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PHYSICAL: https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1651667515/Byron-Yeates-Sweat-Ur-Prayers
DIGITAL: https://radiantlove.bandcamp.com/album/byron-yeates-sweat-ur-prayers

A1. Sweat Ur Prayers
A2. Waves

B1. Dreaming Is Essential -  Byron Yeates, Eoin DJ & Ruin
B2. Sweat Ur Prayers (Lawrence Lee Remix)


@byronyeates @eoindj @ruinxxx @lawrencelee

Sweat Ur Prayers, the next wavy addition to Radiant Love’s catalogue, is the first solo-EP of Byron Yeates. In their messaging, their timbres and grooves, the 4 tracks speak faithfully to Yeates’ inclinations as a DJ and label-head: the playfulness and buoyancy, a constant nod to the roots of rave, and a faith in dance music’s transformative power.

Opening the release is the title track, a bubbling and breakbeat-laden 8 minutes. Mantric repetition is a running theme throughout the EP, and we hear “Raindrops falling all around, freeing me from other sounds; trickling down my weary eyes, bringing me back, I’m ready to fly” as an opening salvo. Yeates’ is known for his vast, enduring DJ sets, inducing sheens of sweat from all involved – with these tracks, it’s clear he’s unafraid to take his time to build tension as a producer as well. The percussive conversation between hi-hat and snare complexifies until a clap enters near the 2 minute mark and suddenly we’re in the main, driving groove.

“Waves” is a dial-back to downtempo, floatation and introspection. The dancer and writer Gabrielle Roth is sampled, speaking on her 5 Rhythms movement meditation technique – the term “sweat your prayers” comes from her texts on ecstatic physicality. The track shimmers and sways in bright pads and delayed-out drum breaks, setting the reflective tone for “Dreaming is Essential”, co-produced by Eoin DJ. Opening with Radiant Love co-founder Ruin, her candid vocals are perfectly aligned for the dancefloor’s vulnerability: “What am I avoiding? I wish I could hold myself, like the dance holds me.” The track unfolds through layers of percussion and shadowy texture, taking a pivot to optimism halfway through, as a warm synth-line accompanies Ruin’s repetition: “Dreaming is essential.”

Lawrence Lee’s remix of “Sweat Ur Prayers” adapts the bounce of the original’s bassline to a classic, stabby rave synth. Again there is a percussive focus, but force and warmth are foregrounded, rather than polyrhythm – a shot, rather than a spritz. We hear again the opening mantra, and although “I’m ready to fly” may seem in opposition to Ruin’s “Let the dance hold me”, Sweat Ur Prayers seems to say they are one in the same movement.

BYRON YEATES
Title: SWEAT UR PRAYERS
Cat: RADIANTLOVE005
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mixed and Mastered: MARCO PELLEGRINO
Artwork: BYRON YEATES
Text: NAT MARCUS

BYRON YEATES - SWEAT UR PRAYERS

MAC-V - Phong Nha - (EP IS OUT NOW)

A1 - Lavery - Love Somebody Else (Out now)

Casting a self-reflexive lens over his roots via the medium of crushing, future-rushing soundsystem sonics, Low End Activist returns to Sneaker Social Club with a full-length of monumental proportions.

When the Low End Activism 12” ignited on Sneaker in 2019, it paid tribute to the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, UK, where LEA originates from. In the shadow of social inequality and strengthened by the unity of the multi-ethnic community, Blackbird Leys still imposes a powerful influence on LEA’s work, even as he’s stepped out onto Seagrave for last year’s Game Theory album and notched up the first couple of releases on his own self-titled label.

On this new album, Hostile Utopia sums up the conflicting emotions attached to memories of home – how it’s possible to feel nostalgic for the griminess of urban and suburban Britain, its ordinary tales of bitterness and frustration, but also its intrinsic passion and solidarity. At a time when social division is actively engineered by Machiavellian forces, real conviviality at street level feels like an impossible dream.

LEA communicates these tensions through a style which is becoming his signature – dynamic bass torsion and chiseled, fractalised rhythms slugging around the 130 mark. It’s moody like a UK-themed record ought to be, but it’s not morose. There’s fierceness in every snap and rumble, as the legacies of hardcore, jungle, dubstep and grime pour into the casing prior to the gunpowder lighting.

On previous LEA releases, the MC roll call has pointed to some of the most vital voices touching the mic in the present day. Flowdan, Sikka Rymes and Trim all had something different to impart over the riddims, and now Hostile Utopia expands on that with the most extensive show of lyrical strength yet. Mez lights up the woozy, abstract grime swerve of ‘Mercenary’ in a musical style. Emz brings a ruthlessly sharp verbal steez to ‘GetGet’, Killa P gets busy toasting over ‘DFRNT STYLE’ and ‘Superhighway’ carries the dexterous hip-hop flow of Cadence Weapon.

In between those standout tracks, LEA expresses just as much in the production. Tracks brimming with stories to impart, laden with symbols masquerading as samples and draped in aural garb that firmly places Hostile Utopia in a place, a mood, that could only belong to the UK. It’s a hybrid sound just like the society it sprang from, and therein lies its power.

Low End Activist ft.  Emz - Get Get

Pre-Order - https://fanlink.to/HHANDS021

Vinyl Release - 27th May 2022
Digital Release - 24th June 2022

We have rolled around to one of my favourite forms of Holding Hands releases. The various artists goodness that is Slam Jams, this being number 3.

I have drafted in bangers of the highest calibre from the likes of Ste Roberts, Bolam, Inner Zone and Yosh. They go high, they go low, they go fast and they go…slightly less fast. If you like slammers, and I’m guessing that you do, then this will be a veritable day out at the fair for your ears.

OK enough of my blather. Go and listen to the damn things yourself and decide if you like them, rather than trying to work it out from reading a bloody press release you weirdos. 

All four tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms. Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space flight...

Slam Jams Vol. 3

Pre-order

Various Artists - Slam Jams Vol. 3 (HHANDS021) [clips]

Returning after a 2 year hiatus, London label GlassTalk return with Spin Cycle EP, coming courtesy of emerging South London producer, @djcoefroms11 (Coe) (aka George Whitehead). The follow up to his acclaimed debut release Radial on Dublin's Woozy label last year, Coe now lands on GlassTalk with 3 brand new tracks, alongside a remix from 3024/Version affiliate @yaksound (Yak). Chopped snappy vox and snips of laughter sit over a volley of bouncy kick and sludgy bass tremors - this is futuristic, cheeky, tripped out electro, prime for a full club meltdown.

The full EP, is a showcase of Coe's affinity for mutant bass explorations, kinetic club sounds and intricate percussion, informed by his first love, Dubstep. Super Natural creeps along at a slower roll with acidic menace, while TORE, a nasty techno dancehall lurker that twitches near to a rinse-out peak, only to restrain itself with patient Half-Time tension. Spin Cycle also features a remix from UK based artist Yak (DJ Mag's 'Breakthrough Producer', 2019). His Super Natural refix surprises those familiar with his previous work, opting for a full DnB breakage session with modern flair. It's a glorious end to another killer release in Coe's small but impressive canon of forward thinking club music.

Spin Cycle title track available from 17th May, 2022
Full EP release June 10, 2022

Mastered by Boris English at Park View Studios
Artwork by Ed Finn
PR by Genevieve Taylor at Glisten PR

Spin Cycle EP

Out Now

GLASS005 - Coe - Spin Cycle EP (Previews)

Buy OEW

A2. Mind Games

Sons of Slough - Live EP
 Release Date - 17th June 2022

Vinyl: https://rubadub.co.uk/products/live-ep
Digital: f-e-l-t.bandcamp.com/album/live-ep

A1 – Snares and Temptations 
A2 – I Can't Hear the Stereo
B1 - Boxhead
B2 - Say It, Don't Do It

All tracks recorded 100% live by Duncan Gray and Ian Weatherall.
Originally released on Sprüngcartellwachs in 2001.

Remastered from original DATs.
Audio Restoration by Conor Walker at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image & Sound Archive.

Distributed by Rubadub.

Sons of Slough - Live EP (FELT002)

Dreamy house cuts from Nowt, Rye Wax's finest ✨ 

FYI: early spins and kind words from Bradley Zero (Essential Mix anyone?), Tom Ravenscroft, Yu Su, Eclair Fifi, and more!

Out June 10th, 2022

www.thirdplacerecords.com

Nowt - High Street EP [Clips] [TPDD005] ✨

Branch Points first V/A is a exploration into functional leftfield club sonics. Featuring Artists Pugilist, Caldera, Dawn Razor, Hartta and Barley and this track by Lithe & Imitation Therapy.

OS Premiere 
www.originssound.com/premiere 

Release Date: 
June 20th 2022

Artist Name - Lithe & Imitation Therapy
EP Name - Branch Points VA #1
Cat Number - BPA003
Track Name - Mondo
Label - Branch Points

BUY: https://branchpoints.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists-1

Follow: 
https://www.instagram.com/lithetrax/
https://soundcloud.com/lithetrax
https://www.instagram.com/imitation_therapy/
https://soundcloud.com/imitation_therapy
https://www.instagram.com/branch_points/
https://soundcloud.com/branchpoints

We want to hear your new music. If you have something you want us to listen to, please email danielle@originssound.com

OS Premiere: Lithe & Imitation Therapy - Mondo [Branch Points]

CNP020 • 'Ulterior Guidance' EP - @bensonstreaker

Limited run of 300 x 12", mastered and cut by Curved London

OUT NOW: https://canape-records.bandcamp.com/album/ulterior-guidance

"The enigmatic Benson Streaker returns to Canapé this summer with a sweltering four-track 12”: ‘Ulterior Guidance’.

Transcending the woozy microcosm of breakbeat and electronica established on his label debut [CNP015 - ‘The Body / Something’s Not Right’], CNP020 sees Streaker push his sound into opulent technicolour.

Amid a wash of psychedelic hues, A1 (’Strange Operator’) beckons with an irresistibly saturated tech-house skip. Seatbelts are advised, as Benson’s heart-throb 4x4 propels us to a strange, yet loving, astral plane.

A2 illustrates a co-existence of sophistication and minimalism rarely found in post-millennial house music; an otherworldly vocal (courtesy of Ursula Rucker) is glued effortlessly with Streaker’s understated percussion, on the blissful 7-minute title track.

On the flip side, ‘Dimension’ (B1) thrusts us into a Balearic haze of raves-gone-by. Glimpses of early acid house and trance permeate this shimmering and uplifting club-pumper, before our cosmic journey concludes with the elegant and soulful ‘It’s Yours’ (B2). Acting as a reminder of our Earthly genesis, shades of quintessential minimal house and UK garage tastefully underpin this 00’s-inspired stomper."

Artwork by Jasper Golding
Additional Design by Tyler Cain

© 2022 Benson Streaker, ℗ 2022 Canapé Records.
All Rights Reserved.

Ulterior Guidance

DIGI/12"

Benson Streaker - Ulterior Guidance

"Czech Republic based duo FOOTCLAN is making its Moveltraxx debut with 'Ponny / Galaxy 505'. DJ Tuco (a long time friend of the label) and Side9000 cooked those 2 GhettoTech-meets-Electro bangers we are really happy to share with yall as the record is already a staple in Moveltraxx' crew DJ sets. "

Footclan
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/footclantrax
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/footclantrax/

MOVELTRAXX
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/moveltraxx
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Moveltraxx
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moveltraxx/

Pre-Order

PREMIERE: Footclan - Ponny (MOVELTRAXX)

out now: https://footclan.bfan.link/ponny

Ponny / Galaxy 505

Footclan - Galaxy 505

Artist: Velvet Velour
Title: Cloud Beats EP
Label: Nuances de Nuit
Cat No: NUIT010
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 
A1 – Can You Feel It
A2 – First Filter
B1 – Cloud Beats
B2 – A New Leaf

The second single-artist EP on Nuances de Nuit comes courtesy of the ever impressive Velvet Velour, releasing four intricately-produced, enchanting pieces of electronic music out into the universe.

Velvet Velour - Cloud Beats EP (NUIT010)

'Stepping up for his fourth release on Heist, sample wizard Nebraska comes in with some lovely chops and a giant curveball of an A-side that has summer anthem written all over it. Dive into this massive four track EP by the London native who just keeps on bringing the goods!'

Read The Full Interview: whenwedip.com/2022/03/interview-nebraska/
Buy Link: nebraska-ldn.bandcamp.com/album/chant-…s-oiseaux-ep

Chant des Oiseaux EP

Nebraska - Skelp Tune

Heist welcomes, late 80’s DMC World DJ Championship contender, Techno veteran, and house royalty Orlando Voorn to the label with his ‘Heist Mastercuts’ EP.

Orlando Voorn is a man who needs little introduction. He’s played a pivotal role in the development of the electronic music scene in the Netherlands, as well as in the USA where he now lives. With countless aliases, he has released everything from old school hiphop to sample heavy breaks, to banging Detroit techno to soulful house music. His recent outings as ‘Frequency’ on Clone, as well as his latest EP on our sublabel Transient Nature, are proof that even after 30+ years, the man is still very much on top of his game.

Buy link: https://heistrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/heist-mastercuts-ep

Heist Mastercuts

Orlando Voorn - Tenderness (Late Nite Dub)

Pre-order: https://atwrecords.bandcamp.com/album/atw002

After the success of @atwrec's 'ATW001' during lockdown, @interplanetary-criminal and @mainphase001 come together again, this time influenced by the 04' speed garage scene that exploded from Sheffield to Birmingham mixed with the current sound of post-pandemic UK club culture. 'ATW002' is very cheeky, yet very serious...

More exclusive music

Premiere: ATW 'Backshot'

They gathered at night beneath the cloak of darkness - they nestled themselves amongst a network of tunnels and lurked beneath bridges. For they were the triads, the rogue ones in a city so neat and polished.

Soon they would venture out into the suburbs to cause mischief and reap the rewards of their magnificent criminal empire. They were the real kings of this town - not those in the ivory tower blocks and the skyscrapers which illuminated the fog hanging thick above in the distance.

This was another world entirely..

Eclipse Tribez ready a new compilation of club driven heat, spotlighting an array of talented up and coming producers. This Debba track is sun kissed and rhythmic, ready for the festival circuit and destined for those perkier, melodic sets with a percussive twist.

PREMIERE: Debba - Triads [Eclipse Tribez]

Dion Lunadon - By My Side

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-diogo-ponto-de-não-retorno-violet-remix

Following an appearance on @extendedrecords last year, @diogovasconcelos delivers the next instalment on Discos Extendes. On ‘FINALMENTE!’, the producer amalgamates raves tropes old and new, resulting in colourful club tracks of various inclinations.

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