Bristol’s @pressuredome label readies its third charity compilation, raising funds for Community Care Package. Hear @outsiderspeaks futuristic, frequency-scrambling UK techno cut, ‘Yay’, now

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Premiere: Outsider ‘Yay’

The thin winding streets were adorned with all manner of trinkets, gadgets and souvenirs; you could get everything you needed from these stalls, if you were willing to look hard enough. Without a plan of action, you're guaranteed to get lost, to come away with things you never needed, to spend money you didn't intend to. Haggling was the name of the game, and once mastered, this place could become your oyster.

After the success of their inaugural release from Breaka, Manchester-based platform Off Beat follow up with their sophomore release from one third of the brains behind the label, Rhyval. With nods to early Hessle Audio and Swap 81-backed Ramadanman records, percussion and bass play a central role across the three tracks, which is translated through warped subs, crisp snares and rumbling bass.

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PREMIERE: Rhyval - Hassle [Off Beat]

Accidental Meetings drop their annual release with friends & family! A superb, varied compilation, welcoming an all-star line up with all profits going to mental health charity Mind.

https://accidentalmeetings.bandcamp.com/album/am-friends-family-vol-2

https://soundcloud.com/a_m_radio
https://soundcloud.com/rvwise  
https://www.instagram.com/harvey_wise_/

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PREMIERE: RV - Utter Gutter Butter Flutter [Accidental Meetings]

How did he get home in one piece? He deserved a medal for doing so - or perhaps he had a guardian angel who'd put him in a taxi and shipped him home. A huge chunk of the night had been erased from his memory, only fragments of rambling conversations and blurred faces remained. Thankfully any embarrassing scenes had been discarded, not that that didn't mean they'd taken place. Only time would tell if he'd tarnished his reputation last night...

Baroque Sunburst boss Soreab takes a break from running his label to make his debut on Accidental Meetings. Marking the imprint's first release of the year, Perspectives is a multi-faceted set of tracks that demonstrate his ability to work with contrasting styles, moods and tempos. Three of the tracks are purpose-made for the club but all cut from a different cloth; there's deviant dembow rhythms, heavy broken club music and a dubwise roller, all tied up with the hypnotic droning sounds of the closing track.

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PREMIERE: Soreab - Drunken Ballad [Accidental Meetings]

Full release  this Friday, September 19th, 2025

Laterals (OUT NOW)

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More Cowbell established themselves in summer of 2019, rising through the scene as a Facebook community, pushing all things percussive and bass driven within the UK techno realm. With support from Keysound Recordings, Rinse FM and Keep Hush, the collective has made its mark as the catalyst for reigniting a fractured scene. With this success under their belt, 2020 see’s the launch of their label. The first instalment of their release roster reflects the label’s heavy influence from early 2000’s 2step, as well as the post-dubstep era that merged the sounds of dubstep and techno.

Manchester based producer, Monir, has delivered a three track EP which explores the realms of 130BPM, taking influence from the raw, UK sounds of early Wen and Pinch, whilst incorporating the shuffle of 2-Step drums respective of El-B and Ghost Recordings. The first track, entitled ‘Collusion’, sets the EP’s tone with low-swung bass pressure and layered subs. Whilst the second track, Overpass, pays homage to the early FWD>>> sound with heavy, bouncing 808’s built for the system. The EP finishes off with a track entitled ‘The Instinct’, connecting 2-step inspired drums to aggressive vocal chops that encapsulate UK sound system culture.

@monirmusic
@more-cowbell

Buy:
more-cowbell.bandcamp.com/

Definite Party Material:
linktr.ee/definitepartymaterial

PREMIERE: Monir - Overpass [More Cowbell]

Launched earlier in the year, Shubzin have hit the ground running. Providing the underground with pay what you can compilations, Shubzin aims to flaunt the collective power of the scene and put it to good use by donating profits to local charity causes.

This second release is raising funds for The Nia Project a charity to helping womxn at risk or subject to domestic or sexual abuse in Hackney and Haringey.

@consulateultra
@shubzin

Buy:
https://shubzin.bandcamp.com

The Nia Project: 
https://niaendingviolence.org.uk/

PREMIERE: Consulate - Reconstruction [Shubzin]

As with most things in an increasingly digital age, a time would come when it was time to bid goodbye to the past and make way for the new. The landscape had changed and it was imperative that the cities and towns kept up with these evolving technologies. Entering the train stations, much had changed. Gone were the rickety, rusting carriages, and in their place stood new electric trains, itching to cart you safely from point A to point B. 

For their fourth release, following EPs from Yuki Ame and Phossa as well as a charitable V/A during lockdown, London-based imprint Panel Audio welcome Sydney duo JV & Palf to the family. Named after their local train line, T4, the EP presents four club-driven tracks rife with energy-fuelled drum patterns and UK Techno influences.

Buy here: tinyurl.com/PNL004

PREMIERE: JV & Palf - Tangara [Panel Audio]

Fiesta Soundsystem shares his debut long play for Time Is Now, delving deep into all things Jungle, Breaks & Bass. 

Vinyl with free digital:
https://shallnotfade.co.uk/album/rites-of-passage-lp

London based producer Fiesta Soundsystem has been rapidly gathering attention over the past few years with a string of acclaimed records for Warehouse Rave. His latest outing ‘Rites Of Passage’ for Time Is Now sees the rising producer release his debut full long play, featuring ten cuts of broken beat bass music. 

‘Rites Of Passage’ LP drops October 2nd via Time Is Now.

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