Ping Devil Meme

Out now - 12 tracks: double vinyl and digital 

In 2013, Different Circles launched with Weightless Volume One, a compilation that helped define a new minimalist aesthetic in electronic music. 

Twelve years later and after a six-year pause, the label returns with its tenth release: Ping Volume One.

Like weightless, ping isn’t a genre. It's an approach to anchoring and propelling sound without relying on the steady pulse of a kick drum.

Instead, a single percussive hit — the ping — holds the centre. Dry and high in the mix, or echoing distantly through space, it becomes a temporal anchor. Around it, the rest of the track can undulate, bend, float or collapse.

The term first appeared on Mumdance’s radio show, where playing “the pingy ones” from the Different Circles back catalogue became a running joke. In the Discord community, it evolved into a shared language, with memes, lore and a mascot known as the Ping Devil.

In 2023, Mumdance aired The “Ping Report” a radio show that gathered everything into a coherent moodboard. It included original tracks made by Discord members for the show and set the foundations. From there, more producers began making ping intentionally, and over time, Ping Volume One took shape.

As the idea came into focus, Logos and Mumdance noticed that much of the Different Circles back catalogue, if not explicitly weightless, could now be understood through the lens of ping. It was a sound they had been drawn to long before they had a language to describe it.

Ping Volume One is a document of shared instinct. A collection of tracks connected by feel rather than formula, shaped by years of dialogue between a community of artists and listeners who were drawn to the same sounds & ideas before they had a name.

Klahrk - Sent Spinning

Following up on Pearson Sound, Batu and BADSISTA, French stalwart Bambounou provides a rare appearance with "Soul Trippin", a dreamy yet playful track charged with trippy drumworks and a TRULY contagious piano hook. 


Soul Trippin

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PLAYED ME

Casa Voyager welcomes back one of Cairo’s most innovative musicians @hassan-abou-alam for his debut EP on the label: Tarnished. A raw, percussive and bass-heavy body of work that pushes electro and breaks into dystopian terrain while keeping feet firmly on the dancefloor.

Out late october 
pre-order >> www.casavoyager.net


CVX02 - HASSAN ABOU ALAM - TARNISHED

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@steeltraxx

A new addition to the NHS roster, Steel Traxx joins at the 34 mark with three surging, buzzy club offerings applicable across a span of factors; energy, pace, duration of evening, yet Cohesive in their strident hypnotism. The Manchester-based producer carries a short, yet pronounced legacy of productions, having honed a definable approach to the brand of wonky, eclectic club music. Initial outings via a debut EP on London’s Erbium Records and single-track features on Manchester’s own Rubber Works demonstrate a clear vision and intention of sound, furthered only by the entrance into NHS territory.

A delicate balance of synthetics drenched in unnatural delays, crunchy, earthy percussion sampling and haunting melodies make for a package of intensely club-ready USB additions tailored effectively to a range of atmospheres. Holistic employment of rolling, building energy features across the selection; a masterful, refined second EP from one of the scene’s freshest newcomers.
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Artwork by Jiah Wells
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

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Steel Traxx - Pollock

Artist: Low End Activist x Tia Talks
Title: Fake Idols
Label: Sneaker Social Club
Cat No: SNKR068.1
Release Date: Oct 31st

The Activist returns to Sneaker Social Club with a fresh drop of mutant grime futurism featuring a deadly flow from Tia Talks

Low End Activist first came through centred on link-ups with grime MCs before widening the scope of his sound with purely instrumental, conceptually-charged albums. This sure-shot single reaffirms his affinity for outsider grime production as a vessel for deft bars from breakthrough talent.

On 'Fake Idols' there's an emphasis on sharply angled, glitchy production that bends and warps well outside the established formula of MC-focused beats. Constantly shifting, hyper-detailed and front-loaded with walloping slabs of bass, this devastating cut is presented in either
vocal or instrumental form. Tia Talks pulls no punches here stating her truth assisting LEA in continuing his peerless run of avant-Grime.

Mastered by Miles Whittaker
Artwork by Ben Arfur

Fake Idols

BOOM BAP INSTRUMENTAL BEATS - FREE BEATS - FREEDL

Midnight Scar Cipher

It Starts Here 140 BPM

Soul Dance

contact - timedancemusic@gmail.com (sorry, not currently accepting demos)

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