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My 2024

PREMIERE: Yikes - Corroboree [Midnight Elevator]

You might find that the piano playing at the beginning seems a little out of tune - that’s because I’m
not using the standard western scale known as equal temperament. I’ve actually tuned the piano in
line with the alp horn, the national musical instrument of Switzerland. It’s a really long (like, several
metre-long) horn with no holes in the sides so it actually plays in a natural harmonic overtone series,
so I think it gives the piano a beautiful clear resonance as well as (to western ears) a sort of gentle
wooziness. The rhythmic elements of the track are inspired pretty much directly by the original, just
translated into a quicker tempo with some added sound design. I’m really interested to hear what

people think!

Wordcolour - Bluster (Djrum Remix)

Pre-order here: https://prioricamp.bandcamp.com/album/your-own-power-remixes

Late last year, Canadian producer @Priori returned with his second album ‘Your Own Power’ to great acclaim. Released via his @naffrecordings imprint, the album showcased a more contemplative style to his productions and featured one collaborative track with label partner Ex-Terrestrial. The story continues as Priori enlists a heavyweight line-up of artists to rework some of the album’s standout tracks.

‘Your Own Power Remixes’ features new editions — like this rework of '2-9-1' from @Bambounou, with the French artist bringing his own style and flair to the record.

Your Own Power Remixes

More exclusive music

Premiere: Priori '2-9-1' (Bambounou Remix)

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of „Kembow" by @stennyyy on Scattered Answers.

Read our introduction here: https://bit.ly/3RMKnek

Stenny - Kembow

Matching supple muscle with brainy brawn, fast-rising Edinburgh producer @lws_trax comes bowling onto the PM+ series with a pair of widescreen heaters. As is now well established and expected for Peder Mannerfelt’s quick-fire offshoot of club-ready cuts, these pieces are forged outside obvious genre categorization, where it’s easier to talk in terms of sound and energy than style.
 
‘Pendrum’ is a long and ranging track which revels in knotty rhythmic intricacy, driven by a drum palette which sounds like it was sourced from those odd things you find in miscellaneous kitchen drawers. The space-age pads take these items and fling them towards the horizon, and we’re dutifully dragged along for the ride. It’s a true journey piece – a saga for the club loaded with dramatic peaks and troughs.
 
‘Now That’s Focus!’ similarly looks beyond obvious drum machines for its percussive hits, but this time it’s purely about the beat. LWS proves himself to be devilishly effective at setting a scene with not much more than a biscuit tin and a dripping tap at his disposal, strapping the crinkling of a crisp packet to a rugged kick and slowly letting the gas escape from his bottle of sparkling when the track shifts into a higher gear.

LWS - Now That's Focus! [PM+5]

https://blankmindlabel.bandcamp.com/album/lost-paradise-blissed-out-breakbeat-hardcore-1991-94

A1 Sleepwalker - Age of Aquarius (L.D remix)
A2 Hedgehog Affair - Parameters
B1 DJ Mayhem - Inesse
B2 Luxury - Twirl
C1 The Invisible Man - The Flute Tune
C2 Escape - Escape (The Optical Mix)
D1 Skanna - This Way 
D2 Xray Xperiments - Techcore

Compiled by Sam Purcell and Tammo Hesselink
Design: Sam Purcell
Mastering: Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven
Press release: Fergus Clark

Lost Paradise: Blissed Out Breakbeat Hardcore 1991-94

Lost Paradise: Blissed Out Breakbeat Hardcore 1991-94 (clips) (BLNK022)

Everywhere you looked there was something, a slogan, a catchphrase, a jingle, a line. Each and every one fighting harder than the last for your precious attention. This was the nature of things in the city, you might as well ignore it.

There was only one way to tune it out, a simple saying which had done him well thus far.

"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah."

That was all there was to it, the resistance was futile. For if every answer was yes, there was nothing less to persuade upon.

The second in a heavy hitting EP series from K-Lone on Will Saul's record label AUS Music. This one is a weighty, techy assortment of house music built strictly for the dancefloor and will become tools of the trade for many this summer.

PREMIERE: K-Lone - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [AUS Music]

Slow-motion dubbed-out death disco ACID across the galaxy from the ever excellent @zillasonacid on Neubau...

https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premieres/premiere-zillas-on-acid-mars-hum-neubau-vienna/

FULL DETAILS

PREMIERE: Zillas On Acid - Mars Hum [Neubau]

It were as if he couldn't find his grip as the world spun recklessly all around him. All he wished was that he might find something to cling on to which might cement him to the ground and bring him back to reality. Instead everything was blurry and his grip, non existent. Old butter hands was out for the night and there was no stopping the ride...

He wandered between the people and the places, the faces and the strangers, the dancers and the wanderers lost within the midst of the night. For they too had lost their grip. We all had really, the world was a big buttery pool within which we all swam beneath the cloak of darkness.

Tammo Hesselink delivers a technical masterclass on a new EP for Scottish label Redstone Press. Deep, pensive electronic textures with tones for the heads.

PREMIERE: Tammo Hesselink  - Butter Hands [Redstone Press]

There was only one man about town, everybody knew that. As he walked in through the saloon he removed a lit cigarette from his mouth and blew a cloud of smoke into the warm air of the lounge. He had their attention alright, that was certain.

His name was Jonathan and he took no prisoners.

There was one empty stool perched by the bar, that would be his. For nobody dared sat where Jonathan sat.

He ordered a drink, the strongest stuff. The night was young but it would sure as hell feel old soon…

Ketiov is a master of edits, perhaps the undisputed king. A new self released EP cements such authority over the title as he commands the floor across a playful selection of tracks built around fun samples and groovy percussion.

PREMIERE: Ketiov - Jonathan [Ketiov]

The thoughts floated in and out, images danced atop an empty screen as the voices echoed and cried with great whimsy and wonder. These were the moments of wild dreams, a place in which the most careless and most reckless fantasies roamed as the limits and shackles of society were removed.

Anything might exist up here for anything could.

Wandering from room to room of the empty house, there were strange visions and moments to be found within each. Some were haunting whilst others were wildly euphoric like the stuff of a delicate fantasy.

Who knew which door might lead where and what lay behind each?

La Serpiente remixed by Elena Colombi. Now this is a combination we can get behind, this one sounds like something out of a sophisticated art noire film, a horror of sorts with wandering melodies and echoes atop a stomping repetitive kick.

PREMIERE: La Serpiente - You Are Dreaming! (Elena Colombi Remix) [Random Number]

Blank Mind presents three sublime versions of Big Hands’ ‘Girde Maye / Astere’ from Tammo Hesselink, Notte Infinita and Paperclip Minimiser - originally released on the Ossario EP in 2021.

@big-hands-1 @notteinfinita @tammohesselink @john-howes

https://bighandsbighands.bandcamp.com/album/girde-maye-astere-remixes

Big Hands - Girde Maye / Astere Remixes (Notte Infinita, Tammo Hesselink & Paperclip Minimiser)

MIST008 - Various Artists - Fountain of Reason
Release Date: October 29, 2024 (12” & Digital)
Buy: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/fountain-of-reason

A1. Vardae - Pahlevan
A2. Kick21 - Bright Interface
A3. Porter Brook - Three Things You Can Watch Forever
B1. Ayū - Light & Reflection
B2. Atàvic - Subconscious
B3. Tammo Hesselink & DYL - Accent Award
B4. Plebeian – Gowanus

Sure Thing continues its label excursion into unwound, blurred-edge territory with Fountain of Reason, a 12” compilation of kaleidoscopic, tempo-spanning tracks aimed squarely at the far reaches of the dance floor.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab
Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg

MIST008 - V/A - Fountain of Reason

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 16 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS16

buy digital: https://tammohesselink.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-16
buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/9162/tammo-hesselink/mantis-16

a1. Harbour Launch
b1. Vronabe
b2. Gossamer

A second appearance of Tammo Hesselink (@tammohesselink) on the Mantis series. Fusing the spatial effects treatments of dub with the metallic clang of industrial percussion and the stark negative space of minimal, Tammo Hesselink's sonic practice continues to create compelling, complex forms. His exacting style toys with atmospheric processing and mechanised motifs in place of traditional melodic elements, unearthing nuanced expression from timbre and rhythm while delivering firm structures for advanced soundsystem immersion.

BUY @ Delsin Shop

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 16 (DSR/MTS16)

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