Playlist#23

We have just dropped a very small repress of one of the most wanted Moonshine vinyl - Steppin' Forward Remixed sampler from 2015 on bandcamp. Many of you have been asking about it so here you go. This time it will come in red plain paper sleeve.

Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3h86fRr
Moonshine store: https://bit.ly/3toXMMs

Track-list:
A1: Hylu & Jago meet Sleepy Time Ghost ft onlyjoe - Concrete (Zion Train Remix)
A2: Numa Crew - Knowledge (The Illuminated Remix)
B1: Tuff & Powa ft Kinetical - Outlaw Music (Numa Crew Remix)
B2: Violinbwoy - Echo Park (Sekkleman Remix

MSLP004S - V/A - Steppin' Forward Remixed vinyl sampler (repress)

Holidays on secluded beaches; long hikes up a mountain to catch the sunset; an unforgettable meal at a restaurant on the square: her preferred means of escaping reality had become impossible over the last year. Now she relied on her imagination to whisk her away. She closed her eyes and pictured herself somewhere free from the pressures of daily life; the waves gently lapping at her feet, the wind rustling her hair and the sun streaming down on her face.

For his debut release on Loose Fit Records, Leipzig-based producer Planetary Secrets explores themes of escapism, translating his personal take on what escaping reality means to him. Conjuring up fantastical feelings of nostalgia and imagined worlds throughout, the opener, 90s rave-inspired 'Guatemala Dreams', transports listeners into dense jungle, while B-side, 'Burning Fist', is a love letter to vintage video games, specifically Tekken. These two original cuts are backed up by remixes from Lobster Theremin affiliate Pépe and Breaka Recordings boss, Breaka.

Guatemala Dreams

PREMIERE: Planetary Secrets - Guatemala Dreams (Pépe Flute Of The Loon Remix)  [Loose Fit]

Throwing Snow’s fourth album is the audiovisually-augmented Dragons, a work that occupies the space between science and ancestral wisdom. It links music back to its prehistoric capacity for transmitting knowledge to new technology that can untangle the complexity of the contemporary world. Dragons’ ten tracks of heavy primal rhythmic productions incorporate the physicality of acoustic sources, from ancient ritual instruments to modern drum kit, and each track is accompanied by visuals generated by a neural network.

As is typical for Tones’ Throwing Snow project, the album contains a bold and eclectic mix of instruments, from a bodhrán and daf to cello, with their uses rooted in their inherent acoustic properties. Tones also essentially built his own sample pack for the percussion patterns, working with drummer Jack Baker (Bonobo, Kelis, Alice Russell, Planet Battagon) on an intensive two-day session.

Dragons

Halos

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Throwing Snow - Halos - 'Taken from the album Dragons'

From a stylistic perspective, all bets are off as modernist bass music bowls forward with its sights on the dance. Over the past three years, J-Shadow has embodied that ethic more than most with a hybridised flex snapping fluidly between lurid grime waveforms, rave-indebted structures and hi-tech sound design. A perfect fit for Sneaker Social Club’s own omnivorous tendencies, then. 

Following drops on Super Hexagon, Nous, Comic Sans and Bun The Grid, Shadow lands on Sneaker Social with no less than six shellers packing a potency which has to be heard to be believed. Proceedings start off comparatively mellow with the atmospheric, vocal-laced ‘Fade’ – all cascading breaks and airy pads, before pivoting towards a kind of weightless style sprayed with blaster fire and dislocated snare rushes on ‘Kugelblitz (The Inescapable Rewarp)’. ‘Diffraction’ leans in on grime rudeness, albeit with a flamboyant twist up, before ‘Atlantis’ shakes up the B-side with an aquatic excursion into jungle territory clearly nodding to early Bukem. ‘Particle Horizon’ continues the uptempo charge, but straps starry-eyed arps to the barefaced breakbeat choppage with soul-quaking results. ‘Hibernation (Lumina Falls)’ acts as a kind of mood leveler to round out the EP, but even in these more patient moments the sound palette is vast and dynamic. 

At every step, Shadow’s production prowess shines through in glorious technicolour, all shimmering surfaces and molten sonic matter. The degree of detail is frankly staggering, from cascading sample arrays to infinitesimal FX tweaks. His vibrant personality comes through whether he’s tearing it up at 160 or dropping the kicks out altogether, celebrating the eclecticism that embodies modern club music.

Diffraction

Scuffed Recordings line up the sixth instalment of their Scuffed Presents series, with four artists from the Scuffed roster stepping up to remix tracks from the label catalogue.

The Scuffed Presents remix compilations have become an annual tradition for the Scuffed schedule each summer, with previous remixes coming from the likes of Nikki Nair, Marshall Applewhite, Stones Taro, and label founders Ian DPM and Wager.

On 2021’s edition of the series, the label welcomes Farsight, Fiesta Soundsystem, Dubrunner, and An Avrin to put their spin on their favourite Scuffed tracks – resulting in a fresh and wide-reaching mix of sounds.

Starting off proceedings is San Francisco-based @djfarsight, whose rework of Stones Taro’s ‘To Rave’ comes straight off the back of his Renegade EP on Scuffed – which saw huge support from the likes of SHERELLE, Anz, Jamz Supernova, and more.

Up next is @fiestasoundsystem, who brings a relentless injection of jungle madness to Heritage’s anthemic ‘The Revelation’.

Stretchy Dance Supply co-founder @dubrunneruk takes the reins next with his pulsing dancehall-techno rework of a Scuffed deep-cut – Sy’s ‘4.3’.

Closing out the release is Londoner @4navr1n, whose wonky, idiosyncratic style is on show all over his remix of Dubrunner’s ‘Destination Unknown’.

Out July 23rd.

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Scuffed Presents 006 (Previews)

'IT WAS ALWAYS THERE vol 2'

It Was Always There vol 2

Hekkla - Damocles

PinballSpider - Gauge

Pre-order 'Love Letters, Nine Through Six': http://96back.co.uk/loveletters

96 Back concludes his trilogy of 2021 releases with Love Letters, Nine Through Six, a new full-length album.

Following March’s 9696 Dream mixtape and July’s Flex Time EP, this new album sees 96 Back shine the spotlight on his own vocals for the first time, at points (such as on lead single ‘9 To Find 6’) operating fully in the realms of experimental pop. At other times, such as on ‘Teach Me Tenderness’ and ‘Feel Hard’, 96 Back stretches and processes his vocals to almost breaking point, while album closer ‘Melt You’ sees him duet with past collaborator Iceboy Violet, ending Love Letters on a sombre but romantic note.

That’s not to say Love Letters is fully removed from the dancefloor, however: tracks like ‘Don’t Die’ and ‘Love Compact’ are precision-tooled for the club, while the likes of ‘Felzin’ and ‘Vibrant Colours’ continue to explore the intricate but emotive electronics that 96 Back has been so successful with in the past.

More varied and vivid than any of 96 Back’s releases to date, Love Letters feels like a coming of age moment. It casts its net incredibly wide at points, and it’s an album full of ambition, but it meets every challenge it sets itself — as affecting in its quieter, tender moments as during its dramatic peaks.

In 96 Back’s words: “This is a record I feel like I’ve been trying to write for years, it feels like the most accurate body of work to match the ideas in my mind. Trying to project a lot of the records I hold very dear to me through this lens, interpreting how they sound to me and merging them with ideas of finding the drama and excitement in the full spectrum of emotions on the tip of my tongue, that’s what ended up being Love Letters, Nine Through Six.”

Love Letters, Nine Through Six

96 Back - 9 To Find 6

SZNS7N was in motion with host LCY & special guests Hardcore Soy. Rave ready jungle, 4x4 and footwork inside from Traxman, Addison Groove and more.

SZNS7N w/ LCY & Hardcore Soy - September 2021

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Nashville-based producer @jasoncode makes his Scuffed Recordings debut with a three-track EP of high-octane, freewheeling bass and club music.

Originally hailing from Seattle, Jason has become a fixture in the Tennessee dance community in the past ten years as part of the Terminal 8 crew, booking acts like Nikki Nair, ELISE, Kush Jones, and Leonce among others.

Following a string of self-released projects in 2020, Jason brings his unique style to Scuffed, incorporating elements of breaks, bass, UK garage, and more.

Opening with the title track, ‘HOT!’ sees Jason contrast bouncing chords and gleeful vocal samples with a lurching bass drop and clattering breaks.

‘City 17’ ups the tempo with wonky arpeggios veering over a fierce kick drum, and eventually developing into a shuffling, speed garage-esque beat.

‘Decisions’ closes out the release, jumping between eerie vocals, pounding kicks and skittish breaks to further build on Jason’s signature sound.

Jason Code - Decisions

DJ SOYBOI - RETICULATED (Not Bad For a Girl - Big Bally Beats 001) 
Release date: Friday 17th November 2021

Manchester based producer DJ Soyboi isn’t approaching Not Bad For a Girl’s first EP “Big Bally Beats 001” lightly. Their track “Reticulated” is a beautifully crafted progressive 170bpm track that takes us on a high-tempo journey through what Soyboi describes as “snake inspired Dnb”.

As shown on this track, DJ Soyboi has definitely solidified their own sound within the jungle genre. Combining both the darker realms of jungle with their recent release “Brainsticker / Chainsplitter” with chicago inspired footwork, they have definitely set the bar high in terms of production. Soyboi has had a successful year with support from heads such as LCY, India Jordan & VTSS as well as the incredible success of their new club night “Tough Act”, and we are sure their success will not stop here!

Manchester's favourite collective Not Bad For A Girl are making their Label debut with Big Bally Beats 001 - a compilation of Manchester's most hyped women & non-binary producers with all proceeds going to local charity @brightersound. The tracks in the compilation are a super eclectic collection of genres and moods, from dancefloor-ready 160, to lush breaks, to punchy, syncopated GQOM, floaty, vibrant house and more.

Brighter Sound is a creative music charity. Rooted in the North of England, they change the lives of individuals through music, support and promote diverse talent and act as a catalyst for change in the music sector, from education to industry.
Follow: @djsoyboi @notbadforagirlmcr
Artwork - Alyah Saltiga (Instagram - @alyah.designs)

PREMIERE: DJ Soyboi - Reticulated [Not Bad For A Girl]

After vocal-led 12”s featuring the likes of Razor and Sikka Rymes, Low End Activist pivots back towards purely instrumental territory for further explorations in the hybridised hardcore sphere. There’s an over-arching air of introspection to the five tracks assembled here, as LEA’s signature bass ructions and jagged, roughly-hewn drums offset with a widescreen line in melancholia.

Low End Activist - Curtain Twitcher

**Drums and dense atmosphere**

Artist: Aztronouth
Title: Planet Tiyaraid [Hardware Livecut]
Year: 2024
Bandcamp: https://aztronouth.bandcamp.com/track/planet-tiyaraid
Mastered by: Lloyd Stellar
Artwork: Pawel Czerwinski

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