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Will Hofbauer - Drip Dip Drip The Dip Drip

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Will Hofbauer - 'Hiccups' (WSDM025)

https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/dingers

Optimo Music loves a bit of serendipity. We had been really digging all of 2023’s releases by Will Hofbauer, which ticked all our boxes, when an email dropped into JD Twitch’s in-box asking if we’d be interested in releasing some of his tracks. Would we ever!

Thus we are delighted to present 3 tracks of outer space bass dub designed for advanced danceflloors. We asked Will to tell us a bit about the tracks -

These three tracks right here are just a couple of Dingers!! They’re a bit different from my usual fare, so I’m super super happy for them to have found un espacio en Optimo! 

The first one, Diiing, was just a fun experiment with some funny vocals and faster drums. As for the other two, if Leech is a big old slug crawling through a damp cave, then Can Dub is a fun little skip through the woods. The enormous reach of dub’s influence is clearly running through all three of these, in my opinion, but defo in the last two :)

Overall, I just feel like I’m a massive fan who is lucky enough to have a crack at making and putting out stuff really. I’m super chuffed to be writing this little quote about this release! If you’ve read this far, I hope you enjoy the music!!

Released digitally May 17th

Diiing

OMDD 57 - Will Hofbauer - Dingers EP

Will Hofbauer - Squito

@Igaxx lands on Third Place :)

Based in Tokyo, the Narr Radio resident has released music on Altzmusica, Macadam Mambo, and his own excellent Ladybug label.

Since Ladybug’s inception in 2019, he’s worked with acts like Altz, Mayurashka, Eden Burns, and most recently, Third Place's own Will Hofbauer on a split 12".

“The "Floatin' EP” is defined by a floating sound, a common feature in my works. The psychedelic, floating sound has been one of the themes I’ve pursued for many years. I'm grateful that Will, who has always appreciated my work, made the production process smooth and effortless.” - Igaxx

TPDD012

releases March 28, 2025

Mastered by Rupert Clervaux

Artwork by echocatcher (Neubae Studio)

Igaxx - Floatin' EP [Clips] [TPDD012] 🦦

Singapore-born, London-based producer yingtuitive introduces herself with Letters To Self 寫情書, a deeply personal debut LP arriving on Will Hofbauer’s Third Place.

A classically trained pianist whose musical identity draws from Southeast Asian traditions, electronic experimentation, and diasporic reflection, yingtuitive crafts soundscapes that feel both intimate and expansive. The project is accompanied by two stunning reworks from esteemed creators: South Korean ambient duo Salamanda, known for their lush, meditative textures, and US artist Tristan Arp, celebrated for his organic, shape-shifting productions.

“Every musical moment in this album is essentially a letter to my self in some form…” - yingtuitive

Across eight original compositions, Letters To Self 寫情書 unfolds as a sonic diary, a search inward, a series of tender emotional missives to the self. Gamelan-inspired textures glimmer alongside field recordings captured in Singapore and the UK, while delicate, improvised piano passages echo memories of home. These elements intertwine with fragments of film samples and experimental electronics, resulting in tracks that glide through ambient, ethereal, and blissful terrains. It’s music that floats and envelops, as though nature itself had grown into sound, serene and rich in emotional resonance.

Written during a period of deep reflection, the album meditates on identity, homesickness, belonging, and the overwhelming noise of the world outside. Each piece feels like a still moment within chaos, a soft conversation between past and present selves, where harmony emerges from internal conflict. From angelic piano melodies to glitchy bursts of experimentalism, yingtuitive bridges her Singaporean roots and UK influences with blissful grace. Letters To Self 寫情書 marks not just a debut release, but the formation of a unique musical voice, gliding between cultural languages with honesty, vulnerability, and quiet strength.

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yingtuitive - blue (Salamanda Remix) [TP02]

Pre-order: https://thirdplacerecords.bandcamp.com/album/yingtuitive-letters-to-self

Singapore-born, London-based producer @yingtuitive introduces herself with 'Letters To Self 寫情書', a deeply personal debut LP arriving on Will Hofbauer’s @thirdplacerecords.

Across eight original compositions, 'Letters To Self 寫情書 'unfolds as a sonic diary, a search inward, a series of tender emotional missives to the self. "Every musical moment in this album is essentially a letter to my self in some form," she explains.

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Premiere: yingtuitive 'blue'

Out now on Rhythm Section!

https://wearerhythmsection.bandcamp.com/track/fire

Fire!! - [Rhythm Section SHOUTS 2025]

Japan’s Sakura Tsuruta appears for the first time on Will Hofbauer’s Third Place with the ‘What Are You Drinking?’ EP, landing 26th September 2025.

"The question, "what are you drinking?" for me is a soft invitation - something I find myself asking when the bass is thumping, and I’m feeling a little social. It’s a way to start a conversation, to learn something about the person standing next to you in the crowd, to feel connected in a space where words are usually second to sound. This EP is a toast to that moment - the buzz, the curiosity, the clinking glasses, and spontaneous laughter. A sonic nightcap for the dance floor." - Sakura Tsuruta

Sakura Tsuruta is a Tokyo-based artist who mixes up dreamy melodies with potent, experimental grooves. Her 2019 debut on Bardo Records broke into Beatport’s Top 100, and since then, she has dropped her acclaimed ‘Made of Air’ EP and two well-received full-lengths on Mule Musiq and all my thoughts. Tsuruta is also an educator who works with international universities and conservatories and an activist who champions gender equality and nurtures young artists globally.
credits

releases September 26, 2025

Mastered by Rupert Clervaux

Artwork by echocatcher (Neubae Studio)

Sakura Tsuruta - Euphorique [TPDD013]

Pre-order: https://thirdplacerecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-are-you-drinking-ep

Japan’s @sakuratsuruta appears for the first time on Will Hofbauer’s @thirdplacerecords with a new EP, ‘What Are You Drinking?’, a dreamscape of soothing synths, rubbery basslines, and playful, unrelenting grooves.

"The question, "what are you drinking?" for me is a soft invitation - something I find myself asking when the bass is thumping, and I’m feeling a little social. This EP is a toast to that moment - the buzz, the curiosity, the clinking glasses, and spontaneous laughter. A sonic nightcap for the dancefloor," she says.

Premiere: Sakura Tsuruta 'What Are You Drinking'

Label: Satta Records
Artist: Strebor
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: SATTA016
Title: Regulate (EP)
Support it: sattarecords.bandcamp.com/album/strebo…-regulate-ep

Follow Satta Records :
Independent Digital Distribution & Physical releases of Underground Electronic Dance and House Music.
SC : @sattarecords
BC : sattarecords.bandcamp.com/
YT : www.youtube.com/channel/UCN9DYm7akFb-MVFFVVtEdZQ
IG : www.instagram.com/sattarecords/
BP : www.beatport.com/label/satta-records/80405

Follow Strebor :
MCR based DJ + Producer
1/3 of KUTA MCR
SC : @streboruk
FB : www.facebook.com/streboruk/

PREMIERE: Strebor - In Excess [Satta Records]

Straight out of MUMBAI, INDIA, Cocadew Records delivers House Music that touches your soul.
Send demos: demo.cocadewrecords@gmail.com

'Lava Lamp' is out now on Soundcloud & Youtube on the 21st of August, 2020.

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/NxFm5jflSv0

✘ Follow Cocadew:
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✘ Follow Amoroux :
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https://www.instagram.com/amor_oux/?hl=en

2020 l Cocadew Records

AMOROUX - Lava Lamp [CR007]

feng shui and fuck

Third Place captain @willhofbauer steps up to the plate with 3 freshly laid eggs of barn-storming oddball dance music for night clubs.

Early support for the A side coming from Hessle heroes Joe & Ben UFO. Giddy-up!

Out September 4th, 2020

www.thirdplacerecords.com

Will Hofbauer - Where Did All The Hay Go? [Clips] [TPDD004] 🦆

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