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Built To Spill - Jokerman

Snowman - Hyena

http://thecorner.co.nz/2011/05/25/awesome-feeling-5-sharpie-crows-endless-empty-eye

Sharpie Crows - Endless Empty Eye

For the second annual Cassette Store Day we will release the 12 track compilation 'Jam Kids: 20 Years since Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'.

Shared interests go a long way in small towns, so when two goofy teenagers bonded over a mutual love of Pavement it laid some pretty solid foundations for 4 years of running a label together. When we realised it had been 20 years since the release of their seminal album ‘Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain’ we thought we had better do something about it.

We’ve got together with some of our favourite friends, finest DIY noise makers and bands we never expected a  yes from and asked each artist to cover a separate track from the album. What’s come out the other end is truly something truly spectacular. 

1. Junk - Silence Kid
2. Shunkan - Elevate Me Later
3. Paws - Stop Breathin'
4. Dog Legs - Cut Your Hair
5. Joey Fourr - Newark Wilder
6. Year of Birds - Unfair
7. Pet Cemetry - Gold Soundz
8. Flamingods - 5-4=Unity
9. Trust Fund - Range Life
10. Beat Easton - Heaven is a Truck
11. The Black Tambourines - Hit the Plane Down
12. Poledo - Fillmore Jive 

As it’s a bit weird making profit from other people’s music, we will be donating all profits from this release to DIY Space for London (http://diyspaceforlondon.org). The release is limited to 200 and comes with a series of badges. If you’d like to ensure that you get your hands on a copy, please contact your local record shop and ask them to stock the release on September 27th. Any leftover copies will be sold via our shop on October 4th – if you’d like to be notified when these are available – please visit here...
http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/532747-jam-kids-20-years-since-crooked-rain-crooked-rain


03 - Paws - Stop Breathin' (Pavement cover)

Black Eyes

Cassy - 18 October 2025

Roman Flügel - 18 October 2025

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These are some of the first records that pulled me out of French house and into the deeper side of electronic music: Shari Vari, Join in the Chant, What Time Is Love?, early I-F and Parallax Corporation, Alden Tyrell, Legowelt, Carretta, Agoria, and later the Gesloten Cirkel and Hacker cuts. Played in chronological order, they trace a clear line from early proto-techno and EBM into The Hague’s electro machinery and the darker European sound that came after it. I haven’t heard a lot of these in years, so the show is a way of going back to where it started, before jumping forward to the present with Blawan – WFT to close it out.



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Longhaul 51 - London Modular Alliance

A rare, dance floor-focused DJ set from acclaimed audiovisual artist Max Cooper. He took over our SIREN stage at Waterworks 2025 with 90 minutes of big, stirring synths and booming techno.

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RA Live - Max Cooper - Waterworks 2025

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Will Samson explores the catalogue of prolific, sonic explorer Susumu Yokota – with an hour’s mix comprised entirely of his wide ranging works. An artist who ignored barriers and built an incredible library of music that remains as relevant as ever.

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Human Chorus 23 [with Susumu Yokota Special] – Will Samson

Rising Sun - I Dreamed (Edit II)

Ibiza has changed a lot. It isn't what it once was that's for sure.

However, from time to time you might just catch a glimpse of what it was and what it still means to an awful lot of people. Andy is an old friend of Ransom Note and for those in the know he's a bit of an unsung hero having worked behind the scenes at various record labels you probably love. He's probably signed some of your favourite records but he wouldn't tell you that himself.

Anyway, a few weeks back he sent us this mix which was a recreation of a set he played at Sundays At Pikes this summer. Pikes remains one of the last strongholds of the culture in Ibiza, a place which represents the very essence of the island and the state of mind.

Think balearic dreams, sunsets and all that jazz. It's the real deal.

Anyway, Andy soundtracked it and it made us smile.

Andy Whittaker: The 'Line Out' Mix

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No frills, no fuss this week just 2 hours of up front underground house in an uninterrupted DJ session. All of these tracks are brand new and many unreleased, showcasing the cutting edge in the deep, soulful and groovy house music with artists such as Bruno Roth, Chris Fortier, Max Sinàl, Intr0beatz, Session Victim, Sebb Junior & more.

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Time & Space 117 – JR Hartley

Phil Kieran - Glasgow 28/11/25 - Luna Roja

Live from Sound Metaphors in Berlin.

Italian DJ, radio host, and curator based in Berlin, Luca Carluccio (aka Luca Elsi) is known for his ability to blend Italo, Disco, and House into sets that transform dancefloors into timeless sonic journeys.

Through ELSI, his project that functions both as a record label and party series, Luca celebrates and reinterprets the Italian sound within Berlin’s electronic scene, building a living bridge between his Mediterranean roots and the city’s vibrant international energy.

With years of experience in the music business, first as a booking agent and later as a licensing manager for the legendary DJ-Kicks series, Luca combines refined taste and deep musical knowledge with a forward-thinking, contemporary vision. The result is a constantly evolving sonic universe, where respect for nightlife history and the future meet on the dancefloor, driven by authentic rhythms and the pure essence of club culture.

Luca Elsi | Sound Metaphors TV - December 18 / 2025

Off of Hummingbird (out January 29, 2013)

Local Natives - Breakers

Founded in the UK in 2008, The Quietus is one of the world’s leading independent websites for quality longform writing on visionary and modernist music and culture, covering all genres with an equal weighting.

The Quietus treats the emerging artists of the genre-melting present with the same reverence the mainstream reserves for the stale canon of yesteryear. We look to reappraise and revitalise those artistic pioneers abandoned in the hinterland.

We champion trailblazing and illuminating cultural journalism from around the world – numerous successful writers and broadcasters are first published on our pages.

After years held back by a creaking old website, The Quietus (tQ to our friends) has been regenerated, providing an indispensable portal to a realm of cultural discovery, devilment and debate.

“The Quietus believes in the power of cultural criticism to cut through the noise of social media and the ultimately disappointing guidance of tech platform algorithms. To write down a series of words that have never been combined before, expressing a complex series of emotions, thoughts and experiences that unites writer and reader at a level that feels telepathic and changes the joint experience of reality: That is the definition of magic.” – tQ Co-founder John Doran.

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