We are very pleased to welcome https://soundcloud.com/hearthug onboard for the 39th in the mix series where we continue to explore a selection of local and international artists and DJs we dig. Following on from their brand new EP "Planet Rhythm X" BP018, Jihed jumps in for 1.5 hours of dancefloor goods. Beats, Breaks and Drums. 

BP018 >> https://soundcloud.com/banoffee-pies/sets/banoffee-pies-018-hearthug

Banana'Cast

Banana'Cast 39

HearThuG (BP018)

Banana 'Cast 39 ➤ HearThuG

Quinta entrega de nuestros archivos de escucha, esta vez Eggi Evans [@e-g-g-i-e-v-a-n-s] presenta 1hs de picks de su batea. 
"Me gusta prender el mixing y jugar. Un poco de acá y un poco de allá. Analógico y digital se fusionan para conectar distintas piezas creando su propia historia. 
Improvisar… a medida que avanzo, me estimulo y no hay necesidad de pensar que disco será el próximo que va a sonar"
Pulse play y escuche!

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@eggievans
Artwork x @iandaniluk

OCIOCAST #05 /EGGI EVANS

Release Date : May 2025

SAISEI founder Junki Inoue continues his vital archival work uncovering the riches of Japan’s distinctive electronic music scene and bringing them to new audiences around the world.
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HERO U.D.A. aka Hiroyoshi Udaka is not someone you can easily google, but he’s sure lived a life worth retelling. His story starts back in the late 80s when, inspired by the acid house emanating from the UK — during what was fondly christened the Second Summer of Love — he picked up DJing and made the move from Japan to London. Throughout the 90s he DJed at underground techno institutions like London’s The End, CLUB UK and Silver Fish, as well as at the infamous Tribal Gathering raves, periodically returning to Japan to support techno greats like Colin Dale, Mad Mike, Suburban Knight and D. Wynn on tour.
The tracks on this EP, previously unreleased except for one, were all recorded after Udaka moved back from London to Tokyo, between 2002 and 2005. Yet they sound strikingly modern, drawing on a rich range of sounds that have come back round again two decades later: broken beat, acid jazz, dub and breaks. Deceptively simple grooves are given depth by layers of textures and micro samples, for example the surface noise on ‘On The Way’ that glues together an otherwise sparse skeleton of dubby pads and body popping drums. ‘Mature Missile’, ‘So Good’ and ‘Night Driver’ employ raw broken beat templates with acid accents, whimsical melodies and vocal interjections for a playful mood. ‘Sin City’ takes a darker turn, off-key piano hits and plunging bass adding to the wonkiness. The EP closes with a wiggly vignette, ‘222AM’, reminiscent of early 00s contemporaries like Mouse On Mars. Now these hidden treasures from Udaka’s archive gain a new life on SAISEI.
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SAISEI is a Japanese word which translates to ‘reproduction’ and ‘to play’ (as in playing records). Japanese culture is widely known for its traditional nature just as much as it is for being forward into the future and this label’s concept does justice to exactly that. Having started digging for records as early as 16 years old, Junki Inoue delved into productions from 1990s Japan to uncover these native gems. SAISEI’s core concept is to recapture and reintroduce unique pieces of Japanese electronic music onto vinyl, to an audience it never reached before as most of this music was only released in Japan.

A3_Sin City_snippet

New Animals On Psychedelics by Krijka!

A1 Cloning Procedures , has the animals trapped in a lab taken over by a corrupt cloning program, where cell and gene modifications end in diastiours transgenic mutations.

A2 E-Tribes, take us on playful stomp into the woods with 2 samurai elders, glooping through flanged bass and hypnotic percussion, slowly feeling more like a mushroom trip gone wrong than a safaras harvesting by a clandestine ecstasy tribe.

B1 Mad Caps, ramps up the sleaze for a straight up curb crawling research chemical work out / sci fi electro technoid hoedown.

B2 Datura, the EP's last act of sorcery, is driven by a bold roaming synth bass, cunning key changes, trippy vox and discerning judders, asking us if any of this is real??

B1 - Mad Caps (snippet)

Artist: Delazar
Title: Monkey Slayer
Label: Akasha Records
Cat No: AKSH001
Country: Argentina
Format: 12”

A1. Monkey Slayer
A2. Monkey Slayer (Deep Mariano 0355AM Remix)
B1. After
B2. Reincarnation
B3. Memory Access (Ambient Mix)

Welcome to a whole new stage from Akasha Records, introducing the label into the analog world.

To begin with, Delazar brings us three delightful dancefloor dishes together with an ambient mix from the timeless gem "Memory Access", released in the first Akasha's digital appearance.

Monkey Slayer, this new EP, brings us so much flavour with acid touch, funny percussive bounces and synth sounds. A1 brings the perfect mood. It's remix version from master Deep Mariano takes us to an intense and happy trip, so that alter on, "Reincarnation" makes us close the stadium. "After" well... You already know when to play this one. And to come back to Earth at some point, as dessert, you can delight with an ambient masterpiece.

Release in July 2025

[AKSH001] Delazar - Monkey Slayer (Incl. Deep Mariano Remix)

Buy Vinyl in USA

C1. Calling Me Crazy

PLZD028 - CNTRL - XPRMNT EP (Pleasure Zone Digital)

After appearing on the in-house series The Secret Sun under the moniker Sensefinite, Dan Piu once again graces OCD with pure aural bliss.
This EP took a long time to come to life—not for lack of material, but because the sheer volume of brilliantly composed, unique, and exciting productions to choose from turned the process into a literal “lost in music” experience: a psychedelic journey that at times seemed to have no end in sight.
Talk about first-world record label problems…
It’s techno, it’s trance, it’s house, it’s bleep—it’s all of that and more, seamlessly blended with the gentle finesse Dan brings to all his productions.


Artist: Instinct Luv
Release Title: Musica Macina EP
Label: O.C.D. Open Channel for Dreamers
Cat n.: OCD013
Format: 12”
Release date: November 2025
 
 
Tracklist:
 
A1. Sonic Distrust
A2. Noche Magica
B. Let Yourself Fly

[OCD013] Instinct Luv - Musica Macina EP

MAMALOVAH

Por Ahi - Ambiencce 

Track maked with soul and devotion. Enjoy!

Por Ahi - Ambiencce

After an amazing debut 12inch for Slices Of Life in April 2012, we are happy to announce a follow up EP by BAAZ with three massive and rolling house pieces.
„Chummy“, the 2nd track on the B side,  starts with a very dry and simple 4/4 bassdrum + snare figure before building up into a driving dubby disco piece carried by a nicely filtered loop and Baaz´s typical open high hats.

The Berlin based Baaz stays true to his unique style of producing house music and again convinces with pure and powerful beat structures, warm basslines, clear strings and floating chords, from which it is difficult to tear oneself away.

Distributed by KOMPAKT

Baaz - Chummy (Snippet)

Berlin based record label, founded by Barbara Preisinger:
Every minute we are listening to music we are sharing a few specific moments of the musician´s life.
Our most beloved pieces of music are usually more than just the sum of beats, chords and notes: they also reflect on a period in the life of its producer. In addition to the musical experience each work also contains current life situations, memories and future expectations, some included intentionally, some unconsciously. 

Somehow it doesn't seem appropriate to put these SLICES OF LIFE only onto a hard drive amongst hundreds and thousands of imageless files, fearing that the next crash will delete and destroy everything. This is why instead of watching a list of track titles on a screen there are still so many music lovers who prefer to hold the result of all these hours of work and musical commitment in their hands as timeless documents printed onto vinyl. 

Therefore  Slices Of Life is featuring vinyl as preferred media for deep, warm sounding, funky and diverse club music.

www.slicesoflife.de
https://kompakt.fm/labels/slices_of_life/releases

Baaz - Chummy (Snippet)

Slices Of Life Records

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