Part 3 and final instalment of the 23' mixtape series, recorded using the Xone 92.

Thanks for listening :~)

23 Mixtape: III

Boorloo resident Aphid pushes out a live wire three-track release on local label & event curator: Backtrack. Spanning from the drum-infused, 90’s inspired tech-house of ‘Clean Slate’ and ‘Ear Painter’, to the high-energy garage reconstruction of ‘Umming & Ahhing’, this trio aims to move bodies in any setting.

Mastered and Produced by Lawson Ayers.

Released 11/03/24 on Backtrack.

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Aphid - Clean Slate

Aphid - Umming & Ahhing

Aphid - Ear Painter

Thanks for listening... included a whole bunch of my favourite dance-centric records and some oddballs for your enjoyment!
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24' Mixtape: I

A few hours warming up the room for ONO Underground... recorded live at Si Paradiso on 30th September.

Aphid Live @ ONO Underground (08.24)

Boorloo's prime mover, Button, surfaces on Backtrack with a beautifully austere collection of music that moves like he. 

A husky drumbeat leads into the shallows of the Aqualoop EP. Days Gone By showcases Button's consummate approach to sound selection. The dancer-producer spares no effort on the finer details of their output.

Zippy and fervent with a positively psycho groove, where the orphic opener eases into the release, the rampant bass and jackin' perx of tune deux demand dancefloor attention, posthaste! Horns of war and feral screams are rinsed out and cut short as the tune spirals further and further into mach one madness. 

Safe and sound on the digital flip, the eponymous original. A melancholic odyssey of hydrothermal synths bubbling away under the surface of tops and bobbing congas.

Good pal and Backtrack CTO, Aphid, closes the circle with a deep-as-abyssal, clean-as-a-whistle rework of the title track, rounding out an already exceptionally well-rounded release. 

Button - Aqualoop EP is now available for all listening environments.

Produced by Button.
Mastering and Remix by Aphid.
Released on Backtrack, 2025.

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