Original recordings from 2006 and finalized/released in 2008.
Shibari used to be someone called Persistence of Memory.  A one man band.  All the sounds are Nikoli's other than the rhythm guitar in track 13: "Denial, Acceptance, Denial".

There are also no syhths or vst's on this record.  Everything is through analogue processing, much of these recordings were captured on cassette tape initially and then transferred to a digital medium in Sony ACID 5.0.  

A couple feeback loops in Ableton 7.  

Otherwise all is fairly organic and reliant on instrumentation. 

I hope you enjoy these tunes despite some of these are 19 years old and that's adulthood XD.  I hope I raised them well.  Now it's time to release them lol. 


-luv, Shibari.

Persistence Of Memory-mosaic

Steve The Tree-

Perfectly encapsulating the feeling of being alone with only the flicker of candlelight bouncing off the walls, the title track “Solitude” pulls you into a deep gravity well. The tonality of the bassline stands at the center, weathering the swarm of punishing FX and layered waves of crashing drums that swirl about in endless succession.

NUEQ
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Solitude EP

Solitude

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NUEQ - Solitude

The EP’s monolithic collaborative track “Lilin” features tour de force Culprate. Every layer of production detail employed is infused with overpowering emotion. Finding endless methods of transforming cacophonous displays of sound into head-churning melodies that thoroughly scramble the senses. Keeping pace with one another, these two talented producers leave the unattentive listener in a state of stupefied awe.

Culprate
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NUEQ
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VALE
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Lilin

Culprate & NUEQ - Lilin

TRAKA's debut on SATURATE! introduces us to a post-industrial, 5 am club stomper. Equipped with distorted bass, heavy percussion and industrial decimation - "The Wall Of Us" brings back the raw, underground sound to 2025. 

In a post-industrial dystopia where reliance oxidises, corrugating our stall of trust. The water's coloured rust, enclosed by The Wall Of Us. 

🥷🏾 TRAKA
 
🥷🏾 ig: [ https://www.instagram.com/traka.studio/ ]
🥷🏾 lt: [ https://linktr.ee/traka.studio ]
🥷🏾 sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/traka-studio ]

🗿 Collaborators:

🪨 "OXIC" feat. MYTHM [ https://linktr.ee/mythmofficial ] 
🪨 "Nasty Tone" feat. Chrizpy Chriz [ https://temple.fans/chrizpy-chriz ] 
🪨 "Benz OD" feat. JuLo, Censored The Audio
- JuLo [ https://beacons.ai/julomusic ] 
- Censored The Audio [ https://beacons.ai/censoredtheaudio ]

The Wall Of Us (STRTEP106)

OXIC (ft. MYTHM)

GET IT HERE

Danke Danke

My clubby track "SQUEAKY TOY" is ready for the dance floor! Inspired my breaks and club music, this song makes deliberate use of booty bass, sound design and a little humor. I'm proud to have it included in the first Rumble in the Jungle compilation alongside a list of talented Miami producers, availablve here: https://rumbleinthejunglemia.bandcamp.com/album/rumble-in-the-jungle-vol-1

SQUEAKY TOY

tsou brings forward a crow-bar crunk, minimalistic yet bass heavy EP in the form of "tobedetermined". Hydraulic bounce coupled with glitchy synths give this EP electric yet threatening aura. 

On this EP we have SATURATE! Alumni heavy hitters Vistuh, Zaiaku, K A G E, Kneipe, Flesh Interface and Zain Wolf on remix duties. Essentially the brigade of the bass apocalypse.

As society begins to reckon with its undoing drawing near
Some will descend into madness, while others cower in fear. 

A few rise, their intentions remain uncertain. 
Whether they came to save or destroy, is "tobedetermined" 

𖡄 tsou

𖡄 ig: [ https://www.instagram.com/tsoumusic ]
𖡄 sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/tsoumusic ]
𖡄 twt: [ https://www.twitter.com/tsoumusic ] 
𖡄 tt: [ https://www.tiktok.com/@tsoumusic ] 

📀 Remixers: 

 "searching" 

// Vistuh

// ig: [ https://www.instagram.com/vistuhmusic/ ] 
// sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/vistuh ] 

// Zaiaku

// ig: [ https://www.instagram.com/thezaiaku ] 
// sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/thezaiaku ] 

"skeletons"

// K A G E 

// lt: [ https://linktr.ee/kageidk ] 
// sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/kageidk ] 

"calm down"

// Kneipe 

// lt: [ https://linktr.ee/kneipe ] 
// sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/808kneipe ] 

"bounce" 

// Flesh Interface 

// ig: [ https://www.instagram.com/fleshinterface_/ ] 
// sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/flesh_interface ] 

// Zain Wolf 

// ig: [ https://www.instagram.com/zainwolf.flac/ ]
// sc: [ https://soundcloud.com/zainwolfza ]

🖼️ art: OV3RDRIVE [ https://www.instagram.com/ov3rdrivebass/ ]

🌍 SATURATE! 🌍

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🌍 patreon: [ https://patreon.com/SATURATE ]
🌍 artist career dev: [ https://feedback.aboveandbelow.co ]
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tobedetermined (STRTEP107)

bounce (Zain Wolf Remix)

Dredging up the menacing vibes of the drum & bass underground, “Libra” blurs the line between chaos and melody, using its relentless pacing and ferocious mutant bassline to dominate this track, keeping one enthralled until the end.

NUEQ
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NUEQ - Libra

Sorza - I'm Here (Culprate Remix)

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tsou delivers a crow-bar crunk, minimalistic yet bass-heavy EP in the form of "tobedetermined"

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tsou - skeletons (K A G E Remix) [Premiere]

Forever Contagious
Wolf'd - Clownshow 

The next drop from WONK#AY Records’ final VA, Forever Contagious, is live now on SoundCloud!

This 27-track global compilation spans Drum & Bass, Halftime, Jungle, Garage, Dubstep, and Hardcore — the last VA we’ll ever release, closing out our long-running Contagious series.
Full release lands 31 October (Halloween). Stream today, get ready for the full experience, and catch the next drop tomorrow.

After 17 years of VAs, we’re closing the book with Forever Contagious – 27 tracks, global artists, every corner of the bass spectrum.

One track a day from 22 Sept, vinyl pre-orders 17 Oct, full release Halloween. This is the last dose. Don’t miss it.

RELEASED 31 OCTOBER 2025

Wolf'd - Clownshow - FOREVER CONTAGIOUS VA

Iridescent static vapors hovering above magma.