the contributors (which include the aforementioned Ess O Ess and Machete Savane, as well as Man Power, Lauer, Roman Flugel, Chida, Suzanne Kraft, The Backwoods, Kuniyuki, Frank Butters, Justin Van Der Volgen, Discodromo, Tiago & Angophora ) it would be impossible to say that anything truly unites them further than an open aesthetic which is receptive to sounds as various as Techno, Disco, Rock, Balearica and good old fashioned House, and which doesn’t try to draw any distinction between any of them.

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