Notes from the Underground - February 16th, 2015

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Free DL - Journeyman - Trust Me

Dispatch Recordings' DLR's solo outing without longtime partner Octane finds the Dirty Le Roi exploring dark and heady territory in the drum & bass sound. With Bristolian dnb champions Total Science in tow, "Control the Sound" is a techy and challenging tune that brings ominous moods without the aggression, and that growling bassline will be haunting you for days. 

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DLR - Control The Sound (feat Total Science)

The second release on UK producer Melé's Quadrants label is a dense, four-track tech EP from Callahan titled Fallacy. It maintains techno atmospherics, but houses a warped bassline and hi-hats on the ups that render it some genre-less clusterfuck of dance-able, dystopian aesthetics.

Callahan - Murmur

The first of two releases from Lockah's excellent Tuff Wax label this week is from Aberdeen based T_A_M. His Damned If I Do EP, from which we've got the titular track, is 5 cuts of minimalist 4x4 bashers that have 5AM warehouse rave written all over them in a genre he's dubbed "Aberdeen truth." 

T_A_M - Damned If I Do

A break from all the headfuckery, Arp Aubert is head of the Mirau Musik label that's seen releases from Mano Le Tough and Tensnake. In fact, Tensnake himself used to be a part of the Arp Aubert project. The Moshislongo EP, released on Ki Records, is the classiest batch of feels you'll hear in a while. We're all about it. 

Arp Aubert - Moshislongo

Wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wop. Wobbly-wobbly-wobbly-wobbly-wop. Do we need to say anymore? You can joke if you want, but Casual Look's "Katey Siren" is all high-energy good times, a quintessential New Orleans bounce track that piqued Lockah's ear from way over the Atlantic (or at least from the other side of Aberdeen)

Casual Look ft. Katey Red & Jesse Slayter - Katey Siren

Druid Cloak's Apothecary Compositions has a knack for unearthing talent that eschews any sort of genre boundary, but the joint EP from B-Ju and Ticklish reaches way back when composing their sonic palate. This track in particular merges breaks and acid house tones into a wash of soothing, danceable vibes that'll have you nostalgic for an age you never lived. 



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B-Ju - Kids On Fire (Ticklish Remix)

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