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The Space Between Us is honoured to announce its next offering - Corner Taken Quickly - the debut EP from Naarm-based artist Al Dente / @al-den-te. The intriguing producer, who comprises ⅓ of the acclaimed Neurocrank / @neurocrankk family and ½ of Nebula / @neb-u-la, shares what is quite possibly the most positive thing to come out of Melbourne’s extended lockdowns - the Corner Taken Quickly EP. Propelled first and foremost by a love of soccer, Al Dente’s EP title pays homage to one of the most iconic moments in Liverpool’s history – fans will know. Spurred on by other influential factors, from film to TV shows – and of course, much musical digging during months spent at home, the EP is sonically metamorphosed into this warpy, wonky 5-tracker which doesn’t take itself too seriously. With a collaboration with fellow Naarm-based producer @explicitjoy and a harmoniously energetic remix from none other than Montreal’s queen of turbo, Maara / @maara, the EP is primed for the most quirky and adventurous of dance floors –  and is as bendy as Trent Alexander Arnold takes his corners.

Setting the overarching atmosphere, Little Jerry is a dark cauldron of bubbling, fizzing electronics. Foreboding pads swell and deflate amongst skittish percussion to cook up the most off-kilter opener – almost as off-kilter as the Seinfeld episode for which is this track’s namesake – if you know, you know. The Translator turns up the temperature – an assembly of oddball percussive elements which skip alongside the warpy bassline and eerie echoes of Scarlett Johansson’s iconic vocal. Tension builds amidst sinister pads before making space for high hats and the kick – a wobbly intro which steadies itself all the way to the dance floor. 

Stepping wholeheartedly into emphatic club territory, Seven maintains the air of spookiness embodied throughout the release with its snarling bassline which rolls against familiar warps and vocal splinters. Next, Al Dente collaborates with Explicit Joy on Sonic Dialogue; a bouncy, stripped back, continuation of quirky, club-oriented moods.   

Last but not least, Maara takes the power output dial on The Translator and turns it up to the maximum; generating her Transductor Mix – an electrifying reimagination of the original. An explosive end to Al Dente’s EP – in true Maara style. 

Tracklist:
1. Little Jerry
2. The Translator
3. Seven
4. Al Dente & Explicit Joy - Sonic Dialogue
5. The Translator (Maara’s Transductor Mix)

Al Dente - Corner Taken Quickly EP 
Cat: TSBU06
Digi / CD: https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/corner-taken-quickly
Release date: Friday 27 May
Mastering by Klon Dump
Artwork by Gabriella Brown, Soft Edges.

TSBU06 // al dente - corner taken quickly EP (w/ Maara Remix) [snippets]

It's our 10th release :') Welcoming Pistaccio to the label with this 6 track EP, Direct Correlation. 

Ethereal pads flow endlessly over warm percussion in the spacey 'Dream Walk', followed by the tripped-out, dubby-ness of 'Direct Correlation'. 'Now Who' is a 90s house drenched number with euphoric piano accents and an acid line which ebbs and flows throughout. Downtempo goodness follows in the similarly blissful 'Breaka Your Soul', while the EP closes out with the hypnotic, floating 'Tonic Tandra'. 

@pistaccio

Pistaccio - Direct Correlation
Cat: TSBU10
Release date: Thursday 16 February
Bandcamp: https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/direct-correlation-2
Mixing by Mats Lorenson
Mastering by Joseph Buchan
Artwork by Gabrielle White

TSBU10 // Pistaccio - Direct Correlation EP [snippets]

Introducing Nightworks Vol 1, the first in a series of compilations by TSBU dedicated to club-focused sounds.

Nightworks Vol 1 sees some familiar faces return, while others unveil first releases, or first outings on the label. Featuring tracks from ten Naarm/Melbourne-based producers, Nightworks Vol 1 presents a melting pot of club-ready moods, from minimal rollers to high energy, sultry tech. 

Couldn’t be more proud to release this collection of tracks ♡ A very special thanks to all the incredible artists, Joe Buchan for the mastering, and the unstoppable Gabriella Brown for the artwork.

Tracks:
1. Pistaccio - Turnout @pistaccio
2. Basscamp - Cosmic Stomp @bassc-amp
3. Echo B - Creeper @becarmstrongmusic
4. DJ Netburner - Doing Anything Fun This Weekend? @dj-netburner
5. Hydra Pyxis - Fever Dream @hydrapyxis
6. Axon Growth Factor - Minnippi Dub @axongrowthfactor
7. Mabel - Equestrian @mabelau
8. al dente - without warning @al-den-te
9. RBI - Drawn to You @djrbii
10. Feline Fine - Sine Wave Meditation @felinefine

Nightworks Vol 1 | VA 
Cat: TSBU11
Release date: Friday 2 June 2023
Mastering by Joseph Buchan
Artwork by Gabriella Brown
Bandcamp: https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/nightworks-vol-1-va

TSBU11 // Nightworks Vol 1 - VA

After another long hiatus, BEAM is excited to present the vinyl debut from rising star and nebulous neurocranker, al dente. Over 4 tracks, ‘Running and Falling Over’ captures the stylistic fluidity we have come to know and love from Naarm/Melbourne. Ever present traces of Dozzy refract through millennium-bug tech-house, summoning atmospheres of deep yet ever playful psychedelia. Opening the A-side on ‘Ripple Effect’, pulsating drones and echoes of organic percussion slither through the undergrowth. ‘Soft Steps’ explores fractal resonance amid expansive, evolving textures. Flipping to the B-side, ‘Unfold’ melds paranoiac psy with a wiggly tek swagger. Slow-burner ‘Blue Trial’ closes out the EP – a proggy roller for worshippers of the eternal sunrise. 

A1. Ripple Effect
A2. Soft Steps
B1. Unfold
B2. Blue Trial
Subductress (digi bonus)

Mixed by Declan Vadasz
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino @ AnalogCut
Artwork by Rudi Schmidt
Type by Studio Joel

al dente – Running and Falling Over (BEAM-06)

Welcoming London-based Moray to TSBU for their debut release, the ‘Celestial Drift’ EP. Three emotive and sophisticated tracks find a home on the label, and offer a glimpse into this prolific producer’s world.

Craig’s Dusty Brain is a deep and expansive journey; the mesmerising chorus drone repeatedly sucks in the listener and flings them out again. Atmospheric yet driving, this opening track wouldn’t feel out of place in the back catalogue of Simon Huxtable and Andy Pitman’s Deep Space Recordings.   

A more playful mood transpires in First Contact — the twinkling, alien-like call and response of the main synth line create a sense of curiosity and carefree.  

Reef Energy is the third and final piece in the trilogy. Its glittering atmospheres, 90s-inspired vocal and lead melodies which dance along freely culminate in making this perfect for the most euphoric dancefloor moments.

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Phantom Power, Safar and Avarice, and labels such as the UK’s Crib Records and Australia’s Thunk Records, Moray simultaneously speaks the language of mid-late 90s progressive house and trance, and creates an energising perspective on the current progressive movement.

Moray - Celestial Drift EP
Bandcamp: https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/celestial-drift
Cat: TSBU12
Release date: Friday 8 September 2023
Mastering by Marco Pellegrino, Analogcut
Artwork by Gabriella Brown

TSBU12 // Moray - Celestial Drift EP [snippets]

@al-den-te
@beamrecords

BC: https://beam-records.bandcamp.com/album/running-and-falling-over

After another long hiatus, BEAM is excited to present the vinyl debut from rising star and nebulous neurocranker, al dente. Over 4 tracks, ‘Running and Falling Over’ captures the stylistic fluidity we have come to know and love from Naarm/Melbourne. Ever present traces of Dozzy refract through millennium-bug tek haus, summoning atmospheres of deep yet ever playful psychedelia. Opening the A-side on ‘Ripple Effect’, pulsating drones and echoes of organic percussion slither through the undergrowth. ‘Soft Steps’ explores fractal resonance amid expansive, evolving textures. Flipping to the B-side, ‘Unfold’ melds paranoiac psy with a wiggly tek swagger. Slow-burner ‘Blue Trial’ closes out the EP – a proggy roller for the eternal sunrise.

pi pi pi premiere: al dente - Unfold (BEAM)

pju pju pju

written, mixed and produced by a. brehme in brussels. 
mastered by artefacts mastering in berlin.
artwork by RSVP/design.

peaou.bandcamp.com/album/peaou002

phantom elegance

@dj-fix1

01. djfix, Gbar - Scenic Simulation
02. djfix - NiTe
03. djfix - Seed Cycle
04. djfix, Jek - E.T.I.A.L (Everything is a loop) 
05. djfix - Sky Blue

Pre-Order now: https://dj-fix.bandcamp.com/album/seed-cycle?label=1591815253&tab=music

Everything is a loop <3
releases April 03, 2024

Written by Ethan Donovan in Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Mastered by Loric Sih
Earth Dog Records 2024

ED005: djfix - Seed Cycle (Clips)

Preorder digital via Bandcamp : https://bit.ly/49eajr0

Artist : @ayujimusic
Catalog : LFEP002
Release : May, 3rd 2024
Mastering : Qant Mastering
Artwork/Design : Laurent Mathieu
Distributed by Underscope

After making several notable appearances on our Crysta Ampullaris compilation series, Ayuji finally unveils his debut EP 'New Borders' on La Forge. As skilled on the keyboard as behind the decks, he has been shaping spiritual, energetic and hypnotic electronic music as part of the collective since 2019. The four tracks, crafted over the past two years between France and the Indian Ocean, are greatly influenced by travel, its philosophy, its initiatory nature and its ability to transcend us by confronting us with otherness.

Deploying a sonic palette oscillating between techno, trance and progressive house, Ayuji plays with contrasts and finds the perfect balance between groove and melody. He manages to coexist the vast expanses of his travels with the sweaty intimacy of the club, making ‘New Borders’ an EP calibrated as much for listening as for the dancefloor.

The result is four euphoric, introspective, and psychedelic tracks, from the enchanting melodies of 'The Way Of The Shaman' to the psychedelic textures of 'First Contact' and 'Planet Inferno' to the resolution of 'Dina Morgabin', a sweet reverie over an irresistible ternary rhythm.

New Borders

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PREVIEW : Ayuji - New Borders EP

Welcoming Barcelona-via-Naarm-based producer Xav / @xavxavp to the label with “In a Weird Cube”. After heavily rinsing Xav’s debut EP on DMO, we’re thrilled to present the artist’s subsequent release for your listening pleasure.

The weird, wonky and wonderful, are all characteristics synonymous with Xav’s already inimitable sound. Speak Louder follows suit, opening the EP with its wubby bassline and dubbed out chords. 

Pipeline exhibits a similar wonk to the opener, albeit picking up the pace. Skippy percussion and murky vocals make for a sinister mood; perfect for deep into the night. 

The EP takes a turn into a tripped out, downtempo domain with 2 Squared, while finally, Cube Tool closes things out with a sleezy, low slung tech house mood.

Release date: 24 July 2024 
Listen / buy on Bancamp https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/in-a-weird-cube

Additional vocals by Miki on “Pipeline” 
Mixed by Homelander 
Mastering by Joe Buchan
All Production by Xav / @xavxavp
Artwork by Lulu Dominguez

TSBU 14 // xav - in a weird cube EP [snippets]

Marking our 15th release is the Silhouettes EP, the long-awaited debut of local Naarm producer WTP to The Space Between Us. We’re thrilled that through these four timeless tracks, the label finds a place within the incredible catalogue of releases from WTP.

Silhouettes is a further manifestation of WTP’s unwavering knack for creating expansive realms, perceptible through deep and hypnotic patterns, intricate percussion and weightless pads. Favouring analogue sounds over the crisp and clean, an organic quality gives life to the tracks — each living and breathing.

Building upon previous releases, Silhouettes is an exploration into the more energetic shades of the Naarm producer’s sound; each track featuring a liveliness within elements — whether chords, basslines or arpeggiated sounds. As much as the tracks propel onward, they offer restraint when called for. Driving, yet spacious and light; equally suited to the hazy dancefloor as they are to home listening.

With a soul that finds home alongside releases from the ‘golden era’ of progressive house and trance —  output from labels like Digital Structures, Vapour Recordings and Plastic Fantastic in the early 2000s — Silhouettes is an exercise in defying space and time. Inviting you to get lost, and find the ethereal world of WTP.

Release date: 4 October 2024
Listen / buy on Bandcamp https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/silhouettes
Mastering by Mark Klon
All Production by WTP / @worktheperipherals
Artwork by Gabriella Brown, Soft Edges

TSBU15 // WTP - Silhouettes [snippets]

Introducing ‘Sun Runner’ a three track trance injection from label head https://soundcloud.com/akoneaudio
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Available now - https://ak-one.bandcamp.com/album/sun-runner-ep
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Three tracks of unapologetic rolling breakbeat infused trance, here to do exactly what you want it to do.
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1 - Sun Runner
2 - Technicolour
3 - Dark Matter
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Fly safe friends x

Sun Runner - AK-One [CA013]

Dharma Rats / Flying Brick

Flying Brick

"Floating" by Drawat is an aural odyssey that invites you to lose all sense of gravity. The track is built on a foundation of driving breakbeats, but they don't propel you onto a dance floor—they lift you into the stratosphere. A lonely, melancholic piano melody weeps gently through the ether, while mysterious synth pads unfold like a cosmic nebula, creating a soundscape that is both expansive and deeply intimate. This is the kind of sonic architecture that recalls the golden age of ambient electronica, echoing the ethereal, mind-bending spirit of pioneers like The Future Sound of London. "Floating" isn't just a song; it's a state of being, a journey to the quiet, serene space between thoughts.

Floating

J TEGA:
https://www.instagram.com/j_tega09
https://www.youtube.com/@jtega9232

B E N D E C I D O.

S.O.N.S and Pyramid Of Knowledge tickle neurons with some proggy, high energy psy-trance.

'Tales From Terkaarg' is out December 4th on Terkaarg Forges.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3odUd9G

@s-o-n-s
@pyramidofknowledge

Premiere: Giorgio Celeste & The Cobra - Altered States [Terkaarg Forges]

Record label working on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people, curated by Hannah D @hld 

Cover art by Gabriella Brown, Soft Edges / @gbrevlon

TSBU06 // al dente - corner taken quickly EP (w/ Maara Remix) [snippets]

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