Dukwa - Think Potential EP 
BUY LINK: transientnature.bandcamp.com/album/think-potential
 Release date: 22nd April 2021 
Label: Transient Nature (@transientnaturerecords)
https://soundcloud.com/d-u-k-w-a-m-u-s-i-c

Dam Swindle's Maarten Smeets, aka Wanderist, launches his Transient Nature imprint this April with four-track EP 'Think Potential' from Dukwa.
Transient Nature is a label dedicated to the world of machine funk with a sonic aesthetic of off-kilter techno and electro, and the first release sees Dukwa deliver an EP as varied as it is powerful. Transient Nature has a busy 2021 planned with releases from Detroit's Scan7, Black Cadmium and Maarten's solo project: Wanderist. The 'Think Potential' EP is deeply rooted in gritty electronics and illustrates the producer's love for hardware and vintage techniques - three of the tracks are hardware jams recorded straight to tape.

The driving Rhodes licks and fluttering percussion on 'Who Cares' gets the EP rolling before the distorted electronica and stabbing 303s fuse harmoniously on 'High Position'. Up next, 'It's U' delivers an old-school tinged electro number with its slamming drums, robotic vocals and squeaking acid lines. The EP closer, 'Eye2eye' sees Dukwa moving deeper into the electronica territory with industrial drums and dreamy piano lines working together with mesmerising effect.

With recent output ranging from Detroit house inspired MPC-driven tracks to more conceptual electronic work, Dukwa's soulful yet dynamic releases for the likes of Numbers, Don't Be Afraid and his eponymous imprint have won a wide range of support as well as picking up a coveted 'Hottest Record in The World' from the BBC's Annie Mac.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Dukwa - High Position

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/d-u-k-w-a-m-u-s-i-c
Track: It's U
Label: https://soundcloud.com/transientnaturerecords
Format: Digital, EP
Release date: 22/4/21
Purchase: https://transientnature.bandcamp.com/album/think-potential

Transient Nature is a label dedicated to the world of machine funk with a sonic aesthetic of off-kilter techno and electro, and the first release sees Dukwa deliver an EP as varied as it is powerful. Transient Nature has a busy 2021 planned with releases from Detroit's Scan7, Black Cadmium and Maarten's solo project: Wanderist. The 'Think Potential' EP is deeply rooted in gritty electronics and illustrates the producer's love for hardware and vintage techniques - three of the tracks are hardware jams recorded straight to tape.
The driving Rhodes licks and fluttering percussion on 'Who Cares' gets the EP rolling before the distorted electronica and stabbing 303s fuse harmoniously on 'High Position'. Up next, 'It's U' delivers an old-school tinged electro number with its slamming drums, robotic vocals and squeaking acid lines. The EP closer, 'Eye2eye' sees Dukwa moving deeper into the electronica territory with industrial drums and dreamy piano lines working together with mesmerising effect.  With recent output ranging from Detroit house inspired MPC-driven tracks to more conceptual electronic work, Dukwa's soulful yet dynamic releases for the likes of Numbers, Don't Be Afraid and his eponymous imprint have won a wide range of support as well as picking up a coveted 'Hottest Record in The World' from the BBC's Annie Mac.

Think Potential

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PREMIERE | Dukwa - It's U [Transient Nature] 2021

Nnatn - Grooves Pt.1
BUY LINK: https://www.beatport.com/release/grooves-pt1/3361540
Release date: 21 may 2021
Label: Night Vibez Records (https://soundcloud.com/nightvibezrecords)
https://soundcloud.com/nnatn10

Manfredi Barbarossa's Italian label Night Vibes Records welcomes countryman Nnatn for a fierce selection of house music that joins the dots between the past, present and future.
Nnatn was born in Italy in the early nineties and grew up with classic house, disco and afro. He started to produce in 2015 and has remained hard to pin down stylistically, with releases on Roasted Records, Pogo House and Lisztomania Records amongst those vying to establish his name and sound.

His latest and greatest EP opens with a fine and feel good groove, 'Don't Stop Me.' The big hi-hat ringlets bring light and air to warm, vamping chords and splashy cymbals. The drums are pure house, and the whole thing brims with character and soul. 'Love Me To' explores a deeper sound, with mid-tempo kicks couched in swirling, dubby bass and dreamy leads meandering amongst the clouds. The Kerri Chandler-esque 'Groovin Magic' is a bumping and brilliant gem with taught kicks and synth flourishes filled with colour.

Next, 'I Had' ups the ante, again brings elements of Chicago and New York house. The leggy bassline is perfect for getting you on your toes while the twinkling chords get hands skywards. Closing out this crucial EP is 'Break Down,' a sizzling six-minute voyage into a deep acid house that jacks the drums and is sure to frazzle minds.

These are timeless and effortless house tracks from a young talent who set to blow up in 2021.

PREMIERE : Nnatn - Break Down

Debasser - Bad Behaviour (incl. Naughty Step remix)
BUY LINK: https://www.junodownload.com/products/debasser-bad-behaviour/5084891-02/
Release date: 21st May 2021
Label: WIDE Records (https://soundcloud.com/wide_records)

Debasser drops tear out Jungle cut ‘Bad Behaviour’ with a remix from Naughty Step ahead of forthcoming LP.
Ahead of his second LP, ‘The Invitations Are Real, The Party Is Not’ on his WIDE Recordings imprint, Haywire affiliate Debasser announces his second single, ‘Bad Behaviour’, following the first single ‘Separation Anxiety’.

Drawing inspiration from a golden era of UK music, Debasser’s ‘Bad Behaviour’ harks back to the fertile ground of early Jungle & Drum & Bass. Reaching for bombastic breaks, speaker rattling low-end, gorgeous synths and stretched vocals, Debasser provides an undeniably hard-hitting homage.

The mysterious Naughty Step steps up for remix duties, pushing the basslines to breaking point and deconstructing the breakbeats, bringing the tempo down but maintaining the energy levels with pattering percussion and fresh vocal chops.

Active throughout the early 000’s on labels such as NovaMute, Input Output, and Seed, as well as playing at Andrew Weatherall’s Haywire parties, Debasser has been pushing machine-funk and bass focussed UK music for close to two decades. Founding WIDE Records in 2006, the label has released music from Paul Blackford, DJ Slugo, Egyptrixx, Chrissy, and more.

PREMIERE : Debasser - Bad Behaviour (Naughty Step Mix)

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Tracklist: 
Zofie Siege - No Other Door I Felt More Like Opening
Patrick Belaga - Rust
KMRU - Argon
Jas Shaw - You can see his lips moving
IOKOI - Stainless-Still
Not Waving - When You’re Quiet
Cucina Povera - EKR
Decha - Chebechu
Tadi Yan - 7 Diamond Lines feat. DJKR
Dalibor Cruz - Seen as Scum
Not Waving - Define Normal
MNTH - sábio sapo
U - Ecstacy
David Chesworth - Leisure
In Flagranti - Closing Credits
Velmondo - NameYourPrice edit
Zillas on Acid - We Greet You
Lennard Ypma & Tactical T - CS5000
Roman Flügel - Cluttered Homes
Undo - Epidemia de Baile
Omar Joesoef - Chants Of Gorontalo  (Cosmo Vitelli what was the question again remix)
Lion’s Drums - Levitation
Andy Stott - Never the Right Time
Kempes - Movement and Expression
Timothy J. Fairplay - K. City
Purient - Memories
Dickie Smabers - Paradox Den Haag
Rebolledo & Roman Flügel - Star Stuff
Koreless - Black Rainbow
Blackdown - The Journey VIP
Cinthie - City Lights
Splonie - Come Through
Millimetric - Neowave
Fall Forward - Everyone Was Alive (A Gramrcy & Loveless Mix)
Working Men’s Club - X (Paranoid London remix)
Whitey - Leave Them All Behind

Making TimeSQUARE RADio™️ with Dave P. @ Times Square Transmissions 05 - 17 - 2021

“What happens in other countries concerns you somehow. By supporting them, we try to enlighten your faith in democracy. Whether it is fighting to obtain it or trying to preserve it in its most acceptable form, that is what unites us all.”

To show their support for The Milk Tea Alliance - an online pro-democracy movement led by activists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) - Nantes record store 44 Tours have enlisted friends and family to contribute tracks for a new charity compilation. Jumping across the electronic spectrum, from EBM to trance and jungle to electro, the 15 track-release features original music from Oksa, The Aux, Marino and The Blank Panther.

All sales revenue will directly go to the Support Civil Disobedience Movement Strike Fund in Myanmar.

Milk Tea Alliance

PREMIERE: The Aux - Sens8 [44 Tours]

https://freeridemillenium.bandcamp.com/album/fragile

This World

The strange song floated through the trees, growing ever louder as you plunged deeper into the jungle. It were as if the whole of the jungle had come together for its own personal concert; a natural spectacle that united animals, insects and reptiles. The frogs chanted while the cicadas buzzed loudly, joining the birds in a cacophony of sound that radiated for miles and miles.

Dans le Desert is a brand new label seeking to "translate the movement of dancing spirits into language of sound". Their first ritualistic offering comes from Cafe de la Jungle, a seven-track EP titled 'Dancing with Cicadas'. Like the name suggests each production marries organic and natural atmospheres with fluid rhythms to oscillate your body and hypnotic soundscapes to open your mind and connect with your spirit.

Dancing with Cicadas

PREMIERE: Cafe de la Jungle - Tapuaya Bush [Dans le Desert]

"Out with the old and in with the new" - that's what they always say. But it's never that easy in practice. The transition is always strange: it's a period of change, sometimes of destruction, definitely of adjustment. Morphing from one form slowly into the next, prompted by actions of your own doing, or someone elses. Things are going to be different and, unwilling or willing, you have to deal with it.

Having been immersed in music culture from a young age, becoming hooked on collecting records as well as training as a sound engineer, Italian DJ and producer David Agrella is now taking things up a notch with the launch of his new label, Agrellomatica Records. Named after his monthly radio show on Bloop, the imprint will be a space for his musical inspirations which bridge many different strains of electronic music. For his first outing he offers up a four tracker, 'Transition', which melds together fluid drum patterns, rubbery synth lines, soaring pads and dreamy electro grooves.

Transition EP

PREMIERE: David Agrella - Transition [Agrellomatica Records]

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