2016 Q2

Record Sounds Like: This EP pulses with the future of House while paying respect to its roots—featuring remixes from legends like Ron Carroll and more.

Bootleg Contraband surfaces with Dead In The Water (Section Eight Music, SEM059), a forward-driving EP set for release on August 15. Fusing the raw pulse of classic House with a future-minded edge, the project features standout remixes from Chicago legend Ron Carroll, Miguel Ante, and the electrifying Shaun J. Wright. Bootleg Contraband also deliver two of their own reworks—including a gritty, genre-bending breaks remix—pushing the sonic boundaries even further. Dead In The Water isn’t just a nod to the past; it’s a bold rewrite of what’s next.

Artist Quote - "“Having a true legend like Ron Carroll remix Dead In The Water is an incredible honor. Alongside talented artists Miguel Ante, Randall Dean, Shaun J. Wright, and the twisted remix from R34L, each version brings a fresh, exciting take on our track. We’re proud to share this project with people we admire and inspired by how they push the sound forward.” - Bootleg Contraband"

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PREMIERE : Bootleg Contraband - Dead In The Water (Ron Carroll's Up All Night Vibe)

boys be kko - Nagasawa
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Label : Bliss Point (https://soundcloud.com/bliss-point-sound)
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> boys be kko (https://soundcloud.com/boys-be-kko)
https://www.instagram.com/boysbekko/

Having established himself as one of the most exciting contemporary dance producers with a string of stellar EPs and LP HENSA, Japanese producer boys be kko returns triumphantly with the Nagasawa EP, four floor cuts bursting with emotion, shimmering in Tokyo technicolor, and perfectly at home on Bliss Point.

Nagasawa kicks off with a bang. “ChuKii” is a peak time heater: breaks, chopped vocals and punchy toms sear over a low end groove that proves body music can funk. Melodic acid explodes like a firework mid-track, taking the dance floor to psychedelic new heights.

The club psychedelia continues with “Mold Mold”, a minimal, subterranean system roller adorned with swells, bells, and deep, guttural growls dubbed to the vanishing point.

“Sant Esteve (kko Edit)” is melancholic and contemplative jazz house, eschewing cliché and twinging with nostalgia for that moment you felt most free.

“Humor is an important part of my music”, boys be kko reflected over lunch as Izakaya smoke billowed past his face. “Oignon”, the fourth and final track on Nagasawa, is an airy and joyful cut of sampledelia that makes good on this promise. An enormous smile of a track sending listeners off with a slice of sonic sunshine and, dare we say, hope.

Bliss Point is proud to welcome boys be kko to the label, and to share with you this incredibly special music.

Nagasawa will be available digitally and on limited edition 12” vinyl Friday, September 5.

Artwork & layout by Chris Harnan
Mastering by Ruy Mariné at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Distributed by Bordello A Parigi, NL


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PREMIERE : boys be kko - Oignon

Hungarian duo Attila and Szilárd, aka Pleasure Voyage, return with the Afro Jazz Version of “Natural Unity” from their upcoming album Postcards from Eden. The track infuses their dreamy house and Balearic jazz with warm, rhythmic grooves. Flowing like a sun-faded memory, it blends tactile percussion with melodic sophistication, conjuring golden hour moments and effortless motion.

PREMIERE : Pleasure Voyage - Natural Unity (Afro Jazz Version)

High above the desert, where the sky spilled its secrets in stars, the brightest among them was Altair. To the villagers below, it was more than a star—it was a guardian.

Generations passed, but Altair never dimmed. Pilgrims crossed miles of sand to sit under its light and make wishes. Some claimed they saw a flicker.

On a clear night, if you stare long enough, you might see wings in the darkness. Illuminated against the dense black.

For in the sky, where time folds and dreams take flight, Altair burnt brighter than all else.

 Two Thou is the lead behind the Oraculu project – a hybrid jazz exploration with ambient undertones described as follows:

“This music was born in Berlin, matured with me through a winter in the rural Sardinia, and ended up on wax through Chicago and New York. With this record, that to me sounds in-between worlds, I want to recall that jazz and electronic music both emerged as inventions, and it seems to me they’re both suggesting us to keep inventing.”

PREMIERE: Oraculu - Altair [Division81]

Session Victim - Make It Happen w/  Nebraska - [Delusions Of Grandeur]

Flash Atkins has pulled together a crack team of musicians for Sanza Mibale Ya Bo Pemi. It is a tribute to the golden age of afro disco, when the sounds of 70s New York found their way to the continent and fused with local musical styles and rhythms.

Felix Ngindu sings in his native Lingala language from DRC over a locked bass, congas, keys, percussion, rhythm guitar and a brass section from Haggis Horn's Atholl Ransome and Malcolm Strachan. Funk, disco, soul and jazz all blend for a a peak time jam.

The Flash Dub strips things back to the rhythm section for heads down, dubby action and a tracky take that still packs a dance floor punch.

The incomparable Bosq steps up for remix duties and knocks it out the park. Layered drums and percussion give things a more latin swing before the beats break, piano enters the fray and it's a tropical funk party starter all the way.

The dub does the beat thing, rocking a hard groove for the dancers. Hands in the air? F**ck yeah!

PREMIERE : Flash Atkins All Stars - Sanza Mibale Ya Bo Pemi

DC Promo Tracks #1740: "Serene Architect" by A Vision of Panorama is part of the release "Serene Architect" on Fusion Sequence  

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https://soundcloud.com/murrinmusic https://soundcloud.com/tornadowallace https://soundcloud.com/pucasounds
🛒 https://pucasounds.bandcamp.com/album/king-puck-remixes

The latest release from Berlin-based label PÚCA sounds is a double side fully equipped for the dancefloor, leaving room to explore across both tracks. Cola Ren’s remix of title track King Puck comes smooth and dubby into the chug, swelling with harmony between original percussions spun with Cola’s unmistakable touch.

Bleating is pushed through a late 90s/00s hall of mirrors, rolling with high energy glimmer in the hands of Tornado Wallace. Some ways towards spacey and ultra-danceable, this is a liquid gem of a B-side made to measure as it complements both tracks.

Tracklist:

A1 Murrin - King Puck (COLA REN Remix)
B1 Murrin - Bleating ( Tornado Wallace Remix)

PREMIERE: Murrin - Bleating (Tornado Wallace Remix) [Púca Sounds]

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Introducing Toy Tonics’ Newest Artist: Martha Pinel!
Brazilian DJ, vinyl digger, party starter, and style icon Martha Pinel has officially joined the Toy Tonics family. Splitting her time between Rio de Janeiro and Berlin, she’s the founder of Assembleia, a laid-back Rio party that’s become a Carnival sensation, and co-founder of Croma, a music-meets-fashion project that shaped Rio’s alt-scene. Featured on the cover of GQ Brazil, she was named one of “13 artists changing the world.”
Her non-linear DJ sets fuse Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Middle Eastern grooves, Italo, disco, house, and Balearic sounds - always bold, emotional, and unpredictable. She’s played Boiler Room, Paris Fashion Week, KALA Festival, DGTL, and more, alongside names like Hunee, Antal, and Prins Thomas.
Martha’s debut EP Real Rio captures a rediscovery of her hometown—a city where beauty and chaos collide in dramatic highs and lows. Z The track Assim reimagines Marcos Valle’s classic Estrelar with collaborator Gabto, reflecting on Rio’s unique “Body Culture” - that unmistakable energy you feel walking along Ipanema Beach.

Released 19.09.25

Martha Pinel - Uber Moto

Ripped in Glasgow - Radio Buena Vida 17.09.25

Enhua had been far from home for a long time now. She missed her friends from the tiny village by the sea but it had been time for her to leave. Little had made as much sense to her in her life but this. She must travel far through this land to find where she belonged. Her family were good people by the coastal town and they always would be, but she felt a connection to something which called to her from beyond those surroundings. It was primal, a reason to search, a reason to find the root of her very being. 

The latest record from tact Recordings has been receiving a solid stream of support from the likes of Gerd, Mr Ties, Efdemin and Missimiliano Pagliara. Here is the remix of Yard One's 'Enhua' from Roger Van Lunteren.

PREMIERE: Yard One - Enhua (Roger Van Lunterens Acidic Re - Feel) [Tact Recordings]

Following our crew member Alan Dente's debut EP, Bordello A Parigi is releasing a sixth volume in the Riviera Disco series, which has been a cornerstone in the label's short history. The EP contains four tracks by Daniel Kyo, Mystery Of Science, Luca Dell'Orso, and a joint effort between our favourite Swiss outfit Jack Pattern, founders of Lustpoderosa, and one of their pal John Parsley. We had the pleasure to share the bill with Jack Pattern a few weeks ago in Zurich at the wonderful "Kauz" club and we can assure you they delivered a mesmerizing live show. Here is "Sequential Move", an analog sounding chugger with all the Italo ingredients : vocoder, frenzied arpeggios, electronic handclaps. What's not to like?

PREMIERE : John Parsley & Jack Pattern - Sequential Move

Church W007 

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jazz vol.1

Montreal’s Beaubien Ouest can cause quite the daze in the heat of Summer, so stepping out of the bedroom into the shed made all the difference for Holland. Live-off-the- floor takes with pals Rory Seydel (on guitar) and Jeremy Dabrowski (on the bass) can be heard on the Title Track, whereas freaked-out Dx7 melodies and harmonies makeup “Royal Plus” and “Closer”. An homage to one’s home & its dreamlike qualities, as well as a practice in call & response.

SOBO001 - Project Pablo - "Beaubien Dream"

Title track off the forthcoming 'Jazz Vol. 1' EP on https://soundcloud.com/churchuk from label boss https://soundcloud.com/sebwildblood

Seb Wildblood - Seal Of Approval

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PREMIERE: Yard One - Enhua (Roger Van Lunterens Acidic Re - Feel) [Tact Recordings]

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