a1. Lanes (Anz Hooover remix) a2. Sense Inversion (Facta & K-Lone remix) a3. Lanacut (Shanti Celeste remix) b1. Shadows In Blue (Surgeon remix) b2. Ghost Of Akina (Aya 2010 All At Once remix) b3. The World Is New Again (Kush Jones remix)
The best musical mavericks never sit still for long. They mutate and morph into new shapes, refusing to be boxed in. Floating Points has so many guises that it’s not easy to pin him down. There’s the composer whose 2015 debut album Elaenia was met with rave reviews – including being named Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Music’ and Resident Advisor’s ‘Album of the Year’ – and took him from dancefloors to festival stages worldwide. The curator whose record labels have brought soulful new sounds into the club, and, on his esteemed imprint Melodies International, reinstated old ones. The classicist, the disco guy that makes machine music, the digger always searching for untapped gems to re-release. And then there’s the DJ whose liberal approach to genre saw him once drop a 20-minute instrumental by spiritual saxophonist Pharoah Sanders in Berghain.
Crush was made during an intense five-week period, inspired by the invigorating improvisation of his shows supporting The xx in 2017. He had just finished touring with his own live ensemble, culminating in a Coachella appearance, when he suddenly became a one-man band, just him and his trusty Buchla opening up for half an hour every night. He thought what he’d come out with would "be really melodic and slow- building" to suit the mood of the headliners, but what he ended up playing was "some of the most obtuse and aggressive music I've ever made, in front of 20,000 people every night," he says. "It was liberating."
Shall Not Fade celebrate their 50th release after 5 years of the label with an all-time favourite and long-time friend, the inimitable Byron the Aquarius . Returning to SNF for his second release on the label, the keyboardist, DJ and producer marks the labels milestone release perfectly. Sunsoaked house with a penchant for acid lines, jazz inspired keys and a bumpin’ groove, What Up Doe? Vol.2 i s Byron at his best. A sonic homage to the very beginning for us.
Opener ‘ She Want To Work It’ is a masterclass in low-key sass and class, referencing warm, dusty hip-hop beats and daydreams, as it shifts into a luscious, vox heavy kick and clap groove. Futuristic acid lines bubble up on seemingly dreamy dub number, into glitchy electro realms on ‘I Can Feel It’, before imploding into full-blown sci-fi territory on the flip. Here, ‘ Apes of Mars pt.2.’ is all nostalgia inducing samples and jazzy melodies, meandering between crunchy beats. Next up, ‘Cosmic Raindance’’ s enigmatic, sultry sci-fi vibes bring the EP to new levels. MDMA is back with Byron and the pair are on another planet with this post-watershed jackin’ house, bleeping out into the ether. Rounding out the EP nodding to his love for hip-hop and shimmery keys, ‘Can We Do It Again’ is Byron to the bone. Soulful, infectious house music which we can't get enough of.
a1. Byron The Aquarius - She Want To Work It Ft. MDMA
a2. Byron The Aquarius - I Can Feel That (Dub)
b1. Byron The Aquarius - Apes of Mars pt.2
b2. Byron The Aquarius - Cosmic Rainwater ft. MDMA
WOD016 is an all Northern affair seeing Kenny Wasp (DABJ) join forces with Big Miz and Granary 12 to create some epic tracks. Couple this together with a rather crackin' Auto Sound City remix of Dirty Sue then you have 4 tracks that will blow the lid off any sound system. What’s not to love. Pure filth at its best with a loving sprinkle of Gospel. You know it makes sense!
I took a trip to see something sublime. There was no need to satisfy, nothing to fill. I just wanted to look. If only you knew what these forms meant to me, we could fill this dead room with talk. They’ve been there for so long, floating, bending the space, sculptural hymns to colour a vacant spirit. In some time, like you and me, they will be lost
a1. Call Super And Parris - Design Of A Body Sublime feat. Fox
a2. Call Super And Parris - Design Of An Eye Sublime feat. Fox
b1. Call Super And Parris - Design Of A Lost Sublime
Club Culture is back for it’s third instalment of the series. Volume 3 takes you on a similar journey, with each track providing a different mood to bring us 4 tracks tailored for the dancefloor. With tracks from Frankel & Harper, T. Jacques, Lavonz (with a classic reissue from 1998) and Main Phase. We look forward to taking you on a new chapter of ‘Club Culture’…
In what seems like the blink of an eye, Rhythm Section INTL has hit the 5 year mark. With over 30 releases since the end of 2014, the label; helmed by Bradley Zero, has become something of a UK staple and broken artists such as Chaos in the CBD and Neue Grafik onto a global platform.
Never focussed on one sound (or indeed one location) the imprint has put out a wide gamut of sounds, ranging from R&B by Australian producer Silentjay (Sampa the Great/ Hiatus Kaiyote) to the neo- soul incantations of 30/70 via the retro Street-Soul productions of Manchester's Ruf Dug.
While the labels wide ranging catalogue has had occasional run-ins with established musical heavyweights: be it Jordan Rakei in his Dan Kye guise, King Krule on production and vocals for Pinty, or Harvey Sutherland masquerading as Bad Channel on the INTL BLACK sub label - the raison d’être of the imprint has always been to unearth and nurture new talent, not just via the label but through the now established network of radio shows, concerts and club nights Rhythm Section has become known for.
The compilation and accompanying tour, ‘SHOUTS’ is a continuation of this mission. It takes in past, present and most importantly, future elements of the label to make a clear statement of intent for the next 5 years and beyond. SHOUTS is a nod to the online radio culture that birthed the movement. SHOUTS is the label using its voice to amplify its peers. SHOUTS is 5 years of Rhythm Section International.
Alongside the 36 Track digital comp, this milestone release will also include two 12” samplers. Good friend of the dance Yu-Su will lead the charge with a dynamic new track entitled ‘233’ alongside label-fave Duke Hugh- who has provided us with ‘Zoe’, an ethereal ambient composition that serves as the intro to the compilation.
a1. Duke Hugh - Zoe
a2. Research Club - Café Iguana
a3. Paula Tape - Panamericana
b1. Jad & The - Deep Dark Grimey Dancefloor Moment
In what seems like the blink of an eye, Rhythm Section INTL has hit the 5 year mark. With over 30 releases since the end of 2014, the label; helmed by Bradley Zero, has become something of a UK staple and broken artists such as Chaos in the CBD and Neue Grafik onto a global platform.
Never focussed on one sound (or indeed one location) the imprint has put out a wide gamut of sounds, ranging from R&B by Australian producer Silentjay (Sampa the Great/ Hiatus Kaiyote) to the neo- soul incantations of 30/70 via the retro Street-Soul productions of Manchester's Ruf Dug.
While the labels wide ranging catalogue has had occasional run-ins with established musical heavyweights: be it Jordan Rakei in his Dan Kye guise, King Krule on production and vocals for Pinty, or Harvey Sutherland masquerading as Bad Channel on the INTL BLACK sub label - the raison d’être of the imprint has always been to unearth and nurture new talent, not just via the label but through the now established network of radio shows, concerts and club nights Rhythm Section has become known for.
The compilation and accompanying tour, ‘SHOUTS’ is a continuation of this mission. It takes in past, present and most importantly, future elements of the label to make a clear statement of intent for the next 5 years and beyond. SHOUTS is a nod to the online radio culture that birthed the movement. SHOUTS is the label using its voice to amplify its peers. SHOUTS is 5 years of Rhythm Section International.
Alongside the 36 Track digital comp, this milestone release will also include two 12” samplers. Good friend of the dance Yu-Su will lead the charge with a dynamic new track entitled ‘233’ alongside label-fave Duke Hugh- who has provided us with ‘Zoe’, an ethereal ambient composition that serves as the intro to the compilation.
After the highly successful crowdfunding campaign in 2017, the Organ Donors now deliver what is set to be their 3rd and definitive studio album ULTRASOUND. 15 brand new genre defying hard edge tracks that are set to become their next anthems of the future. After taking a few years out of the scene, this new concept album ULTRASOUND, reflects on their history, influences, journey through genres and ultimately their musical rebirth.
With millions of youtube views over two decades, the Organ Donors have transcended genres and helped pave the way for the modern boundary-free era of harder electronic dance music. Their tracks on the infamous Nukleuz Records were some of the biggest of that era and they entered the UK Top 40 twice with both ‘4 Tribes’ and ‘Blackout’. Their tracks have amounted to 100's of Radio 1 plays, features, and they have also guest mixed and been interviewed multiple times on various Radio 1 shows. Their smash hit ‘Turntablism’ on Tidy Trax was played 7 consecutive weeks on Radio 1 and went on to win tune of the year at the 2006 Hard Dance Awards. They set a Beatport record when they held the Number 1 spot on the Beatport Top 10 chart for almost a year with their remix of ‘Bassturbation’ which also went on to win hard track of the year. These career accolades helped them work with and remix some of the biggest names in electronic music and took the Organ Donors live show the world over.
With their larger-than-life stage presence and original music style, the Organ Donors continue to defy genres and gain the support and respect from fans and artists across the globe.
Their new album ULTRASOUND will set new standards as the Organ Donors return to the harder edge music scene with avengence.
01. Organ Donors - Wasted
02. Organ Donors - Eat Your Mind
03. Organ Donors - Rewind Selecta ft Sonny Wilson
04. Organ Donors - No Longer In Control
05. Organ Donors - Off Base
06. Organ Donors - Faux Embrace ft Xander & The Keys
07. Organ Donors - Fuck Life
08. Organ Donors & Juxtapostion - Audio Surgery Helpline
"For the eight release of notorious Paris based label Houseum, Ricky Razu buddies up with Marc Brauner to deliver a bustling and bumping EP titled 'Two Of A Kind'.
Ricky opens the record with the enigmatic 'Alive', an undeniably groovy track featuring an astral and dreamy feel. He fuses this cosmic ambiance with thoughtful synth work and bumpy house drums, ensuring a track suitable for the peak-hour as well as the late night ride home. Featured on A2 is the lively 'Drift', where dubby chord progressions and sharp synths ride a chunky bassline, delivering a more intense but no less huggable and danceable fist-pumping moment. To finish things off, Ricky comes out with the jazz-flecked and luscious dream house track 'Freefloat', an energetic yet thought provoking affair perfect to wrap up the A-side.
Marc continues with the Bside of the record, as the name gives away already the B1 is an homage to the old school and the way Marc pictures house music from the past while still giving it his own twist and sauce of today. A catchy vocal sample, a bumping bassline, piano stabs and long string notes complete the classic sound arrangement. The floating pad and melancholic melodies of Dinner 4 2 are coming as no surprise for everyone familiar with Marc's recent work. Forward aimed drum patterns are combined with a 303 acid melody that leads thru the track, making it a smooth but still club orientated piece of music. The B3 is the follow up track to 'In A Dream' which was part of Marc's last EP on Houseum 'Sad But Ambitious'. Accompanied by a deep bubbling bass, the drum parts are highly influenced by electro / breakdance music from back then with bleeps, zaps and hits that bring back memories from the 80s/90s."
Kalahari Oyster Cult welcomes another from down under, Furious Frank with his very own Trip 2 Fantasy via OYSTER28. Three OG acid-licked club-ready rollers from the Australian 303-connoisseur plus a bonus destruction mix from trusted Frankfurt associate Ludwig A.F.
A1 Existential Crisis, aka the current natural state of the world, sparks fly with flanged percussion springing between damaging drum work, making space for the juicy acid evolution. The journey develops to include dystopian stuttered vocals, glistening bells and pads to form a melancholic driver.
Continue the mood, elastic processed rhythms roll and dip for the A2 Artificial Simulation, robotic mechanism holding hands with the heavenly, dream state timbre, fluttered and full of melodic resonance.
The title track on the B2 Trip 2 Fantasy opens bold and brave, a punishing bass line and commanding claps, hot syncopation aimed for bodies moving. Thundering toms run stealthily underneath an ascending motif of delicate synthesis. “Join Me in my Dreams, My Trip to Fantasy” echoing out in seductive bliss over the driving undergrowth.
The record is rounded off with an even deeper, throbbing rejig of the former from none other than Ludwig A.F. The “Floor destruction” mix isn’t coy about its intentions, risers, diced vocals and anticipation through the roof.
A record ready to explode, whenever and wherever that may be.
a1. Existential Crisis
a2. Artificial Simulation
b1. Trip 2 Fantasy
b2. Trip 2 Fantasy (Ludwig A.F.'s Worldwide Floor Destruction Mix)
New series from Kalahari Oyster Cult. Ltd to 150 copies. Made of recycled wax and cardboard, each record will come out folded in a beautiful and unique artwork, depicting a singular form of a hybridised mineral named 'plastiglomerate' - literally an amalgam of stone and plastic waste gathered by the involved musician and fused together by Japanese eco-artist Sae Honda
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In parallel to its club-friendly endeavours, Kalahari Oyster Cult is happy to announce the launch of a new series called Oyster Ballads. As its name suggests, Oyster Ballads will focus on the quieter spectrum of electro-powered semantics, from meditative ambient ballads to escapist downtempo jams. Made of recycled vinyl, each record will come out folded in a beautiful and unique artwork, depicting a singular form of hybridised mineral named 'plastiglomerate' - literally an amalgam of stone and plastic waste gathered by the involved musician and fused together by Japanese eco-artist Sae Honda to form a singular piece of art that doesn't just question notions as waste and upcycling, but aims to more largely invite to reconsider the position of art as a vector for change.
Taking the helm of the series first number, Vlek affiliate and chief experimentalist Lawrence Le Doux punches in with a four-track delight of organic textures and laid-back tempi, taking us for a riveting journey across a zen garden of chimey harmonics and breezy synth oscillations. Blending in wistful Spanish guitar riffs, oblique drum programming and aqueous bass stabs, the slow-moving opener 'Petal' entices us in a realm of vaporous beauty before vegetal riddim 'Anther' has us zoning out into further uncluttered, sub-aquatic dubby domains.
Flip over and 'Stem' will shut your brain off the world's sad reality to a magic formula of sun-dazed organic house, painted lush with textured synth folds, altered vox sampling and jacuzzi-warm, neo-Caribbean flavours - sure to beam your mind up to some idyllic Pacific coast inlet, safe from the big cities' soul-eating daily hassle. Rounding off the package in the most endearing manner, 'Filament' pulls out the slick vibraphone vibes and ticks all the boxes of your go-to tropical house healer, perfect for these moments when the sun rises above the cerulean skyline and your holiday-numb booty requires a bit of stretchin'n'flexin as you sip on your coconut cocktail, feet firmly anchored in the white sand and the eyes sinking in the deep blue vastness.
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