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Bandcamp: https://fastatwork.bandcamp.com/album/up-too-late-2

Digital + physical preorder: October 8 2025
Release date: October 30 2025

Fast At Work returns with another statement EP, this time from the label’s own Carré (@carreo) and her closest collaborator Danny Goliger (@dannygoliger). Navigating through textured atmospheres, rhythmic explorations, and immersive landscapes, they allowed their music to unfold naturally—an organic process shaped by curiosity and intuition. Each track was born from sampling its predecessor, creating a recursive dialogue that guided the creative flow. A commitment to a tension-building groove in ‘Up Too Late’, the warped dub throughlines of ‘Tricky One’, the intricate, delicate uptempo delight that is ‘Exit Plan,’ and the bridge between all four tracks ‘Don’t Keep Me In Suspense’ — each reflect different moments in this journey. An expert in textural exploration, the Dutch DJ and producer Konduku (@kondukukonduku) brought out the true hypnotic potential of the title track. Their influences ripple outward, yet the sound remains inherently theirs—fluid, unbound by singular genre or label.

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Mastered by Nikolaj Jakobsen 
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xlbb - Loosejaw / Melonboat [OMM018]


Ommaya Records
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www.instagram.com/ommayarecords


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There is a new artist from Japan followed by the name Kakeru who is giving his Shaw Cuts debut with „Raw Courage“, telling the story of an emperor besieged by an army who then entrusts his child to the Black Dragon Clan heading off to a dangerous journey.
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𝑲𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒖
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/user-872159081
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kakeru_______._

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Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/shaw-cuts
Bandcamp : https://shawcuts.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/shaw_cuts/

Raw Courage [SC022]

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📀 Album Name: Sansevieria EP
🏷️ Label: N/A
🗓️ Release Date: 31/10/2025
🎵 Track Genre(s): #electronic #dubstep 
💵 Buy/Download: https://masot.bandcamp.com/album/sansevieria-ep

Socials:

https://soundcloud.com/masotf
https://instagram.com/masot.f/
https://masot.bandcamp.com/

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Sound design as a statement, composition as a science.

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artwork -- hypereikon
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distribution -- Underscope

© 2025 Virtual Forest Records, France
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Support & Buy: https://virtualforestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/diplopia
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artwork -- hypereikon
mastering -- AES Dana at @ultimae studios
distribution -- Underscope

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