CNC002 - ‘P.H.A.N.E.S’ EP by Design Default. 

Following up from Herron’s ‘Lowflow’ EP, CNC is excited to announce our next release as a label. CNC002 comes courtesy of the mysterious producer Design Default, whose formidable club-centric four tracker is out everywhere July 1st. The ‘P.H.A.N.E.S’ EP consists of three jagged peak time club joints plus a sleazy remix on the flip by CNC’s own Significant Other. 

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬: 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬. 

Futurist sound design, punishing rhythms, I-love-you-mate lights on in the club breakdowns. This one’s a scorcher, preorder now via the link in our bio.

Release Date: July 2nd 2021 
Distribution by Juno. 
Limited to 300 copies.

A2 - Quadrantids

The sky seemed darker tonight, even the pollution of the nearby city didn't effect its clarity. Usually the stars were barely visible, lost behind a murky opaque film but this evening they were more dazzling than ever before. As if by magic, a shower of meteors cascaded across the sky, bursting forth and illuminating the atmos. In that moment there was no picture more beautiful than the heavens above.

New York's Club Night Club return for their second release following Herron's 'Lowflow EP' in February. This time they've set their sights on Paris and mysterious producer Design Default, who delivers a package of club-focused productions, which mark his first proper venture into peak time sonics. Alongside a remix from label co-founder Significant Other, the ‘P.H.A.N.E.S’ EP matches frantic broken rhythms, metallic textures, rumbling low end and dystopian atmospheres.

P.H.A.N.E.S

PREMIERE: Design Default - Lyrids [Club Night Club]

Tis that time of the year for the annual comp! This time a selection of old & new, some hints to upcoming releases, some old time mates.
As always big ups to everyone who contributed, Ciaran Birch on the artwork, Brendan @ Cirrus Audio on the masters, all profits to Mind.

1. The Arkive - u ask i who is rastafari
2. wzrdryAV - No Profile Neighbourhood
3. DJ ojo - Mycelial
4. EYRA - Snooose
5. Simkin - Steppin
6. Dome Zero - Transition Dub
7. Lithe - & Drop
8. Troy Gunner - Fragment
9. Elijah Minnelli - Tim Lovejoy Riddim
10. How Du - Hd-Gold
11. Odd Lust - Tyranny of the Dominant Culture
12. Soreab - G.79
13. Bluetoof & Theo Everyday - Spillage in the Arcade
14. LUXE - Duchess
16. Angel Hunt - AIRFOILL
15. RV - Utter Gutter Butter Flutter
17. Jasper Jarvis - Huff (Tape Sketch)
18. Kiara Scuro - Trance Would Be A Fine Thing
19. Eiger Drums Propaganda - Dark Age Of Rezuvaj

AM: Friends & Family Vol.2 (PREVIEWS)

Announcing the first TemeT release of 2022 today. 'MEMORY FILE HOSTING' is a 11 track album from French producter Lolito.  If you're into cloud/emo beats, jacuzzi-warm jazz flavours or Memphis chopped-and-screwed...

1st single 'RED DOMINOES' is out today on all platforms : 

Pre-orders of tape & digi are AVAILABLE NOW at bandcamp: https://lolito89.bandcamp.com/album/memory-file-hosting-lp

Out 20th April.  Tape/Serigraph limited to 200 copies. It comes cased in a neat piece of cross-shaped artwork silk-screened by DR.ME and fellow Nantes-based graphic designer and friend, Jean-François Leroux. Keeping it in the family.

Lolito - RED DOMINOES

Moody and hypnotic, DJ Neewt, DJ Slyngshot and DJ Plead collaborate on some genre-melted IDM.

'Genre Music' is out September 5th on OK SPIRIT.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3yTVtG0

@1djplead
@dj_slyngshot
@djneewt
@okspirit

Premiere: Plead Slyngshot Neewt - Studio Relief [OK SPIRIT]

https://henzo.bandcamp.com/album/stretford-blues-ep

Henzo - Stretford Blues EP (NHD006)

OUT 2/12/22

Tracklist:

1. Survivorship Bias
2. It's Ours and Hours Alone
3. Writhing
4. His Troublesome Knees
5. A Pocket You Didn't Expect

Finishing off Henzo’s banner 2022 that has seen releases on YCO and Peder Mannerfelt Produktion, the Manchester based producer dials back the tempo into 5 cuts of gloom-ridden dancefloor damagers for his Nervous Horizon debut. Running the gamut of Dancehall, Techno and Drum & Bass, the EP’s refined palette is laser-guided in its intention of favouring groove and atmosphere over melody and hooks.

The opening track, 'Survivorship Bias', rolls out a lurching and smudged drum break over an equally sketchy Donk and vocal sample in a Bolton-meets-Belgium chug affair. 'It’s Ours and Hours Alone' and 'Writhing' lean more towards a typical Dancehall rhythm, smattered with the reticulated percussion that Nervous Horizon have been known for, saturated and growling. 'His Troublesome Knees' sees a variation on the theme of the opener, with the addition of harrowing, gnarly strings that posit drama in the riff that runs almost throughout; An inescapable tension that juxtaposes the highly danceable groove. Rounding out Stretford Blues, 'A Pocket You Didn’t Expect' feels like 3 tempos at once: 82, 164 and 328BPM. The battering, unrelenting kicks laced over taut breaks and hats hark to Jungle Techno and Tech Step in their composition, but the drawn out and bleak orchestral breakdown, coupled with a barking, irate bassline, suggest that Henzo shows no allegiance to nostalgia and is moving intently into the future.

Henzo - Survivorship Bias

Параноид - Трудно Быть

1. Ноябрь
2. Охота На Ведьм
3. Разруха
4. Холод Земли
5. Зарница

[ПРЛ 005]

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Параноид - Разруха

'Gymnase Chaos' by Toma Kami(MNBN09) Out March 6th on Man Band.

Preorder on bandcamp: https://manband.bandcamp.com/album/gymnase-chaos

Toma Kami - Gymnase Chaos

@vinakonda
@electromngr

Buy:
https://electromngr.bandcamp.com/album/em003-various-artists-delicate-cycle

Electromenager 003

PREMIERE: Vina Konda - Shadow's Shelter [Electroménager]

from "Physically Sick 3" compilation by @allergy-season & @Discwoman

Buy the comp here, all proceeds to go Equality For Flatbush <3

physicallysick3.bandcamp.com/album/phys…lly-sick-3

"Ok yes… the world is sicker than ever, but that doesn't mean we get to stop.

The past months have seen long overdue eruptions of sadness and rage directed at bloated, militarized, racist police forces and iniquitous government spending around the world. The puzzle pieces are assembling and fresh eyes are examining corrupt practices that Black & brown communities have criticized for decades. It is time to defund the police and invest in communities that have been systemically attacked.

For the third volume of Physically Sick, we are focusing on local efforts and raising money for Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013. Equality For Flatbush mobilizes direct aid when necessary, recently ensuring Brooklyn residents have groceries and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Techno, house, and all the sounds at the root of electronic dance music, are born from Black communities. Dance music can only be sustained by an inclusive joy for the marginalized and the dispossessed. As we rally in support of Black lives, the struggles against police violence, and inequality, it is the responsibility of every person, from DJs to dancers, not to let things slide back to business as usual.

Physically Sick 3 is a fundraising compilation from Discwoman & Allergy Season curated by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Umfang, and Physical Therapy. All proceeds from the compilation will go to Equality For Flatbush. Out Thursday July 3rd, 2020 and available exclusively through Bandcamp. Artwork by Jordan E. Moss. All tracks mastered by DJ SWISHA excluding tracks 4, 13, & 17."

1. Anz - Body + Mind
2. SHYBOI - Eat That
3. MoMA Ready - Portal Step
4. Dreamcrusher - Vitality
5. AceMo - I Feel Like Dying (Phenomenon Mix)
6. UMFANG - AngelBeat
7. CCL - Tachyon Frog
8. AYA - a fflash gun for ffiver
9. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Gravitational Pull
10. Savile - You Will Be The Maker Of A Better World
11. Pent - intra7
12. KMRU - Oloolua
13. Low Jack - Skin Riddim
14. OSSX - DON’T CARE, DIDN’T ASK
15. KIMIKO - Early Reflections
16. Davis Galvin - Erlo
17. DJ Bone - E.T. Brother
18. Physical Therapy - Pig
19. Syanide - RASH
20. BEARCAT - SHRILL
21. Special Request - Wallabies
22. Venetta - Black Paradox
23. Olive T - What Comes After
24. DJ SWISHA - Stardawg
25. Korea Town Acid - Body Clock
26. Surgeon - A Prayer For Something Better
27. DJ Python - 7000

Physically Sick 3

CCL - Tachyon Frog

OKS003 "Soilstretch"

A Yre Den - Soilstretch
B Yre Den - Glitterer

Design by Profi Aesthetics
Mastered by Beau Thomas

OK SPIRIT 2020, Frankfurt am Main

Yre Den - Soilstretch

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.

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PREMIERE: Design Default - Lyrids [Club Night Club]

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