Low End Activist - 08 November 2023

Simon Hafner aka Sun People is well known to fans of fast tempos, having released music on labels such as Exit Records, Rua Sound and Through These Eyes. Hafner presents a wide range of music and guest mixes on his monthly Sub FM radio show and is also releasing music and doing A&R for the label Defrostatica.

His latest cassette on the Guides label, titled Joyful Discontent, is a tribute to minimalism, referencing the works of Frank Bretschneider and Mark Fell. The starting point for this release was a JMT VDR-1 drum synthesizer, characterised by its intuitive aspects, its limited sonic capacities and the challenge to stretch the machine's possibilities. This one instrument informs the structure of the album, fixed in tempo, track and total length. Reducing his tools to a bare minimum, Hafner explicitly refers to specific genre traditions inherent in this radical form. Structurally and sonically, the spirit of clicks & cuts (e.g., Komet’s ‘Rausch’) can be heard, as well as influences from dub, ambient and minimalist drum&bass and footwork.

In his thinking, however, Hafner goes further. The idea of interlocking all the pieces, complementing the overall grid of constraints, provides the frame for a playful exploration. The result was also fuelled by intuitive action, such as when a single gesture and decision changes the direction of a process that takes place in real time. When composing, despite the track’s live act structure, he produced recordings that could function as parts of a jigsaw puzzle that can be rearranged freely in any order, thus opening the way for a reinterpretation of the whole. This is also why the album will be available in two versions, both as a mix of combined tracks, and as eight individual pieces that make up the whole.

Despite so many formal constraints, Joyful Discontent still sounds accessible. The pieces produced by Hafner move in the direction of Mark Fell’s compositional approaches, where music is devoid of evoking emotion, rather, aiming for a neutral and non-imposing environment for the listener. 

Release date: 17.11.2023
Label Guides / Outlines
Cat No: gui006
Format: digital / cassete (editon of 50) 
Mastered by: LXC
Artwork: Marta Sieczkowska

With the kind support of the city of Graz

Sun People - Joyful Discontent (gui006)

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@iamsoulnd took us on another 3 hour vinyl journey during his in-store session from January and here's the recording to get in the mood for his return on Friday. Enjoy!

Recorded live at TABA, January 2024.

Tracklist:

Author - My Only / Black Box
Martyn - Right?Star! / 3024
Synkro - Closer / Synkro
Escapism Refuge - No Signal / Smokin' Session
Biome - Serenity / Deep Heads
Indigo - Premonition / OpenEarz
Mala feat. Danny Suarez - Noche Sueños / Brownswood
Guido - Korg Back / Tectonic
Clouds feat. Tiiu - Under The Dancing Feet / Argon
Von D - Sunflower / Get Darker
Joker & Rustie - Play Doe / Kapsize
TMSV - Temple / Innamind
Taiko - Absent Kind / White Peach
Khanum - Trek Through / Dubs Galore
Bukkha feat. Blackout JA - Rise of the Beast / Infernal Sounds
Jack Sparrow & Silkie - Unity Rock / Deep Medi
V.I.V.E.K - Soundman VIP / System
Breakage - Callahan / Digital Soundboy
Distance - Sacrifices / Duplock
Cyrus - Looking Back / Chestplate
Kryptic Minds - Nebula / Osiris
Instra:mental - Voyeur / Disfigured Dubz
Ipman - In Atari / Wheel & Deal
Perverse - Echolocation / New Moon
Visages - Nibiru / 1985
Regents aka Cartridge & Strategy - Nuff Noise / Deep, Dark & Dangerous
Asylum - Zero Gravity / Uprise Audio
Oris Jay & Chris Innasound - Ghost & Darkness / AMAR
J:Kenzo feat. Rhianna Kenny - Eyes Wide Open / Tempa
Burial - Dog Shelter / Hyperdub
Crypticz feat. Amy Kisnorbo - Chrysalis / Cosmic Bridge
Nebula - Midi Rhodes / Scientific Wax Retro
Sully - Qualia / Astrophonica
Nuage & THRN - Don't Exist (Anile Remix) / Translation
Zero Tolerance feat. Steo - Refusal / Integral
SpectraSoul - How Strange / SGN:LTD
Theory - Heartbreak in Paradise / Rupture
Mako & Andy Scopes - In the Raw (dBridge Remix) / Utopia
Friske - Venture / Metalheadz
Lenzman feat. Danny Sanchez - Gimmie a Sec / The North Quartern
Calibre - Moonlight / Signature
Alix Perez - Ninth Wonder / Progress
Villem - Waiting for You / Spearhead
System - Sound Man / Exit
Foreign Concept feat. DRS - Falling Stars / Critical
Homemade Weapons - Conduit VIP / Samurai
Skeptical feat. Collette Warren - Desire / Soul:r
DBR UK - Dirty Passive / Ingredients
Thelem & Gremlinz feat. T-Man - Mind Games / Artikal
House of Black Lanterns - Truth & Loss (Fracture Remix) / Houndstooth
Quartz & Survey - Gloop / Warm Comms
Satl feat. Dan Stezo - Bravehearts / Sun & Bass
Break feat. Kyo - The Edge of Time / Symmetry
Amoss - Dilate / Horizons
Data - Passive Aggressive (Stray Remix) / Inside
Nucleus & Paradox - Scenario / Esoteric
Klute - Dawn of Reason / 31
Marcus Intalex & ST Files - 305 / CIA
Digital & Spirit - Vision / Phantom Audio
Silent Dust & Jon1st feat. Selfsays - My Only Option (Naibu Remix) / None60

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A1 - Pugilist - Siphon 
A2 - Pugilist - Regrowth 
B1 - Pugilist - Nightshade 
B2 - Pugilist - Siphon (Coco Bryce Remix) 

One of the UK's freshest emerging dance music labels, responsible for stalwart releases from Special Request and Nightwave, return for their 19th release.

The succinct beats of Pugilist have perked the ears of labels like Whities, 3024 and Trule to name but a few. And having previously featured on volume one of the label's new 'EleVAte' compilation series, among artists like Otik, Appleblim and Commix, he returns to the imprint for his first, full four-tracker; 'Siphon'.

The title track, Siphon, blasts through with authentic jungle chops, scattered together asymmetrically like a beautiful chaotic tapestry.

'Regrowth' is a swung garage stepper, jammed live on a 909 with earthquaking low-end frequencies that warmingly morph from underneath.

On remix duties of 'Siphon', is no other than Lobster Theremin alumni, Coco Bryce. With surreal, microprocessing of the heavyweight blows from the original, he also resamples time-stretched speech samples to devastating effect.

'Nightshade' closes out the record with its steadfast amen rinse-out and pokey 808 subs, concluding one of the most forward-thinking and new-school jungle records for the label, all the while serving as an exemplary ode to the old-school.

Pre Order

DEXT014_PUGILIST_COCO_BRYCE_SIPHON EP_(CLIPS)

11.10. DJ @ 10 years of Defrostatica, Leipzig
18.10. Live @ Greynote, Forum, Graz
01.11. DJ @ Celeste, Vienna
07.11. DJ @ Stadtwerkstadt, Linz
22.11. DJ @ 30 years Radio Helsinki, Graz
12.12. DJ @ Interlude, Forum, Graz

Simon Hafner’s aka Sun People’s output has been widely regarded for its inimitable takes on jungle and footwork, hybridised with a wide variety of styles like juke, techno, electro, minimal and dub. His deft beat programming, boundless energy and remarkable productive spontaneity has sparked a celebrated discography, with noted releases on dBridge’s Exit Records, Defrostatica, Rua Sound, Outlines sub-label Guides, an EP for Steffi’s & Virginia’s Candy Mountain imprint and much more. To further expand his musical sphere he founded All Things Records, foccusing on his own works and collaborative projects with like-minded musicians. 

Booking: booking@sunpeople.at
Promos & dubs: dubs@sunpeople.at
Inquiries: simon@sunpeople.at

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