Beside the railway depot, beyond the equinox, the atmosphere felt tense. Movement defined the top of the arches, but in the darkness beneath, there was little much kinetic or soulful with which to connect. Bird song crept into the nocturne, it's inky black sky beginning to bleed blue.

A whole year on from his debut on Hot Concept, Bleaching Agent continues his journey "from gabber to Goldfrapp" with another exemplary EP on Hot Concept, the Berlin-based label run by John Loveless. Premiering on R$N is 'Faster Silence', which distills BA's lifelong love of DIY culture into a slowly rising outsider-anthem in waiting, replete with post-punk licks, crashing drums and rich synths; big room house for basement punks.

PREMIERE: Bleaching Agent - Faster Silence [Hot Concept]

Foule Contact vol​.​01
Release date: 16 april 2021
BUY LINK: https://pompelope.bandcamp.com/
Label: Pompelope (https://soundcloud.com/pompelope)
https://soundcloud.com/mercredirecords

Foule Contact is about freeing ourselves from barriers and finding ourselves together, through music in its more profound way. Going from the virtual world to real-life and connect all together in each and every one of those tracks. Foule Contact is the idea that the current atmosphere won’t last forever, and that we already expect our reunion, cradled with tenderness and all the energy accumulated over the last few months. 
This compilation is about 15 eclectic and danceable tracks. Gathering a broad spectrum of genres that animate us, from House to Italo-Disco, Afro cosmic or Leftfield.
Quidam, who recently released a brilliant album on Mercredi Records, delivers a sophisticated yet powerful romantico-acid banger on the first volume of Pompelope's Foule Contact.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Quidam - Amour Automate

Polito - Costume Change

Label -@ButterSessions

Release Date - 10/09/21

♫ Info + Buy ♫ - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/polito-costume-change/

Polito - Anticipate EP

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE - Polito - Costume Change (Butter Sessions)

Welcome to a new adventure called TOZO. TOZO is a creative platform focused on creating a sustainable world within the dance music party scene. 

TOZO Digi 001 will give you a taste of the music we like, and hints at what you can expect from our label in the future. This first release contains music produced by: CAIM, Joannes, Young Adults, Cosmogen, and two founders of TOZO—Mathijs Smit and Nathan Homan. The music drifts and exists between House and Electro, filling the space where one genre ends and the other begins, which is, in the end, 100% TOZO.

This is TOZO: The one that actually helps

PREMIERE : CAIM - Terra

The music by Yan Kruau & Michele Ottini was first released in 2017 on 60 tapes only. Subject To Restrictions Discs makes them available on vinyl for the first time. Very raw, somewhere between darkwave and electro with soundtrack elements, the 6 tracks on “L'ultimo Di Noi” explore a yet not so common musical world. This release is limited to 200 copies

L'ultimo Di Noi EP

PREMIERE : Yan Kruau & Michele Ottini - Una Via D'uscita

Mario Moretti - CS1X

stream/buy/more: linktr.ee/zatarmusic

Following her first solo outing and years of experience as one half of the well-regarded Husky project, Ukrainian DJ and producer ALIIRA returns with a confident new step forward. 

Her Escucha EP on Zatar brings together two original tracks and two standout remixes, showcasing both her evolving solo voice and her deep roots in the club landscape.

The title track “Escucha” is a vibrant, punchy, electro-leaning house cut built around infectious vocal chops and crisp percussion. It’s a track that balances energy with clarity, direct and effective, but never overworked. 

Danish producer NILU (DK) and Zatar Labelhead Phonique take the reins on the remix, flipping the track into a more angular and urgent, sharp and edgy rework that leans into tension and groove, tailored for peak-time play.

The second track, “Devi”, dives into warmer, more hypnotic tech house territory. Its rolling rhythm and subtly layered melodies are joined by processed guitar textures, lending the track a slightly psychedelic edge without losing its forward drive. 

London based producer Urmet K strips down the track to its abosulte essentials to create a trippy, grooving house cut for the summer.

Escucha

Devi

ALIIRA - Devi

Genuine hearts attract silent miracles.
Love doesn’t open every door, especially the ones untouched by love.
People don’t change - they reveal who they are.
Let the door close.
Karma will handle the rest, as silence becomes your strength.
Timing aligns for those who carry truth in silence.
And in the end, the best part is yet to come..

Free Download

What To Do (&me Remix) x Adriatique-Miracle (Intro Pitched)

A cheeky little 3-deck mash up. Shouldn't work but kinda does.

I Feel Love x E Samba - mashup

https://theburrellconnection.bandcamp.com/album/breaks-that-strung-the-camel-back-ep

We are going to pause operations for a period of reflection over the next couple fo months and are delighted to pause with a killer EP by super talented Glasgow artist The Burrell Connection. We asked for some words and The Burrell Connection responded with the following -

"After a 2 year hiatus spent masquerading as Alfie and Dream_E, The Burrell Connection moniker is rekindled on Optimo Music with a blend of breakbeat club excursions for your aural pleasure. 

We present four tracks extracted from the vaults from the past few years, "facilitated by hyperactivity and channelled by the powers of Ableton, dub delays, samplers and synthesisers by Korg, Roland and Yamaha." 

A1 & B1 written in The Zen Palace, Neukölln (2020), A2 performed and recorded live at Revolver, Oslo (2019), B2 written at The Southside Centre Of Aural Technology, Shawlands (2018)".   

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, this is not a quest for stardom but the purest form of escapism."

Out on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce July 17th 2020

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 031 - The Burrell Connection - Breaks That Strung The Camel Back EP

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