Masaaki Yoshida aka Anchorsong has been winning friends here in the UK and internationally throughout Europe with his live shows, and yes we do mean live: Yoshida’s music is created with a sampler and a keyboard, from scratch at his gigs. Sometimes these sounds are augmented by a string quartet.

With 3 EP releases in his native Japan, Anchorsong relocated to London and soon hooked up with the Brighton-based Tru Thoughts label, who put out his international debut LP "Chapters". That, an appearance on Boiler Room TV last year, and support from Radio 1’s Huw Stephens have all helped this young man begin to garner attention. We are hoping this release for BBE will be the one that transforms him from a name bandied round by the electronic music cognoscenti, to a high-profile artist/producer.

Previously characterised as being a maker of downtempo beats, The Mawa EP is an altogether more upbeat affair. The opener rattles along with African tribal chants, dense percussion and a fuzzy near-analogue ambience; the African vibe is continued on track 2 with a looped marimba before we suddenly switch to some sparse, dreamy 4/4 stuff that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on Nu-Groove way back when. The third track is altogether busier, interweaving more chanted vocal snippets and tinkling percussive figures over a sensuous bassline, and the closer increases the bottom-end action with some near sub-bass anchoring layers of shifting, swirling bleeps. This release puts Anchorsong firmly in ‘minimal’ territory and demands attention from electronic music DJs everywhere. 

Gilles Peterson:   
‘Anchorsong is absolute fire…a brilliant EP’

Karizma: 
‘Its Dope really creative will defo play out ‘

Osunlade: 
"These hams are going direct in my wyrb crate ..from first note, masa just says get your ass up and dance! flamingos makes you feel warm inside..ivory is something from another planet with its syncopated spliced rhythms, sounds and voices..makes for a nice dreamy moment. mantra just brings it all home with simple yet affective deepness..pure!"

Flamingos

3-11 Porter - Surround Me With Your Love (Me

turn it of

Where Do We Go

ATLXS, Raul Apxpei - MONTAGEM LADRAO (Instrumental Slowed)

One could say "hey LYO that's two related KHIDJA premieres in a row" but who cares ? It seems we can't get enough of the Rumanian inspired duo ! Lurid Music is a relatively new Greek label based in Athens that we discovered through awesome remixes by Timothy Fairplay & Antoni Maiovvi on their first two instalments by "The Rattler Proxy". Third outing here is by "Anatolian Weapons" , yet another moniker of local artist Agellos Baltas that already released records on "Lower Parts", "Holger", "MRT" or "Inner Ear" imprints under his different aliases. Here is the Khidja Peruvian mix ! The record has already been out for a few weeks but it's never too late to share an exclusive 12 minute epic trippy beauty, right ?!

PREMIERE : Anatolian Weapons - A Strange Light From The East (Khidja's Peruvian Mix)

From the album Loop The Loop.

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Morning Tea EP

Morning Tea (Original Mix)

Out on Kompakt Total 17
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Weval - Metazoa (Snippet)

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Critically-acclaimed Dutch act Weval (AKA Harm Coolen and Merijn Scholte Albers) arrive on Ninja Tune’s Technicolour imprint with their new EP Changed For The Better. The duo hail from Amsterdam, where they have been cultivating a unique sound that balances high energy electronic funk and emotive synth arrangements with bold, beautifully composed melodies and songwriting. The duo recently embarked on a mission to rediscover themselves and what truly drives them, in a process of liberation from self-imposed constraints. Their creative process was reinvigorated with an uninhibited approach and Changed For The Better represents Weval unfiltered, accepting themselves for who they truly are. It’s sincere and heartfelt and unashamedly positive.

Bookings: naomi@earth-agency.com (EU / RoW) / sgoodgold@teamwass.com
Management: mb@285.group / am@285.group