Bring the fanfares, Fast Castle number one has landed: We are launching into the world of wax with “Unique Technologies” – a collection of five bass-heavy, versatile and trip-ready tracks.

Much of Fast Castle is still shrouded in pixelated darkness. This first release offers a glimpse on what this weird-world might shed light on next: From polyrhythmic bass & drum flexing, to dubstep-not-dubstep exercises in sound system science and past-midnight gaze music, our map is expansive and full of surprises.

The essence of countless hours spent soul searching & synapse twisting in the confines of our studio shed in Berlin’s outer ring territories, „Unique Technologies“ is the first building block of our humble castle. Cut to thick rotating discs for maximum bass range response and housed in a printed sleeve, FC01 is strictly limited to two hundred copies. Shouts to Lupo for the cut, Olo for the mastering and Jonas at 200 Kilo for the design

Look out for the magical cheat code inscribed in the runout!

Order Vinyl:
www.fastcastle.bandcamp.com

Mastering by Olo Mastering:
www.olomastering.com

Cut by Lupo:
www.loop-o.com

Artwork by 200 Kilo:
www.instagram.com/zweihundertkilo/

Distribution by Crevette (WW) & RWDFWD (UK):
www.crevettedistribution.com/release/16…chnologies
www.rwdfwd.com

FC01 - Fast Castle - Unique Technologies (Snippets)

Label: @ovelhatrax
Artist: @zygzyl5

OT05 / VA. Exo-Squad

Travelling through the sheep galaxy, we introduce you Exo-Squad! A VA which consists in 14 bangers made by artists from outer space, but, watch out, this might be a ticket to fly between new dimensions!

Artwork by Platea (RU)
instagram.com/plateaclub/

Mastering by Shevin Kields (RU)
soundcloud.com/shevinkields

buy link: https://ovelhatrax.bandcamp.com/album/va-exo-squad

PREMIERE: 5ZYL - Transition 5 (Ovelha Trax)

@whyesss

"Air Pressure" is a standout track from Bendy's debut EP, featuring broken beats with elements of bass and house music. With its infectious grooves and hypnotic synth lines, "Air Pressure" is a perfect example of Bendy's ability to create club-ready tracks that still offer plenty of musical depth. 

With previous releases on Toronto label "Parallel Minds" the Japanese Canadian is looking to explore a new path and sound.

Bendy EP

pi pi pi premiere: Bendy - Air Pressure

Everything Merged Vol 2
(release Dec 2)

‘Everything Merged’ is 3024’s second series of compilations featuring artists from the 3024 Mentoring Program. At the beginning of the pandemic, label owner Martyn started forming a lively online community of artists, providing them with ideas and inspiration. This community grew larger and larger, and musicians started to connect both online and offline, across continents and genres. It resulted in the “It Was Always There” series of compilations in 2021, as well as countless independent releases, radio appearances and gigs, putting a host of artists on the map.

Working on the program made Martyn and partner Jeroen Erosie reconsider the purpose of running a record label in 2022. ‘Are we still interested in putting out records via the usual channels?’ Or should a label become more of an umbrella for various activities by a larger community, both online and IRL, with digital and physical products, in other words merge everything into one.

“Everything Merged vol. 2” features both artists debuting their first tracks on a label as well as mainstays of core local scenes like London, NYC, SF and Berlin. From the percussive mastery of Sister Zo, Arcane Prospect and Manchester's DR MYSTERY to the sly techno mutations of Kudeki, Clay Wilson and Pino Peña, this collection highlights the wide variety of sounds and influences inhibiting the current electronic scene. Especially check out the post-pando exuberance of uuklyph, Henry Kerins and Padua and the bass mutations of Dutch duo TMSV & Case, Kenji Ko, Ragdy and Rex the Bard! 

credits
released December 2, 2022

Everything Merged vol 2

Sister Zo - Bubbly (3024-MEN5)

Dive into CT Kidobó's Decay Heat EP - a genre-defying odyssey where tense melodies intertwine with pulsating beats. Farbwechsel Records presents an electrifying release, propelling you through uncharted electro realms. A sonic experience that's truly captivating - with remixers such as Assembler Code and S Olbricht. As the fractured rhythms entwine, and the haunting synths linger, Decay Heat offers an immersive sonic narrative that pushes the boundaries of the electro landscape.

CT Kidobó
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ctkidobo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctkidobo/

Assembler Code
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/assemblerc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsassemblercode
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/assemblercode/

farbwechsel
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/farbwechsel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/farbwechselrecords
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farbwechselrecords/

PREMIERE: CT Kidobó - Teller-Ulam Design (Assembler Code Remix) (farbwechsel)

FOG MAN - Ready 2 Fog
BUY LINK: https://warningberlin.bandcamp.com/album/ready-2-fog
Label: Warning (https://soundcloud.com/warningberlin)
https://www.instagram.com/warning._____
> FOG MAN (@YourPlanetIsNext)
https://www.instagram.com/yourplanetisnext

Arvid Wretman, AKA Your Planet Is Next, has assumed the role of musical storyteller with a serious mean streak of DIY electro.

Wretman’s latest album tells its tale through the eyes of an imagined anti-hero. He conjures up the gritty underbelly of an over-populated megalopolis; a world of dilapidation, ruin and sin, where stiletto knives are a dime a dozen and our titular protagonist, the FOG MAN, stalks the streets.

In an oddball tradition, there’s an absurdist, left-of-centre flex coursing throughout. This is the Stockholm native at his strangest, radiating fuck-off attitude and an embrace of imperfection as he maximises the potential of a limited studio setup.

Bleak spoken word lyrics only serving to bolster the narrative storytelling, ‘Sad Fog’ paints a vivid picture of hardships endured, while ‘Fog Power’ resembles the inner dialogue of a man teetering at the edge of sanity. Think corrosive, industrial fug and rugged, tape-damaged torque.

Through ‘No Fog’s menacing machine funk to the visceral, downbeat sleaze of ‘Freaks’ and queasy, Wolfenstein-sampling 'Eisenfaust’, the FOG MAN deals that dystopian gear in spades.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : FOG MAN - Ready 2 Fog

SSSLIP returns in style to complete a trilogy of self-releases, an ongoing series morphed from his own imprint SSS. The record has an emphasis on twisted synth work & delicate percs, all wrapped up in SSSLIP's trademark style with the dancefloor in mind.

Follow
https://soundcloud.com/SSSLIP
https://soundcloud.com/sss_sss_sss_audio

NEW HIT: SSSLIP - Sweetest Silver [SSSLIP03]

3 tracks that Ive worked on in these last couple months. 

Issues with Arrangment / Production that I couldnt figure out, so these songs never made the final cut. I thought I would share them on SoundCloud anyways :) 

Lots of Love
Kieran x 
 






Never Leave You Again

BLOW - Be Back (Samay Records)

Feikomusic - cut it (Free DL)

First Second Label drop their first 12' of the year from sub-tech stalwart and Woozy resident Sputnik One. Four tracks scaling intense percussive workouts and low end mutations. Early support from the likes of Ben UFO, re:ni, Peach & more.

Releases August 29, 2020

All tracks made in Dublin by Jim Richard
Artwork by Bentley Allison
Design by DC FSLMan

Kerosene EP

BUY NOW

FSL010 - Sputnik One - Kerosene (Clips)

mix series and label by @deep_creep

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label ~ https://pi-pi-pi.bandcamp.com

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