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Dugong's pristine, pastoral ambience makes its way onto the Berlin-based Pace Yourself imprint.

'Horizons Sauvages' is out March 29th on Pace Yourself.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3bZaiNe

@deejaydugong
@paceyourselfrecords

Premiere: Dugong - Loire [Pace Yourself]

Bristol’s @PressureDome’s kicks off its new 10” series with four cuts of colourful, off-kilter techno from Paris’ @design-default

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-design-default-kagura

PD10001

Premiere: Design Default ‘Kagura’

@awo_ojiji debuts on Control Freak for the long awaited return of our White Label series with his ‘Solidify EP’ - four percussive, wonky & propulsive club cuts, complete with a remix from label heads Customer Service & Finnaman.

Based out of Graz, Austria, Awo Ojiji has been quietly carving out his own lane in the leftfield techno & bass music world. Distinct, detailed and fundamentally genre-fluid, his oddball productions cross a range of stylistic influences and tempos, purpose built for the explorative DJ.

Early support on this one from Laksa, re:ni, Gramrcy & more - very limited pressing of just 300 hand-stamped records - don’t miss your chance to grab one.

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Awo Ojiji - Solidify EP [WLFRK003] - Previews

‘Speaking Things’, the new album from Isabassi, is a collection of highly detailed industrial music examining her singular perspective on rhythm and texture. Through brittle percussion, supernatural atmospheres and astonishing bass power, the Brazilian composer and artist explores a conversational narrative on the first full length Super Hexagon release."

https://isabassi.bandcamp.com/album/speaking-things

Isabassi
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isabassi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isabbassi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabbassi/

Super Hexagon Records
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/super-hexagon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superhexagonrecords
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superhexagonrecords/

PREMIERE: Isabassi - Janus (Super Hexagon Records)

INTL.PDCOMP002 celebrates music’s boundlessness, sampling different flavours of dance music from around the world and fusing them together to form a cohesive whole. The eighth Pressure Dome compilation ties a common thread between hi-octane drum ‘n’ bass mutations and contemplative slow burners, capturing the sonic quality at Pressure Dome’s core as well as embodying our community ethos. Some faces familiar, and others soon-to-be; some hailing from as far afield as Melbourne and New York and others repping the other side of the pond in Switzerland and Ukraine, INTL.PDCOMP002 connects the dots, both between our international family members, and seemingly disparate corners of dance music. 

Some tracks are left to unfurl slowly, gently but assuredly taking up space amongst more high-energy club tools. On Azie, Ukrainian hardware fanatic Dubplanet X hones in on sound design, gradually introducing the complex soundscape’s every layer over a rhythm that cruises at 100BPM. DJ Durbin’s Defttime and Zara’s Zwer stay on the same tip: the former employing a tantalising melody evoking a windchime, and the latter comprising cavernous percussion and acid synths. On Broken Signs, Swiss newcomer Fels bolsters a dembow-inflected rhythm with a gnarly sub bass, whilst Rinse France resident Beatrice takes it to new extremes on Fortunately: a dubstep wobbler that harks back the genre’s golden age. 

Keeping on the hardcore continuum is Infinite Machine affiliate Design Default whose track Mecha Eden is a glitched-out d’n’b mutation that switches in and out of half-time. On the faster end of the spectrum, he is joined by Parisian producer Trois-Quarts Taxi System with the full-bodied dubwise steppa Sur le gouffre. And with our feet firmly planted on the dance floor, Elsa injects a healthy dose of playfulness into her propulsive techno iteration Left My Feelings, whilst Edinburgh’s LWS and NYC’s Tano embrace all things off-kilter. On Day 7, LWS deploys the mindfuck nature of Fever AM co-head honcho Rhyw’s music, whilst Tano’s Keep Your Distance harks more closely to Ploy with menacing vocal chops and an industrial sound palette. 
credits
releases July 7, 2023 

Copy – Annie Parker 
Artwork – Jesse Webb 
Mastering – Matthew Bentley

INTL.PDCOMP002

INTL.PDCOMP002 - Various Artists [clips]

@crudetapes

BC: https://crudetapes.bandcamp.com/album/stray-observations-volume-3

The cast of “Stray Observations” finds itself in a new, somehow even darker timeline.  Originally assembled during the early COVID pandemic, this new collection of tunes from the Ridgewood crew have expanded through refined ideas, tighter production techniques and acute empathy for an unprecedented world.  When everything feels so hopeless, where does art exist?  Is there a space for electronic music?  For raving?  The artists of “Stray Observations Volume 3” don’t necessarily answer these age-old queries directly but lend different moods, environments and places to ponder these thoughts.  From bouncing three-movement tech house to Aphex Twin downtempo worship, this compilation offers the spectrum of emotions and thoughts splintering out from the contemporary mind.

All proceeds to Go Fund Me: Help Two Families Evacuate Gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/3dh3p-help-two-families-evacuate-gaza?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

All tracks mastered by Shy
Crude Tapes 2024
CRT-023

pi pi pi premiere: Maniac Krypta - Melting Walrus (Crude Tapes)

Drum wizard Nerve aka Joshua Wells treating us to a 30-minute excerpt from a live performance at the experimental underground venue Ochiai Soup in Tokyo, Japan.

The recording features both new productions and revisited works performed and improvised live at 170 bpm. Typically fresh and elaborate rhythmic explorations of bass music, d’n’b, dubstep etc from the powerhouse producer!

Recorded live at Ochiai Soup, Tokyo Japan May 14, 2023. Available now on cassette + digital as separate tracks and the full recording. 

Written & produced by Joshua Wells
Artwork by @msyawish 
Mastered by @coreykikos

Buy Tape or Digi

Nerve - Tiger Mask (BSRC01)

Axces Recordings presents the debut EP by CX, the producer alias of label affiliate Søren Kinch. The tracks on this release evoke a sense of melancholy and ethereal beauty, with a refined approach that complements the sound of modern club music. 

The three tracks—Formula, Cobra, and Plethora—share a common structure of fast-paced grooves with a patient progression throughout. However, while Formula and Plethora both create an airy and hypnotic atmosphere, Cobra stands out by combining soft vocals with a harsher sound reminiscent of Robert Leiner. 

As a teenager, Søren met Torsten aka Helmuth Kool (1976-2015), a beloved figure and promoter from Aarhus who profoundly influenced his approach to music and raves. They often traveled to Berghain in Helmuth's old Saab 900 with only 4 gears. On this EP, Søren has dedicated the final track to Helmuth, who sadly passed away way too young—A playful and soaring track that Helmuth would dance to at his afterparty in heaven. 

Vinyl will be released 13th of September 
www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1720447264/cx-formula-ep 

Merch available on our bandcamp
https://cx-axces.bandcamp.com/merch

Premiere on "Plethora" via @minimal_collective
www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-cx---plethora 

Premiere on "Formula" via @area127 
soundcloud.com/area127/cx-formula-axces


Written and produced by @sorencx
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studios 
Mixed by @popmix94
Drawing by Matilde Juul Gomes 
Design by Asger Behncke Jacobsen

Formula

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CX - Formula (snippets)

greetings crafters, 

tonight marks the first curse of this series. 

brought to you by cauldron curator, Rilou, and the following ingredients: 

basalt rock, acraea caterpillar, black pepper 

until the next moon, 

@rilou3
artwork: @sophiareedijk 

tracklist: 
Martyna Basta - Speechless Lately
Vādin - Calliope 
Katatonic Silentio - Brexit 
Saša Delimar - There it Goes 
gi - Drag 
Seta Loto - Partial Pressure (Aerae Remix) 
or+be - Raison 
Aerae - Exsilio 
Varuna - Out Beyond The Settlements 
Solma - Hypocycloid 
Minù Jr - Cure 
Lemont - Open Floodgates 
Sciama - Phasing Out 
Hypnotic Black Magic - Give Me Joy 
Floid - Skudd 
Trois-Quarts Taxi System - Modal 
Dreaker - Reverse Waves 
RM Estali - 32gr 
Nullstaat - Worse Than Nothing 
Cocktail Party Effect - Lobster Stone

episode I: basalt - Rilou

https://glansuas.bandcamp.com/album/by-the-waves
2023

talk time

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@parris_dj
@parris_dj
@parris_dj

https://thetrilogytapes.bandcamp.com
https://thetrilogytapes.bandcamp.com
https://thetrilogytapes.bandcamp.com

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Parris - Harajuku GIrls

A demented, brain-melting bass mutation from rising nu-school talent Jabes.

'klunk002' is out now on klunk.

Buy: https://jabes.bandcamp.com/album/klunk002

@jab_es
@klunkrecs

klunk002

Premiere: Jabes - Clown Tool [klunk]

DBA10.02: VARIOUS ARTISTS - 10.02
FT. SCOTT FERGUSON, RAVEN CRU, THE ROOM BELOW, MR. G, JAY L & SEMTEK, PABLO R. RUIZ, HALVTRAK, MINOS, WHEELMAN, HOLLIE & MIDNIGHT SNACC
BUY: http://dontbeafraidrecordings.co.uk/shop/

10.02 THE ROOM BELOW - BASSIKA

Remix of "Barbajia" by Seagit Arc, available on Antimateria Sonora
https://antimateriasonora.bandcamp.com/album/seagit-arc-half-emotion-remixes-as008

Barbajia (Tristan Arp Remix)

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-kombe-harbin/

@Subject-To-Restrictions see out the last gasps of the colder quarter of the year with 'Winter Restrictions Vol. 1', an eight-track compilation featuring seven Swiss producers close to the label.

Winter Restrictions Vol. 1

Kombé - Harbin [Subject To Restrictions]

1/3 of @asa-tone
cofounder @humanpitch 
bookings & inquiries: hello@tristanarp.com

Blending cross genres electronic music in glitch provocative way. Based on trials and errors comes with improvements, with the intention each piece of song or a set of mix is taking you on an assortative adaptation.

Barbajia (Tristan Arp Remix)

Tristan Arp

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