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Next up, Bristol native @ Delay Grounds takes us on a journey through UK techno and breaks, littered with heavy percussion and bassweight

TRACK LIST:
Sonmi451 - Helix
Chevel – The Call
Mandle – Rignold
Big Ever – Rolled Into
Ekhe – OMGLAHB2020
Henry Greenleaf – Pan Strings
Chungo – O O O
An Avrin – Lizard
Delay Grounds – Plastic Toy Degradation
Lkävä Pii – Dude wtf they seriously just play that its so like 2019 ok let me skip this shit through
O’Flyn & Ekhe – Meseblanca (Dub)
Clark – Pig
AYA – Delishus
BFTT – IOSMIDI6_Droplets

In conversation with Delay Grounds:

- What sort of direction did you take with this mix?

All my mixes tend to get a bit gushy at some point or another so I think for me it’s just a matter of working my way up to that point, trying to hold a certain level of intensity and/or riding the energy in and out of the climax points. I love blending the weird/groovy with the emotional, its almost like trying to confuse people as much as possible for as long as possible while maintaining somewhat coherency and then giving them the relief of a big emotional melody… something like that anyway. 

- What sort of music have you been enjoying recently?

Been bang into Severed Heads recently, a fairly new discovery for me but a seriously amazing band. It like industrial/experimental 80s vibes, a lot of there stuff is quite noisy but when it hits right it hits sooo goooooooood. Check out a song called We Have Come to Bless the House. 

I’m a big fan of Henry Greenleaf too at the moment, really top notch productions and sound design going on in his tracks. Theres one inside this here mix which is particularly excellent called Pan Strings, literally no idea what’s going there its fantastic. 

Big Loraine James fan too right now, her tracks are always quite stripped back but have a really interesting arrangement that holds my attention. The music is always cutting corners, flipping back on itself and rarely does what you think it’s gonna do. 

- What other interests do you have outside of music?

Ontologically speaking everything is pretty interesting I think, the Universe is pretty mental in general and I enjoy having my mind blown … I love Outer Space, History, Art, Food, People, Cycling all that good stuff. I just want to learn as much as possible and continue to grow as an individual and as part of a wider community of artist/producers/humans/carbon based life. It would be reductive for me to specify individual interests because everything is connected, my creative process is a feedback loop between my mind and physical reality. I am influenced and influence in return. Hope that answers your question haha..

- What should we be looking out for from you in the coming months?

I have loads of music coming actually, the pandemic has really slowed the process down which is very annoying but also fine I’m just being impatient as I’m just really excited for everyone to hear it. I have two 5 track EPs coming out over the next 5 months and a few remixes here and there. Follow Tropopause Records and Lapsus Records on social media for updates on all of this!

- 3 favourite tracks right now?

Lunch Hour Pops - Broadcast 
Splash Pattern - Up Next New Season
Melody Day - Four Tet Remix

- 3 favourite Artists/DJs right now?

AYA
Clark
Metrist

- 3 Favourite labels?

Warp
Timedance
Pressure Dome ;)

M+019: Delay Grounds

Eyop! 

Delay Grounds is next up for the pod! 
An immensely talented artist, his production & ideas are unique as much as they are banging. 
He's served up an hour of of club tackle, sticking on the cusp of the UK techno & bass spectrum, this got us in the mood for everything reopening. 

What have you been doing recently? 

Pat: Well.. My most recent EP Upcycling has just come out so that was really nice, it's had a really great response so I'm really happy about that. Life has been on hold which has pushed back release dates for my music which has been annoying, the last year has really thrown me out as well so I am just feeling very grateful to have things like this to look forward to. Off the back of this release I am currently putting a live show together using my modular and a couple of other bits, one or two things in the pipeline as well for this so eyes peeled! It's gonna be a dream come true playing in front of a crowd of mentally mashed up people who just wanna hear massive kick drums. I have a release coming out very soon on Lapsus Records too so watch out for that one! 


The process behind your recent EP Upcycling sounds really interesting! Can you let us know a bit more about it? 

It is a collaborative work. Myself and visual artist/sculpture Liz Naden worked together on it, the music and the visuals are made from the same materials and using the same concept so it wasn't a matter of making music to visuals or vice versa; they are inherently linked and related to one another in the purest way. The idea behind the record is upcycling waste materials into hyper realistic objects in our chosen medium. Club tracks and sculpture. We spent a few months collecting and searching for bits and bobs in skips/bins/charity shops to stockpile at our shared studio space. Then went to work recording the materials and coming up with ideas. It seemed to work really well. Taking a more methodical approach when working on a project has been a revelation for me, planning something out and then working my way through each stage of the process helps me to be more productive. I took the same approach to latest productions and it worked really well again, don't think i'll ever just sit and randomly try and make tracks ever again it's too much of a stab in the dark haha.

My next EP coming out on Lapsus followed a similar methodology, I wanted to write a dance record that was produced like some of my favourite bands so I booked some time at a studio and recorded a load of live drums. Did a load of cool things in the studio too like reamping some of the drum sounds through a guitar amp which was very fun. The other limitation I set myself for this record was that I had to start each idea using the same 2 or 3 sounds, hence the record's title "Genus". The tracks are all genetically related to each other through a common ancestor.  

Where & how did you record the mix and was there an idea behind it? 

Was just recorded at home on my trusty Pioneer XDJ-RX's. Not sure if I had an idea for it, I think in reality I'm not really that good a DJ haha (exhibit A see mix above) but it's all practice you know? I've been working on my timings for blends and trying to get a bit tighter. I am actually really happy with this mix, I think it sounds confident and flows nicely or maybe not I dunno slap it on and you can be the judge.  

What ya been digging n listening to recently?

I recently have been getting well into this band called Squid. It like the band I've been looking for for a long time. There's loads of shouty guitar bands about but it's a struggle to find bands that are using electronics at all let alone in a kind of interesting way. So yeah loads to listen to in there for me. Big Fan.

Continued on our FB post! (website soon ha)

AM Podcast #48 - Delay Grounds

Recorded by @Finnaman and @customerdjservice @ Threads Radio, 26-May-21

100% music by artists, friends and frenemies we are welcoming to the party this year. We didn't get round to including everyone and enjoyed doing this one so much we may do a part 2!

Tickets & Info for all confirmed dates so far:
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Cabin Fever: 2021 Series Mix

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-199-delay-grounds

@delay-grounds could almost be seen to embody the plethora of electronic creativity beaming out of Bristol right now. Ahead of his devastatingly good Lapsus record landing, he’s provided a mix to further demonstrate just how fervent the forever cross-pollinating scene there is at this moment in time. Amongst material from fellow UK upstarts like Metrist, Will Lister and Boulderhead, there’s classics in the form of James Holden’s 10101 and early cuts from Randomer on LIES. There’s futurist club gear in plentiful supply from Karima F and Rhyw, plus a couple of tracks from Delay Ground’s new record for good measure.

Bleep Mix #199 - Delay Grounds

This month Nose Dive are joined by one of their favourite producers, Delay Grounds, stepping into the Threads booth - listen back for a special guest mix and some b2b chaos.

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Listen live: www.threadsradio.com
For more shows: @threadsradio

Nose Dive w/ Delay Grounds - 16-Aug-21

For his September show, Dre runs through 60 minutes of deep and dark percussive techno and breaks in the first hour. In the second, DC native James Bangura runs through some atmospheric Dub and Techno. Plenty new and forthcoming bits inside from queniv, Dogpatrol, Konduku, Will Hofbaur Mary Lake and more.

Dre w/ James Bangura - September 2021

Apparently putting out records is just as addictive as putting on parties. Naturally, we are itching for more and it’s about time that we announce our next release. It’s one that we’re particularly looking forward to as for the first time we have the pleasure of curating a various artists EP - and we believe it turns out to be one that we have plenty of reasons to be excited about!   

From J.Wiltshire’s cinematic ambience to Yushh’s floating wobbles, from Pugilist’s sinister stepper to Lårry’s ghostly glitches, every artist on this EP brings their distinct style and adds to the general vibe and overall great harmony of this record.   

AWK003 is set for release on October 15th 2021. Much love to the artists contributing to this EP as well as to anyone supporting our continued record label endeavours!


Artwork by VOJD

Mastering by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich

Distribution by WAS/ Wordandsound


DJ support by: LCY, Clouds, DJ Fart In The Club, Cabasa, Dead Man’s Chest, Emerald, ZULI, Ronan, Silvia Kastel, ETCH, YAK, TASH LC, Rhyw, Mor Elian, Kouslin, Adam Pits, Ciel, Smokey, Sybil, Debonair, Red Rack’em, Katiusha, Formally Unknown,  Andrea (Ilian Tape), Madam X, Nikki Nair, Em Williams, Eich, Briain, DJ Mo City, Hooverian Blur, Ian DPM, Spektralsound, Second Storey, Kikelomo, Giant Swan, Jamiu, Re:ni, Danielle, Anthony Shake Shakir, Mixtress, Om Unit, Addison Groove and more to follow! =)

AWK003

AWK003 - Various Artists // Snippets

Next up, Irelands Matt Finegan aka PLUS ONE provides an hour of deep cuts and dubbed-out techno.

TRACK LIST:
SensoriLoop - Motion 1
FI3AC2036040 - Aleksi Perala
Toma Kami - Aces
Agxp - Spells
Bambounou - Cascade
Mike Park & Donato Dozzy - Fullonica di Stephanus
Paddy Free - Po Ahiahi
Tom Ellis - The Wave Function
Prince of Denmark - Tool 517
Jeroen Search - Momentum
Truncate - Control v1
Warzabart - Resort
Kaap - Omen
Unknown - Untitled 
Blixa - Gizmo
DJ Rasputin - Liquid Shrimps
Unknown - Untitled

In Conversation with PLUS ONE:

What direction did you wanna take with the mix?
Throughout lockdown I had felt that daydreaming and escapism became a daily necessity. Due to the fact Ireland had one of the strictest and longest lockdowns in the world, I found myself conjuring up stages and imaginary locations in my head while djing. I found that this gave me a sense of freedom which was desperately needed and also it made me focus on location and atmosphere rather than the music necessarily. In this mix, I had imagined playing at the Labyrinth Festival in Japan, hence the deep, dubby chugginess of the music played. 

What bits do you enjoy outside of music?
Outside of music I love going for a nice long, 3 or 4 hour walk. I really like playing some 7-a-side, playing computer games with my pals, and hanging out with my girlfriend, nothing too intense. I realise how childish some of those things are now that I say them but I try to keep things light as trying to pursue music as a profession can be an extremely daunting thing at times. 

What exciting things have you got in the pipeline?
At the moment I have two EP’s in the works with two labels which I really admire. I can’t wait to have them out and for people to hear them, I think they definitely have some of the best music I’ve made to date. I also have a new monthly radio residency starting soon.

Top 3 fave tracks right now:
-	Opp Pack by UnoTheActivist
-	Don’t Let Me Fall by Cleo Sol
-	City Rain (cv313’s Reduction) by Tony Blunt

Top 3 fave artists / djs right now:
-	KanKan.
-	Teebee
-	OliXL

Top 3 fave labels right now
-	Nothing But Net
-	De Lichting
-	Echospace

M+024: PLUS ONE

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RRFM • French II • 14-10-2021

DUNJ RADIO w/ DUNJ CREW - 22.10.21

This month Twin System came through with two hours of leftfield club tracks. Starting with downtempo selections before speeding things up, with new music from Nick Leon, Jennifer Walton, Angel Rocket and others.

Twin System - November 2021

Rinse France Podcast

POLAAR avec Tim Karbon & Delay Grounds - 28 Juin 2023

Lost In Instrumentals, Pt. 1 - Full songs on all other streaming services - Check Description

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Tracklist: 

Aker 00:00.00 – 00:16.16
Altum 00:16.16 – 00:34.31
Amun 00:34.31 – 00:54.10
Amunet 00:54.10 – 01:14.11
Anhur 01:14.11 – 01:34.21
Aten 01:34.21 – 01:50.89
Shu 01:50.89 – 02:10.81
Bennu 02:10.81 – 02:28.40
Horus 02:28.40 – 02:49.57
Wosret 02:49.57 – 03:10.10
Persephone 03:10.10 – 03:29.90
Khepri 03:29.90 – 03:49.82
Bastet 03:49.82 – 04:04.67
Maashes 04:04.67 – 04:28.78
Thoth 04:28.78 – 04:49.40
Neper 04:49.40 – 05:04.48
Neith 05:04.48 – 05:25.06
Hera 05:25.06 – 05:48.03
Osiris 05:48.03 – 06:09.35
Montu 06:09.35 – 06:35.69
Geb 06:35.69 – 07:02.61
Ptah 07:02.61 – 07:30.35
Bat 07:30.35 – 07:45.31
Hestia 07:45.31 – 08:04.93
Poseidon 08:04.93 – 08:22.92
Aphrodite 08:22.92 – 08:42.87
Menhit 08:42.87 – 08:58.91
Hapi 08:58.91 – 09:13.41
Demeter 09:13.41 – 09:35.92
Anuket 09:35.92 – 09:59.92


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