Spring 2019 Playlist

Drowned By Locals marks its fifth anniversary with a three-volume digital anthology and a limited printed manifesto, Black Circle, written by Ian Bruner and published by Drowned By Public.

drownedbylocals.bandcamp.com/album/porn…c-tantalus

Rather than serving as a retrospective, the anthology traces the label’s evolving sound, its expanding cohort of misfits, and its unfolding trajectory. Across the three volumes, DBL assembles new works, long-buried material, and contributions from artists connected to the label through releases, radio, dormant ideas, or future intentions. Taken together, they form a portrait of the label’s instinctive curatorial logic — pairing worlds that should not, by any reasonable measure, coexist.

Release Schedule 
Volume I: Pornographic-Time, Vol. I — The Pornographic-Tantalus — November 28, 2025 
Volume II: Pornographic-Time, Vol. II — The Continuous Present — December 19, 2025 
Volume III: Pornographic-Time, Vol. III — The Horizonless Interface — January 30, 2026

All volumes draw their titles and thematic direction from Black Circle. The manifesto describes “pornographic-time” as a condition in which desire is continuously activated but never fulfilled. It’s the experience of being pulled outward by images, demands, and expectations faster than one can return to oneself. You remain visible, but rarely seen.

Each volume adopts a different facet of this state.

Volume I — The Pornographic-Tantalus
“Each gesture toward conclusion makes the object recede. Tantalus stands beneath bowed fruit trees, but as she moves to consume, the branch bends away. With each pang of thirst, the water ebbs further.”

Volume II — The Continuous Present
“Because of its accelerated pace, pornographic-time both appears and vanishes instantly—a cybernetic loop, a continuous present. Overfull and empty. Life collapses into micro-moments that disappear as soon as they arrive.”

Volume III — The Horizonless Interface
“Both the targeted individual and the pornographic-Tantalus occupy the time-space of the horizonless interface, hived in algorithmic neurological pathways and pathologies, resulting in a bare life layered with compulsive and neurotic loops of behavior.”

Black Circle expands these ideas into print, combining Bruner’s text with visual contributions from more than twenty artists. Released in a hand-numbered run of 100 copies, it will be available independently or bundled with the anniversary T-shirt. All physical editions include the full three-volume digital anthology.

releases November 28, 2025

Mastered by Rashad Becker at Clunk Studio, Berlin
Artwork & design by Giovanni Murolo
Curation by Laith Demashqieh
Manifesto: Black Circle — text by Ian Bruner (published by Drowned By Public, printed edition: hand-numbered run of 100 copies)

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Pornographic-Time, Vol. I: The Pornographic-Tantalus

FaltyDL - Talk Hard

Corner Of My Eye

Hodge - 02 December 2025

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-313--ehua

"This mix captures the essence of Panta Rei—a flow through time, space, and shifting emotional textures. Recorded in Ridgewood NYC on three CDJs, it traces the sounds that shaped my early years, from the quiet rhythms of the Italian countryside to the international campervan trips I took with my family, where I spent countless hours gazing out the window and imagining alternate realities, guided only by the magic of my CD player. In this intentional yet spontaneous selection, Italy’s early and mid-2000s trip-hop intertwines with current percussive rhythms, 1970s flute symphonies, regional soundscapes, and spellbinding reinterpretations of Italian and international classics that echo 1990s hip-hop, dub, experimental jazz, spoken word, downtempo and more." - Ehua

Bleep Mix #313 - Ehua

Deeper

dBridge: The Last Aptitude Show - 10 December 2025

Scuba - 13 December 2025

Easy Raider

Next Floor

Shelter

produced by; 
@chewybeats
@madebybobbylove

Lyrics; 
Talking to you makes me wonder what I’m doing
All of this shit I’m just trying to get through it
Sippin away at my soul
Light in my heart slowly goes
Having a fear to get lost on my own

You been acting crazy all the time
You still hit my phone up late at night
Tell me that you miss me I’m alright
Cause I’ve been playing games, thats not right

All that you do do do 
Pulling me through through through 
All that you do do do 
Pulling me through back to you

Walking away from you on my own
Maybe I’ll be better off alone
Cause I’ve tried to explain it 
But you’re saying you can’t take it
Mm ye I’m done

Say you wanna change but you never really thought of a solution
Sittin in your brain but baby its only an illusion
Maybe get you some advice 
Maybe next time you think twice
Ya that would of been nice
But I’m alright 

All that you do do do 
Pulling me through through through 
All that you do do do 
Pulling me through back to you

I’m gonna bring it back to you
I’m gonna bring it back to you
I’m gonna bring it back to you
So tell me what you wanna do 

All that you do do do 
Pulling me through through through 
All that you do do do 
Pulling me through back to you

Illusion

TYNRAI

Bridges

Erthlings - Bridges

Shelter

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