Artist: https://soundcloud.com/sunnysibar
Track: Fantasmas
Label: https://soundcloud.com/kalaharioystercult
Format: 2x12", Digital, LP
Release date: 03/12/21
YouTube: https://youtu.be/-XphiO9CNfc

Rushing us headlong into a vorticist maelstrom of hard-edged drum stutter and polychromatic synth fragmentation, Sansibar sophomore long-player for Kalahari Oyster Cult - “Sans Musique” - tackles the very essence of post-trance-y, breaks-loaded UK blends with unabashed joy to wreak havoc on his path. Throughout seven tracks oozing burnt kerosene and depleted uranium residue merged with a hint of sacred incense, Sansibar deploys his extra-wide vision for the present and future of dance music.
Here we choose the cranking the 2-step/garage power levels up a notch via “Fantasmas” which sends us spinning into orbit right away.

Sans Musique

PREMIERE | Sansibar - Fantasmas [Kalahari Oyster Cult] 2021

Label: Stately Records
Artist: Joren Edwards
Format: Vinyl
Title: It Will Change For The Better EP
Cat Number: SWAX001
Release Date: 2025

@jorenedwards
@statelymusic

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Premiere: A2. Joren Edwards - A Quick Getaway [STLR004]

ALLbion - Push Me (feat. Lourene)

RELEASE DATE Digital + Vinyl 26/01/2018

Yaleesa Hall is back on his home label Will & Ink with two EPs in quick succession. After releasing his debut album in 2016 this is the first solo output from the Amsterdam based producer on the label. This first EP is entitled Zoe Hayley Laura and features a trio of tracks that melt electro, techno and broken beats in arresting ways. Opening up the EP is Zoe Price, a silky electro track with shooting synths and big downward bass strikes that add real depth. It's a urgent and arresting affair to wake up the floor. Hayley Roach then has much more forceful drums that come in one two punch combinations to the gut. Synths writhe and gurgle up top as pads rise up and down the scale and the whole thing is brilliantly large. Laura Pomeroy then rocks back and forth on its heels, with train track like percussion and malfunctioning machine stabs. It’s a real tussle between different elements and locks you right in as a result. Once again then, the irrepressible Yaleesa Hall leads from the front.

Zoe Hayley Laura

Yaleesa Hall - Zoe Price (WNK012)

B2 from 'Destination Love' EP on @lobster-theremin

You Think? [LT047]

B1 from the Phantom Structures album released on Furthur Electronix out now! Available now directly from Subwax, hitting other stores soon..
@furthur_elect0nix
@subwax-bcn-distribution

Phantom Structures EP

Phantom Structures

Opaque Acid [Furthur Electronix]

Thick white snow pelted down from above; the path in front of them was barely visible now the sun had set. It was a long walk back through the forest and the group had grown tired after fighting through the wind and the hail. Winter had arrived and it wasn't taking any prisoners. As they reached the depths of the forest they soon realised the snow had covered their tracks; their Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs were no more. How would they find their way back to base? They would have to take a punt and follow their gut instead...

Following his euphoric debut release on Feel My Bicep, James Shinra brings his skilled productions to one of Scotland's best exporters of electro, Craigie Knowes. Over the last few years Mitch and Max, the guys behind the label, have released heavy hitters from some of the finest artists operating in that sphere, like Carl Finlow, Jensen Interceptor, Maelstrom and Textasy. James Shinra adds to that healthy discography with some acid driven cuts that have a "sinister, wintery feel"...

Darkroom EP

PREMIERE: James Shinra - Gritti [Craigie Knowes]

Strictly speaking, this one isn't a premiere, but we've made an exception for Bluff Records' debut release.

Originally released in 2000 as an extremely limited white label promo, Voy-E's 'Day Off' EP is a little known nugget of gold that was produced during Florida's breakbeat boom in the late '90s. Sadly, due to label complications, this gem never went on to receive the full release it deserved. Luckily for us, newly formed London-based label Bluff Records has stepped in to save the day - having spent months tirelessly tracking down the original label owner, who now resides in North Carolina, USA.

Lovingly restored from the original master CD, the EP consists of three beautifully crafted club tracks, each touching on elements of breakbeat, rave and electro. Our pick for the premiere is the title track 'Day Off'. 

Pre-order your copy here: bit.ly/bluffvoye

Bluff Records 001 Promos

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Phonica Premiere: Voy-E - Day Off [BLUFF RECORDS]

@sputnik_one
Modern sounds coming from Dublin's young and promising new talent Sputnik One. Ethereal pads swell beneath quirky perks and a slamming Breakbeat rhythm. Peak floor stuff.

Out Now!
Clone: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Clone
Redeye: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Redeye
Juno: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Juno
Lobster: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Lobster
Deejay: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Deejay
Decks: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Decks
(More to come)

Digital Pre-Order: tinyurl.com/LKR008-BC
Releasing 10.02.2020

Exertion VA II

B1 // Sputnik One 'Isolator'

From 'All My Things Are Broken Because I Am Broke' EP

ceadcead.bandcamp.com/album/kincaid-…use-i-am-broke

Kincaid - It All Sounds The Same

Pha·​sic / ˈfā-zik /
Reacting rapidly and strongly to a stimulus but quickly adapting and having a short period of excitation.

Re·​flex / ˈriːflɛks /
Performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.

Title track from the new Kalahari Oyster Cult EP out June 15.

Pre-Order.
https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/merch/reptant-phasic-reflex-12-w-roza-terenzi-remix-oyster25-2

Reptant - Phasic Reflex [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

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