OUT NOW ON VINYL, DIGITAL IN JANUARY.

Support from Daniel Avery, Andrew Weatherall and other trendsetting peers and luminaries has ensured that Kiwi & Ashworth have jumped from ones to watch to this year’s pace setters… 

New East London imprint Sneaky hit the ground running with a well heralded release from young guns Silk 86 late autumn and follow up with this luscious slab of euphoric, ambient at times, forward thinking house music. 

The lead track 'UCX3' is a drawn-out, gradually swelling, half-euphoric-half-pumping roller, Zubr is a haunting, mellow piece, featuring Joe showing his prowess on a 1960s Wurlitzer. The track is drenched in the accidental noise, pops and clicks involved in using something so old, and this gives the track it's comforting charm. 

Arguably the wild card of the release, 'Dusk,' stays clear of the drum machines, and paints a subtley epic picture with a reverb-drenched piano and folkey violin drones, all being driven forwards by an ominous pulsating Moog bass. 

Sneaky Music... 

With releases & another record label under their respective belts, Sneaky was an idea for a label and party cooked up by good friends Pablo Ranacat and Andy Bird over some serious late night partying, and epic mid afternoon steaks & red wine sessions and now a reality really seems to be finding it’s feet with this second release. Analogue synths and programming combined with a very current and London sound sets a marker in the sand for this exciting new label’s next releases. And with names of the like Nicholas, Rick Wade and the label bosses themselves thrown into the mix we’re expecting good things.

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B2 ZUBR - ASHWORTH & KIWI

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More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2016/12/premiere-hear-a-new-alex-smoke-remix/

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Premiere: David Douglas - Lucine (Alex Smoke Remix)

A floor ready refix from Timothy ‘Heretic’ Clerkin, who rolls ‘C Balloon’ into a warm house jam, all classic synth hits and sun-rising acid bubbles.

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C Balloon

EXCLUSIVE: Placid One - C Balloon (Timothy 'Heretic' Clerkin Remix)

For more info visit: http://bit.ly/2jzxJUB

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Don’t Believe In Happiness

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Premiere: Jori Hulkkonen -  Breen Fantasy - My Favorite Robot Records

The bubbling water was delicately peaceful amidst the cold of the midnight hour. Sat in the park there was little to be heard but for the trickling pearls which fell from the fountain up above. Sat upon a park bench it was hard to decipher the colour of the flowers which sat alongside the feature, they might be yello, pink, purple or blue for all he cared. The scenery was irrelevant at this point given the temperature of the cold winter night, he shivered and blew smoke into the air, awaiting the arrival of his woman. 

Mozaika is an up and coming musician whom has recently been adopted by the Public Possession family. His new EP titled "Aqua" has apparently been on heavy rotation by the team behind the label for some time.

Aqua

PREMIERE: Møzaika - Taba Taba [Public Possession]

Warm return with a very special Record Store Day release in the form of a remix 12” from three of their favourite producers interpreting their favourite tracks from Warm’s first signing to the label, Face + Heel. 

Tuff City Kids bring the heat with their pop disco infused piano led infusion that they have become legendary for over the past years. One might say the remix kings! Inspired by Warm’s final party on the boat at Love International in Croatia.

I:Cube, the french master steps in with his unmissable production levels and will be sure to make any dance floor turn into a hysteria of heads down and wiggling hips. Haunting vocals sweeping over a groove like no other with the kick to add some added spice.

Finally newcomer Elliott Lion steps up with his own slow burning acidified disco audio gold. Having made waves with his recent debut on Cin Cin he now steps up with his own twist which is sure to solidify the buzz on this newcomer.

Face + Heel - A Style Of Lovin (I:Cube Remix)

Mantas & Vencla 'Friendly Fire' EP // NNM053 // 22 Oct.

Mántas & Venclà 'Sun' (Pete Herbert Remix)

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Taken from the superb 'Wave 100 Remix EP' that revisits @rhodeandbrown's release from last year, this absoluet beast of a chugging electro-disco epic from  Permanent Vacation regular @bostro-pesopeo is dynamite. Seek out the whole EP on @slamcityjams, it's superb.

PREMIERE: Rhode & Brown - Moon Bells (Bostro Pesopeo Remix) [Slam City Jams]

Axel Boman - What Do You Need - Studio Barnhus

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