Jozef K returns with Meltdown, four tracks from the edges of techno and deep house, 
balancing futuristic textures with depth and atmosphere. 

Meltdown opens with UKG-infused dystopian techno – heavy, propulsive, and precise. 
Strikes & Gutters follows with bright, evocative energy. Passion is dense and brooding, 
with low-end weight and a haunted piano melody. Closing track Shimmer 2096 is 
futuristic deep house, built around Blade Runner-style synths and rough, hazy textures. 

https://dreamingforever.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/jozef-k
https://soundcloud.com/dreaming-forever-1360033

https://www.instagram.com/dreaming__forever

PREMIERE: Jozef K - Meltdown [Dreaming Forever]

@twerkingclassheros - Backscatter
Label - @oronegro

All Sinchi premieres available on 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SinchiMusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFrzl9itGooHqItGFG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sinchicollective
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sinchicollective/sets/sinchi-exclusives

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE - Twerking Class Heroes - Backscatter (Oro Negro)

https://soundcloud.com/corneliusdoctor https://soundcloud.com/tushen_rai https://soundcloud.com/hardfist 
🛒 https://hardfist.bandcamp.com/album/where-is-acid-eric
🔊 https://youtu.be/Bnk-_ybKbfY

Some records are answers to questions no one asked out loud. With Where is Acid Eric, Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Raï deliver a psychedelic missive from a parallel timeline — a time-traveling tribute to Goa’s golden age, filtered through their unmistakable signature.

PREMIERE: Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Raï - Anjuna's Moonlight [Hard Fist]

Post-punk provocateur Autumns has been catapulting angular weapons over the ramparts since 2014…

Carving out a fierce reputation across labels like Downwards, Opal Tapes, iDEAL Recordings and DKA Records. Christian Donaghey’s relentless live show has seen him tour worldwide alongside Veronica Vasicka, Silent Servant, and Wire, delivering workouts that pummel those lower frequencies into submission.

 
Now, as he joins Ransom Note with the ferocious EP ‘Through the Construction of Grace’ EP, the “lanky, ginger man from Derry” offers up a mix that captures his intuitive approach to music-making. Recorded in his bedroom, it’s a journey through the sounds that have shaped Autumns’ “awful attempts at ripping off every bit of music that I like” from DJ Hell & Alan Vega collaborations to deep Post-Punk in Dub territory.

It’s confusing, distorted vocals and atonal blasts that taste like marmalade, and moves with the scrappy resourcefulness of a raccoon.

Worry less. Listen intuitively.

Let’s get go… 
INTERVIEW: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/autumns-the-ransom-note-mix/

Tracklist:

The Pop Group – Blood Money (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Le Prince Harry – Sea of Trees (Autumns Remix)
Autumns – The Unfortunate Touch
Internal N.Y. Rhythms – Poli Ritmo
Shkema – Seilai
MLiR & Velmondo – Hokhmah
Civilistjavel x Mayssa Jallad – Bynana (Version)
A Certain Ratio – Genotype.Phenotype
Froid Dub – Tears Maker (Vacant Heads Remix)
Hell & Alan Vega – Listen To The Hiss
Black Bones & Autumns – Cruising
SPK – Napalm (Terminal Patient)
23 Skidoo – Just Like Everybody
Reducer – Sensaround Dub
Autumns – Trolley Coin

@autumns

INTERVIEW

Autumns - The Ransom Note Mix

After a series of reworks as varied as they are danceable, https://soundcloud.com/disco-bagarre presents The Jungle Sound of Death, an original double-sided single. A-side, a dark disco track bewitched by some disturbing howler monkeys, where the voice is sometimes cavernous and prophetic, sometimes blown into an almost ritualistic melody. As a B-side, a house version of the track made for those who feel inspired to dance one last time to this "jungle sound of death"

https://soundcloud.com/disco-bagarre
https://www.instagram.com/discobagarre/

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Disco Bagarre - The Jungle Sound Of Death

A dizzying mix of airlock futurism, subliminal atmospheres, and high-res sonic environments.

https://www.instagram.com/kamran_sadeghi_official

Ritual Signal with Kamran Sadeghi @ The Lot Radio 12-05-2025

Recording of The Blessed Madonna's set at Lentekabinet 2025.

The Blessed Madonna at Lentekabinet 2025

Opening with a sample from The Whispers’ timeless ‘And the Beat Goes On’, this track layers two breakbeats over one another to create a dynamic percussive base. With its acid bassline and stereo sound effects, the tune feels constantly shifting, evolving, and hypnotic.

Follow
https://soundcloud.com/all-that-djazz

Buy
https://allthatdjazz.bandcamp.com/album/tantric-acid-vol-ii-and-opening-tracks-for-floating-points-extra-crunch-mixes-only

Bandcamp

NEW HIT: DJazz - The Beat Goes on and on (Extra Crunch Mix) [All That DJazz]

Lauer -  Quatro (ITALO MODERNI)

The Leisure System co-founder talks psychology, behavioral science and his standout album of the year, Stochastic Drift.

Sam Barker's influence on contemporary electronic music culture spans many levels—not only as a producer and DJ pushing against traditional genre boundaries, but also as key figure behind the scenes as head of the label Leisure System. He came into RA HQ to talk about the central thesis in his current work: exploring organic, human timing in a genre that has become increasingly obsessed with mechanized grids. 

The Berlin-based artist tells us about how he puts this theory into practice in his standout album of the year, Stochastic Drift, and his recent collaborative project with saxophonist Bendik Giske. Beyond the technical, he also reflects on the evolution of the Berlin scene, the surprising arguments for liberation in the streaming economy and the role of art in imagining a utopian future. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.786 Barker

There was a hazy glow to the autumn sky - it wasn't beautiful but haunting and challenging upon the eye. Cycling along the brittle concrete streets his treads left a little scuff and scaff upon the pavement, at least they represented his small existence. He wondered how far he might be able to ride through the night before he became lost and missed. Back home there was little hope of a future but when he rode under the shade of the clouds and the trees he felt free and easy. His bike was his world...

Lrusse is set to release a new EP on Curve Records - a broken beat affair which packs a punch. The EP is titled "Planned Cities" and blurs the lines between moodier heady electronics and that for the dancefloor.

@lrusse @curverecs

Planned Cities EP

PREMIERE: Lrusse - Scaff [Curve 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.

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