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Artist: Command Control
Title: Essence EP
Label: Manual Smiles 
Catalogue: MANUAL006
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: #Techno
Release date: June 14, 2024

Written and produced by Command Control
'Essence' Lyrics written and performed by Jörg Burger
Mastered by Justin Drake
Artwork by Ben King

Tracklist:
1. Snappd
2. Essence
3. Nazar
4. Saklikent

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Command Control’s debut EP, ‘Essence’, kicks off with ‘Snappd’. First heard on Freddy K’s Krzrzrz radio show in 2022, its peak-time rhythms and tumbling chords finally see a release on our upstart Brussels-via-London label. It’s followed by the classic-in-the-making title track, ‘Essence’, featuring an old-school ‘90s vocal, stripped-back techno drums, and dubbed-out synth work, making for an earworm hit that will find a home in a wide range of DJ sets.

Up next, Command Control’s ‘Nazar’ picks up pace. Steady bells keep the tempo as its hammering drums punch through, leaving ‘Essence’s dub elements behind for a high-energy, tear-out techno workout. Closing out this versatile offering from the promising London-based artist, ‘Saklikent’ then takes us on a real trip through dubby sonics, complete with sizzling high hats and mind-warping melodies.

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Essence EP

Premiere: Command Control - Essence [MANUAL006]

Full stream of Kajsa Villius' "Hear Me Nix," taken from Baltic Blue EP on Manual Smiles, out on October 25.

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Premiere: Kajsa Villius - Hear Me Nix

Kajsa Villius - Baltic Blue - Manual Smiles

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Written and produced by Kajsa Villius
Mastered by Justin Drake
Artwork by Ben King

Baltic Blue [MANUAL007]

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Swedish artist Kajsa Villius lands on Enno’s Manual Smiles imprint with the five-track ‘Baltic Blue’ EP, following recent instalments on the label by Nickon Faith, FROND, and Command Control. Throughout the release, Villius showcases her expert feel for groove through layers of alien sonics, each element serving a purpose while they zap, beep, and whirr. Title track ‘Baltic Blue’ hits the ground running as a progressive techno-meets-trance cut, an unfiltered bassline coursing through hard-hitting kicks as its melodies bounce along liquid 303s, faint sounds of a mysterious creature echoing inside the soundscape. 

Kajsa Villius continues with ‘Hear Me Nix’, a pumping kick-bass combo hooking us from the start as skittering percussion and aquatic synths work together before dropping into high-energy dance floor fury. Emerging from the waters, Kajsa’s ‘Baltic Blue’ EP enters the sweltering sounds of ‘Heat Wave’, in which she opts for bursts of raw low-end, dubstep rhythms and foreboding synth hits for a left-field curveball that’s sure to spin some heads before ‘Serpent’s Deep’ submerges again via a whirlpool of droning sequences and snaking acid lines for six minutes of mind-melting psychedelia. ‘Sweet Inferno’ then is the ultimate trance closer in which gated vocals alternate organic percussion as its scorching bassline hypnotises, dropping the curtain on this stylish and eclectic collection of intergalactic sounds. 

Based between Stockholm and Berlin, Kajsa Villius has put out releases on Hörz Audio and Manual Smiles veteran Kitsta’s Megababes imprint. She now offers her forward-thinking, club-ready sounds to Manual Smiles with her own entry on the label via the ‘Baltic Blue’ EP, already supported by the likes of D. Tiffany, Elena Colombi, Daniel Avery, HAAi and Spray.

PREMIERE: Kajsa Villius - Serpent's Deep

Slo-mo rhythms, Acid sparkles, and Trancey dream states from Italian producer @treasure_island_music. Somewhere between the beach and the rave, Visione balances hazy Balearic moods with high-energy synthwork and deep, percussive grooves, including a dancefloor-primed remix from @bliss_inc

MANUAL009 - Treasure Island - Visione EP (incl. Bliss Inc. remix) [CLIPS]

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Inspired by the way signals echo across the cosmos like light, radio waves, and sound reverberate through spaces, Azo’s ‘Echoes of Infinity’ EP transmits from the outer edges of emotion. Opener ‘Human Love Language’ lays down a hefty Electro beat with raw Reese bass and yearning pads, while ‘First Light’ breaks through the darkness with shining keys, glowing acid, and hopeful energy. ‘Orbit Breaker’ then pulls us through the void, propelling into new worlds via sub-heavy rhythm and playful, liquid synths perfect to work the dance floor into a frenzy.

The EP’s final stretch ventures into new territory for the label: ‘Where We Belong’ pairs expressive piano with a surprise switch-up into breakbeats, hoover bass, and Hardcore elements, while the title track ‘Echoes of Infinity’ goes full-throttle Drum & Bass, driven by a razor-sharp groove and feel-good piano riﬀs. Traversing genres and emotional states, this EP has already won support from the likes of Dave Harvey, Josh Caﬀe, and Massimiliano Pagliara, reaching inward and outward toward connection, understanding, and something greater.

Azo blends Acid, Techno, Trance, UK Hardcore, and Detroit-inspired sounds into a high-energy, emotionally resonant style. A staple in the European scene, she has appeared on labels such as Correspondant, SNC Crew, Astropolis, and Duality Trax, with past sets at institutions like Fuse, Tomorrowland, Nuits Sonores, Listen Festival, and Watergate. Her Queer Future Club events have toured across Europe, and her radio presence includes shows on The Lot, Rinse France, and Kiosk Radio, where she holds residency.

PREMIERE: Azo - Orbit Breaker

@azodance returns to Manual Smiles with the Echoes of Infinity EP – our 10th release 🌌✨

The Queer Future Club founder and Kiosk Radio resident delivers five tracks spanning Electro, Acid, Breakbeat, Hardcore and Drum & Bass, transmitting raw energy and emotion straight to the dance floor.

Following her much-loved 2023 remix for the label, Azo pushes even further here, from the heavyweight Reese on 'Human Love Language' to the cosmic rush of Orbit Breaker and the full-throttle title cut.

Out 26th September 2025 via Beatport, rest to follow 10th October <3

MANUAL010 - Azo - Echoes of Infinity EP [CLIPS]

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Label: Manual Smiles
Artist: Azo
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: MANUAL010
EP Title: Echoes of Infinity EP
Release Date: September 26th, 2025
Support it: https://manualsmiles.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-infinity-ep

Inspired by the way signals echo across the cosmos like light, radio waves, and sound reverberate through spaces, Azo’s ‘Echoes of Infinity’ EP transmits from the outer edges of emotion. Opener ‘Human Love Language’ lays down a hefty Electro beat with raw Reese bass and yearning pads

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Listen on YouTube

PREMIERE: Azo - Human Love Language [Manual Smiles]

‘First Light’ breaks through the darkness with shining keys, glowing acid, and hopeful energy.

Azo - First Light [Manual Smiles]

 ‘Where We Belong’ pairs expressive piano with a surprise switch-up into breakbeats, hoover bass, and Hardcore element

Azo - Where We Belong [Manual Smiles]

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