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After, having signed, in June 2022, the label's most successful record (DE005), Diogo is back in business with EXT033 – Quem é o Criminoso? (“Who’s the Criminal?”). At a time when pressing becomes increasingly difficult for small labels, due to the increase in production costs to clearly prohibitive amounts, Diogo returns home with a collection of tracks in digital format.

Materializing the fourth release of 2023 for the Extended Records/Discos Extendes labels, and in a year that seems to prove to be quite prolific for the label Diogo points directly to the dance floor. 4 straight to the point tracks, no bullshit, and in a breakbeat style that we can already identify as his.

“Fallin”, the record’s opening theme, is a declaration of love anchored in a rimshot and in sweet and honeyed voice samples whose crescendo only bursts after 5mins of time. Raising the BPMs “Move Me” follows the same voice and breakbeat recipe, relying more on the relationship between breaks and the strength of a “jazzy” chord until the entry of the pad, which, towards the end, transforms the track into an atmospheric landscape with the beat and the filtered breaks fading into the horizon. But the track that really stands out on the EP is, without a doubt, “I Don’t Give a F*ck!”. With great emphasis given to the low-end, the track is guided by those that are already Diogo's trademarks: breaks, more or less familiar voice samples, and basses that are very present and that, in this theme in particular, hit us in a way very physical way! Around 01:40 the theme is interrupted by an unexpected scratch and we hear a highly recognizable voice repeating continuously “I Don't Give a F*ck!”. The EP ends with a remix of the elusive Tsuri that deconstructs “Move Me” and elevates it to a Jungle track based on the inevitability of the break and on the sampled piano that here becomes a varied and fun stab that guides the track in different directions.

Who is the Criminal? You ask... If the crime being to smash the dance floor, Diogo will certainly be the main suspect. “ – Diogo Vasconcelos, please present yourself to the authorities!”

https://discosextendes.bandcamp.com/album/ext033-diogo-quem-o-criminoso

https://soundcloud.com/extendedrecords

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Following a run of VA releases on Ovelha Records, Emotional Voyage and VAYA Records, Lai Raw is back to revive his own Dope est Dope imprint.
The first single of his upcoming EP is titled Tada Asana which translates as the 'mountain pose' in Hatha Yoga. It gives a feeling of stabilty & awareness while also flowing through different states of energy like a good yoga practice. 
Bouncy 2 Step Garage rhythms meet a chopped up atmospheric jazz sample and peppered with classic house vocal chops.
Introspective but driving, deep but funky, melancholic but energetic - this is the sound of Lai Raw in its essence.

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Artist: Lai Raw
Title: Tada Asana
Label: Dope est Dope 
Catalog Number: DED006
Release date: 21.11.2023
Format: digital

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Album Cover: Anna Berroth
Mastering: Robert Wenzel (Wenzel Audio)

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