Sirr TMO makes his Fade To Mind debut with a 6-track release: a perfect fit for the label's forward-facing club music identity.

She took me by the hand and led me through corridors of chipped red paint, stained carpets and iridescent decorations which reflected back the image of rotting lampshades and net curtains. Despite its unkemptness, this didn't seem like a place suffering from neglect. Instead, its appearance seemed to be purposeful, each patch of mould deliberate. Despite its strangeness I felt at home.

Following previous releases on Hyperdub and Teklife, LSD LAKESHORE DRIVE sees Sirr TMO take a step back from the footwork and juke iterations native to his homeland, Chicago. Nonetheless, the impact of the city's fertile music scene abides, this time taking shape in deep, squelchy low-ends (a la DJ Rush) and chopped 'n' screwed vocals (a la DJ Deeon).

He asserts: “I know the legends from the past generations. I work to push new boundaries while working from where they set the standard. Passing on their legacy is extremely important to me.”

Each track oozes sex appeal, teased out by low-pass-filtered pads and vogue-indebted claps. Our pick 'House Muzik' represents the EP at its most camp, with an ostentatious beat that squeals for attention underneath hi-hat workouts and vocals which sounds like they've been pulled from a footwork track.

LSD LAKESHORE DRIVE

PREMIERE: Sirr TMO - House Muzik [Fade To Mind]

There was a flickering glow which dazzled and sparkled atop the water of the lake. The last of the summer sunlight was beaming down warm and hot on the open expanse as swimmers took deep breaths and swam in what would be the last of the season.

It was magical up here in the mountains, some called it a zen like paradise. He’d spent many months here, sat by the side of the lake, sketching and drawing the sights and things he saw before him.

Never had he imagined that it might all come to an end quite so quickly for soon he would be back home amongst the tall buildings and the concrete constabulary.
 
Ozel AB is a producer who has released an array of forward thinking electronic and club focussed EP’s on the likes of Workshop, Lobster Theremin and Third Ear.

Now he is launching his own record label, an opportunity for him to showcase recent material and explore new sounds. The first EP features four tracks, with this being the A1 taken from the record.

Ozel AB 001

PREMIERE: Ozel AB - Zeen

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Introducing London-based producer An Avrin to the Erbium roster; a sludged down detour from his more familiar high-octane productions, packaged together in a mind melting 5-track EP.

Inspired by early explorations beyond Earth's atmosphere, the Laika EP deconstructs the downtempo regions of the electronic spectrum, utilising space, bass and cosmic FXs to create heavy yet transcendental energies.

Rounding off the release, Nova Cheq steps in with a remix to appease those looking for that speedy fix, a relentless and unfurling number reminiscent of techno's primordial era.

Tracklist: 

1. Vacuum
2. Waved Length
3. LIGO
4. ISRU
5. Waved Length (Nova Cheq Remix)

PREMIERE: An Avrin - LIGO [Erbium Records]

Driving through the city at night he felt free. The roads were clear, the lights low and barely a sound could be heard: the streets belonged to him and no-one else. For hours he'd snake through the city, feeling the wind in his hair, before taking his journey on to the highways and putting pedal to the metal. It was his adult playground, it granted him an escape that little else could. When he fired up the engine, he awakened his inner child...

Glasgow's LWS has been catching the ear of tastemakers since he started making his percussive and drum-heavy bass cuts. The up-and-coming producer has already made pitstops at labels like Tdsr, Eyeangle Records and MELD, as well as launching his own Matrice Recordings which started life at the beginning of this year. Now he keeps it local again with a debut on Redstone Press, a label who have been making similar waves to the young producer. Hot on the heels of their fourth release with Henry Greenleaf, they draft in LWS for his Aerosol EP, a collection of leftfield bass tracks that range from high energy workouts to wonky chugging grooves. The release is available as a special limited run of 100 records, which are not to be slept on...

Aerosol EP (RED005)

PREMIERE: LWS - Rev Up [Redstone Press]

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@Lyderlyderlyder, a trio of Münich-based musicians composed of Lindsey Wang (@Polygonia), Niklas Bühler (@delusionalcircuits) and Moritz Stahl (@odizouu), take inspiration from their diverse musical backgrounds for their debut EP on @Jazz-O-Tech. In our feature, the band share their thoughts and experiences in writing music.

Vivacity EP

Lyder - Helichrysum [Jazz-O-Tech]

Like meeting an old friend again, Dalmata Daniel welcomes DJ Overdose back to their catalog. Six years ago the infamous Dutchman’s ’05 Poly 800 Loop’ EP was released, which served as a powerful launch to Dalmata Daniel, opening the first chapter in their story. Later in 2019, a split release with Sematic4 was also a highlight in the life of the label; and now, 3 years later, DJ Overdose checks in with the ‘Powers of Ten EP’ with a J. Mono remix, available both in digital and vinyl format, the latter having 2 bonus tracks.

The distinct, crunchy sound of DJ Overdose, bearing aspects of old school hip-hop-infused sampling and contemporary analog vibes creates the perfect blend of both worlds. ‘Garden of Lust’ opens up the adventure with a combo of warm basslines and solid drum-programming. This initial track feeds us these cardinal elements as the bread and butter they are: subtle variations and fine spices do appear here and there as the track goes along, but the key, beating pulse in ‘Garden of Lust’ brings massive hits stable as a sledgehammer in the hands of a blacksmith.

‘Feed The Beats’ elevates the game to cinematic territories: its majestic string-like central melody makes me alert and ablaze, making me feel like I’m in a late 80s L.A. setting facing malevolent zombie-aliens in my Wayfarer shades. Blasting beats and Carpenterian coolness all over the place, while the spooky bassline just keeps sneaking up on me endlessly.

If you are wondering when’s the best time of the year to bring out your boombox at last, then this is your lucky day: with ’BOB’, the first bonus track on the vinyl, we can experience some roarin’ bassdrums, snappy snares, MCs with the speed of light and all that jazz. The low-bit sampling and vinyl scratching come and kick you right in the face so hard that it becomes pretty obvious you’ll can’t help but start some serious beatbox battles in your bathtub with your rubber duck.

A feverish groove in the prime time of a funky bash, in the haze of a sensual rave-up: that’s all one really wants when going for a Saturday night out. We definitely get this and much more from ‘Room 714’, another vinyl-only bonus track. A berserk voice and ethereal chords guide us through this mysterious track, but while we are busy trying to impress our crushes on the dance floor, things around us are slowly getting very, very freaky, maybe a bit way too freaky.

As wobbly and jolly as it gets, our Dutch friend ends his session with ‘Ðr ¡v€ M€ ¢r@z¥’, a vocoder-heavy disco banger, full of merry vocal FX and smart rhythmic glitches as he completes his flight. To close the EP, our local hero, J. Mono delivers an insane remix of ‘Ðr ¡v€ M€ ¢r@z¥’: one can clearly imagine how he grabs and turns the BPM knob all the way up, fires up some arpeggios on his mighty synths and casts a complete reimagination of the original track.

Powers Of Ten EP

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PREMIERE : DJ  Overdose - Ðr¡v€ M€ ¢r@z¥ (J. Mono Remix)

Big 5 track EP from Crossover Network featuring acid drenched electro break with Buzz Kill on remix duties.

PREMIERE : Crossover Network - Cultural Abyss

Leck Meine Bahn - they are back! These two space cadets bring back home some heavy radiated elements from outer space. After a two year odyssey, they return back to mother earth with an insane Live Set (Backslash Festival 2022) and a Battery Point EP full of blasting fusion energy. Their musical capsule comes packed with new textures, mixed up with an unholy but tasty reduction of Jungle and Trance substances melting with a fusion of Bass Music and industrial space chugs.
This cosmologic sound match is leading to a new co-dependency between gravity and bass. Their enigmatic grooves are ponderous yet playful and every alien ear which listened to this intergalactic call so far, could not escape this quirky dance atmosphere. Brainwaves music commanders aka LMB are Estebahn and Yolek and this composition is their second EP which results to an extension of new boundaries in our further rave solar system. Including two massive remixes by Jan Loup and Nuevo Prohibido to beam up every sort of flesh to the the next bass portal. Space alert!
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PREMIERE : LMB - Battery Point

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What I Need (Original Mix) - Collaborama

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