First single from 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 by 𝐗𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐗𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 

@xaltxcess

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Following the launch of the Eyes series, Early Reflex welcomes back Ikävä Pii for “Eyes II”, the second entry in this exploratory two-tracker format. 

Possibly the darkest tracks Ikävä Pii has produced to date, ‘False Binaries Fight for Primacy’ and ‘Permaweird’ are two detailed and twisted club tunes, encapsulating the perennial state of frustrated urgency of our times. 
Uneasy feelings are conveyed in both tracks, and refracted through the artist’s signature playful approach.
False Binaries Fight for Primacy is driven by the eerie ambiguity of its major/minor harmony, and a relentless rhythmic section that nods to post-punk as much as the track’s distorted, shouty vocals. The unsettling main theme of Permaweird is hinged on an alteration of the Locrian mode (often deemed the “weirdest” mode), and its timbre, albeit recalling familiar patches from the Process Fatigue era, here paints a much darker picture. 
Topical and heartfelt, these tracks update Ikävä Pii’s sound with an uncanny mutation, material for a standout moment in a club set. Already secret weapons in Ikävä Pii’s live show for nearly a year, they’ve left heads spinning on dancefloors in UK, Europe and beyond, and now find their proper home on Early Reflex.

Ikävä Pii said:
“What’s the purpose of club music in a climate where alienation is the norm and outdated narratives are collapsing?
We live in the permaweird: reality gets increasingly absurd, and yet we adapt to it every day.
Nothing to fight for: digital vs physical, liberal left vs authoritarian right, old vs young - just false binaries. There must be another way. 
In the meantime, activate punk mode, shout in the mic, use stranger scales. 
The only real binary is rich vs non-rich (and that’s what clubs should be about).
Thanks Venkatesh Rao and David Rudnick for the inspiration.”

‘Eyes II’ is available on all platforms starting from Friday 2nd May 2025.

© & ℗ 2025 Early Reflex. All rights reserved.

All tracks produced and mixed by Ikävä Pii at Niche Studio, London § Mastering at CB5 Studios § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

False Binaries Fight for Primacy

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Ikävä Pii - False Binaries Fight for Primacy

Poly Chain unveils Nemesis, an avant-garde club album combining experimental and immersive textures, out on 25 April 2025 on Lightronics.

Read more on CxC 🔗 https://couvrexchefs.com/en/poly-chain-lazy-eye-nemesis-lightronics

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CxC PREMIERE: Poly Chain - Lazy Eye (Lightronics)

Recorded a new mix for the incredible @ravlsncld -  a labyrinthine expedition traversing IDM topographies into psychedelic underworlds, grinding technoid convulsions, and shroomy, percussive frameworks before descending into abyssal, stripped-back drum & bass terrain at the lowest depths of the frequency spectrum. 

Essential listening for the sonically adventurous!

Devious Concubine - @pruvancz
SAME VEIN - @gesturesound
Side Mission - @dom_carlo
In the Rain (VCO Remix) - gãl
Pull Up - @shaifm
Mea Culpa - @drvmmy & @martini_glass
Linea - @alecpace
Panzer - @dyslecta
Aberration (Naco Remix) - @dayzero_jp
Assegai - @stennyyy
Sink Hole - @szare
Million Knives - @design-default
N9 - @kendubari
Syndrenal - @ziyiz
Fractured - @tymotica
Y Y Y MY - @metristsososo
Fyah (feat Galak) - @hysteriatemplefoundation
Giggle - @pluralist & Obake
Reflex - @claritymusik
Send It On - @holloway-95
Subbed - @martsman
Never for Tomorrow - @forest-drive-west
All of Them Witches - @overlookdnb

Opium Hum @ Mindbenders w/ RAVL (LYL Radio), 11.04.25

My mom told me to give them credits
original: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbZDvjY_Erg

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Anycia - BRB (Taqueria Ramirez Atrice Edit)

'Trigger·Response' is the third V/A released by Craquages and the first of their curation series, in which their residents share their own artistic vision. 

ergen101 made this project a space where artists could freely explore the intrinsic contradictions and connexions of themes like oppression & freedom, softness & harshness or trauma & resilience, through an experimental, deconstructed club (or not club) & bass aesthetic. 

It tells a story of humanity, of past experienced as present and how we can now act on it : Trigger & Response.

Mastering : Le Dom
Artwork : 1.5L
Press Officer : HI ROSIE

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Trigger·Response V/A - curated by ergen101 [previews] (out 27.06.25)

Two Hours of a simulated and curated atmosphere deep within the stone figures of Mutable. I really enjoyed picking this tracklist and I hope you enjoy <3
Photo : @vc_fox
Tracklist:
Second Other - 22 Live Ihanna
Trying To Be Part Of - Outer Informer
Misgivings - Torsion
Synthese - Arnaud Le Texier
Episodic Memory - Singular Anomalies
Transitory Exposure - Drop E 
AD2 - Divide
Hush - Ana Alves
No Organic Chemistry - Joline Scheffler
Falling Promises - Reign.
Rogue threat from the void - METRO SKIM
Fracture Index - PWCCA
Seeing Beyond - Kessell
One Floor (Vocal Version) - Raär
Tunnel Diode - Psyk
Storm - KØLPØS
Serotonin Deficiency - Lidvall
Zoi - Olëka 
X4 - Yuji Kondo
Zero Gravity - Arjun Vagale
Scape #5 - Nicko Shuo
Torres Vedras 8am - Temudo
Melt - Pfirter
New Ace - Alexey Dunchyk
Into The Dome - AgainstMe
Nuage D'Encres - Quelza
II Collasso del Pensiero - Carmelo Ponente 
Temporal Rift - Jero Clares
Feder - Vakat
Uncertain Frequency #2 - Linear Phase
23 Hours Of Drama - Svarog 
Green Powder - Dimi Angelis
Yellow (Nihad Tule Remix) - Inter Gritty & Exon Banks
Nullah - Michel Lauriola
Crack - Lidvall
Jazz - Fixeer   (  RIP  ) 
Life Happens Twice - Pfirter
Speechless - BLANKA(ES)
Nebula - Vohkinne
Kneel! - Scalameriya
Printers - b.mod
Violent Voltage - Makornik
Bajo la superficie - NWHR
Carmelo Ponente - From Everything To Nothing 
Missing Time - Kessell
Uncertainty - Lewis Fautzi
Masked - Lesser Of 
Sadness (Last Goodbye) - Akumo

ty <3


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