"Unethical behavior within organizations is not rare. Peev & Realitycheck investigate experimentally the role of status-seeking behavior in sabotage and cheating activities aiming at improving one's performance ranking in a flat-wage environment. They find that average effort is higher when individuals are informed about their relative performance. However, ranking feedback also favors disreputable behavior. Some individuals do not hesitate to incur a cost to improve their rank by sabotaging others' work or by increasing artificially their own performance. Introducing sabotage opportunities has a strong detrimental effect on performance. Therefore, ranking incentives should be used with care. Inducing group identity discourages sabotage among peers but increases in-group rivalry."

Beginning life in February of this year, French label Music For Commercials' mission is focused on environmental preservation, recycling old materials like floppy discs and VHS cassette tapes to house the music. After a compilation featuring around 14 artists, they're returning with their sophomore release, an EP from Realitycheck and Peev, which will be available on VHS. The two French producers—the former known for his releases on Unknown To The Unknown and Renascence and the latter for his ambient productions and Rinse FM residency–come together for three original tracks that match their tastes for mysterious atmospheres and tight drum work.

PREMIERE: Realitycheck & Peev - Demand Generation [Music For Commercials]

Release date: October 19th
Glimmerman
Step Mode W/ Sputnik One Remix
FSL012
Dublin’s Glimmerman impresses with his debut release on First Second Label. 3 subbed-up modern club weapons b/w a remix from the on-form Sputnik One.
Step Mode gets stuck in, pairing twitching junglisms with a feverish techno dancehall pulse.
Proper awe-inspired club music for the now. Oxygen Sum is up next, layering submerged sound
design with a heaving broken beat-ed thud. A slippery aquatic stepper.
Cutlass is on the flip, an absolute no-nonsense Dubstep wobbler in the finest modern style.
Expect rewinds on this one. Our curtain call is with fellow Dubliner Sputnik One, as he remixes
Step Mode in his exquisitely supple psychedelic sub-tech style.
In memory of Josh Begley Taylor.
Artwork by DC FSLMan

FSL012

BUY HERE

FSL012 - Glimmerman - Step Mode w/ Sputnik One Remix (Clips) OUT NOW

The 5th Redstone Press release comes from Glasgow based LWS, who is at the stepping off point of a soon-to-be prolific production career that has already drawn early support from the likes of Ben UFO, Elena Colombi and Surgeon. This is definitely a producer to keep two ears and eyes on.

The groove-ridden and stumbling ‘“Chug Sequence”’ inexorably works its way into your mind via a mash of percussive hits, foreboding vocal whispers and rolling bass.

LWS
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lws_trax
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lwstrax
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lws_lewis/

Redstone Press
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redstone-press
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redstonepressrecs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redstonepress_recs/

RED005

PREMIERE: LWS - Chug Sequence (Redstone Press)

Pre-order : https://nehzarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice
Release date: 23.09.22

Egyptian artist @hassan-abou-alam delivers the 4-track EP Ice, glistening with unusual textures that glide through several soundscapes spanning techno, breaks, bass and unclassifiable noise.

Distributed by Triple Vision
Mastered by Assembler Code for Cirrus Audio
Pressed by Deep Grooves
Creative Direction by Alice Gavin Services
Photo courtesy of @jennamaidens

Hassan Abou Alam -  Ice  (NZA003) - Snippets

Prolific producer Dawn Razor, conjures up a deft, future-focused EP that paints a rich landscape of exciting sounds that push the boundaries of electronic music in a myriad of new directions. Featuring 3 explosive cuts and one hot to the touch remix from flourishing Bristol-based artist, Yushh, ‘Scary Movies’ is a deeply evocative EP that displays the versatile and accomplished skills of both producer and remixer alike.

‘Getting’ is a snarling and unpredictable masterclass that traverses through jagged techno and twisted breaks. A proper hard working number, loaded with attitude and built specifically for all night sessions.

‘Scary Movies’ unequivocally displays Dawn Razor’s skills as an increasingly confident producer and one of the most important artists emerging out of the Russian scene. 

@awnazor
@ofparadiserecords

Buy:
https://ofparadise.bandcamp.com/album/scary-movies

Scary Movies (incl. Yushh remix)

PREMIERE: Dawn Razor - Getting [Of Paradise]

One VA is good, 2 is better!

Make yourself comfortable and let your eardrums be pierced by this symphony of bass and groovy melodies.
If you missed the first train, don't worry. The 2nd is coming to run you over... 🚆

Thank you all for being with us for 2 years, 
we are strong because of you!

🛒 https://jadelabel.bandcamp.com/album/2-years-vol-2-jad018

📺 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLovNuJKkvPVv_f6ppS5sRW6U8hsSZCvyr&si=SpmSa70X0rMzq2tv

Release 2024/05/06
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● dj freelancer
https://soundcloud.com/djfreelancerr
https://www.instagram.com/djfreelancer_/

● Jade
https://soundcloud.com/jadelabel
https://www.instagram.com/jade.lab_
https://jadelabel.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/jadelabel

2 YEARS Vol.2

🛒

𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙚 : Dj Freelancer - Oak Room [J A D E]

@significant0ther's track "Drum Therapy" will be released through @oscilla-sound on 6th of March. More Info: http://bit.ly/clubaura

Veröffentlicht von:
Oscilla Sound

Erscheinungsdatum :
6. März 2020

Club Aura

Significant Other – Drum Therapy

Founded by Slacker and Sam PW, Pseudonym Records is a new label ‘focused on the ethereal, twisted and broken fringes of UK-indebted dance music’ and will make his first stamp with a multi-artist release next month, ‘Corporeal Vol. 1’. Giving us a little taste of what’s to come, Slacker contributes a chugging acid-tinged track ‘Active Dreams’, stepping away from the previous ambient and high NRG jungle records. Another excellent production from the animated artist. 

Pre-order here: https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/collections/pre-orders-coming-soon/products/various-artists-corporeal-vol-1

@sampiercewalker
@sam-black747

Premiere: Slacker - Active Dreams

Club Night Club is proud to announce its first release via Manchester based Herron, who delivers four diverse excursions aimed squarely at the dancefloor. 

On the A1, Dead Frogs Down, ethereal vocals are submerged and held captive by the molten, stumbling textures which give them form, they rise out of the chaos every now and then, breathing life into a soundscape of club ready punches and kicks. The result is a punishing five minutes of peak time breaks with a delicate undertone floating in between. 

Velcro Spider, true to its name, weaves a similar blend of the synthetic and heartfelt. A stumbling, low slung groove mutates over the course of the track, quietly building and sustaining a tension the listener is unaware of until all hell breaks loose in true drug chug fashion at the halfway point. 

The B side similarly advances this fusion of midtempo tension.  

Noroveerno is a head bobber, the double time kicks coming like a heartbeat. There is a sense of purpose to the unrestrained impacts that pump and push the sound design heavy, Sludge-Techno forwards. A simple, distorted vocal sample: “Do I Want?” is peppered amongst the chaos, presenting as a rhythmic element which contributes to the track’s flow rather than diverging from it. The inflection gives the impression that this is a question to which the artist already knows his answer. 

Closing things out on the B side is IWillTry2d0, a dystopian piece that has a tensible core of thick and hearty synth pulses. Evocative of the Toulouse Low Trax breed of intentional, ambiguous chug, but in keeping with the rest of the record smothered in impact and delay. Like the others, it has a percussive outer shell which protects something emotional and questioning at its root.

A1 - DeadFrogsDown

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-kombe-harbin/

@Subject-To-Restrictions see out the last gasps of the colder quarter of the year with 'Winter Restrictions Vol. 1', an eight-track compilation featuring seven Swiss producers close to the label.

Winter Restrictions Vol. 1

Kombé - Harbin [Subject To Restrictions]

@keplrr

With a glimmer of optimism on the horizon, we’re delighted to announce our second V/A compilation Psycho/Soma - the first of many exciting releases for 2021.

12 tracks to move body & mind, spanning a full spectrum of UK club music - from introspective, tripped-out rollers to intense percussive workouts and frantic 160(ish) action.

Stream/Buy 'Full Contact' now - the full compilation drops 02/04.

Psycho/Soma

Keplrr - Full Contact

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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: Realitycheck & Peev - Demand Generation [Music For Commercials]

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