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Artist: https://soundcloud.com/mercysystem, https://soundcloud.com/whambolam
Track: Everytime I See You
Label: https://soundcloud.com/meld_records
Format: Digital EP
Release date: 31/12/21
YouTube: https://youtu.be/88ua3XJDzvw

This release is out on the 31st of December as a Beatport Exclusive. You can still pre-order here. It will become available to download on the 14th of January, with Jennifer Walton's track available from Monday 20th.

Meld Records’ next release, Carynx, delivers no-holds-barred remixes from Jennifer Walton, Pluralist, and the return of Bolam to the fold. Carynx marks our second VA - a major milestone for the label. Jennifer Walton delivers her signature style of glitch and space with a remix of KAVARI’s ‘Skee’. Pluralist created a dancefloor-commanding flip of Mercy System’s (fka Monir) ‘Troika Shuffle’. Bolam’s story-telling is in full force, with an epic retelling of Mercy System’s ‘Every Time I See You’ with his own style folded throughout.

PREMIERE | Mercy System - Every Time I See You (Bolam Remix) [Meld] 2021

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CoOp Presents are pleased to "welcome" back Oliver Night, with a brand new six-track EP, including remixes from Atjazz and Mitch von Arx.

Following up his brilliant early 2019 EP 'Make Believe', his EP once again illustrates Oliver's prowess for producing deep bruk business. This follows releases on the label from the likes of EVM128, Groove Chronicles, Risa T, LCSM, Sivey, Neue Grafik, Danvers & Reginald Omas Mamode, furthering the mission statement of label bosses IG Culture & Alex Phountzi to create a strong platform for new bruk talent and beyond, from London to the world.

For those that don't know, East London's Oliver Night is a rising talent in the bruk world. In addition to his own productions, collaborating with artists such as Jay Phelps & BB James, he recently featured on Adelaide producer Inkswel's 'Trippin' (which reached No.1 on the Traxsource Deep House chart) on Atjazz's label, as well as the title track of his new album 'Chasing Infinity' (which also features Lee Scratch Perry, Steve Spacek, Mr Scruff, Dudley Perkins, Kaidi Tatham & Talib Kweli of Black Star). There were also recent features on Parisian producer Quiet Dawn's highly acclaimed 'Movements' EP on Worldwide Award-winning London label First Word Records, and on Jimpster's recent album 'Birdhouse' on Freerange Records.

Now approaching two decades in the DJ game, Oliver was originally a member of Roots Manuva's Banana Klan, and nowadays is a regular player for the Selectors Assemble gang. He's played at various venues across the capital, from the Tate Modern to Boiler Room, and on Worldwide FM with the CoOp Presents crew. Previous support has come far and wide from selectors such as Tony Humphries, Kerri Chandler, Jazzie B, Gilles Peterson, Kid Fonque, Rainer Trueby, Jamz Supernova & Seth Troxler, and press from the likes of Bolting Bits and Music Is My Sanctuary.

So to the new EP... An entirely self-produced solo effort, it kicks off - of course - with 'Welcome', the title track. A deep commanding vocal leads the proceedings, accompanied with some Detroit Techno-tinged keys, acid squelches and occasional chopped Jungle-esque breaks. We follow this with a piece of 'Heart' - warped arpeggiated synths lead the way here, whilst also featuring some seriously soulful vocals again from Oliver himself. Things get tougher next with 'Bruk N Bass'; as the title suggests, this one has some heavy D&B influences with a seriously growling b-line and ravey synth stabs, riding a fiery bruk backbeat. The EP closes out on a more leftfield tip; 'Slated' is a deeper one, which begins with a brooding key pattern setting things off in a slightly deceptive fashion, before switching to some stripped- back bruk, containing just the right amount of sample hits and bassweight, with a mind-melting breakdown midway to boot. The set is complete with two firing remixes from Atjazz and Mitch von Ark respectively.
Oliver says "this EP is a fusion of my favourite genres - broken beat, soul, techno, house and drum 'n' bass. I've put my 'Heart' into this and would love to 'Welcome' you into my ever evolving world..."

@olivernight
@cooppresents

Buy:
https://olivernight.bandcamp.com/album/welcome

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PREMIERE: Oliver Night - Bruk N Bass [CoOp Presents]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/dyslecta
Track: Thresher
Label: https://soundcloud.com/outofsortsbristol
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, EP
Release date: 19/08/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/mF2Xum0WpKI

For Dyslecta's debut on vinyl, and follow up to his contribution to Out of Sorts' inaugural VA, he serves up four slabs of rugged, UK techno, with influences from the early swamp sound, 2000s hard groove and classic tech house. Thresher kicks off the release with a high-energy, claustrophobic affair topped off with rattling percussion and synths which turn your head inside out. Available on a limited run of 100 vinyl and digital worldwide from 19th August, via the Out of Sorts bandcamp.

PREMIERE | Dyslecta - Thresher [Out Of Sorts] 2022

Compliments is a non-binary dance music producer from Huddersfield, based in London. Their work is heavily influenced by the percussive UK styles of jungle, garage and bassline, with a pinch of nü-metal’s distortion and adolescent energy thrown in for good measure.

Tomgirl, their newest release on Mantissa, showcases these stylistic influences across four tracks that move between wonky 4/4 techno, amen-heavy jungle, spacey 140 and swampy chugging house, playing with the idea of floating somewhere between masculinity and femininity, hard and soft.

After experimenting with samples of their own voice on their debut album ‘The place where my voice should be’ (self-released in March 2022), the EP builds on this technique to create eerie atmospherics and strange rhythms in a more club-focused and dance floor orientated zone.

Tomgirl is topped off with a remix by Bristol’s Bex, channeling a potent strain of bassy, stepping techno that her productions and DJ sets have become famous for.

@djcompliments
@mantissa1

Buy:
https://mantissa.bandcamp.com/album/mantissa-003-tomgirl

PREMIERE: Compliments - Debt Of Androgyny [Mantissa]

Artist - @lucas-myers-cook
Imprint - @eternalloverecords
Release - KALOPSIA 

One for a night-time drive, a dance with friends or a moment alone, Kalopsia provides you with the space (and place) you might not have realised you need. Unafraid but not arrogant, this EP wanders into emotions with enough space to take your own journey, but never leaves your side. Kalopsia is an invitation to explore your nuances and travel wherever you dare.

Lithe takes this one down a grimy yet futuristic rabbit hole. The limited vocals in the initial take the forefront and are supported by a comfortingly familiar breakbeat that has many shifting forms throughout the track. Deep bass rides in to support the weight of the vocals and drums. This one is one for some good headphones.

PREMIERE - Lucas SM 'Hearing Voices' (Lithe Remix)[Eternal Love]

North London producer @rumu returns to Scuffed Recordings with his Wightman Wibble EP, embracing a glut of influences from the city’s club heritage.

Since appearing on the label’s Scuffed Presents compilation series in 2021 with his track Splinter, rumu has begun to foster an in-the-know following with releases on Dusky’s 17Steps and Running Back, with tracks supported by Ben UFO, Logic1000, Cinthie and Raji Rags.

The Wightman Wibble EP delves into rumu’s musical upbringing and heritage and explores a world of contrasts - with stillness building to explosive energy and floating euphoria giving way to murky grooves.

The EP opens with Critical Wass, which rumu conceptualises as having ‘pockets of mass bursting into each other, descending into nothing, then forming again’. Up next is the title track, the most high-energy of the release, which takes influence from classic rave, house, and breaks.

Finishing up the EP is ‘Ravanne’, which sees rumu take influence from his Mauritian heritage, with instrumentation and samples sourced from the island of Mauritius. The Ravanne is a rhythmic percussive instrument used in Sega music, which rumu samples throughout the track and channels through his love of UK bass genres.

Buy:
https://lnk.to/WightmanWibble

rumu - Wightman Wibble EP (Previews)

https://r3stlessmusic.bandcamp.com/album/larry-lan-ya-est-bien

@larry-lan
@r3stless-music

Premiere :  Larry Lan - Day One (REST007)

More info - http://loose-lips.co.uk/blog/james-bangura-broken-mind-vpr-18
@vanitypress
@jamesbangura

James Bangura EP

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PREMIERE: James Bangura - Broken Mind (VPR 18)

Celestial Being - Voyage [CBEATS003]

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