SINGLE DOWNLOAD SERIES

We are kicking off a new free download series with Seattle artist and RBMA alumni, Kid Smpl. His music is ethereal and abrasive all at the same time, with emotional sonic soundscapes and leftfield bass explorations. You can expect much more Kid Smpl soon as we will soon announce his forthcoming Precinct EP!

Follow Kid Smpl:
http://www.kidsmpl.com
http://www.twitter.com/KidSmpl
http://www.soundcloud.com/kidsmpl
http://www.facebook.com/kidsimpledubs

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Kid Smpl - Haven Dialect (SMBDL001)

For our second in the SMBDL series, we introduce Moth of Washington, DC. The entirety of "Signals" walks along a dub & garage path and is immersed in emotion. 

Follow Moth:
https://soundcloud.com/kyhdis
https://www.facebook.com/mothdc

Moth - Signals (SMBDL002)

Blasta of St. Petersburg, Russia, delivers an extremely energetic and percussive track for the third in our SMBDL series. Lush pads and vocal edits that sit in between a jungle and juke vibe.

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https://twitter.com/blastablasta

Blasta - High (SMBDL003)

We've been listening to a lot of Blanc lately (often displayed as blΔnc) and we are excited to premiere his latest track. There is a controlled simplicity in the reese basslines and vocal manipulations that really add to the emotion on this one.

Follow Blanc:
https://soundcloud.com/blanc-1

blΔnc - Kanda (SMBDL004)

Vancouver artist, Spurz, delivers an energetic club construction for all of our DJ sets. Stripped and metallic, this one has already been getting plays on Rinse shows.

Follow Spurz:
http://www.soundcloud.com/spurz
http://www.twitter.com/spurzmusic
http://www.facebook.com/spurzmusic

Spurz - Ornate Reflex (SMBDL005)

ExT, out of Ukraine, delivers an emotional garage tune for our ongoing SMBDL series. We also recommend you check his recent "One of the Moments" album!

Follow ExT:
https://soundcloud.com/ext-3
http://www.twitter.com/ExTmusic


ExT - Output (SMBDL006)

Yonkers meets London with this collaboration between Eladair & y y y. Dark and bittersweet atmospheric textures interplay with a big kick/snare combo.

Follow Eladair & yyy:
https://soundcloud.com/5eladair
https://soundcloud.com/yyyyyyyyyyyy

Eladair & y y y - Breathe (SMBDL007)

We are excited to present Utah? with 'Velocity', a powerful and evolving club track saturated with grime elements. This emerging artist from Sheffield, UK will have a full Symbols release later in the year.

Follow Utah?:
https://soundcloud.com/utahmusic
http://www.twitter.com/UtahUK
http://www.facebook.com/utahmusicuk

Utah? - Velocity (SMBDL008)

Mike G - Hammerhead (SMBDL009)

One of the unsung heroes of American club music, Austin-based Mike G has released on just about every relevant dance music label (Car Crash Set, Main Course, Track Meet, RAW Records, etc.) in North America, collaborated with everyone from Falcons to DJ Rashad and, now, it’s our pleasure to announce his arrival to the SMBDL series. An expert in a wide variety of styles, genres and aesthetics, Mike is an expert in building sparse, percussive jams that are equally successful as body twisting dance floor bombs and impressive sound design achievements. And that’s exactly what “Hammerhead” is, a brash dance floor number that expands into its own sonic architecture as the song progresses. Mike G is prolific in scope and influence, but “Hammerhead” proves once again that he has found a sound that is truly, and only, his.

Follow Mike G:
https://soundcloud.com/mikegbass
https://twitter.com/mikegbass
https://www.facebook.com/djmikegorman

Mike G - Hammerhead (SMBDL009)

As much as Houston represents Southern rap music, the city is also becoming an insular, yet fertile, home for a distinctly American takes on trans-Atlantic club music. Take Cerith, an exciting new producer who is churning out his own beat-driven take on UK sounds. “Light Seeker” infuses an R&B intuition into the rowdy nature of garage and bassline, meting out a sultry attitude into an aesthetic that has moved British raves for decades.

Follow Cerith:
https://soundcloud.com/cerithfaces
http://www.twitter.com/cerithhh

Cerith - Light Seeker (SMBDL010)

Lemonick - Locked Groove (SMBDL011)

The past year has seen Swiss producer Lemonick rise from relative obscurity to the fore of the club music world, releasing efforts on Nervous Horizons, Clubwerks and Car Crash Set, all while cultivating a bare bones, hybrid style that’s almost immediately recognizable. “Locked Groove” represents his arrival in the Symbols Download Series, a track that balances the rambunctious feeling of East Coast club forms with a serious, spaced out sense of sound design, all topped off with enough lick-driven funk flair to keep you moving throughout.

Follow Lemonick:
https://soundcloud.com/hellolemo
http://www.twitter.com/hellolemo
http://www.facebook.com/hellolemo

Lemonick - Locked Groove (SMBDL011)

Modulaw - Nago (SMBDL012)

Built on the tenets of weirdo southern hip hop and east-leaning instrumentation, Swiss producers Modulaw have come correct over the past few months with a host of harmonically beatific, noisy rap refixes, taking on everyone from Migos to Lil Debbie and even producing an EP for Zurich-based MC Boeystraat. Their entry to the SMBDL series is a menacing instrumental build around a series of swirling string work and an overlay of yelps, screams and blasts of unadulterated noise. It's urban club music at its finest and by the time Modulaw finds their four-on-the-floor stride midway through the track, the effort already feels monumental.

Follow Modulaw:
https://soundcloud.com/modulaw


Modulaw - Nago (SMBDL012)

DJAO - Lights Off (SMBDL013)

Seattle’s DJAO, also known by his Club alias 7777777, reignites the Symbols Singles Series with “Lights Off”, utilizing repetition and a familiar sample to push the listener firmly out of their comfort zone. A singular drone, mechanical breathing and Lil Jon’s bracing chants make up the backbone of the track, managing a disorienting dragging effect even as sharp snares form a marshall beat. It’s a foreign zone to most, but one that is ultimately rewarding.

Follow https://soundcloud.com/d-j-a-o

SMBDL013

DJAO - Lights Off (SMBDL013)

https://soundcloud.com/bkbeats - Based (SMBDL014)

Los Angeles’ BK Beats is the latest artist to contribute to the SMBDL series, following up abrasive, club-focused efforts from DJAO and Modulaw with the plucky, romantic “Based”. Building on a wealth of previous work, both released via the ONE EIGHT HUNDRED label and a series of self-releases, “Based” is both immediately gratifying and intricately detailed, grafting pristine instrumentation and warm weather-ready samples onto exactly the sort of gravelly percussion we’ve come to expect from the bleeding edge of club music.

Catch up on the rest of our Single Series here:
https://soundcloud.com/smbls/sets/smbdl

Based

BK Beats - Based (SMBDL014)

https://soundcloud.com/celes777 - НЕБЕСНЫЙ (SMBDL015) 

CELES7E delivers an explosive, high-definition sound that fits perfectly in the Symbols discography for fans of our releases with WWWINGS and SCHISM. Aside from an early 2017 release with the SVBKVLT imprint out of Shanghai, he has also recorded a recent mixfile for JEROME. Much more to come from this talented producer.

Artwork by Christian Velasquez

SMBDL015

CELES7E - НЕБЕСНЫЙ (SMBDL015)

SHX - Beginning (SMBDL016)

Japanese artist SHX delivers a mutating orchestra on ‘Beginning’ — aptly named for a track that would be a perfect opener for a set or playlist leaning towards the avant garde. Be sure to check out his 2016 EP, ‘Everything is Nothing’.

Follow http://www.soundcloud.com/shx04:
https://twitter.com/sh_xxxxxxxxxxxx
https://www.facebook.com/shx04
https://shxxxx.bandcamp.com/

SHX - Beginning (SMBDL016)

WULFFLUW XCIV - Amorcito 

WULFFLUW XCIV enters the final round with this heavy single. Following a recent misfile for The Levels Are Very High and an EP for London’s Perth Records. 

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SMBDL017

WULFFLUW XCIV - Amorcito (SMBDL017)

Never mind the mainstream. Experiments in sound. Est.  2012.

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