L/F/D/M is a purveyor of no-nonsense aural excursions. His latest release on CGI Records does nothing to disprove this wonderous fact. There's a straight-to-the-point attitude to the music which lets you know exactly what his intentions for your listening pleasure are in a matter of seconds.

If he were to be engaged in some kind of martial arts face-off this may be a bit of a problem - he lays his cards out on the table instantly and gives the game away to their opponents, allowing them to mount a counter attack pretty sharpish. However, this isn't martial arts, this is music - right? - and the security that these sounds offer your ears is as fulfilling as a cleansing cotton bud.

Go on, give it a spin. We think you'll like it

PREMIERE: L/F/D/M - Heavy Clouds

Live from Du Beast: for the next two hours, Zillas on Acid are serving up a feast for your ears.

Zillas on Acid [11.8.25]

From the Lock Tavern via The Gun to spoons…

Family Silver are Mr Nick ‘The Gun’ Stephens and Casper ‘Volte Face’ Clark.

Nick was the publican at The Gun, a much-loved Hackney institution that recently closed its doors – more on that here for those who have been living under a rock. Nick’s excellent Netil radio show can also be found here.


 
Casper, is based in Clapton and was the music programmer for Camden institution The Lock Tavern where our paths originally crossed – most of the time being kicked out whilst DJing. Casper’s shared stages with Justice, Jeff Mills, Helena Hauff, Daniel Avery and many more and is also known for his long-running BleeD events via which he collaborated with labels like Blackest Ever Black, PAN and Downwards. Both share a love for “v lo-fi early eighties sound, kosmische, post-punk and scuzzy electronics,” with Nick’s influences ranging from 80s TV themes and Giorgio Moroder to The KLF, while Casper was shaped in his youth by electronic acts like Leftfield, Underworld, and William Orbit with DJ Hell’s International Deejay Gigolo Records becoming a huge influence later on.

Their sound sits between post-punk and the electronic… so with that in mind let’s give it a listen shall we?

Handily via the wonder of a recording  from this year’s Field Maneuvers where they opened The Gun’s stage.

Listen and read the interview here: 
https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/line-out-family-silver-live-sputnik-field-manuevers-2025/

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INTERVIEW

Line Out: Family Silver Live @ Sputnik, Field Manuevers 2025

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The Breakfast Show - Stella Zekri - 22 Aug 2025

"I wanted to record a set with faster pace and a higher energy and I had put together a playlist with recent favourites in that category - but when I started recording, the tracks I had gathered didn't really fit the vibe at that moment (mainly because I was recording in a studio and not at a party) so I dug into other folders and made some spontaneous choices. 
the mix still became energetic and pacey but more suited to the listening experience."

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Mantissa Mix 371: Sam Goku

Mantra ๒ is presented by fellow space cat @freybenedikt. He describes this mix as one “For the Birds and the Trees” and we couldn’t agree more.

Listen and dream. here, music is the medicine.

Mantra ๒ Benedikt Frey

Pass The Time w/ Matt Cowell - Aaja channel 2 - 16 08 25

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Voyage De Lux w/ Alex Downey - 27.08.25

Upfront the official release on September 19th.

Hot seducers. Two of them. On one 7inch. A/B Side business, hard to choose a fav, as both so fab. The A-Side is called “Happen”. It comes from prolific Tokyo based DJ and producer Hoshina Anniversary. A simple drum machine groove, a manic melody, witching siren sounds, psychedelic voices, some soft chords, and soulful high-pitched singing, somewhere between Dam-Funk coolness and Ian Svenonius- The-Make-Up sixties pop longing. One for warm sexy nights under neon lights. Out there in psychic realms. The flip brings a Dolphins interpretation. Yes, that feverish trio behind R.i.O., consisting of Nadia D'Alò, Benedikt Frey and Menqui. Their freshly recorded version comes with haunting nonchalant singing, displaying the tunes core melody as a more prominent actor of the play. Michael-Mann-Pop- Nostalgia with a baroque touch, that waves dark-ish. Even some Jon Hassle feeling is in there. Hoshina Anniversary disclosed, that the original song is inspired by jazz musicians like Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius and Keith Jarrett. None of them is directly stylistically audible. But their kind of blue is all over. On the A as well as on the B. Twice soul music for the free.

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Distribution digitally Muting The Noise & physically Wordandsound

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Hoshina Anniversary - Happen (Dolphins Remix)

SPEK / Siblings / Kiosk Radio - Antwerp native, Brussels based dj, Sixsixsixties is a co-founder of the SPEK and Siblings party series, and a Kiosk Radio resident since the beginning.

Sixsixsixties @ Kiosk Radio 29.08.2025

Psychedelic Techno grooves from The Great Beyond co-founder and head of Enemy Records.

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Dustin Zahn @ The Lot Radio 08-29-2025

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