February 2023. Live on Liverpool's Melodic Distraction (@melodic-distraction)

In the mix, brand new material from The Allegorist, James Bangura, Neugold, Slave to Society, Sciama, DJ Shufflemaster, Reeko w/ Katharina Ernst & Leonie, PWCCA, Aasthma & Rosa Anschütz, SlugoS, and the exclusive first play of something brand new from us. 

Metal meets industrial dubstep on 'Ebb' by SI. Our new signing. Their debut EP - Inverturial - will drop in a few weeks. This one features the brutal vocal power of Narkomanta

We are back on Melodic, March 18

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Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall – The Brain Produces Electrical Waves [Astral Spirits]
The Allegorist – Trees Of Peace [Awaken Chronicles]
James Bangura – Harrar [!K7]
Dante – Where Should I Go [MODEM:39]
Neugoud – The Format. “An Idiom of Survival” [Stale]
Slave To Society – Collapse [Earwiggle]
Sciama – Forced Inward [Auxiliary]
DJ Shufflemaster – Telepathic Waveform [K S R]
PWCCA – Test For Randomness [Kazerne]
Reeko & Katharina Ernst & Leonie – Snake Spirit [Jazz-o-Tech]
Sara Parkman – Full Throttle (Paula Temple remix) [Supertraditional]
Rosa Anschütz – Sold Out (Aasthma remix) [BPitch Control]
MOY – Ratufa [Dynamics Of Acid]
Dismantle – Ghost [Stations]
SlugoS – Eyes Wide Open [SNTS Records]
SI – Ebb (feat. Narkomanta) [Darkfloor Sound]

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Melodic Distraction - February 2023

March 2023. Live on @melodic-distraction.

March 31st : darkfloor.bandcamp.com/album/inverturial

Ahead of the label's new EP dropping later this month, 'Inverturial', Darkfloor Sound share some of the influences behind the release and artist SI - a pioneer in the genre of deathstep.

Alongside a few new tracks in the bag from Reeko & Surgeon, JK Flesh, and Dust, hear the world premiere of SI's track Erytrosy! Supporting that, 2000s era south London cut dubstep from the likes of Distance, Coki, Kryptic Minds, Gantz, Babylon System, Breakage, and, a short slew of Polish, German, and Knoxville brutal death metal to close out the show.

Hoods up. Horns up.

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Atrium Carceri – Sub Surface [Cold Meat Industry]
SI – Erytrosy (feat. Byzantine) [Darkfloor Sound]
Breakage – Callahan [Digital Soundboy Recording Co]
Distance – Empire VIP (2023 Master) [Hotflush]
Coki – Shattered [Tempa]
Kryptic Minds & Youngsta – Surge [Osiris Music UK]
Gantz – Tesseract [Gantz]
Pinch – Swish (Kromestar remix) [Tectonic]
Dust – Long Paws [unreleased]
Point B – Headland (Dead Sound remix) [Combat Recordings]
DJ Shufflemaster – Climb [Tresor]
Reeko & Surgeon – Gangster in Disguise [Mental Disorder]
Babylon System & Noah D – Examination of Time [Argon]
JK Flesh – Brain Wash [Avalanche Recordings]
Defeated Sanity – Consumed by Repugnance [Willowtip]
PSYCHONEUROSIS – Life For Money [Psycho Records]
Brodequin – The Virgin of Nuremberg [Ablated Records]
Damnable – Underworld [Godz ov War Productions]

Melodic Distraction - March 2023

April 2023. Live on @melodic-distraction.

Metal and soul from Zeal & Ardor greet you from the off, before new blues ambient from Manchester's Rat Heart Ensemble starts a heads down percussive tech selection featuring tracks from Aasthma, Ian DPM, Kamikaze Space Programme, Syn, Tensal, Skee Mask, Mord, Mathew Jonson, Safety Session, Pugilist, Boris Noiz, Peverelist, Bronski Beat, and MC Yallah.

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Zeal & Ardor – Run [Mvka]
Rat Heart Ensemble – Liar’s Eyes [Shotta Tapes]
Aasthma – Floodlights [Aasthma]
Ian DPM – KE01 [!k7]
Kamikaze Space Programme – The Bailiff [Mote-Evolver]
Ozwald – She’s A Wreck [Flood]
Syn – Temper [Even The Strong]
Peverelist – Pulse III [Livity Sound]
Skee Mask – Reviver [Ilian Tape]
Tensal – Intermixture [Kynant Records]
Viels & Pyramidal Decode – Privazione Individuale [Mord]
Kazuya Kawakami – Sleeping Pig (Hiroake Iizuka remix) [HueHelix]
Holden Federico – Emergence [SK_Eleven]
Mathew Jonson – Marionette (Shanti Celeste remix) [sapians]
Safety Session – Untitled [Inside]
Pugilist – Circuit Breaker [Of Paradise]
Boris Noiz – Inceptive Point [Yellow Machines]
Bronkski Beat – Why? (Mark Broom edit) [self released]
MC Yallah X Debmaster – No One Seems To Bother (Feat Lord Spikeheart) [Hakuna Kulala]

Melodic Distraction - April 2023

Etherealism Guest Mix - Melodic Distraction

Ian Digilogue on Mlodic Distraction says... He is a Former Dj and now chief knob twiddler at Outpost on Renshaw Street. Years of experiences dealing with musicians has got me to this point. I hope to inform in the form of light hearted banter. 

So, Ever thought what musicians do when they don’t “music?
What makes them tick?
What makes them angry?
Where did it all begin?
Red or brown sauce?
The BIG questions answered!!…. Mostly!

We spoke to Liverpool's Steve Parry and heard some of his fave tunes.

Digilogue with Ian Andrews & Steve Parry interview on Melodic Distraction Radio (August '22)

May 2023. In our new and extended slot on Melodic Distraction Radio we start by letting some drone and dark ambient cuts breathe, from John 3:16, our own Herd, Clock DVA, Muslimgauze, Pan Sonic, and Christoph de Babalon. Before moving into deep tech with brand new Function, Inigo Kennedy, Peverelist, and Porter Brook. Then tracks from The KVB & Shifted, James Ruskin, Flore & Walton, Paula Temple & Eomac, Death Abyss, Insta:mental, and LCY.

To close Mike shares a brand new, forthcoming Darkfloor Sound cut from MSQ, before getting into some 170 business from Trace, Nico, dBridge, and Last Life. Finishing on a true classic from John B.

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JOHN 3:16 – And the Dust Returns to The Earth as It Was, and The Spirit Returns to God Who Gave It… [Alrealon Musique]
Herd – Tigbr [Darkfloor Sound]
Clock DVA – Memories Of Sound [Contempo Records]
Muslimgauze – Druse (Panasonic Mix) [Pi Recordings]
Christoph de Babalon – Wait For Me [Love Love Records]
The KVB – I Only See the Lights (Shifted Version) [Cititrax]
Function – Aeternum (Meridian) [Infrastructure New York]
Divide – Ritardo (Ichizo remix) [HAYES]
Frankel & Harper – Return (Al Wooton remix) [Council Work]
Peverelist – Pulse II [Livity Sound]
James Ruskin – Surfaced [Tresor]
Paula Temple & Eomac – Gestirn [Eotrax]
Porter Brook – Second Shift [TRULE]
Flore – Coded Language (Walton remix) [POLAAR]
Kahter – CBD Control [81]
Instra:mental – Vicodin [Hotflush Recordings]
Death Abyss – Pawns Are Never Queens [Rodz Konez]
Inigo Kennedy – Battle Scars [Asymmetric]
Moderat – DOOM HYPE (Batu remix) [Monkeytown Records]
Triple Distilled vs. Fuzzion – Midnight Circulator (remix) [Nachtstrom Schallplatten]
Ribé & Roll Dann – Preludio [Klockworks]
Trevino – Tracer [Hotflush Recordings]
Lcy – Bad Blood [fabric Records]
MSQ – Bre Ometin [Darkfloor Sound]
Trace, Nico – Amtrak [No U-Turn]
Total Science – Skystalker [C.I.A.]
dBridge – Own the Town [Amar]
Last Life – Incubus [Samurai Music]
John B – Up All Night (Epic Mix) [Metalheadz]

Melodic Distraction - May 2023

June 2023. "Darkfloor shell out a bumper crop of new sound emerging from deep within the club scene, with a couple of golden oldies. "

Featuring cuts from Danse Noire, Mord, Weatherall, Hedchef, Client_03, Kamikaze Space Programme, DJ Crystl, Skee Mask, The Advent, Sir Real, Univac, Baby T, and Daniel Avery.

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Mt. Fuyu – Temple [Danse Noire]
Ricardo Donoso – The Sphinx (Yves De Mey remix) [Digitalis Recordings]
Shards – Wentworth [Mord]
The Woodleigh Research Facility – Brackstone Abroad [Rotters Golf Club]
John Selway – Phase Vortex [Tronic]
Client_03 – Compliance [Client_03]
Hedchef – Perpetual Loop (Joyless Stimulation Mix) [Spinning Around]
Daniel Avery ft. Georgia – Going So Low [Phantasy Sound]
Kamikaze Space Programme – Half Life A [Mord]
David Meiser – Generation Anthems [Dark Vortex]
J.Blofeld – Sicure (James Ruskin remix) [Arkham Audio]
Developer – In Pure Form 10 [Modularz]
Addison Groove – Forgiven [Hotflush Recordings]
Skee Mask – Kordman Return (Swing Mix) [Ilian Tape]
Noiz – Slashback (Scanone remix) [Yellow Machines]
Hedchef – Sharp Relief [Deep Cover]
Farron – Bratanic Surfers [Voitax]
Sir Real – Pyroclastic surge [[k]rack-troni[k]]
Aloka – Brain Confusion [self-released]
The Advent – House Seed [Internal]
Club MCM – Club M.C.M (Alex Bau remix) [Do Not Sleep]
Reeko – Diamond Light [Inceptive]
Lidvall – Hunger [Faut Section]
BRÄLLE – Metastasis (Robert Hoff remix) [Adversarial Machines]
Matraxia – My Dear (Bailey Ibbs remix) [KR Records]
Henning Baer – Faint Static [Pinkman]
Univac – Untitled A2 [Bunker Records]
Madrid 79 – Valencia 89 [Fuego En Casa]
Neil Landstrumm – Something Unspoken [Don’t Recordings]
Baby T – Get To It [Banshee]
Aquarian – Event Horizon [UNO NYC]
DJ Crystl – The Dark Crystl (Remastered) [Hardcore Junglism]
KLIINE – 1 s 0 s [VALE]

Melodic Distraction - June 2023

July 2023. In amongst all the usual high grade tracks, we chat to Irish producer and DJ @thatboytim-terrorboy. Label boss of Takeover Recordings, Tim Smyth has been a friend of @MantisRadio since the early days, and very quickly a close friend when he moved to London in the late 2000s. These days he and his family are back in Ireland, but he and Mike chat often and have been playing with the idea of short chats on our radio shows. So, consider their chat today a work in progress.

Also on the show, music from Mandy Indiana (seriously one of the best albums of the year), Katatonic Silentio, Cormac, DJ Slip, E-Dance, Temudo, Kareen, Ten Years Lost, Orlando Voorn, and Godflesh. Before taking an unexpected swerve into a minimal drum & bass flex in hour two.

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Mandy, Indiana – (ノ>ω<)ノ :。・:*:・゚’★,。・:*:♪・゚’☆ (Crystal Aura Redux) [Fire Talk]
nthng – Unlimited () [Transatlantic]
Katatonic Silentio – Le Réveil Du Combattant [Ilian Tape]
Alexey Volkov – Never [Jealous God]
Cormac – Leather ‘N Lasers [Polari Records]
Gimenö – It’s my break (Reeko remix) [TUTU Records]
Apart – On Earth [Trau-ma]
Stave & Grebenstein – Alfa [Standards & Practices]
DJ Slip – Great Masters [Kanzleramt]
E-Dancer – Behold (DJ Bone remix) [Drumcode]
Temudo – 7ov3 (Melodic Version) [Carpet & Snares Records]
Karenn – From Hunk To Husk [Voam]
Aphrohead – Ride It Out [MB Elektronics]

Darkfloor talks to thatboytim

Ten Years Lost – Daftys (Bustaz) [International Chrome]
Ten Years Lost – Asert Teeth [International Chrome]
Orlando Voorn – Shockwave [TRUST]
Godflesh – Permission [Avalanche Recordings]
Black Magnet – Incubate (Justin K. Broadrick remix) [20 Buck Spin]

These Hidden Hands feat. Zanias – Change of Tide [Hidden Hundred]
Machinecode – Moksha [YUKU]
Reeko – Confront the Serpent [Samurai Music]
Signal – Dawn [unreleased]
Kasra – Phases [Critical Recordings]
Halogenix – Tender Chain [Horizons Music]
Falling Skies – Tremor [Samurai Music]
Roho – Dark Forest [Samurai Music]
Gremlinz & Jesta – Untitled (Responsable) [Rupture LDN]
The Faraday – Bavovna [Onset Audio]
Kimyan Law – Uaminifu [PlusPlusPlus Music]
Reeko – Smile at Reptile [Samurai Music]
Harm’s Way – Call My Name [Metal Blade Records]
Anti-God Hand – Beam [self released]

Melodic Distraction - July 2023

@morsel-tales @melodic-distraction

Fridge - Find the Light
Jawnino - Dance
Iva Peralta & Alex Compton - Nazaré
Money Lang - Formula
Know V.A. - Dilemma
Ice_Eyes & Locre - Unreleased 
Chino Amobi - PSYCHIC CENTER
Ice_Eyes - Crystalbody
Chemist - Can't Thaw (Suspect Edit)
Money Lang - Icy White2
HOWE - Unreleased 
Dark0 & Fayt - Augment
Ice_Eyes & Locre - Unreleased 
Bitter Gold - Fleur GT
Mssingno, HXE - MXE
Ice_Eyes & Locre - Astra
ASJ & Locre - IS IT LUV
Two Shell - home 
Toma Kami - Skip
V1984 & City - Parallel Phrases
Ssaliva - Deceiver (Zean 90 Edit)
HXE - SKU
Ice_Eyes & Locre - Consumed
MssingNo - Reap (Pace Mix)

Unknown Album

Morsel w/ Locre on Melodic Distraction September 2023

Yugotone Groove is a mix tape selected from Yugoslav jazz, jazz funk, breaks and disco tracks as much as possible because the duration is limited to one hour.  All tracks are from vinyl. 

There is still a lot of good music left for the presentation of the music scene of those genres of the former Yugoslavia.  Some of the musicians whose tracks are presented in the selection played and performed with famous world names.  For example Boško Petrović and Duško Gojković.  And yet some have gone unnoticed and their music is only now being appreciated.

The music from this selection may surprise someone and encourage them to scratch a little deeper under the surface and discover how fertile the music scene of the former Yugoslavia was.

www.melodicdistraction.com

Yugotone Groove with Zhocc FC (September '23)

August 2023. It's a heads down affair for this month's transmission as Darkfloor takes us deep into the dark. Tracks from Yuri Urano, Reeko, Temudo, Eomac, Ben Frost, and Trym Søvdsnes feature in hour one. In the second, tougher cuts from the likes of Al Wootton, The Advent, Karenn, Charlton, Hybrid, Pessimist, and Minor Science.

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Yuri Urano – shinkai [Muzan Editions]
Burial Hex – Of Roses, Astronomers & The Falsely Accused [Cold Spring Records]
Reeko – Punish Or Be Damned [Avian]
Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective – Bad Friday [Klang Elektronik]
Temudo – O Ladrao (Slow Version) [Carpet & Snares Records]
2562 – Morvern [Tectonic]
Eomac – Prophetess [Planet Mu]
James Ruskin & DVS1 – Page 1 [Blueprint]
Ben Frost – No Sorrowing (Kangding Ray remix) [Bedroom Community]
Trym Søvdsnes – Døgnrytmen [Smalltown Supersound]
Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective – Word For Word [Klang Elektronik]
Lazonby – Sacred Cycles [Brainiak Records]
Carrier – Threads [47]
Wetrix – Skero [Transporta Records]
Vinicius Honorio – Visions [Blueprint Records]
J.Blofeld – Trig Skude (Setaoc Mass remix) [Arkham Audio]
Umek – Urtoxen [Black Nation Records]
Ikonika – Bodied (Roller Mix) [Don’t Be Afraid]
Debasser – Vertigo [WIDE Records]
An-i – Rabble [Cititrax]
Tal Fussman – Talk To Me [Survival Tactics]
Al Wootton – Descender [TRULE]
The Advent – Rift [Truncate]
Truncate – First Phase (Planetary Assault Systems remix) [Truncate]
Karenn – Happy Birthday [Voam]
D.H.S. – House Of God (Azzido Da Bass remix) [Club Tools]
Charlton – Would It Be [TH Tar Hallow]
Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death (Hybrid remix) [Cheeky Records]
Pessimist – Danger [AD 93]
Voidloss – Built On Fields Of Blood [Weaponry]
Minor Science – Casheine [AD 93]

Melodic Distraction - August 2023

September 2023. Darkfloor get into it w/ a journey of techno, breaks, and drum & bass. Featuring cuts from Aphex Twin, Woo York, Planetary Assault Systems, Regis, Tipper, Mumdance, Robert Hood, Om Unit, Seba & Paradox, Sully, Presha, Last Life, Medika, and Submerged. Halfway in they chat to thatboytim about the new Earwiggle compilation - Dreams of Electric Bleep (A Collection of Irish Electro 1999 - 2005).

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Adapta – Memory Event [Schematic Music Company]
Aphex Twin – Soog E [Warp Records]
Arkist and Kidkut – Vanilla Imitate [Hotflush Recordings]
Woo York – I Am Against [Soma Quality Recordings]
Planetary Assault Systems – Function 5 [Peacefrog Records]
Call Super – Acephale II [Houndstooth]
Regis – Blood Witness (Extended) [Downwards]
Tipper – Twister (Subphonic remix) [React]
Gouryella – Walhalla (Hybrid Matrix Dub) [Code Blue]
Bandshell – Dog Sweater [Hessle Audio]
Mumdance, Logos – Wut It Do (12″ Mix) [Keysound Recordings]
Chemikal – Delta Rhythm [Junted]
Robert Hood – Nothing Stops Detroit [REKIDS]
SCALER – Loam [Houndstooth]
Faetch – Dialectic [Earwiggle]
Elektrochemie LK – Schall (Thomas Schumacher remix) [FFRR]

Darkfloor talks to thatboytim
Takeover Sound – Together In The Dark [Earwiggle]
Decal – Free The Flange (EDIT) [Earwiggle]
Magnetize – Hardcopy [Earwiggle]
Americhord – Frqnz [Earwiggle]
Phil Kieran – RIP [Earwiggle]
Chymera – Icicle (2023 Version) [Earwiggle]
John Braine – A Shift Through The Shadows [Earwiggle]

S.P.Y – Bass Terror [Hospital Records]
Om Unit – Slowfast Matrix [Civil Music]
Seba & Paradox – Love or Death [Metalheadz]
Sully – Qualia [Astrophonica]
Elliott Saloman – Natural Force (Poisonfrog remix) [Choppy Waters]
Disphonia – Careful [MethLab]
Offish – Poachers (The Faraday remix) [Onset Audio]
Presha – Mainliner (Homemade Weapons remix) [Samurai Music]
Last Life – Incubus [Samurai Music]
John B – Lava [Metalheadz]
Medika – Rabbit Head [Conspired Within Music]
MISSIN – Dread [BNKR]
Submerged – A Bad Time For The Empire [Ohm Resistance]
Grey Code & SubMarine – Flamingo Club [MethLab]

Melodic Distraction - September 2023

✧*:･ﾟ What dainty morsels rumours are 
but they sink deep into ones heart *:･ﾟ✧

Morsel is a Manchester based label and arts platform inspired by literature and folklore, exaggerating the mysticism of our urban environments.

RELEASES:
19/12/24 - angel eyez - talking reflection of a ho
04/10/24 - Locre - The Outset
04/01/23 - Last Nite I Got Ambushed By Angels - Morsel
29/08/23 - Shell Company - March 3rd
05/05/23 - Drowned City V/A

EVENTS: 
19/09/24 Rat Section, NEW YORK & Alpha Twang at The White Hotel
30/08/24 Y0GA, LINTD, Maiden & Shell Company at The White Hotel
16/02/24 Older Brother, Shell Company, Leo & Sean, Saltpeter at n/om Club
29/07/23 'A Morsel of Lamb'
12/05/23 An Ode To Morsel w/ ASJ, st.grimes, Adamantine Chains & MA
02/02/23 Drowned City

Steve Parry is unquestionably at the top of the UK scene, regularly playing along side heavy weights such as John Digweed, Sasha, Dave Seamen, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo and Guy J, he is the DJ’s choice of DJ.

Widely respected across the industry, his acclaimed 3 year residency at the iconic Cream in Liverpool, seen him rise to the top, regularly being booked to headline around the world, playing in clubs such as Ministry of Sound and the legendary Space Ibiza.

His ties to his home city of Liverpool are strong, where he managed the world famous 3Beat Records, and as a promoter, Steve had much success, firstly with his legendary ‘Alderaan’ nights which ran from ’97 – 2001 in a room above the infamous Lemon Lounge and helped to shape the very scene Liverpool has become known for to this day.

Now in between touring the world, Steve and long term friend and business partner Dave Seamen head up the Selador label, with many chart toppers under their belt already and many more to come.

Lost Touch EP out now

magdalenas.bandcamp.com/album/lost-touch

Enquiries + Bookings:

locremusic@gmail.com

WE ARE DARKFLOOR  💀
— https://darkfloor.co.uk 

record label since 2012 
@mantisradio since 2007

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