Out April 16th

Naarm (Melbourne) based collective Butter Sessions celebrate over a decade in business with an extensive glossary of talented friends and affiliates pressed on a three-part compilation series. The label has always held the community closest, as exemplified by the 20+ artists featured over the three releases. Each 12” presents a grand soundscape anchored into the tenebrous energy of the dancefloor, with its inquisitive electronics and fierce pulse. If there was a definition for the Butter Sessions sound of ten years in the making, the answer lies here. 

The final compilation in the series commences with Time, a masterful blend of mid-tempo digi-dub and two step. Mosam Howieson gifts us Influx, a thick and hazy wedge of techno and Canada’s D. Tiffany serves up the mechanic and restless techno on a knife's edge in Cast the Trance. Ben Fester delivers Tumbo Rumblin, a leftfield slice of intergalactic electronics. Meanwhile, Furious Frank presents the electro and acid charged Blue Light while Makeda plays with genre expectations with the experimental composition Fable. Finally, the record's conclusion is Doordrms by Ben Keynes; dipping in tempo with acid drops, resulting in thoughtful IDM nuances.

Mastered by C. Kikos
Design by Lloyd Mst & James Vinciguerra

A1. Time - Turner Street Sound

Taking the reins for the debut release on London's Tread Records, is the unique Guava, and his three tracker where bass music meets the guitar. Certainly one to watch in the leftfield electronic world. Collaborating on the release are two of London’s finest session guitarists, Alex Blake and Leo Abrahams.

OS Premiere 
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Release Date: 
18th February 2022

Artist Name: Guava
EP Name: Guitarist EP
Cat Number: TR-001
Track Name: Equinox Meaning ft. Leo Abrahams
Label: Tread Records

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OS Premiere: Guava - Equinox Meaning ft. Leo Abrahams [Tread Records]

Mantissa’s second venture into the label space comes from Bristol-born DJ / producer & radio host Bex. Percussive, heavy, bolty and jolty, the record is full of moments destined for those wanting to lose themselves on the dancefloor through Bex’s signature emotive soundscapes.

Her late 2021 debut EP release, “Feels EP” felt reflective and warm, influenced by the increased introspection during lockdowns over the past two years. Her second release, Mantissa 002, sees these emotions once again taking centre stage with added dance-ready grooves born out of the return and resurgence of the freedom to dance. The record combines those emotional notes with high energy sounds, futuristic harmonies and classic but experimental dance influences.

Bex is a Bristol native, the experimental and less orderly side to dance music a key influence to her creative efforts. Holding a dance show residency “Stocks & Shares” on Noods Radio since 2018, her sound has evolved through broadening her listening during the curation of monthly shows.

The whole style of the record is influenced by Bristol’s trademark sound, alongside this inspirations such as Om Unit or James Blake are subtly clear to hear. However, many of the moods projected throughout feel equally inspired by artistic influences beyond those of specific artists or locations. “Infinite Games” could just as easily soundtrack a sci-fi epic as it could move a dancefloor.

@bex_dj
@mantissa1

Buy:
https://mantissa.bandcamp.com/album/mantissa-002

PREMIERE: Bex - Infinite Games [Mantissa]

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San Francisco based DJ and bass extraordinaire Farsight knows how to make an entrance, first bursting onto the scene with his adventurous and daring EP ‘Wisdom’ back in 2016. At the time Farsight's music sounded like it had been beamed from another planet and has played an important role in the cross-pollination of genres we’ve seen in recent years. Farsight has gone on to release on Scuffed Recordings, Maloca and Noire State, remaining firmly fixed on the future of club music. Now his blend of trap, jersey club, reggaeton and dancehall makes its way across the Atlantic with six mind-sizzling cuts for Breaks ‘N’ Pieces vol. 23.

Opening track ‘Triangulation’ combines rolling drums with party-starting vocal samples and steady whistles, letting listeners know we’re really off! ‘Mr Right’ then enters the fray with throbbing subs, ravey stabs and a vocal that sits halfway between fun and outright menacing. The A side comes to a close with ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ a dubstep infused cut of choppy breaks and wide-eyed melodies. A masterclass in raising tension, this track will shut down any club, please use wisely.

‘Lesser Light’ shows Farsight’s love for bass exploration; it’s looming shadow pressing amongst some of the darkest corners of electronic. A unique brand of grime infused techno. ‘Water Margin’ delves even further, adopting a more measured pace for those heads down moments. The record comes to a close with ‘Fulminous Edge’ and is a reflection of the artist’s darkest material. The drums still have a familiar spring in their step but the track’s melodic bassline is mesmerizing; resulting in a melancholy trance that deserves a second play.

PREMIERE: Farsight - Mr Right

Music Video at youtu.be/sWb508W4838
Music by Dan, Words by Dan & Day$tar
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tonight I crawl alone to find the old you
where’d you go?
I found a way to distance
self
pain
angst
from you
so where’d you go?

that’s my pain, I can’t go home
it welcomes us at night
and so, take my pain
make it rain
pain is all I have
maggots in my veins
baby, no fear
you make it stop
pain, girl, you know
pain gang, it’s slow

and when it goes
I can’t go on
I can’t go home
pain is in my eyes
the roses I had given you at Sinai

when we come together as the seven metals it’s like nothing else
torment of the body and the soul
a love so elemental

purify my soul
calcination over coal
little maggots in the soil
turn my blood into pure oil
come and join me
pay the toll

take the white rose
and take the red rose
and make it gold

on and on, I feel the pain; it’s slow
down in my veins my heart broke
it’s broke
I know

KYRIE ELEISON

Strange Lands

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@hed-ardennes

Hed Ardennes happens to be one-half of Body Promise, the lovely people who put this compilation together (They’re not the ones writing this, lest you accuse them of massive egotism). Before you write “Acid Funk”’s inclusion as mere nepotism, your well-hewn cynicism will be torn to shreds by this RIPPER. The rippling bassline is underpinned by taught, sinewy drum programming, particularly the steely slice of a incredibly sharp hi-hat, that balances out the shuddering low end to make for a lithe dancefloor killer.

Smooth Sensation

HED Ardennes - Acid Funk

Jen Hartley aka Yushh @yushh established herself as one of Bristol’s most exciting new faces on the scene. As a local selector, she has turned her attention to the groundswell of talent the city has to offer when it comes to the cross-section of bass music with her new label project, Pressure Dome @pressuredome.

On this inaugural VA release, she proposes us a beautiful selection of artists, tied together by syncopated rhythms and broken beats, where each producer brings their own style, tempo and atmosphere. The release provides a range and depth that reflects Bristol’s musical versatility, from newcomer Syz whose contribution follows highly praised releases on Only Ruins and Brotherhood Sound System, to some of the city’s newest party starters to rise through the ranks.

All five tracks ooze individuality, yet subtly tie together with influences and sounds of a city that naturally nurtures progressive experimentalism. Pressure Dome’s offering is a fine example of burgeoning collective, with like-minded producers set on an uncompromising approach to the broken beat.

We have the pleasure to share with you the track "Always, Always, Nevr On Time" from Yushh, showcasing intricate percussion and delicate melodies that roll with energy over subby baselines.

Welcome To The Pressure Dome

Premiere: Yushh - Always, Always, Never On Time [Pressure Dome]

Mala

They hurtled down the motorway at full speed, the entire car bundled with bodies tightly packed in like sardines. Occasionally a head would pop out of the sun roof to bask in the breeze, followed by a lit cigarette butt darting out of the open window. The chatter grew louder as they took the next junction and began to near their destination, with each and everyone throwing in their two cents about missed turnings or short cuts. But soon enough the distant pulsing kicks were the only compass they needed.

Back at it again, Bristol's Banoffee Pies Records share the 13th release in their original series, this time in the form of a V/A called Common Ground. Bringing together four artists, including Interplanetary Criminal, Sourpuss, Hartta and our pick from one of Space Cadets, Lisene, the release is comprises on a batch of 150bpm+ cuts that tip the hat to their formative inspirations and early musical journeys. Split into two different moods of liquidity, each side moves through influences in Drum & Bass, Jungle, Liquid and UKG, harking back to the UK's early rave days.

PREMIERE: Lisene - Class Of '92 [Banoffee Pies Records]

Following his appearances on Of Paradise Vol. 2, and Of Paradise Vol. 3, Nuremberg-based producer Lazarus, lays his emotions bare and delivers 'Downwards', an expansive and profound 4-track journey through breakbeat and techno.

A1. Downwards
A2. Back One Eighty
B1. There Is No Meaning
B2. Conjunct

Lazarus: @lazarus_nbg

Downwards

OP013 // Lazarus - Downwards

Taken from the Pink Dolphins EP by @Sam_Interface (formerly known as SNØW)
Out September 25th - smarturl.it/pink-dolphins

Sam Interface - Pink Dolphins

Founded in 2016, Of Paradise is a record label run by Lauren Chalmers (https://soundcloud.com/silent_era) and Paul Patterson.

→ Contact: info@ofparadiserecords.com
→ Sister Label: @badlandslabel

OP013 // Lazarus - Downwards

Of Paradise

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