the 3rd limited edition quantity of 300 copy release from The Jak 
with interpretations created from original and unpublished material from chicago in the mid 80s to the early 90s experiencing music collectively,utlizing it's unique ability to communicate abstract 
ideas that resonate differently with different individuals.

**This is a Limited Pressing**

Dirty Riddim 87 was created strictly for Ron Hardy as this 
is the 2nd conceptual idea to follow “Hardy’s Haunted Box” 
from the 2nd edition of dirtyblends. 

Black Accordion was created in the realm of early 
Relief/Dancemania records preserving a specific 
timeline of early 90s Chicago style tracks that 
people like Gemini,Paul Johnson,Boo Williams, 
Glenn Underground and Cajmere played on loft 
and warehouse parties… 

order here:

https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/black-accordion-dirty-riddim-87

Dirty Riddim 87(soundbyte)

Buy at: luridmusic.bandcamp.com

Alex from Lurid Music:

'Aggelos first approached Lurid Music with the idea for this project a few months ago. We agreed on one condition, that all proceeds be donated to refugee causes, like we did with his Black Sea EP which supported the Syrian refugee crisis. When Russia invaded Ukraine, we decided our focus had to be helping the Ukrainian refugees who were forced to leave their homes in search of safe havens abroad.

We discussed this with most contributors to the project and the consensus was that donations should strictly go to humanitarian groups and not any armament funds. There were also some thoughts about helping conflict-affected peoples in other parts of the world but we decided it was too much to tackle for a relatively small project like this one.

Therefore, donations stemming from the sales of this release will be distributed to the following humanitarian groups currently active in Ukraine or neighboring countries welcoming refugees:

- International Medical Corps: internationalmedicalcorps.org/emergency-…n-ukraine/
- Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights - Ukraine Urgent Response Fund: urgentactionfund.org
- Polish Humanitarian Action: www.pah.org.pl/en/donate/
- World Central Kitchen: wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
credits
released April 1, 2022

Original tracks written and produced by Aggelos Baltas.

Remix duties handled by the following, thank you for bringing your "A game" to this project: A Hand, Adhémar, Aditya Permana, Anna vs June, Ayaz, Black Seed, Bunzinelli, BXP, Cantillate, Christian Coiffure, DimDJ, Facets, Frank Butters, GK Machine, Infuso Giallo, Itzel, Jacques Satre, Krokakai, Komodo, Koyil, Misha Sultan, Mr. TC, NVST, Pannotia, Petros Spatharos, Philipp Otterbach, Poperttelli, Sepehr, Skynet 75, A Strange Wedding, Sun Genam, Tadan, Tagliabue, Tassilo Vanhöfen, T.D.O.S., Théo Muller, Vidock, YNV, Zillas On Acid.

We were fortunate to receive pro bono contributions from four highly-esteemed mastering engineers: Taylor Dupree (www.12kmastering.com), Brian Kage (kagemastering.squarespace.com), Dietrich Schoenemann (completemastering.com) and Tim Vitek (timvitekmastering.com). We are thankful for their meticulous work, especially to Dietrich for enlisting his fellow engineers to help with the massive remix load, 44 tracks are definitely too much for one person to listen to in such a short span.

The artwork was provided by Bill Brown, a Maryland native who lives and works in Ukraine. When the war started, he made his way safely to Germany via Poland. This illustration is an homage to Maria Prymachenko’s “May That Nuclear War be Cursed!”, which also inspired the title of this release. You can follow him on Instagram at www.instagram.com/takomabill/.

T-shirt screen printing was kindly provided by Nolan, a grindcore bassist from Washington DC. You can follow him on Instagram at www.instagram.com/malokul202/'

Vol.3

Black Sea (GK Machine rework)

At a time when plastic is becoming a luxury product and soon only reserved for the elite, for this and other reasons it is time to consider the digital format as an alternative. That said, we will soon be back in the physical world, the one where we touch the product before buying.

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The young scientist takes us here in his first "Méharées". These long raids on camelback, interested in nature, cliffs, sand, scorpions and snakes. Vegetation both rare and precious, his music has taken, as if by mimicry, the characteristics of the desert: dry and hostile. Philippe Toussaint knew how to restore the magic of its horizons, which unfolds endlessly, and where DJ Ungel sails there as on a sea.

1 - THRIFT
2 - THRIFT "DJ Ungel Remix"
3 - MEHAREES
4 - MAUVAISE TROUPE
5 - TIDJANE

Out in may 2022, stricly digitalzzz, only via bandcamp: https://nottebrigante.bandcamp.com/album/philippe-toussaint-dj-ungel-al-kawthar-ep

Mastering: Paul "Pilah" Kozmik at Paul's Boutique studio

@djungell

Bandcamp

NB01d - Philippe Toussaint / DJ Ungel - Al Kawthar EP

Artist: Inkasso
Track: Pisset
Release: Inkasso - FAMILIENDRAMA
Cat: 011
Label: Silhouette Tapes
Release date: 01 Nov 2022
Format: Cassette / Digital
Order: silhouettetapes1.bandcamp.com/album/familiendrama

DT PREMIERE: Inkasso - Pisset [Silhouette Tapes] (2022)

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/hviledag, https://soundcloud.com/madskinnerup
Track: Enveloping
Label: https://soundcloud.com/oencph
Format: DIgital, VA
Release date: 20/01/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/IQRlc8E6mAI

ØEN Records and Hviledag are proud to release a full album with reworked versions of Hviledag’s ALBUM FOUND.
The reel to reel tape loop-based work is taken in new directions by a local lineup of composers: Johan Carøe, Bjarke Rasmussen, Mads Kinnerup, FATÄK, Quiver, Alba Liv, Emil Duvier, Mikkel Oldrup and Mikael Tobias who also mastered the remixes in Joel Krozers SixBitDeep studio.
The artwork is made by Lille Blomst and features an image that comes from experimental animation film FILM FOUND directed by Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist.
ALBUM FOUND is originally made with a special setup of two quarter inch tape machines that let Hviledag iterate and develop a tapeloop as it’s playing. The output is a stereo file, with no stems, which posed a creative challenge met by the composers in various ways.
ALBUM FOUND – Reworks is out January 20 digitally on all platforms.

PREMIERE | Hviledag - Enveloping (Mads Kinnerup Rework)[ØEN REC.] 2023

The energy in the room changed in a split second. If only she'd could have kept her mouth shut; hadn't "unintentionally" left a path of destruction for others to clean up - the day ahead would have panned out very differently. Shock had turned to sadness which quickly morphed into anger, making for a potent cocktail of self-destruction... Was that her endgame all along? To drive them to a state of despair, to bring about their downfall and paint herself as a martyr for speaking up in the first place? Surely not, anyone with even an ounce of empathy could only feel awful now...

Nukuluk are back with their singular blend of hip hop, indie and electronica. The South London collective burst onto the scene with their debut EP Disaster Pop in 2021, followed by a run of gigs across London, which were an introduction to both their melting pot of influences and their infectious stage presence. Superglue is their sophomore offering, and it sees the group really finding their stride sonically and pushing the sound further into new realms. There's nods to everything from trip hop, metal and rock to hip hop, dance music and r'n'b, matched with frontmen Syd and Monika's contrasting yet seemingly compatible vocal stylings. 

The track itself ruminates on how we play different characters based on the social environments we're in and how these can change dependent on the circumstances of the situation. The track comes with a video recorded in black & white VHS-style by filmmaker Will Reid which takes a spontaneous approach, showing the band reacting and responding to the track without any prior planning.

PREMIERE: Nukuluk - Feel Awful Now

We are very pleased to share this track from the latest release on R.i.O. - def one of Berlin's most forward thinking labels. While regularly showcasing the works of their own creative community, build around label heads Menqui, Nadia D'Alo and of course Benedikt Frey, they also keep introducing new exciting talents via their platform. This time it's KXB!

A dynamic configuration of rhythms plus melodies, overlaid with musings on repetitive neverlands: R.i.O. welcomes KXB, aka Sam Gill and Wes Holland, a duo that, as they put it, “was born and baptised on the balcony at Robert Johnson in 2019, while Wes lived in London and Sam in Melbourne.” 

“Areas of Uncertainty” is their first musical outcome. It carries a rhythmic show bag, that circumnavigates streamlined track architecture. From Can-ish live drumming submitted by guest rhythmist Graeme Pogson to sequenced synth spheres, the three multilayered groove landscapes of the Australian duo punch severely arcane.

BANDCAMP

NEW HIT: KXB - Breach [R.i.O.]

https://soundcloud.com/darksmogo
https://soundcloud.com/slowglide
https://soundcloud.com/bluenightjungle
🛒 https://bluenightjungle.bandcamp.com/album/sharp-knowledge-ep
🔊 https://youtu.be/hGAljViD7tM

At least! Here comes Smogo's debut EP on his own imprint, 6 years after the beginning of the label. With a blend of dark drum'n'bass vibes, trancy rhythms and heavy percussions, the Marseille-based producer is exploring wild territories of modern underground dance music. For this first release on the catalogue, he conveys two heavy figures of the french scene : Slowglide and Drawbridge, each one going one step beyond with their slow-trance interpretation of Vocifer and the intense, rumbling remix of Narcopirate.

Tracklist: 

Smogo - Les Portes du Sublime Rêve
Smogo - Sharp Knowledge
Smogo - Vocifer
Smogo - Lords Of Gwaranjar
Smogo - Narcopirate
Smogo - Vocifer (Slowglide Remix)
Smogo - Narcopirate (Drawbridge Remix)

PREMIERE: Smogo - Vocifer (Slowglide Remix) [Blue Night Jungle]

The German philosopher Hermann Schmitz defines as vagueness the basic perceptive condition for describing the concept of atmosphere, and the spatial model within which it can be experienced. The space of feeling - a space by definition devoid of surfaces and animated by numerous semi-entities - is able to involve the individual immediately, bodily and affective, for being characterized by intrinsic properties such as indeterminacy and impermanence.

To clarify the spatial character of feelings understood as atmosphere, Schmitz adopts the analogy with the acoustic model explaining its ability to act despite the impossibility of defining a quantifiable spatial model. Vago Spazio del Ritmo - volume 1 is the first chapter of a path dedicated to the indefinite that surrounds us and that becomes a refuge, only experienced via sensations.

12 artists have vaguely wandered among new unexplored atmospheres, pushing the boundaries that define the dimension of listening and dancefloor, paying homage to the leftfield hemisphere in a non-linear and unexpected journey that will bring us to experience the unexplored forms of our emotions.

https://soundcloud.com/lamusalamusa
https://soundcloud.com/details-sound

PREMIERE⚡️Lamusa II - La Mecànica [Details Sound]

Dolphins - Auftauchen (Pinkman)

A heady dose of cosmic hybridism from Low Bat, Ariel Garcia and Luc Bersier's “psychosomatic” supergroup.

'Ear Clip Series Vol. 2 : Endlich Normale Menschen Vol​.​1' is out June 20th on Chez Émile's Ear Clips Series.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2xuWNTo

@nighttravelonablanketshow
@chezemile

Premiere: Jean-Luc - Die Blaue Orange Pressen [Ear Clips Series]

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.

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PREMIERE: Nukuluk - Feel Awful Now

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