Naarm alchemists Sleep D’s revelatory new synthetic ‘Electronic Arts’ is ready for circulation.

Having released 4 EPs of mind-altering club tackle since 2019’s ‘Rebel Force’, the duo overcome second album syndrome, boiling down their chaos with a more developed sense of songwriting. Never banging one drum, ‘Electronic Arts’ mirrors the anything goes mania of their DJ sets, tactfully shifting through different sounds and styles. Tempos intensify and decelerate, at times pushing the threshold to 150 bpm from docile canine dreamscapes to full tilt Space Invaders in AR mind games.

Largely built on road tested material from their live performances, the album is a tangible Butter Sessions gathering, busting out the gate with Martian rave initiation Planet Waves, Outdoor System’s polyrhythmic beatdown and the Orb-like hero dose affirmations of Sunrise In The Crater (I Exist). While ‘Electronic Arts’ is otherwise a self-dependent effort, Punch Drunk is brewed ever more potent by the hypnagogic vocals and lucid trumpet cycles of former futsal team member YL Hooi. Their unified energy incidentally manifests a profound matrix of ambient techno, motorik, Don Cherry and Everything But the Girl.

Also touching on apocalyptic doof and minimal, the album is not exclusively peak time with Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos’ specialty curveballs also playing their part. From Village To Empire finds the duo rooting down in Syawish’s heritage with a tapestry of purposefully deployed Iraqi and Syrian ethnographic samples and field recordings, dubbed within range of Muslimgauze and On-U Sound. As minimal techno finale Textile trails off into footsteps wandering back to base camp with a satisfied exhale, one wonders where Sleep D’s existential pathfinding could possibly take us next?

Artwork – GGT 
Mixing – Corey Kikos 
Mastering – Nik Kozub 
Album notes – Michael Kucyk

Buy on Bandcamp

Electronic Arts (LP)

Big Sky, Liquid Sun

Remixes

Live Sets

DJ Mixes

Hydralite

Sleep D - Skylab Radio - BSR3000 EP5

Vocals by Aadam.
Our EP on CockTail D'Amore out now on vinyl and digital April 2022.

B1 - Screw Driver ft Aadam

Our DJ set from Pitch Festival 3am-5am 12.03.2022
Thanks for listening!

Photo by duncographic

Sleep D @ Pitch 2022 (dj)

On the very first Festival day of Horst Arts & Music Festival 2022, Australian duo Sleep D galvanized the Hovering Caress Amère stage with a mind-altering live set. Surrouned by a flock of devoted early ravers, the Butter Sessions founders made it crystal clear why they are at the very front of the progressive house and techno revival. Fast-paced rhythms, refind drum programming and alleviating melodies, all tied together with profound technical finesse.

Sleep D (live) at Horst Arts & Music Festival 2022

Border Control (Ahora Sí)

Border Control (Ahora Sí) [feat. Ivy Barkakati & Furious Frank]

Bass'd In Berlin

Freak of Nature Vol. 2

Post Pump

Emerald Web – our one hour mixtape of ambient, downbeat and chill out vibes that accompanied the incense we partnered up with Agaric Fly to create is now here in digital format. We hope you enjoy!

"Designed to transmit real time sci-fi sensory signals to the brain and spirit. Enhancing alpha wave processing and creating a deep ambient experience."

Originally released on cassette tape May 11, 2021.

www.buttersessions.com

Emerald Web mixtape by Sleep D - Agaric Fly x Butter Sessions

Naarm alchemists Sleep D’s revelatory new synthetic ‘Electronic Arts’ is ready for circulation. 

Having released 4 EPs of mind-altering club tackle since 2019’s ‘Rebel Force’, the duo overcome second album syndrome, boiling down their chaos with a more developed sense of songwriting. Never banging one drum, ‘Electronic Arts’ mirrors the anything goes mania of their DJ sets, tactfully shifting through different sounds and styles. Tempos intensify and decelerate, at times pushing the threshold to 150 bpm from docile canine dreamscapes to full tilt Space Invaders in AR mind games. 

Largely built on road tested material from their live performances, the album is a tangible Butter Sessions gathering, busting out the gate with Martian rave initiation Planet Waves, Outdoor System’s polyrhythmic beatdown and the Orb-like hero dose affirmations of Sunrise In The Crater (I Exist). While ‘Electronic Arts’ is otherwise a self-dependent effort, Punch Drunk is brewed ever more potent by the hypnagogic vocals and lucid trumpet cycles of former futsal team member YL Hooi. Their unified energy incidentally manifests a profound matrix of ambient techno, motorik, Don Cherry and Everything But the Girl. 

Also touching on apocalyptic doof and minimal, the album is not exclusively peak time with Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos’ specialty curveballs also playing their part. From Village To Empire finds the duo rooting down in Syawish’s heritage with a tapestry of purposefully deployed Iraqi and Syrian ethnographic samples and field recordings, dubbed within range of Muslimgauze and On-U Sound. As minimal techno finale Textile trails off into footsteps wandering back to base camp with a satisfied exhale, one wonders where Sleep D’s existential pathfinding could possibly take us next? 

Artwork – GGT 
Mixing – Corey Kikos 
Mastering – Nik Kozub 
Album notes – Michael Kucyk

B3 - From Village To Empire

B2 - Strange Sounds

B1 - Sunrise In The Crater (I Exist)

A2 - Outdoor System

A1 - Planet Waves

Red Rock (IVX23 Wet Version)

Live in Berlin - July 11 2023

LAND: Naarm based production duo Sleep D select an hour of music inspired by travelling across the land, opening with a suite of their own ambient recordings..

NikeLab Radio* Kulin Nation - A three-part series exploring rituals of care through self, community and land, with mixes from local DJs, soundscapes, and spoken word stories.

www.nts.live/shows/nikelab-radi…d-27th-august-2023

NTS x NikeLab Radio w/ Sleep D

Sugar Mountain, we’re back! We’re back to one of our most iconic stages, nestled within the industrial, waterside surrounds of Williamstown on Yalukit-willam land in Naarm. Joined by: Folamour, RONA., Logic 1000 b2b DJ Plead b2b Big Ever, Sleep D, Tarzsa and Adriana.

Sleep D | Boiler Room x Sugar Mountain 2024

Full stream of Sleep D's remix of "Nueng Kamtham," taken from Tul Waitoonkiat's Nueng Kamtham EP on Siamese Twins Records, out May 17.

Pre-order: https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1712670705/tul-waitoonkiat-nueng-kamtham
Digital pre-order: https://siamesetwinsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nueng-kamtham-st

More: www.orbmag.com/music

@siamesetwinsrecords
@sleepd

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Premiere: Tul Waitoonkiat - Nueng Kamtham (Sleep D Remix)

From Narrm to New York City, Sleep D play moods, grooves and unreleased tracks from their label Butter Sessions.

http://www.instagram.com/sleepd93

Sleep D and Butter Sessions @ The Lot Radio 06-27-2024

Landing exactly one year later, Jennifer Loveless's 2023 anthem 'Pleasure' gets twisted with three dynamic reworks and a dub mix, taking the original vision into new sonic territory.

Parisian DJ / producer extraordinaire Bambounou pumps out a jackin' version to fire things up. Next up, the Lisbon-based veteran tINI gives a nod to old-school electro in a fresh bass-heavy offering. The EP is rounded off with an Indubm-3ntal mix by Loveless and label bosses Sleep D venturing into dubbed out techno territory, layering deep, atmospheric textures over hypnotic beats. Together, these remixes take the original to new heights, bringing pure pleasure to the deepest and darkest dancefloors.

BUY:
https://jenniferloveless.bandcamp.com/album/pleasure-re-mixed

PREMIERE: Jennifer Loveless - Pleasure (Sleep D Remix)

A recording from our Live show at Golden Plains Festival 2015 in Victoria. Enjoy!

Sleep D LIVE @ Golden Plains 2015

Our set from our New Year’s Eve party with Animals Dancing.
11:30pm 31.12.2023 > 01:00am 01.01.2024.
Lot’s of fun stuff and classics in there to mark the occasion. Not for the chin strokers!
We hope you enjoy. - Sleep D

BSRMIX#154 - Sleep D (NYE 2023)

Preorder vinyl and digital

https://bit.ly/4hGrJRZ

With Roza Terenzi and Sleep D on the remix, Alfred Czital & Ayu summon divine frequencies across a debut recalling the finest turn-of-the-millennium trance.

Spirits are high as we strive for utopia. Like relics of times passed – a bygone era where the free party reigned supreme – this is a union forged out of a mutual affinity for trippy dancefloor dynamics and live performance.

Rapturous and ecstatic, both originals evoke pure club hedonism. Sensual, sultry gear made of euphoric melodrama, close sweat and lysergic throb. Wide-eyed optimism coursing throughout, but like any good proggy majick, it’s not without a decent dose of shadow and ritual.

Coming in hottt with the remixes and both are befitting a release bent on traversing the wormhole interior. Oyster Cult acolyte Roza Terenzi keeps it taught and tightly-coiled on her rugged, propulsive re-fit, and not to be outdone, Butter Sessions founders Sleep D let atmosphere pull focus with a sprawling, dubby workout.

Alfred Czital & Ayu - Talk To Me | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER68)

Mountain Ash

Spontaneous bush doof techno.

Read more: https://www.orbmag.com/music/podcast/orb-podcast-092-sleep-d/

@sleepd

Orb Podcast

Orb Podcast 092: Sleep D

Acheron Cauldron

Magma Flow

Green Thumbs

https://slowciety.bandcamp.com/album/jarden

Hurfclusive! - Mt. Rave - Acid Sparks (Sleep D Remix)

Australian sound aficionados https://soundcloud.com/sleepd return to their Butter Sessions imprint in style on the four-track Big Sky, Liquid Sun EP. Across four tracks, the staples of Naarm/Melbourne sound explore varying tempos and emotions tied together by a deepened connection to the natural world.  

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-sleep-d---acheron-cauldron

Big Sky, Liquid Sun will be out on 11th March, 2025. Pre-order a copy via via https://sleep-d.bandcamp.com/album/big-sky-liquid-sun

Premiere: Sleep D - Acheron Cauldron [BSR045]

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-345-sleep-d/

Soundcloud: @sleepd

Access the download on our Patreon (patreon.com/truants). No tracklist for this one but some great people at 1001 and TrackID have put together a pretty full one. However if you need anything leave us a nice comment here with @sleepd tagged and either of us will try get back to you with an ID! Your support helps cover all our costs allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit and ad-free platform.

Sleep D

Truancy Volume 345: Sleep D

Our track taken from the Sounds From The Suburbs V.A. out now on our label Butter Sessions via all good record stores Earth wide! 

Vermondo Vermango (BSR005)

Recorded live on the 4th of April, 2015 in country Victoria, Aus.

Sleep D Live At Inner Varnika 2015

always a special time being in the sup at Meredith. playing there til the sun comes up was a dream for us, so we thought we'd bring out some personal classics of ours. hope you enjoy! 
recorded between 4:30 - 7, closing out Sunday morning on Dec 10.

Sleep D at Meredith 2017

Our next 12" and first solo one since 2017. Diggin into some new sounds and frequencies! Out on https://soundcloud.com/buttersessions 1st of Feb and available at your local shop.

A1. U+Zone (7:07)
B1. Centro (8:09)

https://buttersessions.bandcamp.com/album/u-zone-centro

U+Zone / Centro (BSR021)

A1. Red Rock (IV Mix)

D1. Morning Sequence Ft. Kuniyuki

D2. Pearlescent Skyline

The Jackal, Pt. 2

Bush Snake

Our closing set 3-6 AM at 2019 Hopkins Creek in rural Victoria.

Sleep D (DJ/Live) at Hopkins Creek 2019

A1. Freezer

A2. Green Pond

B1. King Tide

B2. Bugger

The Melbourne duo behind Butter Sessions composed 60 minutes of top-shelf trippy techno and house in a masterful live set at Pitch Music & Arts 2020.

@sleepd
@pitchfestival

RA Live - 06.03.20 - Sleep D, Pitch Music & Arts, Australia

Freak of Nature

Nature

Live techno and house from Melbourne.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=745

@sleepd

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.745 Sleep D

New EP 'Big Sky, Liquid Sun' out April 11th.

We're touring Europe in July 2025. Contact Jo@klsbookings.com for dates.

Butter Sessions Records - Incienso - Planet Euphorique - Analogue Attic Recordings

Europe/UK booking: Jo@klsbookings.com
North / South America: s@icartists.net
Australia Booking: James@watartists.com

Sonic explorers, label heads, pillars of the Melbourne/Naarm underground, Sleep D explore the rave unconscious - driving rhythms, hypnotic bass, worlds of echo and the hazy bliss of the morning after. Childhood friends with Iraqi and Maltese lineage, the duo and their legacy building Butter Sessions label have ushered in a new era, sensibility and productivity to the city that raised them.

A defiantly DIY two-man assembly line, Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos have issued a steady stream of diverse records on their own imprint, as well as on like-minded international outposts Incienso, Planet Euphorique and Cocktail d'Amore. Releasing ‘Rebel Force’ in 2019 and ‘Electronic Arts’ in 2023, their albums bind a singular take on mutated house, bush doof, dub techno and downtempo, while their composition and production capacity has also been augmented via 2021’s chamber orchestra collaboration ‘Flashed Glass’ and the rescored film soundtracks for ‘Eraserhead’ and ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’.

With long-standing DJ residencies and an ever evolving live show fit for both clubs and vast paddocks, the dexterous duo’s alchemy has energised hordes across the US, UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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