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MIST004 - Archivist - Psion (w/ Claudio PRC Remixes)
Release date: October 26, 2021 (12" & Digital)
Buy: surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/psion

A1. Psion
A2. Psion (Claudio PRC Remix)
B1. Stone Eater
B2. Stone Eater (Claudio PRC Remix)

Sure Thing welcomes two new additions to the label with a long-distance collaboration between Seattle's Archivist and Berlin's Claudio PRC. Two original productions from Archivist recall dense, billowing fog and the gentle shimmer of waves, each re-imagined through Claudio PRC's exacting lens into novel forms that spiral with steady, monolithic intent. Brought together, an expansive double vision, an exploration of the compelling nature of movement and air each within the other.

Written and produced by Archivist.
Remixes by Claudio PRC.
Mastered by Neel at Enisslab.
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg.

MIST004 - Archivist - Psion (w/ Claudio PRC Remixes)

MIST005 - Polygonia - Bloom (inc. Forest Drive West Remix)
Release Date: March 8, 2022 (12" & Digital)
Buy: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/bloom

A1. Dreaming Trees
A2. Bloom
B1. Coleus
B2. Dreaming Trees (Forest Drive West Remix)

Polygonia's deftly enchanting "Bloom" EP unravels with the melancholic blur of a waking dream. Conjuring the vivid echoes of a phantom forest, fluttering atmospheres swirl amidst shimmering voices as they compel the mind to wander. A remix from Forest Drive West deepens the spell, stretching the punctate rhythm of "Dreaming Trees" into a siren's call, a beguiling echo rippling beneath the flow of time.

Written and produced by Polygonia.
Remix by Forest Drive West.
Mastered by Neel at Enisslab.
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg.

MIST005 - Polygonia - Bloom (w/ Forest Drive West Remix)

MIST006 - Various Artists - My Own Mirror To Stay
Release Date: March 6, 2023 (12" & Digital)
Buy: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/my-own-mirror-to-stay

A1 Lukas Urban - A Glass of Empty Rooms
A2 Soreab - The Boy And The Beast
A3 Sanguine - Fake Leaves
B1 McGregor - Clean Lines
B2 ENA - Arkadia Blue
B3 Will Alfred - Pattern Static

With its first label compilation, "My Own Mirror To Stay," Sure Thing invites six new voices into the fold. Each provides an acutely personal reflection of the dance floor suspended in a singular crystalline moment, from wide-eyed to weightless, together seeking new horizons inward and out.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab
Artwork by Nicola Tirabasso
Additional design by Nathaniel Young

MIST006 - V/A - My Own Mirror To Stay

MIST007 - Various Artists - Well of Sand
Release Date: October 23, 2023 (12" & Digital)
Buy: surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/well-of-sand

A1 Command D – Half Blue (Violet Mix)
A2 DYL – PJ2
A3 Beats Unlimited – Burn Your Theremin
B1 Foreign Material – The Living Planet
B2 Tammo Hesselink - Petse
B3 Third Space – Push (Part 2)

Sure Thing presents Well of Sand, its second compilation. Six tracks from label friends and favorites, each new to the roster and offering bold, untempered explorations of tempo and weight, a concise yet expansive collection recalling the deliberate cadence of rippling sand and the sheen of shimmering oases.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg
Additional design by Nathaniel Young

MIST007 - V/A - Well of Sand

MIST008 - Various Artists - Fountain of Reason
Release Date: October 29, 2024 (12” & Digital)
Buy: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/fountain-of-reason

A1. Vardae - Pahlevan
A2. Kick21 - Bright Interface
A3. Porter Brook - Three Things You Can Watch Forever
B1. Ayū - Light & Reflection
B2. Atàvic - Subconscious
B3. Tammo Hesselink & DYL - Accent Award
B4. Plebeian – Gowanus

Sure Thing continues its label excursion into unwound, blurred-edge territory with Fountain of Reason, a 12” compilation of kaleidoscopic, tempo-spanning tracks aimed squarely at the far reaches of the dance floor.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg

MIST008 - V/A - Fountain of Reason

Mythological echoes and lush atmospheres form Simone Bauer’s “Arcadia” EP, which concludes with a blooming, psychedelic remix from Refracted. Following a long-running series of events and podcasts, Sure Thing inaugurates their new label with a heartfelt love letter to introspective techno and self-discovery on the dance floor.

A1. Simone Bauer - Driade
A2. Simone Bauer - Nereide
B1. Simone Bauer - Arcadia
B2. Simone Bauer - Arcadia (Refracted Remix)

Limited 12" now available worldwide via Readymade Distribution.
Digital: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/arcadia

Mastering by MarcoAntonio Spaventi.
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg.

MIST001 - Simone Bauer - Arcadia (w/ Refracted Remix)

MIST002 - PRG/M - Lenta Ginestra
Release date: Sept 10 2020 (12" Vinyl / Digital)

A1. Giardini e Palagi
A2. Ignea Bocca
A3. Flutto Rovente
B1. Lenta Ginestra (Acronym Remix)
B2. Marchesa Deserta
B3. Lenta Ginestra

Sure Thing’s second release sees Italian producer PRG/M join the label’s roster, following an acclaimed EP for Midgar Records and his ongoing work as a member of r²π. Departing from the soft edges of MIST001, the six-track EP contains multitudes, with looping arrangements that showcase PRG/M’s technical depth and breadth of vision. From the hypnotic, tightly percussive “Giardini e Palagi” to the intense, psychedelic “Flutto Rovente,” the EP captures a range of moods and textures and offers an exemplary example of precise, immersive techno.

The title, Lenta Ginestra, takes its name from a flowering species that grows slowly upon the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, the active volcano known for Pompeii’s destruction. The title is poetic and apt; throughout the EP there’s a sense of restrained patience amid chaos. Like the flower, the title track is delicate but tough, building tension and skillfully resisting catharsis. A remix from Stilla Ton’s Acronym is a dance-forward deconstruction that incites movement while nicely complementing PRG/M’s more charged productions. Despite the lush density of these tracks, groove is never sacrificed. It’s a commanding work, made for both dance floors and deep listening.

Written and produced by Pier Giuseppe Mariconda.
Remix by Acronym.
Mastered by Neel at Enisslab.
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg.

MIST002 - PRG/M - Lenta Ginestra (w/ Acronym Remix)

MIST003 - Atoloi - Inflorescenze
Release date: March 23, 2021 (12" Vinyl / Digital)
Buy: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/inflorescenze

1. Fioritura
2. Felce
3. Umida Superficie
4. Forma e Cammino
5. Sulle Sensazioni
6. Chiusura
7. Soffusa (Diurna)
8. Richiamo (Notturna)
9. Il Da Farsi
(Tracks 7-9: Digital Side)

Sure Thing’s third release, Inflorescenze, comes from Milano-based artist Atoloi. He’s offered the label a meditative work that reflects upon the tension that arises from polarity: nature and the city-bound sphere of clubbing, weight and levity, the internal world of the artist and his external environment. Inflorescenze moves like a living, breathing organism, or like one undifferentiated process: a circuit with no end and no beginning.

The sequence of the tracks—and the arrangements themselves—suggest a logical flow: mood and texture gradually intensify through a process of natural unfolding and flourishing. The ambient “Fioritura”—a space-setting arrangement replete with buzzing drone and subdued melody—prepares the mind for what’s to come. “Felce,” then, ushers in a journey of rhythm. It begins simple enough: a hand drum over reverberating synth that lingers in the backdrop like mist. Another rhythm, and another, enters, leading only to a deeper hypnosis. These polyrhythms touch the primordial mind. “Umida Superficie” and “Forma e Cammino” only add potency to the rhythmic environment. Even tracks for the club sphere aren’t disconnected from the work’s conceptual purview; they remain situated within it, catalyzing the deepest state of immersion yet. As the release slows and re-enters the ambient sphere with the spacious, ethereal “Sulle Sensazioni” and the chiming bells of “Chiusura,” we sense we’ve reached the final stretch. Undoubtedly, though, Atoloi’s world will resonate long after we’ve left it.

Written and Produced by Matteo Ghiringhelli.
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio.
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg.