Available to pre-order from Second Born Bandcamp: https://secondborn.bandcamp.com/album/a-non-equilibrium-thermodynamic-system

Kop-Z first heard the term "A Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic System" in a book he found in an old junk shop in Manchester city centre for 2 quid. Its describes humans as systems constantly battling the entropy and world’s challenges around us in order to survive:

"Whilst this is true, we are also systems that work together. We think, learn, grow, and create beautiful things like art and music. I love this contrast. There are many similar contrasts in the spaces we inhabit: day and night, love and hate, going to bed at 9 p.m. or 9 a.m.”

He articulates this contrast by juxtaposing vignettes of human life with unrelentingly kinetic probability programming systems. Autobiographical field recordings, manually looped vinyl and childhood video games melt into psychedelic waves of sub-focussed pressure.
Throughout the record, these themes are engaged by a psyche imprinted by influences such as jungle, footwork, noise, rave, post punk, reggae, the Curry Mile and a river in the Peak District. This results in an auditory fabric that interlocks contrasting physical and digital systems across temporal contexts. Rejoicing in the expression of lived human experience, whilst surrendering to the chaos of the machine.

Written and Produced by Daniel Ochieng Odhis Copsey
Mastered by Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare
Manufacturing by Press On, Middlesborough
Vinyl Background Artwork by Micah Giraudeau
Sticker Artwork by Rose Rukia Achieng Copsey
Distributed by Second Born

SB002: Kop-Z - A Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic System EP [Previews]

Kaep at DUQO 10.01.25

Kaep (@djkaep) invited Pea (@peazufall) to explore the realm of drum & bass and beyond.

Another Chapter w/ Kaep & Pea 20.03.25

@old-man-crane

Bait is set to release the debut EP, ‘Hepp’, from Leipzig producer Old Man Crane with four subterranean bass experimentations.
Marking the 16th release on the label since its inception in 2023, the connection between Old Man Crance and the label started via a DM with her demos and blossomed into a collaborative partnership including a spontaneous back-to-back with Beatrice M. at Bassmaessage last year. The ‘Hepp’ EP follows shortly on from Old Man Crane’s first appearance on Bait via the One Hundred and Fifty Steps compilation series and begins an exciting chapter for the emerging artist.

mastering by T I N
PR by Dawn Creative

Buy Vinyl

Old Man Crane 'Hepp' EP (OUT NOW)

Monochrome Premiere :

Artist : @old-man-crane
Track : Grey
Label : @baitlabel
EP : One Hundred and Fifty Steps II VEP
Format : VEP/digital/wax sampler
Release Date : 07/05/2025
Bandcamp : https://baitdubstep.bandcamp.com/album/one-hundred-and-fifty-steps-ii
Label's word's : 
One Hundred and Fifty Steps VEP is back with a second comp showcasing 150 dubstep, and a vinyl sampler to go with, combining two tracks from the new VEP and two from the 1st VEP out one year ago. 

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄 : Old Man Crane - Grey [bait]

FM Pause is back on ROW Records with wonky rhythms, rough textures and sounds that feel unstable yet precise. This 3-track EP is all about deconstructing sounds, exploring chaos, and discovering what emerges. An over-compressed, pulsating machine that builds itself up, glitches out and slowly self-destructs.

Buy: https://fmpause.bandcamp.com/album/onrust-ep

Produced by @fmpause

Artwork by @Frida-Pain
Mastered by @herb

Bandcamp

(ROW018) FM Pause - Onrust EP °preview°

https://callshopradio.com/shows/another-chapter

2 hours @djkaep in the mix 

Another Chapter w/ Kaep 15.05.25

@pens29 

Tracklist: 
Pens - FUNCTION (band camp self release)
Cleo AD - Feel Init (unreleased)
Edmond Wells - hjgo (unreleased)
Esgeem - Form Follows Function (Shackleton Edit) (unreleased) Tico - Toma (unreleased)
TCMG - Repercussion (unreleased) facestealer - ƒ(t) (unreleased)
Schmeichel - BG Flex Riddim (unreleased) FM Pause - On Rust (ROW18)
FM Pause - Disfunction (ROW18)
Old Man Crane - Minitaur (unreleased)
Kaep & Bhed - Talking Woods (ROW13)
Porter Brook - The Curve of Forgetting (unreleased)
Porter Brook - Sanctuary (coming Through Clearly) (unreleased) 
Pens - 17 (unreleased)
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Tiefton @ Radio Z w/Pens 17.05.25

Unsere neue Ausgabe vom New In Radio ist draußen – am 7. Juli 2025 lief sie live auf Radio Blau, jetzt ist auch als Stream nachzuhören. Und mit ihr wieder wahnsinnig diverse spannende neue Musik aus Leipzig.

Diese Ausgabe ist mal wieder etwas Besonderes: Nils war dieses Mal leider nicht mit dabei, dafür brachte mit Claudia eine sehr gute Musikjournalistin aus Leipzig ihre Perspektiven in unsere Trackauswahl mit ein.

Und auch beim Deep Dive gibt es dieses Mal eine Premiere: Erstmals sind Ausschnitte eines Interviews dabei, das Nils mit den Machern des Leipziger Labels Patching Flowers geführt hat. Das komplettiert perfekt unseren groben Einblick in den unglaublich großen und diversen Label-Katalog. Reinhören? Gern gern. 

Hier die komplette Tracklist:

1. Lydia Eisenblätter – „Bliss“ (Ostgut Ton) // @lydiaeisenblaetter / @ostgutton-official
2. Tibslc – „Guess We Could Get Along“ (Cime) // @tibslc / @cime-world
3. Stan-Lee – „Pounded Right Now“ (Planet Pump) // @stanley-hottek
4. Acid Lab – „Lights Down Law“ (Defrostatica) // @defrostatica
5. DJ Unisex – „Smoke Over Java City“ (Self Learning System) // @djunisex / @self-learning-system
6. New Hook – What People Saw“ (Nothing Is Real) // @newhook / @nothingisrealrecords
7. FM Pause – „Onrust“ (Row Records) // @fmpause / @row-records
8. Carlotta Jacobi – „Response“ (Beluga Tracks) // @carlotta-jacobi / @belugatracks
9. Seltene Erden – „Kein Schlaf / Kein Schlaf Versions“ (Ominira) // @kmos / @ominira
10. V.I.C.A.R.I. – „Pipe Dreams 77“ (Mountebank Scientific) // @vicari18351 / @dj-balduin
11. Yethiel – „For Paula“ (Patching Flowers)
12. Manatrip – „Yatra“ (Patching Flowers)
13. Yethiel – „Volca Modular Synthesizer Session II“ (Patching Flowers)
14. Ari Raketo – „Bist du bereit?“ (Patching Flowers)
15. Reich – „Jetzt weiß ich wie“ (Patching Flowers)
16. P.A. Huelsenbeck und Michael Schönheit – „Slow Ascend“ (Altin Village & Mine) // @altinvillage

New In Radio #4 / 2025 – mit Patching Flowers-Special

@djkaep invited @k_bl for a two-hour session of ambient, leftfield and bass music.

https://callshopradio.com/shows/another-chapter


Another Chapter w/ Kaep & k bl 17.07.25

Callshop Radio is a community radio based in Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Vienna airing live from Monday to Sunday ➡️ Find all the info to this show and more on our website:
callshopradio.com/shows/another-chapter