Been sitting on this for a while but felt like putting it up, hope it is enjoyed

My Hands Are Cut On The Crown Of Your Master

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Apu Nanu - u cannot always see the light

Ship Sket and seychelles drop their first collaborative release "Diode Lockpick" on Unguarded.

Made up of four heavy, skull-drilling, sonically maximalist club tracks drawing heavy influence from drill and footwork patterns, "Diode Lockpick" distills chaos and auditive overload into both producers' precise understanding of form. A breakcore and drill-influenced sonic vessel brimming with ideas, engineered with a toolbox of cursed hammers, crooked nails and sacred wrenches.

buy here:
https://unguarded.bandcamp.com/album/diode-lockpick

Got Me

Ship Sket & seychelles - Got Me

Precious Metals Vol.1 is the inaugural compilation from Precious Metals, a label, radio show, and club night.

Since its debut as a radio show on London’s NTS in 2012, Precious Metals has been committed to showcasing  the outer reaches of experimental club music, both locally and globally. Under the direction of DJ and producer Endgame—emerging from South London’s pioneering club collectives Bala Club and Endless. The platform has been focused on capturing the organic cross-pollination of sounds from the inner-city and the sublime chaos of the present moment.

In 2020, Precious Metals evolved into a full-fledged label, seeking to unearth artists that are visionaries on their own terms, eschewing conventional genre limitations. Representing an international roster of uncompromising, iconoclastic artists both established and emerging. Bringing an emotionally charged vulnerability to club culture.

The compilation encapsulates this ethos, and ambition, the culmination of the past 12 years of endeavour. Featuring some of the legends and emerging stars of electronic music.

United in compassion and solidarity for the Palestinian cause and its ongoing humanitarian crisis, all proceeds from the album will be donated to support efforts toward humanitarian aid in Gaza, and Palestinian emancipation.

International Fundraiser: 
The People Stand with Gaza
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Dua Lity & The Boss - Soulsick

@freddymn

The final katharsis release of 2024 is the 26-track compilation “Physical Force” featuring a wide range of affiliated artists from both the international and local Copenhagen electronic music scene. As the title hints, Physical Force delves into the visceral, bodily aspects of music, inviting its contributors to explore the theme of movement as a central element in their compositions. Each artist was encouraged to focus on rhythm, groove, energy, and the physicality of sound, which resulted in drum-heavy release from start to finish. While there is a consistent emphasis on rhythm and a bodily connection to the music, the tracks vary widely in style and sonic texture, ranging from big melodic anthems, gritty experimental techno, heavy jungle bangers, and beyond.

releases December 23, 2024

mastering by jjjacob
artwork by jjjacob

premiere: Slikback - OLES

@cortical_fm
@plasmasourcesmusic

Ever since our first release back in 2023, we’ve always tried to push out electronic music which does one simple thing - takes our love of sci-fi aesthetics and melts it into sonic form, irrespective of genre, sound, mood or anything else. Now with this aesthetic cemented in our first 5 releases, we feel it is time to drop our first compilation.

We’re proud to present Multi-Source, a 14-track assemblage covering the whole helix of experimental electronic music. The result is a very wild ride through an array of styles and BPMs, and it does exactly what we’ve always tried to do - put aside genre or mood, and focus on extreme, sound-design forward explorations of sci-fi aesthetics. It’s a celebration of the insanely broad range of music we’ve managed to fit into the Plasma Sources sound so far, and an observance of all the potential the imprint has to come.

There’s offerings from the full label family - we welcome back Cortical, Beton Brut, unearth, NIQH, J-Shadow and label boss HYPNA, who each present their signature laser-guided takes on club music. We also welcome a slew of some of our favourite artists right now - Ziyiz, Stolen Velour, Prior Self, Klahrk and Atrice highlighting the light, skittering side of our aesthetic, whilst Guide, Galtier, Bonebrokk and Reinartz illuminate the dark, deep and noise-tinged aspect of Plasma Sources.

As we look forward to the rest of 2025 and our future as a label, we offer up Multi-Source as a confirmation of our key aesthetics - juxtaposing dark and light, balancing experimentalism and dance floor sensibilities and interweaving sci-fi and biologically infused sound design. 

releases March 27, 2025

Mastering by HYPNA
Cover Design by Joh000 // Jose Hernández

premiere: Cortical - Hammer

Cruise Control

Ocean Drift (bambinodj Remix)

If you've followed China's underground scene long enough, you probably remember 3ASiC & LJC's (@viasorifer) collaboration Yong (泳) on Vibe Digital.

Six years later, Yong has become a staple of China's dance music scene, while both 3ASiC and LJC have gained support from underground icons like Plastician, Mumdance, Martyn, and Jacques Greene. After a long pause and a few solo releases from both artists, 3ASiC & LJC reunite on inexist.club with their new EP Lost / Echo.

The lead track, Lost, effortlessly blends the uplifting vibes of modern Trance with Breakbeat Garage. Imagine the 2005 FWD sound getting repurposed for Creamfields main stage—no less, no more.

Meanwhile, Echo brings Grime / Wave sounds back to their heyday, with icey synth melodies roaring above the Grime bassline, echoing Joker's Kapsize swag.

如果你在近些年关注过中国的地下音乐场景，那你一定对 3ASiC 和 LJC 在 Vibe Digital 上发布的合作曲《泳》（Yong）印象深刻。

六年以来，《泳》早已成为中国乃至全球 Wave 场景的代表作，而 3ASiC 和 LJC 也分别发布了多张令人瞩目的作品，获得了 Plastician、Martyn、Mumdance 和 Jacques Greene 等音乐界传奇人物的支持。经过一段时间的沉寂，两位终于重拾合作，携手在 inexist.club 发布了全新EP《Lost / Echo》。

主打曲《Lost》毫不费力地将现代 Trance 的磅礴气质与 Breakbeat Garage 相融合。试想将 2005 年 FWD 的声音搬上 Creamfields 主舞台，略带 Swing 的 Garage 律动配上能让舞池中所有人举起双手的旋律——恰到好处，不多也不少！而在 B 面曲《Echo》中，二位游走于 Wave 和 Grime 之间，几乎完全在 Wave 的框架内重现了黄金时代 Grime 的风貌。 
credits
released May 2, 2025

Produced by 3ASiC, LJC
Mixed & Mastered by 3ASiC
Artwork by 55
Promo Text Written by chuan

Lost / Echo

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3ASiC x LJC - Lost

Listen to "CHANG" by jjjacob taken from "FLORAS" out on May 21st via katharsis

Pre-order: https://katharsis-label.bandcamp.com/album/floras

FLORAS is the new album from katharsis founder jjjacob, releasing on May 21st to mark the five-year anniversary of the label’s first output. A celebration shaped by time, patience, and transformation, FLORAS is an assemblage of seven tracks - each with its history. The oldest dates back to 2018; the newest bloomed only months ago. Initially intended for other projects or collaborations that never fully took root, these compositions have been reworked, reimagined, and refined - transformed by years of quiet attention. Stylistically, the release moves between the physical and the introspective - crushed drumbreaks, poignant basslines, grand synth melodies, and obscure granular vocals.

Each track is like an ancient, fluorescent flower rediscovered in a distant cave, alien in form yet deeply familiar. Cyclical in structure, they mirror the seasonal processes: emerging, flourishing, decaying, returning. There’s a strange botanical logic at play, as patterns and shapes reappear like genetic echoes, and even discarded stems sprout new life. Melodic ideas and textural procedures reverberate across tracks like shared ancestral material, connecting them like a hidden underground network. Some tracks still bear traces of feedback or collaboration that never fully materialized - ghost limbs and branches that helped shape the whole.

Built from ambient textures, hard-hitting percussion, and sonic details that reward deep listening, FLORAS is a meditation on growth, time, and potential. The release reflects not only a shift in jjjacob’s personal process, but also a new chapter for katharsis itself: after five years of near-monthly releases, the label now turns toward a slower rhythm - giving each release more space to breathe, settle, and take root before moving on. 


Links:
jjjacob
https://soundcloud.com/jjjacob
https://jjjacob.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/jjjacobdk
katharsis
https://soundcloud.com/katharsislabel
https://katharsis-label.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/katharsislabel

artworks & mastering by jjjacob