Our VA series Oddness arrives once again with Vol II, with a bunch of new artists to bring you delightful music, from the strangest to the most psychedelic and experimental stuff.

Starting with “Brain Break”, is Funboys tribute to electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott, with subtle samples of Scott’s works featured throughout the track.
The music is built around an analogue recording technique called Rhythm Printing, a TB-303 with the infamous Australian Devilfish modification has been processed multiple times using the Rhythm Printing technique.
The result is a punky electro breaks monster for the darkest of warehouses, with the vocal reminding the listener that their “brain needs a break” - advice we can all use!

Next one is a rising producer from Germany, Heidenreich with recent releases in labels such as Duro and Odd Pleasures, is debuting now on the label with “Plastre Plasters” a unique piece, with psy synths, trippy percs and cosmic vibe.

From Italy Visionnaire & Cupo Mediterraneo brings “Fools and Fires” is made with some instruments recorded live like guitar and vocal. Trippy and obscure experimental vibes
Slow and dark (if you want to add something else you can do).
Not only sound, not only spirit. The body seizes both and becomes their lord, temple, space, nature. A journey between shadows and lights.

This ride continues with "Fly Inside" is the final result of the sound fusion between the Mexican producer Armendariz and Argentinian Live performer Cali Burton.
Psychedelic synthesizers and guitars with a lot of character, inviting us to explore within ourselves, they take us on an introspective musical journey.

Last but not least from Irapuato, Mexico we have the honor to have for the first time on the label the producer My Boy Roy, part of Fabrizio Mammarella’s and Franz Scala’s imprint Wrong Era.
“Seti” is his deliver to Oddness Vol II, a combination between Italo and Breaks, with a cosmic touch, an exquisite track to close this VA.

Enjoy the trippiness!

PREMIERE : Funboys - Brain Break

We all piled in, five of us crammed into one of the tub-shaped cars, giddy and giggling. There was a brief commotion as we argued over who was going to sit next to who, but soon we were off and the laughter continued, slightly more hysterical now. A surly teenager working on the ride immediately gravitated to our car and gave it a spin, sending it lurching in the opposite direction that the undulating ride was travelling. Some cheesy old-rave banger was playing over the soundsystem, Rozalla maybe, it was hard to tell. "Scream if you want to go faster!" Jonny shouted above the din, so of course we did. And the kid with the furry upper lip and biro tattoos duly obliged, the car rotating into oblivion until I was so dizzy I felt sick.

Ransom Note fave Timothy Clerkin has remixed Queen, the latest single from the feminist pop duo Seagoth, which was released on Bytes on June 10. The Manchester-based producer, DJ and boss of Insult to Injury Records has taken Queen on a trip to the free party scene of 1992, with echoes of the Prodigy and old-school rave anthems in the thunderous breakbeats and day-glo melodies.

The glittering glam-rock original was written and produced by 20-year-old Georgia Ochoa (guitarist/lead vocals) in her bedroom at home in Cheshire. Exhausted by the inequality of the sexes, but also fuelled to instigate change, Ochoa wrote this song to highlight the effects of modern day misogyny.

PREMIERE: Seagoth - Queen (Timothy Clerkin Remix) [Bytes]

Offen Music 022

"Offen im Sturm"
A dance music record by: 82J6

A – R228 (Maison Mix)
B – R228 (Beatless Tool)
Digi Bonus – R228 (Fritz Catlin Mason Bee Remix)

Written & produced by 82J6 (P. Keuthen)
Remix and additional production by https://soundcloud.com/fritz-catlin
Mastered by Enrico Mercaldi for Timetools Mastering
Distributed by Rush Hour Distribution
Artwork & photography* by Percy

*When I moved into this room, I moved out of the booth.

12" Single – 33 1/3 rpm

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Description: Imagine Bryn Jones on steroids.

Offen im Sturm

R228 (Maison Mix)

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A - R228 (Maison Mix) - Snippet

Temptation came in many shapes and forms, it was how you dealt with those occurrences that showed your character and  integrity. Whether it was a glutinous dinner, an indulgent purchase or a wandering eye, these were things that could strike at any moment. Some temptations could be flirted with, others could be entertained in moderation but on some occasions you'd be dancing with the devil; dancing in the garden of lust.

In 2016 Dalmata Daniel came into the world with the helping hand of Dutch DJ and producer DJ Overdose. He set the tone for the Hungarian label with his 05 Poly 800 Loop EP and made another contribution to their catalogue in 2019 with a split release alongside Sematic4. Powers of Ten marks lucky number three, and another trip through Overdose's raw, crunchy sound world. Backed up by a remix from local producer and label mate J.Mono, the three original analog tracks are a fusion of EBM, electro and old school vocoder disco.

Powers Of Ten EP

PREMIERE: DJ Overdose - Garden Of Lust [Dalmata Daniel]

Pre-Order: https://timothyclerkin.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-ep

Returning to the Ransom Note Records offshoot, Insult To Injury boss Timothy Clerkin presents four prime cuts of rave meatiness for our ravenous consumption. Showing off his chops, Timothy’s distinctive Acid sound collides head on with Jungle and Breakbeat elements, put through the mincer to form an EP of epic dance floor destroyers. 

Dreaming explodes out of the gate first, clattering in with a big, wobbly bass line before dropping into a rapturous rave anthem! Perfect for the late summer festivals. Tour de Trance takes the tempo down a notch, whilst revving up the Hands-In-The-Air-O-Meter! Big, analogue synths build throughout, sweeping us up and taking us to a place of pure ecstasy by the end.

Jangala continues this blissfulness, transporting us to a synthesized rainforest, where birds call and string sections play in perfect harmony. This paradise is fleeting though, as the carpet is ripped out from under our feet and we’re slapped around the face by a rave stab so aggressive, it probably has rabies. 

Broken Wing takes us to the close with eastern inspired melodies and drums interacting with an Acid bass and resonant synth stabs to generate a hypnotic state of being. As we approach enlightenment, the sounds build around us to transport us to a higher rave plain.

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Timothy Clerkin - Dreaming EP [Snippets] ITI#20

https://soundcloud.com/hyaser 
https://soundcloud.com/bardouinmusic
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Seventh candy delivery from Bardouin Music with an atmospheric and euphorythmic EP by Lyon-based producer Hyas. This new chapter presents a dreamy and acid story with 5 vault gems - going through electro, speed garage and breakbeat with cloud-grazing synthesizers and echoing effects in the ocean’s depths. Welcome to the unexplored Angel Island Zone.

Tracklist: 

A1. Six Speeds
A2. Hydrocity
B1. Tubermelanosporum 
B2. TN Emeraude (ft. Sevenbeatz)
B3. New PC Music

PREMIERE: Hyas - Tubermelanosporum [Bardouin Music]

Melbourne based producer GREETINGS heads up Boots & Legs – an Italo focused label whose aesthetics float somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow – releasing records from Furor Exótica, Kayroy and more, and now he readies his Running Out Of Steam debut with four house and electro-fused dreamscapes.

Staying true to the label aesthetic of blending killer club grooves with introspective atmospherics, ‘ALONE’ is a cut of trance-licked house, M1 chords providing a disco-ball euphoria across the minimal, yet vibrant, soundscape. ‘Desires’ sees GREETINGS blend his admiration for Italo into a heavenly, 80s pop-ballroom experience designed for when the lights go on.

The B-side brings out the producer's electro influence; ‘That Was A Weird Summer’ is as Italo as it is otherworldly – a sound similar to what might be heard if aliens discovered disco – before ‘Don’t Die Wondering’ closes the curtain with a cut of stirring and transcendental analog-electro that's as rough as it is smooth.

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : GREETINGS - That Was A Weird Summer

Mexican Producer and DJ , https://soundcloud.com/tierradeovnis this times brings a solid EP in hand with Veneno. 
Vertigo tells a story that brings us to the edge of the sonorous abyss having a low-velocity Remix  from Italian International DJ & Producer A-Tweed creating a Mystical Musical Trip.

PREMIERE : Tierra De Ovnis - Vértigo (A-Tweed Remix)

It had been several days since they'd had contact; with each one that passed time seemed to drag, minutes felt like hours and hours felt like days. It seemed like the only solution to their ongoing feud, nothing else had worked for them - time and space was the only way to heal the wounds, if they could be healed at all. It took a lot of will power to stop themselves from connecting... Picking up their phones, flicking through one another's social media accounts, passing each other's houses - it had become ingrained; it was muscle memory.

Loss marks the fourth album from Tokyo-based Bristolian A Taut Line, and his first full length record in over five years. Set for release on his own label Diskotopia, which he co-helms with BD1982, the music represents a smattering of his influences, from dub techno, funk and trip hop to acid, ambient and jungle, all thrown into a pot and stirred up good and proper. Like the title of the LP suggests, the theme of loss contextualises the 12 tracks which for the first time feature A Taut Line's vocals and a palpable sense of expansiveness that has long characterised his output.

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PREMIERE: A Taut Line - Is It Creation [Diskotopia]

09 Who Are You

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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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