UK inspired electronic music has changed significantly over the past twenty years, mutating between elements of bass, house music, techno and back again. The sounds are often intertwined and linked by creative dj's and producers who aren't keen to be pigeonholed or bound by the limitations of genre or style. 

Tom VR is a perfect example of one such artist, an emerging producer who has risen to prominence with an array of eclectic, thoughtful releases on the likes of All My Thoughts, Lionoil Industries and his own imprint Valby Rotary which he runs alongside Louf. His most accomplished work perhaps has come on a new EP for Midland's record label, Intergraded. A pensive, bass inspired affair which also features beautiful ambient textures and delicate, precise sound design built to immerse dancers in the clubs. 

Tom's own musical tastes are rooted in the more pensive undertones of electronic music, there is a tonal undercurrent which runs throughout his work and sound. That's not to call it 'deep' but it is.

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Tom VR: The Ransom Note Mix

Recorded live at Waterworks Festival 2021, Gunnersbury Park, London on 25 September 2021

Pressure stage

Live at Waterworks Festival 2021 - London

The first show in the series focused on new and unreleased music, pure upfront stuff.

1. J. Wiltshire - The Number Counters (Konx-om-Pax remix)
2. Off The Meds - Hiccups (Roman Flügel E-Mix)
3. Manuel Tur - 126 BPM
4. Two Shell - ◎ huku (edit)
5. Scratchclart - Hard
6. INVT - Sopla
7. Lipelis x TMO - Diet 505 (Dub)
8. Unknown - Unreleased
9. Anthony Naples - Here With You
10. Pearson Sound - Freefall
11. Bakey - Jackpot
12. Pangaea - Fuzzy Logic
13. Joy Orbison - Pinky Ring
14. Pariah - Caterpillar
15. Henzo - Finola Shake
16. Chloe Robinson and DJ ADHD - Pax (Four Tet remix)
17. Instinct - Rain

Ben UFO - BBC R1 Residency - Show 1

Munich meets Miami in a B2B that's a dream come true. A perfect brew of DnB, hip hop, techno, ambient, and bouncy mesh brings together two of the scene's most innovative forces. Skee Mask, the master of acoustic manipulation and dark atmospheric textures, teams up with childhood friends duo INVT, with their hypnotic, trippy Latin-scented audioscapes and intricate drum programming. An immaculate blend of INVT's gritty rhythms and Skee Mask's otherworldly sonic engineering.

INVT b2b Skee Mask - Climate Of Fear - April '24

https://replay.rinse.fm/uk/MasonCollective010624.mpRinse FM Podcast

Pangaea - 07 July 2024

Batu b2b Leon Vynehall live from Barbarella's at Love International Festival 2024

TASCAM DR-100

Live from the Adriatic 2024: Batu b2b Leon Vynehall

Hessle Audio feat. Pearson Sound - 17 March 2025

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO & Joe Delon - 07 April 2025

Original mix desk recording straight from source - ie Soundboard / Tongless

Djrum - Waxcap [Houndstooth]
A Made Up Sound - Ahead [A Made Up Sound]
Paradox - Octa4 [Sneaker Social]
AFX - Phonatacid [Rephlex]
Indian Ocean - Treehouse / School Bell (Part 2) (Short Version) [Sleeping Bag]
Subhead - Mod-U-Like [Subhead]
Walton - More Cowbell [Tectonic]
Conforce - Grain [Clone Basement Series]
MC Shy-D - Shake It (Remix) [Luke Skyywalker]
Kritical Audio - Krupp [Detroit Underground]
Shabaka Hutchins - Explore Inner Space [Impulse!]
Dario Zenker - Quantized Rise [Ilian Tape]
Spacer - Villiger [Pussyfoot]
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Pres. Derek & Clive - Bo Duddley [Island]
Neotropic - Beached [NTONE]
Atrice - Backrooms [Ilian Tape]
Homelife - Buffalos [Ninja Tune]
Terry Riley - Poppy Nogood And The Fantom Band [CBS]
Martsman - Impending [Hidden Hawaii]
Floral Resources - Botanic Panic [Tech Startup]
Beatrice Pollard - Episode 1 (B2) [MRR]
dgoHn - Invisible Sandwich [Love Love]
Some British Accent And Dialects - Isle Of Man [BBC]
Noise Abatement - Hearing R-Zac In 1997 Made Me Want An R8 [Dance Trax]
Mecanica Popular - La Edad Del Bronce [DRO]
Gato Barbieri & Dollar Brand - To Elsa [Freedom]
Hieroglyphic Being - The Language Of Strings: Audio Memoirs Of Electronic Etudes & Nocturnes (10) [Mathematics - MATH 105]
Vaccine - Rhyme Related [VACCWHITE001]
Loxy & Resound - Heritage [CNVX]
Logos - Seawolf [Keysound]
DJ Vadim - Morning Prayer [Ninja Tune]
Logos Feat. Dusk & Blackdown - Alien Shapes [Keysound]
Black Dog Productions - Otaku [Rising High]
Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music [ECM]
Soundmurderer & SK-1 - Telembodanustyle [Rewind]
Sixteenarmed Jack - King A De Jungle [Sweet Sensi]
Family Of Intelligence & Vernon Smith - The Fruit Version [3rd Party]
Sister Nancy - Bam Bam (Original Bam) [Big Beat Reggae]
Aroma Nice - Containr [YUKU]
Terrorrythmus - Suicide [BRKN]
Lester Bowie - Rose Drop [ECM]
FFF - World Is Closed [Vibez' 93]
Bala Bala Boys - Sieta [R&S]
E.K.U.D.C.M. - Ultra Jungle (All Nite) [Hard Disk]
Penderecki, Don Cherry & The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra - Humus - The Life Exploring Force [Philips]
Aleksi Perälä - NL-L56-18-07385 [Dub - 037]
EQ Why - Whybot & Whystien [Orange Milk]
J:Kenzo - Dub For Bashenga [Cosmic Bridge]
The Government - How Many Fingers? [The Government]
Hihats In Trees - C=N [Maloca]
Kid Lib - Mental State [Fresh 86]
Lester Bowie - Rose Drop [ECM]
Paradox - Drum Throne [Paradox]
The Jackson Five - Hum Along And Dance [Motown]
Barker - Birmingham Screwdriver [Smalltown Supersound]
Roswell Return - A Goldbach Vibe (Clean Cut Remix) [SD]
Djrum - Sycamore [Houndstooth]
Aphex Twin - Diskhat All Prepared1mixed 13 [Warp]
Kincaid - Slow Stumble Home [Banoffee Pies]
Bass Butches - Loose Lips Sink Ships [Step Ball Chain]
Zenzizenz - Returning From Home [Banoffee Pies]
Affie Yusuf - Equator [Ferox]
Menace Makes 3 - Keep On Comin' (Brainstorm Remix) [Danse City - DC 1205]
Autechre - Maphive 6.1 [Warp]
Mantra - Stomping Ground [Ilian Tape]
Yunis - Preview Of Tomorrow [YUKU]



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