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Spectral Bounce’s fifth instalment comes courtesy of L.A.’s rave archivist and dancefloor operative Dreams, A.K.A. Jesse Pimenta. Throughout his decade-long career the California native has inspected, dissected and concocted all manner of dance musics, leaving his mark with drops on Apron Records, Pinkman, BANK NYC and his own imprint Dance Data. On SPEC05 — Dangerous When Wet — he hijacks the synapses with 4 accomplished productions, plotting a high BPM course through manifold styles using the raw aesthetic that characterises his output.

“Losing Control” is a frenetic dancefloor invitation, immediately locking into a pacing groove. Beneath wild hand drums, Dreams plays with an insistent 303 bassline alternating between rasping buzz and oily squelch, while stern vocals are layered on top of breaks that have been processed to a viscerally satisfying end.

Taking things from delirious dance circle to underwater biosphere, the EP’s eponymous track explores a submerged 1980s Miami. Weighty & enveloping, “Dangerous When Wet” is pure aquatic pop-n-lock — hydraulic electro for a drowned world. Ocean floor caustics are transmuted into auditory form: arpeggios bubble up; drones shimmer mystically; hi-hats hiss like air from an open valve. Amongst the sonar bleeps, a barrage of pummeling low-end is sure to give subwoofers a workout.

“XTC Messenger” delivers an infectious paranoid dispatch, astutely balancing the sensual with the deranged. A slow-mo dial tone unfolds languidly, running counter to nervously twitching high frequencies. Its punchy percussion is tuned for maximum dopamine release; the track’s abrupt vocal chops and mechanical kick-snare pulsation evoke the leather jackets and jagged edges of 1980s industrial discotheque.

“Pressure Points” closes the EP on a heady and mesmerising polymetric trip. The parting track is a lithe yet spacious number, propelled by a rattling break. Here Dreams follows from track 2, creating an immersive environment in which sounds tightly twist and twirl. Shifting oscillators call out like tiny creatures as the bass throbs and wriggles further into your brain, long after the needle hits the runout groove.

SPEC05 — Nightclub specialist in effekt! 

releases May 30, 2025

Art by Susanne Janssen
Words by Cameron Leaf
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino @ Analogcut

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Tomsig es el nombre artístico que toma Guido Lopardo, DJ nacido en la Capital Federal Argentina, para abordar su faceta Techno.
 Desde joven se vio interesado fuertemente en el género del Rock hasta el año 2007 en que conoce la escena de la música electrónica, en la cual deposita todos sus intereses.
Sus primeras influencias fueron artistas como Hernan Cattaneo, John Digweed, Sasha, entre otros.
A lo largo de su paso por la escena ha tenido la oportunidad de presentarse en clubes de renombre como Niceto, Blow, Bahrein y ha tenido el placer de compartir cabina con artistas de diversas orientaciones musicales como Maksim Dark, Conspiracy Against Truth, Miscë, YYYY, Kevin Di Serna, entre otros.
Actualmente forma parte del colectivo artístico Ctrl, productora emergente la cuál no deja de sorprender con eventos de carácter internacional de gran impacto en la escena local.

Omis explores the duality of the self through musical journeys, from peaks of euphoria to the obscure shadows of thought. Blending minimalistic sounds with intricate textures, the selections move the body and open the mind.

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