Bakongo comes proper with two stripped back drum workouts for TRULE’s 10” series. UK Funky pioneer Roska has been making great percussion tracks under his Bakongo alias for some time now. On Thirteen/Level Cowbell he continues this with two rugged, skeletal drum tracks with tough, minimal bass and the faintest trace of texture in there that absolutely demand to be moved to.

Bakongo - Thirteen/Level Cowbell Clips

French II is back. After 2020's 'Control EP', the currently Berlin-based artist returns with a surprising next step in his sound. As one of Intercept's core members, Frank Klick, has shown himself to be a true innovator and instigator of bass-heavy and moody club sounds.

The title track 'CD is Dead' follows that exact formula, taking notes from his earlier work but also taking a leap forward by embracing flow instead of hype. This is contrasted by 'Frequency', a 140bpm dance floor killer, and one of the first 4/4 French II tracks to be released. Its driving bassline groove and zappy synths make for an electrifying dance floor weapon.

The EP is topped off with 'Shot Caller' and 'Still Here', with the last one ending the EP on an emotional high note.

French II - CD Is Dead

Taken from "Everything Merged Vol. 1", a brand new compilation featuring artists from the 3024 Mentoring Program.


Everything Merged Vol 1

‘Everything Merged’ is 3024’s second series of compilations featuring artists from the 3024 Mentoring Program. At the beginning of the pandemic, label owner Martyn started forming a lively online community of artists, providing them with ideas and inspiration. This community grew larger and larger, and musicians started to connect both online and offline, across continents and genres. It resulted in the “It Was Always There” series of compilations from 2021, and countless independent releases, radio appearances and gigs, putting a host of artists on the map.

Working on the program made Martyn and partner Jeroen Erosie reconsider the purpose of running a record label in 2022. ‘Are we still interested in putting out records via the usual channels?’ Or should a label become more of an umbrella for various activities by a larger community, both online and IRL, with digital and physical products, in other words merge everything into one.

“Everything Merged vol. 1” features the awesome music of a group of 3024 alumni from across the globe, interpreting the post-pandemic phase of electronic music each in their individual ways. There are the contemporary percussive meditations of Adam 2, Solair, Klont and Brooklynite No Sir, the 90s garage and rave inspired music of Karis, Agôn, Slovenia’s Hatterri and Noise Casino from Colombia. The exuberant technicolorist bangers of Guava, Blu-e and Cress and the deep hypnotic explorations of India’s Chhabb, MarceauxMarceaux and The Exhausted. 

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releases November 4, 2022

Tracks by: Adam 2, Guava, Cress, Klont, Karis, Chhabb, Noise Casino, Agôn, No Sir, solair, Blu-e, MarceauxMarceaux, Hatterri, The Exhausted . All artwork by Jeroen Erosie.

Everything Merged Vol. 1

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Guava - Believe In U (3024-MEN4)

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Dawn Razor (@awnazor ) returns to Scuffed with two moody, hypnotic techno cuts.

Dawn Razor - Typhoon

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Mercy System strikes a harmonious balance between techno, garage, dubstep, and grime, redefining the boundaries of UK bass music. Hailing from the outskirts of Manchester and drawing from an early start playing drums in hardcore and metal bands, his rhythmic fascination is harnessed to create a complex sense of tension and release.

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MERCY SYSTEM - APPROACH

A1. Approach and Identify: An underground, techno club weapon with clear UK influence. A peak-time selection to mash all the heads on the dancefloor and push massive 60hz sub-bass pressure.

A2. Time Chant: One for a lights off, heads down rave. An introspective, philosophical meditative journey crafted by elusive atmospheres backed by timeless drums.

B1. Judas: Transform a club into a nexus of irresistible rhythmic energy. A flourishing wobbly bass complemented with a 2-step type beat, dancehall vocals and layers of texture.

B1. Voids: Perfect for late-night sets and intimate club settings. A serious rhythm that sucks all the air out of the room before returning to a hard-to-classify catchy bassline with subtle breakbeat decorations.

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released June 1, 2023 by stoneground records 
w&p by mercy system
mastered by robin wylie

Approach

Mercy System - Judas

JUNE 2023

A . TRIPLE MENACE
B. SKATTERBOX

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WNCL043: HOOVERIAN BLUR_Triple Menace / Skatterbox

Last year Low End Activist mapped out the depth and breadth of his sound with the Hostile Utopia album on Sneaker Social Club and now he returns with a fresh payload of future shock-outs from the grimy depths of his sound well. Recent times have seen LEA releases tipping towards MC guest spots but on this EP he’s turning inward with three varied, mutant workouts for soundsystem immersion.

‘Sent West’ makes no bones about its inspiration from the tough, boxy end of early dubstep, but as ever the kink in the Activist’s sound comes from the detail around the rhythm and his embrace of off-centre textures. ‘Neurosis’ plumbs even further down in its dogged pursuit of infinite subs and dystopian atmospherics, offering the kind of subliminal, wayward stepper to tweak nervous minds to distraction. ‘Dry Chat, Wet Rag’ stretches out on the B side with a phantom dub pulled from rad-blasted wastelands, caked in slime and tough enough to withstand any fallout.

Calling to mind the introspective, evocative work on the likes of Engineers Origins EP, this is LEA using the hardcore continuum to tell his most murked-out tales.

Pre Order - https://sneakersocialclub.bandcamp.com/album/dry-chat-wet-rag

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Dry Chat, Wet Rag

It’s been a hot moment, so we can’t wait to finally announce the next EP on our Awkwardly label, “a hack is a foul“ by dadan karambolo.

Safe to say he’s been on our radar for a while, so we’re mighty excited to welcome the Wrocław-based producer on AWK005. After a strong debut release on his co-owned SPLOT imprint, an equally solid LP on Regime Brigade as well as contributions to various compilations, dadan is back with his signature moody, bass-bin shaking sound.

Hitting the sweet spot somewhere between dubstep, grime, breaks and ambient techno, these 4 tracks provide a somber yet seductive quality that invite the listener to get lost in a hazy amalgamation of stylistic elements. Rest assured, this combination of low end and rhythm heavy explorations contains the right formula to cause some damage on the dance floor.

AWK005 is set for release on Friday, October 20th 2023. As always, many thanks and much love for everyone’s support and feedback!

Artwork by Cihan Tamti & Maria Gysi
Mastered and cut by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich
Physical and digital distribution by WAS/ Wordandsound
For press inquiries, please contact katia@hype-filter.com

https://awkwardlysocial.bandcamp.com/album/a-ha%E2%80%A6-is-a-foul

https://soundcloud.com/dadan11
https://soundcloud.com/awkscl

PREMIERE: dadan karambolo - beggar [Awkwardly Social]

FRYED - Upper Decker (Freeeeee DL)

Forthcoming on vinyl & digital.

Parcel size: 12”
Parcel weight: 180 g
Delivery Date: 05 February 2021 (Vinyl) & 22nd January 2021 (Digital)

Available from Bandcamp + Distributed by Unearthed Sounds

Manifest:
A1 Taking First A2 Rumble
B1 NOFM B2 Stam
X1 Rumble (Cando Remix) - Bandcamp digital exclusive!

Written, produced and engineered by Henry Greenleaf
Mastered by Eric James at Philosopher's Barn

Taking First

PAR004 | HENRY GREENLEAF - TAKING FIRST EP

Following a series of unforgettable after-parties, Stoneground Records emerged in 2020 as a thriving underground record label now based in London

We always put sound first, and hype last! 

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