https://ceadcead.bandcamp.com/album/mmxxi-inferno-v-a

Artwork by Patrick Savile
Mastered by Larry McCarthy

Splash Pattern - Furnace

Supreems - Two Faces

Release Date: June 3th
Buy : https://gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/da-capo-al-coda

Grid turns one ! To celebrate our first anniversary, we are happy to release our second compilation with twelve amazing artists from around the world (USA, Japan, Ireland, Mexico, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland and England, of course). 

Still focused on eclectism, each track is part of a colorful selection ready for a party summer. From experimental opening by K Wata, through bass bangers from Sputnik One, Mafou and Yilan, deep objects by Kincaid, Mistareez and Tristan Arp, engineering techno from Erik Luebs, Christian Kroupa and Fingers of God, to crazy shifted tracks by Nico and Henzo. 

As its musical title evocates, after a heavy loaded first year, we are starting a new loop coming back with a compilation, to go further next.

Tracklist:
1. K Wata - In A Mug On A Rug
2. Sputnik One - Connected by a Wall
3. Erik Luebs - Feels Like Jelly
4. Nico - Silent Treatment
5. Henzo - Be That As It May (Unhinged Mix)
6. Mafou - Nomad
7. Fingers Of God - Modal Resonator
8. Kincaid - Sight
9. Tristan Arp - A Subtle Shift In Air Pressure
10. Yilan - Bayon
11. Christian Kroupa - Blooming Foliage
12. Mistareez - Air XS

Mastered by Krikor Kouchian
Artwork by Unité Services

Supported by : Batu, Ben UFO, Benjamin Damage, Borusiade, Breaka, Cando, Chekov, Ciel, Cop Envy, Danielle, De Grandi, Deena Abdelwahed, Dario Zenker, Doctor Jeep, Duckett, Ectomorph, EMA, Etch, Feloneezy, Flore, Giant Swan, Gigi FM, Gigsta, Hodge, Huerco S, Ido Plumes, Impurity, Jasss, JP Enfant, Kouslin, Laksa, Lurka, Machine Woman, mad miran, Madam X, Marcel Dettmann, Martha, Mor Elian, Mt Beatnik, Nick Craddock, Om Unit, Oxyd, Peder Mannerfelt, re:ni, Rhyw, Romy Mats, Rroxymore, Silas Gray, Surgeon, Surgeons Girl, Synkro, Tammo Hesselink, Triple Point, Unperson, Upsammy, Wata Igarashi, Wordcolour, Yu Su, Yushh and more.

Da Capo al Coda

V/A - Da Capo Al Coda

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@kincaidofficial returns to Control Freak for a main label release with the Sugar EP - 4 saccharine, club-ready weapons from a producer at the top of his game.

Drawing on an array of club sounds from trance to UK garage and the best in contemporary leftfield techno, the EP marks our most rave-ready statement yet, with percussive drum tracks and soaring euphoric pads - carefully crafted for dark rooms and packed dancefloors.

On the A-Side, Air-ism and Sugar bubble with peak time energy - a pair of secret weapons which haven’t left our record bags for months now. B1 E is a pounding, energetic 4x4 pumper, whilst Sycamore closes things out with moody, shuffling drums and powerful low end pressure.

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This was not one thing or another. The machine was baffled and confused by its perfect array of imperfections which meant it could not be neatly packaged or placed within the categories by which it knew.

See, here was the thing, humans were always wonky. They could not be paired to the constraints of societal brackets, for then there would be little left in the realm of imagination or creative freedom. I was not we - it never had been.

Sparks began to fly as the construct of reality was shattered beneath the weight of its own clumsy foolishness. How had they ever imagined they might get away with it? For they themselves, were wonky after all.

E-Talking is a producer we've followed for years, both independently and as one half of Nummer - the hardware duo who have released music on the likes of Going Good.

E-Talking has appeared independently on the likes of Going Good and AD93 fka Whities. This next EP enters new territories, targeting the club directly with foreboding cuts of electronic music built for the dancefloor.

PREMIERE: E-Talking - Wonky I

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-tano-step-into-vesuvio/

Stateside producer @Tanodj has thoroughly gripped our ears with his In Armatura label; thus far a home for exclusively his own music, the third release shows no sign of a dip in quality, with five slices of vibrant, UK-inflected dance music.

In Armatura 003

Tano - Step Into Vesuvio [In Armatura]

Fresh from the milestone of their 10th release, Kindergarten Records keep their foot on the gas with another collection of percussive sorcery from label stalwart Despina. A titanic clash of the organic and the synthetic, ‘Gravity Games’ crashes about with gleeful abandon, guided by an unrelenting intensity and the sense that every space should be filled, every sense overloaded. Within these tracks respite is rare: precious gasps for air never far ahead of a tumbling return to neurological bombardment. ‘Skin Psychic’ is a tightly-wound, halftime stepper with glimmers of sweetness buried amidst its grotesque, heaving mass.

@despinadespina
@kindergartenrecords

Buy:
https://kindergartenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-games

Gravity Games

PREMIERE: Despina - Skin Psychic [Kindergarten Records]

Egyptian artist Hassan Abou Alam delivers the 4-track EP Ice, glistening with unusual textures that glide through several soundscapes spanning techno, breaks, bass and unclassifiable noise.

Things get spooky on ‘Hollow In C#’ as Hassan pairs a reverb-heavy vocal with chugging drums and eerie pads, echoing his mental and physical state during quarantine last year. Freaky but fierce.

Hassan Abou Alam has spent the last decade exploring disparate sound palettes and genres, from breaks to techno to bass. Today, his curiosity is unwavering. Hassan produces music using a hybrid setup of analog and digital instruments, conveying organised but compelling chaos that’s won him legions of fans worldwide.

@hassan-abou-alam
@nehzarecords

Buy:
https://nehzarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice

PREMIERE: Hassan Abou Alam - Hollow in C# [Nehza Records]

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As Pugilist, Alex Dickson has a rich history of fusing multiple genres to produce unique soundscapes that occupy the collapsing space between techno, house, breakbeat and jungle. Extracting and distilling the crucial ingredients from each one and using them to conjure up rich sonic tapestries that are as vivid as they are intoxicating. With his debut EP for Of Paradise, entitled ‘Negative Space’, Dickson pushes his sound even further, serving up a masterclass in atmospheric club chemistry, purpose-built for a post-apocalyptic world.Featuring four deeply effective cuts caught somewhere between offbeat techno, lucid breaks and swaggering bass, ‘Negative Space’ is a four-track vortex born out of heat-soaked landscapes and executed with cold vein precision.

PREMIERE: Pugilist - Circuit Breaker

LEAVE ME

Clemency presents References (Remixed) - three re-interpretations of her debut EP by Perko, Boofy and Jennifer Walton. 

Each remix builds on the sparse dissonant sounds of Clemency’s original production into three heavyweight soundsystem workouts. 

Perko works ‘Testimony’ into a wriggling, hypnotic drum workout; 
Boofy leans into ‘Biblical Names’’ subby rhythmic momentum; 
Jennifer Walton pairs ‘Mimic Animals That Are Easy to Love’s menacing sirens with apocalyptic 303s and unforgiving percussion. 

References was originally released with a collection of Clemency’s own personal references - including poetry, fiction, coordinates and cosmetics - that inspired the record. References (Remixed) comes with new references from each remixer to accompany their interpretations.

Perko's References

vandrigen.app/
arkbooks.dk
www.sfu.ca/-truax/wsp.html
The World Soundscape Project
www.akirarabelais.com/o/software/al.html
Kirkegaard’s Antikvariat
music.hyperreal.org/bford/palsl
François J Bonnet - The Order of Sounds: A Sonorous Archipelago
www.favouritesounds.org
Dome - 3 (Editions Mego)

Testimony (Perko Remix)

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.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.

PREMIERE: E-Talking - Wonky I

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