Out April 16th

Naarm (Melbourne) based collective Butter Sessions celebrate over a decade in business with an extensive glossary of talented friends and affiliates pressed on a three-part compilation series. The label has always held the community closest, as exemplified by the 20+ artists featured over the three releases. Each 12” presents a grand soundscape anchored into the tenebrous energy of the dancefloor, with its inquisitive electronics and fierce pulse. If there was a definition for the Butter Sessions sound of ten years in the making, the answer lies here. 

The first installment opens with To Be Continued, an erratic composition from Aotearoa’s Vanessa Worm, charged with robotic bass and incessant hi-hats. Perth's upper shelf producers Guy Contact and Ewan Jansen respectively insert their own flavour with Kickflip Bouquet, a mid-tempo trance tinged number, and Back to Blood, a distorted percolating experiment. Meanwhile, Barcelona based Ivy Barkakati contributes Descarga; a gnawing improvisation piece. Sleep D offers up a brooding atmospheric piece of techno with 041111, whilst Japan’s Haruka follows suit with the elastic Ishinoko. Albrecht La'Brooy drifts into more tranquil terrain with the flickering Butter Soft before Low Flung & DJ Mind Leaf & The Herbalist wrap up volume one with the dub-induced Take Out. 

Mastered by C. Kikos
Design by Lloyd Mst & Romina Malta

A1. To Be Continued - Vanessa Worm

The first release of Escape Artist’s new imprint is a various artists affair brought together by the power of friendship. After years of being sent amazing music by new and old friends from near and afar, the time has come to share this joy with the rest of the world. As a label, we will seek to shine a light on psychedelic music of all designs and the first release will focus on the dance variety. It is the label’s hope that the love and friendship that brought this project together will shine through in the music. 

Grim Beazley’s ‘Acid Leaf’ evokes a memory of crowded peak time floors. The song’s gentle introduction gives way to powerful 303/909 interplay and leaves us yearning to go back to that place.

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/grim-beazley-acid-leaf-psy-section/
Buy: bit.ly/2OmBigh

https://soundcloud.com/grimbeazley
https://soundcloud.com/psy_section  
https://soundcloud.com/escapeartistaus

Premiere: Grim Beazley - Acid Leaf [Psy Section]

Dusk was falling as they'd entered the space, ready to embrace everything that came their way. The pulsing sounds had absorbed them from the moment they set foot inside; what came after felt like a whirlwind, their memories becoming lost in a haze of sweaty bodies and enchanting rhythms. Bright light greeted them when they left, feeling as though they'd been chewed up and spat back out - yet it was nothing they wouldn't relive over and over again.

Siamese Twins' co-founder Sunju Hargun has been making moves over the last couple of years, both solo, as part of Mogambo and with the releases on his Bangkok-based imprint. After gracing the label a few times with the more downtempo side of his creations, Sunju makes his way to Taiwan's 禁JIN for two tracks that are guaranteed to have you drifting up into the cosmos. Backed by two remixes from Barcelona's Marc Pinol and Taipei's own Initials B.B., Sunju's originals are an ode to the sounds of classic trance and acid, with both set to light up dancefloors across the world.

PREMIERE: Sunju Hargun - Chale [禁JIN]

ØEN Records is back with a special two track EP from up and coming Copenhagen based producer Fruit (@fruitdj). Originally from Iceland, but based in Denmark, Fruit has been making waves in the Copenhagen club scene with his eloquent DJ and live-sets. Following up his acclaimed 2019 Drømmeland EP he is finally back with two epic, fast-paced and euphoric tracks to light up the summer dance floors.

Drawing inspiration from myths and legends and particularly the Epic of Gilgamesh – a 4000 year old poem from ancient Mesopotamia – “Gilgamesh” is a hypnotic and trancey trip destined for the peak hours of the post-corona parties.

Created during the peak of the pandemic on an old half broken borrowed MacBook, the two distinct but kindred tracks are testament to Fruits unique production style, effortlessly navigating between euphoric fast-paced house, ambient soundscapes, hypnotic percussion and haunting atmospheres. Skillfully crafted and executed “Gilgamesh” is primed for both floor and mind.

TRACKLIST
A: Bull of Heavens (9:21)
B: Underworld (12:06)

BUY:
Bandcamp: bit.ly/3yLNI3l
One Eye Witness: bit.ly/3fWCMc4
Phonica Records: ​​bit.ly/3yLcpwS
Clone: bit.ly/3sbtv4N
Red Eye Records: bit.ly/2VNHe5I
Decks: bit.ly/37AVGAF
Cold Cuts Hard Wax: bit.ly/3fYPCqi
OYE Records: bit.ly/3k7FmNJ

STREAM:
https://bfan.link/gilgamesh

All Music written and produced by Anton Sandholt
Vocals on Underworld by Fjóla Gautadóttir
Mastered by Joel Krozer at Six Bit Deep
Artwork by Lille Blomst
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Label: ØEN Records
Cat. No.: ØEN020
Format: Vinyl and digital
Release date: 03 September 2020

Fruit – Bull of Heavens [ØEN REC.]

https://soundcloud.com/liseneuk
https://soundcloud.com/adampits
https://soundcloud.com/rudolf-c

presales

Physical
https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1642415698/Adam-Pits-and-Lisene-and-Space-Cadets-Warp-Drive?fbclid=IwAR3-s7RTMvVxvtQoeQ8bX-E1BdifsrsO5x99Wqo14RqdojgfaIW4bPSwcWY

Digital
https://planeteuphorique.bandcamp.com/album/warp-drive

Double Stars; often orbiting in tandem and gravitationally bound together, are usually mistaken as a singular light. An unmistakable parallel to the Space Cadets, Leeds trail blazers Lisene and Adam Pits join in magnetic union for Planet Euphorique’s big 1-5 to showcase their sole vision; superior prog synergy. Warp Drive gets flung into hyperdrive by your local enigma Rudolf C and the B side is a case of nuclear audio fission, splitting the duo so their individual and technical flair can shine. No doubt you’ve crossed paths with something hot on this disc in the encompassing party atmosphere; four straight up essentials for a function of chaos. 

The title track breaks in the EP with frisky righteous drums, precision in rhythm; swinging stylishly. Cosmos loom within reach, infinite rolling with baselines built for the long haul; an expertise in tension and release revealed through sonic sweeps and delicate filter explorations. A match made in heaven, Rudolf C has been gliding on similar trajectories; elevating the Warp Drive to a celestial level; the Psychedelic Envisionment accentuating the original's intricacies whilst maintaining the swagged flow and dancefloor steeze. Distorted pulsations and modulations swirl above head to signal the B side split show; driving bass anchoring the higher frequency expeditions, Lisene mastering the spectrum of sounds with Moral Panic and breaking up the 4/4 pursuit. Meanwhile Adam Pits closes things out with an ethereal highway drive; cruising, twinkling and boasting telescopic trance like skills. 

A perfectly balanced blend of modern, innovative and familiar, veteran status technological slick hits; you’re in good hands.

Space Cadets "Warp Drive"
Cat: PE015
Format: 12”
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Sophia
Words: Katie Campbell
Preorder: 17.01.2020
Release date: 25.02.2022

Space Cadets "Warp Drive"

Esteemed proponent of outré dancefloor manoeuvres, Superconscious Records co-founder Fantastic Man makes his Kalahari debut proper.

Having shown up for rework duties on a couple of occasions, we find the mutable oddball at his most trippy and esoteric. In fact, OYSTER42 is the handiwork of a producer who has his formula of balmy, lysergic dance music down to an exact science.

‘Alltogethernow’ gets on a swaggering cosmic tip, all sub-loaded and celestial as levitational arpeggios and funked-up groove dovetail to mesmeric effect. ‘Alpha’, on the other hand, takes a vision quest through enchanted jungle terrain. Initiating with a hypnotic ritual chant, it’s tunnelling and murkily psychedelic; occulted dancefloor rapture tailor-made for the wormhole interior.

As if it were some artefact from a distant ‘90s utopia, Bioxy’ evokes a time when warehouse parties littered the Melbourne landscape. Where its predecessor evokes ceremony and ritual, this is an anachronistic, dilated flashback to simpler times. FM kicks it languid and life-affirming on the closing number. Radiant synth lines flutter with a gentle headiness as ‘Trojan Force’ takes us full circle with a reprise of the rainforest FX.

Alltogethernow EP

Fantastic Man - Alpha [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

@remotif, @jaygadian, @reflex-blue-x, and @wilt_tcr turn up next on @terrazzotrax, shuttling us through the sound spectrum with a 'really good' compilation of wonky tech, trippy prog, and acid house.


Pre-order: https://sounddeptcc.bandcamp.com/album/four-really-good-tracks-ep-terrazzoo2

Release date: 07 October

pi pi pi premiere: Reflex Blue - Mystic(TERRAZZOO2)

The third single of a collection of our music paired with photography from Jerome Warburton. Vocals provided by Neil MacLeod.

www.jeromewarburton.com

Mastered by Benny Tones @ Organik Musik Workz

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JUMANJí

Jumanji - Bibu

A2. Kim Ann Foxman Blood Moon (Roza Terenzi's Eclipse Mix)

Undeniably the biggest banger on the release. A deep, rolling tune by two very special brothers. Animalia is pleased to present Sam & Jack Brickel.

Out now.
Vinyl available via Clone, Redeye, Bordello a Parigi, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Digital via: animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/animalia-one

Sam & Jack Brickel - Resurgence

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.

PREMIERE: Sunju Hargun - Chale [禁JIN]

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