Much respect, acid talent right there 🫶🖤🦻

Artist: Timothy J. Fairplay https://soundcloud.com/timothy-j-fairplay
Track: Chase Through The Steel Yard
Release: Hot Night For Slum Lord 
Cat: IM013
Label: Italo Moderni https://soundcloud.com/italo_moderni
Release date: 16 June 2023
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Pre-order: https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/timothy-j-fairplay-hot-night-for-slum-lord-ep

DT PREMIERE: Timothy J Fairplay - Chase Through The Steel Yard [Italo Moderni] (2023)

For a few years now, Lisbon has been a better place with the presence of french keyboardist, composer, beat maker and DJ Julien “Larry Quest” Berland. When Julien arrived he had just released his debut EP on the revered Delusions of Grandeur label (headed by one of the UK’s greats, Jimpster).

Hot on the heels of this love, Ka§par met Julien and both started a long and fruitful relationship that would place Julien at the top tier of Lisbon-based producers and DJ’s with a string of impressive releases, some of them on PERCEBES MÚSICA: “Faíscas”, “Austro” and now his final
piece as a Lisbon resident “Entrega” - as he prepares to head back to Paris in search of bigger and better conquests.

In this, his final opus for Percebes in 2023, Julien crafts another tryptic of incredible funky technosoul bangers! All three tracks present common features: fast paced tempo, latin-themed rhythms on top of bumpin’ four-to-the-floor stompin’, full and delicious chord stabs and pad progressions and a feeling of timeless soul and jazzfunk music printed into their melodies. These tracks will be incredible picks when played against 313 classics or soulful nuyorican house vibes.

- “Loop Hall” is a tense and dubby techno soul slammer. Luscious pads spiked by stabby organs, aided by a resonant squelchy 303 funk bass and lot’s of smart percussion. Clear, clean cut production and a solid, club heavy mix and master for the win. Very evocative of some of Carl
Craig’s most classic work.

- “Father Fader” has a housier feel: a few smartly picked sampled vocal bits and smart key chops looped into a very raw analog sounding beat, while a heart racing narrative evolves around the stacking of stabs and organs that keep building on an ever increasing galvanizing tension. Peak time, fast paced deep winner.

- “Worshipping Express” brings faith and spirituality into the fold, by respectfully borrowing a classic gospel, organ driven house template and pressing it against Quest’s usual corrosive bubble-rubber 303 lines. The surprise comes when the honky tonk piano dresses the whole affair
in a southern fried funk! It’s a clear Los Hermanos/Gerald Mitchell tribute delivered with great transparency and we know it’s going to be a special option for the discerning dance floor minded DJ giants of this world. Reel rite!!

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PREMIERE : Larry Quest - Loop Hall

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Anderson is back with another band camp four tracker!

[PREMIERE] Chemistry - Anderson | Self Released [2023]

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In a now annual tradition, Tartelet leans into the introspective mood of the winter months with itsthird compilation of downtempo and ambient titles. The artists involved on this 24-track collection include recent frontliners as well as long-standing extended family and breakthrough talents.

Medusozoa Vol III offers a perfect opportunity to dig into the dimensions of the label not defined by a dancefloor beat. Here, low-slung hip-hop and RnB can sit alongside beatless reveries, head-nodding dub meditations, and nimble, meandering jazz funk alike. If there was ever a question whether the label promotes a broad church of music, here it is in abundance.

The trip begins with long-time Tartelet alumni Max Graef, who makes two appearances on Medusozoa Vol III in his now signature woozy style interspersed with artful sampling. Doc Sleep follows up on her debut solo with a gorgeous foray into submerged, dubby shimmers, and Oakland-based psych-soul star ABUNAI links back up with kissingpractice for another dose of heart-on-sleeve song craft.

Copenhagen-based artist Lord of the Magi takes us on a mesmerising ride of ‘60s psychedelia, perfectly extending his sound nurtured on the Soul Exchange record. And Later Version, a collaboration from Oakland duo DJML and Jerod S. Rivera, sink into an analogue bubble bath of electronic and acoustic sonics. Athlete Whippet’s accomplished, soul-informed sound slips in perfectly, adding a warm, laid back
funk to the mix.

While label mainstay Nelson of the East drops a surprise hit sure to get a mass of bodies moving, Space Ghost returns for another blissfully beatless excursion that’s all killer, no filler. Tartelet wizard Glenn Astro also continues to shape out his distinctive path through modern beat constructions and edgy synth snaps.

Fresh label debuts include Mr. Beatnick, who lays down a sumptuous slice of cosmic downtempo boogie, while London-based producer DrumTalk brings his signature deft drum programming mood. Ciel also makes a first appearance on the label with her signature backroom dreamscapes and shimmering, tripped-
out style.

With its rich tapestry of mellow sounds to melt into, Medusozoa Vol III offers both a soothing backdrop and something mentally nourishing to fix your mind’s ear on.

Medusozoa Vol III

PREMIERE: Nelson of the East - Lost in Dubnation

The room was spinning faster than before as the faces began to melt into one another as he danced. The noise was overwhelming and hypnotic, it were as if he was in some kind of strange trance which could not be unlocked. He knew that this was not normal, that he might or should feel scared, yet somehow he found comfort in the chaos which engulfed and bedazzled the senses.

What sort of magic was this? Where was he now?

The experience became stronger and louder, he let himself go. It must have been the….

‘d’Acid’ is a progressive, club ready cut which will do wonders on the dancefloor. Recent releases on CHOBU have seen support from the likes of Luke Una, Ben UFO, Kassian, Jerome Hill, Red Rackem, Norman Nodge and Jay Carder. We anticipate that this one will receive the same treatment.

CHOBU004

PREMIERE: Void Complet - d'ACID [CHOBU]

Artist: Deimos Defender
Title: Prime Analysis
Track Title: Gusto Bubbles
Label: Abstract Rhythm
Cat #: ABSTRCT RTM 004
Release date: 23.08.2024
Format: vinyl, digital

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@abstractrhythmrecords

Deimos Defender, member of the Copenhagen Electro Alliance, cooked up 4 funky groovin’ Electro tracks in his space lab for the next 12’’ EP on Abstract Rhythm.

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Premiere | Deimos Defender - Gusto Bubbles (ABSTRCT RTM 004)

The very first Thunk Recordings release way back in 95

01 Bender (Melon Twister)

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Wave

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Coconoize & Del Piero - Wave

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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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PREMIERE: Void Complet - d'ACID [CHOBU]

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