PREORDER FROM 9TH JULY / EP OUT 13TH AUGUST

MOY returns to Ritual Poison sibling label Batrachian with four galactic tracks, exploring different sides of his sound. Following an acclaimed debut album on Altered Sense, EPs for AC Records and Exalt, and a star appearance on We’re Going Deep, ‘Harmony Of The Spheres’ moves between tempos and genres, maintaining that key melodic sensibility. ‘Nautilus’ is a rolling breakbeat piece with a mystic dub synth riff, while ‘World Grid’ is electro with a bassline that wriggles all over the shop and astral keys. The epic ‘Vector Space’ will get under your skin with its looming bass and stratospheric vibe, while ‘Cyber Weapon’ kicks it up to jungle bpm, crashing Amen breaks colliding with trippy strings and warping bass. All add up to another exceptional MOY release.

MOY - 'HARMONY OF THE SPHERES EP' (CLIPS)

Elliott - Transcendence EP - Forthcoming 10th Jan

Purveyor of lovecore, fabba and cakebeat, bestie and all-round DJ-inspo Angel D’lite blesses Ritual Poison with her ‘Re4mat’ EP. 
‘Werk My Body’ is a swirl of feminine energy, empowered vocals blending with hardcore breaks and hyper bass, a four four switch warping temporally before the track drops again. Local Group return the remix favour from their own recent EP, slowing ’Werk My Body’ to a 140 emo-banger, trance melodies sandwiching a proggy mid-section, the bass bumping throughout.
‘R u Ready’ keeps the NRG and BPMs high, breakbeats rolling over booming sub and dubbed out rave stabs, the sexual charge of the female ragga vocal frank and unashamed. ‘Re4mat’ signs off, the hallowed B2. Drawing on rave anthems of the past, it looks boldly to the future.  “This particular historical juncture holds possibilities for change that we’ve never before experienced,” declares Angela Davis, as the euphoria subsides for a moment. ‘Re4mat’ and start again.

Angel D'lite 'Re4mat EP'

After releasing two EPs from rising talent MOY, Batrachian’s journey through mystical synths, breakbeat and electro rhythms, and ear-worm melodies continues in the capable hands of Bristol-based Jack Wiles.
On Wiles’ debut EP, ’Too Real Eyez’ is a slow-burning spiral of acidic frequencies and tough breaks with a killer vocal snippet, while ‘Bientam’ is a rolling junglist piece driven by chopped drums, meandering bass and an intricate bell melody: the perfect mix of rhythmic heft and IDM intrigue. ‘Slowrush’ matches offbeat electro drums with a bittersweet synth part, and finally, Wiles remixes MOY’s ‘Echolab’ (recently released on the EMOTEC label) into an early Warp-style acidic masterpiece.

Wiles 'Slowrush' EP

B1: Escape Earth - Escape Earth Theme (Bawrut Remix) clip

A1: Escape Earth - Escape Earth Theme clip

Taking their name from the neighbouring family of galaxies that contains the Milky Way, London duo Local Group may sound parochial but unleash cosmic scale energies on their debut 12”.

Inspired by their sets at UK festival Field Maneuvers, the 'dirty little rave' that the duo are residents at (playing alongside the likes of Mark Archer and Storm), title track 'Laser Dome' distills their unashamed love of hardcore's E fuelled rush into a haze of piano euphoria. Underground electro hero Dexorcist remixes it for the 140bpm crew, a rude bouncing bassline and hyper breakbeats keeping its continuum credentials in check.

On the flip 'Random Utterances' nods to the slower, darker, proggier breakbeat favoured by Tyrant at the start of the new millennium, bubbling acid bass, arpeggios, moody strings and '80s synth pop combining with interludes of lucid drug philosophising and distorted 808 bass. 'Rampage' signs off with a potent dose of pure jump up energy, a 150bpm Reese bassline tear out, complete with MC hype, drawing on the pair's love of jungle.

A1: Local Group - Laser Dome clip

A2: Local Group - Laser Dome (Dexorcist remix) clip

B1: Local Group - Random Utterances clip

B2: Local Group - Rampage clip

B1 HOOVERIAN BLUR - Hand In The Fire (clip)

B2 HOOVERIAN BLUR - Memoroids (clip)

A1 HOOVERIAN BLUR - Phantom Space (clip)

A2 HOOVERIAN BLUR - Juice Box (clip)

B2 - DAT 3 (Chrissy Remix) (clip)

B1 - DAT 3 (clip)

A3 - DATs 1&2 (Escape Earth Remix) (clip)

A2 - DAT 2 (clip)

A1 - DAT 1 (clip)

Moy - Bad Gateway (clip)

Moy - Wisdom Track (clip)

Moy - Helkern (Slammer Mix) (clip)

Bad Gateway (Almaty Remix) (clip)

Moy - Megatherium (clip)

Manningtree Freeze (clip)

Battered Mazda (clip)

Carer (clip)

Barbd (clip)

Track by Escape Earth (aka Ritual Poison founders BufoBufo & Corporeal Face) released on Lobster Theremin's 'PLUR Volume 4', a 35-track compilation raising money for Hackney community initiative Sistah Space, a charity dedicated to supporting African and Caribbean heritage women and girls affected by domestic and sexual abuse.

Buy comp here: https://lobstertheremin.bandcamp.com/album/lobster-plur-volume-4

More info on Sistah Space: www.sistahspace.org

Donate here: uk.gofundme.com/f/a-safe-space-for-african-heritage-dv-survivors

Escape Earth - 'Rhythm Is Destroyed'

https://escapeearth.bandcamp.com/album/monolith-on-mars-ep

Escape Earth, aka BufoBufo and Corporeal Face, return to their own Ritual Poison label for another four-tracker of interplanetary yearning.

Opener ‘Dropping With The Force’ draws a line from Britcore to techstep intersecting at 130 breaks, acid bubbling through rowdy stabs, UK rap and rolling bass. ‘Solar Storm’ then pulses with its huge, dubby low-end, pounding drums encasing an inner core of swirling melodic elements.

On the flip, ‘Blasting Rocks’ heads to headier realms, though only just, breakbeats colliding like space debris, the alternating moods orbiting a raw Reese. ‘Universe Dub’ then closes out, a 140 stepper where dubbed out chords and restless bass meet chopped breaks and a ghostly vocal echoing through eternity.

Escape Earth 'Monolith On Mars EP' - out now

The poison is also the antidote / label run by @bufobufo-1 and @corporealface
https://ritualpoison.bandcamp.com

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