"Flippen Bits is the new offshoot from the Amsterdam based Flippen Disks label ran by Monty DJ. While the main imprint sets out to find its own space in between genres to move dance floors while staying non-functional enough for home listening pleasure, this new sub has a more functional approach. Wild and energetic, bass heavy bits for the more playful DJ's in the late nights.

First up is Marok (@letsgomaroki), the Wales raised and Amsterdam based producer, known for recent releases on E-Beamz and Shall Not Fade offshoot Lost Palms, comes in strong with four excellent futuristic bass hybrids. It also contains two MXC reworks created together with Nottingham's @coraliescoob

Coldred EP is a wild ride, it takes you from the heavy percussion title-track Coldred to the acidic stuttering breakbeats of Nightshop On The Way. The MXC version adds a true sub-heavy steppers vibe to the original where they flip TFMPP into a mesmerizing broken beat affair fit for the wormhole. With early support from DJ's like Madam X and mad miran it's an exciting new chapter in the Flippen Disks catalog with loads more lined up for the next year."

Out  now via bandcamp. https://flippendisks.bandcamp.com/album/coldred-ep

OUT NOW

*PREMIERE* Maroki & Coralie - TFMPP (MXC Version)

Rushing out advanced patterns that springboard from hi-tek soul, jungle, footwork and weightless grime into unknown zones, J-Shadow arrives on Sneaker Social Club with an album which cements his status as a true sonic scientist. 

Since his first drops some five years prior, the London-based DJ/producer has weaved a web of intrigue across labels like Bun The Grid, Nous Disques, Warehouse Rave and an album last year for Keysound. Through it all, he’s demonstrated a prodigal affinity for the elements of hardcore -rooted soundsystem culture without ever being beholden by the perceived rules of dance music.  In his hands, tracks can hover in suspense without ever needing a breakdown or build-up, pivoting on skittering drum machine pulses or teetering on the precipice of mountainous subs, gliding on celestial pads or skating into abyssal negative space. The acknowledgement for past methods is there in some of the canonical samples - like where Heather O’Rourke’s Poltergeistcall takes on a truly alternative dimension subtly bedded into the vast swathes of ‘Beneath The Undertow’ - but nothing is as it seems. 

The End Of All Physical Form is no self-consciously ‘deconstructed’ record, though. It’s futurist rather than post-modern, carrying on the legacy of jungle and other such forms as vehicles for innovation and urgent exploration, bristling with energy and still, ironically, physical despite the mutated forms the beats and basslines manifest in. Find these works an open-eared soundsystem and they’ll absolutely do the damage, taking the dance somewhere far beyond in the process.

J-Shadow - Arsu

Bex & LOOR - Feels (Early Hours Mix)

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Phasmid (100% Productions Mix) - Subtle Radio - 29/09/2024

Some people came and went, that was the very nature of things. Life was transient and people weren't always meant to stick around. Yet somehow, something felt different this time.

The city streets were crowded, lots of empty faces and false smiles. They didn't mean all that much to him as he wandered in the darkness but still he thought they looked nice.

He still couldn't forget one though, it was if it were emblazoned across his vision.

He couldn't lose her.

"I can't lose you..."

Rose Again is a familiar face in Bristol. The co founder and landlord at infamous pub Mickey Zoggs. This release features dubbed out bass music at its best, the sort which accompanies long walks home and leaves you wanting more.

PREMIERE: Rose Again - I Can't Lose You [Amity]

Field Data - with Field Motion and Small Crab (17/01/25)

Haftbefehl dark Drill type Beat Wie laufen rückwärts (prod. Tim House)

Drifting Phonk

For those who prefer it more stripped back...... 

https://mrdmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-instrumentals-ep

Mr D - Old Skool Like Fila (Inst)

Neuroshima - Headspace (Ground Control Mix)

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PREMIERE: Rose Again - I Can't Lose You [Amity]

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