https://soundcloud.com/froiddub https://soundcloud.com/richard-fearless https://soundcloud.com/ransom-note-records
🛒 https://ransom-note-records.lnk.to/Control-RichardFearlessRemix
🔊 https://youtu.be/PJTp-zhr4QA

Hot on the heels of the acclaimed Tears Maker Chant 12” LP, illustrious French Electronic duo Froid Dub are back on Ransom Note Records with an interstellar remix package, with a little something special for all occasions on this colossal record. Slip into something comfortable and sit back.

Opening proceedings, Mr Richard Fearless starts us off with a bang with his remix of Control. Or, indeed, a warp. Bubbly Dubby bass abound, frenetic, IDM-esque beats skip along underneath the low end pummelling before giving way to luxuriant chord progressions. A perfect balance of light and shade, this is a weapons grade banger.

Tracklist:

1. FROID DUB - Control (Richard Fearless Remix)
2. FROID DUB - Digital Pond (Lena Willikens Remix)
3. FROID DUB - On the Nose (Zillas on Acid Remix)
4. FROID DUB - Tears Maker (Timothy Clerkin Remix)
5. FROID DUB - Just One (Strange Affair Remix)
6. FROID DUB - Tears Maker (Vacant Heads Remix)
7. FROID DUB - Terri's Dub (Rainy Terrace Dub by Tolouse Low Trax)

PREMIERE: FROID DUB - Control (Richard Fearless Remix) [Ransom Note Records]

https://soundcloud.com/wormbox https://soundcloud.com/bed_of_roses-1
🛒 https://bedofrosesentertainment.bandcamp.com/album/4-ugly-djs-only-vol-one
🔊 https://youtu.be/_JkFocV31GI


4 UGLY DJs ONLY Vol. ONE: file under alternative dance music — a snarling snapshot of the unconventionally attractive side of underground dance music. Curated for the late-blooming, ugly duckling disco dollies, this seven-track collection veers through busted club experiments, mutant techno, and haunted house heaters.

Each artist pushes dance music into strange, unconventional terrain — unafraid to embrace the peculiar, the abrasive, and sometimes even the ugly.

Tracklist:

Thomass Jackson - I Took A Pill And Went To Sleep
MagicPink - This Machine
dj_2button - Can You Low?
Morpheme - One Foot In The Grave
Etbonz - Open Your Mind
HIGHELECTRiX - C6H807
Wormbox - Bad Luck

PREMIERE: Wormbox - Bad Luck [Bed of Roses]

With its 10th edition, Dalmata Daniel’s split series brings together two artists who have both left their mark on the label’s compilations, now presenting their first full releases on the imprint. Anatolian Weapons and The Spy approach electronic music from different angles, one rooted in hypnotic techno rituals, the other in raw electro and post-punk energy. Both craft sounds that thrive in the shadows of the dancefloor.

On the A-side, Anatolian Weapons delivers three cold, hypnotic cuts. "Trapped" opens with heavy EBM percussion and a buzzkill bassline, setting a tense, mechanical tone. "Further Spiralling Down" sinks deeper into darkness with a grinding low end, tight drums, and electro-tinged claps, forming the side’s relentless highlight. "Apathy Through Shock" closes with pounding, catatonic rhythms and a mournful, otherworldly melody, pushing the listener into disorienting depths.

Flipping over, The Spy’s raw, electro-driven energy takes hold. "Same Blur" channels sharp electro beats with a punkish sneer and cosmic synth lines. "Falling", featuring The Spy’s own vocals, leans into melancholic new wave, pairing bouncy rhythms with bittersweet melodies. The closing "Pretending" drifts into the darkest corners, offering low-slung, haunted electro layered with distant, spectral harmonies.

Anatolian Weapons
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anatolian_weapons/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anatolianweapons

Dalmata Daniel
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dalmata-daniel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dalmatadanielrecords/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DalmataDanielLabel

PREMIERE: Anatolian Weapons - Further Spiralling Down (Dalmata Daniel)

He sat upon a little hill beside the bridge and looked out upon the river which passed down beneath. It was hard to see the ripples of the water but for the occasional flicker of the headlights which whizzed by up there on the overpass. Some people came out here from time to time to spot the northern lights but there wasn't much moving in the wayward sky this evening. 

There was a near silence in the air, the occasional scream of something wild in the woods in the distance would echo across the snow capped fields. 

He took a deep breath and watched as it filled the air with fog.

Don't Be Afraid has always represented the very best of the underground, a prominent label with a commitment to the out there. Label boss makes a triumphant return with a new EP.

PREMIERE: Semtek - Northern Lights [Don't Be Afraid]

Kliche - Dabrea 
BLNK025 
@biri-kliche

https://birikliche.bandcamp.com/album/dabrea
Out October 3rd

A1 Dabrea 01
A2 Dabrea 02
B1 Dabrea 03
B2 Testing the twin

Mastering @benabou

BLNK025

Kliche - Dabrea (BLNK025)

St. Andrew - Poem II (Above the clouds) [AFTB002]

Co-founder of Virtual Forest Records, member of the media platform SeekSickSound, and organizer of free parties in Paris, Fluid Matter brings together his many inspirations under the UK banner for a broken-up and organic result. Always on the lookout for new sounds and fond of blending genres, he shapes a living and radical universe, at the sonic forefront of the French scene.

Follow Fluid Matter - https://soundcloud.com/fluidmatter
Follow Virtual Forest Records - https://soundcloud.com/virtualforestrecords
Follow SeekSickSound - https://soundcloud.com/seeksicksound

359⚡️Fluid Matter

remix for  C.A.R. i did in 2014! almost forgot it <3 https://soundcloud.com/c_a_r

C.A.R. - Idle Eyes (Benedikt Frey Remix)

no hands remix

I thought I'd set a challenge for myself while learning the Intellijel Atlantix by making a track with 100% sounds created with the module. From percussion, bass, pads, and chords, to textural effects, everything was created with the Atlantix and recorded into Ableton where I layered sounds and built out an arrangement. 

Added some slight compression and reverb/delay to certain tracks using Valhalla Delay, VintageVerb, and FutureVerb.

I'll take another pass at this track to sub out some sounds — particularly the chords, as I don't like how they sit in the mix, and sequencing and recording each note of the chord individually and layering in Ableton was a faff.

Overall, enjoyed the experiment and learnt a lot about what the Atlantix is capable of! Constraints breed creativity.

Modular Sessions — Atlantix Dub

Humans | feat. jl_pulse

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.

With love until the grave.