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A1 Bloop - Delirious Allusion

@fraxinus emerges after a 4-year dormancy with six tracks of earth-shaking kick drums, thunderous percussion and razor-sharp sound design.

More: https://ins-rt.net/audio/fraxinus-pass-one/

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Premiere: Fraxinus - Pass One

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)

Sam Smith ft Kim Petras - Unholy (TroyBoi Remix)

Devil's Chariot

rtist: CRAVO @cravomusic
Track Title: Sem Chance [MLRVNL003]
EP Title: PURVEYORS OF THE GROOVE VOL.3
Label: MALöR Records
Catalog No.: MLRVNL003
Format: 12'' Vinyl and digital 
Release Date: 01.09.2023
Mastering: Gregor Bromme at gb-mastering Berlin
Cover Art: Meike Schleuss

Tracklist:
A1 Cravo - Sem Chance
A2 Chontane - Septario
B1 Regent - Satin
B2 Vil - Bret

soundcloud link. https://soundcloud.com/maloer-records
bandcamp link: https://maloer-records.bandcamp.com/music
instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/maloer.records/

PREMIERE: CRAVO - Sem Chance [MLRVNL003]

Weighing in heavy with murderous intent across three guaranteed dance levellers, Trends & Boylan land on Sneaker Social Club with a bang. The pair have been slugging out grime-leaning gear for the past five years, causing a ruckus with their truly evil ‘Norman Bates’ beat, releasing also on Trends own Mean Streets label and linking up with Slimzee’s foundational stable Slimzos for some dubplate action.

They bring that street-level swagger to the tracks on the Ninety Nine EP, but here their punchy 8-bar flex is embellished to blend in with the Sneaker surroundings a treat. ‘Carnage’ tips towards chopped up Think Breaks while ‘Nocturnal’ doubles down on the dirtiest of b-lines. Confirming their allyship from dubplates gone by, Slimzee links up with Trends & Boylan for the double A side slammer, ‘Ninety Nine’, weaving dread-side D&B stabs around a tightly-wound beat with devastating results. There’s not an ounce of excess on these cuts precision tooled to smashup the dance good and proper. Need we say more?

https://sneakersocialclub.bandcamp.com/album/ninety-nine-ep

Trends, Boylan & Slimzee - Ninety Nine

Support the label, buy it here:
frenzyrecordings.bandcamp.com/

The Miller - Complied [FRNZYREC005]

For Frenzy’s 5th installment, we’ll take the fusion of the past and the present even further. We present you a 6-track EP by Swedish DJ and producer ‘The Miller’, who was amongst the Nordic wave of early 2000s techno pioneers like Cari Lekebusch, Adam Beyer, and Joel Mull. Coming from an era where rave and nightlife escapism were blooming, The Miller possesses a vast backlog of old-school productions that embody the true Frenzy sound. We invited him to compile an EP with old and new material, accompanied by remixes from the up-and-coming generation to truly intertwine generations of dancefloor exquisiteness. Allow yourself to surpass the linear alignment of time within the next collision of decades on Frenzy 005. It’s time to dance.

Starting out slow but steady on the A side, ‘Kartong’ gradually builds up the pressure with a playful mix of reversed phrases and thoughtful alignment of pitch levels. Tension transforms into motion as ‘Apex’ kicks in with big airy basslines and exotic drum elements that keep the early-day spirit alive. To complete the A-side, Stuttgart-based Rove Ranger presents a dub-influenced remix of Apex, accelerating the 00s story straight into the next decade. On the flip side, we go back to the old days as ‘Complied’ grabs hold of hips and minds with catchy repetition and a straightforward bassline. The Miller got us spellbound as ‘Gate’ follows up with a stripped-down steamy groover. To end the journey in full force, a powerful remix of Gate by the Greek-based ANNĒ is delivered, converting stripped down into the contrary for those big-room dancefloor moments.

Follow The Miller:
@the-miller-1
www.instagram.com/themiller_official/
themiller.bandcamp.com/

Follow ANNĒ:
@annemusicofficial
www.instagram.com/anne__gr_/
bandcamp.com/annemusicofficial/

Follow Rove Ranger:
@itsroveranger
www.instagram.com/roveranger.ve/
ra.co/dj/roveranger

Artwork: PG Pasquet

Past & Present EP

The Miller - Gate (ANNĒ Remix)

Third single of Maloca, Vol.2 forthcoming on Dec 8th
maloca.bandcamp.com/album/maloca-vol-2

« Founded almost four years ago, Le Motel’s Maloca Records has excelled in world-building as it tirelessly brings together some of the best and most innovative artists from different pockets of the club community around the world. This is showcased most notably through the compilation series which returns for its second volume on the 8th December as it combines both established and breakthrough artists.

Across 17 tracks, Maloca, Vol. 2 features both label family and exciting debuts with the likes of Farsight, Griffit Vigo, and DJ JM returning to the imprint. The rest of the compilation sees knockout contributions from the likes of Bambounou, Flore, Konduku, Tristan Arp, NVST, De Grandi, Neida, Cheb Runner, Malo2k, Leese, Ultima Esuna & Destrata, Mika Oki, M I M I and Space Drum Meditation. Whilst these artists may be from different cities across the pond, they all have something in common - they are leading the way for the next wave of club music. Whether that’s the riotous sounds of NVST, Griffit Vigo’s ever- evolving landscape of gqom, Tristan Arp’s signature insect-inspired soundscape, the emerging Brussels-based artists M I M I and Mika Oki or the trippy, introspective melodies of Konduku and Space Drum Meditation. Maloca, Vol. 2, captures a mind-melting moment in time.

The artwork is by Brussels-based painter Anastasia Bay who’s work presents a renewed vision of the human figure. Oscillating between abstraction and figuration, Anastasia Bay’s work is all about contrast and balance. The choice of a precise fragment of reality in her works dissolves any narration. »

Artwork by @bay.anastasia
Mastering by @hypna__

Maloca, Vol. 2

Bambounou - Tboujeh

PREORDER: 
VINYL https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1701339408/Eoin-DJ-Total-Body
DIGITAL https://radiant-records.bandcamp.com/album/eoin-dj-total-body

@eoindj @angeldlite @byronyeates

A1. TOTAL BODY FT. SENSX
A2. TOTAL BODY  FT. SENSX (ANGEL D’LITE REMIX)
B1. ULTRA SOFT
B2. ULTRA SOFT (BYRON YEATES REMIX)

Following their contribution to the 2022 International Women’s Day compilation, and a co-production credit on “Dreaming is Essential” by Byron Yeates, Eoin DJ drops their first release on Radiant Records, Total Body. The 4-track EP is replete with mind-bending, lustrous tracks waiting to be spun out to sweatbox dancefloors.

“Total Body” invites movement from its first seconds. Layers and layers of snares, shakers and rhythmic synth stabs build tension before the pulse of a rolling bassline cements the elements into a cohesive hard house groove. Fragments and chops of sensx’s vocals wrap in and around the sonic field, leaving wisps of reverb and echo in their wake before repeating the track’s Total Body mantra in the breakdown. The result is a lushly-scored density of sound, with a relentless stomp that never feels overcrowded or too heavy. 

Angel D’lite’s remix takes a more skeletal approach to “Total Body”: a snare and clap march beneath chiming vocal stabs, rumbling low end and rolling breakbeats, flipping the original into a modern bass-heavy hybrid number. The rhythmic synth from the original, reversed and efex’d, ushers us in, and then out of the track, around extra bass stabs and pitch shifted “Total Body” chops. 

On the B side, “Ultra Soft” lifts off with a firm kick and a rolling 3-note bassline. Despite the title, the track hits harder than “Total Body” and sings with  Eoin DJ signatures: swirling funnels of processed vocals, rich, ear-itching textures, stripped back percussion and rave-ready samples are sprinkled with 303s, to create a track that sits comfortably with both classic trance and techno and contemporary “Progressive” dance music. 

The EP’s closer, a remix of “Ultra Soft” by Byron Yeates, compresses the astrally-inclined scale of the original track into shining slices of sound. A playful, chiming melody starts off the track alongside the kick, working through precise grooves, knife-sharp snares, a throbbing bass and chopped-up, smokey vocals. The result: 6 minutes of total embodiment from the Radiant Records boss.

EOIN DJ
Title: TOTAL BODY
Cat: RADIANTLOVE007
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mastered: MARCO PELLEGRINO
Artwork: YENNY JRANT
Text: NAT MARCUS

EOIN DJ - TOTAL BODY

Stranger Than Fiction

There You Go Again (ft James Axon)

Don't Take It Personal (ft John Cale)

1. SLANDER
2. DON'T STOP DON'T MISS
3. BEAUTIFUL LOVER
4. THAT'S WHY THEY ROLL
5. MIDNIGHT SWEAT

All production, mixing and mastering by: bastiengoat
Cover art by: Ryan Thomas Ormsby

bandcamp

DON'T STOP DON'T MISS

A-Lectro x Miroo - Bola *Click on Buy for Free Download*

Saturn

Title: PERFUSION 04
Artist: Various
Label: Perfusion
Catalog: PRF04
Release Date: 28/02/24
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Mastering: Conor Dalton
Artwork: PG Pasquet

@nitefleit
@molekulpage

Buy:
https://molekul.bandcamp.com/album/perfusion-04

PREMIERE: Nite Fleit - Off Radar [Molekül]

The brand new label Sonora label Destroy Records presents its "turbo-hybrid-transgressive" sonic identity with a first compilation.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/slowrolla-novthekid-dnr-sonora-destroy-records

PREMIERE: SlowRolla x NovTheKid - DNR (Sonora Destroy Records)

Surmillo - Red Hot EP
BUY LINK: https://fanlink.to/redhotep
Label: loerty (https://soundcloud.com/iamloerty)
https://loerty.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ep
https://www.instagram.com/iamloerty/
> Surmillo (https://soundcloud.com/surmillo)
https://www.instagram.com/olegsurmillo

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Surmillo - Panic Attack

Stranger Than Fiction: Underground Remixes

And I Took That Personally (Get Even Remix)

Glow (Battle Royale Remix)

Come Back To Life (Red Alert Remix)

You Used To Jock Me Too (C'est La Vie Remix)

Handle With Care

Breaking News (feat. Rico Nasty & Kilo Kish)

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

LUNCH

Seven Davis Jr. is a singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. Known for releasing various genres of music fusing Dance, Trip Hop, Funk and Soul. 

Referred to as “Sev” by his fans and followers. He is a rogue creative, working with a diverse range of artists (like John Cale, Honey Dijon most recently) behind the scenes in between his own projects. 

He released “Stranger Than Fiction”, his most successful album to date on his own label Secret Angels. Which won the German Record Critics Award for Best New Releases of 2024. His 2025 alias downtempo album titled Mean Bacharach "Sacrifice", was highly rated by Pitchfork. 

He released “Is This The Apocalypse" (EP) on Valentine’s Day 2025. An interlude to his new album titled the “Don’t Crash Out Challenge” out now on all platforms and vinyl.

💼 : management@secretangelsrecords.com