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YEAH THAT'S GREAT

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artwork: https://www.instagram.com/0djur/
buy: https://lobstertheremin.com/album/no-more-motivation

No More Motivation

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no motivation, meaningless

Belong

Do we ever have enough of uplifting breakbeat? The type that overloads on hope and outpouring happiness? 
Based in Porto, Portugal, Rave Child is off to an exciting start with the new label and event series, Kokölò. True “to move forward” meaning behind its name, the label ethos focuses on a specific mood or state of freedom rather than a particular genre. 

In the inaugural ‘The Birth’ EP,  no-face-entity Rave Child captured that feeling of a soul discovering the dancefloor for the first time with all its naivety and joy. United in the use of breaks, and chopped voices meld with dreamy melodies, each track on the three-track EP takes on the unique, nostalgia permeated sonic gradient. Mastering by Vril and Andreas Lubich, aka Loop-o, make this package easy not to miss. 

Feel like a kid again on properly induced euphoria aka the album’s opener ‘It never was.’ Daydreaming at the heart of playful lights and colors, beaming to a point of galvanized innocence, getting loose in some utopian infinity; this track lifts spirits and launches moves like nobody watches. Do we ever want to have enough of it?   

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PREMIERE: Rave Child - It Never Was [Kokölò]

Wandering between the city streets I cast my mind back to days gone by - lost friends, late nights and distant memories of faces and places I can't recall.

Despite all of this it was the same brickwork, the same broken cobbles and pavestones upon which I tread wildly atop into the morning. 

A cup of coffee and a paper will do, let's see what the world's done now. The sound of birds chirping in the trees as I enter the park, the remnants of a big weekend scattered over by the bin. 

Some might not think much of this place, to them it means little. However, to a geezer like me, it was paradise and the sense of opportunity hung thick and lingered in the air. 

Amy Dabbs and Coco Bryce have collaborated to release a killer four track EP on the newly launched record label LT-Coda, an offshoot of Lobster Theremin. We don't say this lightly when we hint that this may be one of our favourite releases of the year so far - sun kissed samples and euphoria aplenty this one rocks.

Slightly Involved Volume 1

PREMIERE: Amy Dabbs & Coco Bryce - Geezer Like Me [LT-Coda]

Our annual frenzy of remixes – The Round Up – enters its 10th edition. With that, we’re concluding a year full of special edition releases and finishing the Heist 10 year anniversary off with a bang. The Round up has always been a go-to release for label fans and house heads alike, and this year’s edition is one to look out for. We’ve got 2 of the coolest women in house & electronic music (Cinthie & Amy Dabbs), A Chicago legend (DJ Sneak), Amsterdam’s finest selectors (Dam Swindle), An Anglo-Scandinavian key wizard (Crackazat) and many more on this edition. With support for previous editions by artists such as Paul Woolford, Luke Slater, Honey Dijon, Nightmares on Wax, Dj Bone, Fred P, Helena Star, and Sam Divine, you know you’re gonna hear some great music on this release.

Dam Swindle give Cinthie’s summer jam ‘Wont u take me’ a spin by upping the tempo and energy and turn it into a peak-time classic house jam. Amy Dabbs takes one of the most heartfelt tunes of Crackazat’s mini LP ‘need to know’ and re-imagines it into an atmospheric anthem with a hint of jungle. Cinthie and DJ Sneak both opt for loopy & chunky house remixes, while UC Beatz takes on the first ever drum & bass track on Heist from Amy Dabbs: ‘Only breaks can love your heart’. It’s a tough remix to crack, especially when the original has been getting love from DJ’s and media alike, and it being in RA’s top tracks of October. He pulls it off perfectly though by creating a warm piano jam with all those lovely vocal cuts and strings from the original.

Crackazat goes into soulful house mode on his sultry remix for Krewcial’s spoken word – Afro jam ‘Owo’ and Krewcial himself delivers a low slung anthem with his remix for Orlando Voorn’s track ‘High’. Orlando Voorn takes things deep and quirky on his remix for UC Beatz’ track with Marina Trench ‘Make me feel’.

The Round Up pt. 10

Crackazat - I need to know (Amy Dabbs remix)

The Cosmik Connection, Vol. 10

Hypermnesia

Amy Dabbs - Up In My Frills

Amy Dabbs - It's Not Me It's You

Amy Dabbs returns to Aus Music bringing irresistible uptempo sophistication to a trio of house, garage and jungle bubblers

BUY:
aus.lnk.to/firstlove

PREMIERE: Amy Dabbs - First Love

Letur-Lefr

909 Day

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