Dyptych is a treble in exploration of dark, minimal, and glitch-driven breakbeats. Each track mirrors the other - similar in tone and structure, yet fractured into distinct variations. Heavy sub pressure and warped percussion anchor the sound, while off-kilter edits, clicks, and stutters twist the groove into unexpected shapes. It’s music that thrives in the shadows: quirky, tense, and hypnotic, balancing minimal restraint with intricate glitchy detail.

Cryoritic

Night in shining amore

" One year after its first release, @nagualdrift is back on the radar, exploring a panel of emotions and a wide range of sounds and feelings. This Various Artists compilation features contrasting atmospheric shades of the dance floor. From acidic house tools to blooming ethereal soundscapes, bright and buoyant breakbeat to melancholic cuts from the left field of house to deep, dark and sorrowful techno. NDFT002 is a drifting, shifting landscape of collected emotional music from a pool of talented producers. 2 X 12" Double EP, housed in a handmade silk-screen process cover limited to 500 numbered copies."
Follow Artist - @amnfx /\ https://www.facebook.com/amnfx

Premiere:  Åmnfx - Tears

ИДА (@idasound) is a record label from Moscow that was born from a local club night, that brings some of the most prominent international DJs to the city. Such as Chaos In The CBD, Fantastic Man, Mehmet Aslan, DJ Boring, Borrowed Identity, DJ Octopus, Steve Murphy, Adesse Versions, Kornel Kovacs, Jacques Renault to some of Moscow's most famous venues including; Denis Simachev Bar, Science and Art, Propaganda and Powerhouse.

For their sixth release, they welcome newcomer fellow Russian @fakundofakundo to the family. Who has had some notable recent releases on Slow Motion Records and surely one to watch. For the ‘Shoes’ EP he delivers 2 broken beat tracks with dark vibe and some unexpected samples. 

Release Date - 17/09/18

Sinchi Blog - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/premiere-fakundo-perfect-shoes

Youtube - https://youtu.be/ZY0ybjuXejA

PREMIERE - Fakundo - Perfect Shoes (ИДА)

His brain whirred and buzzed with a hive of electronic activity, the pulses vibrated and moved with pace and vigour between interconnecting pathways and his life was alive. Some described him as being deep in thought, whilst others had quite simply believed him to have lost his mind. There was little way of knowing what was truly going on in there from the outside world for he was a bittersweet lost cause, a man caught in the middle of a delicate situation. His time would come, one day, deep minded would become more than it was. 

Varum is set to release a new EP on an up and coming label which caught our attention as of late. A Friend In Need seems focussed and well organised, an imprint with character and firm taste.

Collected

PREMIERE: Varum - Deep Minder [A Friend In Need]

LIES-134
Steve Moore-Eigengrau
from the upcoming four track ep
to be released September 2019

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Steve Moore-Eigengrau (LIES-134)

005 DG "Culture Trax ll".

An assertive hardcore kick and some classic trance FM sounds of the early 90s will get you into the right mood. That’s the continuation of our ‘Culture Trax’ series. Available through our Bandcamp. Studio quality. Enjoy! 

.WAV / 16 bit /44kHz 

Written & Produced by Alexander https://soundcloud.com/Moralez
Recorded & mixed at "Dark Crusader" studios 
Mastered by Moralez @ https://soundcloud.com/dcsmastering

Moralez

Culture Trax ll

005 DG Culture Trax ll

Patron continues to build a fine reputation with its family of ambitious artists. The label’s superb seventh release comes from Lewski, who already impressed with a EP here back in 2017.
Lewski is red hot right now after releasing on Or:la’s recently founded Céad label, impressing on Boiler Room and playing gigs at top clubs like De School and festivals like Awakenings. The diverse likes of Ben UFO, Avalon Emerson, Helena Hauff and DJ Stingray have all played his house, techno and electro tunes so his credentials are
unquestionable.
The title track opens the EP and is a perfectly dreamy electro cut with a bouncy acid line and spaced-out atmospheres. 
Preorder : https://clone.nl/item57290.html

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Lewski - Bicameral Mind

Originally released via Terraform Records in 1995, 'Systems E.P. 1' was certainly too ahead of its time to meet with success back in the day. That said, as years went by, so swelled the reputation of this sextet of visionary, alien-engineered jams, soon turning the once $1 bin find into a highly sought-after item on the second-hand market. Much to the displeasure of hardline speculators but for the greatest joy of skint '90s sound lovers, KOC reissues the Systems experience in full force and effect.
Today we premiering B1 track from Ether - mightily explosive 'Detonator' - a wild and woolly acid number that shall not go without conjuring up memories of the early Prodigy's mid-nineties rave exploits.  
6 mixes 12" record out march 15th, this track goes on free download when you pre- order whole EP here: https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/merch/various-artists-systems-e-p-1-oyster22

https://soundcloud.com/kalaharioystercult

Listen On YouTube

PREMIERE #808 | Ether - Detonator (Frank's Placid Acid Edit)[Kalahari Oyster Cult] 2020

Buy the digital Mechatronica Aid EP here: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/aid-ep

If you’re currently lucky to be in a position to spare some funds, please consider making a charitable donation in your community to help fight the Covid-19 outbreak.

Should you still have any additional good fortune left, we have put together an Aid EP, to help support the artists on our label, currently under financial pressure due to the massive amount of event and DJ gig cancellations - and to keep the lights on in our collective, which is heavily dependent on income from event production.

The Aid EP additionally enables us to provide a bit of work for our mastering engineer, also a DJ and producer, financially impacted by event cancellations.

All sales will be split 50/50 between the artists and ourselves, after mastering costs have been recouped. 

Stay healthy out there - and if you have the means, we encourage you to find ways to reach out and support those affected in your local communities.

Mechatronica Aid EP

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Maelstrom - Non-Partition [MTRONAID]

Lots of great music coming out these days

Load Management pt. 1

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.