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Inkswel Ft Merwyn Sanders - Eternal Freedom (Linkwood Remix)

Crustation were a short-lived trip-hop group with ties to Portishead and Massive Attack; their 1997 single "Flame" was a perfectly nice, totally innocuous, and mostly forgettable contribution to the drowsy downbeat catalog. The journeymen producers Mood II Swing put their characteristically light, funky touch on a club-friendly remix of the song, as they did hundreds of times during their run as New York's most dependable remixers. But Mood II Swing also had a murkier, more abstracted side; you can hear it in productions like "Move Me," "The Slippery Track," and the eerie "Inhale," which sounds like Gary Numan's "Cars" being sucked through a Teflon wormhole. But they outdid themselves on the "Borderline Insanity Dub" of "Flame," lacing a skipping, proto-U.K.-garage beat with hiccupping vocal loops and a lithe, shadowboxing bass line; the icing on the cake comes courtesy of a swirling fog of vocal harmonies that pans from speaker to speaker. Running out of phase with the beat, it lends a sense of tidal ebb-and-flow, throwing the time deliriously out of joint. The fact that Mood II Swing never produced anything else quite like it only makes this fluid, enveloping tune all the more irreplaceable. P.S.

Crustation - Flame (Mood II Swing Borderline Insanity Dub Mix)

Grinding

St. Julien - Evenbud Feat. Budgie

Pool Daze (Organic Analogue Records)

A2 - LK "Hot Coffee"

B2 - Rudolf C "First Boats"

sundazin

ARTIST - Lapien
TITLE - Something To Show You 
RELEASE - MISTRESS 08.5

Distributed by HARDWAX. 
Available soon at all proper vinyl shops!

If you purchased the vinyl, send a photo of yourself holding the record for download codes of entire release !!

A2. Lapien - Moon (SNIPPET)

Saint Petersburg summers are an open window for a never setting sun. “White Nite” sees the Untitled Gear collective paying tribute to this season where they reside. The title track follows the sun’s behaviour stubbornly locked in groove, while blinks of bright rhythms wax and wane. “Just better” and “It’s Wonderful” bend between hooks and ambiguous tones, shining through as two reflective dance songs; yes, there is singing in both!

White Nite

SOBO002 - Untitled Gear - "White Nite"

New York City's https://soundcloud.com/baltra steps up on https://soundcloud.com/shallnotfade's sub-label Lost Palms with four tracks of dreamy, acidic lo-fi house.

PALMS004

Baltra - Angel

Early Support: 

Midland 
Just checked this, "We Do" is the one for me, nice trippy rolling vibes.

Mr G
Solid ep feeling that for sure........you found a great sound.C

Paranoid London
That's a bloody good 12 inch!

D’Julz 
thanx for music:) Really diggin "we do "and fred ’s remix. i’ll be playing both

Tristan Da Cuhna 
Guuuuuurl, this is on fire!


PRESS RELEASE INFO: 

Artist: Ceri ft. Fred P. Reshape
Title: Life Holstee EP
Label: Find Your Own
Cat. No.: FYO001
Distributor: Rubadub 
Release Date: Thursday 26th October 

Ceri has already more than proven herself as a DJ and producer, holding down residencies at highly respected parties and drawing support for her music from some of the biggest names in the business. Now the London-based artist is spreading her wings by launching 'Find Your Own' as a vessel for her deep, punchy brand of house and techno. 

Life Holstee EP is the perfect opening gambit for her label; a life-affirming club-ready record that fuses the deepest, darkest sounds of Berlin, London and Detroit, featuring two original productions, backed up by a remix from bonafide NYC / Berlin legend 
Fred P. 

From first turning heads with her deep, tripped out 9-hour sets as a resident at infamous London after party Jaded, Ceri’s reputation as a captivating DJ has since taken her beyond London to ply her trade in Berlin, Mexico, Ibiza and plenty more besides, not to mention scores of festivals in between. 

These formative experiences fed into early releases on Save You, Midnight Social and 3am, and now, after time out to further develop her sound, the Life Holstee EP presents a woman at the peak of her production powers. Inspired by the empowering message of the Holstee Manifesto, the title track works abstract snippets of the manifesto’s text into a surging, bass-heavy roller pitched squarely at the heart of the night. Laden with Moog synths and modulated analogue drum rhythms, the inherent warmth of the track draws you in deeper with each successive bar. 

Fred P should need little introduction – for more than 20 years he’s been flying the flag for true deep house and techno alongside peers such as Jus Ed, Levon Vincent and DJ Qu. With a masterful control over the elements that Ceri provided him with, P turns out a refreshing variation of “Life Holstee” that works some playful analogue bass into the mix while ramping up the dubby effects and unfurling sumptuous, ethereal pads to create his signature ‘none-deeper’ sound. 

Ceri’s B-side production, “We Do”, takes a more sparse approach that places the drums at the front of the mix, using atmospheric touches and further disembodied vocal fragments to create a truly head-spinning cut steeped in sensuality for the discerning dancefloor. 

With early support coming in from the likes of Mr. G, D’Julz, Paranoid London and more besides, Find Your Own Records is off to a flying start. The promise shown by this first transmission points to FYO becoming a ‘buy on sight’ label housing the same alluring approach to true deep house and techno that Ceri herself is making her name with.

A2. CERI - LIFE HOLSTEE - FRED P RESHAPE - FYO001

Wave Patterns

We’ve mused before on the Valby sound, one which as their release schedule grows, remains reassuringly new, and stays assuredly close to our hearts. This is the first time https://soundcloud.com/tomvalbyrotary and https://soundcloud.com/louisfitton have passed over the reigns to a new face, welcome https://soundcloud.com/jeigomusic.

A suitably named track this one- iridescent keys catch your eye and beckon you over, rich and inviting; natural pearls can do that though. The track builds and smoulders over a two step rhythm, pushing it, and you forward. Follow the siren vocals and be guided by the shifting bass, such a composition can sometimes be hard to resist.

Support the label: https://soundcloud.com/valbyrotarylabel
Yep: www.facebook.com/fourheadsmusic

PREMIERE: Jeigo - Pearl Leaf [Valby Rotary]

Sister label to to the mighty @shallnotfade, Lost Palms is coming into its 15th release with the Cressida EP by @ray-kandinski. 
We've been following Ray for some time now, always charmed by his productions and aesthetic. We think this is one of his best ep's to date and the track  'Holdin' On' is our choice of dance floor goodness.
Featuring Ray's classic drum machine sound, THAT Juno house bass sound filters in and you'd be forgiven to think you've heard this kinda track many times before. But its Ray's spacey pads and vocal snippet that sets this above and beyond. Perfectly refined and all the amounts of fun required. On repeat!

SB PREMIERE: Ray Kandinski - Holdin' On [Lost Palms]

London-honed party brand, label,studio and DJ/production duo Secretsundaze project years of experience into their new single ‘Still Hope’, a breathtaking deep house gem with powerful spoken vocals from Anthony Anaxagorou…

More info: https://bit.ly/2Hv9ZXY

Premiere: Secretsundaze ‘Still Hope feat. Anthony Anaxagorou’

Bandcamp

Aniara05: Auji - Conclusion Came To You pt. 2

Release Title: Banoffee Pies Black Label 03
Label: Banoffee Pies Records		
Catalogue Number: BPBL03
Various Artists: Monotronique / Tom Ellis / Filip Szostak / Flord King
Genre: Minimal / Techno / Garage
Release Date: 25/01/19

Tracklist: 
A1 Monotronique - Baggage With A Secret
A2 Tom Ellis - Third Morning
B1 Filip Szostak - 23 Ghettobee
B2 Flord King - Shanti

Mastered: Optimum Mastering
Distributed by: Above Board

Black Label Series 03

Third Morning

12" / Wav DL

PREMIERE: Tom Ellis - Third Morning

M1 (The North)

Mystery Australian producer of warm and bouncy jams is back on Lobster off shoot Distant Hawaii. 'Looking Forward' is a hazy sunset jam with its emotive chord motif & phased 909s. It's such a simple track when you think about it, but the textures that wash in and out and the movement provided by the phaser over the drums provide a lovely organic flow that locks you in. Proving sometime its the simple things that can provide the most emotion.

Artist: @mood-j
Label: @lobster-theremin

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