We invited berlin-based Mathis Ruffing for our 20th edition.  He's quite a HÖR regular, producer, DJ and co-founder of Infinite Drift and serves you fast, breaky Techno and jacky club vibes in great PH17 manner!
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PH17 Mix #20 - Mathis Ruffing

@redbullschuh ’s unique sound is a mix of rave, techno and bass music, all wrapped up together while still leaving some free space for other musical influences to slip in - think Mall Grab, Slowthai, Skepta, The Prodigy, and more.

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The heart. The core of it all. A bloody, meaty muscle the size of a fist, pumping perpetually. Working, all day, everyday, against the clock. Nature’s own metronome. Sometimes you feel it throbbing in your throat, spasmodic, wanting to escape. Occasionally it explodes in warmth, sending sharp little electric needles of euphoria through the body. Now and then it sinks down to the stomach, acid, heavy like lead.

And one day it breaks — it is broken —, it shatters, quartered as if pulled apart by horses. It hurts. And the sharp pain, imploding, feels inescapable. A solitary ache, a blow, a deep hole which cannot be seen or explained. But you try to mend it. You reach for the glue and the duct tape. You pick pieces of gut and tripe and patch it back together. You shield it and harden it with leftover scrap metal. As long as it’s running.

Could heartbreak hardcore become a subgenre? A cathartic, visceral style nudging itself into the tradition of the hardcore continuum, written and produced by heartbroken musicians?

Heartbreak is the painful devastation left behind by the fact that we are no longer one. Most of us don’t know what to do with it. There is no funeral, no mourning. The capitalist structures which surround and smother us have no cure, no solution for heartbreak. There is no time for it: pain is not productive. That is: we cannot value it as we value a commodity, unless it is deeply enmeshed in layers of meta-post-ironic subterfuge, lest we seem vulnerable. Abstraction upon abstraction, we’ve forgotten what pain is and we’ve tried to hide it. Violet does not, because she cannot. Her approach is violent, immersive, euphoric sincerity. That’s the only way to escape.

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PREMIERE: Violet - HARD (Naive)

Cluster Traxx's journey of 2023 start with DJ Aware's debut EP "Sous-Entendu".

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Back again for an al fresco mix from one of our very own OUEMS crew, LJ Balance. LJ balance is the new kid on the Oxford block, originally from London, he recently arrived back last October and has firmly cemented himself within the Oxford scene in an impressively short amount of time in the city. LJ Balance has a dynamic approach to electronic music, rarely looking back, he is at the forefront of UK inspired sounds and this mix is chopped full of it. 

Kicking of proceedings, LJ Balance begins with a skewed drum 'n' bass sound intertwined with frissons of rhythmic excitement. Tensile beats make way for airy pads and snappy arpeggiated synths; the archetypal regimented kick drums lose shape and fragment, joining the melodic elements throughout this early section.

As we proceed, percussive elements precipitate through and the mix transforms to a more familiar, driving beat. The interplay of percussion and groove meld so seamlessly that teasing apart their individual components becomes almost impossible; the sharp beats and rhythmic patterns interlock with a fluidity that mirrors the natural flow of movement. 

Towards the peak of the mix, we transition into electro-infused sounds. Heavy bass patterns, shakingly-deep resonant vocals and distinctive, unpredictable synth patterns surge through with an intense, pensive energy, dominating this section of the mix.

The tail end of the mix slows things down, with the forceful and propulsive bassline giving way to a gentle, fluid bassline with a warped texture. Percussion is there to gently aid the colossal pads and acutely chopped vocals. A positive and vibrant conclusion. 

This mix is a rejection of what we all know electronic music to be, sometimes a rigorous and repetitive affair, LJ Balance breaks this down with a highly produced mix with some incredible forward thinking sounds.

TRACKLIST:
Kincaid - Sudden shifts in perspective [Grid]
Elephas - E.O.U [PAL.Sounds]
Lithe - Second Pavilion [Self Released]
Konx-Om-Pax - Rez (Skee Mask Remix) [Planet Mu]
Sentinel 793 - Movements [Universal Magnetic]
Hagan - Right Here [Future Bounce]
Destrata - Low Sun [INDEXLIFE]
(?) - [Cloudcore]
Gavnlig - Brands [INDEXLIFE]
Otik - Clairvoyant [Graded]
Surusinghe - BAD GIRLS [Steel City Dance Discs]
Gafacci - Wabisabi [Self Released]
Dotorado Pro - Macumba [Enchufada]
Mercy System - Troika Shuffle (Pluralist Remix) [Meld]
Y.A - Juggling [Emoticons]
LCY - Cherubim [SZNS7N]
Mr. Mitch - Trusss [Gobstopper]
Desert Sound Colony - Another Fish in the Pan [Unknown to the Unknown]
Front Bench - TEMPTING [199]
Yarn Init - A1 San City [Mind Controlled Rectifier]
DJ Karawai - OPERATOR [Sauce Traxx]
Aloka - View Source [Haws]
Soft Grunge - Bass in Your Chest [Posse Up!]
Thodén - Gush [Electroménager]
Stenny - Blind Corners [Ilian Tape]
Kenji Ko - Coaxer [3024]
Nico - Passage (feat. Tristan Arp) [Grid]
Moodrich - 4:44 AM [Self Released]
Skee Mask - CZ3000 Dub [Ilian Tape]
Tom VR - Soared Straight Through Me [all my thoughts]

EMS Mix #007 - LJ Balance

Please, Let Me Rest [Free Download]

Release date: April 28th
Pre-order: https://nehzarecords.bandcamp.com/album/transaqu

Splashes of bass, breakbeat, bass, techno and experimental soundscapes; Nehza Records delivers second V/A - Transaquæ 

01 - Jossy Mistu - Diatoms
02 - Roaming Data - 106 Regulate
03 - Flore - Sensors
04 - nog4yra - Peixe Vivo
05 - RONI - Praise The Sea
06 - TOBS - Floating Valley
07 - Angel D'lite - Dream 2 Reality
08 - CRRDR - Ojalai
09 - Sun People - Reconnect (Step by Step)
10 - SAYANG - Enough

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Transaquæ - Snippets (NZAC002)

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EMS Mix #007 - LJ Balance

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