Only Said Enough

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South London based producer Lxury is a subtle experimentalist, pairing house rhythms with eclectic genre blending and risk-taking. Returning to Shall Not Fade’s Lost Palms series for a second record, Smart Digital Life EP shows the maturity and complexity of his production while keeping the energy light and summery.

‘1722’ opens things up with dreamlike pitched vocals that provide a vaporwave feel, hypnotizing over stuttering synths and a wonky beat. ‘Spin’ has an experimental sound palette, a euphoric pulse and a sweet melody, dance music doused in honey. This sweetness spills over onto the B side; ‘Pad Ma’ sounds like a pumping club track meets a trip to the fairground - unstoppably buoyant and headsy. The vocals in ‘When I Wake Up’ spin around your head before a muscular beat kicks in, the most stripped back and raw sounding of the record. This one is certain to get heads down and feet moving. ‘Up High’ is an expansive closing track, built around fuzzy drums as the clever use of vocal samples creates a melody with a loved-up feeling; it’s a tour-de-force of Lxury’s delicate production skills.

‘Smart Digital Life’ EP drops July 2nd via Lost Palms.

Smart Digital Life EP

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PALMS042 // Lxury - Smart Digital Life EP

There was a voice in the back of his head, sometimes it whispered and yet sometimes it shouted and screamed as if he were under a magnificent spell. It hold him what to do, how to be, where to go and how to think but it was not always the voice of wisdom. Sometimes it whispered elegant, crafty lies and tall tales. This time the story was well reasoned and well rounded and the voice was beginning to grow louder. It shouted and screamed as follows...

"I can't let you do this..."

Mark Hawkins readies an exciting new album on Houndstooth. A full length LP titled "The New Normal" is forthcoming on the label with the emergence of a new track called "Can't Let You Do This" an insight into what we can expect. It's big room stuff, poppy, happy, housey and club ready.

PREMIERE: Mark Hawkins - Can't Let You Do This [Houndstooth]

Rounds

Your Future Self Is Talking Shit About You

HAMMER - STRANGENESS
ITALO HIITS, 26 NOVEMBER 2021
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Capping off a busy year as producer, DJ and label owner, Rory Hamilton provides a quick follow up to October's ‘Think About Me’ EP with the third release on his Italo Hiits imprint. 

Once again arriving on coloured 10” vinyl, ’Strangeness’ takes the label's twisted disco sound into new territories that draws on both the genre’s darker hedonistic side and its more nostalgic leanings. The two-tracker will arrive on opaque green 10” vinyl & digital formats in November 2021.

"Pure energy is the mantra for Italo Hiits. The topline on Strangeness carries this task on its shoulders whiles keeps the sleaze level high. Fun and filthy. 

"Ski Sunday is a full 80s throwback, a full array of synths make up the journey, all the while rolling down the alps on full power.” 
- Hammer, November 2021

Tracklist:
A. Strangeness
B. Ski Sunday

Strangeness

B. SKI SUNDAY

Space Tourism

Aurora Space Station

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