The wet mud and grit felt cold against his cheek. He tried to focus on this sensation, rather than the muffled shouts and jeers from behind him. Slowly and carefully, he heaved himself off the ground limb by limb, panting heavily as he swayed onto his feet. Straightening up, he looked them square in the eye. Disbelief and fear spread across the faces of these perpetrators. They didn't think they'd have this much of a fight on their hands. It didn't matter how hard their punches or how vicious their insults; nothing would keep him down...

After contributions to Volume 2 and 3 of their Of Paradise compilation series, the label of the same name have invited Nuremberg-based producer Lazarus back for his first full solo outing on the imprint. Downwards is a ride through futuristic techno and breakbeat; maneouvering from deep rhythms and stabs of percussion to bright melodies and ferocious drum patterns, with each track showcasing Lazurus' knack for texture, expanse and emotion.

@ofparadiserecords
@lazarus_nbg

PREMIERE: Lazarus - Downwards [Of Paradise]

Curating @fruit-salad-nl 🍎🍐🍊🍋🍓🍒🍑🍏🍌

A soft spoken personality with a musical vision and creativity that screams. Hear me, feel me, move with me. Ambu Bambu’s music tells emotional stories of wanting to belong, yet fated to a destiny of floating in between. Urgent and rhythmic, with the occasional moment of lightness and release, their selections and productions span realms from breakbeat and bass, to dubbed-out fuzziness and oddball house and techno tracks just weird enough to make you doubt their genres. 

Equipped with a style that is difficult to put a finger on, yet is ever so recognizable, their drop in the pond has become a waterfall. Their welcome appearance in the Dutch underground scene is illustrated by key performances at RAUM, Down The Rabbit Hole and POING. Explorations into scenes abroad have been made, with appearances in Brussels, Berlin, London, and their fully self-booked The Motherland Tour through China. At the same time, they’re tethering through residencies at @relateradio and @sisu_crew, showing a strong desire to connect wherever they go. 

UPCOMING
04-07-2025: The Beat mix
18-07-2025: podcast release
18-07-2025: Future Intel
30-07-2025: IsBurning x Social Hub Amsterdam pride b2b ZOBAYDA

02-08-2025: Los Angles x The Planet @ Tilla Tec (Amsterdam)
15-08-2025: Lowlands Armadillow b2b femboy slim
18-08-2025: fruit salad hybrid live ambient @ Noorderzon, Groningen

20-09-2025: tba

01-11-2025: tba

Bristol 4-8 December 2025

PAST HIGHLIGHTS
NETHERLANDS
ESNS - RAUM - ADE - Soenda - Herfstdrift - OOST - KopjeK - Thuishaven - POING - Down the Rabbit Hole - Milkshake - Onder de Radar - Paradigm - EKKO - TivoliVredenburg - Subcultuur - Tilla Tec - KABUL à GoGo - Perifest - Parish

EUROPE
Kiosk Radio (BE), Sisyphos (DE), Spanners (UK), Tallinn Music Week (EE)

CHINA
Groundless Factory - Ting - Foundation - 411 - byyb - Riff

// space age creation

>> selection & sound design 

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booking : contact@studionozu.com

Electronic music label from Croatia focused on releasing high vibrational frequencies, spreading 5D consciousness and embracing interconnectedness!
Run by @iggydope 
∞ Est. 2023 ∞
Demos welcome here 8therwerkz888@gmail.com

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.

Any inquiries: 💌 arnaudisdancing@gmail.com💌 

Emerging from the French electronic music scene, Arnaud is dancing has become a Bass and electro junkie with slaying track selections and music 
productions.
Throughout his journey, he produces nothing but masterful crafts of rave, trance and raw breaks. 
Hyperactive on the european scene, he has
caught the attention of international labels
such as Red Room Recordings, Expedition
Community, Foreign Frequencies, Computer
Love and Hess publica, releasing dancefloor
bangers between heavily programmed
basslines, blissful cyber-like acid leads, and
electro goodness.

Not only a producer, 
Arnaud is dancing is the co- founder and a resident Dj of MAUVE, 
a collective and event series based in France,
creating underground parties in clubs and
alternative venues. 
He recently become resident Dj of the Beirut and Paris based
collective Peach Puff Bass Unit.

Scouring the clubs of Europe and elsewhere, he
had the opportunity to perform at Panke in
Berlin, Ballroom blitz in Beirut, Sekta Selecta in
Krakow, Astropolis in Brest, Badaboum and
l'International in Paris, Macadam and Co2 club in
Nantes.
-- 2025 --
24/01/2025 - Ohm Town, Nantes
18/01/2025 - Lieu Unique, Nantes
11/01/2025 - Stock.1, Basel
-- 2024 --
07/12/2024 - Ohm Town, Nantes
15/11/2024 - 9b, Paris
05/11/2024 - Operator Radio, Rotterdam
12/10/2024 - Lieu Unique, Nantes
05/10/2024 - Peniche Mecanique, Strasbourg
19/09/2024 - Macadam, Nantes
07/09/2024 - Sala Taro, Barcelona
30/08/2024 - 44Tours, Nantes
24/08/2024 - Ohm Town, Nantes
17/08/2024 - Kiosq, Saint Nazaire
27/07/2024 - Ohm Town, Nantes
04/07/2024 - Le Sample, Paris
29/06/2024 - OHBE, Nantes
22/06/2024 - La Nouvelle Vague, Saint Malo
13/06/2024 - Macadam, Nantes
08/06/2024 - Cuicuite festival, Vendée
31/05/2024 - 44 Tours, Nantes
29/05/2024 - Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
11/05/2024 - Ferme de Quincé, Rennes
25/04/2024 - Askip, Nantes
20/04/2024 - Badaboum, Paris
18/04/2024 - Unité Centrale, Lyon
29/03/2024 - Panke, Berlin
24/03/2024 - Rinse, Paris
22/03/2024 - Macadam, Nantes
14/03/2024 - Askip, Nantes
09/03/2024 - Lieu Unique, Nantes
07/03/2024 - Decadanse, Nantes
16/02/2024 - Trempo, Nantes
24/01/2024 - Call Me TV, Nantes
13/01/2024 - L'international, Paris
05/01/2024 - Sekta Selekta, Krakow