All releases by me across various projects, including @otherislands, my old moniker @chapel, and @error_lake (collaboration with @eliel_etc).

Other Islands - Releases (2015-2025)

Other Islands - Mixes and Radio Show

𝘓𝘰 𝘘𝘶𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘥𝘢, 𝘝𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 ("What Remains, Returns") is the collaborative EP by Mexican producer @lao, founder of the label @extasisrecords and member of the label @naafi, and emerging London-born musician @otherislands.

Released via @terminalrec, the EP unfolds across its three tracks, weaving together an array of global sounds — from baile funk and ballroom through to dembow and grime — creating a genre-bending record built for the dancefloor.

Lao’s innovative take on experimental club music fuses with Other Islands' spectral UK sensibilities, channeling the cacophony and surrealist smog of Mexico City, their shared home. The record’s hybrid sound traces links back to sound-system aesthetics while looking forward to what’s ahead. 𝘓𝘰 𝘘𝘶𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘥𝘢, 𝘝𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 embodies Terminal’s commitment to sonic exploration and cross-cultural exchange.

Production and Mix: Lao & Other Islands
Mastering: @Imaabs at @modosestudio
Artwork: Other Islands
Photos by: Alejandro Santos

Lao & Other Islands - Lo Que Queda, Vuelve [Terminal]

𝘚𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘢 (“Without Outside”) is the new collaborative EP from Chilean producer @Imaabs, label manager of @NAAFI and founder of Máquina Simple, and @OtherIslands, a vocalist and producer from London’s underground club scene. Both based in Mexico City, the two artists share a close creative partnership shaped by a mutual interest in exploring the limits of global electronic music.

The EP’s title refers to the myth of closed systems—those that define themselves by casting an outside as dissident, migrant, or simply noise, and enforcing its exclusion. Through hybridity, dissonance, and distortion, the record traces the contours of this outside, imagining other ways of being in the world.

Released via NAAFI, the four tracks draw on and destabilize the rhythmic logics of dembow, baile funk, grime, dancehall, reggaeton, and jungle. Frenetic percussion and glistening synths meet expansive sound design: ASMR flickers, field recordings, and fragments of unintelligible speech bleed through swung grooves and shimmering textures. The result is a sound that is luminous and tense, shot through with longing and evoking a space that feels at once intimate and yet out of reach.

BANDCAMP

Imaabs & Other Islands - Sin Afuera [NAAFI]

Songs and club experiments from around the globe.
Canciones y experimentos de música club global.

Socials:
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/_otherislands/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_otherislands
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/otherislands
Bandcamp: https://otherislands.bandcamp.com/
Website: https://otherislands.info

Listen live: www.threadsradio.com ~ For past shows: @threadsradio

Other Islands (*CDMX) - 04-Jun-24

Other Islands (*CDMX) - 30-Jul-24

@k1rasound invites @otherislands for the 53rd installment of Warped Sensory Imaging. Based between Mexico City and London, Other Islands has developed a unique sound that features catchy vocal melodies over original experimental & club productions

@k1rasound trklst
Oklou - Plague Dogs
Merca Bae - Aplica
dante sin - Dark Magician (Prod. Abssys)
YA1000 - UZI LATINFLIP EMOCLUB
HEDO HYDR8 - SEX! (Entrañas Remix)
Merca Bae - Te Olvidaste De Mí
ERIKA DE CASIER / RIZZLA - PRINCESA_135.mp3 (salt server blend)
TEU HOMEM - MC GW e DJ ISR4EL BEATS
Undrwght - Cuervo
HEDO HYDR8 - OPEN THIS UP 
HEDO HYDR8 - OPEN THIS UP (oldyungmayn Remix)
anyoneID - Paralizar
BJF - Owl
Burdened Recreation (Fridge Remix)

@otherislands trklst
Aria - Blue Goose [Aria]
Undrwght - Ice Ring [Undrwght]
Lyo XS - Onirico (w/ Ezeta) [Infinite Machine]
Nazar - Anticipate [Hyperdub]
Tomás Urquieta - Acid Needle [Herren Sauna]
ex.sses - cannotaccessyou [glint]
First Circle - give me 2 dozen old drills and I'll make the sharpest knife that will last 50 years [First Circle]
LAO x Other Islands - Menos Dicho [Unreleased]
aya - off to the ESSO [Hyperdub]



WSI #53 W/ K1RA & Other Islands March 7th, 2025 (Radio Alhara)

@lao & @otherislands - De Alguna Manera (taken from 'Lo Que Queda, Vuelve', out on the 18th of June via @terminalrec)

The influence of British electronic music genres has been everpresent in the work of Lao - take jungle for example which left its traces throughout his whole discography, starting from 2012's track 'Mangle' all the way until the praised album 'Chapultepec' released last year. After all, it is also Aphex Twin tattoo that graces his forearm as a testament to the life-changing experience that was stumbling across the music of this visionary musician. Half-jokingly, maybe that's why Other Islands, a London-born producer, was such a great companion for Lao to create a collaborative EP 'Lo Que Queda, Vuelve', a three track release which adds baile funk, dembow, grime and ballroom to the pool that already includes the aforementioned jungle. On a more serious note though, Other Islands is definitely the one to watch as proved by his latest outputs - a remix for Lila Tirando a Violeta produced alongside Imaabs and a track for Precious Metals compilation.

[PREMIERE] LAO & Other Islands - De Alguna Manera (Terminal)

SWINE PREMIERE: @lao + @otherislands single "Años Despues" via @terminalrec

"Lo Que Queda, Vuelve ("What Remains, Returns") is the collaborative 3-track EP from Mexican producer LAO - founder of the label Éxtasis and member of the highly influential collective and label @NAAFI and emerging London-born musician Other Islands. 

✤ EP is dropping via Terminal / June 18th

✸ The EP unfolds across its three tracks, weaving together an array of global sounds, from baile funk and ballroom through to dembow and grime, creating a genre-bending record built for the dancefloor. LAO’s innovative take on experimental club music fuses with Other Islands' spectral UK sensibilities, channeling the cacophony and surrealist smog of Mexico City, their shared home. It's a perfect blend of various musical inspirations and energies.

✸ The record’s hybrid sound traces links back to sound-system aesthetics while looking forward to what’s ahead. Lo Que Queda, Vuelve embodies Terminal’s commitment to sonic exploration and cross-cultural exchange.

[Swine Premiere] LAO & Other Islands - Años Despues (Terminal)

LAO & Other Islands – Lo Que Queda, Vuelve
→ terminalrec.bandcamp.com/music


Lo Que Queda, Vuelve ("What Remains, Returns") is the collaborative EP by Mexican producer LAO, founder of the label Éxtasis, and emerging London-born musician Other Islands.

Released via Terminal, the EP unfolds across its three tracks, weaving together an array of global sounds, from baile funk and ballroom through to dembow and grime, creating a genre-bending record built for the dancefloor.

LAO’s innovative take on experimental club music fuses with Other Islands' spectral UK sensibilities, channeling the cacophony and surrealist smog of Mexico City, their shared home. The record’s hybrid sound traces links back to sound-system aesthetics while looking forward to what’s ahead. Lo Que Queda, Vuelve embodies Terminal’s commitment to sonic exploration and cross-cultural exchange.

Tracklist:
01. De Alguna Manera
02. Años Despues
03. Menos Dicho

🛒 Buy → terminalrec.bandcamp.com/music

Production & Mix: LAO & Other Islands
Mastering: Imaabs at Modos Studios
Artwork: Other Islands
Photos by: Alejandro Santos

LAO x Other Islands - Menos Dicho

Sin Afuera (“Without Outside”) is the new collaborative EP from Chilean producer Imaabs, label manager of NAAFI and cofounder of Máquina Simple, and Other Islands, a vocalist and producer from London’s underground club scene. Both based in Mexico City, the two artists share a close creative partnership shaped by a mutual interest in exploring the limits of global electronic music.

The EP’s title refers to the myth of closed systems—those that define themselves by casting an outside as dissident, migrant, or simply noise, and enforcing its exclusion. Through hybridity, dissonance, and distortion, the record traces the contours of this outside, imagining other ways of being in the world.

Released via NAAFI, the four tracks draw on and destabilize the rhythmic logics of dembow, baile funk, grime, dancehall, reggaeton, and jungle. Frenetic percussion and glistening synths meet expansive sound design: ASMR flickers, field recordings, and fragments of unintelligible speech bleed through swung grooves and shimmering textures. The result is a sound that is luminous and tense, shot through with longing and evoking a space that feels at once intimate and yet out of reach.

Sin Afuera

Pre Sale

Sin Afuera (“Without Outside”) is the new collaborative EP from Chilean producer @Imaabs, label manager of NAAFI and cofounder of Máquina Simple, and @OtherIslands, a vocalist and producer from London’s underground club scene. Both based in Mexico City, the two artists share a close creative partnership shaped by a mutual interest in exploring the limits of global electronic music.

The EP’s title refers to the myth of closed systems—those that define themselves by casting an outside as dissident, migrant, or simply noise, and enforcing its exclusion. Through hybridity, dissonance, and distortion, the record traces the contours of this outside, imagining other ways of being in the world.

Released via NAAFI, the four tracks draw on and destabilize the rhythmic logics of dembow, baile funk, grime, dancehall, reggaeton, and jungle. Frenetic percussion and glistening synths meet expansive sound design: ASMR flickers, field recordings, and fragments of unintelligible speech bleed through swung grooves and shimmering textures. The result is a sound that is luminous and tense, shot through with longing and evoking a space that feels at once intimate and yet out of reach.

Production & Mix: Imaabs & Other Islands
Mastering: Imaabs at Modos Studios
Artwork: Aureliano Alvarado Faesler
Cover Design: Alberto Bustamente

Sleepless

SIn Afuera

Deposition

Perímetro

@nomusicforgenocide is a cultural boycott of Israel. Over 400 initial artists and labels have geo-blocked and removed their music from that territory in response to Israel's genocide in Gaza; ethnic cleansing of the Occupied West Bank; apartheid within Israel / '48; political repression of Pro-Palestine efforts wherever we live; and the music industry's own ties to weapons and crimes against humanity. 

This tangible act is just one step toward honoring Palestinian demands to isolate and delegitimize Israel as it kills without consequence on the world stage. The successful cultural boycotts against apartheid South Africa prove that our creative work grants us agency and power. When we wield it together, we add unified pressure to a growing, global, interdependent movement, from Hollywood to the docks of Morocco.

Within a few months of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, every major label either unilaterally removed their entire catalogue from Russia or closed operations entirely, implicitly or explicitly condemning Putin's actions while donating to Ukraine. No such measures have been taken against Israel, or in support of Palestine, after decades of illegal occupation and 23 months into Israel's accelerated genocide.

This initiative is borderless and open to all artists and labels who want to boycott. We hope it leads to additional efforts against the music industry's complicity.

https://nomusicforgenocide.org

Tracklist: 

1. Eisebelle - Trance2001
2. TSVI & DJ Plead - Swanky
3. Nazar - War Game
4. Dj Narciso - Vazio
5. Surusinghe - Likshot (Original Mix)6.  Scarlett - Ultra (Javier Estrada Remix)
7. Entrañas - Dale Sonido
8. Aria - Flub
9. J. Córdova - No Quieren Tiroteo
10. Le Kacang - Droid Ambush
11. Imaabs & Other Islands - n-1
12. Omaar - Cherry Boy
13. Jameson - Urban Hero (Zutzut Edit) 
14. Lila Tirando a Violeta - Rest and Relaxation (Imaabs x Other Islands Remix)
15. Lao &  Other Islands -  Menos Dicho
16. PLAYBOI CARTI - FOMDJ (KAVARI RIP MORPHINE MIX)
17. Pura Pura - Just Gettin' Hot
18. Negdedunn - Mizik pou la Klib
19. King Doudou -  MOTOTAXI
20. Exploited Body -  Unravel
21. Imaabs & Other Islands - Deposition

NMFG

Imaabs & Other Islands - NMFG x RADIO ALHARA

Songs and club experiments.

Broadcast: 10 Oct 2025 • 2200-2300 PS • @radioalhara.net

Photography: Daniel Grijalva (@danieleerie)

Tracklist:

Malibu – Vanities [YEAR0001]
aya – hexed! [Hyperdub]
Flora Yin Wong – 1972 [Paralaxe Editions]
Olan Monk – Down 3 (feat. Maria Somerville) [AD 93]
Nazar – Safe [Hyperdub]
Imaabs & Other Islands – Perímetro [NAAFI]
Le Diouck – Onigashima (ft. Yves Tumor) [PAN]
OMAAR – ECO_V1 [Unreleased]
BIGOTE – Otra Vez Riddim [BIGOTE]
LAO x Other Islands – De Alguna Manera [Terminal]
Lauren Duffus – Riser Brummm [Select Few]
BABYDOOM – The Waste (feat. Miri Cainam) [AP Life]
Oli XL – Go Oli Go! [Warp Records]
Ecko Bazz – NSIMBUDDE [Hakuna Kulala]
Jawnino – LivFlare (broadway market) [Jawnino]
Manuka Honey & ABADIR – Faramanch [Black Acre]
Exploited Body – Helix [CHANGELESS]
estoc – Where Do We Go Now (ft. Military Scientist) [SVBKVLT]
Klein – G6 [Klein]

Near Dark on Radio Alhara #01 w/ Other Islands

as you_said it would

as you said

in black

separate

lookahead

pterodactyl

split moment

📀 𝘚𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘢 on @NAAFI
💿 𝘓𝘰 𝘘𝘶𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘥𝘢, 𝘝𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 on @TerminalRec
🎛️ Run @NearDarkRecords

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