Massive Love to @clubnightclub / everyone playing on the night and all the noise makers ;0)

JON K - Live at Sugar Hill NY

Rixon D w/ Quaid 2023

Inspired by his trips along the North Essex Coastline, Crooked Finger has brought forth four tracks traversing house, techno and off-kilter electronica marked by raw, ambient textures. 

Opener ‘Goose’ is a real burner, taking its time to build with dubbed-out chords and razor-sharp snares before the irresistible pitch of his electric 303 channels the pure power of nature. 

Crooked Finger's ‘Marshlands EP‘ releases 16th March 2023 via Natural Frequency Records.

Marshlands EP

PREMIERE: Crooked Finger - Goose [Natural Frequency Records]

Inspired by his trips along the North Essex Coastline, Crooked Finger has brought forth four tracks traversing house, techno and off-kilter electronica marked by raw, ambient textures. Opener ‘Goose’ is a real burner, taking its time to build with dubbed-out chords and razor-sharp snares before the irresistible pitch of his electric 303 channels the pure power of nature.

Next up is ‘APR’, a rusty and dusty track pulled straight from the mud of a deep marshland pond, carefully chugging and slugging along with ethereal pads and intricate grooves. ‘EightyEight’ then makes itself at home in the warehouse, a vintage dancefloor weapon boasting a large bassline and clattering drums, positioning itself perfectly for the peak time. Lastly, moody house number ‘Orange Wine’ closes the release with an earworm arpeggiator backed up by a hypnotic vocal sample and an infectious bass, connecting the dots between the marsh and the dance.

“The marshes have this isolated and lonely beauty, they're kind of inaccessible but alluring and totally unlike the seaside beaches where the majority of people flock. All of this finds its way into these pieces of music.” - Crooked Finger

Crooked Finger’s music is defined by its rawness, with an aim to present DIY attitudes that have influenced him from the skate scene he grew up on. As curator of left-field dance label SZE, he has a keen ear for oddball sounds circling the fringes of the dancefloor. The label has released works by Shamos, Hi & Saberhagen, Pletnev, as well as his own debut EPs.

https://crookedfingerldn.bandcamp.com/album/marshlands-ep

https://soundcloud.com/crooked_finger
https://soundcloud.com/naturalfrequencyrecords

PREMIERE: Crooked Finger - APR [Natural Frequency Records]

Another run in with DJ Python, this time handling breakfast duty solo.

https://www.nts.live/shows/breakfast/episodes/breakfast-dj-python-gala-colivet-dennison-12th-april-2023

The NTS Breakfast Show w/ DJ PYTHON 120423

Aymeric De Tapol- Schaerbeeck In Dub
Carcass ldentity - Thìngs To Forget
Tolouse Low Trax- Vineland
Dos Ritmos -Ajos Canela
Loop LF- Mondo
Crooked Finger - Goose
Manuel Tur - 115BPM
Dos Ritmos - Soy Materia
Airpeople -7 Deadlies
Kassem Mosse - B1
Crooked Finger - Justtheone
Brassfoot - Tiers Not Tears
Jacob Korn - Relentless
Sherwood - My Slave
Local Artist- Mr. Kiwi
Metrist - Eliot Mi Fe

CROOKED FINGER - Affair 121

SZE bossman @crooked_finger steps up for guest mix duties on the June edition of It Takes Time with a delightful selection full of ITT faves! 

TP MIX

Duster Valentine - Cloonies / 33 10 3402 - F Resonator / Front De Cadeaux /  Tolouse Low Trax - White Flicker / Facta + K Lone / Galcher - Willow remix PITCHED DOWN / Omar S - Some Good Loving / DJ Sotofett / Convextion Exploring / Whodat & Sophiyah.e / Ossia remix of Civvies on Felt

CF Mix

Nico Monte - The Missing Person / KWC 92 - Curious Jorge / Hidden Operator - Dub You Understand (Live) / Tolouse Low Trax - I Would Prefer Not To / Low Jack - Virgin Traf 22 / Simas Okas - Jujuju / Tolouse Low Trax - Vai Vai / Montel Palmer - Südstadt / Crooked Finger - Broken Glass (Dub)/ Damon Eliza Palermo - Promise (Samo DJ Rmx)/ Eden Burns - Around Around / Kassem Mosse - D2 / Marcellus Pittman - Facid Trunktion / Sleep D - From Village To Empire / Ron Morelli - House Music Revenge / Ruutu Poiss - Kiiged

It Takes Time 064 ft. Crooked Finger (SZE)

‘Lip Locked’ is an animated collaboration between Parris and Untold, is certified fast house compatible and comes stripped back to the classic raw elements of synth stab, vocal, sub bass and kick drum.
Early support by Ben UFO and Marie Montexier.

Pre-Order here:
https://oro005.bandcamp.com/album/lip-locked

Parris and Untold - Lip Locked

Very glad to finally welcome Milo Bragg to our series! As a skilled curator and the mind behind @future-primitive-records and @ClubRooted mix series, Milo brings his atmospheric finesse to our ears. From start to finish, we've been nodding along to the beats. Milo's selection navigates through ambient, techno and d'n'bass corners, sometimes reducing to a single thread yet maintaining the tension. A pleasure to share his elusive sonic journey!

No digital, just pure vinyl!

Milo Bragg | #75

SZE's first release comes in the shape of the Bush LP from London based BLM who has previously released on the likes of Underground Quality, secretsundaze and of course his own Fear Of Flying imprint. Lead track 'Peckings' is all bleepy acid noises, relentless drums and some ravey off kilter sounds.'Carpenter' is an experimental and emotional ambient trip slowly unfurling with epic synth lines and bubbling acid. 'Unfold' is a broken, steppy, hypnotic number with a repeated spoken word vocal. Last up 'Crossing The Line' takes off where his excellent White Man and The Arab project left off with a more dubby, percussive hypnotic groove interspersed with swathes of atmosphere and a hint of the middle East.

Carpenter

A recording made of Powder throwing down at our September party, full crew, extreme crowding, subterranean dancefloor selected; RYE WAX. 

https://soundcloud.com/thinner_groove

Hard AF.

Body Motion - Powder [DJ SET] (9.9.16.)

szeldn@gmail.com
https://s-z-e.bandcamp.com

Carpenter

SZE

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