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OS Premiere: Pluralist - Vases [Pressure Dome]

With a glimmer of optimism on the horizon, we’re delighted to announce our second V/A compilation Psycho/Soma - the first of many exciting releases for 2021.

12 tracks to move body & mind, spanning a full spectrum of UK club music - from introspective, tripped-out rollers to intense percussive workouts and frantic 160(ish) action.

To accompany the release, we’re creating our first ever run of limited edition, long-sleeve, 100% organic cotton, peta-approved t-shirts, designed by UK-based independent graphic artist Alex Vissaridis.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we released our first compilation ‘Remote Access’, which has so far raised over £1000 for the Trussell Trust. We’d like to continue to use these V/As to support causes we’re passionate about, so a portion of the label’s profits for this release will be split between three prominent mental health charities who we feel are doing important work in the UK - Mind, YoungMinds & Black Minds Matter.

@pluralist
@controlfreakrecordings

Psycho/Soma

PREMIERE: Pluralist - Aspersion [Control Freak]

1. Mershak - Barricade
2. Mershak - Trust You
3. Mershak - War Fax
4. Mershak - Barricade (Pluralist Remix)

Forthcoming July 30th via the usual digital outlets.

Written/Produced:
@mershak
www.facebook.com/mershak

Remixed:
@pluralist
www.facebook.com/pluralistuk

Mastered:
@spektralsounduk
www.facebook.com/spektralsounduk

Glome Sound:
@glomesound
www.facebook.com/glomesound/

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Mershak - Barricade [GS019 Showreel Ft. Pluralist]

In celebration of the release of INTRP005 from Manchester based producer Dulha, Interpolate recruit leftfield bass and techno champion Pluralist to fashion Dulha's 'Lotus' into a bewitching UK Techno delight.

Dulha is a Manchester based producer with a respect for dance music of all kinds, striving to create music with intricacy and rawness. He takes influence from an array of styles, ranging from UK variants such as Grime and Jungle to other genres such as Electro, Ambient and Soundtrack.

In April 2021, Dulha's debut EP 'C-Life / Lotus' was released on Interpolate Records. With more recent additions to his catalogue, Dulha contributed a half time groover packed with plenty of weighty bass to the Daytimers collectives second charity compilation in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in India.

@dulha 
https://www.instagram.com/dulha_/ 


Pluralist (Will Bowen) is an up-and-coming, Birmingham/Bristol based DJ, originally hailing from Cheltenham. His most recent release, ‘Gallak’, was picked up by Circular Jaw, gaining support from artists like Hypho, Doctor Jeep & Madam X.

He also runs Module 8, a new party in Bristol, focusing on broken, stompy techno. His next release, “Different Sides’, is coming out this October with Chequered Wax. The idea behind this 4 track EP is music that fits both the club and sit down listening.

@pluralist
https://www.instagram.com/pluralistuk/
https://www.facebook.com/pluralistuk/


@interpolaterecords
https://www.facebook.com/interpolaterecords/
https://www.instagram.com/interpolaterecords/

Lotus (Pluralist Remix) - Single

Premiere: Dulha - Lotus (Pluralist Remix) [Interpolate Records]

Unit 18

Stinky

Over the past five years, Fever AM has given us a steady drip of exquisitely modern, genre-defying club music, from angular rhythm sculptures like Gacha Bakradze's "Daraji" to twisted party-rockers like Rhyw's "Biggest Bully."

To celebrate their fifth anniversary, label founders Mor Elian and Rhyw have put together a compilation that captures their strikingly fresh vision. "It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature" presents core Fever AM artists like Xen Chron and Ayesha alongside a few newcomers to the label, such as Pariah, MSJY, Peder Mannerfelt. Fans of the label know what to expect: soundsystem-tailored bangers with a surreal twist, for DJs that like to keep the crowd on their toes.

It's Not A Bug, It's A Feature (Fever AM)

Bandcamp

Ayesha - Swim

💳 Buy: https://hypnic-jerks.bandcamp.com/album/rosefinch

📓 Info:
Artist: https://soundcloud.com/toumbaa
Label: https://soundcloud.com/hypnicjerksrecs
Release Date: November 8, 2022
Format: Vinyl/Digital

Amman-based Toumba announces Rosefinch, his first EP on wax, and the debut release from London-based record label Hypnic Jerks. The Jordanian DJ, producer and sound designer integrates elements from Jordanian and Levantine folk music into his left-leaning, low-end heavy club sounds. The EP is named after the national bird of Jordan.

Toumba is a curator at MNFA, a club and arts space in Jordan’s capital Amman. It has become a haven for the country’s artistic community in the face of a conservative establishment that often harbours a hostile attitude towards the types of cultural expression that MNFA champions.

A nationally respected artist, Toumba also holds a residency at the MMAG Foundation in Amman. The foundation works with a selection of the most gifted artists in the Levant (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine), providing a space for artistic research, production and critical discourse.

Multipack of Limes is a percussive workout dotted through with zesty keys, building up to a driving lead that recalls the keyboard players of Jordanian weddings. Shurooq and Sa7rawi are both representative of Jordan's beautiful pink-tinted deserts. Shurooq, meaning 'sunrise', is a slow burner, which builds anticipation through its synth and percussive elements before a huge weighty sub-bass ties the track together. Sa7rawi, an aggressive peak-time chugger, evocatively conveys the beauty and harsh ruggedness of the desert's terrain. Lil Amam Sir, a term used in the army meaning "march forward", is one for the DJs: a four to the flour banger complete with microtonal polyrhythm synth hits that are sure to get the crowd two-stepping like clockwork. 

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➡️ Submissions: hurfyd@gmail.com

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Ten Eight Seven Digitals

Toumba - Lil Amam Sir [Hypnic Jerks]

georg-i - Tools (to escape holes with)
Release Date: 10th February 2023

Digital: georg-i.bandcamp.com/album/tools-to-escape-holes-with

1. Stasis
2. Change

I wake up and take some 
Water, supposing 
A flower 
Will bloom also in this garden

Produced and Mixed by @georg-i
Cover Photo by nono.
Mastered by Joel Krozer at Six Bit Deep.

Preorder

georg-i - Tools (to escape holes with) (FELTDIGI001)

Following their much loved NTS radio shows and parties of the same name, re:ni and Laksa have announced a brand new label - RE:LAX.

On ‘Body Score’ Laksa continues to traverse the same 150bpm territory as his releases for Hessle Audio and Timedance, but here we also find influences from his job as a social worker.

Early support from the likes of Pearson Sound, Zenker Brothers, Darwin and Om Unit.

If you pre-order Body Score EP you can get 'Mind' today
https://re-lax-sounds.bandcamp.com/album/body-score-ep

Laksa - Mind

Insistent, full-throttle torque as @toma-kami revives his ‘Speed Oddity’ series. 

A second instalment sees the Parisian revisit a blueprint where hybridity takes prominence. Tensile, hi-NRG club pressure for the duration.

Our premiere comes complete with an assist from @wajang co-founder @amorsatyr. Having masterminded the ‘Speed Dembow’ series with labelmate Sui Mata, he and Kami augment 'Djédjé' with tribalistic, free party propulsion.

‘Speed Oddity vol. II’ is out February 17th on Man Band.

Pre-order: tomakami.bandcamp.com/album/speed-oddity-vol-ii

Discover More

Premiere: Toma Kami - Djédjé (feat. Amor Satyr) [Man Band]

What do clouds sound like? For 3024's first release of 2023, we are super proud to present an exploration of that question by the amazing Italian-Ivorian producer Ehua on her new EP.
"Clouds EP" consists of four sonically and energetically varied tracks inspired by the paradoxical nature of these mood-shifting objects, suspended in space. They can be heavy or light, menacing or comforting, distraught or at ease. They are still but in motion, they can cause fear and confusion or give you strength, awareness and empowerment. Ehua's music combines live handmade percussion and flutes (the ancient Duduk on Nefele and recorder on Vola) with fierce drum programming and synth work. This is music for the mind and the 'floor! Enjoy.

@ehuamusic
@3024world

Buy:
https://ehua.bandcamp.com/album/clouds-ep

Clouds

PREMIERE: Ehua -  Piume [3024]

Previews: soundcloud.com/n_nface/by-hook-or-by-crook-volume-1-previews-n-face002-1?si=8ad27748321946b4bd520f4f7ffa3a78


"Dublin DJ/producer Sputnik One shares the second offering from his recently launched label N-Face - the follow up to 2022’s debut release Supa Natural/Grafters ft. Belfast-based rapper EMBY which was supported by Ben UFO, CCL, DJ Voices and more.

The club-destroying compilation spans 10 tracks, featuring bubbling bass and glitchy breaks through cheeky wafters to fresh and exciting techno and dancefloor mutations from a total of 11 artists and groups from three continents. Rising talents Dual Monitor, Glimmerman, LWS & No Sir join label head Sputnik One & K-Wata, as well as fresh faces St. Amp, Outl1er, DJ Gerard, Puncta and Young Muscle. N-Face 002 V/A showcases the Dublin artist’s strong vision and A&R hand and celebrates some of the most talented underground heads about. Staying in line with the spirit of collaboration set out in N-Face 001, Sputnik One teams up with K-Wata for their contribution to the compilation, with ‘Back Innit’ a chugging drama infused percussive roller.

The artwork, designed by Harvey Wise gathers historical objects from disparate corners of the world, using the ‘Hook / Crook’ monogram to tie everything together thematically. Hot on the heels of the labels’ first release N-Face invites a dynamic group of artists to explore the vast spectrum of percussive electronics in forward facing dance music.

Bringing together artists from different corners of the genre spectrum for one-off releases and unexpected collaborations, N-Face focuses on pairing cutting-edge sonics with equally specific visual direction, working with a new artist for each subsequent release's design." 

https://n-face.bandcamp.com/album/by-hook-or-by-crook-n-face002

https://soundcloud.com/young_muscle
https://www.instagram.com/young___muscle/

https://soundcloud.com/n_nface

By Hook or By Crook (Volume 1)

PREMIERE: Young Muscle - Bad Spirits [N-Face]

@kindergartenrecords continues its futuristic dancefloor forays with ‘Fluo III’, featuring @masha-ny, @palitraone and @martini_glass

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-martini-show-me

Fluo III

Premiere: Martini ‘Show Me’

Across expansive dunes, endless footsteps mark the ancestral path, leading the way to the basilica of the Bedouin. A pilgrimage only taken every seventy years, their single living leader the slowest of the camp. Beneath the unforgiving Saharan sun, the only moisture for miles is the sweat which now evaporates from their skin like mist, clothes sticking to every crevice of the body. The nature of the journey is one of spirit; no room for cynicism when higher powers lead the charge.

Out on London-based Panel Audio, the label’s latest comes in the form of a remix release of their latest release, JV & Palf’s T4 EP. Across the four remixed tracks, each artist adds their own style to an already eclectic mix of originals. From more ominous ends of the techno spectrum to minimal dubstep, the release has something for everybody. Our pick is Pluralist’s take on ‘En Route’, a mirage of a track seething with Middle-Eastern promise, with syncopated drum fills and vocal samples littered throughout.

PREMIERE: JV & Palf - En Route (Pluralist Remix) [Panel]

Senegalese rhythms and UK club sounds come together in Basel-based producer Mafou's latest FWD transmissions track "Evom." Within, percussive elements playfully come and go, and hide and reappear around the main kick, before racing towards a towering crescendo. Strap in and take a listen to the EB exclusive from third and last instalment by the Somatic Rituals crew.

Read Mafou's full FWD Transmissions write up here: https://www.electronicbeats.net/fwd-transmissions-mafou-evom/

FWD Transmissions: Mafou - Evom

It's my birthday today, so what better way to celebrate it than bootlegging one of the greatest tunes ever made?!

https://pluralist.bandcamp.com/album/see-me-in-the-club-come-june-21st

See Me In The Club

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.

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PREMIERE: JV & Palf - En Route (Pluralist Remix) [Panel]

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