Out April 16th

Naarm (Melbourne) based collective Butter Sessions celebrate over a decade in business with an extensive glossary of talented friends and affiliates pressed on a three-part compilation series. The label has always held the community closest, as exemplified by the 20+ artists featured over the three releases. Each 12” presents a grand soundscape anchored into the tenebrous energy of the dancefloor, with its inquisitive electronics and fierce pulse. If there was a definition for the Butter Sessions sound of ten years in the making, the answer lies here. 

The final compilation in the series commences with Time, a masterful blend of mid-tempo digi-dub and two step. Mosam Howieson gifts us Influx, a thick and hazy wedge of techno and Canada’s D. Tiffany serves up the mechanic and restless techno on a knife's edge in Cast the Trance. Ben Fester delivers Tumbo Rumblin, a leftfield slice of intergalactic electronics. Meanwhile, Furious Frank presents the electro and acid charged Blue Light while Makeda plays with genre expectations with the experimental composition Fable. Finally, the record's conclusion is Doordrms by Ben Keynes; dipping in tempo with acid drops, resulting in thoughtful IDM nuances.

Mastered by C. Kikos
Design by Lloyd Mst & James Vinciguerra

A1. Time - Turner Street Sound

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/dyslecta
Track: Engram
Label: https://soundcloud.com/outofsortsbristol
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital VA
Release date: 21/5/21
Purchase: https://outofsortsrecs.bandcamp.com/

Blurring the lines between UK techno, bass and breakbeat, Out of Sorts present their first release, The Crescent VA. Despite being newcomers on the scene, the Bristol-based label pulls in five artists who are by no means newcomers themselves. Dyslecta teams up with the label after a string of releases this year on Dim Sum, Gated Recordings and Ape-X. Heading up the B-side, Engram is a bouncy, ryhthmic affair packed with intricate percussion, rich sub-bass and vocals that wouldn't go amiss in the heights of the rave era. 
With Dyslecta joining artists Will Hofbauer, An Avrin, Bobo and Farr on this VA, this track sets the pace for the rest of the release. With pre-orders available now ahead of the full limited press release on 21st May, this is a release that isn't set to stick around for long. Head over to the Out of Sorts bandcamp to grab yourself a copy.

The Crescent VA

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PREMIERE | Dyslecta - Engram [Out Of Sorts] 2021

ZDS - Guided Fragmentation

Melbourne's most militant sonic futurist Hedchef deviates slightly from his alien electro mission to unleash a proggy, breaky, trancey anthem that seduces you into a 'Perpetual Loop'. Jerky polymetric synth patterns glide over crushed breakbeats and ethereal synth work to bring a considered yet focused dancefloor weapon.

Hedchef is a Melbourne-based producer and DJ originally from Oxford, UK, where he’s affiliated with labels Fly By Night and Circular Jaw; and runs his very own show with Threads Radio. He’s had a slew of head-stomping releases with Ecke Records, Left Right + Centre, Cyber Domain and more, with his own seismic brand of jagged electro, broken techno and UK bass.

To celebrate the end of 2021 and Spinning Around's first year in action, Highly Minogue has invited a number of this year's guests to contribute to a new charity compilation. The compilation features new original productions from each artist, with all proceeds going directly to Australian First Nations organisations - including Pay The Rent and the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service - causes Highly feels strongly about after the loss of his best friend back in 2014.

Buy link:
https://spinningaround.bandcamp.com/

Hedchef:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hedchef
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hedchef303/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hedchefmusic/
Bandcamp: https://hedchef.bandcamp.com/

Spinning Around:
Website: https://www.area3000.radio/regulars/spinning-around
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Bp0tN8orxOBHB4nGpcZGa
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/area3000/sets/spinning-around

PREMIERE: Hedchef - Perpetual Loop (Joyless Stimulation Mix) [Spinning Around]

Mysterious supergroup Protect Ryan (@protectryan) make their HOMAGE debut with the 'Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed' EP, featuring four original rave bangers paired with remixes from five of the scene's most trusted underground producers. 

Protect Ryan unites three friends (all veteran producers) that first came together through their shared love of '90s rave culture. Their debut EP arrived on DJ Die's GutterFunk label and introduced the world to their distinct ethos, producing club-ready cuts that inject the dancefloor with big energy. Now they expand on their story with the purest form of their dynamic sound, the 'Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed' EP on HOMAGE. 

Leading off with 'Bro Magnum', Protect Ryan launch into an all-out assault of banging breakbeats and growling bass before a squelching acid line takes over. Then comes 'Liam Features', a track also forthcoming on TSHA's fabric presents compilation, which follows with more rouged rhythms paired with playful stabs transporting listeners back to the golden age of rave. Next is 'Senhor Whep' and its nostalgic drum breaks that lay the foundation for an absolutely naughty acid line building into peak time euphoria. Finally, rounding out the Protect Ryan originals is 'Unfinished BTEC' delivering the trio's most refined sound, with tight percussion and chopped vocals stacked on top of a smooth, deep, and emotive bass line. 

While the originals are enough to satisfy anyone's thirst for rave-ready anthems, the release is complete with a staggering collection of remixes. Building on the energy that was already laid out, Apparition (@apparition-noise) speeds up the bpm with their version of 'Bro Magnum' for a hyper bass banger. Then Club Glow's own Denham Audio (@denhamaudio) takes on 'Liam Features' with his signature breakbeat NRG before Boulderhead (@boulderheaduk) flips the same track into a bumping house cut highlighting the original's infectious bassline. Finishing off the release are two remixes of 'Unfinished BTEC', first by HOMAGE label co-founder Ryan Clover (@ryanclover) who's hard-hitting version highlights the deep squelchy bass and chopped percussion while Davis Galvin (@davisgalvin) delivers a sublime and ethereal downtempo chugger.

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HOMAGE017 // Protect Ryan - Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed

Typeless. Undefinable. Divergent. The adjectives used to describe musical anatomy and direction are irrevocably inexhaustible, but as sure as the sun will rise again, we will remain Typeless. We’ve spent the days regrouping, realigning and now we finally can release a record that is dear to us and has simply been a ridiculously long time coming.
The ascension of Viers is well charted, and having already played a part in that indomitable sonic crusade we once again submit to his gripping vibrations as he distils them into safe and consumable formats distinguishable to the human ear. The man is untethered and the tunes are disrespectful. We are unapologetic.
6 tracks and no punches pulled, the bruising of egos and maybe some self-assuredness is at hand. Smashed veneers everywhere no thanks to Viers. Now watch out for the title track, underpinned by devastating kicks and exacerbated by gritty chords, it is befitting of soundtrack to a subterranean aesthetic. Next comes ‘Floris’, an IDM-inclined electro journey, but with the originality and added peculiarities of a limitless entity. Track 3 is ‘Hidden Bone’ and it is almost inexplicable. Shuddering percussion and erratic mechanoid modulations combine to somehow cause an oddly beautiful chaos. ‘Running’ comes in pummelling, the weighty break and modulated keys create a prismic heat ensuring ceaseless head-nodding and heavy breathing. Now, do you hear 140? ‘Tell Me’ is the low-slung bass-weight weapon you forgot you needed. Holiday in the mind of a former you and don’t forget to buss’ it. Closing the show is ‘Feeling Like This’, with its experimental glaze and mercurial patterns somewhat blurring the imposing lines between classic AFX and the Night Slugs era.
Give your brain the ride of its life and get Viers between your ears. Typeless is back and you can’t even believe it, but you have to because these words in a row are telling you to.

Artist: Viers
Title: Summoning Salt
Label: Typeless Records
Cat No: TPLS005
Format: 12” Vinyl & Digital

Tracklist:
A1. Summoning Salt
A2. Floris
A3. Hidden Bone
B1. Running
B2. Tell Me
B3. Feeling Like This

Distributed by Subwax.
Artwork by Jay Vaz.
PR text by Harry Wootten.
Mastering by Cirrus Audio.
Pressings by R.A.N.D.

OUT NOW

Viers - 'Summoning Salt' [TPLS005]

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Hot on the heels of their 5th record, Parisian imprint @3FeetDeepRecords are about to release an EP by co-founder Pépé Elle (@ppplprod). The artist returns to the label following an appearance on their most recent compilation where he delivered a certified party starter called ‘Raw’.

Pépé Elle - Twisted [3 Feet Deep]

Typeless. Undefinable. Divergent. The adjectives used to describe musical anatomy and direction are irrevocably inexhaustible, but as sure as the sun will rise again, we will remain Typeless. We’ve spent the days regrouping, realigning and now we finally can release a record that is dear to us and has simply been a ridiculously long time coming. 

The ascension of Viers is well charted, and having already played a part in that indomitable sonic crusade we once again submit to his gripping vibrations as he distils them into safe and consumable formats distinguishable to the human ear. The man is untethered and the tunes are disrespectful. We are unapologetic. 6 tracks and no punches pulled, the bruising of egos and maybe some self-assuredness is at hand. Smashed veneers everywhere no thanks to Viers. 

Viers
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/viers
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hokkaidodanceclub
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viers__/

Typeless
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/typelessrecords
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/typelessrecords
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/typelessrecords/

PREMIERE: Viers - Running (Typeless)

Center v2 - 5 21 24, 8.15 PM

Mala

They hurtled down the motorway at full speed, the entire car bundled with bodies tightly packed in like sardines. Occasionally a head would pop out of the sun roof to bask in the breeze, followed by a lit cigarette butt darting out of the open window. The chatter grew louder as they took the next junction and began to near their destination, with each and everyone throwing in their two cents about missed turnings or short cuts. But soon enough the distant pulsing kicks were the only compass they needed.

Back at it again, Bristol's Banoffee Pies Records share the 13th release in their original series, this time in the form of a V/A called Common Ground. Bringing together four artists, including Interplanetary Criminal, Sourpuss, Hartta and our pick from one of Space Cadets, Lisene, the release is comprises on a batch of 150bpm+ cuts that tip the hat to their formative inspirations and early musical journeys. Split into two different moods of liquidity, each side moves through influences in Drum & Bass, Jungle, Liquid and UKG, harking back to the UK's early rave days.

PREMIERE: Lisene - Class Of '92 [Banoffee Pies Records]

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: Lisene - Class Of '92 [Banoffee Pies Records]

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