Forest of Paint and Sound is a journey through color, memory, and emotion — blending piano, synths, and rhythm into a landscape both intimate and cosmic. Each track paints a different scene, but together they form a single path: an exploration of loss, renewal, and the endless search for meaning in sound.

Shadow Self

OUT NOW & AVAILABLE DIRECT via our serial FIGS compilation - one track every weekday in Oct - out in full Nov 1st > https://futuretimes.bandcamp.com/track/misfit-city-rolling

Martyn and Dolo Percussion together on the track. Rolling drums and dubs forever. Big big tip, its an absolute wigpusher.

FIGS Compilation

Martyn x Dolo Percussion - Misfit City Rolling - FIGS - FT050

Pax Digitalis is the début album from Anti Drone Squad, a duo from Balearic Islands now based in Barcelona. The EP becomes Sin Hilo’s next promising bet. As usual, the label embraces freedom to choose and edit the sounds that overtake the conventional and exceed the dance floor experience.

Pax Digitalis

Self-Surveillance (Neinzer's Orbital Refix)

Occitan Twilight Pyre - Logos
Ultraviolence - Mars89
??? - ???
Neutronit - Ø
The Recurrence of Infection (Flora Yin-Wong Remix) - bod [包家巷]
Snowy Blumau Denoised - Richard Eigner
Below the Clavicle - Eartheater
Seeds of Discontent - Rrose & Lucy
Insane - Lewis Fautzi
12 Masks - Steve Hauschildt
Shackles - Ossia & Chester Giles
Samsara - Matthias von Imhoof
Angel of Dub - Boreal Massif
Call It - DJ Die Soon
Sometimes I Love You Forever - Carmen Villain
Rewound - Lotic
Fortnight - Chevel
House - Ulla Straus
Hermanas Y Hermanos - Resina
Before You Sleep - Bruce
Shevil - Von Tesla 
??? - ???
??? - ???

Touch

Mongo Skato (@mongoskato) is Thomas E Richards, Poneke-based electronic artist and head honcho of Buzzy Point (@buzzypoint)

RA MIX 007- Mongo Skato - BZP Only mix

For the penultimate episode of the year I was joined by top French selector/producer Pierre AKA Realitycheck for a tempo/genre hopper of a guest mix with tracks from borderlandstate & the bestkisserinla / Vina Konda on the new Pseudonym Records, Andrea & K-LONE +++

First hour from myself with forthcoming material from the new and mysterious Unknown Untitled, Delay Grounds on Pressure Dome and a track from the forthcoming Zenker Brothers album on Ilian Tape

First time back in the 1020 studio since Feb so some back ground chatter on the mic and a few rough n ready blends was probably to be expected....

Hope yall enjoy!

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Realitycheck
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/realitycheck-4
Instagram: @ realitypierre
Bandcamp: https://isthisrealityorjustadream.bandcamp.com/
Five Element Ninjas - Remixed (Shaw Cuts): https://shawcuts.bandcamp.com/

Tramma
Instagram: @ tramma

Broken Borders w/ Realitycheck

There was a buzz in the chamber, the sound of electronics rumbled and reverberated in the tunnel beneath the great city of old. This was where the wheels went round, keeping the whole thing in motion. A city travelling underground accompanied by the sweet hum of chaos and fuzz. Some glanced at telephones, others read newspapers - they were all blissfully unaware of the complex engineering and the intricacies of the machine upon which they travelled. Perhaps it was best that way. 

Club In Theory is a record label which is shaping up very promisingly indeed, we were pleased with their first but now the second release on the imprint is here we have high hopes for something special. This EP comes from Aheloy! and features some playful electronics and delicate programming.

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PREMIERE: Aheloy! - Y-Shape [Club In Theory]

He awoke disorientated, his vision blurred in the early morning light. His face had been stuck to the lino floor in the kitchen, seems he hadn't made it up the stairs to bed then. The stench of cigarette smoke clung to the air and the fumes of undisclosed alcohol spillages travelled up his nostrils. Everybody had already made their escape before morning (and the inevitable regret) had begun to creep in, and as usual he'd been left to pick up the pieces.

Last month we shared the news of Brighton-based party starters Accidental Meetings taking their first steps into the label world, enlisting the help of friends and family with close ties to the party to contribute tracks to their mammoth compilation. After lockdown left the crew with no events in sight, they made a pledge to pull together the 21-track offering which journeys through the electronic sounds that will be at the core of the label in the future. From dancehall and electro to UK techno and breaks, the release features cuts from the likes of Chungo, Charles Green, Alexis, Caldera, ZaaZaa, Kincaid and DJ Tess, which we premiered last month.

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PREMIERE: 96 Back - Punch Drunk Esc [Accidental Meetings]

She floated through the sky, navigating her pathway between the stars and the sun. Her quest always took her to unchartered territories, to spaces and places unknown. Tonight: a far off planet, tomorrow: the outer reaches of the solar system. There were no limits to where she could travel — that was the beauty of the imagination...

The next offering on Astral Black comes from Circadian Rhythms alumni THUGWIDOW and Pure Life's Bruised Skies; a debut collaboration from the pair that marries their diverse yet complimentary outputs. While the former crafts his own modern, sparse take on jungle, the latter's strength lies in hyper-real ambience, which together makes for euphoric results. Across the four tracks on 'Requiem For a Sesh' the duo bring a concoction of sounds to the mix, moving through disfigured breaks and frantic bass to celestial piano melodies and sliced up vocal samples.

PREMIERE: Bruised Skies & THUGWIDOW - Epic Questing [Astral Black]

Release date: February 5th 2021
The First Second Label family return for 2021 with Housebreaker, the highly anticipated return of ELLLL following her much loved Febreeze EP from 2019. Comes with an ace Slo’ Motion refix from Parris!
Haunted, scattered breaks loom over the title track, a modern apocalyptic Hardcore journey where rave sirens puncture the feverous rinse-out tension throughout. The Alantis Dub flips the script, doubling down on the atmosphere while upping the tempo to screw-face the chaos within its experimental D’n’B fever dream. Both tracks showcase ELLLL’s exceptional production chops with its nuanced textural trickery & immersive sound design skills. London’s Parris then rewires the OG, simmering the tempo down low to 110bpm for a sinister nocturnal skank for the night fiends who thrive when entering into first light.
All tracks made in Berlin by Ellen King except B2. remixed by Parris. Design by DC FSLMan. Back photo by Ellen King.

BUY HERE

FSL011 - ELLLL - Housebreaker w/ Parris' Slo'Motion Remix (Clips)

Hawkeye - Money Haffi Make (Lewi Boome edit) [Self Released]
Low Khey - Homos Festivus [Comic Sans Records]
Yilan - Static Void [infinite Machine]
Jurango - Thankek [[re]sources]
Swordman Kitala - Kimbalagala (pq rewonk) [Blip Discs]
Dome Zero - What Does it Mean to Temper Steel? [Shubzin]
Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Nah [Nostro Hood System]
Warzou - Untitled [Unreleased]
NVST - Hypocrisis Theroy (Tite Version) - [Unreleased]
Second. - The Beach [Out soon on Big Science]
Fareed - Untitled [Unreleased]
Tite - Untitled [Unreleased]
Maquis Son Sistèm - Untitled [Unreleased]
Fareed - Ruins [Still Available on Big Science]
Tite - Untitled [Unreleased]
NVST - Request for Quantity (Everworkedonanarchy Mix) [Unreleased]
Warzou & Tite - Untitled [Unreleased]

Motion Sickness w/ Warzou & Junior

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

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PREMIERE: 96 Back - Punch Drunk Esc [Accidental Meetings]

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