Over the past five years, Fever AM has given us a steady drip of exquisitely modern, genre-defying club music, from angular rhythm sculptures like Gacha Bakradze's "Daraji" to twisted party-rockers like Rhyw's "Biggest Bully."

To celebrate their fifth anniversary, label founders Mor Elian and Rhyw have put together a compilation that captures their strikingly fresh vision. "It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature" presents core Fever AM artists like Xen Chron and Ayesha alongside a few newcomers to the label, such as Pariah, MSJY, Peder Mannerfelt. Fans of the label know what to expect: soundsystem-tailored bangers with a surreal twist, for DJs that like to keep the crowd on their toes.

It's Not A Bug, It's A Feature

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Pariah - Squishy Windows

PSEUDUB004 is here :) 

This time we welcome the mighty @plebeiann, since hearing his release on Eternal Ocean last year we've been completely obsessed with his music and feel very lucky to be releasing this wicked dub. We also welcome one of the most exciting artists about currently in @juicy_chewlie who has provided a masterpiece of a remix <3 

10 of these will be cut as usual & full digi release x
Release date: 07/10/2022
Pre-order link: https://pseudonymrecords.bandcamp.com/

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PSEUDUB004- Plebeian - Holistic / Paradiso [PREVIEWS]

Taken from "Everything Merged Vol. 1", a brand new compilation featuring artists from the 3024 Mentoring Program.


Everything Merged Vol 1

‘Everything Merged’ is 3024’s second series of compilations featuring artists from the 3024 Mentoring Program. At the beginning of the pandemic, label owner Martyn started forming a lively online community of artists, providing them with ideas and inspiration. This community grew larger and larger, and musicians started to connect both online and offline, across continents and genres. It resulted in the “It Was Always There” series of compilations from 2021, and countless independent releases, radio appearances and gigs, putting a host of artists on the map.

Working on the program made Martyn and partner Jeroen Erosie reconsider the purpose of running a record label in 2022. ‘Are we still interested in putting out records via the usual channels?’ Or should a label become more of an umbrella for various activities by a larger community, both online and IRL, with digital and physical products, in other words merge everything into one.

“Everything Merged vol. 1” features the awesome music of a group of 3024 alumni from across the globe, interpreting the post-pandemic phase of electronic music each in their individual ways. There are the contemporary percussive meditations of Adam 2, Solair, Klont and Brooklynite No Sir, the 90s garage and rave inspired music of Karis, Agôn, Slovenia’s Hatterri and Noise Casino from Colombia. The exuberant technicolorist bangers of Guava, Blu-e and Cress and the deep hypnotic explorations of India’s Chhabb, MarceauxMarceaux and The Exhausted. 

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releases November 4, 2022

Tracks by: Adam 2, Guava, Cress, Klont, Karis, Chhabb, Noise Casino, Agôn, No Sir, solair, Blu-e, MarceauxMarceaux, Hatterri, The Exhausted . All artwork by Jeroen Erosie.

Everything Merged Vol. 1

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Guava - Believe In U (3024-MEN4)

Soft Raw is a new label from Danielle – a natural extension of the Bristol-based DJ’s expansive tastes within contemporary club music. Over the past few years the NTS resident has become a leading light in the multifaceted world of modernist techno abstractions, ably balancing soundsystem pressure and propulsive rhythmic intensity with experimental textures and explorative energy variations. Soft Raw seeks to continue that mission with releases which will progress stylistically from one approach to another, taking in exciting, emergent producers unique in their approach but bound together by the idiosyncratic curation of Danielle – a faithful reflection of her proven skill as a selector.

The label launches with a six-track drop from Slacker. Sam Black has been winding up a potent strain of needlepoint techno which leans towards jungle and half-time D&B in its tempo and structure. Across a selection of various releases, Black’s sound has evolved into an accomplished and detailed style which draws on moody atmospheres and advanced engineering in the grand tradition of UK soundsystem music. Across this EP the Slacker sound matches up to the spirit of Soft Raw, balancing fierce kinetic energy with delicacy and finesse and leaving some space for outright ambience. At times he locks into a half-step warm-up mode, while elsewhere the amens creep in for a more pronounced jungle rinse-out.

It’s a strong opening statement for this new label, but crucially this doesn’t spell out the future in absolute terms. True to Danielle’s broad outlook, subsequent releases are set to take in everything from straight up 4/4 and acid to footwork and electro, with a narrative binding each release together according to her internal logic and the tension between soft and raw qualities explored across consistently cutting-edge tracks. 

Press release by Oli Warwick. 

Releases November 25, 2022

Written & Produced by Sam Black
Mastered by Analogue Cuts
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Design by Atelier Superplus
softraw.bandcamp.com
@soft__raw

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Slacker - Damage To Be Undone | Soft Raw (SFTRW01)- Snippets

Devil’s Work is the younger sibling to Chris Farrell’s long running Idle Hands label. Dancefloor focused, direct and to the point House and Techno tracks. Exuberant music drawing inspiration from the UK and further afield.
The first release comes from Bristol based Human Resources, last seen working with Techstartup as Floral Resources and The Business. They can also be found co-running Lisvane Records.
These three tracks all riff on the same theme. Fast paced, skeletal and intensely rhythmic.

https://idlehandsdevilswork.bandcamp.com/album/ihdw001

IHDW001 Human Resources

Pre-order - https://pressuredome.bandcamp.com/album/two-is-greater-than-one

Our sixth VA compilation continues in the collective spirit at the heart of Pressure Dome; here taking its fullest form. The first of its kind in the label catalogue, ‘Two [Is Greater Than] One’ sees a selection of PD regulars and friends of the label put their heads together across eight atmospheric tracks, equally as suited to the club as to solo listening. 

Those who have followed the label for a while will be no stranger to the comp’s first collaborator. Human Resources teams up with London dub techno specialist, Keplrr, on ‘Spring’: a mood-led composition where the impact is contained in atmosphere. Fragmented drum breaks are engulfed by airy synth pads and punctuated by a dancehall-indebted rhythm that marches at 90BPM. ‘Yuppel’ welcomes Noods Radio mainstay Sid Quirk aka Keppel into the mix. He is joined by label boss, Yushh, on a ruminative percussive tool, guided by cavernous drums that fabricate a vivid, immersive environment. With the guidance of Brighton’s Caldera, the journey continues with ‘Süss Choc’. The reverb-laden synth plucks on ‘evoke water droplets, and hallucinatory details echo around them to create the illusion of being in a mountainous cove.

Delay Grounds – an audiophile in the truest sense of the word – is next to take the baton. Together, he and Yushh take it up a notch on ‘Telomere’ – a full-bodied club-ready track packed with glitchy chords and giddy drums. A gnarly, Pariah-esque breakdown segues into the track’s second wind where pitched-up vocal chops accelerate it to the compilation’s energetic climax. With the help of London drum specialist, Syz, ‘Fuzbidun’ keeps our feet firmly on the dancefloor. Breakbeats are chopped and rearranged, flitting between double and half time whilst a distorted mid-bass roughens things round the edges, prepping the ground for the compilation’s move to a more inorganic feel.

Bristol don, Forever, joins Yushh next on ‘Passing Notes’ – a groove-driven club track where skittish percussion ricochets from side to side, so palpable it tempts the touch. ‘Crash Bash Party At BUFOs’ is no different. The link-up between Delay Grounds and dance music’s stalwart of musique concrète, Wordcolour, is completely idiosyncratic to both artists: the perfect combination of found-sound percussion and skillfully rehashed vocal samples. It’s up to two PD mainstays – Roy Mills and Human Resources – to close proceedings. A chugging rhythm bubbles under the surface of ‘Sycophantasy’, sending us on a dubbed-out trip before picking the pace back up again.

Copy – Annie Parker
Artwork – Jesse Webb
Mastering – Matthew Bentley

@keplrr | @are-human-resources | @sidquirk | @caldera-caldera | @delay-grounds | @syzuk | @foreverg10 | @wordcolour | @private_planet | @yushh

Spring

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Various Artists - Two [Is Greater Than] One (PDCOLLAB001) [clips]

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ISS009 SKEE MASK - ISS009

@syzuk self-released his Mindforms mini-LP in 2020, stepping away from the dancefloor to explore an expansive sonic world, ‘balancing the tranquility of the ecological world with the immediacy of the digital one'.

The original release was accompanied by a highly limited run of just 10 dubplates. Deeming this 6-tracker too good not to receive a proper pressing, Control Freak are proud to present the first ever complete vinyl run for Mindforms:
controlfreakrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mindforms

Alongside the record, Syz & Control Freak have curated Clubforms, a collection of remixes from some of our favourite producers, each bringing the original release firmly onto the dancefloor with their own production flourishes.

@henry-greenleaf & @daisymoon take a decidedly Bristolian approach, delivering a pair of scorching hot, bass-driven club stompers. Meanwhile, @tammohesselink brings deep, European techno flavours to the slate, whilst @keplrr twists ‘Essence’ into a deep, loopy and meandering afterparty favourite. Finally, Syz reworks ‘1E’ in his own inimitable style for his ‘2Es VIP’ - rounding off one of the finest collections of club tracks we’ve ever had the pleasure to present on Control Freak.

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Syz - Clubforms (Daisy Moon, Henry Greenleaf, Tammo Hesselink & Keplrr Remixes - Previews

Of Paradise continue their Various Artists series with an 11-track masterclass in shapeshifting underground dance music.

Comprised of all new material, the fifth instalment in the label’s VA series showcases a spellbinding collection of cross-genre and multifaceted compositions that mutate from rumbling bass pressure into atmospheric jungle, contorted techno and beyond.  

Featuring selected works from Slolek, Kellen303, Destrata, Pugilist, Fiesta Soundsystem, Tom Jarmey, Vilhelm, Fade, Atrice, Lazarus and D3U5E, Of Paradise Vol. 5 is a mesmerising and hallucinatory soundtrack curated to be played out across a shattered club landscape.

1. Slolek – Obsidian
2. Kellen303 – Pulse Analysis
3. Destrata – Meridian
4. Pugilist – Serpentine
5. Fiesta Soundsystem – Passivity Trap
6. Tom Jarmey – Crystal Fields
7. Vilhelm – Peak
8. Fade – Acrylic
9. Atrice – Levels
10. Lazarus – DJs Hate This Trick
11. D3U5E – Helm

@slolek, @kellen303, @destratavan, @pugilistmusic, @fiestasoundsystem, @tom-jarmey, @vilhelmhasselgren, @fadeofparadise, @atricemiras, @lazarus_nbg, @d3u5e.

Of Paradise Vol. 5

OP022 // Various Artists - Of Paradise Vol. 5

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Release date: Sept 1st
DJ bwin
Cell Phone
FSL014
All tracks by Moritz Paul & Alex Hoppe
Artwork by Shauna McGowan
Germany's DJ bwin returns to First Second Label with a sub heavy offering of experimentational dubstep, bass, techno and trap for the dark smoke filled room in your brain. Moritz Paul aka Leibniz and Alex Hoppe aka CIO known for their label Hundert (alongside Felix Paul) have been pushing the boundaries of experimental bass, breaks, techno and dub and Cell Phone pushes their sound even further. Accompanied by a blissed out vibration filled remix from Berlin residing Cork born power house ELLLL this puts the icing on the cake for this already wobble heavy 12". The artwork, a combination of photography, paint and textiles is an extract from a cloth print by Irish artist and designer Shauna McGowan.

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FSL014 - DJ bwin - Cell phone W/ ELLLL Remix (Clips) - OUT NOW

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
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