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Puddles the Pangolin

HOO12 04. THUGWIDOW & Bruised Skies- Blimey

A unwelcome sight greeted him this morning when he woke up. The house seemed quieter than usual, the buzz of the radio wasn't ringing through the house, no smell of coffee filling the air, and the pointed telling offs and rallying of small voices nowhere to be heard. Descending the stairs he noticed things had gone missing; pictures had been pulled off the walls, ornaments taken from the sideboards, but worst of all there was no sign of his family. A sinking feeling hit him like a punch in the gut - deep down he knew they weren't coming back...

On the next release from the Programm camp, and the first from the label this year, producer Rawtrachs draws inspiration from J Dilla samples. Marking his debut single on the London-based imprint, ‘It’s Just a Rinse’ is a pounding lo-fi cut that comes complete with two reworks from Sneaker Social Club affiliate Thugwidow and OfParadise co-founder Fade, who take their remixes in different directions - Thugwidow upping the ante and Fade stripping back the original and adding signature percussive touches.

The artwork for this digital release is the label's first generative cover. Made in a similar way to digital music, alongside artists Matt Heywood and Alfie Allen, Programm have created a new tool to combine human and computer input to create visuals that could only exist together.

PREMIERE: Rawtrachs - It's Just a Rinse (Fade Remix) [Programm]

Artist: Low End Activist
Title: Hostile Utopia
Label: Sneaker Social Club
Cat No: SNKRLP009
Release Date: 14th June

Casting a self-reflexive lens over his roots via the medium of crushing, future-rushing soundsystem sonics, Low End Activist returns to Sneaker Social Club with a full-length of monumental proportions.

When the Low End Activism 12” ignited on Sneaker in 2019, it paid tribute to the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, UK, where LEA originates from. In the shadow of social inequality and strengthened by the unity of the multi-ethnic community, Blackbird Leys still imposes a powerful influence on LEA’s work, even as he’s stepped out onto Seagrave for last year’s Game Theory album and notched up the first couple of releases on his own self-titled label.

On this new album, Hostile Utopia sums up the conflicting emotions attached to memories of home – how it’s possible to feel nostalgic for the griminess of urban and suburban Britain, its ordinary tales of bitterness and frustration, but also its intrinsic passion and solidarity. At a time when social division is actively engineered by Machiavellian forces, real conviviality at street level feels like an impossible dream.

LEA communicates these tensions through a style which is becoming his signature – dynamic bass torsion and chiseled, fractalised rhythms slugging around the 130 mark. It’s moody like a UK-themed record ought to be, but it’s not morose. There’s fierceness in every snap and rumble, as the legacies of hardcore, jungle, dubstep and grime pour into the casing prior to the gunpowder lighting.

On previous LEA releases, the MC roll call has pointed to some of the most vital voices touching the mic in the present day. Flowdan, Sikka Rymes and Trim all had something different to impart over the riddims, and now Hostile Utopia expands on that with the most extensive show of lyrical strength yet. Mez lights up the woozy, abstract grime swerve of ‘Mercenary’ in a musical style. Emz brings a ruthlessly sharp verbal steez to ‘GetGet’, Killa P gets busy toasting over ‘DFRNT STYLE’ and ‘Superhighway’ carries the dexterous hip-hop flow of Cadence Weapon.

In between those standout tracks, LEA expresses just as much in the production. Tracks brimming with stories to impart, laden with symbols masquerading as samples and draped in aural garb that firmly places Hostile Utopia in a place, a mood, that could only belong to the UK. It’s a hybrid sound just like the society it sprang from, and therein lies its power.

Mastered by Beau Thomas
Collage by Clayton Burke
Design by DR.ME

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[Premiere] Qant & Yaxx - Magnolia (out on Repertoire)

Tentative is a view down the lens of dubstep in a universe where its inception reflected a modern utopia as opposed to the bleak and discouraging cityscapes of South London. The track grips onto the quintessential halftime 2-step and hollow echoed percussion, but complements with psychedelic scattered vocal samples and airy, nostalgic pads.

Buy the full EP: https://worshipbristol.bandcamp.com/album/worshipleft001

Bloodhound - Tentative

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1000 de plus. Sans courir après les chiffres, voici encore une excellente excuse pour vous offrir de la musique, et vous remercier une fois de plus de votre soutien indéfectible à notre label et nos incroyables artistes.

Cette fois ci ce sont encore Kaval, Qant et Stacktrace accompagné·es d'une nouvelle recrue dans le collectif, qui n'est autre que notre cher Yaxx, qui payent leur tournée.

Enjoy, guidance.

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1000 more. Far from being obsessed about numbers, they provide yet another excellent excuse, if we ever needed one, to offer you some more free music in order to thank you all for your undying support to our label and our amazing artists.

This time around it's yet again Kaval, Qant and Stacktrace, joined by new recruit Yaxx, who are buying the rounds.

Enjoy, guidance.

Tracks produced & mixed by @ruffkaval, @qqantt, @stacktracedub & @yaxxlr.
Artwork by @stacktracedub
Mastering by @qantmastering

Qant, Stacktrace - Attic Dub

Since 2011, Simon Hafner aka Sun People from Graz has been merging footwork, juke, jungle and UK hardcore influences to create his own distinctive sound. With releases on labels like Exit, Alphacut, Rua Sound and Through These Eyes, he has made a name for himself in the international 160 bpm scene over the years. In addition to remix jobs and his own productions, Simon also pursues his musically eclectic vision on a highly rated four-weekly radio show on London's Sub.FM.

On his EP The Walls, released in 2020 on Defrostatica, he devoted himself to early Chicago house music as well as European proto-hardcore of the 80s and the turbo sound championed by the likes of Fracture, Itoa and BSN Posse.

In 2022, Sun People presents a refined version of high-speed breakbeat minimalism, drawing further from bleep, dub and even industrial techno, but still with optimistic depth. From the cold bleep-influenced opener Into The New to the jungle-tekno track Overtoom and the tribalism of State of Flux, Sun People builds its own hypnotic approach to captivate dancers. Amaterasu marks the soulful coda and gives us the opportunity to take a breath.

https://defrostatica.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/simon-off
https://soundcloud.com/defrostatica

Into The New EP / DEFR009

PREMIERE: Sun People - State of Flux [Defrostatica Records]

🟥 High speed blend of bleep, dub and jungle tekno from Graz’ finest @simon-off.
Release on Bandcamp 17th October, everywhere else 21st October: album.link/DEFR009

Into The New EP

Overtoom

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Sun People - Overtoom [preview]

Delay Grounds - Lexxi (PDCOMP002)

As with most things in an increasingly digital age, a time would come when it was time to bid goodbye to the past and make way for the new. The landscape had changed and it was imperative that the cities and towns kept up with these evolving technologies. Entering the train stations, much had changed. Gone were the rickety, rusting carriages, and in their place stood new electric trains, itching to cart you safely from point A to point B. 

For their fourth release, following EPs from Yuki Ame and Phossa as well as a charitable V/A during lockdown, London-based imprint Panel Audio welcome Sydney duo JV & Palf to the family. Named after their local train line, T4, the EP presents four club-driven tracks rife with energy-fuelled drum patterns and UK Techno influences.

Buy here: tinyurl.com/PNL004

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