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Adam’s first release on Holding Hands was a special one for the label. It really felt like the first time that we had a release that was properly doing the rounds. All the big dogs and cats were playing the living shit out of it and dance floors around the world were slamming’ and a jammin’ to the sound of Holding Hands. 

Since then Adam has gone from strength to strength with more dynamite releases on Wex and Seven Hills, as himself and also in the duo Space Cadets with Lisene. I knew that his return to the label where it all began had to be even bigger than the first outing and boy did he bring not just the biscuits but the whole bloody tin along for the ride. 

It was a tough call to decide the A side but in the end I opted for Stagga; a bona fide steam roller of a tune. Imagine pulling the ultimate stank face whilst also beaming from ear to ear. That’s basically what this one sounds like. It ain’t taking no prisoners but at the same time it’s also a shit load of fun to bounce up and down to. 

It wouldn’t really be a Holding Hands release if the B1 didn’t slap you in the face as well would it? Pest Control has been hitting the club so hard when I’ve been playing it that on two separate occasions I’ve had people come up and literally force me to wheel the damn thing. Something about that woooom wooooom bass that just makes you feel all coocoo crazy pants inside. 

I am personally rarely a fan of remixes and so am ultra wary of who I get to do them for the label. OCB just has an insane hit ratio of bangers and so has been on my tiny list of remixers for a while. I was over the moon when he agreed to it and true to form he knocked this one out to the bleachers. It’s an electro workout with a beautiful floaty cloud in the middle. Expect to move. Expect to move a lot...

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Holding Hands 009 - Adam Pits - Stagga EP with OCB Remix

Fresh-Gildans

All aboard! Stones Taro delivers the goods for the second instalment of the Third Place Dance Discs. 

Each side of the 12" also comes with multiple locked grooves containing elements from each track.

Pre-order: hyperurl.co/dccvwh

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Stones Taro - Full Train / Light on the Hill [Clips] [TPDD002] 🚂

Indigo, Flesh and Fire

JTC - Varastride

After a short hiatus we're back with a bangin' new four track vinyl. It's DJ Safeword's debut 12 inch including a killer remix by Pépe!
Never forget your safeword!!

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DJ Safeword - Post Love Electronix (w/ Pépe Remix)(INPL005)

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1. Girls of the Internet - Hello Judy [Drab Queen]
2. Kelly G. - Keep Wondering! [T’s Crates]
3. Unknown Artist - I Like It (K&F) [Persies]
4. Tilman - Lela And Mari (Original Mix) [Fine]
5. The Vision featuring. Andreya Triana - Heaven (Nightmares on Wax Remix) [Defected Records]
6. Soundersons - Cabasa (Original Mix) [Paper Recordings]
7. Powerdance - Power Dance (Mousse T.'s Disco Shizzle Extended Mix) [Classic Music Company]	
8. Prins Thomas - Bybuss (Original Mix) [Full Pupp]
9. Sophie Lloyd featuring. Dames Brown - Raise Me Up (Alan Dixon Dub) [Classic Music Company]
10. Felix da Housecat & Chris Trucher - Thee Trk! [Founders of Filth]
11. Music To Dance To & Rhonda Int. featuring. Julian Mitchell - A History [Music To Dance To]
12. Maydie Myles - You Got Me Forever [K4B Records]
13. Unknown Artist - Cobra Edits Vol. 7 [Cobra Edits]
13. DJLMP - Blow Your Mind Original Mix) [Take It Easy]

Classic is Your Friend: François Kevorkian
The 45 Mix: Dan Shake

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Business As Usual August 2019: Luke Solomon + Special Guest Dan Shake

The boys of Radial Gaze, a spicy electronic project based in St. Petersburg, Russia, make their debut on the outstanding label ESTHÉTIQUE RECORDS. Their sonority flirts with live percussions and native vocals, and the result is a colourful and enticing combination of their different and mutual influences.

"We tried to convey the complexity of the soundscape that surrounds us every day but made it so simple that you can catch this scale looking at the sun in the neck of an empty bottle", said the lads themselves to describe "Sui Generis Nomen", the track we chose to premiere, whose main characteristic is the large infusion of oriental elements.

The thumping atmosphere the tune inflicts through its lively percussion and shamanic aura is probably going to take you to hidden places in your mind. The trip established by the trance mood tends to be agitated, though. It will be hard merely to close your eyes and enjoy the tour, because "Sui Generis Nomen" is not intended to create this kind of reaction. Its goal is to make you reach a level of reverie that is only achieved through dancing and sweating hard.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://esthetiquerecords.bandcamp.com/

Follow @radialgaze & @esthetique-lab, peeps!

PREMIERE009 // Radial Gaze - Sui Generis Nomen (Original Mix)

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Demuja b2b Pontchartrain (Live Outta Detroit) with Ruff Stuff - 19 August 2019

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Berlin-based artist Per Hammar touches down on London's Planetary Notions imprint to supply his cosmic and bubbling house roller 'Short Waves' to the label's lates various artists EP 'PN006'. 

For the past decade, Per Hammar's been a reliable source for entrancing stripped-back dancefloor material. Now his latest offering proves he's never short of delivering pure magic, as 'Short Waves' "transports the listener into outer space with its square bass-line, cosmic tones and intricate pad work."

Elsewhere on 'PN006', Worker Union and Walker also supply mesmerizing minimal dub house grooves. 

'PN006' is set for release August 23.

PN006-VA

More exclusive music

Premiere: Per Hammar 'Short Waves'

Lovely limited & vinyl only multi-color repress: "Smokecloud Blend" 12 inch with works from myself, https://soundcloud.com/silverrider, https://soundcloud.com/falcon-punch and https://soundcloud.com/sleazymcqueen . 

This multi genre EP is covers Disco / Nudisco, House, Reggae & Funk. With tempos for every occasion with cuts roughly in the lower 90 bpms, 114 bpm & 122 bpm.   Natural chipboard jacket that's hand stamped with LOVE!

Juno Records (UK)
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/the-silver-rider-falcon-smokecloud-blend-reissue/556693-01/

HHV (Germany)
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Jetset (Japan)
sold out

Discogs
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Bandcamp
https://osmosesound.bandcamp.com/album/smokecloud-blend-preview-vinyl-only-no-digi

Physical stores in the USA like Ear Candy Music in Missoula, MT & Wuxtry in Athens, GA.

vinyl

"Smokecloud Blend" 12 inch VINYL ONLY = Osmose + Falcon Punch + SMQ  + The Silver Rider -PREVIEW

Saturday night had rolled into Sunday morning and the soft light of the day had begun to appear. The streets were secluded and quiet, but now and then a figure would come down the path, kicking up the rubbish that littered the floor in front of them. Like clockwork, every few minutes another figure would appear in the distance, fresh from a night of debauchery and frivolty... They were ready to stagger into the week ahead.

They may be a young label but Holding Hands have already proved they can run with the big dogs. Since launching in 2017, label head and DJ/producer Desert Sound Colony has notched up eight fresh releases, as well as two on his new offshoot Holding Hands Again, which unearths early slept-on tech house gems. For the next on his parent label he welcomes back Adam Pits— the Leeds-based producer who debuted on the imprint in 2018. He's back with the goods once again on his 'Stagga' EP; two original slammers and a remix from Casa Voyager boss OCB that's basically got it all...

PREMIERE: Adam Pits - Stagga (OCB Remix) [Holding Hands]

Buy: https://holdinghandsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/009-stagga-ep

Adam Pits returns to Desert Sound Colony's Holding Hands imprint with a pair of bass-driven, dancefloor wrecking anthems via his 'Stagga' EP, which includes a title track that delivers a cosmic and wonky roller.

The latest release from Adam Pits follows his previous outing on Holding Hands, as well as releases on Wex and Seven Hills, and picks up right were he left off. Moving from strength to strength, the new batch is littered with gripping rhythms and brain-tingling textures, revealing a sound profile unlike any other. All eyes on Adam Pits!  

The 'Stagga' EP, which also includes a remix by OCB, is out now.

Premiere: Adam Pits 'Stagga'

Taken from Adam Pits' return to Holding Hands, out now. 

Info: https://xlr8r.com/uncategorized/hear-a-bass-driven-wonky-roller-from-adam-pits-holding-hands-return/

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