We got invited by @tifradj to join him at his 8th instalment at Operator Radio. First hour is by the man himself, listen to it on his page. 

This recording is from yours truly at the second hour with a mix full of techno, breaks, electro and more goodstuff.

Rapid Transit - Live at Operator - 13.08.2022

For the second edition of EEPPIICC, power duo Jotel California and Babyblade unleash a combination of cheeky belters - strictly for the dancefloor. Jotel's solo work 'Strike A Pose' combines a catchy chord and iconic vocals on a house trance hybrid in his true style. On the (candy) flip side, we have an exclusive cut of 'Things She Said', their infamous electro smasher featuring legendary vocals from the golden era of music television.

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Jotel California - Strike A Pose [EEPPIICC002]

Ferrari - Sunrise Routine (Progressive Mix)

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Ivy Lab, also known as Sabre and Stray, willfully break down genre boundaries with the ‘Demon Dust’ EP. It is born from a love of UK bass but plays with tempo, collides hip-hop with jungle, LA humidity with London grit, and so much more. Following releases on the likes of Dirtybird and their own TWTW London imprint, they now land on the Australian Future Classic label, with the first single ‘Backshifting’ dropping in November and the entire EP following suit in December.

“We’ve built a hunger to unleash a solid season of dance floor material and to do so in spaces we’ve either neglected in recent years or yet to have turned our hand to. We’re still always gonna carry our baggage as bass heads with a love of hip-hop with us, but the genre pool where we can explore those themes is deeper than ever, and we have so much to say in that conversation” - Ivy Lab

Successfully test-driven by dBridge and Ehua at Draaimolen, opener 'Backshifting' is a joyous blend of dusty breakbeats and pitched-up vocal hooks that make the heart flutter. The sound design is next level as the fractured loops and bursts of synth all soar and bring the good times. 'Fool' is a deeper excursion with gentle amen breaks worked into a sinewy house groove that bubbles and souls with mystic hooks and warm chords. The title track ‘Demon Dust’ highlights another angle, blending screwy acid with beautiful piano chords, bursts of breaks, gospel chorals and slamming hits. US scene mainstay Nikki Nair then remixes ‘Backshifting’ with his signature blend of percussive club music, closing out a hugely original EP that combines many different moods and genres, all to energising and emotional effect.

Demon Dust EP (incl. Nikki Nair remix)

PREMIERE: Ivy Lab - Demon Dust

First NEW HIT of the year comes straight outta the beautiful city of Lyon. 'Froggy Dump' is a bouncy and snappy tune from Subsism. Ethereal with nostalgic accents of 90s trance music and all the vibe you it need to make it a captivating gettogether ode. 

Check out the full release with more bangers from Maelita & Kick21, Botwin, Gogo Gadgeto and Ekzander - out via Everybody Trance on the 26th of January!

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NEW HIT: Subsism - Froggy Dump [Everybody Trance]

Edinburgh based artist @smiffbreaks arrives with an EP titled BANG! The release features three heavy-hitting energetic club hitters, including our feature of the title track. 

Keep a close eye on 22-year-old DJ and producer SMIFF, now a familiar face on the Cowgate club circuit, SMIFF has made quick moves in the past couple of years: finding his feet at Headset’s long-running parties, holding down a Sneaky Pete’s club residency and more recently hopping on the decks to play a b2b with Skrillex.

Buy: https://smiffbreaks.bandcamp.com/album/bang-ep
Artist: @smiffbreaks

BANG! EP

PREMIERE: SMIFF - BANG! [Smiff Breaks]

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VINYL: https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1710414358/Byron-Yeates-Time-Machine
DIGITAL: https://radiant-records.bandcamp.com/album/byron-yeates-time-machine

@byronyeates @sprayforever

A1. LIQUID SKY
A2. HYPER HYPER
B1. TIME MACHINE
B2. BYRON YEATES & SPRAY - TRIP TO ECLIPSE 

Following on from 2022’s Sweat Your Prayers, Byron Yeates returns to Radiant Records with Time Machine, his second full release. The label head has established a signature production sound in an impressively short amount of time. Motifs teased in his previous output and that frequent his DJ sets are all at play here in a delightfully restrained fashion: Astral atmospherics, slick, pumping rhythms, playful basslines with skitting and flitting vocal chops are condensed into lush, club-ready arrangements that demonstrate Yeates’ deep dancefloor knowledge and razor-sharp production chops. 

EP opener Liquid Sky drifts beyond the clouds and into the club for a hot and heavy hard-house hybrid workout: undulating low end, sumptuous stabs and ethereal pads are meshed together into a mature, modern any-time-of-the night club tool for discerning deejays and dancers alike.  

The groove keeps giving-giving on Hyper-Hyper with stomping in-your-face drums, marching bass and vintage house themes stripped apart and put back together to form a track that sits comfortably in the sweet spot between contemporary techno and the more classic club moods Yeates’ has built a reputation for.

So too with Time Machine- the track’s swung bass and percs lay the foundation for a potent dance floor-ready number that touches on the classier strands of 90s tech and euro house, warped and reconstructed for 2023 dancefloors through Byron’s sleek and flirtatious sensibilities. 

The EP rounds off with a collaboration Trip To Eclipse with fellow Irish trance auteur Spray. The result is a sophisticated exercise in groove control: Spray’s signature rolling bass sits delicately alongside Yeates’ vox chops and celestial synth moods to form a cutting edge, dreamy, trance-not-trance roller that concludes a sophisticated and refined statement of intent from Byron Yeates.

BYRON YEATES
Title: TIME MACHINE
Cat: RADIANTRECORDS008
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mastered: MARCO PELLEGRINO
Mixed: TIARNAN MCMORROW
Artwork: YENNY JRANT
Text: EOIN RYAN

BYRON YEATES - TIME MACHINE

Label: Nuances de Nuit
Artist: Man/ipulate
Format: 12” Vinyl
Cat. Number: NUIT012
EP Title: Nuances de Nuit, Vol. 12
Release Date: May 2024
Support it: https://subwax.es/product/nuit012

Nuances de Nuit
https://soundcloud.com/nuancesdenuit
https://www.instagram.com/nuancesdenuit
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Houseum
https://houseum.fr
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https://soundcloud.com/houseum
https://www.facebook.com/houseum.yt

PREMIERE: Man/ipulate - Cosmic Tea [Nuances de Nuit]

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GC0a7osaHpE

Label: Tessellate
Artist: The Trip
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: TESS019
EP Title: Fantasy Traxx
Release Date: May, 10th 2024
Support it: https://tessellatelondon.bandcamp.com/album/fantasy-traxx

Tessellate & The Trip
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https://www.instagram.com/thetriplondon
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Houseum
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My Paradise

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PREMIERE: The Trip - My Paradise [Tessellate]

Supercontinent EP, named for the ancient geological era when Africa and South America were joined as Pangea.

A reformulation of rhythmic ideas inspired by South African Amapiano and South American Baile Funk governs the two hemispheres of the record. The pair examine and deconstruct dancefloor material, eschewing 4/4 for interlocking shaker patterns, searing acid lines, cracking breakbeats, and vocal samples in Zulu and Brazil Portuguese.

An ascending percussive riff marks the arrival of “Pulgueiro Baile”, followed closely by break beats and the nostalgia of distinctly British acid electro. While pulguero translates as ‘flea market’ there is nothing random to be found; it is an intentionally future-forward retelling of a vintage sound, replete with a mind-melt breakdown of rave pads.

Artist: @kassiansound
Buy: https://kassiansound.bandcamp.com/album/supercontinent

PREMIERE: Kassian - Pulgueiro Baile [!K7]

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Oracool, a Ukrainian label currently operating from Berlin, is releasing its first compilation, "Sins".

Oracool started in 2017 as a party series in Kyiv. Back then, its founder, music producer and dj Adelina (Banoffee Pies Records) got together with some friends to throw a party. Gradually, a close-knit community gathered around the project. The events of the last two years have disrupted Oracool’s activities in Ukraine. Today, its community is scattered over the world, yet it remains connected as ever.

In 2024, Oracool transformed into something more than just an event - Adelina registered the eponymous record label with an intent to release musical prophecies featuring Ukrainian and international artists, with a focus on supporting musicians at risk.

The imprint’s debut release is a compilation named "Sins". It’s a tribute to the Oracool’s  friends, and those who have been upholding its community from the very beginning. The compilation brings together tracks from various artists from around the globe, with a special focus on Ukrainian young talents.

The 13 tracks compilation is dedicated to the exploration of broken sound. All tracks are united by an essence of loud and insightful dance rhythm, amplified by an otherworldly layer of mystical melodies. The record is saturated by foolproof tight grooves, making it a perfect tool for keeping the dance floor engaged. It’s a special collection of Electro, Bass, and Techno that marks a new beginning for the Oracool imprint.

Featured on the record are prominent figures of the Ukrainian scene, including Bite Records , Standard Deviation and ∄ resident, Nastya Vogan,  reknown producer and rave legend Koloah,  founder of Strila Artists agency - Travis or Alice, Polygon Records affiliate SVZZ, pioneer of Ukrainian electro sound Radiant Futur, vinyl connoisseur Rustam, rising star from the depths of Carpathians -  Cristopher Bo,  founder of Nowa event series  Ewa Nomad, as well as a promising newcomer - offgridn3ss, and, of course, Adelina herself.

Additionally, the release highlights the co-founder of the ДРОБ collective and event series, German sound artist and producer N.Y.N, Inken, UK-born, Berlin-based maestro of old-school production techniques Aezron, as well as up and coming Egyptian producer 5amaseen, influenced by mahraganat and folkloric music of the Arab world.

The compilation will be available on all platforms on June 1st.

PREMIERE: Radiant Futur - Wrath Limiter

Rapid Transit’s selection can be described as raw and rave oriented. They blend old and new records with influences of techno, breakbeat, trance and electro. This creates a high energy and fast paced electrical atmosphere. 

Organizing events (Het Complot) is also a big part of their activities which makes these two a familiar face in Utrechts electronic music scene. For more info and bookings, check out the links below:

Bookings: rapid.transit.info@gmail.com

Instagram: rapid_transit_djs / https://tinyurl.com/267srk5z

Het Complot: hetcomplotutrecht / https://tinyurl.com/4a65b3fy

Rapid Transit - Live at Operator - 13.08.2022

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