@kindergartenrecords serves up a new VA packed with head-spinning club fuel, each track a twisted example of the label's penchant for cutting-edge sonics and wrong-footed rhythmic exploration. Fans of the label will know what (not) to expect from @despinadespina by now, this being the NYC producer's fourth appearance on the label. Their track "Form In Foam" stomps about with good-natured menace, hazy textures framing its lumbering kicks and dominant bassline to propel a grandiose, squelching rain dance.

Mastering: Curve Pusher

Artwork: je_fous_le_camp

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PREMIERE: Despina - Form In Foam [KINDER007]

High Digital boss HANAH renders a pummelling onslaught through explosive genre deconstruction.

'Shortcuts' is out May 17th on High Digital.

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Premiere: HANAH - More Is More [High Digital]

Between bass, leftfield & club music, Montreal-based label Causal Chain will release its next compilation: "VA [CC003]".⁠
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PREMIERE: DJ Suzmo - Obsession (Causal Chain)

An older track of mine from 2015. Project file has been lost in time so it deserves to be unleashed in it's destined-to-be form. I really loved this period of my productions; it felt like I was really starting to find my feet with what I wanted to make and a direction I wanted my sound to go in.

Nods to proto-grime from the era along with blatant UK influences rhythmically and sonically. I loved the anxious melodic pad on this, I was just starting to write my own synths at this point and was moving away from samples. Really happy to finally let this one be heard by the world.

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Terrorem (Breach 2)

Synesthesya

B E N N - Eco Algorithm

Easy Mongo

Gurgles produced by Auco & Neana.
Released as part of Cashmere Radio's MIGA Vol.1 comp
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Auco & Neana - Gurgles

Galtier makes his second return to his own label with a 5-track offering of off-kilter, obscure electronic madness aptly titled 'Imitation Plantae'. Inspired by the idea of man-made imitations attempting to capture the essence of natural beauty. Galtier's take on this very concept manifests itself through the ever-present sense of unease that is evident across all five tracks. The melodies drift in and out of tune, ever so slightly, ultimately sounding pleasing but always fleeting in their general aura of pleasantness.

A showcase of Galtier's breadth of confidence across a huge span of BPMs and rhythmic influences that is showcased on his sophomore NHS release, reflecting the sense of uncertainty conveyed through the Intentionally awry mood throughout.

‘Half-Dead Orchid Still Breathing’ is a stripped back thudding piece designed for a futuristic cyber-Zaibatsu Police chase scene. Dense 808 subs thunder with spacious yet present tom drums as hollow synthetic sounds reverberate in between. It carries low end weight and steps with an almighty poly-rhythmic flow.

Artwork by Mer Marin
Mastering by Fausto Mercier

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IM096 - @aroent - Say
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: May 27th,2022
Format: Digital
Artwork by Vojd

Following on from a release-packed 2021, Infinite Machine are back with a new 4-track offering from the relative newcomer, Aroent. Across 3 new original cuts (plus a rework by UK dance royalty, Ploy) the Berlin-based producer delivers some serious rollers crammed full of gnarly drumwork and a pervasive air of unease. Like the strange, abstract creature of the record artwork, the music of Say EP is an amorphous beast, mixing the dense arrangements/layering of 90s IDM records with the off-kilter and swung beats of UK Techno and Funky.

The EP opens with its title track; a whirl of snaps, claps and phantom samples all firmly underpinned by an acid-inflected bassline. Aroent embracing of chance and luck in his compositions is evident on this track, throwing in idiosyncratic automations and randomizers to grow and evolve the tune over its 5 minute duration. The vox samples (stolen from Breaking Bad) seem to decay and fall inwards on each other on ‘Say’, as if the song is soundtrack to a decaying and corrupted society (not dissimilar to Heisenberg’s).

On ‘Rolling Oddities’, Aroent’s love for the Bristol bass & techno scene really shines through clearly. A track that seems almost built for a spinny night that rolls on until the morning, the song really does what it says on the tin with its combination of driving, rhythmic elements and it’s smattering of pretty out-there decisions in terms of arrangement and sound processing. This is a definite must-listen tune for fans of Batu, Lurka or Hodge.

Next up, ‘Bobcat’ takes things in a slightly more buoyant and ecstatic direction with its ever-rising filters and muted percussion that seems like it’s dancing along on tip-toes. On this song especially, Aroent’s genre-agnostic approach to production is abundantly obvious with elements of techno and bass sitting alongside kick drums that wouldn’t feel out of place on some Jersey Club tracks.

Ploy brings up the rear on Say EP with a ferocious ‘Skeletal Tool remix’ of the releases’ title track. Taking a reductionist approach to his rework, the Timedance signee strips out some of the originals’ more hyperbolic or dramatic elements and reduces it to a polyrhythmic, semi-genreless heater. Seriously - you try and pin this edit down to a single ‘genre label’, I dare you!

Despite the small number of releases to his name, Say EP is a highly confident and well-realized offering from the Greek-born, Berlin-based producer. In a way, Aroent is already creating his own sonic signature that lifts and interpolates aspects across the UK Bass spectrum and turns it into something totally unique. This is music that lurks in the shadows of warehouse clubs.

Tracklist:

1. Say
2. Rolling Oddities
3. Bobcat
4. Say (Ploy's Skeletal Tool Remix)

Aroent - Say (IM096)

Forced to pause the events in the spring, our restlessness has manifested itself in the form of a debut label release: a 21-track genre spanning compilation.

We chose to work closely with friends and family, artists that have an affiliation with AM, each expressing themselves in their freest forms from broken-techno, glitchy breakbeats and mutant dancehall, to IDM & electro.

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De Grandi - How Do You Know (Accidental Meetings)

Mixed & Produced by Doubt
Mastered by Doug Shearer
Artwork by Mistareez

Solise

Doubt - Soilse

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