Taken from the album 'Fire', released 27 August on Ninja Tune: thebug.lnk.to/fireSo

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Fire

The Missing (feat. Roger Robinson)

SERA010: Satellite Era presents "Distant Arrays Volume 04" - the fourth edition of our various artist series that aims to diversify our collection of experimental dance music.

Out now on all major music platforms: https://smarturl.it/wzk7iu

Following the same trajectory as our past visits to the arrays, we set out to curate a specific theme for our latest flight through worldwide sonics. This time, we picked up the pace and guided the series towards the realm of jungle and drum 'n' bass - an unaddressed foundation of our label until now.  

As heard in Label Showcase 01 earlier this year, we welcome @stiipo with "Drowning In Your Magic" - a lovely rendition of atmospheric jungle. Though this is his project debut on our collective, Swedish producer Nils Kirchberg is no stranger to Satellite Era. He also writes UK garage as Lazarus Moment and delivered a well-received EP for our previous release. Even when trekking into the dense soundscapes of jungle, he keeps his style alive to deliver an emotive track full of warm pads clashing with punchy breaks.

Welcoming himself as a new addition to our team, Chicago-based producer @norfik greets us with a face-melting jungle track that steps on the tempo throttle and meddles with breakcore antics. "Artificial Decay" surely feels like its denotation - radioactive in its core with an acidic synth and unforgivable drums. It pays a high-speed homage to quintessential jungle, from its vocal samples to chopped-up Think Break. With stellar releases on PBDY's Tar imprint, we are very grateful to have him on board.

Another promising add-on to the crew is local drum 'n' bass connoisseur @johnathanthomasmusic. Having been involved in the niche Chicago DnB scene for years now, he reemerges from the underground with "Brute Force," a screaming, bass-heavy track that still retains a peculiar percussive groove. The song feels straight out of an early 2000s DnB record, flaunting its high energy and tear-out mentality. Old-school sounds meet pristine modern production in this one.

Finally, we welcome back @zunibass for another translation of his drum 'n' bass language. A true multi-faceted craftsman in the genre, the Michigan producer delivers "Growth" - soft yet attentive, this soulful track embodies its name and displays his development over the past year, from his label debut in Distant Arrays Volume 02. He continues to show us that less is more by utilizing minimalism and giving us a glimpse into the future with arguably some of his best work yet.

Distant Arrays is an immersive showcase of our audio/visual capabilities as a collective. We are honored to introduce you to our growing team, continuously expanding our newfound interpretation of sound.

"Stationed beyond the horizon lies a cluster of autonomous satellite arrays - each serving as capsules of detained time, points of transit between diverse concepts, and the sensorial relation between tangible audio and visual worlds. They fill the thin air with varied frequencies and beam optic elements into the minds of drawn newcomers and devoted adherents alike. Though each array hosts different creators from every remote edge of this decaying planet, they communicate with us through the vigorous potential of art. They link together to create a limitless field without borders – only human connection. These are the Distant Arrays..."

Credits
1. Drowning In Your Magic
Nils Kirchberg - production & mixing
2. Artificial Decay
Jeff Gill - production & mixing
3. Brute Force
Johnathan Thomas - production & mixing
4. Growth
Ryan Mooney - production & mixing

Amir Mashayekhi - mastering
Nic Juister - cover art

BUY / STREAM

Norfik - Artificial Decay

Humid dub experiments and widescreen sonics. From deep caves to rising vapour, this EP is a collaboration between California and Bristol, via Limbo.

Music by Kush Arora, Lucas Patzek & Pete Hazell. 
Art and design by Sean Lee

Magma Pulse

Magma Pulse (Titus 12 Broken Crust Mix)

Out on YUKU.
https://yukumusic.bandcamp.com/album/nom-a

"This EP is the result of years of identity research.

After more than 10 years of electronic music, I succeeded in this second EP to gather all the musical currents which inspired me and made vibrate all my life. My artistic approach is to create a fusion between the different musical genres that influence me, and especially, to give each of my tracks, a real identity. Percussion with Tribal sounds, a heaviness that we recognize Bass Music, rhythms shifted and dancing, this is what qualifies Leese.

This mixture is tasty, between the emotional, and the technical, I want at all costs to build original structures, varied and innovative, while traveling through all these currents, in the desire to make the listener feel.

I like this round aspect of this EP. Everything ties together, and is carefully handled. I don't know exactly what I'm trying to bring together, but I feel when I'm going in the right direction or not, each time I produce. It's a heavy and sub urge that takes to the trips, with these percussions that recall our primal instincts and speak directly to our body. The human reconnection that allows the addition of oriental voices, accompanied by melodic layers (with partimony).

I hope to touch the originality, I hope to create the astonishment, the surprise. The moment of creation can sometimes be very introspective, I do not count any more the hours or I tore off the hair of my head, to try to find my personal touch and what will make me vibrate myself in this process. The end result is self recognition. I am very happy to be able to present you this EP, as well as to deliver you a part of me."
— Leese

Leese - Donker Dag Part 1

Slacker In Limbo

2 layers of mono-synth w/ feedback improv

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Tracklist:

1. Jtamul - Phantasmagoria (Granul Edit) (Unreleased)
2. Granul - ID (Unreleased)
3. Jme - IF YOU DON'T KNOW (Granul Remix)
4. Granul - Corruption (Unreleased)
5. Granul - Verbose VIP (Unreleased)
5. Granul - Pressure 
7. Flowdan - Welcome to London (Granul Remix)
8. Granul - ID (Unreleased)
9. Ağaçkakan - 989 (Granul Remix) (Unreleased)
10. Granul - Delusion (Unreleased) 
11. Iskeletor - Melt (Granul Remix)
12. Gantz - Spry Sinister (Granul Remix) (Unreleased)
13. Granul - Listen (Unreleased) 
14. Sectra - The One With The Pale Face (Granul Remix)
15. Granul - Drums (Unreleased)
16. Granul - Diffusion (Unreleased)
17. Granul - Dark Drums (Unreleased)
18. Granul Disorder
19. Granul - Deconstruction
20. Sleeper - Militant Focus (Granul Remix)
21. Granul - Fluid (Unreleased)
22. Granul - Sparse 
23. Granul & Kaze - ID (Unreleased)
24. Granul - ID (Unreleased)
25. Granul - Collapse
26. Granul - Defo
27. Granul - Foley Problem
28. Granul - Wardub
29. Granul - Cypher (Unreleased)

C:\Users\Granul\Unreleased

Vinyl—Digital—Stream: https://fanlink.to/Exordium

"Following on our first EP, ‘Collisions’, we wanted to explore the use of modular synths, and also hardware, in more depth. Exordium was crafted from countless modular jams, passed back and forth between London and Liege, and polished into a piece of work that captures our love for club music, with an experimental edge. We wanted to get out for a moment from the 170 which we are a bit more known for. Hopefully you will enjoy this exploration into our shared sound and influences as much as we enjoyed creating it."
— Fearful & Mtwn

https://soundcloud.com/fearful
https://soundcloud.com/mtwndnb

Artwork: Bryan Cantley

Exordium

Vinyl—Digital-Stream

Fearful & Mtwn — Exordium

Vinyl & Digital — https://fanlink.to/patternlessandendless

"Just Valance being Valance, I’m no underground glitch legend or pioneer as I never cared for a title, just an individual who puts sounds together and embraces the outcome whether it’s light or dark. Capturing emotions from complex patterns. I don’t betray myself. Not for status. Not for power. Not for money. Not to fit into a stereotype. Not to look a certain way. Not for approval as patience and sacrifice is required to build anything.

Some aspects of the world are getting uglier every day and every ray of hope is vital to tilt the balance. A Patternless and Endless Soul is for those in need, and as such, 30% of the record profits will be donated to a charity for the homeless TBA."
— Valance Drakes

V∆l∆nc∑ Dr∆kës: https://soundcloud.com/mussck
Photography: Lee Jeffries

A Patternless & Endless Soul

Vinyl—Digital—Stream

V∆l∆nc∑ Dr∆kës — A Patternless And Endless Soul

The album 'Fire', released 27 August on Ninja Tune: https://thebug.lnk.to/fireSo