Release Date: 10th September 2021

a1. So Wrong

a2. Dub Wrong

b1. Just The Two Of Us

b2. Two Of Us Version

b3. Two Of Us Version (Stepper Mix)

Available: 7th September 2021

a1. Dangerous

a2. Razor

b1. Gyaldem Dub

b2. Murder Sound

Available: 6th September 2021

A1 Accordion
A2 Curls
A3 All Caps
A4 Bistro
A5 Fancy Clown
A6 Raid
B1 Madmix 1
B2 Great Day
B3 Madmix 2

Release Date: 1st October 2021

Spray, founded in 2020, is a Berlin based record label providing the freshest old and new trance infused house, breaks, acid and downtempo sounds. The label focuses on reissuing slept-on ‘90s gems and aims to provide a platform for new artists. The first release brings in an outstanding reissue from one of LA’s finest artists from the ‘90s ‘Dimension 23’ including a remix from Spray favourite, Or:la - the perfect sonic combination between old and new and a testament to what the label aims to project.

a1. Dimension 23 - I.M.O.K. R.U.O.K.

a2. Dimension 23 - I.M.O.K. R.U.O.K. (Or:la Remix)

b1. Dimension 23 - 12,000 Ravers

Release Date: June 2021

Everyone’s favourite bangin’ Brisbane duo X CLUB. ready up four typically in your face cuts of driving, textured techno on 1Ø PILLS MATE that have us dreaming of giant warehouses and sweaty hugs. Channeling big rave energy from grime, electro and breaks - and ultimately using this influence to texture their heavy sound - the pair take inspiration from the 90’s rave movement and contemporary experimental artists.

‘Turning A Blind Eye To This Nonsense’ delivers on the escapism it promises, staying true to the driven aesthetic that the duo have become known for; sirens blaring, deep atmospherics and uncompromising rave. Fellow Australian Mutant Joe is enlisted on ‘Silo’ - an acid dipped techno-electro workout spawned from the depths of hell.

The record's biggest moments arrive on ‘Beta Rays’, where both the artist's interest in sound design and sonic engineering across their respective solo projects really shines across 8 minutes of cinematic rave. Managing to capture the nostalgic rave feeling that Bicep’s ‘Glue’ channelled to roaring success, X CLUB. serve up an emotionally-driven journey that is destined to dominate sound systems around the globe.

Their UK influence is felt most heavily on ‘300mpbs’ (½ of the duo, Benedict Clarke, is actually from Bristol); a gnarly cut of snarling drum & bass influenced breaks that is sure to incite a gun-finger trigger rush in the club.

A1. Turning A Blind Eye To This Nonsense

A2. Silo (ft. Mutant Joe)

B1. Beta Rays

B2. 300MBPS

Release Date: 1st October 2021

A1. Saved Soul (Original Re-Master)

A2. Saved Soul (Mash Up Remix)

B1. Burning Up

Release Date: 22nd October 2021

Lofi heavyweights Mr. Käfer and Phlocalyst are restructuring the metaphysics of a jazz thing - to quote Gang Starr's genre-defining classic "Jazz Thing" from 1990. The fusion of hip-hop and jazz has come a long way but there are still new routes to explore and new stories to tell. Mr. Käfer and Phlocalyst are adding their own chapter to the saga with their collaborative album Now / Again to be released via Melting Pot Music. The vibe of the 12 tracks is chill. The kicks, snares and basslines are crisp but relaxed. Wrapped up in warm melodic layers and led by the distinctive sound of Phlocalyst's trumpet.

The Flemish producer grew up in Ghent and relocated to Munich where he plays in a classic orchestra - a rather uncommon day-job for a lofi producer with more than 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Mr. Käfer was born in Salzburg – the hometown of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Crack Ignaz – to an Austrian mother and an Algerian father. Today he lives in Cologne. In his music he fuses influences from boom-bap to jazz to traditional North-African music. The album artwork was created by Cologne-based artist Giza One.

A1.     Facettes                
A2.     Cloudscapes      
A3.     Stellar                
A4.     Room                
A5.     Lanterns                
A6.     Silence                
B1.     Fractions                
B2.     Memories                
B3.     Evenings                
B4.     Space Travels                
B5.     Respirations                
B6.     Drizzle

Release Date: 17th September 2021

For us at 1985 Music, our Various Artists series are extremely important to us. It not only provides a great platform to celebrate music from a wide range of artists, it enables us to promote both veterans and newcomers in the scene, and to introduce them as part of our extended family. 

We have had great success with our first series of VA releases called Edition, for which there were 3 parts. This year, we present our next Various Artists release, and it is named Atlas. This LP features both established artists and newcomers to the scene, as well as label staples and label newcomers. Atlas features Deft, Visages, Drone, Nymfo, Monty, Alix Perez, Echo Brown, Foreign Concept, Headland, Sfaire, DRS, Nymfo and of course, Eprom. Atlas is a journey through numerous styles and tempos, showcasing a group of the most talented artists  in bass music today.

a1. Deft - Scars

a2. Headland - Crux

b1. Drone - Fools gold

b2. Visages - Nibiru

c1. Echo Brown - Clarity

c2. Alix Perez - Blank Pages

d1. Safire & DRS - Holding On

d2. Foreign Concept - Have On Me

e1. Nymfo - Do Me No Good

e2. Visages - Sirius

f1. Alix Perez & Monty - Untitled Malware

f2. Eprom - Dangerous Sound

Release Date: 17th September 2021

Following up on his Timedance debut in 2019, Sydney based wunderkind Air Max '97 signs his return in style with a double dose of hi-detail club warpers.

Without sacrificing any of his grimy and sub-loaded tendencies, the New-Zealand born producer expands his intricate and futuristic palette further with his most trance-inducing production to date.

a1. Psyllium

b1. Eat the Rich

Release Date: 10th September 2021

We are writing the year 3021. The very first gene-manipulated virus-free post-covidians made it to carry their infra speakers back onto earths surface to play sublows for the concrete jungles, or whats left of them at least. They brought their ancient rituals and lullabies from their dungeons: sounding like a dark future of Dub without nice and happy skanking where only ruff and rugged dirty bone structures have remained the centuries below the planet's crust.

The tribe's chief a.k.a. The Duke Of Dub hands down two bare riddims with a jukey groove, highly detailed breakbeat layers and anything closely dubby only greeting from a very far mountain of suffaration:

Everyting Gwan In opens like an easy halftime beat, but sucks the listeners into its roughness quite fast, allowing no breath or sun inside between all them sinister soundscapes and speech scraps. Fight Dub appears to be fried in the same pan at first, but got a slightly more stepping bass, lifting the classic breaks and vocal bits up into a merciless footwerk climax towards the end. Jah man!

a1. The Duke Of Dub - Everyting Gwan In

b1. The Duke Of Dub - Fight Dub