PROTOTYPES Vol. 3 — a new wave of experiments from Paperfunk Recordings

The third-generation capsules are opening. Inside lies a fusion of ideas conceived within the walls of the Neuropunk Academy and tempered in the laboratories of rhythm. Under the bass microscope and within the sequencer grids, fresh forms of sound are being born — prototypes ready to break free from their blueprints and speak the language of the dancefloor.

Curated by Paperclip, Menfort (Gydra) and NERV3 — three seasoned architects of sound who have combined their experience and taste to guide the participants through every stage of track creation, from the very first ideas to fully armed club weapons.

Inside PROTOTYPES Vol. 3 you’ll find:

Bass constructions with mutation effects — lines that change shape in real time, like a living organism under a microscope.

Rhythmic fractures — grooves that shatter predictability and make your body react on instinct.

Technoid filigree — every detail of each track sharpened down to the millisecond, yet still breathing with the creator’s energy.

This compilation is a proving ground where a new generation of drum & bass producers put their sonic machines to the test under full dancefloor combat conditions. Different approaches, unique voices, one shared drive for a breakthrough.

PROTOTYPES Vol. 3 — a test drive of the future, and you’ve got the ticket right now.

PRASTORY - Let's Go

Ruchan - Go Back

Namit - Freeform

This isn’t a hymn or a museum quote—it’s a manual for reckoning written in bass. Verzor drags the “day of wrath” into the present club hour: the sub as heavy gravity, dry percussion as a march of accusation, micro-syncopations as system glitches where truth breaks through the grid. Piece by piece the EP tightens the bolts: first a metallic minimalism with forensic precision, then breath-wide dropouts, off-axis accents, razor-edged technoid lines. The music doesn’t decorate. It demonstrates.

The leitmotif is blunt: order holds only until rhythm stops cooperating with it. “Dies Irae” doesn’t soothe the floor; it presents the bill and leaves you a beat short of air. This is Paperfunk in working mode—no grand speeches, concentrated force. An EP about the end of self-deception and the start of clarity.



Verzor - Doloto

Near Deaf

JIROBASS - Measurement  [Stonx Music]

@Crucifyxme

CrucifyMe sat in the freight hauler’s shadow, metal lungs pushing stale air. The hull creaked, the Rockies below black with scars. His body was Colony work, broken, remade, tested until nothing could pierce him.

Bullets, fire, blades, none of it mattered. They called him CrucifyMe because every execution failed.

The comms spat static, then an alert: encrypted, unsigned, a single set of coordinates. A kill order. 

He didn’t need to trace it. The silence told him enough. Two heat signatures closed fast, formation-perfect.

No attempt to hide. Diode Stories said they weren’t soldiers but erasers, lab-grown executioners. One fell like a meteor, blades setting the sky alight. 

The other dragged a chain of glowing memory cores, each link screaming with stolen voices. 

Survivors swore the chain sang as it stripped entire cities clean.

CrucifyMe’s ports hissed open, combat subroutines sparking from long neglect. Power rerouted to shielding. 

It wouldn’t matter, not against them. Still, he clenched his fists. This wasn’t about survival. It
was about resistance, even for seconds.

The horizon bloomed orange as they broke through cloud cover. The chain’s static reached him, gnawing at his nerves. 

He stepped into the cargo bay, arms wide, defiant silhouette etched against fire.

If Diode wanted another crucifixion, he’d give them one. The Colony had made him  indestructible; now he’d make himself unforgettable.

Above a dead world, CrucifyMe readied to carve his legacy into steel and smoke.

VTO Records are proud to welcome Ukrainian producer CrucifyMe to the label with his powerful 4-track EP, Max Tac Roll.

Known for versatility across the entire DNB spectrum, CrucifyMe blends technical skill with raw sound design, pushing drum and bass in bold new directions.

Hailing from Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine, his path from footballer to producer shows the same resilience that defines his sound.

Balancing life as a track fitter with early morning studio sessions, CrucifyMe built his reputation on discipline and relentless output. Max Tac Roll marks his next big step, an uncompromising statement of intent on VTO Records.

Max Tac Roll EP drops September 26th

Max Tac Roll EP

Moneymaker

CrucifyMe- Moneymaker- VTO Records- 2025

Bassosula (@bassosula) returns to Dream Schemes for our 12th release.

A side - Lake - is a lovely little end of summer track, tight composition and orchestration all with a nice electronica feel.

B side - Exergy - is closer to a dancefloor track, lots of energy and interesting sound design, all topped off with the catchy melodies you would expect from Bassosula.

Composed by Samuel Airaksinen
Mastered by Hue Jah Fink
Released by Dream Schemes
Catalog No. SCHEMES012

Bassosula - Lake

Feel the surge. The energy shifts.

ALEX PHYSALIS - PLASTIC NOISE 

We are launching at maximum velocity with a devastating new Neurofunk release from Alex Physalis. This release is a charged, wild infusion of pure sonic power from the newest pillar of our label. Alex joined our label as an artist, label crew member, and visual designer.


BUY/STREAM: https://cygnusmusic.link/9dr2ynx

After a very long break we are back with a sick tune what we are well known for.

But who is the architect of this chaos?
Alex Physalis is a gifted artist; he's a bestselling sample pack virtuoso, a multi-award-winning sound designer hailed by top industry magazines. Here, in this release, he channels that exact, award-winning mastery into his own music. This weekend, you will not just hear it—you will feel it.


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 ARTIST & ARTWORK//
ALEX PHYSALIS
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BYvohgnAj/


LABEL //
NEUROFUNK,WHAT ELSE?
Facebook: www.facebook.com/neurofunkwhatelse
Instagram: www.instagram.com/neurofunkwhatelse_
Youtube: www.youtube.www.youtube.com/c/NeurofunkwhatelseDNB
Merchandise:
www.seedshirt.de/shop/neurofunkwhatelsemerch
Releases: keepo.io/neurofunkwhatelsereleases/


Alex Physalis - Plastic Noise [NFWE036] (OUT NOW)

NO BUDZ - Cavities

KRMA - W.O.A.H

PAPERFUNK RECORDINGS – is a dark drum&bass label which sound will be based on the hard and metallic techstep and neurofunk sound. There’s no place for popular sound. The label’s main goal is to flood cities and towns with the special mixtures containing nano-robots that supposed to get inside people’s brains and plunge them down in the deepest adolescent memories and show them the unrealized future. The hardness of the mix, the steel of the drums, the oil of the bass and the rust of the effects – are the main and crucial keywords of the PAPERFUNK label.


Officially speaking, our tracks will be selling out on the majority of the online music stores that’s why it’ll always be easy to find them available on the most popular online shops such as Beatport, TrackitDown, Digital-Tunes, etc.


We’d like to pay special attention to the concept of our label as an engine of progress. New talents will be expressing themselves right before your eyes and soon, behind the battle embrasures the fearless robots who, with the help of lasers and magnetic impulses, are able to bring you the meaning of the Neurofunk and Techstep’s existence, will arise. 

PRASTORY - Let's Go

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