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Only the label’s second ever release, Vief bursts into 2022 with a whopping 17-track compilation spanning breakbeat, jungle, techno, hard drum and much, much, more. All proceeds from the release will be donated to Refugee Action, a charity that aims to build safe, happy and meaningful lives for refugees in the UK.  

London and Taiwan based B E N N’s addition to the release is a perfect representation of the unique space he fills as an artist. Showcasing his sound that draws from techno, UK funky, Bass music and hard drum, Abyss Chant is four minutes of unadulterated explosive energy that you do not want to miss out on!

B E N N
@bedoublensound
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Vief Records
@viefrecords
www.instagram.com/vief_records/

Refugee Action Compilation

Abyss Chant

Premiere: B E N N - Abyss Chant | Vief Records

Glass asked to their favorite artists of the experimental electronic scene to deconstruct and destroy their album ‘Anxiety Prime’.

This various, built around classic and recognizable Glass fragments, redefines the album in a totally new way and gives it a fresh ambient and club touch.
This is the soundtrack to another stressful & violent world.
 
We cannot thanks enough the artists involved : Aho Ssan, Apollo Noir, Christian Coiffure, CNDSD, KMRU, Low Khey, More Eaze, Zero Crossing Point & ZULI.
And of course Glass who also included a brand new live version of their iconic track ’Skin Transfer’.

Mastered by Lorenzo Targhetta
Artwork by Cestainsi & Virgile Flores based on original artwork by Sara Bastai & Ines Maestre

Glass - Jim & Caroline Were Bad Omens (Christian Coiffure remix)

Hailing from Tokyo, Prettybwoy stands as an emblematic figure within Japan’s burgeoning experimental bass music scene. Following the success of his 2021 album released on the esteemed Chinese label SVBKVLT, Prettybwoy makes a triumphant return to POLAAR with a fresh EP featuring two original tracks and a pair of electrifying remixes.

The EP commences with “Purify,” a track characterized by its striking contrasts. Seamlessly fusing raw, overdriven kicks and beat structures with delicate kalimbas, the piece is enveloped by an array of otherworldly robotic sounds and textures. As Nobuto, the artist behind Prettybwoy, explains, “I think that when we purify something, clean and dirt are melting in the same result.” The track skillfully builds tension, maintaining a radiant and luminous aura throughout.

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Purify

Cocktail Party Effect - Fixing the Roof EP
Release Date: February 10th
Cat: NHD007

Tracklist: 
1. Fixing the Roof
2. Safety Button
3. 767
4. Gecko Slide
5. The Police Took My Garden Away

https://cocktailpartyeffectmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fixing-the-roof-ep

Cocktail Party Effect starts 2023 with his debut release on Nervous Horizon: ‘Fixing The Roof EP’.

The South London via Berlin artist known for his jaw dropping releases on Tectonic Recordings delivers 5 solid cuts all with their unique style. Made with a bunch of battered vintage hardware: in particular 90s samplers, synths, filters and distortion units paired with the latest computer software, this project really pushes the sound palette beyond conventional club music. 

The opening track Fixing The Roof feels like a classic Nervous Horizon track from the time the label first started gaining traction. Safety Button is the bass heavy - dance floor pounder of the lot, a must in every set! 767 enters the “jungle experimentation” realm reminiscent of early Paradox (DnB producer Dev Pandya). Gecko Slide & The Police Took My Garden Away present copious amounts of analog distortion and explosive drum patterns that are really at the heart of the Cocktail Party Effect modus operandi.

Cocktail Party Effect - Fixing The Roof

Commonly found exploring fractured club sonics with a fierce bite on her POLAAR label, Flore links up with Peder Mannerfelt Produktions for a two-shot exercise in grubby, dance-wreckin’ rhythm. 

The lioness from Lyon wields noise and distortion with a razor-sharp intent on ‘Get Digit’, threading a tapestry of interference around a monolithic bass thump with a groove that takes its cue from the gnarliest end of the dancehall spectrum. 

‘Base IQ’ pivots towards 8-bit bleep and square wave grime with a stern, modernist tract. The sound design spits and snarls around these luminescent hooks while the low end takes on a thunderous energy, positively demanding a monstrous soundsystem over which to preach its message. 

True to Flore’s mission thus far, PM+6 comes loaded with a swagger fit for darkened parties where familiar structures get laid to waste in flamboyant fashion.
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releases March 2, 2023 

Written & Produced by Flore 
Mastering by Isle Audio 
Artwork by Håkan Ullberg

Flore - Base IQ [PM+ 6]

Flore - Get Digit [PM+ 6]

Welcoming another addition to the ever-growing NHS roster, we introduce the sounds of Matteo Coffetti with an erratic audio collage of sonic madness that toys with the fringes of Latin rhythm patterns and proto-fairy-tale sound palettes into a coagulation of ultra-syncopated bass music.

Follow up 'Quadrifid Jettatura' is the equally eccentric twin to the previous entry. This track has a voice that tries to sing to radical pitches, calling out in a peculiar voice. The vocal chops twist and cut, barely escaping and twisting into one and other; a dream-like perplexion that defines itself as our lead. The 4 x 4 rhythm begins to appear for the first time, keeping the nimble pace throughout.

Artwork by Federico Spini
Mastering by Fausto Mercier

https://nostrohoodsystem.bandcamp.com/album/delphinine-capriole-ep

https://soundcloud.com/matteocoffetti
https://soundcloud.com/nostro-hood-system

Delphinine Capriole - EP

PREMIERE: Matteo Coffetti - Quadrifid Jettatura [NOSTRO HOOD SYSTEM]

The third entry into our Crux singles series comes from Circular Square, currently one of Brussel’s secret gems, but clearly on the verge of blowing up. Circular Square’s seemingly natural skill at crafting exciting interzones of bass-heavy club acrobatics and melodic realms, prime his productions for both adventurous dancefloors and deeper home immersion.

As the central piece, 3-HT-(xon) finds an equilibrium between its surgical drum stitches, swaths of glassy chimes and rapturous flutes. That balance tips a bit as lush, almost pastoral elements come to the fore half-way through, before the drums regain their ground.

Swiveling hi-hats surround a mighty, prowling bass on GBS_02x, an expertly crafted minimalist and stealthy pouncer, that successfully wrings every last drop of momentum out of its carefully selected components. As an addition, Leese’s snakey flip reconstructs its stagger into a rolling parade of tribal percussion, intermittent vocal stabs and cavernous drop-outs, mastering the fine art of remixing that is true to the original, while still bearing the unmistakable handwriting of the remixer.

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Circular Square - Crux III: 3-HT-(xon
CXA008 - 24.03.2023 | Digital & Streaming

01. 3-HT-(xon)
02. GBS_02x
03. GBS_02x (Leese Remix)

Produced by Circular Square
Mastered by Alberto Bertelli
Artwork by Ferenc Petöcz

https://soundcloud.com/cruxaxul
https://soundcloud.com/circular_square

Crux III: 3-HT-(xon)

Premiere: Circular Square - 3-HT-(xon)[Crux Axul]

"Good dreams of bad things."

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Like Blazes

Straight-up hydromancy as @flore jumps on a water-themed @nehzarecords compilation.

Caught in a whirlpool of visceral sound design, the @polaarsounds boss conjures turbulent hardcore currents alongside hydro-powered contributions from the likes of Jossy Mitsu, Angel D’Lite and Nehza founder RONI. 

River rapid breaks suspended in a constant state of flux. 

‘Transaquæ’ is out April 28th on Nehza Records.

Pre-order: nehzarecords.bandcamp.com/album/transaqu

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Premiere: Flore - Sensors [Nehza Records]

Renslink - !85 EP
Label: Infinite Machine
CAT#: IM103
Format: Digital
Release: May 26th, 2023
Mastered by Fausto Mercier
Artwork by Luis Tomita

UK producer Renslink calls IM103 his first effort focused on the dancefloor, but it belies a lifetime steeped in it. This is prime material for the most advanced of DJs.

The first cut, Static, blends heavy, droning atmospheric sound design with the half-time template of dubstep, complete with jungle vocals. Before reaching the first half, however, it goes into a healthy techno gallop, making the track a perfect set opener if drama is your thing.

From that we go into the three-on-two mindbend of In My Mind, full of beautiful rhythmic trickery and rave culture nods in the sampled female vocals.

Cenotaph feels like a Pinch & Mumdance dub that they kept for themselves around the Control/Strobelight era, all rolling, persistent kick, dubbed-out dready vocals and dystopian hoover.

In Touching The Void we find a moment of drama and relative tenderness, as cinematic strings and choir soar over a busy rolling breakbeat. Occasionally, the proceedings are punctuated by a reese bass and bleeps fill that keep it fresh (an you on your toes).

Closer Silence is a mutant dembow wobbler with alien vocals by Nivalis, like dancehall for after the nuclear apocalypse, when we’ll have all the extra limbs we’ll need to dance to music like this.

!85 EP

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Renslink - Static (IM103)

Get your tickets for the Murky Forest national train, Christian Coiffure is back on Comic Sans Records with "Lookbook 2021-2023", an 8-track album meticulously crafted over the span of late summer 2021 to May 2023.

Bandcamp-connoisseur with an endless curiosity, Christian Coiffure rigorously collect deep club music from all around the world, making mind games sonorities his favorite playground. Rooted in dub aesthetics, "Lookbook 2021 - 2023" artfully weaves together sonic elements from minimalistic IDM, dubstep, abstract techno, and trancy tech-house, drawing inspiration from Coiffure's UK and aussie club music influences, intertwined with his appetite for experimental and deep electronic music.

The album seamlessly bridges two distinct worlds within the Rennes-based artist universe, offering tracks that cater to both the club environment and introspective listening. Standout compositions such as "Meet Her Stage 2," "9th Mind (Space Version)," and "Truth Gate" pulsate with an infectious energy, tailor-made for the dancefloor. Simultaneously, tracks like "Thorns of Reminder" and "Action (Chaos Mix)" invite listeners on introspective journeys, where atmospheric textures and intricate melodies create a foggy sonic sanctuary.

"Lookbook 2021-2023" serves as a testament to Coiffure's artistic vision and versatility, skillfully fusing diverse genres and moods into a cohesive and immersive musical experience. It's a reflection of his ability to navigate between the exhilarating realms of the club and the introspective depths of personal exploration, resulting in an album that resonates with both the body and the mind. 
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releases July 5, 2023

Music : Lucas Marciniak
Mastering : Lorenzo Targhetta
A&R : sleek fata
Comic Sans Records - 2023

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Various - Maloca, Vol. 2 
Maloca, 2023
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Maloca, Vol. 2

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'Morphers' is a rattling 3 tunes split that was forged between French producer Flore and San Francisco’s Only Now. The release represents the unwritten language shared between both friends over the past 7 years, with their affinity for propulsive percussion workouts and livewire bass music. After releasing on the POLAAR label for years, Only Now and Flore finally met in person for a collab long awaited.

“Collaborating with someone on the production side is not something I’m used to “- says Flore. “It is like a non-verbal communication and its interplay of perspectives. But I think that Kush and I share a same sonic language and this new experience pushed us to embrace the unpredictability and subjectivity inherent in this new creative process.”

The story began in Paris when Flore invited Only Now to come play at her POLAAR night at la Station. A couple of days later they met again at Tim Karbon’s studio, and sketched out ideas. It shaped into a tune made by their 4 hands (« Morphers ») and « Cut & Run », a tune revisited in 2 versions, with their own slant, but trying to keep an even balance between each producer.

Flore’s take on « Cut & Run » encapsulates the essence of big sound system influence. Dub-infused rhythms morph seamlessly into widescreen sound design elements, creating a unique dialect that invites you to decipher its ethereal symbols.

https://soundcloud.com/flore
https://www.instagram.com/FloreMusic/

Morphers

Premiere: Flore - Cut and Run (Flore version)

Pre-order: https://labelraar.bandcamp.com/album/may-the-rage-burn-a-path-for-joy

Less than a year after their debut album ‘Sustained Resistance’, @maelstrom and @louisahhh deliver a second LP, ‘May the Rage Burn a Path for Joy (Bangers)’ on @raarraar.

Far more than a collection of remixes, this record explores how live performance has shaped their body of work from one centred around feelings of angst to one that is bursting with savage delight, and vice versa. @flore provides an intricate remix of 'Casualty'.

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Premiere: Maelstrom & Louisahhh 'Casualty' (Flore Version)

Flore’s music aesthetic has always been driven by complex rhythms and bewitching basslines. As a result, her production always shows a raw energy expressed in a sexy and wild groove that is unique to her. Her new live show RITUAL (created with the VJ collective WSK – more infos below) is a captivating piece where the listener’s body, soul and mind are manipulated like voodoo dolls during the whole ceremony.

BOOKING: judaah@bi-pole.org

Peder Mannerfelt splits the difference between playful immediacy and daring experimentation. You’re as likely to find him premiering a live show at Berlin’s Atonal festival as pulling apart fabled techno meccas from Berghain to Fabric with synapse-frying precision. One minute he’s being asked to remix Björk, and the next he’s dropping EPs of non-conformist techno for Karenn’s Voam label. 

As a prolific collaborator throughout his career, Mannerfelt has veered from the orchestral tension of Roll The Dice (with Malcolm Pardon) to the anything-goes maximalism of Aasthma (with Pär Grindvik). As a producer, he’s worked on every one of Fever Ray’s acclaimed albums and live shows, as well as projects from alt music heavyweights such as Smerz, Blonde Redhead and Glasser. His Peder Mannerfelt Produktions label has become another outlet for his singular approach, presenting his work alongside similarly experimental operators like Sissel Wincent, Machine Woman, Klara Lewis and Hodge. 

More recently, his PM+ series celebrates the immediacy of club-focused tracks, and Mannerfelt thrives on the energy and community of contemporary club music. What makes him different is his response to that energy, as he pushes the music’s possibilities in wild, unpredictable directions.

Flore - Get Digit [PM+ 6]

PederMannerfeltProduktion

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