It were as if they were never there at all. The windows were dark, the curtains drawn and there was no sign of life. Sometimes he wondered whether anyone actually lived there at all, perhaps he had imagined it and simply dreamt of the mysterious shadow he once watched moving from room to room.

A transient neighbour if you will. A strange ghost trapped between the walls.

What he would do to see her again, just once more. To know that he was not in fact alone.

Mark E remains one of the most unsung and consistent producers out there – his records are favourites amongst many a DJ. Over the years he has released a plethora of music on the likes of Golf Channel, Running Back, Delusions of Grandeur and most prominently on his own MERC imprint to which he returns with this EP.

A classy record with emotive, deep grooves and lots of feeling.

PREMIERE: Mark E - Transient Neighbour [MERC]

Next event: Thursday 7th August 2025, 7-11pm at Rolling Stock, Shoreditch. Free entry: https://ra.co/events/2208641 💫

About us:
The Church of Deep House is a music brand dedicated to delivering that pure deep house sound and experience via mixes, interviews, live radio shows, and London based (for now) events.

Connect with us on Instagram for musical musings and details of upcoming events. https://www.instagram.com/the_church_of_deep_house/
We hope to see you on the dance floor!

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.

With love until the grave.

booking request: markus@imagine-agency.eu 

out soon:
Johannes Albert "Private Dancer LP" (Permanent Vacation)

Johannes Albert is a well-known House music producer and DJ from Berlin. For over 10 years, he has been running his own music label, Frank Music, and has become a key figure in Berlin’s club scene and beyond.

“One can only arrive at the experience of the transcendental – if it is reached at all – when one is oneself in a position of un-knowing, that is, of humility; namely, while remaining in the world of technê he or she begins to venerate a certain kind of experience, acquires it, makes it one’s own, realizes it, sustains it, repeats it – without burdening its sense, its essence with its own great questions.” - László Krasznahorkai, “The Acropolis in Sunglasses”