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Bring the fanfares, Fast Castle number one has landed: We are launching into the world of wax with “Unique Technologies” – a collection of five bass-heavy, versatile and trip-ready tracks.

Much of Fast Castle is still shrouded in pixelated darkness. This first release offers a glimpse on what this weird-world might shed light on next: From polyrhythmic bass & drum flexing, to dubstep-not-dubstep exercises in sound system science and past-midnight gaze music, our map is expansive and full of surprises.

The essence of countless hours spent soul searching & synapse twisting in the confines of our studio shed in Berlin’s outer ring territories, „Unique Technologies“ is the first building block of our humble castle. Cut to thick rotating discs for maximum bass range response and housed in a printed sleeve, FC01 is strictly limited to two hundred copies. Shouts to Lupo for the cut, Olo for the mastering and Jonas at 200 Kilo for the design

Look out for the magical cheat code inscribed in the runout!

Order Vinyl:
www.fastcastle.bandcamp.com

Mastering by Olo Mastering:
www.olomastering.com

Cut by Lupo:
www.loop-o.com

Artwork by 200 Kilo:
www.instagram.com/zweihundertkilo/

Distribution by Crevette (WW) & RWDFWD (UK):
www.crevettedistribution.com/release/16…chnologies
www.rwdfwd.com

FC01 - Fast Castle - Unique Technologies (Snippets)

https://digitalmusiconly.bandcamp.com/album/replicator

12 Live Recordings via CD + Digital
Out 25th March 2022

Mastered - OTHER JOE @josephbuchan
ARTWORK - www.luciadominguez.co
DMO - @morganwright

DMO - Bleekman's Replicator

Bleekman - Unknown : Untaught [DMO]

Sons of Slough - Live EP
 Release Date - 17th June 2022

Vinyl: https://rubadub.co.uk/products/live-ep
Digital: f-e-l-t.bandcamp.com/album/live-ep

A1 – Snares and Temptations 
A2 – I Can't Hear the Stereo
B1 - Boxhead
B2 - Say It, Don't Do It

All tracks recorded 100% live by Duncan Gray and Ian Weatherall.
Originally released on Sprüngcartellwachs in 2001.

Remastered from original DATs.
Audio Restoration by Conor Walker at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image & Sound Archive.

Distributed by Rubadub.

Sons of Slough - Live EP (FELT002)

Pre-Order - https://pressuredome.bandcamp.com/album/pdcomp004

Pressure Dome is back with it’s fourth compilation celebrating three years since their first release back in 2019. 

Alongside Pressure Dome regulars we welcome DJ ojo, Flytipper, Elpac and Djuar with their first outings on the label. All bringing their own unique style but effortlessly fitting the vibe we love here at PD. 

Something for every mood inside as we move through down-tempo spooked out steppers and acid tinged dancehall through dubbed out, trippy explorations and turbo charged wigglers. 

Incoming almost 3 years to the dot from our first release in 2019 - massive shouts to everyone who’s been supporting the label on our journey so far! Available on Bandcamp and other digital platforms.

@ojodj | @flytippa |@mcgrgrmusic | @elpacuk | @caldera-caldera | @idoplumes | @djuar | @yushh | @outsiderspeaks | @delay-grounds

Various Artists - PDCOMP004 [clips]

There were sirens echoing in the streets, it was cold out on the corner. The darkness of the winter months was oppressive and at times overbearing but it did bring with it opportunity.

Every night they gathered beneath the glow of the streetlight, it was important to show a signal, a sign of life to those who watched on from above.

The cameras were everywhere, picking apart the very fragments of society with a dystopian lens and a pixelated vision.

They remained out there though, in the city, in the streets of a time not far from now.

Plus One digs deep for an earthy, heads down EP on First Second Label. This one is the perfect soundtrack for a lonely late night bus ride, the hazy fog of a city morning and the atmospheric hum of a concrete jungle.

Catch Plus One in Dublin at a special label showcase tomorrow.

FSL013

PREMIERE: Plus One - We Out Here [First Second Label]

In the year 2017, rogue agent Eliza Mitchell silently infiltrated government systems and databases across the globe using a mysterious audio file known as "Alert."

Now, she's back for one final mission, deep behind enemy lines - this time with the assistance of a small handful of embedded operatives. 

https://elizamitchell.bandcamp.com/album/alert

eliza - alert (ciel's pressure remix)

@pinky-4-prez
@pipipigroup

BC Pre-order: https://pipipi.bandcamp.com/album/oscar-huang-slipstream

"Music is meant to be shared" - this is the defining ethos of pi pi pi, a multidimensional platform manifested for the music lovers, listeners, and dancers of our known universe. Whether it’s taking shape as a digital haven of music sharing, a conductive frequency of electrifying amusement, or a side quest with a friend in a lucid dream, pi pi pi has existed as an amorphous zone of (un)reality to inject some spritely silliness and funny fun back into the seriously serious seriousness too often found encroaching the joys of danceable electronic music.

True to its inquisitive nature and quest for fluidity, pi continues to evolve into new & enticing forms - this time, expanding it’s amoeba into a label and connective energy accumulator to bring forth Oscar Huang's debut EP "Slipstream". This first EP release for both pi & Oscar is a collection of tender dispatches recorded amidst the tumultuous landscape of the pandemic, but centered on motion and transcendence in spite of that.

"Slipstream" accesses the mentality of a dreamer pushing beyond the confines of their reality, creating one’s own space for serenity, and the transportative realms music can truly take us to. Much of these visions revolve around Oscar’s upbringing in Pasadena, California, & the west coast’s affinity for smoked-out jungle, sunkissed breakbeat dexterity, and party starting Miami bass. Visions of sprawling canyon drives with friends, high speed velocity through pixelated raceways in Gran Turismo, and the fever pitch of raving in his adopted home of NYC serve as the sensory backdrop for Oscar’s fluttering dispatches from the depths of the hardcore continuum. 

“Adapting” kicks off with an elegantly smooth electro glide, refracting light amongst specks of morning dew or under the orange glow of fading sun - every aspect of it makes it easy to imagine the first sparks of movement igniting at the beginning of a rave, anticipating the joy of dances to come while hearing it. If “Adapting” summons the energy outwards, “Odolbos” conjurs the infinite source of energy within - cranking the velocity skywards, letting the tectonic sub resonance rumble, & throwing care to the wind even as you might find yourself lamenting a beautiful moment’s passing in time. A narrator’s voice in the distance echoes “& the only thing to fear, is that the magic would end…”, juxtaposed over a bass heavy embrace to remind us that the magic could never TRULY end. After all, anything that appears “finite” is simply our perception of a “thing” in an infinitely expanding universe, right? & the only thing to fear, is fear itself! The introvert's partyrocker anthem for the ages.

Raising the bpm way way way up is the rollicking junglist’s paradise of “Hashiriya'' - translating to “One who enjoys riding at high speeds”. Vroom vroom! With it's foot firmly on the gas & it's velocities aimed skywards, “Hashiriya” is a distillation of the most timeless elements of mid90s UK soundsystem jams, when the auras were potent & the genres as loose as the beat grids - just dreamtraveller pads, crooning vocal chops, & vibes (& pingers). Sharing some kindred smile energy directly with the flora-adorned dancefloors of Brooklyn, “No Phones on the Dancefloor'' is the extroverted UK to West Coast ‘lectrobreakz party banger we need as a society - gun fingers pointed towards the sky, backspins opening portals of time & space, and the most wiggly synth line that’s ever synthily wiggled through the fog & lights. 

~Tune in & zone out~

Written by: Kiernan Laveaux

pi pi pi premiere: Oscar Huang - No Phones On The Dancefloor (pi pi pi)

Will Hofbauer - 'Hiccups' (WSDM025)

K-LONE returns with his second full length project, ‘Swells’: a kaleidoscopic and expansive record that looks to deep house, synthpop, leftfield R&B and beyond for a spellbinding masterwork of melodic electronica. 

The first single ‘Love Me A Little’ sees K-LONE cherrypick influences from inside and outside the club - decorating house and UKG rhythms with angular, noodling pop melodies that recall Kitsune and Greco Roman in their heydey. Fizzy, lo-fi drums accompany an ear-worming bassline and lush JUNO chords for a summery club-non-club anthem that that marks a new high point in his ever-deepening discography.

Info and pre-order: https://lnk.to/K-LONE_Swells

K-LONE - 'Love Me A Little' (WSDMLP005)

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Artwork by La Princesa Maria
yosoylaprincesamaria.myportfolio.com

Mastered by Rupert Clervaux
www.rupertclervaux.com

whirmmm.bandcamp.com
instagram.com/whirmmm
soundcloud.com/whirmmm

Will Hofbauer & Sangre Voss - UKA

Gardenia

Will Hofbauer - The Blue Situation

The cave was pitch black, inside there was little sound but for the occasional drip of water which would send a ripple through the pond below. Looking down from up above, they wondered what lay in the murky depths of the quarry. What surprises might be but round the corner? What creatures? What comforts? What tricks? What treats?

That’s when there was a deep rumble from the ground below. It bellowed up through the cave like some loud drum before enveloping their eardrums with a might thud.

Then they flew forth, bats and bats and bats and bats.

Will Hofbauer steps forth for an EP on Will Saul’s longstanding record label Aus. This is a record built of playful bouncey house grooves, oddball sounds and fun. It’s destined to work a treat in the clubs with a silly sense of purpose and a tongue n’ cheek approach to the dance.

PREMIERE: Will Hofbauer - Ah! Bats! [Aus]

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Artwork by La Princesa Maria
yosoylaprincesamaria.myportfolio.com

Mastered by Rupert Clervaux
www.rupertclervaux.com

whirmmm.bandcamp.com
instagram.com/whirmmm
@whirmmm

I Feel U

Will Hofbauer & Sangre Voss - I Feel U

New World Vol. 2 is the sequel to Tiger Weeds' first VA compilation.

The core concept of the "New World" series remains intact, encompassing a variety of styles and aesthetics with Electro consistently serving as the cornerstone.

This compilation features both established and emerging artists who bring their unique perspectives to the continually evolving Electro landscape.

This is the next phase that pushes the boundaries of the genre even further.

1. Francois Dillinger x Lloyd Stellar - Design Dreams 
2. Sinitsin - Biometric
3. Waste - Base δ
4. Monodroids - Epanekinisi
5. EKATA - Level
6. Kafkactrl - Reflexive Closure
7. CT Kidobo - Shock
8. Ole Mic Odd - Laughing Gas
9. ELEKTROTECHNIK & Grid User - Cybernetic Minds
10. Morken - Fading
11. MANASYt - Jugular (Live)
12. DVS NME - Excess Profits

Mastered by: Rude66
Catalogue number: TWDIG02
Buy it here: tigerweeds.bandcamp.com/album/va-new-world-vol-2

@fdbeardd
@lloydstellar

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Tiger Weeds 2024

VA - New World Vol.2

Design Dreams

Francois Dillinger X Lloyd Stellar - Design Dreams

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

OMDD 57 - Will Hofbauer - Dingers EP

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] 🦆

amateur (but enthusiastic) disc jockey and producer

@thirdplacerecords captain - all aboard!

@whirmmm w/ @sangrevoss 🐛

bookings: george@leftbank.agency

say howdy > will@thirdplacerecords.com

Record label run by @willhofbauer ✨

Contact: will@thirdplacerecords.com

www.thirdplacerecords.com

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

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