All of a sudden there was daylight, a new dawn. It were as if his whole life had been a mystery and clouded in secrecy until now. Then all would be awakened, a new day would be born and with it would be glimmering bright, golden rays of angelic light from up above.

This was the real sun. Not that which had been promised but a reality from the greater heavens beyond.

Soon they would all dance beneath its triumphant glow, forgetting the dark days which had come before.

Warning offers a home for a new Secretsundaze EP, the longstanding label and project spearheaded now by James Priestley. The record marks a new direction with futuristic, progressive tech driven sounds at the forefront.

PREMIERE: Secretsundaze - The Real Sun [Warning]

I am a Soundcloud collector, the world of music is my Oyster 🦪 

🦊 sometimes previously played at:
Restaurant Kommendören ⚓️ 
Restaurant Godot

But mostly I prescribe music that will make you sound and if that won't work we can always operate  ...  

Tolle totum 👁️ Miseratione Non Mercede

#fightfrailty

Primum non nocere...DJ`s gotta dance more

f(x) = Music from pure pragmatism and openness in its aspiration to, in a medium-long time perspective, be called lasting, creating structural changes in society in a better direction 🦊

https://youtu.be/enuOArEfqGo?si=GYghJSuXn6MSYgRZ

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032090-200-how-busting-some-moves-on-the-dance-floor-is-good-for-your-brain/

Logo by G Gierow-Hamilton, Stockholm/Fornalutx (RIP)

🎗️ K.Alinge & K.Kindvall and TA & GAK

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Check the Magician on #SoundCloud

...liquid euphoria to melt your brain...

Liquid State is a Middlesbrough based mix series intended to evoke the feeling of euphoria through the diverse spectrum of dance music, whether it be house, trance, progressive, techno, breaks or anything in between.

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"LIQUID" - (of a sound) clear, pure, and flowing; harmonious.
"the liquid song of the birds"

"STATE" - the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.

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Golden Pudel Club (Hamburg)

2019 May 31st
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2019 April 27th
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2019 April 20th - 22nd
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FOLD (London, GBR)

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Salon des Amateurs (Düsseldorf)

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Golden Pudel Club (Hamburg)

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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.

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With love until the grave.

Secretsundaze DJ bookings: 
marc@poem.agency

Spirit of Sundaze Ensemble bookings:
lauren@earth-agency.com 

Secretsundaze is the trademark of forward-thinking, underground house music. As an artist and brand – spanning parties and festivals, a record label, a studio, an NTS residency and a live band project – it’s been operating for over 20 years and embodies the spirit and community of London’s club culture. But it’s never been one to sit still or rest on its laurels; leave that to the nostalgia crew because Secretsundaze always keeps it moving. 

Take this year, 2024, as an example. Right now Secretsundaze is stepping out as an artist proposition in its own right, helmed by producer/DJ/curator James Priestley who’s currently packing a stack of club tracks that will drop across the year and establish the project as a hit factory for DJs and dancers searching for a fresh take on house music that draws on breakbeat energy and trancey euphoria. Priestley is known to take the roof off as a DJ and now he’s adding to his arsenal with sought-after solo productions of his own under the Secretsundaze name. 

As a tastemaker, Secretsundaze sits at the cutting-edge, bringing new heads into the fold and always looking to champion new talent. His NTS residency, which has seen MoMa Ready, Paquita Gordon and Alex Kassian guest recently, is a reflection of the project’s current dancefloor obsessions. The meticulous curation of the Secretsundaze presents parties and Multi Multi festival, renowned for featuring talents such as Ash Lauryn and Carista long before they gained widespread recognition and uniting visionary artists like Toumba, Tash LC and NIKS under a single roof, serves as a compelling testament to Secretsundaze’s commitment in celebrating new artists.

Now for some history: 2022 saw the launch of Spirit Of Sundaze Ensemble, a full live band project that reimagines anthems beloved of those in the know, recording and performing cult bangers like Photek’s ‘Mine To Give’ and Joyce Sims’ ‘Come Into My Life’. The band has already graced the stages of the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre) and the ICA as well as Beat Hotel and Kala festivals, with a debut LP set for release later this year.

This duality of cutting-edge and classic is what makes Secretsundaze so special. Priestley originally cut his teeth as a d’n’b DJ and a promoter of not-so-legal warehouse parties before becoming an annual resident at the legendary Robert Johnson and landing gigs at Panorama Bar and Queen at Smart Bar, which is the kind of gigography that many selectors would happily settle for. But Priestley’s love of underground club culture has propelled him even further and Secretsundaze is now two decades deep, a pillar of London culture that has poured blood, sweat and tears into the city’s music community. 

Secretsundaze begins 2024 as a solo venture with Priestley at the helm, navigating an ever-expanding musical universe that unearths and re-engages with different styles, genres and music scene via parties, live shows, productions, radio and even a new record label.