The label’s inaugural release unites contributions of 4 artists, with a common ground of techy, playfully modern-sounding tracks with a serious edge and a decent amount of bleeps.  The A-Side opens with a springy, chirpy, minimal tech groover by Berlin-based Rudolf C. It has a light, yet discernible shuffle that drives the track towards a smooth and sunny vibe. Tristan Arp from Mexico is draggin us into water with his captivating aquatic breakbeat groover. At times meditative, at times hectic, it keeps the mind busy with bubbles and waves.
On the flipside, things move forward at a higher pace. 
De Lichting co-founder and Amsterdam-based queniv is teleporting us into a darker environment with a minimal-ish, electro-ish tech nightmare with a merciless groove and little relief.
O-Wells, Die Orakel regular, rounds off the EP with an euphoric, light and choppy, garage-ish track with a restrained, suspenseful energy that only gets unleashed towards the end.

SUZIVA1 (Rudolf C, Tristan Arp, queniv, O-Wells) (SUZI01)

A1. oma totem - ER.1

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Melbourne synth-groove act, Birdsnake are back with a colourful and eclectic album of reimagined tracks from their debut EP release earlier this year.

The album features a handful of international producers as well as a glut of local artists from Naarms electronic scene. The release offers a varied scope of styles that breathe new life into Birdsnake's hypnotic soundscapes

Through meticulous mastering and a marriage of digital and organic elements, "Birdsnake Begins Remixed" promises to captivate both seasoned listeners and newcomers alike.

This bouncy and hypnotic body of work is a digital extension of cosmic-groove exploration within the Bathtub Music universe.

PREMIERE: Birdsnake - The Redeemer (Jon Jones In Space Version)

Previews from Big Hands' ‘Bacchanalia’ EP, out January 24, 2025.
Order: https://vargmalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bacchanalia

A1. Bacchanalia I
A2. Bacchanalia II
B1. Bacchanalia III
B2. Bacchanalia I (Al Wootton Remix)

The EP is available on black 180-gram 12” vinyl and digital formats.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab Studio
Artwork by Niall Greaves

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Big Hands ‘Bacchanalia’ EP [VARGMAL003]

Sub Basics lands on Osmura with the 'Phase Drift' EP, the label's second release, following a 2024 V/A featuring Caldera, Bartoli, Atomic Moog, Solma, Birgan, and Shjva. The ‘Phase Drift’ EP opens with ‘Colour’, a high-tempo, percussive, bass-heavy cut blends hypnotic echoing synths with soft, mellow syncopated pads. Up next, ‘Scope’ works a tumbling high bpm percussion over an aquatic undercurrent. On the flip, ‘Splinter’, Sub Basics deftly builds melodies and brings punchy, moody textures to the fore. Finally, the ‘Phase Drift’ EP wraps up with ‘Nt’, a deep, expansive soundscape marked by a chugging groove and gritty industrial reverb.

London-based Sub Basics producer, DJ and Temple Of Sound founder has accumulated support from Ben UFO, Laurent Garnier, Roman Flügal, Kia, Lena Willikens, Tasha and Foundation Audio. Sub Basics’ discography extends to labels such as Modern Hypnosis, Infernal Sounds and Bait, which featured in Mixmag’s 2024 best tracks of the year roundup. The ‘Phase Drift’ EP perfectly encapsulates a unique genre-defying approach to production from an artist on a spiralling upward trajectory. Sub Basics arrives on Osmura, an imprint representing London’s hypnotic dubby auditory landscape.

https://osmura.bandcamp.com/album/phase-drift

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Phase Drift EP

PREMIERE: Sub Basics - Nt [Osmura]

1. Braised
2. Communing
3. Broken Through
4. Braised (al dente remix)

After seven years since his last release, label CEO Mr Assister makes a long-overdue return to beam. Across four tracks, including a remix from close friend of the label, al dente, the EP explores the rhythmic and psychoactive spaces between techno, tek haus, and minimal psy. Opening the EP, ‘Braised’ juxtaposes two sensibilities, situating playful grooves amid droning, disaffected atmospheres. ‘Communing’ builds on the rolling templates of psychedelic trance, with swarms of glitched-out percussion and pads that reveal traces of melancholia. In ‘Broken Through’, four-four kicks dip their toes into streams of acid, reflecting textures of technological breakdown. Rounding off the EP, al dente reimagines ‘Braised’ via his signature brand of warping swamp-tek.

Written and produced by Mr Assister. 
Stem mastering (tracks 1-3) and mastering (track 4) by Pearson Sound. 
Artwork by Victoria Martínez.

Mr Assister – Communing [BEAM-07]

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 16 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS16

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a1. Harbour Launch
b1. Vronabe
b2. Gossamer

A second appearance of Tammo Hesselink (@tammohesselink) on the Mantis series. Fusing the spatial effects treatments of dub with the metallic clang of industrial percussion and the stark negative space of minimal, Tammo Hesselink's sonic practice continues to create compelling, complex forms. His exacting style toys with atmospheric processing and mechanised motifs in place of traditional melodic elements, unearthing nuanced expression from timbre and rhythm while delivering firm structures for advanced soundsystem immersion.

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Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 16 (DSR/MTS16)

Inspired by downshifting cyberpunk originating from Chornobyl, the album Anomaly from Kyiv native Lostlojic is a true artifact in electronic music: firstly, it is a unique combination of trance synthesizers with deep smoky dubstep, interspersed with the sounds of nature from the Carpathian Mountains, and echoes of the cultural heritage of folk songs. Spatial sounds penetrate the secret places of your brain in a completely natural way, like cordyceps, creating unexpected neural connections. Secondly - it's a unique creative collaboration between a photographer Julia Coda, a tattoo artist Anton Kresan - master of dark tribal genre, musicians Lostlojic with Tadan on the remix - who’s tactile sounds will reward the receptors of the attentive listener with a dose of dopamine, technologies of the fleeting past and nature. We invite you on a journey through textures!

PREMIERE : Lostlojic - Pyrrhula (Tadan Remix)

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Bandcamp: https://lowercaselife.bandcamp.com/album/balancing-act-ep
Release Date: June 6th, 2025 
Info:  Loop of Life is presenting the diverse palette of analog synthesizers and drum machines of Kuiper Belt. A wide range of tracks kicking off with a harsh and heavy 808 slow burner filled with 303 acid. 'Prg Select' and 'Two Voice' both drawing inspiration from the underground techno scene with pulsating beats and bleeps that truly resonates. An melancholic analog machine soul electro track with vocoder vocals closing off the EP in style.

Hand stamped black label release with an urge to break out of the algorithm and to be released on vinyl available at your specialised record store.

Equipment: Roland TR-808, TR-909, TB-303, SH-101, JD990, SVC-350, Boss KM2, ARP2600, Oberheim SEM. Vocals by Ingrid Rousseau.

In honor of the Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who conjectured the existence of the belt in 1951.

Tracks: Kuiper Belt (30 to 50 AU from the Sun)
Mastering: Patrik Skoog (Berlin)
Vinyl pressing: Record Industry (Haarlem)
Distribution: Triple Vision (Rotterdam)

*PREMIERE* Kuiper Belt - Obsidian Tears

Paris-based artist Bambi makes her production debut for the glorious compilation on London-based label beam, 'beams vol. 1'. Filled with an all-star cast, Bambi's contribution to the comp is a spacey trance vortex to get lost in. Enter the galaxy. 

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Premiere: Bambi - Ephemeral (beam)

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