BOM is a new multi cultural collaboration celebrating the meeting of two continents, Europe and Africa. 

Lines and influences increasingly blur as roots, club culture and afro futurism are shaken up into a world of psychedelic breaks, beats and electronics that looks both forward and back.

Featuring London poet Sirius Rush, Mali’s Luka Productions and DRC / Liverpool based percussion and vocalist Felix Ngindu from the Democratic Republic of Congo in wide-screen production, BOM is the sound of now.

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As the year deepens, the esteemed Paper Recordings is preparing to unveil an essential creation from the Norwegian, multi-decade spanning collective, and live performers, Lakeshouse. The forthcoming album will be a fusion of genres, swirling with pulses of spaced out disco, funk, soul, and house, with traces of far-off influences whispered through its innovative journey. Taking influence from each of the DJs, producers and jazz musicians within the band, never shying from oddities and obscurities but remains wholly dance floor functional.  
Before this masterpiece graces the world, the first single, “Ubegrensa Harmoni,” will emerge this April, igniting the flight with a vibrant, and unmistakable energy. Accompanying this original cut, will be remixes from Flash Atkins & 2 Billion Beats, a Flash Beats remix, and, naturally, a radio edit, each offering their own distinctive touch. 
Lakeshouse, a group that has been by each other's side since kindergarten, is propelling the animated Norwegian sound when it comes to Todd Terje-esque disco and house. Flying the flag for their country, sharing their lifelong experiences, and transmitting that through their music. Chemistry like this is rare, and their music breathes this synergy. Over their time together, they have absorbed inspiration from the likes of The Beastie Boys, The Prodigy, and Faithless, keeping the band spirit alive. From early on, their creativity together has been incomparable, whether in art or music.  
The original composition unfurls like a sonic odyssey, almost seven minutes of hypnotic rhythms and elastic grooves. Slinky drum patterns intertwine with the uplifting energy that radiates from the synths and ethereal pads. The transcendent vocals float like whispers from beyond, casting an ethereal glow over “Ubegrensa Harmoni.” The remixers, Flash Atkins & 2 Billion Beats, reimagine the track with a sonic tapestry woven from luminous strings and an irresistible, pulsating groove that beats in harmony with the heart of the production. Their interpretation dances with playful yet captivating sounds, adding a new layer of enchantment to this off-centre package. As the voyage draws to a close, the nostalgic breaks and UKG sound of Flash Beats offers an atmospheric, simmering twist that enriches the story with a charming depth. 
This is a glimpse of the magical project to come later this year, leaving listeners with a sweet, lingering taste of anticipation for the forthcoming Lakeshouse album. Paper Recordings continues to weave its legacy, timeless music straining the boundaries as the label grows with the Lakeshouse group paying testament to exactly that, alongside the remixers at the helm.

Lakeshouse - Ubegrensa Harmoni

Longtime Paper artist and Reykjavík resident Gauti Björnsson has been digging through his archives and uncovered four absolute crackers from his retired B.G. Baarregaard alias. 

Down and Under is trippy main room deep house. Solid beats, locked in subby bass, delayed stabs and a nagging groove drive a coach and horses straight through the middle of a dance floor of smiling faces.

Feels Like features Simen Aasen on bass for a heavy nu disco groove that will work from bar to club. Snatches of keys and vocals ride the pads as it swings and weaves its Icelandic magic.

The two parts of Eternal Affection change gear into downtempo territory. Part I brings to mind the era of Kruder & Dorfmeister's K & D Sessions and the Thievery Corporation. Deep, dubby and trippy.

Part II drops the tempo even further but increases the wonk. It's the sound of the sun starting to come through the curtains after a big night out.


2012 - 2014

The first in a series of exclusive Bandcamp compilations that is all hitters and no shitters. 

Volume 1 showcases some of the label’s tried and tested bangers which helped establish Paper as one of the leading lights in the British dance music explosion of the 90s. Fusing disco and deep house, club music was taken in a brand new direction and loosely labelled ‘Nu Brit House’. 

As fresh today as the day they were born.

Nudge Up

Head Nodding Society - Nudge Up

As Frankie sang, 'and now, the end is near', which is certainly the case for our long standing Trash The Wax compilation series.

Over the years, it has released some absolute dance floor smashers by established names in the art of bangers as well as emerging music makers showcasing their fresh sounds.

Initially, we wanted to establish Trash The Wax outside of the 'kick-hat-snare stuck over a Sister Sledge sample' style edits that were dropping weekly. The result was a collection of cuts aimed at the dance floor which would also appeal to fans of electronic music. But all things come to an end, and with this 10th release, we are finishing on a high.

As expected there are disco ticklers aplenty from renowned party people such as Late Nite Tuff Guy, Ed Wizard, Bill Brewster, Pablo & Shoey, Danny Russell & Ronald Christoph and Yam Who.

Tracks such as Leon Sweet's Sunny Bigler made their way into the record boxes of the likes of Luke Unabomber, Maurice Fulton and Chris Duckenfield as well as the airwaves of 6Music. Deckard's rework of the theme from 'The Warriors' created scenes at ALFOS in Glasgow with Sean Johnston saying 'I've never seen as many shirtless middle age blokes go as mental as they did when that dropped!'

On a more twisted gutter style disco tip, there is Richard Seaborne's ' Is This Acid?' which topped the Paper best ever sellers on Beatport for months, Richard Norris's 'Glow' is textbook space disco, the low slung sludge of James Rod & Aleito's 'Raum 909' and the Speak & Spell narrated Acidisco by Andy Buchan.

There are also two brand new cuts from TTW family members Boblebad & D.S.D. plus more killer music than we can shake a disco stick at. Never has the phrase 'all hitters and no shitters' been more apt.

I Know That You Want Me

D.S.D. - I Know That You Want Me (Original Mix)

We are pleased to welcome NYC's Nutritious to Paper with his first full E.P. for the label and 5 tracks of wonky, mutant disco-house. Warped out synths, distorted acid and other fuzzy disco stylings are all present in a psychedelic haze.

I Love Mitsubishis is a 7 am sludge disco chugger and a love letter to the *ahem* famous Japanese car manufacturer. The track comes on like an ALFOS fever dream with whacked out bleeps and squeaks, and an underlying groovy as heck bass line.

Erewhon is a much smoother affair that is slo-mo, spacey and a little bit 90s; perfect for for sunsets and early door alike.

Prince Shoes is straight up funk disco with popping bass, synth runs and a sleazy beat. The vocoder voice breakdown tops this off into a jazz-funk bomb.

I Don't Mind goes straight in with electro funk stabs, broken beats and a chopped up, pitched vocal but with soul leanings. One to roll out the lino for some poppin' n lockin'.

Finally, Faith 909 is a deep, cold wave, hypnotic techno cut fused with rolling bass and a whole load of cosmic. There's a simple vocal shot hook as the tracks sucks you in to it's world.

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I Love Mitsubishis

Nutritious - I Love Mitsubishis

Paper pres. Low Life (Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton) at The Golden Lion: Tickets - skiddle.com/e/36710443

The term legend gets thrown about etc etc blah blah. but its hard to talk about Bill Brewster without including the L word.

Someone who has been at the forefront of music throughout his whole life whether its wearing his journalist hat, author cap, producer trilby, remixer bandana or of course his disc jockey deerstalker, Bill Brewster is an absolute tour de force of the scene.

We're thrilled that him and his Low Life partner in crime and fellow author Frank Broughton will join us on Dec 9th at The Golden Lion for a social shimmy shindig and to crank up the excitement factor he's done us this rather superb guest mix which you need to crack on & crank up asap!

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Bill Brewster - Paper Guest Mix

Crazy P(enis) will be forever associated with the glory days of Paper Recordings. As the acid house fever dream started to fade, a new generation of ravers took the ball and ran with it for a more groove-driven sound. The band and label were part of the pack.

Paper Recordings first met Jim, Chris and Tim when they were fresh off the boat from North Wales and Nottingham, with a sampler tucked under their arms and a bag full of amazing demos. The first release soon led to their album, 'A Nice Hot Bath With...', which wrote the blueprint for what would become known as nu-disco. Sample heavy and great musicianship fed by late nights on the dance floors of Manchester made it an instant classic.

The band grew with the addition of Danielle Moore's lead vocals and star power. On their next album, The Wicked Is Music', the sound consolidated into the one that has gone on to conquer the world. House, disco, broken beats, funk and pop are all mixed into a heady mix of forward facing dance music.

The Early Years compilation charts their rise from of their early catalogue of ground-breaking productions.

The Way We Swing

Crazy P - The Way We Swing (Original Mix)

You Are We

Crazy P - You Are We (Original Mix)

Theres A Better Place

Crazy P - Theres A Better Place (Original Mix)

What do you get when one of the UK's finest music makers goes into the studio with one of Norway's fastest-rising producers? Listen to Offshore Sunsets and find out. That's exactly what happened when Fila Brazilia's Steve Cobby & Third Attempt hooked up to create some stunning sounds for their new EP.

B Human kicks things off with the first of two collaborations, and it's all kinds of rolling, hypnotic, spaced-out, Balearic business. Floating minor keys, walking bass and a gorgeous chugging guitar make it sun-blessed.

Language Of The Heart is the solo offering by Third Attempt, and is a tripped out smoker's delight. Soul II Soul, Crazy P and Nightmares on Wax can all be felt, perfect for those early evening or 'back-to-mine' sessions.

Finally, Feeling Seen sees the chaps working their collaborative magic again on a hazy, jazzy, broken beat, doozy of a track that is deep, stripped back and funky as all hell.

Offshore Sunsets

Language Of The Heart

Language Of The Heart (Original Mix)

Here is the debut EP from Manchester producers Tom Lonsboroough and Col Hamilton, known as 2 Billion Beats with the Musics Alfresco EP.


Things kick things off with the uptempo ‘The Moodymann’, a funk fuelled cut of bottom heavy laden disco house. Retro synth bass with an acidic twist, rolling house rhythms and keys create a melodic yet dancefloor orientated vibe and a slightly old school feel. 

Next up, ‘Secret Sub Disco’ journeys into more laid back disco territory with layers of melody washing over bubbling bass and relaxed rhythms to create a decidedly chilled vibe with some added in some acidic arpeggiated lines. 

Finally 2 Billion Beats deliver ‘Lunar’, a deep and delightful slice of balaeric tinged house built around bass stabs, breaks and a rolling Rhodes key loop.

Bonar Bradberry : Sub disco is the one! 

Craig Smith (6th Borough Project) : Can see this working well in the clubs, The Moodyman and Secret Sub Disco are my faves.

Charles Webster : Secret Sub Disco is my fave here.

Scope :  This is fucking serious!! 

Aldrin Zouk :  Fab package! Secret Sub Disco being my fav cut.

Leftside Wobble : Most definitely feeling both Secret Sub Disco &amp; Lunar

Q Burns :  Lovely! All 3 tracks do the business

Jim Stanton (Horsemeat Disco) : The Moodymann &amp; Lunar hit it! Yes going to play this tonight.

Justin Robertson : The Moodymann is mega!

Billy Scurry : Solid release, from peak time dance floor to afterhours beach parties.

Rocky (X-Press 2) :  Nice groovy deepness, Lunar my fave.

Murray Richardson : The Moodymann makes me want to dance a lot!

Claudio Coccoluto : Secret Sub Disco for me.

Mic Newman : Nice deep package, Secret Sub Disco and Lunar are my favs.

James Teej (Rekids) : Diggin all three cuts, Lunar is amazing.

Chicken Lips : Secret Sub Disco is alreet by me!

Ryan Cananagh (Wolf + Lamb) : Wow, very nice release. Will definitely play all of these!



2 Billion Beats - The Moodymann

The productions of DJs Miles Holloway and Eliott Eastwick, masterminded by studio whizz Si Brad, left a lasting legacy in the early nineties using influences from US house, disco, disco and techno music. This collection is the first to compile their essential studio recordings when they were running and releasing their music through the Paper Recordings imprint.

Bookends (Attack Of The Crab Monsters Mix)

Salt City Orchestra - Bookends (Attack Of The Crab Monsters Mix)

Now and again, an album comes along out of the blue, demanding to be licensed and shared with the world. BOM Nation's long player sounded like nothing else, only the future. Shrouded in mystery and country-of-origin unknown, Africa runs through its DNA, but sometimes mysteries are best left.

Àşę - a Yoruba philosophy signifying the power that makes things happen and produces change; given to Gods, ancestors, spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers, songs and prayers.

BOM Nation takes influence from all corners of Africa and its diaspora, blending them with 25 years of Western electronic music into a melange of forward facing, leftfield afrofunk. Àşę features one of Africa's brightest rising stars, Luka Productions (Mali), cosmic poet Sirius Rush (UK) and master drummer / vocalist Felix Ngindu (DRC/Liverpool) for a journey into kaleidoscopic afro-tech. Gqom, ampiano, shangaan electro and cosmic township funk rub shoulders with Balearic, bass, deep house and dub for a psychedelic celebration of collaboration and possibility.

As geographical and musical barriers are broken down, BOM Nation is leading the charge; Manchester to Lagos, Lisbon to Sao Paulo, Bamako to Berlin, Àşę captures the sound of the underground.

Available on vinyl and digital.

BOM Nation will be laying live throughout the UK in 2025 and beyond.

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Tribe Of Visions

BOM Nation  - Tribe Of Visions

Sutuka feat. Felix Ngindu

BOM Nation - Sutuka feat. Felix Ngindu

Shangaan Shake

BOM Nation - Shangaan Shake (Bonus Track)

Funk, Jive And Break

BOM Nation - Funk, Jive And Break

An ka bè feat. Luka Productions

BOM Nation - An ka bè feat. Luka Productions

Paper's hook up with Norway continues to pay dividends with new artists who seem to knock it out the park with each release.

The latest is People Love Music's Diskobeistet who tick all the boxes for grasping the sound of Paper's heritage on a 4 track EP release for lovers of straight up "proper" house.

Birkelunden teams up tribally beats and smoking Rhodes with a Norwegian gentlemen's vocal that we're told is about going to the park, having a smoke and jumping up and down on a bouncy castle. So now you know.

The remix comes from another of our Norwegian friends, De Fantastiske To's Ravi who gives it a bit of old school grit and jack before the bleepy bloppy style breakdown opens it up for the darkest dance floors. Is it techno? Is it house? Who cares!

Gammal Morro goes late night with a lazy hazy, sunset drenched vibe hooked around a Rhodes and nagging riff. Drive with the top down on this one and sport a pair of sockless espadrilles while you're at it.

Nattergal is classic Paper all over, live sounding drums with snaps and claps in all the right places alongside a low slung bass line & chika chika guitar. Never straying far from the path, this is house for those that like it simple, straight forward and solid.

Support in from selectors:

Ralph Myerz:
"Great stuff that will work wonders both in the land of Oz and Ibiza! Love all traxx, full support!!!!!"

Chris Coco:
"lovely vibes. contemplative but still groovy, how we like our dance music. Great for the Melodica radio show"

High Soul Society:
"all over 'Natterga' a groovy little number that'll be getting plenty of action at the HSS parties. Thanks You :)"

Somerville & Wilson:
"Smooth and slick release for those cocktail moments , Fav track is the Birkelunden Remix"

Bottin:
"sounds great!"

Pete Herbert:
"Superb!!! loving them all!"

Leon Sweet:
"Woah... this is strong. Feeeeelin it. Very close call but it's Nattergal for me. More!"

Dean SUnshine Smith (Garden Festival):
"reminds me of early paper those damn Norwegians styles. Gammal Morro for me"

Billy Scutty:
"Vibes!! Great tracks and rmxs! looking forward to getting it on a system"

80's Child:
"As always a quality e.p from Paper Recordings! Gamma Morro takes centre stage for me looking forward to playing this at the weekend :)"

Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s):
"Loving the solid disco originals, esp Nattergal"

DJ Rocca:
"very nice electro-nu disco stuff"

B.G. Baarregaard:
"Living next to it, I can confirm that these are Birkelunden approved!"

Chris Massey:
"Absolutely massive! Gammal Morro is the biggie for me here but to be fair I would drop all of them. Great work!"

Diskobeistet

Gammal Morro

Diskobeistet - Gammal Morro

Super FU are back with the first single from their forthcoming long player 'Physical Sounds', featuring some heavyweight remixes to get things moving.
 
The original is a perfect blend of disco, funk, pop, and acid house. Rock-solid beats, analogue bass, searing strings, and all kinds of synth action blend seamlessly with live instrumentation. Paul Withy and Sarah Lazenby trade melodies as the chorus swoops for a mid-tempo end-of-nighter.

The Dub strips out the pop and instrumentation but ups the psychedelics. Deep, trippy and electronic, it takes a hypnotic journey into a world of dub and balearica.

Next up, Craig Bratley brings the pianos front and centre, working the riff that comes off like Marshall Jefferson on downers. The vocals repeat as the track builds to chug and weave to the acid; cue smoke, strobe and dancefloor mayhem.
   
Finally, Leo Zero dubs the disco and rolls with the funk. Once again, the song shows it's strength is as it blends with the piano for nu-disco heaven!

Dicky Trisco: "Craig Bratley mix bloody rocks!"

Alice Palace: "Absolute quality from Super Fu, have always loved the 12 inch dub, so glad its getting a release into the wild :-) Craig and Leo's remixes are the icing on the cake!"

Fingerman: "Heavy vibes here! Leo Zero's mix and the dub are class!"

Robot 84: :"All sounding good, very hard to pick a winner, Leo and Craig's mixes doing it for me:"

Siren (12inch Dub Version)

With the heartbreaking news of Danielle Moore’s death, it only seemed appropriate to dedicate Paper Air Waves to her. It is a two hour celebration of love, joy and music that shines a light on an incredible talent and amazing human being. Keep on dancing xx

1. The Bionics - Love Chains
2. Crazy P - Scrap The Book
3. Danielle Moore - I Feel For You
4. Flash Atkins - Make Your Move feat. Danielle Moore
5. Crazy P - Something More
6. The Revenge - Just Be Good To Me feat. Danielle Moore
7. Crazy P - Stop Space Return
8. Crazy P - SOS
9. Crazy P - Hear My Song
10. Crazy Penis - Give It Up
11. The Bionics - Song and Dance
12. Crazy Penis - Do It Good (Crazy P’s ‘We Found The Parts’ Mix)
13. Hot Toddy - Freekend (Ron Basejam Mix)
14. Crazy P - Wishing For
15. Crazy P - You Started Something
16. Crazy P - The Come On
17. Crazy P - Witch Doctor
18. The Bionics - Time To Get It Right (The Bionics Remix)
19. Crazy P - If Life Could Be This Way
20. Crazy Penis - Keep On (Daniel Wang & Brennan Green Mix)
21. Crazy P - You Got The Love
22. Prince - Sign ‘O The Times

Paper Air Waves - Sept. 24 - Danielle Moore Tribute

Max Essa and David Harks The Clean Trip get a pair of remixes that take the originals into new areas of cosmic Balearica. 

Hifi Sean gets to work on Lobster Boys to create a dubbed out mix of space-disco brilliance. Built around chords from the original, Davids vocal hook swirls alongside synths, arps and lots of psychedelic business. Elements of Baldelli are peppered throughout with Seans own signature sound. 

After wowing listeners with releases on one of our favourite labels, Leng, Takovoi lends his talents to Magic Eyes and keeps things on the sunset vibe with a stunning rework. 

Early 90s Ibiza is sprinkled with shades of A Man Called Adam, and Weatherall's St. Etienne legendary remix comes to mind as hazy broken beats sit atop a subtle 303 acid line, whilst the strings and pads do their things for the endorphins.

The Clean Trip - Remixes

(Hifi Sean Remix)

Lobster Boys (Hifi Sean Remix)

The hardest working man in showbiz is back with four wonky balearic-not-balearic wobblers, cementing his reputation as one of the UK's best producers of downtempo, leftfield grooves.

Love Tracks loads a sample into the funk machine and presses the big red button. What comes out the other end has dub efx, vocal samples, and delays aplenty for a trip into 70s disco space.

Next up, Is It Daylight? takes the groove deep with shimmering synths and tripped out arpeggiated samples. Late night, hypnotic and mesmerising.

Female Planet takes Compass Point as the starting line and does a hard left. 80s bass, dub, broken beats, disco and female empowerment blend into underground party music  wearing a smile.

Finally, a murky motorik beat, busted synths and congas come off as organic, soulful kosmische, laying the bed for the heartfelt, plaintive vocals.  

Is It Daylight

Love Tracks

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Paper Air Waves breaks in to 2025 with a Sun Sone interview and a preview of his brilliant new album ‘Patience’. Add in yacht rock, house, funk and afrodisco for two hours to brighten up the dark winter.

1. Secret Soul Society - Is It Daylight?
2. Crooked Man - Seesaw Part 1
3. Syclops - The Penetrata
4. Karizma - Stronger Than Pride K2’s Fo’ Who Edit
5. Regalado – Pinoy Funk
6. Cymande - Coltrane
7. Compaore Issouf - Dambakale
8. Aura Safari ft Villy - Lagos Connect (extended mix)
9. Alan Cosmos _& His Bam-Baara Soundz - Onua Gyae
10. Paul Withy - White Horses
11. Rasmus Faber x David Sanderson - Never Enough (Stubb Remix)
12. Be.Lanuit - El Picador Telepathico (ft. Santino Surfers)
13. Hollow Hand - Before Tomorrow (Richard Norris' Avalon Remix)
14. Jai Paul - All Night
15.Sun Sone - Cascade
16. Sarathy Korwar, Zia Ahmed, Mirande, Swadesi - Birthright
17. Sun Sone - Nothing Happens Twice
18. Sun Sone - Apogee
19. Sun Sone - Echo
20. C. Merriam - False Start Dub
21. Mica Levi - slob air

Paper Air Waves - Feb 25 Feat. Sun Sone

The latest 'Paper Years' compilation is here, and what a treat. We take a retrospective look at Florida's very own nu-disco bodyrocker and head honcho at Whiskey Disco, Sleazy McQueen. 

Going back over 10 years, he has provided us with a bundle of dance floor flavours, starting with the proto-house of the Reconnect EP in 2011. Reworks and remixes followed as he joined the Paper family; Crazy P, Flash Atkins, Richard Seaborne and Leon Sweet were all sprinkled with his magic disco dust. The label has also been a home to his Space Coast project, for a slightly deeper side of things in a collaboration with Jorge Collazo. 

The compilation features production highlights, as well as choice reworks and remixes. And if that wasn't enough, there's a brand new track from his disco den to make the comp a must have.

Space Coast - Just Past Midnight (Ryan Kicks Magic Suicide Mix)

Sleazy McQueen Feat. Anne Montone - We Need To Reconnect (Original Mix)

Sleazy McQueen - We Need To Reconnect (Dicky Triscos Soft Piano Re - Rub Mix)

On the back of his recent Female Planet E.P. on Paper (avail here https://hypeddit.com/kef4ei), The Secret Soul Society has dropped us a 50 min power mix of his own unique soundscape styles which you can grab a listen to here.

Cut up, jackin, wobbly, balearic and much more...tuck in!

The Secret Soul Society - Female Planet: Paper Guest Mix

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Sometimes, one album of the month just isn’t enough, and the March Paper Air Waves is one of those. Bom’s Àṣẹ and Tunng’s Love You All Over Again are in the hot spot, along with some gorgeous acoustic music from Africa plus the usual weird and wonderful.

1. Poeji - Tunnelling
2. ganavya - Om Supreme (feat. Vijay Iyer & Immanuel Wilkins)
3. Dan Lippel - Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow
4. Flock - A Thousand Miles Lost
5. BOM - Ideas of Forbidden feat. Sirius Rush
6. Nightmares On Wax - Typical (Children of Zeus Remix)
7. Regalado - Pinoy Funk
8. Rayowa - In The Sunshine
9. BOM - Alabô feat. Luka Productions
10. Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers - Gidigidi ka Makhelwane
11. The Zawose Queens - Lulelule
12. Nfaly Diakité - Negue Tigui
13. Tidiane Thiam - Dannibe Pine
14. Nahawa Doumbia - Sakory Mery
15. Nfaly Diakité - Negue Tigui
16. Tunng - Everything Else
17. Tunng - Snails
18. Kelly Lee Owens - Balled (In The End)
19. Lono Ritmo - Pablo's Groove
20. BOM - Tribe of Vision
21. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again

Paper Air Waves - March ’25 feat Tunng & BOM

25 years after the first Robodisco by Miles Hollway and Elliot Eastick was released, Ben Davis (Flash Atkins) has put together the lost follow up after finding the original tracklisting in his archive.

For the tracklisting, full story and history of the iconic club, read it on the paper blog anf follow the link…..

https://www.paperecordings.com/robodisco-2-a-flash-atkins-dj-mix/

Robodisco #2: A Flash Atkins DJ Mix

Paper Recordings’ late night monthly trip around the musical globe travels to Japan, Sicily, Norway, Ghana, Mexico, Belgium and the UK for psychedelic sounds and leftfield rhythms.

1.	Cornelius – Audio Mic Music
2.	Lakeshouse - Ubegrensa Harmoni (Flash Beats Remix)
3.	The Emperor Machine - Danse Blanc (Warehouse Jam)
4.	Sandy B - Bink Party (Stanza Mix)
5.	Mathami - Figuras del Bosque
6.	Balaphonic - Sunflowers in Dub Deep Summer Mix
7.	Sex Judas feat. Ricky - Your Hair in my Soup (KMRU Remix)
8.	North Of The Island – Etherealness
9.	Park Jiha – First Buds
10.	Ammonite – You Don’t Know Me
11.	Delone – Ascensioun
12.	Loure – Talking Circles
13.	Erlend Øye & La Comivita – For The Time Being
14.	Charlotte & Reinhard - My Love
15.	La Guardia De La Luz  - Tigre de Bengala (Coyote Dreamer Remix)
16.	Popsneon - Come Back Alive
17.	Greentea Peng – Glory
18.	Lono Ritmo - Pablo's Groove
19.	Kings Of High Speed - False Start Dub
20.	Georgia Anne Muldrow - Play It Up
21.	Salt City Orchestra – The Book (Flash Atkins Remix)
22.	Erlend Oye - Lockdown Blues
23.	Alafia - Assanssan (Bosq remix)
24.	Paapa Yankson - Wonma Yenko Po

Paper Air Waves - April '25

Lakeshouse first appeared on Paper in 2019, continuing a rich lineage of wonky Norwegian disco. We believed they were worthy successors to carry the torch on from the likes of Todd Terje and Lindstrøm. With Ubegrensa Harmoni, the first single from their forthcoming debut album, they have delivered on that promise. 

The original straddles disco, house and pop for a track that will be equally at home on daytime BBC 6 Music or a packed-to-the-gills festival dance tent. Nagging synth bells, NRG bass, vocoder vocal and an arrangement that works the dynamics mean this is set to become the sound of summer '25. Move over Inspector Norse, there's a new kid in town.

Ben Davis and Tom Lonsborough AKA Flash Atkins and 2 Billion Beats flex their production muscles with two different remixes and sounds. Their disco mix does what it says on the tin; keeping the hooky bells and upping the groove with added lush strings, pads, and a gorgeous, cosmic synth finale.

The stripped-back Flash Beats remix delves in to the other side of club culture. A broken beat, heavy synths, fifth pad, and the ubiquitous bells channel Joy Orbison, Overmono, and UK bass music for a banger that is the sound of now.

Ubegrensa Harmoni

Lakehouse - Ubegrensa Harmoni (Flash Beats Remix)

Lakehouse - Ubegrensa Harmoni (Flash Atkins & 2 Billion Beats Disco Mix)

Ubegrensa Harmoni (Original mix)

Lakehouse - Ubegrensa Harmoni (Original mix)

Lakehouse - Ubegrensa Harmoni (Radio Edit)

Ambient, jazz, techno, disco. afrobeat and Latin all on one show? Well that’s Paper Air Waves for you!

1.    Sex Judas feat. Ricky - Your Hair in my Soup (KMRU Remix)
2.    Ea Akilat - Run I (feat Howie B)
3.    B.G. Baarregaard - Eternal Affection - Part II 
4.    Howie B – Duet
5.    GLOK/Timothy Clerkin – Empyrean
6.    Medlar - Dot The T's ft. Deevoenay  (Ron Basejam Remix)
7.    Lenny Kravitz - Let It Ride (RedTop Original Club Edit)
8.    Tony Allen - Patas Arriba
9.    Bixiga 70 Featuring Simone Sou – Malungu
10. Raz Olsher - Vamonos (Coco María presents Club Coco ¡AHORA! The Latin sound of now)
11. Cantarito - Buyepongo
12. Giridhar Udupa – Aadi : The Beginning
13. Balaphonic - Six Fingers
14. Ekuka Morris Sirikiti - OPWODO DAKO PI KUNYU OMOGO
15. Tony Allen - Tarifa Plena Feat N.Hardem
16. Poeji – Akin
17. Amaro Freitas - Y’Y
18. Sun Ra – Door of the Cosmos
19. Irreversible Entanglements – Open The Gates
20. Sasha Foam – Tokyo
21. Afterlife – Unity Gain
22. Auntie Flo - Green City (Extended 12" Version)

Paper AIr Waves - May '25

BG Baarregaard - Feels Like

BG Baarregaard - Eternal Affection Part II

BG Baarregaard - Down & Under

BG Baarregaard - Eternal Affection Part I

Vinyl - http://www.juno.co.uk/products/crazy-p-look-forward-back-record-store/607674-01/

Oh boy, that came around quick!  One day we’re faxing giant penises to magazines and the next we’ve got kids and are on our 200th single release.  It’s been 22 years since things kicked off with Salt City Orchestra’s The Book and in the intervening years we’ve hopefully carved out our little corner in the pantheon of house music.  We’ve lived by our first “hidden” message on PAP001 “Look Forward Not Back” by keeping on keeping on but this is a chance to buy ourselves a pint.

PAP200 is three tracks from friends new and old that originally came out on a limited edition 12” Record Store Day release.  Crazy P(enis) return to the fold for the first time since 2003 and it’s good to have them back.  Last Knockers has their trademark stripped back electronic funk with Danielle Moore adding the disco fizz. There’s plenty of wonk and roll as it builds over 10 glorious minutes.

When Steve Cobby was asked what Paper meant to him he said “northern musical heritage” and we’ll take that.  He has been knocking it out the park since the early 90s and this is his debut release for the label.  Boule De Suif is a trip through funk and soul that is timeless but of it’s time; it’s what Herbie would sound like if he had grown up in Hull.

Finally Flash Atkins goes down a more conventional route with his trademark layered sound.  What starts as a straight forward deep house track evolves with trippy vocals and a chorus that brings the hairs up on the back of your neck.  Mixmag liked it so much they gave it their Disco Single of the Month.

PAP200

Last Knockers

Crazy P - Last Knockers [JAMMd] DIGITAL OUT NOW

Paper favourite, Captain Daco has been busy in his Spanish tax haven twiddling knobs and busting beats and what twiddles and beats they are!

The Uprise is another take on the arp of I Feel Love but it's never been done so well. The familiar bass provides the backbone before it comes in at a gallop of swirling synths, rock solid kick and a call for nothing less than revolution. It's been crushing Paper dancefloors and always achieves total mayhem.

The Galáctica Mix has all the same ingredients but takes a deeper disco route with drops and an arrangement that keeps the floor chomping at the bit.

Faith takes a different direction and it's super deep house that is trippy and soulful in equal measures. Mikey Raphael provides the vocal and it's hairs on the back of your neck time.

Sean Johnston (ALFOS) - "Most satisfactory!"

Fingerman - "Devastating"

Anthony Mansfield - "There yah go! Proper head twisting disco glory!"

Pablo Contraband - "Love this will play Galactica mix"

Severino Panzetta (Horse Meat Disco) - "Yes great very Moroder"

Tronik Youth - "Nice re-interpretation"

James Rod - "Cream"
Pammin - "Very cool EP! Thanks"

Pathaan - "Superb ! Love the Donner Summer vibes..."

Aldrin Zouk - "The Uprise should be handy for my Disco/House sets.

Nutritious - "This is some damn fine disco."

Benoit C - "Cooooooool EP"

Jerry Bouthier - "The I Feel Love re-rub works in both versions thx supportin"

Robot 84 - "lovin the disco vibes, cool tune!!!"

Rhea

The Uprise (Galáctica Mix)

Daco - The Uprise (Galáctica Mix)

Flash Atkins has pulled in Charlie Sinclair, singer from one of Manchester's hottest new bands, Sylvette for a collaboration that promises to be the start of something special.  The track has already been gathering heat, with Bill Brewster calling it 'one of his favourite house records of 2017' and reports of it rocking ALFOS and The Warehouse Project.

The original has a throbbing sub over clipped techy drums, muted guitar and an incessant Moog riff.  But the killer punch is Charlie Sinclair's soulful, intimate vocals that sit beautifully over the music.  The groove is locked and builds to the break where a hint of disco hits the floor before the final section brings in the bells to devastating effect.  The end result is a track that is destined to knock socks off in the coming months.  You were warned. 

Sean Johnston liked it so much he asked to do a remix and the result is everything you would expect from the Hardway Brothers.  He keeps the original elements but toughens things up with added oomph, taking it in a proto house and techno direction.  

Finally Tal M. Klein strips the track back to it's bare basics with devastating effect. Just a kick, the guitar and serious compression provide space for the tripped out vocal and a truly psychedelic deep house experience.

DJ Mag - Blazing!

Mixmag - Forward thinking house cuts.

Bill Brewster - Original is fantastic, been playing it for months.

Richard Sen - The original/ instrumental mixes are great.

Richie Rundle (Slugrave (Beat Hotel)) Hardway Bros remix is exactly 100% awesome.

Duncan Gray (Tici Taci) - Grand stuff. I think it's the instrumental version for me - killer bass noise.

Reza Athar - Love the sleaziness of Tal M Klein mix

Tromik Youth - Like the tal m mix

Sean Johston (ALFOS) - What a time to be alive!

Tal M Klein - Tal M. Klein is truly a breath of fresh air

That Hit (Tal M. Klein Remix)

Flash Atkins & Charlie Sinclair - That Hit (Tal M Klein Mix)

PAPD47 

Richard Seaborne – The Reasons Why 

1. Original 
2. Flash Atkins Mix 
3. Sleazy McQueen Mix 
4. Leon Sweet’s Negative Positive Dub Mix
5. Instrumental 

Richard Seaborne has been described as “ginger and hard partying”. Quite what this means to the music he makes we don’t know but it could be important at some point. The Reasons Why is his debut for Paper Recordings and has been catching the attention on Soundcloud of the likes of Bill Brewster, Cosmic Boogie and Faith’s Dave Jarvis. 

The original is a low-slung slice of garage disco that could have come out of NYC in the mid-90s. It’s got nagging percussion, a super heavy kick, driving hats and wobbling sub all wrapped round a chunky sample. The deadpan vocals are a take-down of a former lover and there’s something of the drag queen scene in it’s pithy bitchiness and attitude. 

Flash Atkins takes it deep and dancefloor for a heads down main room shoe shuffler. It’s tribal and hypnotic with analogue synths washing in and out while the shifting bass takes centre stage as the vocals tell their story. 

Next up Sleazy McQueen brings out The Reasons Why’s disco heart with a mix that sounds like a mirror ball on a Saturday night. With a popping Orange Juice bass circa Rip It Up, synth toms, that sample and classic house piano it’s modern disco at it’s best 

Another new signing Leon Sweet brings his own pitched-down bottom heavy chugging sensibility to the table. He nags the vocal in before the tech bass sets off and the track builds with congas and acid line in to a reverbed big floor head-masher 

Finally, the instrumental finished things off for those allergic to vocals. 

OUT APRIL 2

REACTIONS

Doc Martin - Viva le Paper!

Drop Out Orchestra - Flash Atkins does it again!!!

Tensnake - Nice single, my favourite is the Sleazy Mcqueen remix.

Roberto Rodriguez - Yeah this is cool. Loving the bass in the original and the remixes are ace also!

Ralph Myerz - Loving the Sleazy McQueen & Flash Atkins mixes, full support. Another superstrong quality release from Paper.

The Glimmers - Great!

Hot Toddy (Crazy P) - I like the original very much.

diskJokke - AAAACE!!!!!

Hannah Holland - Wicked release, Sleazy McQueen is the one for me.

Aeroplane - Great, thanks!

Neil Diablo - Ace release. Like the sleazy production of the leon sweet remix the best but an all round good package. 

Reza Athar - Leon Sweet is one hell of a fresh new comer. Loved his first EP on Paper and his mix on this is absolutely the one for me.

Marius Våreid - Sleazy McQueen is really doing a great job on his mix here, it's my fav track on this great EP!

Andy Baxter - Very cool and very funny.

Trent Grimes (MOS) -  This has made my day! Sleazy is on fire at the moment and Flash is always on point!

Tony Nwachukwu - Heavy!

Nick Holder (DNH) - I'm digging this!

Gareth Sommerville - Hahahaha. OG, Flash Atkins and Leon Sweet mixes all vying to be my favourite. Will play loads. 

Sleazy McQeen - Such a pretty and nice song, it's the kind I want my wife to sing me.

Danielle Moore (Crazy P) - Wa ha! Great lyrics, love it. Not got past the original yet! Chosen the original mix on the basis this is where the rest of the ace mixes came from.

Stevie Sole - Solid grooves from paper again.

Cole Medina - Like the original the best, nice remixes too!

Nuno Cacho - WOW!!! What a release!!!! Love the hard kick with post- disco flavour, Flash rocks!! On my radio show for sure, the problem will be which one?

Nelson Ramalho - Original and Sleazy McQueen are my favourites. Great package and all remixes are great and it's great that there's the instrumental too. 

Billy Scurry - Really digging all the interpretations, hard to pick a fav as all are pretty smokin'.  Full support for all!!

Jerry Bouthier (Kitsune) -  Lovely samples, like the original best.

Causa (Tusk Wax) - Fine package, the Leon Sweet mix is my favourite. Top chugging business!

Stuart Patterson - Original is pick of a good bunch.

Ste Hodge - Dirty low-down goodness - big love xx

Beatport

Richard Seaborne - The Reasons Why (Original) 112kbs

Paper has been pushing all things deep house and disco from the furthest reaches of the world via the good old North of England since the early Nineties.

The label has already featured a new series of EP's showcasing the best new dance music and future funk, house and disco from the world's finest producers.

We kicked off in 1994, leading the upsurge in popularity of UK house music within an underground scene previously dominated by a soundtrack from US cities like Chicago, Detroit and New York. Enhanced by a strong visual identity, as well as impeccable musical quality control PAPER was, and is one of the world’s most treasured record companies.

It continues to be funk-fuelled and bottom heavy!

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