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Esa joins the Dekmantel ranks with his Aweh EP, which employs traditional Gogo vocals and modern kwaito beats while paying homage to Cape Town’s 1990s importer of early house music. ‘Rent-A-Disc’ on the B-side takes its name from the aforementioned music outlet, which was a key source of music discovery for Esa's father.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/05/16/premiere-esa-rent-a-disc/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/rent-a-disc

Listen on Youtube

Esa - Rent-A-Disc (STW Premiere)

The door slammed leaving a resounding echo within the empty halls of the house. Upstairs she lay on the bed pondering what on earth had gone wrong and why it was that she was never good enough. Outside the cold wind howled, it was as if winter were out to get her let alone her own personal life. Rain lashed against the window with a dull thud, what would have been a usually comforting sound became a repetitive reminder of the empty world outside and that of which she had lost. 

Lay-Far steps up to release a stellar EP on In-Beat-Ween Music featuring the collaborative vocals of Stee Downes. This one has been supported widely with the likes of Mark Seven, Gilles Peterson and more all behind it.

Never Good Enough For You

PREMIERE: Lay-Far - Never Good Enough For You feat. Stee Downes [In-Beat-Ween Music]

Family Grooves EP

Marcel Lune - Unknownz

Another super groovy tune from Jad & The (@jad-lee). Layers of synths cascade over a tight 808 kick, underpinned by a conga rhythm and multiple synth licks. 

Support Dominica here, where Hurricane Maria rendered 90% of the population without a roof: https://wearerhythmsection.bandcamp.com/album/compilation-for-dominica

Compilation For Dominica

Buy/ hear whole EP now

Jad & The - Sweet Sensual Onion Layers

Dutch deep house producer has a wonderful new EP coming out on the native Dievegge label. Three tracks of deep & wobbly disco with us grabbing the funkiest of the bunch 'The Great Escape'. Based around the famous Fatback bassline, Ouvrijster adds in some big gated chord stabs, doubles down on the disco drums and cuts up some clever vocal play. Heavy Max Graef vibes on this we feel.

Artist: @ouvrijster
Label: @dievegge

SB PREMIERE: Ouvrijster - The Great Escape [Dievegge Recordings]

Sophisticated, Classical, Jazz and Ethnic oriented electronic music.

LIMITED PREMIERE: Zen in Space - Jannali

Follow the Artists

// Artist: Zen in Space
// Soundcloud: @zeninspace

Follow the Label

// Label: Pharmaceutical Audio
// Soundcloud: @pharmaceuticalaudio
// Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pharmaceuticalaudio
// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pharmaceuticalaudio
// Bandcamp: https://pharmaceuticalaudio.bandcamp.com
// Web: https://pharma.org.au

About the Release

// Release date: 13th March 2020
// Format: Digital
// Buy: https://pharmaceuticalaudio.bandcamp.com/album/earth-tones-phrm006

//Release text:

Nomadic producer Zen in Space releases LP Earth Tones, following two consecutively sold-out 12” releases on Moonshoe [MSH003] and Post Pluto [PPC001].

The warm & lush textures of Earth Tones were produced over 2 years with inspiration taken across Australia’s vast & captivating landscape. Here, we hear an array of sounds from ambient to downtempo, as well as experimental electronic. Earth Tones features various live instrumentation, analogue synthesis, drum machines and exotic rainforest, outback & wilderness field recordings; captured throughout Australia’s rich landscapes.

Zen took big inspiration from artists such as Four Tet, Boards of Canada, Floating Points, and J Dilla in creation of this project. Earth Tones aims to encapsulate the intense beauty of natural earth in all its shapes and forms, and the value we must give to its diverse landscapes & life. 

Earth Tones hopes to bring attention to the value & significance in preserving & respecting natural ecosystems & their deeply delicate & ancient systems.

Listen on YouTube:

// YouTube: https://youtu.be/nA7Mlw2UiWk

Follow Ltd, W/Lbl

Web: ltdwlbl.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ltdwlbl
SoundCloud: @ltdwlbl
Bandcamp: ltdwlbl.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ltdwlbl

For premiere requests please write us an email to mail@ltdwlbl.com

music merch Earth Tones

LIMITED PREMIERE: Zen in Space - Jannali

Ventil by Third Attempt is a nice Jazzy House track with a cool breakbeat! Enjoy

World Is Too Loud

Premiere - Third attempt - Ventil

quintessentials 70: nenor - carefree ep
12"/digital out early/mid april

Is Nenor (or perviously Obas Nenor) Tel Aviv’s best kept secret? We don’t know yet, but we will find out some day. What we know is that Nenor has a small but very impressive list of labels that he already released for: Strictly Rhythm, Moodymann’s Mahogani Music and Detroits Swindle’s Heist Recordings to name the elite ones! The „Carefree EP“ is another strong release to be added to his discography. „Your love is mine“ is a splendid builder of a track feat another talent, Omri Smadar. More great basslines, crafty rhythms and sweet vocals on the flip side with two equal impressive cuts, „Carefree“ and „December day“. Keep an eye on Nenor!

quintessentials 70: nenor - december day

Nice slow house by DCM on @back_door_records 

Enjoy it under the sun!"

https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/collections/pre-orders-coming-soon/products/dcm-moore-street-ep

Premiere - DCM - Moore

Atlantic Journey EP
CBR001
Available everywhere
on October 30th 2020

We are delighted to share our first Atlantic Journey EP, a 4 tracker cooked with Soulful emotions, natural sounds, atmospheric dreamy vibes and hypnotic grooves.

All tracks written and produced by
@toolatemusicrightintime & @basstoast
Mastered by Perception Mastering
Artwork by Alexandre Bastos

Atlantic Journey EP - CBR001 Preview

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