Infectious off-road percussion is strident on ‘Hammervand’: loaded with Electro sensibilities brought to new pastures – chaotic elements float atop choppy waters, never settling long in one spot.

tracklist:

1. Up Next New Season
2. Hammervand
3. Antitoxin
4. (Re)gain

Written, produced and mixed by: Tobias Rye Adomat
Mastered by: Joel Krozer @ Six Bit Deep

Up Next New Season

Bandcamp

Hammervand

Our sixth VA compilation continues in the collective spirit at the heart of Pressure Dome; here taking its fullest form. The first of its kind in the label catalogue, ‘Two [Is Greater Than] One’ sees a selection of PD regulars and friends of the label put their heads together across eight atmospheric tracks, equally as suited to the club as to solo listening. 

Those who have followed the label for a while will be no stranger to the comp’s first collaborator. Human Resources teams up with London dub techno specialist, Keplrr, on ‘Spring’: a mood-led composition where the impact is contained in atmosphere. Fragmented drum breaks are engulfed by airy synth pads and punctuated by a dancehall-indebted rhythm that marches at 90BPM. ‘Yuppel’ welcomes Noods Radio mainstay Sid Quirk aka Keppel into the mix. He is joined by label boss, Yushh, on a ruminative percussive tool, guided by cavernous drums that fabricate a vivid, immersive environment. With the guidance of Brighton’s Caldera, the journey continues with Süss Choc. The reverb-laden synth plucks on ‘evoke water droplets, and hallucinatory details echo around them to create the illusion of being in a mountainous cove.

Delay Grounds – an audiophile in the truest sense of the word – is next to take the baton. Together, he and Yushh take it up a notch on ‘Telomere’ – a full-bodied club-ready track packed with glitchy chords and giddy drums. A gnarly, Pariah-esque breakdown segues into the track’s second wind where pitched-up vocal chops accelerate it to the compilation’s energetic climax. With the help of London drum specialist, Syz, ‘Fuzbidun’ keeps our feet firmly on the dancefloor. Breakbeats are chopped and rearranged, flitting between double and half time whilst a distorted mid-bass roughens things round the edges, prepping the ground for the compilation’s move to a more inorganic feel.

Bristol don, Forever, joins Yushh next on ‘Passing Notes’ – a groove-driven club track where skittish percussion ricochets from side to side, so palpable it tempts the touch. ‘Crash Bash Party At BUFOs’ is no different. The link-up between Delay Grounds and dance music’s stalwart of musique concrète, Wordcolour, is completely idiosyncratic to both artists: the perfect combination of found-sound percussion and skillfully rehashed vocal samples. It’s up to two PD mainstays – Roy Mills and Human Resources – to close proceedings. A chugging rhythm bubbles under the surface of ‘Sycophantasy’, sending us on a dubbed-out trip before picking the pace back up again.

Copy – Annie Parker
Artwork – Jesse Webb
Mastering – Matthew Bentley

Crash Bash Party at BUFO's

Delay Grounds X Wordcolour - Crash Bash Party At BUFOs (PDCOLLAB001)

End of Line

French II & Bastian Benjamin - Hive

[NOID002] Dave N.A. - Altura EP

A1. Dave N.A. - Escape
A2. Dave N.A. - Elevation
B1. Dave N.A. & freq444 - Pulse
B2. Dave N.A. & freq444 - Novox

Wanderings through Armenia brought us DJ and producer Dave N.A. The 4 tracks on his ‘Altura EP’ hover between jungle and deconstructed club. They are made up of unassuming, sharply cut breaks with a gently nostalgic feel. 

The Yerevan-based artist evokes a frantic, supple & glitchy attitude reminiscent of early jungle influences, and drenches it in a lush sound palette full of vivid sound effects.

For the occasion, 'Pulse' and 'Novox' were co-produced with no•id's own freq444. The DJ’s join forces around a sultry groove: it goes down smooth as cocoa on a freezing winter’s day.

released January 19, 2024

written and produced by Dave N.A. and freq444
mastered by tangible air
artwork by Y

Altura EP

Dave N.A. & freq444 - Novox

Aloka & Dave N.A. - Hypa

Reformat

Buy on Bandcamp

Bodhi - Reformat

GTEP04 excitingly welcomes german producer Kid Kun to Ghosttown Records. These three productions beautifully display Kid Kun´s personal take on modern, UK schooled techno hybridity. “Creep” introduces the listener to an industrial soundscape, spiced by eerie vocal chops. It’s undeniably dark, but powerfully driving energy continues to evolve with “Recharge” whose grimy claps fuse with thundering basslines. “Saturn”, finally, takes Kid Kuns sound to the faster paced realms where it hypnotically nods at DnB infused steppers. To round off the EP in style, Berlin based Cocktail Party Effect takes on “Creep” and transforms it into the ultimate uptempo roller. All through, a powerful display of high-end dancefloor-tools. GTEP04 is out 24th of May via Ghosttown Records.

Kid Kun
@kidkunmusic
www.instagram.com/kidkunmusic

Ghosttown
@ghsttwn
www.instagram.com/ghosttownsound/

GTEP04

Recharge

Premiere: Kid Kun - Recharge | Ghosttown

K-65 - Matador

Dont Tell Me Lies - ALLbion

ICANDOANYTHING [PROD. SXARRO]

Joining our good friends STEP once again, this time for our Outliers EP. Thank you for listening - CT

'Casino Times come back to STEP Recordings for a third time with the 'Outliers' EP, four cuts spanning timeless Breakbeat, zippy Acid, and more of their iconic, futuristic sound design. They follow February's 'Headrush' EP on Catz 'n Dogz' STEP, which won support from HAAi, Sonja Moonear, Laurent Garnier, and Sasha, with the UK duo rapidly becoming a key name on the label in addition to appearances on the likes of Omena and their own Casino Edits label.'

Pick me up on Bandcamp: https://petsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/casino-times-outliers-ep-step057

TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@casinotimesuk
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/casinotimesuk

Outliers

Producer and sound artist out of Copenhagen. 

DJ-bookings, mixing, questions and general inquiries use: 
hisplashpattern@gmail.com

Hammervand

Splash Pattern