HEAR/FIRST

Happy to kick off our series of premieres "HEAR/FIRST" with this banging remix of DJ Swaggers (@djswaggerxxx) juke anthem "Deep Down" by Mathis Ruffing (@mruffing).

Artist​: DJ Swagger, Mathis Ruffing
Title: Deep Down
Label​: Raiders // Vol. 1 Remixed (@raiders_records)
Release date​: 31st January 2021

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HEAR/FIRST: DJ Swagger - Deep Down (M Ruffing RemixX) [RAIDERS, Vol. 1 Remixed]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - Cyberflex - Emotional Voyage Records +++ 

Our friends over at Emotional Voyage Records (@emotionalvoyagerecords) are back with their second VA, and we're beyond delighted to premiere the contribution by the Berlin based producing team Cyberflex (@cyberflex__), which is consisting of audio and visual artists who aim to embrace the cultural adaptions of old school originators into current lifestyles. Today, they're bringing us energetic heat in the form of "El Dinio's Mansion" - blending breezing chords into the electronic essence of Acid, it's all glued together with a cheeky vocal sample on a broken beat.

Closed eyes - a slight cool breeze on a warm summer day, ice cubes hitting a glass and splashes by the pool. The vibe of last night still present and accompanied by a never ending groove right inside your ears: this is the feeling of El Dinio's Mansion. 

Emotional Voyage Records
SC: https://soundcloud.com/emotionalvoyagerecords 
BC: https://emotionalvoyagerecords.bandcamp.com 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotionalvoyage.rec/

Cyberflex
SC: https://www.instagram.com/cyberflex__/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/cyberflex__/
BC: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0rdVQ_QN4DO5Py8_fkCQg

HEAR/FIRST: Cyberflex - El Dinio's Mansion [EVR004]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - @m_orphena - Quanta +++

Berlin’s Open Music Lab is back with their second release: Quanta, out on 26-FEB-2022. We're excited to premiere one of the forthcoming contributions by morphena. 

morphena is an Argentinian-born emerging DJ and producer and has been a long-time student of OML and recently started becoming a mentor herself for new students. morphena describes the track as her first production where she can “imprint a hybrid between a club track and a song”, while keeping the lyrics as the main focus and center of the track - listen & support <3  

Open Music Lab: 
The OML label was born out of a supportive community of creatives from various backgrounds and abilities. It offers an opportunity for people to engage with unique blends of musical sounds that are enriched by different cultures and lived experiences. Quanta showcases the music and work of some of OML’s most committed students and mentors. This unique release shows the range of talent at OML and the musical bond and creative collaboration that comes out of the community. Each track on the release is produced by an OML student and is accompanied by a remixed version from their mentors.

Design by Sophie Douala / @sophiedouala
Photos by Bethania Medina / @bethamaxph
Mastered by Chad Matheny / @emperorx

HEAR/FIRST: morphena - Surviving My Gaze [OML002]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - @dai-su - @fbn-recordings +++

Fly By Night kicks off 2022’s proceedings with Departure, the second V/A from the label, as FBN010. Departure reflects the full spectrum of the ever-changing UK music sphere, exploring the depths of leftfield dance music, whilst remaining distinctly club-focused.
FBN010 sees the return of some familiar faces to the label, alongside some exciting fresh faces. Broadly spanning system-rattling, breaks-infused, vocal-stuttering tracks, Departure sets the tone for the year ahead.
All profits raised from FBN010 will go towards UK-based charity Sister Supporter. Sister Supporter is a pro-choice, anti-harassment organisation, who are working towards achieving a national solution to allow those who wish to exercise their legal right to healthcare to do so without interference and judgement. You can read more about Sister Supporter’s message: www.sistersupporter.co.uk/story.

Fly By Night’s Departure V/A is their first release of 2022 and will be out on all digital platforms on Friday 4th March.

Mastering by Top Shelf Audio
Artwork by Harvey Robinson

Buy link: www.flybynightrecordings.bandcamp.com

HEAR/FIRST: DaiSu - Talk To Me [FBN010]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - @muriane - @bvhl +++

CECI N'EST QUE PARTY REMIX is the fourth release of the Paris based label Bonsoir, vous habitez l'immeuble ? . A Various Artist compilation based essentially on peaky and extravagant remixes blending a large scale of taste & colors ! It will be dropped at the end of march, stay tuned.

HEAR/FIRST: Muriane - Françoise, hardly [BVHL004]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - @djfuckoff - make me dance +++

DJ Fuckoff (@djfuckoff) is a mainstay in the cute little none/such multiverse, and that's why we're even more so excited to unveil her latest creation titled "make me dance" as part of our upcoming charity fundraiser compilation, due to be released this Friday, March 18th. "make me dance" is once again a powerful, sexy & mighty heavy hitter with the signature Fuckoff drizzle coming right at ya - no time to think, simply enjoy 💕

We'd kindly ask you to consider supporting this project by visiting our Bandcamp & chip in what you can afford - all proceeds going directly to refugees4refugees 💌

Cover by Jamie Johnson 
Mastered by Orange Studio, Berlin

HEAR/FIRST: DJ Fuckoff - make me dance [NSCOMP004]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - @user_delusion- @mezerini- @yourcharactermusic +++

User Delusion is a producer based out of Los Angeles specializing in everything electro, ghetto tech, and beyond. His work has caught the ears of some heavy hitters such as DJ Mell G and Yazzus to name a few. With releases on @n.o.service @bogoturerecords under his belt he comes equipped with a classic-spacey electro sound for his 2nd Ep releasing on @yourcharacter April 15th 2022

+++@mezerini+++
 Producer and DJ from Gdańsk, Poland. Mezer is  heavily influenced by oldschool jazz and funk records. His productions are a combination of booty bass, old school electro, breaks and g funk straight from the west coast.

HEAR/FIRST: User Delusion - Lost In Time (mezer Remix)

+++ HEAR/FIRST - @viikatory - @warningberlin +++

Warning would proudly like to present to you their first full on Various Artists compilation on one of their beloved media - Music Cassette. They collected bits of bouncing Electro, celestial Trance, fluid Breakbeats and in between for heavy rotation and impact on the dance floors of today and tomorrow. Dig out your Walkman and activate the Mega Bass, or clean the tape heads of your deck with a Q-Tip and press the Dolby button. The hiss is calling. Full force Warning experience copied to magnetic tape to represent the retro future sound of Berlin on two sides.

Release: Various - WARCC03
Artist: Viikatory
Title: Astral Chain
Label: Warning
Mastering: Behrang Mohammadi
Artwork: Atelier Superplus

HEAR/FIRST: Viikatory - Astral Chain [WARCC03]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - Kitsta - Baby Blue +++ @gimmeabreakrecords @kitsta_dj  +++

Gimme A Break Records are incredibly proud to announce their  ‘Solidarity With Ukraine’ compilation. Spanning across the genres of  breakbeat, UK garage, electro, techno, trance, dubstep and jungle our  fundraiser V.A. features 18 incredible producers from across the globe. 

Beatriarchy boss gal Kitsta is a London based DJ and producer driving the Trance X Bass agenda. Known for her euphoric, bass-heavy sets, she has touched down in clubs all across the UK such as Corsica Studios, Hidden, Hare & Hounds and Hope Works alongside her monthly Balamii Radio residency. 
She has dropped tracks on Sticky Tapes and Fly By Night Recordings leading to plays on BBC Radio 6, making her upcoming release schedule one to watch.

All proceeds from the compilation will be donated to the K41  Community Fund. This is a project initiated by the team at the Kyiv based cultural institution ∄ with the aim to provide financial, humanitarian  and logistical support to the musical and cultural community that has  been facing life-threatening challenges since the beginning of the  Russian invasion of Ukraine.

HEAR/FIRST: Kitsta - Baby Blue [Gimme A Break Records]

+++ HEAR/FIRST - Kaspar van de Water - Espresso Robot +++ @callshopradio - @kasparvandewater +++

Callshop Radio launches its first EP – Phone Book Vol. One. This digital five tracker curated and compiled by the Callshop family and close friends of the project sneakes around the corner as divers as the radio program itself.

A very special introduction is made with Espresso Robot. Kaspar van de Water, founding father of Callshop Radio, makes his debut release with this progressive House jam. Makes you sweat for sure!

HEAR/FIRST: Kaspar van de Water - Espresso Robot [Callshop Records]

+++ @jotelcalifornia +++ @warningberlin +++

Back on the annual 7” excursion, Warning presents you this special split release by YOUR PLANET IS NEXT and JOTEL CALIFORNIA, adding new twists to eternal classics.
On the flip, Berlin up and comer Jotel California from the Warning Family covers Eisbær by Swiss Post-Punk heroes Grauzone. He shifts it up a gear or two, coating the rather heavy vibe of the original with sharp Electro breaks, giving it a very contemporary makeover.

HEAR/FIRST: Jotel California - Eisbaer [WAR2201]

+++@yourcharactermusic +++ @juicy-selekta +++

T-kay and Mika isolated themselves in a cube as they became electro addicts and thought they would get enough of electric power through the wires.
Soon they realized they were running out of electro and became total maniacs. They have no idea, they are never going to feel it, as it’s already in their whole flesh and blood.
The only way to feel it, is to get adjusted to the fact and they will, as there is no escape from the cube.

 T-kay & Mika represent 12 electro maniacs who escaped from the cube and acknowledged the fact that they will live forever electric.

HEAR/FIRST: JUICY SELEKTA - GUAP POP KEEP IT HAWTT [Your Character]

+++ @dasistdasja +++ 

Wrank Fright's debut Mixed Raw Deluxe:
A selection of 10 tracks delivers the full package of dance floor stimuli fusing breakbeat, house, trance and bootleg with a soft spot for 2000s pop music anthems.
Mixed Raw Deluxe unleashes its very own idea of a soundtrack, racy, soulful at times, for the generation of those who shuffle and sway the jauntiness of the 90s and 00s to the dance floors of today.
Mixed Raw Deluxe will be released 5.8.2022 on Bandcamp & Soundcloud. Enjoy.

Artist: Wrank Fright
Mastering: Marcel Strümper
Artwork: Vogtype

HEAR/FIRST: Wrank Fright - Gasolina (Wrank Fright edit)

+++HEAR/FIRST+++ @sine-language808 +++ @spinning_around +++

Formerly known as Sine Language, MOT reimagines himself. The Naarm (AU) producer ventures into deeper and darker waters with 3 new tracks chronicling the shedding of skin in reverse.

Arguing in a club returns MOT to familiar dub techno territory with a new edge, as atmospheric percussion bickers in rhythm over a hypnotic bassline while looping alarms raise the tension unbearably.

HEAR/FIRST: MOT - Arguing In A Club

"The track comes from a VA encompassing tracks by 7 artists released by BLVSH, a Berlin-based collective committed to contributing to a much needed increase in the visibility of women, trans and non-binary folks and their blossoming in a still male-dominated clubbing scene.

Half of the tracks are from our crew members, while the other half are from guests dear to us. Active members of the FLINTGA* scenes and communities in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands.

[FINTGA* stands for: Female, Lesbian, Inter, Non-binary, Trans, Genderqueer and Agender people]

All the benefits from the VA sales will be donated to NARUD (https://narud.org/)
NARUD e.V. stands for "Network African Rural and Urban Development" and is a migrant-diasporic organization active since 2005.

The main goals of the association in Germany, especially Berlin, are the promotion and self-empowerment of people in the African-migrant communities, the communication of cultural values ​​of African societies, the processing of the colonial past and colonial continuities, as well as the opening for an intercultural dialog.

Produced by Agata 
SC: @agata_k
IG: @agat.a.music

Mixed by Bradley Hutchings
Mastered by Joe Farr

Visuals by Claudia Teng
IG: acid__angel"

HEAR/FIRST: Agata - Coming Up For Air [BLVSHVA001]

+++HEAR/FIRST+++ @adrian-ash3r +++ @bass_water_freak_out +++

adrian asher is a merman & producer/vocalist from Scotland Island, Australia. He curates the label BASS WATER FREAK OUT providing a platform for dark & playful G-Tek & G-Trance. Asher's ep HOUSE OF DOORS (HOD) is equal parts calm and psycho, just like the ocean which inspires him. HOD was recorded in the actual HOD, a small shack built of second hand doors in which asher grew up and now periodically takes to haunting. Since the HOUSE of DOORS was built by asher’s family, one thousand years have passed. The Ocean has risen and Swallowed the Land. Moray & Electric eels are the main residents of HOD now & asher’s ghost plays to them XxXx

HEAR/FIRST: Adrian Asher - ICE BATH IN HEAVEN [BWFO 006]

+++@warningberlin +++ @arelizramos +++

Areliz Ramos, also formerly known as ‘Milkshlk’ (Female Pressure, Napp), is a producer from Peru who's musical storytelling skills are reflected in her carefully crafted mixes as well as in her versatile productions. 
 Her track ‘Rush’ for the first Warming Compilation is a beautiful piece to warm your heart during cold and grey days."

Warming, the introspective division of Warning, was launched by resident Mars Leder as an “off the (Rave) track” mix series in 2019. Since then the aim has been to provide warm vibes in a cold world to help us unwind in hectic times. We’re now expanding the
sub-project and present to you WARM01, the first Ambient music release on Warning. With seven mindfully selected tracks from Areliz Ramos, Yhdessa, Caldera, Premis, Lewi Boome, Vertical67, and Warning resident Philipp Otterbach with his new project KYN, a collaboration with Sebastian Eubel. The compilation aims to reflect the versatility of the genre, from mellow textures and floating voices to fractal patterns and rapturous basslines. Don’t expect any ordinary elevator music or beach cafe vibes - this one will be chill, but it’s still a Warning.

WARM01 comes as a digital compilation accompanied by a C90 cassette tape, including a DJ mix by Mars Leder featuring all tracks from the compilation plus an extract from Sam’s closing set of our 5Y Warning party in August 2022.

HEAR/FIRST: Areliz Ramos - Rush [WARM01]

+++ @realmo1 +++ @openmusiclab +++

Born in Tehran, Real Mo started rapping when he was 14 years old. Now producing electronic music and especially techno, RealMo draws from his heritage by using Middle Eastern instruments in his tracks, and tries to convey feelings through sounds, without using words.

OML label was born out of Berlin's Open Music Lab inclusive community of creatives from various backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. It offers an opportunity for listeners to engage with unique blends of musical sounds that are enriched by different cultures and lived experiences outside of the mainstream.

HEAR/FIRST:  RealMo - HOPE [OMLCOMP]

+++@allerendeanfang +++ @kolbrunklara +++

Aller Ende Anfang releases their first Various Artists EP, encompassing 5 energetic tracks opening up a spectrum from breaky to straight, from powerful to dreamy. Side A pushes forward with flickering breakbeat electro by Icelandic Jadzia.

The Rejkjavik based DJ & Producer already made herself a name through releases f. e. on International Chrome, /none, Crazed Behaviour & Raiders, just to name a few. Be prepared for a razor sharp and contagiously energetic track that showcases stomping 808s and algific acid.

HEAR/FIRST: Jadzia - Hyperdrive [AEA004]

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