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Perdu - Vague Behaviour

Uplifting and rhythmic house sounds from Dampé landing on FINA Records. Next up on Fina Records is the 'Sleet' EP from Dampé - the solo project of Joe Munday, a producer and DJ from South London.  The four track release is arguably his most immediate, deep and dance floor focused project yet, including a collaboration with Narotam Horn. We're premiering the title track in full today - 'Sleet' closes the record with some rolling house pieced together from tape samples, acid baselines and a growling Vermona DDR.

Buy: https://finarecords.bandcamp.com/album/damp-sleet-ep-fina033

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Premiere: Dampé - Sleet [FINA Records]

Download/Stream >> https://fanlink.to/the_weight_of_uncertainty

Having already impressed via a slew of releases for Correspondant, Live At Robert Johnson and his own Biologic Records, DC Salas tees up an impressive release for Futureboogie.  ‘The Weight Of Uncertainty’ EP illustrates the suave sounds that the Brussels born producer has become noted for, and comes backed with a remix from the supremely talented and always on-point I:Cube.

In its original mix, ‘The Weight Of Uncertainty’ dips into a smorgasbord of sound, as touches of Belgian New Beat slide on up against balearic disco tropes for a spectacular body & soul workout.  The legendary French disco architect and Versatile Records mainstay, I:Cube, floats in on a little fluffy cloud for a terrific ambient dance version, fuelled by the kind of IDM brain scrambling sounds once present in the DNA of producers like Carl Craig, B12, Black Dog and Autechre.

On his two other originals, DC Salas gets raw and grungy on ‘Gliding Sound’, its distorted edge adding to the drama composed by the heavy hitting synth lines and the gnarly percussive pattern, whilst ‘They Don’t See It’ introduces some dark acid elements to the chugging rhythm and steely hi-hats anchoring the tracks off-kilter melodies.

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DC Salas - Gliding Future [clip]

It had been a week of relentless flowers, cards and romantic gestures; most of which had been hastily disposed of. She no longer wanted to be reminded of the events that had led them to this point, yet these olive branches kept coming. But they were having the adverse effect - the higher the quantity, the more annoyed she became. The damage had been done and no matter the efforts now, it was not enough.

She may have come to notoriety through Floorplan, her DJ and production partnership with her father Robert hood, but Lyric has now firmly cemented herself as a talented producer in her own right. Released via Hood's own imprint M-Plant, her first solo work came in 2019 with the double-header ‘Nineteen / 11:11’, followed by another two tracker last year, ‘Everything / Social Distance’. Now she's returning for her hat-trick on the label: two cuts, 'Not Enough' and 'Praise You', which marry her personal tastes in techno and house with echoes of her production work as Floorplan.

Not Enough / Praise Up

PREMIERE: Lyric - Not Enough [M-Plant]

Following up to their latest EP, “Elif”, Dutch duo Amy Root return to Reflektor with their anticipated new release, “Ava”. Recorded on the island of Texel, off the Netherlands’ North Sea coast - which endowed them with the time and space to focus solely on music and nothing else, this new five-tracker spans the widest part of Amy Root’s broad scope of inspirations and, in this case, most specifically five paintings by great British artist, Joseph Mallord William Turner. Known for his tormented seascapes and borderline-abstract approach to depictions of natural vistas, Turner’s pieces pushed Lukas and Sjoerd to translate his hair-raising vision into sound, each cut operating as a portal to an intrinsic mental world, but also cohesive as a whole listening experience.

Title-track “AvA” is a five-minute-odd encapsulation of the pair’s soft touch electronics and all-embracing harmonics. Gracefully nostalgic but stare firmly set onto the banks of hope, it’s a mini-odyssey that unfurls, echoing deeper and deeper as the melody etches itself in your mind and into your soul, triggering off a pulsating kaleidoscope of emotions as it travels you.

PREMIERE : Amy Root - Intendant

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Futureboogie Recordings is calling time after ten years with a 20-track compilation that sums up the sound of the lovingly curated Bristol label. From throbbing arps and noirish guitar twangs to errant analogue blips and ceaseless, rolling grooves, it’s a different sound to what you might have heard five years back on the Summer Riot IV compilation, and certainly a long way from the early days. Consider Futureboogie 10² an ode to evolution as much as a toast to all the great tracks and the family of artists that have passed through the wide-reaching Futureboogie sphere since before the label was even a sparkle in the disco ball.
 
Originally founded by Dave Harvey and Steve Nickolls, the roots of Futureboogie lie in an intimate Bristol party called Seen. Started in 2002, this open-hearted session invited the likes of Metro Area, Attica Blues, Carl Craig, Maurice Fulton, Moodymann and Gilles Peterson – based on that heavyweight list, you can see the foundations were laid for what was to come. Futureboogie evolved off the back of these parties as a many-limbed operation – an artist management and booking agency as much as a club night, with Harvey and Nickolls consolidating the sound as DJs around Bristol and beyond. The progression to a record label was a logical one.
 
When Futureboogie Recordings launched in 2011 with Julio Bashmore and Javeon McCarthy’s ‘Father Father’, it represented an extended circle of friends close to the label from Bristol’s deep pool of talent and beyond – amongst them Eats Everything, Waifs & Strays, PBR Streetgang, Behling & Simpson and Crazy P. The reach of the label grew in tandem with its reputation, not to mention the endeavours of the team in other areas of the music game. The Boogiefuturo label became a vital entity on its own terms, carrying a lauded DJ Nature remix of Typesun which encapsulates two distinct generations of Bristolian house music at its best. DJ Nature, who cut his teeth as DJ Milo in the Wild Bunch days, has gone on to become a regular feature on Futureboogie, helping define its soulful, adventurous spirit.

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Ponty Mython - I Summoned Rick (FBRLP002) [clip]

Galen – Sensory Distortion EP
BUY LINK: https://www.beatport.com/release/sensory-distortion/3508923
Release Date: 1 october 2021
Label: Culprit (https://soundcloud.com/culpritla)
https://soundcloud.com/dj-galen

Delving deeper into the well of homegrown talent, Culprit releases an exciting EP from San Francisco’s Galen. Long established as one of the key players in the Californian underground dance music landscape with his vaunted Sunset Sound System event series, Galen Abbott steps out as an artist in his own right. Years spent working with some of the House music’s most legendary DJs has helped Galen develop a discerning taste backed by confidence that show on “Sensory Distortion.” 

On the EP’s three originals – and the track on the just-released “Above the City vol. 6” compilation – Galen’s deep roots in and respect for the Acid and Deep House traditions shine through. Galen manages to create a thoroughly contemporary context for the classic feel of the EP, an ability that places his music right in Culprit’s sweet spot.

The doyenne of New York’s underground scene and an artist of truly global repute, Kim Ann Foxman makes her first bow on the Los Angeles label with an outstanding acid-inflected rework that is a sure floor mover.

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PREMIERE : Galen - Fear From Your Mind

Hissarlik - Fragments
BUY LINK : https://deathdecaymagic.bandcamp.com/album/fragments
Label:  Death Decay Magic (https://soundcloud.com/deathdecaymagic)
https://soundcloud.com/hissarlikmusic https://soundcloud.com/black-light-smoke


Hissarlik returns to Death Decay Magic for his first solo EP on the label with ‘Fragments’, accompanied by remixes from Black Light Smoke, Man 2.0 and Tronik Youth.

Born in Lille, Georges Lofferdo, aka Hissarlik, has released killer material across the darker realms of electronic music for over a decade. Fusing shady electro and hypnotic techno, his productions can be found across labels such as Elektrodos Recordings and Urban Connections. Returning to Death Decay Magic following his appearance on ‘Dead Beats 1’ last year, April brings the release of ‘Fragments’ - a project inspired by the chaos and challenges of the past year - with remixes from label founder Black Light Smoke, London’s Man 2.0 and Nein boss Tronik Youth.

Opening via the twisting sonics of ‘Alkane’ before journeying into the tense, electro-tinged ‘Daily Life’, the EP showcases the Frenchman’s penchant for the dark and eerie shades of electronic music. ‘Intruder’ ups the energy, fusing harsh metallic tones with sweeping, haunting atmospherics as the elements of the production ebb and flow amongst the mix. Next, Black Light Smoke’s edit of ‘Dancing On Your Grave’ brings the acid as shimmering hats guide 303-fuelled basslines, while Man 2.0’s take on ‘Alkane’ stiffens the track and surges into the peak time via soaring leads and zipping lasers. To close, Tronik Youth’s remix of ‘Daily Life’ delivers a menacing crescendo as zipping electronics and trippy vocals serve up a chuggy final effort.

PREMIERE : Hissarlik - Dancing On Your Grave (Black Light Smoke Edit)

● Buy Link: www.beatport.com/es/label/natura-viva-white/128810

● Artist: Alex Schaufel
● Track: Elusive Dreams (Original Mix)
● Album: Elusive Dreams
● Label: Natura Viva White
● Catalog: NATWHITE004
● Genre: Melodic House & Techno
● Release Date: 31st October 2025
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● Label Links:
Soundcloud: @naturaviva
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naturavivamusic/
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● Tracklist:
1) Elusive Dreams
2) Together

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Premiere | Alex Schaufel - Elusive Dreams [Natura Viva White]

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PREMIERE: Interchange - Ignacio Tuzio & ZAHNA (Original Mix) [Freegrant Music]

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PREMIERE: Lyric - Not Enough [M-Plant]

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