Order: 
digital https://radiantlove.bandcamp.com/album/maara-goddess-within
physical https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1645096604/Maara-Goddess-Within

@maara

There is a culturally and perhaps spiritually bonded link between electronic dance music and what could be called most generally ‘the feminine divine’. In subgenres more oriented to trance and EDM, the vocal sample or progression is almost always uttered by a woman, unlike the variously-sexed divas of house; if divinity is invoked, it is less often a biblical God than some Gaia-derivative. Radiant Love’s fifth release, Goddess Within by the Montreal-based producer Maara, steps into this lineage stretching from Magna Mater to disco queen – Maara’s articulation of the feminine divine, however, is often off-hand, ringing at once sincere and deeply cheeky.
 
The double-side is summed up by the first track’s title, 'Goddess Within (Give It To Me Daddy)', which starts right off with a pumping bassline, carbonated synths, and a repeating sample speaking ‘goddess’ – what trance dreams are made of. What places these tracks especially in the realm of dream are Maara’s washes of delay, reverb and pan, drawing out melodies and textures into trails, clouds, blurs. The sonic fields are decentered, but driving and floor-ready regardless. 'Mommy’s In Trouble' follows up with a set of cleverly phased hi-hats and a swung kick drum. It’s a buildup we’re hearing, although one wouldn’t know until a sample asks us matter of factly, ‘Notice what you’re feeling. Are you calm?’ and the bass swings back in.
 
The B-side begins softer, with the wide pads of 'Plum Plum Paradise' eventually dropping into a downtempo break. The percussion is muted, and what gives the track its body is a shifting terrain of sample (‘Allow yourself inside, the time and space right now’), gurgling synth note, windchime and whisper. Goddess Within’s final track, 'Lezzies In A Jacuzzi' picks up the pace again, with a porny bass-throb, insistent hi-hats and a vocal fragment looping the word ‘amor’. This is exactly the kind of sound that would have me thinking on the dancefloor, Is she actually saying ‘amor’? Quickly I would reach the decision that it didn’t matter – the whole terrain of the actual, the explicit and undreamed is best left to masculinity anyways.

MAARA
Title: GODDESS WITHIN
Cat: RADIANTLOVE004
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mixed by: Priori
Artwork: YENNY JRANT
Text: NAT MARCUS

MAARA - GODDESS WITHIN

PHYSICAL: https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1651667515/Byron-Yeates-Sweat-Ur-Prayers
DIGITAL: https://radiantlove.bandcamp.com/album/byron-yeates-sweat-ur-prayers

A1. Sweat Ur Prayers
A2. Waves

B1. Dreaming Is Essential -  Byron Yeates, Eoin DJ & Ruin
B2. Sweat Ur Prayers (Lawrence Lee Remix)


@byronyeates @eoindj @ruinxxx @lawrencelee

Sweat Ur Prayers, the next wavy addition to Radiant Love’s catalogue, is the first solo-EP of Byron Yeates. In their messaging, their timbres and grooves, the 4 tracks speak faithfully to Yeates’ inclinations as a DJ and label-head: the playfulness and buoyancy, a constant nod to the roots of rave, and a faith in dance music’s transformative power.

Opening the release is the title track, a bubbling and breakbeat-laden 8 minutes. Mantric repetition is a running theme throughout the EP, and we hear “Raindrops falling all around, freeing me from other sounds; trickling down my weary eyes, bringing me back, I’m ready to fly” as an opening salvo. Yeates’ is known for his vast, enduring DJ sets, inducing sheens of sweat from all involved – with these tracks, it’s clear he’s unafraid to take his time to build tension as a producer as well. The percussive conversation between hi-hat and snare complexifies until a clap enters near the 2 minute mark and suddenly we’re in the main, driving groove.

“Waves” is a dial-back to downtempo, floatation and introspection. The dancer and writer Gabrielle Roth is sampled, speaking on her 5 Rhythms movement meditation technique – the term “sweat your prayers” comes from her texts on ecstatic physicality. The track shimmers and sways in bright pads and delayed-out drum breaks, setting the reflective tone for “Dreaming is Essential”, co-produced by Eoin DJ. Opening with Radiant Love co-founder Ruin, her candid vocals are perfectly aligned for the dancefloor’s vulnerability: “What am I avoiding? I wish I could hold myself, like the dance holds me.” The track unfolds through layers of percussion and shadowy texture, taking a pivot to optimism halfway through, as a warm synth-line accompanies Ruin’s repetition: “Dreaming is essential.”

Lawrence Lee’s remix of “Sweat Ur Prayers” adapts the bounce of the original’s bassline to a classic, stabby rave synth. Again there is a percussive focus, but force and warmth are foregrounded, rather than polyrhythm – a shot, rather than a spritz. We hear again the opening mantra, and although “I’m ready to fly” may seem in opposition to Ruin’s “Let the dance hold me”, Sweat Ur Prayers seems to say they are one in the same movement.

BYRON YEATES
Title: SWEAT UR PRAYERS
Cat: RADIANTLOVE005
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mixed and Mastered: MARCO PELLEGRINO
Artwork: BYRON YEATES
Text: NAT MARCUS

BYRON YEATES - SWEAT UR PRAYERS

Blu:sh - Lovebite
@benoitb

A1 Tighten Up 5:26
A2 Candy Land 5:28
A3 Hush feat. noff 5:38
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B1 Awkward Silence 5:40
B2 Recess 4:46
B3 Heaven Spot 4:55

Vinyl Preorder: https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1648024896/Blu:sh-Lovebite
Release date: 25/04/2022

Mastering by Marco Pellegrino 
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Sophia

Benoit B aka Terra Utopia breaks out into another auspicious alias for Step Ball Chain, Blu:sh - metamorphosed; coming in hot and heavy, sexy and sophisticated. Bass down, *ss up! The ambitious 6 tracker “Lovebite” fuses forms of dance; reworking elements from niche corners of the Step stratosphere that can result in freaky combustion. Breathing life and lust into every phrase, we are fortunate to be offered an intimate glimpse into a complex world of sound, filled with bold and brash inspired statements, rhythmically rolling the dice with snap lock precision. The cherry on top is served via a vocal collusion from fellow associate noff, the web expanding as the label delves deeper into futuristic tech territory, the prolific producer pushing their own boundaries and desires for new meticulous audio spectrum and ethereal realms. 

The trio of flirtatious tracks laid bare on the A side read as a love letter to 4/4 naughty nocturnal testimonies. Opening auspiciously; Tighten Up dips into nasty grit, a sub centered excursion into the technological domain, sleazy and stripped back with modest tenacity. Candy Land sugarcoats the status quo of pumped up prog, playfully in the driver's seat and revving 100 miles per hour toward Hush highway; narrated by Greek cyber enigma noff.. An atmospheric deep trance kissed club chant. Opposites attract and find points of connection on the flip of Lovebite, the B side boasting a mutually slick sharpness permeating the record; blending sparse bass focused broken beat expeditions with liquid dnb; genially abstract mood boards of sampling mayhem; cut and spliced in addictive fashion. Flushes of gorgeous esoteric harmonic soundscapes fill out the rhythmical chaos, grounding and expanding the mind through a lush & plush tint woven in Recess and Heaven Spot alike. 

A perfect prophecy destined for Step Ball Chain, Blu:sh’s first, yet expertly curated EP sets the bar high as hell. Divine dance music that can’t help but push boundaries; confronting and challenging our archival references and perceptions of genres and classifications, arguably the best kind of auditory statement.

Blu:sh - Lovebite (STEP05)

Maara drops her second EP of 2022 and debuts on X-Kalay with the seductive ‘Spiral 2 the Other Side’. Channeling divine feminine frequencies the Canadian delivers a hypnotic, ritual-ready 4-tracker dripping in dark room throb. We’re hyped to welcome her to the label, this one SLAPS!

Pre order: https://bit.ly/3trKgu2

Available 01/07/2022

@maara

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XK027 | Maara - Spiral 2 the Other Side

Hot on the heels of our last release is an offering from Naarm’s queen of all things psychedelic — we present to you, the “Archangel” EP from Mabel / @mabelau.  A prolific producer pushing her own boundaries, Mabel is making a big impression far and wide. We’re thrilled to welcome Mabel to TSBU as we unveil this hot-as-hell trio of tracks.

The title track, Archangel, dives straight into psy-influenced territory. Syncopated rhythms and trippy vocal snips make for a steamy EP opener. 

Next up is Exoskeleton — a high energy, trance-kissed bomb that’ll whip any d-floor into euphoria. 

Last but not least, Octopus Stinkhorn is a full blown hypnotic psytrance weapon with a sexy and playful edge — rounding out this hot’n’heavy three tracker by leaving us wanting more <3

Tracklist:
1. Archangel
2. Exoskeleton
3. Octopus Stinkhorn

Mabel - Archangel EP
Cat: TSBU07
Digi / CD: https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/archangel
Release date: Friday 29 July
Mastering by Joseph Buchan
Artwork by Mabel & Gabriella Brown, Soft Edges.

TSBU07 // Mabel - Archangel EP [snippets]

Physical:
https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1659008701/Various-Artists-Tiny-Planet-Vol.-4

Digital:
https://planeteuphorique.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-planet-vol-4

https://soundcloud.com/emkaybymk
https://soundcloud.com/denzelmyman
https://soundcloud.com/eversines
https://soundcloud.com/0rds0
https://soundcloud.com/1800haightstreet
https://soundcloud.com/djvenetta
https://soundcloud.com/byronyeates
https://soundcloud.com/bbbmma

Just because a planet may be tiny, doesn’t mean it isn’t abundant with life. With the fourth time around its orbit, Tiny Planet vol. 4 is all about teaming up and bonding in synergy; personal and unified collaborations specializing in hi-tech quioxic explorations of electronica. With an all new/all star cast of artists, materializing in four sleek and sexy tracks shaped for outer space indulgence.

A1. Emkay & Denzel - Late To The Parteh  
A2. Eversines & RDS - Milky Mouse 
B1. ZDBT & Venetta - Tie Me Up
B2. Byron Yeates & Brandi - Activate 

PE019
12" & Digital
Tiny Planet Vol. 4 
September 1, 2022
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Mastering by Marco @ Analogcut
Artwork by Sophia
Words: Katie Campbell

Tiny Planet Vol. 4

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://bit.ly/3dQVMKV

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3TkF7zF

Maara’s latest effort comes straight from the inner zone. Whether meant for use as vision quest guidance or club hedonism, Fancy Feast continues the Canadian’s tradition of crafting seductive, trance-inducing dance music in mesmeric fashion. 

‘Can’t Slo Down’ is a vehicle for transcendence. Locked-in, hypnotic fare with subtle gear shifts consistent with Maara’s propensity towards trippy atmospherics and urgent dancefloor dynamics. Then, in a heady alloy of ritual throb and fractal warehouse ruffness, ‘Highrollerz’ finds Maara at her most propulsive. 

Prog reigns supreme across the record, but 'Princess Express' has the third-eye dilating magick in full effect. It’s both fractal and functional, a ritual incantation with rugged appeal. ‘Rude, Crude & Out Of Control’, on the other hand, harks back to those halcyon days of the free party movement. Proper breakbeat torque with yet another healthy dose of prog.

Maara - Fancy Feast | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER41)

MAGIC019 'Gabriola - Spirit Mirror' (in stores 14/10) @magicwire

https://magicwire.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-mirror

https://instituteofadvancedthinking.net/product/gabriola-spirit-mirror-12-pre-order/

the Pure Power of Progression

One to Zen

@eastern-distributor
@maara
Eastern Distributor 'State of Equilibrium' EP
Bizarro Records BZR005
12" EP
Out Now: bizarroliferecords.bandcamp.com/music

A1 Affinity
A2 Balance

B1 Endorphin
B2 Balance (Maara Remix)

Mixed and mastered by Cirrus Audio
Artwork by Kushagra Gupta

State of Equilibrium EP

Eastern Distributor - State Of Equilibrium EP (BZR005) - Preview

https://soundcloud.com/soundsofluxe

LUXE “Mineral & Moss”

Tech-virtuoso and London local LUXE finds a sonic sanctuary on Planet Euphorique with her EP Mineral & Moss. The 5 sleek cuts of liquescent club music dissolve boundaries of genre, dabble in speeds and dance with the digital devil to affirm why she is spearheading the new-gen UK rave renaissance. Launching with ethereal exploration A Team, the matured minimal infrastructure paves the way for feminine flourishes in melody and timbre, a signature asset contagiously flowing throughout the record all the way to the buoyant mind-melting closer Pixie Swamp.  A highly conceptualized and rounded sound undoubtedly suited for any stage, star gaze, soiree or séance.

PED006
LUXE
Mineral & Moss
Digital Only
Release: March 31, 2023
Mixing by Bradley Hutchings
Mastered at Analogcut
Art by Osian Jenaer
Words by Katie Campbell

LUXE  "Mineral & Moss"

Support: https://phtm.bandcamp.com/album/dog-on-acid-never-forgive-me-never-forget-me-lp-ft-mod-m-dylan-fogarty-montague

@dogonacid
@modemglasgow
@dylan-fogarty-994382354
@montaguequadrat

Release Date: April 18th 2024
Mastering: soundcloud.com/symbolismtec
[PHTM017]

Label [PHTM]:
@phtmmusic
https://phtm.bandcamp.com
instagram.com/phtm.music
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ra.co/promoters/93288
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