As he entered the room onlookers watched him with beady eyes, they stared him down and took him in with menace and malice lingering in the air. This was not a safe space, not a place one might choose to spend much time or be caught lingering. However, whilst he was here he would not fear their hateful gaze for this was to be where he left it all behind as free as a bird. He was in step mode now, eagerly walking forwards into the light and as he stood perched in the centre of the room he began to move. 

Glimmerman is set to release a new EP on First Second Label, this one is a rock steady affair for the heads down dancers and the discerning listener. This record sits somewhere between bass, techno and dancehall - so genre that as you feel fit.

PREMIERE: Glimmerman - Step Mode [First Second Label]

Pour tous les fadas du ptit dej !
Voici une compilation qui réunit tous les artistes ayant contribué aux précédents opus de la série aux tempos ralentis "Délices du Midi".
Au menu Dancehall, Dembow, Slow Baile, Slow Jungle, Slow Grime, Rap & Dubbed tracks.

Pour l'occasion, une cassette est disponible en édition limitée de 50 quantités. Livrée avec son couteau tartineur et ses stickers.

TRACKLIST :
A1. Tom Manzarek - Higher
A2. Sevenbeatz - Backyard
A3. Pura Pura - Shika
A4. Kaval - Knife Thrower
A5. Stacktrace - Meek A Chooce
A6. Qant - A Certain Sense Of Urgency
B1. H2O - Bad Transmission
B2. Gipsyan - Sad Dancer
B3. Knurx - Inward
B4. Jumboclat - Ouais
B5. Le Frit - Bateque

RELEASE DATE : 16.06.2023
LABEL : DÉLICES DU MIDI
REF : DDMFADA001
CAT : DIGITAL & K7
BANDCAMP ONLY
MASTERING : QANT

Pre-order

Délices du Midi - Fada Acamp Vol.1 (Clips)

@ofparadiserecords
@destratavan
https://ofparadise.bandcamp.com/album/counterweight
"Vancouver-based artist Destrata chalks up his first solo release for Of Paradise with Counterweight, a multi-layered, richly-textured and often hyper-real journey through new school club music. Placing the critical elements of UK-flavoured bass and breaks under the microscope, Destrata’s almost scientific approach to production sees him examine everything in minute detail, disassembling and reassembling every aspect of a track until a structurally perfect composition emerges.

Featuring four highly immersive cuts, Counterweight showcases a flux of atmospheric inspirations, displaying Destrata’s enthusiasm for more ethereal and fractal sounds built to ooze through back rooms, safeguarding the listener with a weighty lushness."

Bandcamp

*PREMIERE* Destrata - Counterweight

Dans cet épisode de MINDBENDERS, RAVL propose une heure de selection Bass Music moderne, composée majoritairement de sorties très récentes internationales et françaises. 
PS : Cet épisode est le premier, je l&amp#39;espère, d&amp#39;une résidence plus pérenne. L&amp#39;idée est bien sûr d&amp#39;inviter nombres d&amp#39;artistes (en particulier Marseillai.se.s) à y participer, pas forcément à chaque fois mais la plupart du temps du moins. 


MINDBENDERS w/ RAVL (19/01/24)

Accidental melodies and textural forms comprise Kin Teal’s Ecosystem, the Budapest-based producer’s second EP of iridescent club-not-club zones and debut for Human Pitch. Bridging 130-140 leftfield bass with liquid downtempo chuggers, Kin Teal uncovers hidden melodies in the resonant frequencies of percussion. “By amplifying certain frequencies in drum breaks, our brains latch onto that as a melody. These melodies are often askew, not perfectly tuned, and I wanted to embrace that.”

Doubling down on the record’s title and theme, Kin Teal played with the idea of a record in which each sound and track reacts to one another. Tubular melodies coil around syncopated drums as though by reflex and vocal blips flit through the gaps. There’s a clockwork but also a fluidity to Kin Teal’s oblique rhythms, which trace the producer’s growth, bending blueprints with a vibrant curiosity.

https://soundcloud.com/kin_teal
https://kinteal.bandcamp.com/album/ecosystem
https://www.instagram.com/kin_teal/

Premiere: Kin Teal - Muscle Cars

frankydrama returns home with "Polka Dot Patterns," a brand new EP featuring five tracks that seamlessly blend genres such as Breaks, Drum n Bass, and UK Garage. Devoid of categorical constraints, "Polka Dot Patterns" showcases a broad palette where genres and boundaries blur.

https://soundcloud.com/frankydrama
https://soundcloud.com/criminal_crisis

Buy:
https://frankydrama.bandcamp.com/track/shake-it

PREMIERE: Frankydrama - Shake It [Criminal Crisis]

Antariksh Records presents 'From The River To The Sea' Various Artists Compilation, releasing on February 9th. 

Buy here: https://antarikshrecords.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-river-to-the-sea-va-compilation

'We cannot cure the world of the disease of othering, but we can definitely try, and so we will'.

The Delhi based label brings together 13 club-ready trax from city residing artists, with all proceeds made going to support our brothers and sisters in Palestine.

A message from the label;
'While this release is focussed on helping the people of Gaza, the plague of oppression and violence is not bound by geographies and runs deep within systems of imperialist, colonial and fascistic violence. We stand against such structures of power - whether in Gaza or closer home.

While this release is sadly curative, it is also optimistically preventive. Music heals and if we can help in healing even a part of the collective suffering of humanity then we shall strive to do so at any given level. In the light of the recent developments wherein increasing number of countries have stopped funding the UNRWA and their relief efforts towards Palestinians in Gaza, we would be donating all proceeds collected via this release to the @unrwa

Our expression of healing is through music and sound. We would like to extended our thanks to all the artists for their valuable contribution towards this healing. May this release bring a little peace to the world'.

PREMIERE: Chhabb - Mumbai Dreamhunter (Antariksh Records)

Inner Pulse is the upcoming EP by De Las Esferas & Estimua, out now for pre-sale on @octorecords

We’re thrilled to go on unveiling this beautiful collaboration between two artists we’ve always most admired. Inner Pulse brings together two original tracks by De Las Esferas & Estimua, alongside stunning remixes by Dvniel and Vinzoo — and the result is a very special EP that brings that classic sound of Downtempo that makes us vibrate, but also a fresh and creative pulse that will make dream of more... And there will be more :)

Created by @rafael-echegoyen & @estimua
Remixed by @@dvniel-dt
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De Las Esferas & Estimua - Inner Pulse (Dvniel Remix) [Octo Records]

https://seekmusic.bandcamp.com/album/see-k-002

@krisberaguilar

Premiere : see.k - True (SSK002)

Inner Frequency

Article : http://www.seeksicksound.com/premiere-bass-slightly-blown-un-nouveau-titre-de-pluralist-pour-panel/
Buy: https://panelaudio.bandcamp.com/album/pnl005-pluralist-decode

PNL 005

[Premiere] Pluralist - Slightly Blown (out on Panel)

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