Selectors Assemble bring you yet another fantastic premiere this month - this time a track from WheelUP's debut album titled 'Good Love' which is coming out this Friday on Tru Thoughts records (PRE-ORDER on Bandcamp). On this track titled 'Rise Above' WheelUP (Danny Wheeler) collaborates with the Drum & Bass duo Pola & Bryson, who also go by their alter ego Abacus.  One for the bruk heads for sure!

‘Good Love’ is the debut album from WheelUP. In the words of the artist: “Good Love is something that I generally want to see in the world. This LP is my pursuit of broken beat excellence”. ‘Good Love’ is an amalgamation of WheelUP’s history and success, a record that places him alongside legends within the scene such as IG Culture and Marc Mac, as well as contemporaries EVM128 and Neue Grafik. “The future is not yet defined, but it is currently called broken beat, bruk or the West London Sound”, WheelUP preaches.

Good Love

[PREMIERE] WheelUP - Rise Above feat. Abacus

Mysterious Melbourne instrumentalists The Pro-Teens return with another sharp tribute to the late villain, MF Doom, with two new covers. We’re very happy to share one of these, a near-all instrumental take on “Doomsday”.

“Doomsday”, the title track from MF DOOM’s seminal debut ‘Operation: Doomsday’, is reimagined as a laid back, synthesizer-topped funk burner, featuring vocalist ‘Polly The Invincible Pearl’ replicating Pebbles The Invisible Girl’s iconic Sade-inspired hook. The Pro-Teens warp Doom’s instantly recognisable beat into an irresistible 70s soul groover. 

Bandleader Hudson Whitlock describes: “As the sessions went on, the Pro-Teens traversed lots of ground with the arrangements and productions. This diversity of tones, moods, feels and arrangements was an intentional act to mirror the diversity within DOOM's own diverse musical vocabulary. We wanted to fluctuate between putting our own spin on DOOM's classic tunes as well as staying true to the original source”.

Within Melbourne's burgeoning cinematic soul scene mysteriously sit The Pro-Teens. Helmed by prolic drummer Hudson Whitlock (Karate Boogaloo, Surprise Chef), this breakaway studio project involves an interchangeable collective of incognito instrumentalists playing under outlandish pseudonyms such as 'Dead Honest’ Dean Amazing and Libby Clique-Baite.

Drawing from players within the College Of Knowledge family, The Pro-Teens now have 4
outstanding LPs to their name, including 2020’s triumphant Snooch Dodd & The Pro-Teens – ‘I Flip My Life Every Time I Fly’, the breakout release that attracted a worldwide reissue on Mr Bongo and earned BBC 6 Music’s Album Of The Day.

A 7” vinyl and digital single with “Doomsday” and an instrumental take of “Curls” by Madvillain (Doom and Madlib) will be available digitally and on 7” vinyl via College Of Knowledge Records on July 29th.

Exclusive Premiere: The Pro-Teens "Doomsday" (College Of Knowledge Records)

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The Atlanta producer's contribution to the Footwork House Jam #1 compilation.

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Footwork House Jam #1

First Listen: Byron The Aquarius - 'Nights In Jakarta' (In-Beat-Ween Music)

Just Negotiate feat. Simeon Jones (Kaidi Tatham Remix)

Waella’s Choice launches with Bounce EP from Warren Harris aka Hanna, member of Theo Parrish’s The Rotating Assembly and Sound Signature regular.

EP Release date: 02/06/2017
Pre-order Vinyl/Stream here - waellaschoice.lnk.to/HannaBounceEP

"That's a winner. Future emotive soul music" - Gilles Peterson
"Sounding really strong. Big up Hanna a hero to us all" - K15
"Sometimes funky, sometimes deep and always soulful, this is a good one to play out and set the right mood on the dancefloor." - Lefto

Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/hanna-worship

Four deep and moving tracks of soulful house, including a mellow instrumental, two classic Hanna grooves and one trippy, early morning roller. In Warren’s own words, this collection “helps us return to an elegant way of life”. Artwork designed by Nick Cobby, inspired by Warren's love for American painter Cy Twombly.

Waella’s Choice is run by Andy Lemay (Dimensions Festival), @billsonmusic (comm•une) and @aaronl_dj (Stamp The Wax / Worldwide FM)

Hanna - Wayfaring Man

The latest release from @faroutrecs explores the connections between Brazilian rhythms and the broken beat movement, with three of that scene's key figures coming together to remix 'Clareia', a soulful samba cut from singer @sabrinamalheiros' latest album which features the bass and keys of legendary Brazilian jazz outfit Azymuth.

We're premiering 22a collective member and London-based producer @wuseli's remix, which rearranges swirling synths around shuffling drums and a very nimble bassline. Malheiros' hypnotic voice remains at the centre of proceedings, drawing the whole composition together.

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PREMIERE: Sabrina Malheiros - Clareia (Henry Wu Remix) [Far Out Recordings]

Horatio Luna + Ziggy Zeitgeist = Luna Exchange

Fresh from their international tour, the bad boys from 30/70 Collective are back with a brand new D&B inspired collaboration featuring Bristol's Holysseus Fly.

Horatio Luna - Bass/Synths/Production
Ziggy Zeitgeist - Drums/FX
Holly Wellington - Vocals
Mixa - Mastering

Luna Exchange - Make Me Love You (Ft. Holysseus Fly)

Unreleased/unfinished ideas that may/may not make it out of my HD...

Sofatalk goes full broken beat style with "No Frills". His mini LP "South Side" is out now, go grab it!

South Side

No Frills

Sofatalk - No Frills

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.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

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PREMIERE: Sabrina Malheiros - Clareia (Henry Wu Remix) [Far Out Recordings]

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