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Stabilizer

Some sax put through a distortion amp and some more sax in echo and reverb chambers, spurt some it through a synth, add some heavy bass, a dash of drone and a slow heavy kick beat. 

Throw in a tambourine, and it all comes spilling out in a sinful mess.

Apart from the bass, drums and tambourine, all the other sound is made out of saxophone.

It sounds like you shouldn't do this kind of thing to a sax. But I like it. And I should probably be ashamed of myself!

There is no more!

Berlin

Warmest Regards is the first single from the Fishery Commission's returning E.P. "Four Under Three". 

The track addresses the concept of the overwhelming bleakness facing humanity, with the firm belief that the planet will one day fight back and overcome the mess we have made of it. 

Mort Garson meets 8bit over a heavy dub sound system to accompany a set of songs written by a late night torch singer.

Warmest Regards

Floppy Valve

EARLY RELEASE SELF LEAK LOTS OF LOVE, WHYETC

SAMPLED A SONG THAT'S NOT OUT YET NDA 

feeling feeling feeling
feeling feeling feeling feeling
feeling feeling feeling feeling
feeling feeling feeling feel

seasons 1 through 3 on dvd
ignore the life staring back at me
things must have panned out differently
in those alternative realities

seasons 1 through 3 on dvd
ignore the life staring back at me
things must have panned out differently
in those alternative realities

yeah

Alternative Realities

"Who doesn't love a haunting vocal on a deep house beat" - JSKY - BBC Introducing Manchester

Stray Twin's new track 'Divine Energy’ is released on 29th March and showcases driving basslines with bright analog plucks, all combined with the ethereal vocals of Ambiere. Formed in October 2022, Stray Twin are childhood friends with a passion for producing and performing. 

Taking influence from artists like Bicep, Tibasko and Jacana People, recent releases have seen the duo reach 100,000 streams on Spotify, receive 10 plays on BBC Introducing Lancashire and over 50 plays on Amazing Radio. Off the back of this early success, a placement on a Cupra advert reached 3.5 million people on social media. 

Stray Twin perform live, using drum machines, synths, bass and guitar to bring their tracks to life. Selling out their headline show at Salford’s Eagle Inn in February 2024, the duo translated nights spent watching artists like Bicep, Mall Grab and Fred Again into a live set to remember.

Divine Energy

DIY - A slow quiet loud fast adventure.

Melodic vocals, with a background twist of lemon noise.

Monsters

back to the roots
back to original Kinshasa

Mapeka - is about Politique ya mabe - Bad politics
The word mapeka can be interpreted all kinds of ways
Like all Kinshasa slang
It’s the stance of someone showing off
The strut of a big ego

In this song it’s the arrogance of evil politicians
Mocking their audacity
With a raucous kind of chorus calling out ‘mapeka ya politicians’

And in typical Kinshasa style, band leader Matondo shouts out the instrumentalists as they begin playing pure fire start to finish.

Credits:
Mulele Matondo - band leader, bass guitar, vocals
Jethro Massamba - guitar
Shyam Shah Uday - guitar
Yves Bampelenga - drums
Serge Kadima - congas, percussion
Anna Chai - saxophone
Jessica Booty, Kolawole Ganikale, Fleur Marshall - backing vocals

Recorded by Nikolay Georgiev at ICMP, London
Mixed by Ross Halden
Mastered by Mark Beazley

Mapeka

Mapeka by Matondology Riot

CRAZY BAR ON PORTLAND STREET

From a live performance by Meallan at the Reid Hall on the 25/02/25

Meallan are:
Catriona Kane - Clarsach
Eoin Cumming - Accordion and Voice 
Ruby Smith - Fiddle
Kirsty Harrison - Fiddle 
Anja MacLennan - Guitar
Orin Simpson - Piano

Tunes - 
Groovy Gal - Ruby Smith
Rhena's 80th - Louise Buchan

Groovy Gals

Track written & produced by Flora Flo AKA Dj Flora  
Vocals by Bev Gee 
A ruff mix hope you get the vibe


Something new

A collaborative piece produced by Mr Melvis and _DS.  

Mr Melvis sent _DS a deep and complex drone with sparkly bits. Then _DS cherrypicked frequencies from the drone and added a generative, Psychedelic Ice Cream Van melody over the top, mixed and mastered the track. 

Follow Mr Melvis here - https://soundcloud.com/MelvisMan

_DS - vs - MrMelvis - Hang On In

A late-stage rehearsal straight to cassette for reference. Recorded shortly before going into the studio, probably at John Henry rehearsal rooms. This is Mark on guitar, Lee on drums, and myself on piano and organ (the bass was always addressed in the studio once the basic track was down, which is why it doesn't feature here).
It's best to take the 8 minutes out and listen to the end, preferably in headphones, and in a quiet space,

Eden rehearsal cassette

Instruments:
Yamaha CS-70m
Roland Jupiter 8
LinnDrum
Yamaha CS-15
Roland Jupiter 4
Crumar Performer
Roland Juno 60
Ensoniq SQ-80
Korg Polysix
Korg 770
Korg MonoPoly

Recorded by: David Klotz
Mixed by: Ken Sluiter
Mastered by: Mark Chalecki

I Like The Way That You Hold Me

Tyneside Sounds Society invited producers to create something new using only the audio from a digitisation of a 1/4" analogue tape recording by BBC of the first time Newcastle Civic Centre Carillon Bells were played publicly on 1st December 1967

The tape was digitised by Tyne & Wear Archives as part of the national Unlocking Our Sounds Heritage project led by the British Library.

Listen to original recording:

https://soundcloud.com/tynesidesounds/newcastle-civic-centre-carillon-bells-1-dec-1967-full-recording?in=tynesidesounds/sets/newcastle-civic-centre

Rules were: Only use this audio, do not add any extra synthesis, instruments or sounds that already exist. Exception to rule being you can use a voice, singing, spoken or otherwise but has to be recorded exclusively for what you make.

Samplers, DAWs, effects, granular synthesis are all fine. It can be as lo-fi or hi-tech as you want.

Submissions were played on Star & Shadow Radio on Weds 6th January 2020 https://mixlr.com/star-shadow-radio

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'This one was a hard one to find my way into. But here is my first attempt 'O Come All Ye Faithful - The Haunted Accession Mix' 

Dominic'

DS - Come All Ye Faithful - Haunted Accession Mix

Debut album 'Once Home, No Longer' out Friday 25th June. Pre-order at: https://ffm.to/mtmisery-oncehomenolonger

In the Blink of an Eye

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@fishcommish
NEW EP FOUR UNDER THREE OUT 3/4/24!

The Fishery Commission are Dominic Smith and Andy Brown, self styled electronic experimenters refusing to conform in the modern musical world.
BOOKINGS: info@tigertayrecords.com
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Floppy Valve

The Fishery Commission

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