The restaurant was full, brimming with the creme de la creme of society - anyone who was anyone could be found lurking in this dimly lit establishment. Amongst the clusters of suited up business men and their trophy wives, she propped herself at the bar, waiting anxiously to meet the woman who could potentially change her life. If all went well, she'd be rubbing shoulders with this clientele regularly, dressed in the most designer of garments, sipping on the most expensive of champagnes. It's what she'd always wanted, a real in to the high society, but really she knew that, underneath the facade, she'd still always feel like an outsider. 

Amsterdam's Flippen Disks are launching a brand new offshoot, Flippen Bits. In contrast to the main label which highlights artists exploring borderless music that can be listened to at home or played on the dance floor, the sub-label will focus more on functional club music, starting with an EP from Welsh-born, Amsterdam-based producer Maroki. Best served late at night, the future-facing tracks that make up Coldred are full of bass weight and dense percussion, layered over frenetic breakbeats.

Coldred EP

PREMIERE: Maroki - Coldred [Flippen Bits]

Just an Explorer lost in the world of music.

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.

run by @montymixes
artwork by hamnes performance
design by pablo perez

Flippen Disks is distributed by https://soundcloud.com/oneyewitness
Flippen Bits is our digital counter-part.
Flippen Wear you can put on your feet.

FB012 @https://soundcloud.com/north-not-south - Shifting Dunes EP
FB011 @https://soundcloud.com/cameron59 - Deportes Dembow EP
FB010 @montymixes - Flight
FB009 @acidgigi - Weirdo Jelly EP
FB008 @montymixes - Tennis
FB007 https://soundcloud.com/retromigration - Mundo EP
FB006 https://soundcloud.com/salo_cin - Alpine Bed EP
FB005 https://soundcloud.com/hekklamusic - Hyper Continuum EP
FB004 https://soundcloud.com/teqmun-tijmen-b - Organic Oscillations EP 
FB003 https://soundcloud.com/caldera-caldera - Casual Transcendence EP
FB002 https://soundcloud.com/nikos_nikos - Metaturnal EP
FB001 @letsgomaroki - Coldred EP

FD005 @montymixes - Dogs are sometimes Fishes EP
FD004 https://soundcloud.com/ptdd - Sizipin EP
FD003 @ikavapii - Lost/Recovered EP
FD002  @yutotakei - Bells From The East EP
FD001 @ptdd & @djungell & @montymixes

Bookings/Remixes: spitskoolrecords[at]gmail.com

Send me music: music4maroki[at]gmail.com

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