Release Date - 18th March 2022
Distro - https://www.unearthedsounds.co.uk/products/design-default-takama-ga-hara-w-sputnik-one-remix-10-vinyl

For the first release of the 10” series, we welcome Design Default to the Dome with an EP that effortlessly orbits a beautiful yet precisely constructed world. The release encapsulates the atmosphere of his previous ambient works with the energy of his left of centre club releases demonstrating the depth of output this Parisian producer is capable of.
 
On the A-side, we dip into his distinctive approach to sound design with glistening melodies, flourishing through an array dreamy soundscapes on Eta Aquariids. We welcome back PD favourite Sputnik One whose rework ups the energy levels with a flip certified to move the floor while maintaining the euphoria and bliss of the original.

On the B, we are again transported to unexplored worlds on the uplifting journey of  Kagura where fragmented particles collide on the backdrop of uplifting otherworldly atmospheres.

Takama-ga-hara reflects the lofty sacred world from which the name implies - weaving through a haze of influences giving us something beautiful, engaging and unique and following on from a tough couple of years, a positive look into the future as we move towards more freedom, connection and positivity. 

Mastering – Ten Eight Seven
Pressing - MPO

Design Default - Takama-Ga-Hara (PD10001) [clips]

Blu Terra - The Q

Egyptian artist Hassan Abou Alam delivers the 4-track EP Ice, glistening with unusual textures that glide through several soundscapes spanning techno, breaks, bass and unclassifiable noise.

Things get spooky on ‘Hollow In C#’ as Hassan pairs a reverb-heavy vocal with chugging drums and eerie pads, echoing his mental and physical state during quarantine last year. Freaky but fierce.

Hassan Abou Alam has spent the last decade exploring disparate sound palettes and genres, from breaks to techno to bass. Today, his curiosity is unwavering. Hassan produces music using a hybrid setup of analog and digital instruments, conveying organised but compelling chaos that’s won him legions of fans worldwide.

@hassan-abou-alam
@nehzarecords

Buy:
https://nehzarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice

PREMIERE: Hassan Abou Alam - Hollow in C# [Nehza Records]

Over the past five years, Fever AM has given us a steady drip of exquisitely modern, genre-defying club music, from angular rhythm sculptures like Gacha Bakradze's "Daraji" to twisted party-rockers like Rhyw's "Biggest Bully."

To celebrate their fifth anniversary, label founders Mor Elian and Rhyw have put together a compilation that captures their strikingly fresh vision. "It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature" presents core Fever AM artists like Xen Chron and Ayesha alongside a few newcomers to the label, such as Pariah, MSJY, Peder Mannerfelt. Fans of the label know what to expect: soundsystem-tailored bangers with a surreal twist, for DJs that like to keep the crowd on their toes.

It's Not A Bug, It's A Feature (Fever AM)

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Ayesha - Swim

Sputnik One - Supa Natural (w/EMBY) / Grafters  [N-Face 001]

@sputnik_one's pointillist club music takes a looser, but no less impactful, approach for the debut release on his N-Face label

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-sputnik-one-grafters

N-FACE001

Premiere: Sputnik One ‘Grafters’

Dua Lipa ft. Angèle ~ Fever
Edit by @fluidmatter & @solmadj
Mastered by Cédric iFa Oléon at IFL3 Studios

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The wind rustled gently through the trees, teasing the remaining crisp brown leaves from their branches. A blanket had now formed on the ground, covering any remaining grass that had managed to squeeze the last drops out of summer. This turn of the season was her favourite; when bobble hats and thick mittens would be dredged from storage boxes, and winter coats donned for misty, sun-drenched morning walks. The earthly colours; the freshness of the air; the pitstops for mandatory hot drinks — she felt an immediate warmth at the first whiff of Autumn.

To commemorate five years of existence of Nantes-based club Macadam, Garde-Robe Records, the label arm of the club's artistic team Androgyne, have rallied friends and family for a compilation which highlights the sounds and names making the city's club culture tick. Everybody who's contributed to the release, which includes RONI, Younger Than Me and A Strange Wedding, have played at the club over the last five years and are championing the sounds dear to the space, from bass and breaks to rave and trance.

PREMIERE: RONI - Earth Call [Garde-Robe Records]

Atrice - Backrooms

A1. Backrooms
A2. Chamber Of Mazarbul
B1. Nulspace
B2. Pipe Dreams
Digital Bonus. Dialect

Rousing Robocop Knock-Outs on 180g vinyl.

w&p by Atrice
Mastered by Tangible Air
Artwork oil on canvas by Bettina Zenker

IT054 ATRICE - BACKROOMS

Hessle Audio welcomes Toumba to the label with the 4 track EP 'Petals'. Based in Amman, Jordan, Toumba explores Levantine microtonality, rhythms, play styles and timbres across the record. Lead track 'Istibtan' is a twist on a typical Jordanian wedding song with deep subs providing the foundations, complimented by crisp percussion and warm melodics.

Toumba is a producer, DJ and sound designer and is a curator at MNFA, a club and arts space in Jordan's capital Amman. A nationally respected artist, Toumba also holds a residency at the MMAG Foundation. The foundation works with a selection of the most gifted artists in the Levant, providing a space for artistic research, production and critical discourse.

Toumba - Istibtan

Matching supple muscle with brainy brawn, fast-rising Edinburgh producer @lws_trax comes bowling onto the PM+ series with a pair of widescreen heaters. As is now well established and expected for Peder Mannerfelt’s quick-fire offshoot of club-ready cuts, these pieces are forged outside obvious genre categorization, where it’s easier to talk in terms of sound and energy than style.
 
‘Pendrum’ is a long and ranging track which revels in knotty rhythmic intricacy, driven by a drum palette which sounds like it was sourced from those odd things you find in miscellaneous kitchen drawers. The space-age pads take these items and fling them towards the horizon, and we’re dutifully dragged along for the ride. It’s a true journey piece – a saga for the club loaded with dramatic peaks and troughs.
 
‘Now That’s Focus!’ similarly looks beyond obvious drum machines for its percussive hits, but this time it’s purely about the beat. LWS proves himself to be devilishly effective at setting a scene with not much more than a biscuit tin and a dripping tap at his disposal, strapping the crinkling of a crisp packet to a rugged kick and slowly letting the gas escape from his bottle of sparkling when the track shifts into a higher gear.

LWS - Now That's Focus! [PM+5]

Organic sounds from France

Contact ✣ virtualforestrecords@gmail.com

Run by @natural_limit, @solmadj & @fluidmatter

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