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Domu and The Ghost exploring the old school sound of 90's jungle... back to the roots again with Criterion maximum powersound !

Swindle's second in a trilogy of EP for Butterz this year leans on his Grime roots, featuring veteran MCs D Double E and Ghetts. 'Lemon Trees' featuring D Double E sees them venture to LA, on a G Funk tip (Watch video here), and 'Works Haffi Run' featuring Ghetts has him going in a rare gritty direction. The EP is accompanied by a remix from girl of the moment Flava D for the biggest track from his album last year 'Peace, Love & Music'. The 'Mad Ting' Remix featured on her recent fabriclive mix, and has been going down in the clubs ever since.

Banoffee Pies Records have paved their way in dance music as an eclectic label with little restraints on their sound or style as a free flowing and flexible music platform. Now the imprint ventures into a new genre spectrum with BPBEATS01 - the LP presents 12 tracks of dusty hip hop, heavy cut samples and original vocals from well renowned Beat maker Flo Filz and a group of local producers, further in keeping with their ethos of letting the sound do the talking and representing friends and family along the way. For all of those interested in music this is a record that will turn heads and become another respected collectors item from their catalogue. Smokey jams for the lovers, hand selected by Banoffee Pies. x

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Smashing into 2014 with force, EATBRAIN presents it's debut album - Tales of the Undead LP. Featuring an all-star lineup of global drum & bass talent, this compilation is set to make an impact with 18 tracks hand selected by label boss and neurofunk innovator Jade. Truly an international effort, with 23 artists representing 15 countries around the world, newcomers and heavyweights alike have all brought their A-game to the compilation. Their efforts are clear - from the raw, breakneck sounds of Mindscape and Chris.SU to the futuristic beats of Telekinesis, the common denominator is quality. Tales of the Undead sees drum & bass luminaries - names like Maztek, L 33, NC-17, Dabs and Axiom - join the label roster, while rising stars like Disphonia, Qo, Bowsar and many more make powerful statements in their Eatbrain debuts. Not to mention, vocal duties masterminded by the likes of Coppa, 2Shy, Krytpomedic, and Nuklear take the album to the next level. Dark. Deep. Unfiltered. Unrestrained. This is premier neurofunk drum & bass. This is Eatbrain.

Belgian neurofunk powerhouse MINDTECH RECORDINGS bring us their biggest release to date, the PEACE Of MIND LP! Bringing together tracks from heavyweights of the scene like NEONLIGHT, DOSE, CHRIS.SU and NICKBEE alongside up and coming producers like AKOV, OKULI and HELLO DANGER, this is a serious selection of future music from one of the brightest imprints currently in operation.

CHRIS.SU & NICKBEE lead the charge with the epic 'Frozen Forever', massive sci-fi synths on the intro give way to snarling bass and heavy, angular beats at the drop for a track that has been tearing up the clubs across Europe.

Next up comes a deep, deadly stepper from Russian newcomer KIJE. Grimey bass modulations and stripped back beats keep 'Stare Into The Sun' bubbling along nicely.

'Camber' sees RREGULA taking a rare break from his collaborative Zombie Cats project to turn in a dark, minimalistic roller. Punchy sub and ultra precise beats give this one a really moody vibe.

OKULI is up next, taking things to a seriously rowdy level on 'Shift Grip'. Huge kicks and snares punch through the mix around a dirty, squelching bassline, expect to see the crowds bouncing to this one!

German neuro legends NEONLIGHT are on fine form for their entry to the LP, dishing up a gargantuan remix of SKYNET's sampler track 'Disorder', and seriously disorderly it is too! Wobbling bassline rhythms, huge reese swells and funky-ass drum fills combine on a track that will start riots, guaranteed.

Mindtech veteran AXI focuses on groove and atmosphere on 'Exosphere', bringing a hypnotic hint of techno to the neurofunk sound. Bongo rolls and a pulsing technoid groove give this a relentless vibe that will keep the rave simmering away nicely.

'The Awakening' shows ALLIED on fine form, turning in a wicked slice of his unique cinematic style. Atmospheric pads and ethereal vocals on the intro give way to a hyper-kinetic groove powered by rapid fire bass hits and sci-fi stabs.

AKOV returns to Mindtech with a crisp new remaster of previous label favourite 'Mantra' which returns even heavier than before. D&B mastering legend Beau Thomas has given the tune a fantastic new sheen, anyone who missed this gem from the self-styled bear of neurofunk first time around is in for a treat.

Another scene heavyweight is on hand for the Peace of Mind LP, Kiwi producer DOSE brings the heat with a gnarly new remix of OPTIV's 'Stereotype' from Mindtech's very first vinyl release. Retaining the infectious sci-fi lead of the original but switching up the rhythm and throwing in a huge new stab line for extra energy, DOSE has created an absolute monster!

Taking the vibe deeper once again, regular collaborators CRUEL CULTURE & KEOSZ

return to Mindtech with the moody, understated tones of 'Sagitarrius'. Crisp drums and

weighty sub.

Last but by no means least, Russia's HELLO DANGER turns in a huge neuro-jump-up

smasher on 'Hornets'. Classic rolling breaks and an agressive mid-range section to

smash up the dance!

Once again Mindtech are at the cutting edge of drum & bass production with a varied

and forward-thinking selection from some of the best musicians in the scene.

Future Nuggets is proudly introducing Renato din Slaj using the dark side of the manele force, this is a breakthrough on all accounts. A hit from the future produced by Ion D (aka Ion Din Dorobani), the prodicer behind Steaua de Mare LP and Raze de Soare EP, an already established lover and pusher of psychedelic local oriental.

Atmospheric and ambient dub master Yagya serves up Stars and Dust, his seventh full length album and second on Delsin. It finds the Icelandic artist perfectly pair melody and minimalism to create ten more tender tracks that will sooth both body and mind with a range of very real emotions. Electronic but organic, it is another complete work that encourages you to lay back and get lost in sumptuous sound.

8205 Recordings is ending 2016 with a bang, bringing you The Clash EP' by DJ Renegade (aka DJ Ren of DON FM). The Clash EP' features four tracks of relentless Amiga jungle badness, produced by Ren between 1993 and 1995. Fans of classic Bizzy B / Brain Records material take note: these tunes are RUFF! All four tracks feature massively chopped amens, heavy subs, sinister atmospherics and and that classic Amiga grit that helped define so many tunes of that era.Only one of the four tracks on this EP was ever available before in any format, via an extremely rare and pricey Japanese CD compilation. The other three have never been released at all, and were only heard on dubplate in sets by a select few djs like Equinox (who helped remaster this release), Nut E-1, and of course DJ Ren himself. The Clash EP' will be released December 23d as a hand-stamped black vinyl 12', limited to 300 copies. Each copy of the EP includes a unique download code, providing access to all four tracks in your choice of digital format.Wanna war Alright.... THE CLASH STARTS FROM NOW!

Vor über 15 Jahren war jeder in Deutschland von diesem Ding besessen. Jetzt wird der Track von Reamonn mit grazilen Synthies und großartigen Beats ausgestattet, um ihn sogar noch weiter upzugraden.
Aber wer oder was ist das "Supergirl" 2015
Anna Naklab; die Stimme, das Mysterium, die neue geheimnisumwitterte Stimme am Charthimmel. Allein Kraft ihrer außergewöhnlichen Vocals verschafft sie jedem Song einzigartigen Zauber und ewigen Wiedererkennungswert.
Mit ihr in der Luft: Alle Farben; Künstler, DJ, Musikliebhaber und Younotus; Produzenten, Newcomer aus Berlin. Fast ein halbes Jahr ist seit dem Sommerhit "She Moves" feat. Graham Candy vergangen, da läutet der nächste Kracher den vorzeitigen Frühsommer ein: Super-Farben bekommt seine Super-Muse. Gregor und Tobias von younotus produzieren extrem hart, sind immer up-to-date und veröffentlichten bereits auf einflussreichen Labels wie Kallias und Love Matters. Gemeinsam haben sie alles gemischt, was Rang und Namen hat. Für diese Jungs geht's nur noch nach oben. Genau wie für "Supergirl" - stolz und stark wie ein "Supergirl" sein sollte.

East Wall was an Italian electronic dark wave band formed by Fabrizio Chiari (ex keyboardist of Kirlian Camera) and Wilma Notari in 1982. After a series of demos and live performances, the duo recruited Angelo Bergamini of Kirlian Camera to help with arrangement and synthesizers. In September 1984 they booked a recording time at Master Studio 33 in Cremona Italy. Working with produced Ray Masola, they recorded their debut single 'Eyes Of Glass', which was released on No Comment in early 1985. The equipment set up was a PPG Wave 2, Roland ProMars, Roland Juno 60, Simmons drum, and an upright piano. 'Eyes Of Glass' is an outstanding example of 1980s Italo disco full of dark, moody atmosphere and depth. Wilma Notari's coy vocals cast a spell on the listener as she weaves a story about lost love and 'bitter tears'. Included here are the original extended 12' mix and instrumental version with mid-song breakdown and dubbed out chorus.

East Wall was an Italian electronic dark wave band started by Fabrizio Chiari (ex keyboardist of Kirlian Camera) and Wilma Notari in 1982. After a series of demos and live performances, the duo recruited Angelo Bergamini of Kirlian Camera to help with arrangement and synthesizers. They released their debut single 'Eyes Of Glass' in 1985 which had huge success in Germany, leading to a deal with ZYX.

By 1991 the band consisted of Fabrizio Chiari (Synthesizer, Electronics, Keyboards), Tiziana Wells (Vocals, Synthesizer) and Angelo Bergamini (Synthesizer, Piano, Arrangement). At the beginning of the year, they recorded their next batch of songs at Prominence Studio in Cremona and A Love Sound Studio in Piacenza. "Silence" was self released by the band in 1991. The lead track 'Silence' was a left-over song by Kirlian Camera recorded in 1985 with vocals by Simona Buja under the alias Lorenza Larini. It was recorded largely using a variety of now-classic Roland, Yamaha, and Oberheim synthesizers. The album displays East Wall's maturity and unique aesthetics, with instrumental pieces reminiscent of Angelo Badalamenti' Twin Peaks score. Tiziana Wells sings with pure emotion, hypnotic at times, upbeat and carefree at others. Frankie Teardrop (of the Wierd party and the Systems of Romance blog) describes this album as "possibly the closest thing to darkwave freestyle that exists.' We decided to expand the album, releasing it as a deluxe double LP cut louder at 45 RPM. We have also included an unreleased extended version of 'Ice Of Fire' and the bonus track 'Intro', found on the DAT tapes Fabrizio Chiari sent us.

All songs are remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. It is housed in the original jacket, featuring a dramatically lit photograph of the band by Andrea Gambetta. Each copy includes an 11x11 double-sided insert with photos of the band, lyrics, and liner notes by Intergalactic Gary, who's Despair Mix turned us onto to this album

With much of his life shaped by long periods of addiction, homelessness and violence over the last 15 years, Letta — a complete unknown a little over a year ago — battled his demons to release one of 2015's most arresting debut albums, 'Testimony'. Then based in the notorious Skid Row district of Los Angeles, 'Testimony' communicated a lifetime of struggle through ambitious, grime-cum-rap beat abstractions that, although rough and scorn, were rooted in heavyset emotional trauma. This is just me channelling stuff - it's not beat making, it's not grime or hip hop or whatever, it's just me', Letta said after submitting the final tracklist in July 2015. Fast forward 12 months and with a whirlwind trip to the UK under his belt — he made his Boiler Room debut with Coyote in London only 24 hours after leaving North America for the first time — as well as lengthy US and Asia tours, plus a remix for WW WINGS on Geng's PTP label, Letta's breakthrough year has also seen him relocate from LA to first NYC and now, Canada. His second album for Coyote Records, 'Redemption', was written in stages over the course of this new-found trajectory throughout the early months of 2016 and although still bound by sadness, details a producer who has finally come to terms with his past. More song-based than 'Testimony' — see the stunning, mournful, 'She Does Die' featuring New York vocalist, Fielded, as a case in point — 'Redemption' also sees Letta work with producers outside the Coyote Records camp for the first time, with Ryan Hemsworth and Mr Mitch both appearing on the tracklist. There are flashes of anger and disdain in both title-track 'Redemption' — gritty, snarling instrumental grime — and the anthemic, 'You Were Wrong', that follow on from 'Testimony's emotional out-pouring, but 'Redemption' tells the second part of Letta's story with a deft and delicate hand. Where the first album was really about what I had been through, the dark times and times I longed to have', Letta explains, I think this one is about the friends that went through it all with me. This is a record for them.'

Local Action presents the long-awaited second album by Lil Jabba, Grotto. Jabba made his name producing hypnotic juke and footwork records, back when he was based in Baltimore, quickly catching the attention of footwork figureheads like the late DJ Rashad. His early music was self-released or issued via small-run cassettes, but built Jabba a cult following online. In 2013, Local Action released Scales, a critically-acclaimed collection of Jabba's key material to date, described by Dummy as one of the year's most singular albums.' Jabba is not just a musician, he's a painter whose work has been featured in the likes of Vogue and has been commissioned for album covers. Since moving to Brooklyn, he's operated out of a loft studio called the Grotto that doubles as both a literal and imagined world for his creations - his music, his giant paintings and murals and the creatures and figures that orbit his work. Later Jabba EPs on Local Action and True Panther focused on bringing the Grotto to life, both through a larger, more expansive sound palette (often featuring samples from the Grotto itself, such as echoes from pipes and room tones) and glimpses of the studio in the EPs' artwork. These EPs also saw him find new supporters in artists like Hudson Mohawke, Sbtrkt, S-Type, Mumdance and Gilles Peterson, who had 'Waila' up for Track of the Year at his Worldwide Awards. Jabba's second album Grotto is the encapsulation of his story so far. It's a genre-less record that draws from dub, Southern hip-hop, jungle and more without ever conforming to stereotypes, driven by the moonlit melodies and dynamic shifts that have always been present in his work. This is one of electronic music's most individual voices in its most realised form yet.

Following the success of SLEEP, Max Richter reveals his latest recording project - a new album entitled Three Worlds: music from Woolf Works. It's drawn from his music to Wayne McGregor's award-winning Royal Ballet production Woolf Works - inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf. Woolf Works returns to the Royal Opera House, London, from 21st January to 14th February, with a worldwide cinema broadcast on 8th February.

Portuguese electronic production duo MUTUAL emerged in a shroud of mystery in March 2015 with A1017, a stunning 3-track debut EP released on Hush Hush Records. The shadowy outfit returns to the Seattle-based label for another confident and expansive 3-track EP that showcases their rough and rugged fusion of deconstructed breaks, distorted jungle, immersive house/techno, and atmospheric ambient styles. After Finitude kicks off with evocative lead single Archê,' a nearly 7-minute journey through unexpected samples, invigorating breaks, nostalgic synths, skittering rhythms, and an exceptionally dynamic arrangement. Contingency pt. I' and Contingency pt. II' fill the B-side, a pair of interconnected tracks that place an enhanced focus on their rich compositional structures, deceptively delicate melodies, blistering percussive techniques, and magnificent flourishes into ambient, noise, and neo-classical terrain. Displaying another sharp and deep immersion into their distinctive sonic world, MUTUAL further proves their status as an exciting, evocative duo.

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TUBA006:
Prism's A-side begins dark and cold as ancient
prison stone, motionless save an automated string sample ebbing in waves. The breakdown is characteristically spare and ethereal with a few pounding heartbeats. Suddenly, in a moment of true eloquence, Prism turns on both the lights and heat simultaneously, filling the sonic space with a gorgeous quasi-drop. Dynamic and versatile, it plays out as a spectrum from cold and dark to warm and generative-exactly like a sunrise.

On the B-side Compa's remix is foreboding as a creepy stranger's warning and as dark as a spell cast by a dark, latent entity. Congas add a mystical and organic element and slight drum fills float alongside slow, even pacing. The tune concludes with deeply distorted underlying strings, reminiscent of long, gunmetal-grey gutters. A shadowy track all the way through.
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Tuba's inaugural release features Antiserum's dark, forceful, hip hop focused banger, Mofo. This A side has been supported by Benga, Babylon System, Sukh Knight, Tes La Rok, Nicon, 12th Planet, DJG, Excision, Datsik, and 16BIT, getting plays around the world. Neighborhood Lasersniper, on the flip, is a dubstep interpretation of a hip hop classic.r

Die vier Tracks von "The Secret Garden" basieren auf dem Soundtrack für eine gleichnamige, 21-minütige Videoarbeit der Münchener Künstlerin Nana Dix, die im Gegenzug das Artwork für die EP gestaltet hat. Zentrales Motiv ist jeweils der Rabe, ein mythischer Vogel, der seit jeher in der Kulturgeschichte seinen festen Platz hat. So wie das Video eine Komposition aus unterschiedlichsten Bildern und Filmsprachen darstellt, wird auch der dazugehörige Sound von Protein aka Tobias Lammert zu einem mäandernden Ganzen geschichtet und verwoben. Das erinnert an die Herangehensweise von Mouse On Mars oder Vladislav Delay, den Protein neben Neu! und Harmonia im Übrigen auch als Inspirationsquelle nennt. Wenn man so will, handelt es sich hier um eine grazile, dunkle und sich langsam entfaltende Begegnung von Clicks & Cuts mit Krautrock. Wer an der Musik von Notwist, Console, Aphex Twin oder Tim Hecker Freude hat, wird auch an "The Secret Garden" Vergnügen finden.

Grab-bag 12' EP of electro, IDM, breaks and house from Montreal via Ottawa producer Riohv (aka Braden Thompson), which follows up the similarly map-jumping 1080-released Moondance' cassette from back in 2014.Finding more confidence and proficiency in his own abilities as a producer, Thompson was able to have a lot more fun and subsequently revise and update his sound to reflect his own tastes in records. The EP was made in one burst in Montreal over the winter and spring.On Green Room, it comes down to creating what he wants to hear—atmosphere through dreamy or moody pads, layered percussive elements, to pay tribute to the euphoria of early rave music.

Mit ‚Zeitreise - Live' erscheinen der Konzertfilm und das Album zur bisher erfolgreichsten Schillertour aller Zeiten. Das komplette Konzert aus der Berliner Mercedes-Benz-Arena in einer 120 minütigen, epischen Reise aus Licht und Klang.

Royal-T, DJ Q and Flava D's collaborative project t q d returns to Butterz after taking the club world by storm across 2016. 'Only One' which featured on Flava D's acclaimed Fabriclive CD is a mellow Garage cut they have been closing their sets with from basement clubs to festival stages. Ghosts, which featured in a UK campaign for UKF is the sound they are mastering, big room bass music.

Today, Tycho releases their brand new album Epoch. This is the final album in the trilogy beginning with 2011's Dive, then 2014's Awake and culminating with this year's Epoch. This period between Dive and Epoch marks a significant maturation for Scott Hansen's continually expanding project, one that has taken him from a solo performer and bedroom artist to fronting a live 4-piece band on large stages across the world.

Epoch hones the sonic aesthetic of Dive while drawing on the kinetic energy of Awake, it explores darker themes and new musical territory. Earlier this summer Tycho released their first single Division' and just last week released their second single and title track, Epoch.' The surprise album is available digitally today and for physical pre-order now.

When discussing the surprise element of this release Hansen said, I've never been fond of the 'hand in the album then wait 4 months for it to come out' release schedule and with the prevalence of streaming and digital distribution it felt like the right time to step outside that way of doing things.' He continued, I wanted to be more connected to the people consuming the music. There is a kind of visceral fulfillment you get from sharing something that you've just created with other people. We just finished mastering the album in late august so it will barely be a month old when people hear it. That's a very satisfying feeling as an artist.

Epoch was produced and recorded by Hansen predominantly in his home studio in Berkeley, California. The album was arranged alongside long time collaborator and partner in the project, Zac Brown. Brown contributed bass and guitar parts to the songwriting process. Rory O'Connor performed drums on the album. Hansen sees Epoch as a multi-dimensional artistic vision at the confluence of his graphic design work via ISO50 and music with Tycho. The graphic presentation of album artwork is as important as the music itself. The keystone is the central image of Epoch and the colors scheme red and black. This is a stark contrast to the almost rainbow palette of Awake. Album art is above and full track listing below.


Nominated for a GRAMMY

Ghostly International recording group Tycho has received its first ever GRAMMY® Award nomination. EPOCH, the Bay Area-based group's acclaimed fifth studio album, earned a nod as 'Best Dance/Electronic Album.' The 59th Annual GRAMMY® Awards will be held on Sunday, February 12th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT).

"Absolutely surreal to hear the news this morning that Epoch has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.  The first Tycho release was 14 years ago and since that time I've had the good fortune of working with some incredibly talented and passionate people to help realize this vision,' said Scott Hansen. 'For me Epoch felt like the culmination of that journey so to have it recognized in this way is something truly special. This is an extraordinary honor and we're immensely grateful to have fans who have supported us for so long and enabled us to make the music we want without compromise."

EPOCH made an extraordinary chart debut following its surprise release last September, entering Billboard's 'Top Dance/Electronic Albums' at #1 - Tycho's highest chart placement to date. In addition, EPOCH also arrived in the upper half of the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200 - Tycho's highest main chart placement to date. EPOCH is available now at all DSPs and streaming services; physical media arrives on January 20, with CD and vinyl pre-orders available exclusively via ISO50 and The Ghostly Store.

EPOCH includes such extraordinary tracks as 'Division,' now accompanied by an equally potent live video filmed earlier this year at Morrison, CO's world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. 'Division' is streaming now via Tycho's official YouTube channel.

Tycho will kick off 2017 with an epic world tour, beginning January 7 with a sold out show at Oakland, CA's Fox Theater and then heading east for dates in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan as well a major role on the annual Laneway Festival tour, traveling Australia and Singapore from mid-January to early February. A European headline tour will follow, highlighted by already sold out shows in Copenhagen, Stockholm, and London. Tycho will return to Europe in May for a performance at Barcelona's Primavera Sound 2017

Today, Tycho releases their brand new album Epoch. This is the final album in the trilogy beginning with 2011's Dive, then 2014's Awake and culminating with this year's Epoch. This period between Dive and Epoch marks a significant maturation for Scott Hansen's continually expanding project, one that has taken him from a solo performer and bedroom artist to fronting a live 4-piece band on large stages across the world.

Epoch hones the sonic aesthetic of Dive while drawing on the kinetic energy of Awake, it explores darker themes and new musical territory. Earlier this summer Tycho released their first single Division' and just last week released their second single and title track, Epoch.' The surprise album is available digitally today and for physical pre-order now.

When discussing the surprise element of this release Hansen said, I've never been fond of the 'hand in the album then wait 4 months for it to come out' release schedule and with the prevalence of streaming and digital distribution it felt like the right time to step outside that way of doing things.' He continued, I wanted to be more connected to the people consuming the music. There is a kind of visceral fulfillment you get from sharing something that you've just created with other people. We just finished mastering the album in late august so it will barely be a month old when people hear it. That's a very satisfying feeling as an artist.

Epoch was produced and recorded by Hansen predominantly in his home studio in Berkeley, California. The album was arranged alongside long time collaborator and partner in the project, Zac Brown. Brown contributed bass and guitar parts to the songwriting process. Rory O'Connor performed drums on the album. Hansen sees Epoch as a multi-dimensional artistic vision at the confluence of his graphic design work via ISO50 and music with Tycho. The graphic presentation of album artwork is as important as the music itself. The keystone is the central image of Epoch and the colors scheme red and black. This is a stark contrast to the almost rainbow palette of Awake. Album art is above and full track listing below.


Nominated for a GRAMMY

Ghostly International recording group Tycho has received its first ever GRAMMY® Award nomination. EPOCH, the Bay Area-based group's acclaimed fifth studio album, earned a nod as Best Dance/Electronic Album.' The 59th Annual GRAMMY® Awards will be held on Sunday, February 12th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT).

"Absolutely surreal to hear the news this morning that Epoch has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.  The first Tycho release was 14 years ago and since that time I've had the good fortune of working with some incredibly talented and passionate people to help realize this vision,' said Scott Hansen. For me Epoch felt like the culmination of that journey so to have it recognized in this way is something truly special. This is an extraordinary honor and we're immensely grateful to have fans who have supported us for so long and enabled us to make the music we want without compromise."

EPOCH made an extraordinary chart debut following its surprise release last September, entering Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums' at #1 - Tycho's highest chart placement to date. In addition, EPOCH also arrived in the upper half of the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200 - Tycho's highest main chart placement to date. EPOCH is available now at all DSPs and streaming services, physical media arrives on January 20, with CD and vinyl pre-orders available exclusively via ISO50 and The Ghostly Store.

EPOCH includes such extraordinary tracks as Division,' now accompanied by an equally potent live video filmed earlier this year at Morrison, CO's world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Division' is streaming now via Tycho's official YouTube channel.

Tycho will kick off 2017 with an epic world tour, beginning January 7 with a sold out show at Oakland, CA's Fox Theater and then heading east for dates in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan as well a major role on the annual Laneway Festival tour, traveling Australia and Singapore from mid-January to early February. A European headline tour will follow, highlighted by already sold out shows in Copenhagen, Stockholm, and London. Tycho will return to Europe in May for a performance at Barcelona's Primavera Sound 2017

Today, Tycho releases their brand new album Epoch. This is the final album in the trilogy beginning with 2011's Dive, then 2014's Awake and culminating with this year's Epoch. This period between Dive and Epoch marks a significant maturation for Scott Hansen's continually expanding project, one that has taken him from a solo performer and bedroom artist to fronting a live 4-piece band on large stages across the world.

Epoch hones the sonic aesthetic of Dive while drawing on the kinetic energy of Awake, it explores darker themes and new musical territory. Earlier this summer Tycho released their first single Division' and just last week released their second single and title track, Epoch.' The surprise album is available digitally today and for physical pre-order now.

When discussing the surprise element of this release Hansen said, I've never been fond of the 'hand in the album then wait 4 months for it to come out' release schedule and with the prevalence of streaming and digital distribution it felt like the right time to step outside that way of doing things.' He continued, I wanted to be more connected to the people consuming the music. There is a kind of visceral fulfillment you get from sharing something that you've just created with other people. We just finished mastering the album in late august so it will barely be a month old when people hear it. That's a very satisfying feeling as an artist.

Epoch was produced and recorded by Hansen predominantly in his home studio in Berkeley, California. The album was arranged alongside long time collaborator and partner in the project, Zac Brown. Brown contributed bass and guitar parts to the songwriting process. Rory O'Connor performed drums on the album. Hansen sees Epoch as a multi-dimensional artistic vision at the confluence of his graphic design work via ISO50 and music with Tycho. The graphic presentation of album artwork is as important as the music itself. The keystone is the central image of Epoch and the colors scheme red and black. This is a stark contrast to the almost rainbow palette of Awake. Album art is above and full track listing below.


Nominated for a GRAMMY

Ghostly International recording group Tycho has received its first ever GRAMMY® Award nomination. EPOCH, the Bay Area-based group's acclaimed fifth studio album, earned a nod as Best Dance/Electronic Album.' The 59th Annual GRAMMY® Awards will be held on Sunday, February 12th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT).

"Absolutely surreal to hear the news this morning that Epoch has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.  The first Tycho release was 14 years ago and since that time I've had the good fortune of working with some incredibly talented and passionate people to help realize this vision,' said Scott Hansen. For me Epoch felt like the culmination of that journey so to have it recognized in this way is something truly special. This is an extraordinary honor and we're immensely grateful to have fans who have supported us for so long and enabled us to make the music we want without compromise."

EPOCH made an extraordinary chart debut following its surprise release last September, entering Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums' at #1 - Tycho's highest chart placement to date. In addition, EPOCH also arrived in the upper half of the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200 - Tycho's highest main chart placement to date. EPOCH is available now at all DSPs and streaming services, physical media arrives on January 20, with CD and vinyl pre-orders available exclusively via ISO50 and The Ghostly Store.

EPOCH includes such extraordinary tracks as Division,' now accompanied by an equally potent live video filmed earlier this year at Morrison, CO's world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Division' is streaming now via Tycho's official YouTube channel.

Tycho will kick off 2017 with an epic world tour, beginning January 7 with a sold out show at Oakland, CA's Fox Theater and then heading east for dates in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan as well a major role on the annual Laneway Festival tour, traveling Australia and Singapore from mid-January to early February. A European headline tour will follow, highlighted by already sold out shows in Copenhagen, Stockholm, and London. Tycho will return to Europe in May for a performance at Barcelona's Primavera Sound 2017

Wake in Fright, the second full-length by the New York City duo Uniform, is a harrowing exploration of self-medication, painted in the colors of war. Following the Ghosthouse 12", whose A-side Pitchfork called their most relentless track yet,' vocalist Michael Berdan and guitarist/producer Ben Greenberg return with a new batch of even more punishing songs that incorporate elements of industrial music, thrash metal, harsh noise, and power electronics.

This record is primarily about psychic transition,' Berdan explained. The distress that these songs attempt to illustrate comes from a place of stagnation and monotony. This is what happens when old ways of thinking become exhausted and old ways of coping prove ineffective. Something must change or it will break.'

The characters Berdan brings to life in his lyrics quit using but have ruinous relapses ( Habit') or struggle as their resolve crumbles ( Bootlicker'), they use alcohol to ease their insomnia but and are helpless when they get sober and stop sleeping again ( Night of Fear'), they're existential misanthropes trapped in dead-end lives ( The Lost').

Greenberg sets these stories to menacing guitar and samples of literal sounds of war — the kick drums are bombs going off, the snares are gunshots. He drew the record's immense sample library from action movies, Foley sound packs, field recordings, and more, and the result is devastating. The guitar is also as crucial as ever, and now as indebted Slayeras it is to Big Black. Greenberg conjures up massive riffs and shredding solos, pushing the band deeper into the metal world whose borderlands they've long stalked.

We are surrounded by war and the whole world is burning and it doesn't seem like there are any appropriate reactions or responses left anymore,' Greenberg elaborated. This music is our response to and our reflection of the overwhelming violence, chaos, hate, and destruction that confronts us and everyone else in the world every day of our lives. When we play, I don't feel powerless anymore. I hope this record can help others transcend their anger and frustration.'

Touring North America and Europe beginning in February Members of The Men, Drunkdriver, Pygymy Shrews, York Factory Complaint, and more

Ghosthouse received excellent coverage on Pitchfork, Thump, CLRVYNT, Stereogum, and more

Wake in Fright, the second full-length by the New York City duo Uniform, is a harrowing exploration of self-medication, painted in the colors of war. Following the Ghosthouse 12", whose A-side Pitchfork called their most relentless track yet,' vocalist Michael Berdan and guitarist/producer Ben Greenberg return with a new batch of even more punishing songs that incorporate elements of industrial music, thrash metal, harsh noise, and power electronics.

This record is primarily about psychic transition,' Berdan explained. The distress that these songs attempt to illustrate comes from a place of stagnation and monotony. This is what happens when old ways of thinking become exhausted and old ways of coping prove ineffective. Something must change or it will break.'

The characters Berdan brings to life in his lyrics quit using but have ruinous relapses ( Habit') or struggle as their resolve crumbles ( Bootlicker'), they use alcohol to ease their insomnia but and are helpless when they get sober and stop sleeping again ( Night of Fear'), they're existential misanthropes trapped in dead-end lives ( The Lost').

Greenberg sets these stories to menacing guitar and samples of literal sounds of war — the kick drums are bombs going off, the snares are gunshots. He drew the record's immense sample library from action movies, Foley sound packs, field recordings, and more, and the result is devastating. The guitar is also as crucial as ever, and now as indebted Slayeras it is to Big Black. Greenberg conjures up massive riffs and shredding solos, pushing the band deeper into the metal world whose borderlands they've long stalked.

We are surrounded by war and the whole world is burning and it doesn't seem like there are any appropriate reactions or responses left anymore,' Greenberg elaborated. This music is our response to and our reflection of the overwhelming violence, chaos, hate, and destruction that confronts us and everyone else in the world every day of our lives. When we play, I don't feel powerless anymore. I hope this record can help others transcend their anger and frustration.'

Touring North America and Europe beginning in February Members of The Men, Drunkdriver, Pygymy Shrews, York Factory Complaint, and more

Ghosthouse received excellent coverage on Pitchfork, Thump, CLRVYNT, Stereogum, and more

Wake in Fright, the second full-length by the New York City duo Uniform, is a harrowing exploration of self-medication, painted in the colors of war. Following the Ghosthouse 12", whose A-side Pitchfork called their most relentless track yet,' vocalist Michael Berdan and guitarist/producer Ben Greenberg return with a new batch of even more punishing songs that incorporate elements of industrial music, thrash metal, harsh noise, and power electronics.

This record is primarily about psychic transition,' Berdan explained. The distress that these songs attempt to illustrate comes from a place of stagnation and monotony. This is what happens when old ways of thinking become exhausted and old ways of coping prove ineffective. Something must change or it will break.'

The characters Berdan brings to life in his lyrics quit using but have ruinous relapses ( Habit') or struggle as their resolve crumbles ( Bootlicker'), they use alcohol to ease their insomnia but and are helpless when they get sober and stop sleeping again ( Night of Fear'), they're existential misanthropes trapped in dead-end lives ( The Lost').

Greenberg sets these stories to menacing guitar and samples of literal sounds of war — the kick drums are bombs going off, the snares are gunshots. He drew the record's immense sample library from action movies, Foley sound packs, field recordings, and more, and the result is devastating. The guitar is also as crucial as ever, and now as indebted Slayeras it is to Big Black. Greenberg conjures up massive riffs and shredding solos, pushing the band deeper into the metal world whose borderlands they've long stalked.

We are surrounded by war and the whole world is burning and it doesn't seem like there are any appropriate reactions or responses left anymore,' Greenberg elaborated. This music is our response to and our reflection of the overwhelming violence, chaos, hate, and destruction that confronts us and everyone else in the world every day of our lives. When we play, I don't feel powerless anymore. I hope this record can help others transcend their anger and frustration.'

Touring North America and Europe beginning in February Members of The Men, Drunkdriver, Pygymy Shrews, York Factory Complaint, and more

Ghosthouse received excellent coverage on Pitchfork, Thump, CLRVYNT, Stereogum, and more

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Early UK Hardcore edits by an unknown artist or artists, rumored to be hailing from somewhere near the Klasse Wrecks camp in Berlin.

SAIFAM presents an exciting new triple CD series that traces the lounge sounds of three dream location: Formentera, Bali and Dubai. An exclusive product and collectibles, meant to be used in clubs, restaurants and other situations, lounge bar where you want to search for well-defined atmosphere that characterizes the various moments such as a particular event. 3 CDs for different moods: the first is lounge, the second is more lively, suitable for an "after-dinner", while the third is dedicated to the traditional sounds of the reference location. In total more than three hours of music for a complete and unique product in its form. This first volume is dedicated to Formentera, the chill island par excellence, with its baleariche sounds, immediately recognizable in the third CD (traditional), and with the typical percussive sounds of a dream island, recognizable in the second CD "groove" .

Claudja Barry's cult "Love for the sake of love" gets Mike Maurro's magic remix treatment for the 7th release on Brookside Records. This is no ordinary edit or reworking though, Mike got his hands on the actual physical master tapes and turned in a refreshed, original mix of this sleazed out downtempo monster. Well known by underground Disco aficionados by it's inclusion on DJ Harvey's earth shattering and legendary "Sarcastic Study Masters" mix CD from 2001 this mid 70's Tom Moulton mixed number came out on Salsoul and caused quite a stir. This new mix really breathes new life into this stone cold classic, Mike utilises lots of alternative takes, vocal vamps and instrumentation from the original sessions giving us a version that's never been heard before! A completely new, original mix. If that doesn't get all you Disco fiends excited then something is seriously wrong!

On the B-side Mike takes Claudia's "Sweet Dynamite" into a new realm too, again using the master tapes to full effect to create a new, refreshed version of one of her more popular jams, A raucous, slamming club cut. Also released in 1976 and mixed again by Tom Moulton, Mike Maurro's version extends everything in just the right way! His rearrangements and remixes are always respectfully executed and it's clear that Mike understands and feels the tracks he works on. Again, another cult Disco cut reworked beautifully for 2016, essential stuff for all lovers of this kind of music, this release is simply unmissable. The record comes in a full colour picture sleeve and these remixes are exclusive to this release and are fully, 100% legit, licensed and sanctioned by all relevant rights holders.

Simply put, another set of essential mixes from a modern day master! File under - *Essential Disco*

HELENA CELLE is the synth work and multi-dimensional audio practise of Glasgow-based musician Kay Logan. A dedicated 21st century polymath, Logan's interests lie in the power relationships inherent in technology, how to harness aleatoric practise in a discipline that is often rigid and in exploring the interface between computer science (Logan is also a computer programmer) and sound. Originally recorded in 2014, "If I Can't Handle.." is the first step on the wander, a deliriously sun-burnt foray into abstract techno and a very personal take on an electronic music language that remains obscure to outsiders but here rendered a unique form of emotional communication.

While Logan's interests are powered by academic exploration, what's most striking about Helena Celle's approach to electronic music is how effortlessly she deconstructs it: the results are emotive without being explicit, raw and engaging, a true outsider music. The taking apart of norms can be heard on the squelched solo on "I'm Done With 666", governed by love of noise, the wave is eviscerated, smothering the track in a glorious disregard for convention. The crashing, ultra-compressed chords that flatten opener "Streaming Music for Biometrics" re-wire the listener to appreciate chance, to break the loop. Recorded exclusively using a faltering MC303, live in a room straight to consumer dictaphones, the breadth of texture and depth of ideas on these tracks is truly astonishing. "Miming Swinging Baseball Bat" manages to submerge a bass-line straight into the tape heads, grounding a celestial synth arpeggio.

Informed by limit yet sounding limitless, If I Can't Handle Me... evokes a personal space, a rewired take on electronic music, convention seen through the prism of anti-tradition. A lovingly careless disregard for electronic music dogma before Logan's next phase as Helena Celle. After several releases under various other pseudonyms (Rick Ross, Larks) Helena Celle sees Logan focusing her ideas into a coherent whole, questioning the hegemony of neo-liberal ideas and their intersection with capital, culture and social practises, how these ideas inform the music we make, the choices we buy. Indeed, while Logan's current practise is moving further into the field of an open-source musical programming language, developing a truly democratic music practise set adrift from capital, here Logan's intent is to make sense of the nonsense we take for granted.

"Random Soundtrack" is a kind of extended field recording or sonic Écriture automatique. It's another attempt to search the point where music and found sounds intersect. "Random Soundtrack" is a sort of sister album to last year's "Vanishing Land". Similarly to its predecessor, it is a series of interfusing recordings, compositions, scraps of field recordings, ordinary connectors. However, while "Vanishing Land" was the result of laborious shuffling a well-known material, "Random Soundtrack" is an album created in its own right, almost unconsciously. Its framework was created by some forgotten compositions and improvisations found in the memory of the recorder which coincidentally shaped a whole by themselves. Several elements that were added later only developed this sketch in a similar manner to the idea of André Breton. The album that was created this way is in fact more a synthesis of real images than a surreal vision. Quasifilm aesthetics and seemingly hypnotic sound hide a worrying thought about capturing the image of the last quiet days of the chaotic world.

The Mystic Mood Label and projects released a string of Deep and Liquid Drum and Bass tunes in 1996 and 1997. The label finished of with a project called the Journey, Part 1 & 2 were released but for various reasons Part 3 was never released.

Over the years two of the tracks have been sought after by LTJ Bukem collectors and fans as he had the

Exclusive dubplates in 1997 and featured the tracks on a lot of his mixes during that year including the Jazzier Groove (Skeleton Mix) which was featured in the LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad mix on Pete Tongs BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix 24-03-1996.

The other track LTJ Bukem played ' Cosmic Fusion (Unreleased Original 97 Mix)' was recently released as part of the Basement Phil - Past Present and Future Album and also issued as a 12' Single, alongside the two other Mystic Mood Tracks, Brothers with Soul (aka Mystic Moods and LTJ Bukem) Music is so Special and 'Shak Out (Unreleased Vocal Mix) featuring Mad P from Top Buzz.

After many requests the Mystic Moods Journey Part 3 EP is now available as a double pack 12' featuring the Dub Plate mix and final mixdown with the unreleased 'Naima' & Basement Phils Solo Mix of the Jazz Stepper.

Next installment of Rex Ilusivi archive uncoverings - This time a live concert from SNP (srpsko narodno pozoriste / serbian national theatre) in Novi Sad, Serbia. Again it's a sublime masterclass in layering and mixing from the much revered King Of Illusion. TIP!
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'To this day Rex Ilusivii remains an enigma of the global music culture, caught between late cold war electronic spheres, classic and the power of found sound. A musician from the Southeast European counterculture, whose art today seems to be the worldly intelligence of the modern age. Listening to the early music of Mitar Subotic sounds like catching the future even tough you know here sounds the past. How can somebody be light years ahead of most of his contemporaries in terms of individuality and uncompromising vision, creating such musical narratives with a feeling for outernational space' It must have been the signs of his time in Yugoslavia, that lead him to compositions in which two or more antithetic forces fight each other for the cause of an unheard harmony that melts industrial, sample art, Musique concr'te and ambient. His 'Koncert SNP' from 1983 demonstrates his ingeniousness to the core ' about 38 minutes of experiment and appeal that move playful between demonstrative frankness and seductive sensuality. You hear pulsating synthesizer bliss, widescreen sample art full of Bosch-like images and elusively drama catchiness that absorbs deep. So deep that words can't express their meaning. Only notes can spell out the score. Listening to his live recording several times without a break reveals also a story arc of literary transcendence. And as transcendence is something beyond speech, the music of Rex Ilusivii can't be narrowed down in phrases. Only one thing must be recommended: surrender to it and it will surrender to you.
Michael Leuffen in June 2016

Shadow Cartel draws on his love for the 1996/7 DnB sound' that could be heard at the awesome Blue Note Matalheadz nights of the mid 90s, Dark rolling drums with break edits, Power Bass drops and Techno Riffs all come together over a tearin bassline.
PT2 stays on the dark side of DnB with its rolling drums and power bass but introduces Techno soundscape strings.

This EP from Shadow Cartel features 4 tunes, 'Spirit of Africa' a raw dark roller with heavy Bass leaning on the Dub Step Sound / 'Spirit of the Shadow' harks back to those early 93 Jungle Rollers with its fast edited drums dark bassline and jungle sounds / ''No No No' a dark is a in your face roller with techy stabs pulverising Bass and vocal chorus / Ghost' is a rolling haunting vocal DnB track with Dub Step inspired Riffs and Basslines.

This EP features 4 tracks that are inspired by the early classic 92/93 Rave years.

From the Prodigy inspired ' Everybody in the Place. the techno inspired 'For the Night, Ols Kool roller inspired ' Higher remix and last but not least the dirty riff laden 'Stagger'.

'Feed Me Bass' is a heavy twisted Bass Roller that slaughters the dance floor, and Back With Ur Love is a sweet disco inspired liquid roller laden with sweeping warm strings and vocal hooks designed to make you smile, definitely one for the ladies.

Perhaps best known for his work with Andrew Weatherall. Originally operating as Weatherall´s engineer the pair went on to form The Asphodells. Fairplay is also a DJ and producer with solo records on Bird Scarer, Emotional Response, Astro Lab and more. Together with Scott Fraser he runs the adorable label Crimes of the Future. On this 7" he delivers a jacking and chugging A-side named The Cat Prowls Again. Sustained (and prowling) freak-outs guaranteed. B-side A Strange Servant is a bit more laid-back. But lovely cold and dark. Slow-motion psychedelic dance music for forward thinking.

Fokuz Recordings presents: Hateful Eighty. A various artists project featuring remixes and original tracks celebrating the 80th Fokuz Recordings release.

On the first CD we hear Ivy Lab flip Random Movement's ''Sleazy Bitch'' that was released early 2015 into an amen driven roller with hoover subs and techy clicks and stabs. Villem reworks Malaky's ''Falling'' crafting a beautifully restrained deep stepper with a bruiser of a bassline and intricately designed drum work. Grandmaster dBridge shows us minimal, stripped back vibes full of authenticity and soul on his remix for ''Meet You There'' by Facing Jinx feat. Peta Oneir. The original tracks come from Fokuz stalwarts Random Movement, Mindmapper & Silvahfonk, Macca & Loz Contreras, Kasper, Malaky, Satl, Silence Groove and Facing Jinx.

On CD 2 there's a whole bunch of earlier released stellar tracks to be foud including cuts by Need For Mirrors, Vandera, Mr Joseph, Bcee and remixes by Break, Calibre and Lenzman.

2LP 180gr gatefold) International Feel's Mark Barrott puts together Hostel La Torre compilation. The 15-track set, assembled with Pete Gooding, is inspired by Barrott's sunset residency at the Ibiza venue, with music from DJ Harvey, Domenique Dumont, Francis Bebey, Finis Africae, Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Barrott himself.

No matter the season or the nationality, every day on Ibiza, tribute is paid to Carthaginian deity Tanit at sunset. The warrior goddess of dance, fertility, creation and destruction lords over the Balearic island, as she has for centuries. Phoenicians, Assyrians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Arabs, and even the Norwegians have conquered the island since ancient times and every summer that history plays out, a similar array of nationalities descending on the island anew. Yet the soul of Ibiza remains intact. Every sunset still ushers in her arrival. That singular, sacred time on the island, taking on the feel of a pagan ritual, a shift in consciousness... the end of the beginning.

For those who make the pilgrimage looking for this transformative experience, it requires little more than venturing away from the Vegas-like lights of San Antonio towards such sublimity. Tucked away on the west coast of the island, Hostel La Torre beckons with its beauty and 'vista spectacular', encompassing the essence of that authentic Balearic spirit, as pioneered by Alfredo Fiorito at Amnesia and José Padilla at Café del Mar in the early 80s.

But this is not an exercise in nostalgia, rather a journey that seeks to reframe Balearic music in the present moment by embracing that 'anything goes' spirit via the avant-garde of Finis Africae's Managua', rare classics like the Arabic pop funk of Ahmed Fakroun's Nisyan' and Cameroonian poetry of Francis Bebey's Forest Nativity', with the proto Ambient House of Spooky's Orange Coloured Liquid' and modern productions like Dominique Dumont's Comme ça', Andras's Gold Coast' and Mark Barrott's Deep Water'. Balearic in its truest form is all these things and much more, it's cosmopolitan and countercultural, international yet wholly specific to a singular place on Earth.

It lights upon and encapsulates all the evocative beauty of Ibiza, the sounds themselves matching the colour palette of the island. The red dirt hills and the white sands, the pink blooms of almond trees and the electric blue of the water surrounding Es Vedrà, the magnetic magic, vivid colours and raw beauty of Ibiza is all here. At its root, Balearic music is always experiential. So even if you can't get to the terrace at La Torre for the 'vista spectacular', feel free to open up the gatefold, pour a chilled glass of Belondrade and journey back within.

FireScope Records is the new sub label of the legendary B12 Records. A label core to the UK techno scene with roots starting in the early 90's launched by Michael Golding and Steven Rutter. FireScope Records is here to exist in conjunction with B12 Records and with the same ethos, quality music, quality packaging, without compromise and a product that will stand the test of time. FireScope will diversify somewhat, not just deep meaningful techno, but also techno with vocals, real songs with real meaning.

The first release is by B12, UK techno at its finest. Established early 90's with a multitude of releases appearing on Warp Records UK, B12 Records, Soma Records, Delsin Records, ART

B12 became active again in 2015 with the Soma release Bokide 325' and the Delsin release Orbiting Souls' and this year on DeTuned Transient Life'

The EP entitled BrokenUnBroken: A moody down tempo risky start for a first release on a new label, however its enigmatic beauty, sounds, artwork and themes make it the only natural choice.

In Pieces' is enough to tear at the heart strings, it is an emotion loaded audio picture of sadness and despair. The producer conveys these feelings with a disturbingly natural ease and is an indication of a mental state he makes no secret of sharing. Sublime pads weave over subtle beats and crashes until joined by a hypnotic bassline.

Over !Hear!' is an old school vibe featuring a fetal doppler recording. Warm pads and bassline presents familiarity and rolls along conjuring up a safe place to be.

Battle Within' is a slow track there is no real drive forward but a multitude of entwined sounds and shapes that represent a whole piece. A piece constantly pulled out of shape. With a dual meaning originally inspired by the producers visit to a war torn city. An attempt to put into music almost from a child like perspective the mixed emotions and confusion that are felt when suffering.

There Is No Escape' is a Sci Fi dub style track. A driving break inspired beat and drooling bassline are joined by a constant abstract dialogue. Escape from where Escape from oneself

Finished in Full Colour sleeve and White/Green marble vinyl with exclusive artwork by Sarah Sparkes

Nostalgic, soulful and, of course, boogie-woogie.' That's how Belgian DJ producer Boogie Belgique (AKA Oswald Cromheecke) describes the enticing combination of styles and sources from different decades that make up his music. Taking vintage inspirations, most notably from swing and jazz eras, and merging them with contemporary beats and textures is the young producer's forte. This is pleasingly evident on Volta, the latest Boogie Belgique album for the Cold Busted label. Jungle Law' gives a glimpse into Boogie Belgique's sonic palette. Tough hip hop beats and funky live guitar follow an intro of jungle ambience as a trumpet presents the melody. Soon some swingy big band jazz enters the song in an almost ghostly manner, while the insistent beat keeps the dance floor moving. Album opener Go Slow' shows a different side to the coin giving the listener an uptempo broken beat rhythm, some bouncy bass guitar, snippets of string loops, and a lovely, forlorn vocal line that echoes the past. It's a beautiful concoction, and Boogie Belgique delivers on many aspects of this style throughout his eleven track album. Volta is a satisfying trip in an aural time machine.

This collection of demos and live recordings from Amsterdam/Dutch post-punk bands capture the early 80s sound and offer a unique insight into the spontaneous, DIY music style of the time. Wide representation of styles on here - from driving guitar punk to weird minimal synth .. deluxe 180 grams vinyl edition w/ two page insert with info & pics of the bands. ... BIG TIP for the NL punk collectors and beyond!

Bassy Dub, With a bit of a Hip Hop culture behind... Excellent sound as usual with Kanka ! Must have !

Bassy Dub, instrumentalist !

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* Debut album from Mr Joseph on Liquid V, released on a limited edition 6 track 12" Vinyl complete with full album on CD.

* As a custodian of the authentic Liquid D&B sound, Mr Joseph"s debut album strikes a delicate balance between funk-filled, soulful rollers and deep brooding basslines. The result is an album packed full of different musical textures which, combine seamlessly to create an immersive listening experience.

* Having grown up around the London Sound System culture of the 1980s Mr Joseph was soaking up musical influences from Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, and Reggae music. All these styles are evident throughout "Inner Haze", which is a melting pot simmering at 174bpm.

* An album that cuts through the dancefloor with ease, but which has enough subtlety and depth for home listening this is a project that will stand up to repeated listens, however don"t be fooled, this is not just a solo affair... Mr Joseph has also collaborated with a host of amazing vocalists and producers to create this debut album. Step forward Youngman, Edward Oberon, T.R.A.C., Deeizm, Kate White, Wednesday Amelia, Identified and Andy Skopes - it"s a real family affair.

* Always known for its deep, forward thinking sounds, 2016 saw Bryan Gee"s Liquid V imprint go from strength to strength.

2 Lova cool dub style and their instrumentals.

Over The Mountains is Segue's second album on Silent Season, a follow up to Pacifica which was released to much praise in 2013. Over The Mountains continues the course in true Segue fashion with an album full of dubbed out atmospheric grooves and deep organic structures. The sound is consumed by nature—immense, enveloping nature in Jordan Sauer's never-ending quest to capture the sublime. The record feels like a nostalgic dream swirling in melodies and buzzing with nature sounds. Over The Mountains is honourably another awe-inspiring album of lush landscapes by this Canadian artist.

2 Lova cool dub style and their instrumentals.

'Passage' is the second collaborative album from London-based synth-wizard Ulrich Schnauss and Danish producer Jonas Munk. 11 tracks of breezy, blissed-out electronica and colourful ambient. As the album title denotes, there's a sense of movement in the music these two producers create together: a Schnauss & Munk composition starts one place and ends up someplace very different - something that can only rarely be said about electronic music, which traditionally has focused it's energy on texture rather than composition. Sometimes their vivid, expansive soundscapes feels like the sonic equivalent of gliding towards the horizon through a panoramic landscape on a train. One's perspective changes slightly when in motion from one place to another - continously Approaching new things and leaving others behind. There's a prismatic, multi-dimensional quality to these 11 tracks, likely stemming from the fact that these two producers each have worked with a wide range of styles and musicians throughout their 15+ year careers: Ulrich cut his teeth as a drum and bass producer in Berlin, before releasing a string of highly influential neo-shoegazy records

on labels such as Domino and City Centre Offices. Since moving to London in 2006 he's been a member of bands such as Engineers and Longview and remixed artists ranging from Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys to Mojave 3, and since 2013 he's been a member of legendary band Tangerine Dream. While Jonas Munk initially became known to the post-rock and electronica communities via his Manual albums on Morr Music, he's also had his hands in psychedelic rock (he's a noted producer in the European psych scene) as well as film soundtracks and experimental minimalism. Both Ulrich and Jonas, however, have the skills of seasoned producers to weave the multitude of influences together in a well-defined sonic aesthetic. The result is a compelling set of melodic electronic music that echoes the past, yet feels fresh.

'Passage' is the second collaborative album from London-based synth-wizard Ulrich Schnauss and Danish producer Jonas Munk. 11 tracks of breezy, blissed-out electronica and colourful ambient. As the album title denotes, there's a sense of movement in the music these two producers create together: a Schnauss & Munk composition starts one place and ends up someplace very different - something that can only rarely be said about electronic music, which traditionally has focused it's energy on texture rather than composition. Sometimes their vivid, expansive soundscapes feels like the sonic equivalent of gliding towards the horizon through a panoramic landscape on a train. One's perspective changes slightly when in motion from one place to another - continously Approaching new things and leaving others behind. There's a prismatic, multi-dimensional quality to these 11 tracks, likely stemming from the fact that these two producers each have worked with a wide range of styles and musicians throughout their 15+ year careers: Ulrich cut his teeth as a drum and bass producer in Berlin, before releasing a string of highly influential neo-shoegazy records

on labels such as Domino and City Centre Offices. Since moving to London in 2006 he's been a member of bands such as Engineers and Longview and remixed artists ranging from Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys to Mojave 3, and since 2013 he's been a member of legendary band Tangerine Dream. While Jonas Munk initially became known to the post-rock and electronica communities via his Manual albums on Morr Music, he's also had his hands in psychedelic rock (he's a noted producer in the European psych scene) as well as film soundtracks and experimental minimalism. Both Ulrich and Jonas, however, have the skills of seasoned producers to weave the multitude of influences together in a well-defined sonic aesthetic. The result is a compelling set of melodic electronic music that echoes the past, yet feels fresh.

CW/A are producers Thomas Feriero and Francesco Leali, known for their releases and remixes on Parachute, R&S, Decca and Vakant, their work as Avatism, Clockwork, Opus 3000 and House ov Leaves, crushing live shows around the globe and running Parachute alongside DJ Tennis since 2013.
With 'Ringleader' the duo return with their first original productions since their debut full length, last year's critically acclaimed 'Words Unspoken, Acts Undone.'
Inspired by global trends towards Orwellian mass surveillance and cyber espionage, 'Ringleader' aims to be an audible interpretation of big data, ubiquitous connections and the acceptance of corporate and government spying. Grim and mechanical by nature, the six tracks - named after leaked codenames of government tools used to watch on citizens - work as a soundtrack to the destruction of privacy: a cold reflection on this aspect of society and it's implications.

Jammz came up studying grime, and in 2016 finds himself at the forefront of it. Born and bred in East London, Jammz started to make a name for himself on London's radio circuit in 2014 and 2015, appearing regularly on Rinse FM, Radar Radio, NTS, Mode FM and BBC 1xtra and teaming up with both established DJs like Slimzee, Spooky, Bok Bok and Spyro and newcomers like Moleskin. His Hit Then Run EP became a cult classic: the title track was played regularly on BBC Radio 1Xtra and Noisey's #3 grime track of 2015, and the remix was Sian Anderson's #1 remix of the week six weeks on the spin. Subsequent singles 'Final Warning' and 'London Living' further established Jammz as one of grime's best new hit-makers, while his live reputation is also quickly on the rise: he's played Glastonbury, Eskimo Dance, Outlook, Night Slugs and Bestival, has headlined FWD>> and in March 2016 was the support act on Kano's UK tour. Jammz has been supported heavily by Fader, Noisey, FACT, GQ, Mixmag, SBTV, MTV and more, and featured on the front cover of the Observer Music's British MCs special. Following an instrumental 12' which sold out in four days, Warrior is the second EP on Jammz's I Am Grime label. Intense and frustrated, it encapsulates life in London in 2016 and marks Jammz's most complete and considered release to date. All tracks are also produced by Jammz, apart from 'What's Man Saying', produced by grime legend Ironsoul and featuring a guest verse by P Money.

Wisdom Teeth label boss K-LONE reveals new sister label Wych', kicking off with a new collaborative EP featuring LA-based lyricist Ill Chill, complete with hand illustrated artwork.

This is the stunning debut album from Laraaji. 'Celestial Vibration' was originally released in 1978 under the name Edward Larry Gordon, and then first issued by Soul Jazz Records/Universal Sound in 2010. Soul Jazz Records are now issuing this hypnotic piece newly re-mastered album once again in a very limited vinyl edition of 1000 and new CD as a full Laraaji
release. 'Celestial Vibration' is a cosmic journey sounding unlike anything else when it was first released in 1978.
Laraaji's album was first issued in New York as a private-pressing record with only very minimal distribution. His distinctive use of the harp-like open-stringed zither and kalimba creates a hypnotic trance like musical landscape. Laraaji first came to fame in the 1980s as a worldwide ambient artist working with Brian Eno on EG Records. At this time Laraaji worked with a wide range of
experimental musicians - Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, Michael Brook, Bill Nelson, Roger Eno, Nana Vasconcelos and Bill Laswell. Since Soul Jazz Records/Universal Sound first released 'Celestial Vibration' seven years ago (now long deleted), Laraaji's career has had a renaissance, releasing a string of new albums including a fascinating collaboration with Blues Control for the FRKYWS label, as well as reissues of earlier albums including a three-album cassette only release last year.
Today Gordon continues his unique musical and spiritual path - performing his music mainly for meditation at yoga global retreats. He runs his own 'Therapeutic Laughter Workshop' where he coaches people in the mindful use of laughing for its health benefits. The album is issued as a limited-edition deluxe vinyl and CD edition (previously released as Edward Larry Gordon 'Celestial Vibration').

After releasing their own debut record in 2014 the Hamburg based group Sky Walking formed by Peter Kersten, Christian Naujoks and Richard von der Schulenburg now celebrates the launch of their self-titled label. By bringing together an international line-up of artists mostly associated with the new and experimental music scenes in cities like Hamburg, Berlin and New York Sky Walking not only establishes a link between different locations and their specific (local) scenes - with the Golden Pudel Club in Hamburg somehow functioning as a Bermuda triangle - but also between different generations of artists from these scenes.
By choosing Sergei Tcherepnin's "Queer 1" as the first track on 41'36'', as the record is simply called, indicating the length of the album in John Cage style, the compilation not just draws on the legacy of early modular synthesizers (his uncle invented the "Serge"), but also - in a manifesto like way - points out the hybrid and genre-bending approach many of the artists on this record share. The ten tracks on the record are characterized by an openness towards improvisation and collaboration as well as an experimental attitude towards technology. The outcome is sometimes weird and nerdy, sometimes playful and humorous - never taking either the music categories "new" or "experimental" too seriously.
Konrad Sprenger for example, featured with the track "Distain", invented a robotic multi-channel electric guitar, which uses the strings as frequency generators. It is tuned and set into motion by various electronically controlled mechanical movements. An even more performative quality has the Black Metal influenced duo Misanthrope CA, whose members Robert Kulisek and David Lieske prefer to play their dark and drony ambient tracks in neoprene suits. Jazz influences can be heard both in the fully improvised, cartoon-like piece by Sky Walking themselves and the filmic quality of Philipp Sollman's and John Gürtler's collaboration in "Gegen die Zeit". While these two tracks were produced in the studio, Eve Essex and Dan Fox as well as Nowerk (F#X and Christian Naujoks) work with different means of live-recording in their collaborative projects. Rather mysterious appearances are the ones by Keller G and Gebrochene Beine. Whereas the latter mixes broken beats with a saxophone going wild, the first offers a dark and atmospheric, slightly uncanny soundscape. In-between longtime resident at Golden Pudel Club Nika Son takes us on a tense-ridden sonic journey with her track "Drissk", purposefully paying tribute to the grand dames of the synthesizer.
The cover is another hard-to-categorize element of this new release featuring a sketch of an alien-like two part cyber-ceramic sculpture including motion-, light-, audio- and temperature-responsive sensors by artist duo Amy Lien and Enzo Camacho. It thereby echoes the blurred boundaries between the auditive and the visual, for a perspective shared by most of the artists represented on Sky Walking, as well as their roots in the 1960s and the graphic scores that since then have become an art form in its own right.

When Tresor founder Dimitri Hegemann stumbled into a former bank vault in East Berlin on March 13th 1991, he had little idea that the space he had unlocked would fast become one of Berlin's most influential and enduring techno clubs. "We didn't know what would happen 10 months later," he says. "We signed a lease for a year. Which eventually got renewed for another three months, and another three months.."

As Tresor celebrates its 25th anniversary with this work of artists from the US, Germany, China, France, Austria, Italy and the UK, it is worth dwelling on how the cultural conditions that birthed Detroit techno - economic neglect and broken industry - were mirrored by the disused bunkers and impromptu parties of post-unification East Berlin, where techno found new, vigorous expression.

Today, though the boom and bust of globalised capitalism has filled the void that followed the Berlin Wall, and techno has become a worldwide industry, we face a new political chapter, one defined by populism, nationalism and mistrust. Contemporary creatives should take inspiration from Tresor's story, an extraordinary experiment born from improvisation, resourcefulness and social neglect that uplifted the spirits of inner city communities for a quarter-century.

This record marks the spirit of those 25 years of creativity, a paean to the psychedelic music of Dimitri's youth. From the signature magnetic soundscapes of Vainqueur to the dark textures of upcoming Beijing producer Shao; from Jon Hassell's slow epicurean volutes, to the ritual auras of Marcelus and Claudia Anderson's contributions; from the dub-infused pioneering programming of Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald, to Mønic's enthralling cadences, it represents some of the old and new names that continually epitomise Tresor's perennial spirit of ingenuity. "We were space pioneers," says Dimitri.

The East Berlin of 1991 may have disappeared to gentrification, with Tresor's lonely vanguard joined by an army of venues catering to an international array of clubbers benefiting from low cost travel, many of whom settle in the city for good. Berlin is Europe's economic engine, headquarters to global industry and sole traders alike, where Polish, Kurdish and English are as likely to be spoken as German. That range of influences is felt in all areas of life, not least in the city's music.

"Without Tresor, Berlin would not be what it is today," concludes Dimitri. "Even though it sounds a bit pretentious, it is true. Tresor was the prototype for an extraordinary club. It was only possible as a combination of the right time, the right place, the right content and determined people."
Excerpt of liner notes, by Rob Sharp - November 2016.

* Chronic Rollers returns for the third instalment of the Rollers series where you'll find more upfront underground D&B mixed by L-Side on this strictly limited edition CD - only 500 copies being pressed ever!

* Chronic Rollers Vol.3 raises the bar yet again, delivering 21 of the finest cuts of dancefloor D&B.

* From its beginnings as an undercover outlet for some of the scenes biggest names Chronic has always kept its feet firmly on the dancefloor. As tastes and styles have evolved over the years the label has moved keeping on step ahead of
the trends.

* This projects finds a host of new names joining forces with established artists to produce what can only be described as raw, uncompromising Drum & Bass. Switching between straight up rollers, deeper darker beats and dancefloor smashers.

* This whole collection is mixed to perfection by someone we're tipping to be one of the biggest new names in D&B in 2017 - L-Side. Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, a city with a rich history of bass music pioneers, L-Side signed to the V camp in 2016, and has sneaked out a few choice cuts whilst working on his debut album, and this project offers a taster of one of the styles that make up the L-Side sound.

* The label itself was launched back in 1996 by Bryan Gee, rapidly established itself as a purveyor of the biggest dancefloor tunes. Featuring a discography of rave-destroying tracks from the likes of Dillinja, Roni Size, DJ Die, Ray Keith and more, Chronic has smoked dancefloors across the globe with its unique brand of raw D&B, and with this new collection about to drop, this won't be stopping anytime soon!.

Original music of the "Slow Futur" show by Elsa Guérin and Martin Palisse, played and composed by Zombie Zombie (Cosmic Neman, Etienne Jaumet, Dr Schonberg), here presented separately from the show.

Slow Futur features two jugglers (Elsa Guérin and Martin Palisse) on a treadmill (8 x 2m) which carries them along a neon light installation which delimits the choreographic space as a kind of space-time tunnel: "the hyperspace". Their minimalist juggling practice - with 3 white balls each - plays with opposite movements like acceleration/immobility, synchronization/progressive transformation, and thus evokes a way of making the body face the inexorable passing of time. The music of Zombie Zombie, repetitive and floating, as a vector of the choreographic mechanic, mixes analog electronic sounds and acoustic rhythms that rise in intensity in order to bring the two jugglers into a frantic and hypnotic rush, whereas the treadmill submits their bodies to a movement independent of their will, so becoming an infernal machine. Between abstraction and representation of reality, Slow Futur questions the relationships between human beings, where the individualism caused by the modern world leads to loneliness, as the human condition is reduced to a simple machine which robotic movements are devoid of emotion. Elsa Guérin and Martin Palisse are not only renewing the image of today's circus but also continuing their research on the choreographic, dramatic and poetic potential of juggling.

Instruments: modular synthesizers Buchla & Synthesizers, Synare 3, Six-Trak Sequencial Roland TR 808, OP1 Teenage Engineering, oscillators, Gretsch & Ludwig drums, percussions LP, rototoms, vibraphone, Korg and Boss Vocoder, Oto Bim & Ibanez EU 305 delay, Selmer alt sax... Recorded in April 2015 at Midlive Studios (former Vogue studios), Villetaneuse and mixed in June 2015 by Angy Laperdrix at Solaris Studio, Paris. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, London.

Breakbeat textures and ragga bass

This 7 inch is not round... It is Quarrel. Space aera of a meeting point between Batcave ambiances and breakbeat aeras... in a very deep radk way.

Blackest Ever Black presents To Make A Fool Ask, And You Are The First, the latest - and, for us, greatest - full-length entry in Ashtray Navigations' uniquely important, uniquely sprawling - possibly sentient and self-multiplying - discography. It picks up where the nerve-damaged exotica of 2015's A Shimmering Replica left off...acerbic surf' guitar and synthetic salt-breeze fit for the Tropic of Yorkshire. Instant immersion in a potent, pungent psychedelia that feels equal parts cosmic and aquatic. What Todd wrenches out of his instrument these days is a language unto itself (perhaps it always was)... a helical, ecstatic, grieving howl...a (super)natural efflorescence, beyond earthly description or transcription...ur-rock and post-everything. But equal emphasis is given here to pulsating machine rhythms and lush keyboard textures, with killer contributions from longtime fellow traveller Mel O'Dubhshlaine. There were pre-echoes of all this in the recent(ish) Fluctuants and Aero Infinite: but To Make A Fool feels like the culmination, or the fullest expression, of something which was only glimpsed in those earlier works. The side-long 'Spray Two' - gently eddying string-pads gradually slashed to all f***k with fraught piano improvisations - is a masterpiece in its own right. At its delirious peak, the whole thing boils over into brooding, arpeggiated noir-techno - Michael Mann's steadicam roaming Leeds' B-roads, some kind of tangerine nightmare - before finally cooling into a bleary starfield of pure and sumptuous hypno-tone. This LP is a trip, in the most skull-splitting, soul-crinkling sense of the word, but it soothes and heals as well. A circular and transformative journey to the other side of the underneath and a landmark recording from one of the most adept and visionary nodes in Britain's freakout underground.

* Very excited to welcome back Dub Phizix to Metalheadz, arguably one of the biggest artists in drum n bass delivers an impeccable release. The last time he graced the label was with Skeptical on Platinum Breakz 4 and its great to have him back, two tailor made tracks that fit the Headz vibe perfectly.

Ragga Jungle remixing 2 big classics from The Fugees and Congo Natty.

Back in stock 1st week of october (records are aside at the label)

Raving hard dark and experimental deep technoid sound ... The flip brings an ambient space bass music mixes...

A side bring a good techno kick. Minimal and textures. B side goes more ambient bass style... Hynpotik side.

ADAM RUDOLPH !Data, slit drum, rebolo, gankogoui, udu
BRAH IMFRIBGANE cajon, tarija, udu
JAMES HURT sop, kidi, igbo bell, udu
MATT KILMER Frame chum, cljembe, kanjira, udu
TIM KIEFER dusunigoni, pandiero, caxixi, udu
KEITA OGAWA earthtone & frame arum, hadjira, pandeiro, udu
TRIPP DUDLEY kanjira, cajon, IDayan, frame drum plus Percussions

Adam Rudolph is known for work with Don Cherry, Pharaoh Sanders and other great jazz artists, as well as his 25 year partnership with the legendary Yusef Lateef. He currently also leads his Moving Pictures Octet and the 36 piece Go: Organic Orchestra. Almost 10 years since the last Hu Vibrational release of
"Boonghee Music", Rudolph turns his creative energies back to HU by creating a deep groom masterpiece - indeed; a vision of future
dance music. As Tommy Chong so aptly puts it, "When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world."

HU VIBRATIONAL'S NEW ALBUM MIXES DEEP PERCUSSIVE AFRICAN RHYTHMS AND AFRO — JAll WITH ELEMENTS OF HIP—HOP AND ELECTRONICA. RECORDED AND MIXED AT BILL LASWELL'S STATE OF THE ART STUDIO, THIS IS THE FOURTH ALBUM BY HU: VIBRATIONAL AND FOR THOSE WHO BOUGHT THE PREVIOUS — RELEASES THIS WILL NOT DISAPPOINT!
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY ADAM RUDOLPH TOGETHER WITH LONGTIME LASWELL ENGINEER JAMES DELLATACOMA, THE ALBUM FEATURES — WORLD PERCUSSIONISTS ALONG SEVERAL SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING BILL LASWELL HITTING THE DEEP POCKETS ON BASS PLUS NORWEGIAN GUITAR WHIZ EIVIND AARSET CREATING ETHEREAL ELECTRONIC PALETTES. JOINING RUDOLPH IN THE GROOVE DEPARTMENT ARE THE PERCUSSIONIST FROM HIS GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA PROJECT: BRAHIM FRIBGANE, JAMES HURT, MATT KILMER, TIM KIEPER, KEITA OGAWA AND TRIPP DUDLEY. EACH OF THESE GREAT DRUMMERS HAS PERFORMED EXTENSIVELY WORLDWIDE; HERE THEY PERFORM RUDOLPH'S RHYTHM COMPOSITIONS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF WORLD PERCUSSION THE TRACKS WERE THEN ELECTRONICALLY PROCESSED AND TRANSFORMED IN THE MIXES INTO A TRUE ANCIENT TO FUTURE EXPRESSION; A DANCE MUSIC STYLE HU CALLS "BOONGHEE MUSIC". WITH — ACCLAIMED RELEASES ON SOUL JAll RECORDS (BEAUTIFUL AND UNIVERSAL MOTHER) AND SCOTT HEREN'S (PREFUSE 73) EASTERN DEVELOPMENTS LABEL, HU VIBRATIONAL'S DEEP SPIRITUAL MUSIC DRAWS ON THE LINKS BETWEEN AFRICA, JAll MUSIC AND AVANT—GARDE HIP—HOP.

1x each customer!

Ace four-tracker.
Caves was created in the aftermath of a devastating set by DJ Stingray, and sounds like it: storming but funky, infused with the spirit of classic Detroit techno. Spacetown marries Arpanet and John Carpenter, with a saturnine melody which sticks in the mind.
Flip it for a deadly Caves remix by man-of-the-year Convextion, inimitably sci-fi but banging, and the elemental, ambient accomplishment of The Strips, consolidating the promise on show throughout.

Listeners familiar with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's previous album Euclid (an album that prompted Dazed to call her "...one of the most pioneering musicians in the world.") will no doubt notice her heavier use of vocals on her new album EARS. On all but one song, her gently ecstatic swells of vocals emerge to soar over a dense jungle of synths and woodwinds. After initially composing on a Buchla analog synth, she wrote arrangements for a woodwind quintet, added vocals, and further refined the pieces with granular synthesis techniques she developed in her sound design work (she contributed sound design to Panda Bear's "Boys Latin" video, and handled sound design and original compositions for Brasilia co-written by and starring Reggie Watts).

Kinetic arpeggios of synths pulse, often buoying her graceful vocal mantras, while woodwinds breathe and flutter, emulating the wildlife Smith observed while growing up on the West Coast (she even studied recordings of slowed down bird calls prior to composing these pieces). Though some of her gestures echo the musical tropes used by early minimalist composers, the world she creates on EARS is uniquely hypnotic and full of life, not unlike Miyzaki's film Nausicaä, which she cites as an inspiration.

EARS is a masterful articulation of Smith's vision, which she achieved in part by spending time preparing her mind prior to composing the album.

Stepper dub. Classic and instru-mental

A classic - Mint Copy ! Enjoy Evil Is Heaven... pure tune there !

This one needs no introduction. Trends & Boylan wrote an anthem with Norman Bates. Easily the biggest Grime instrumental this year, Norman Bates has been played and rewound time and time again at all of the years biggest shows. Massive radio support on 1Xtra, Radio One and Rinse FM, this is the tune that everyone has been after. On the flip we have individual tunes from the two producers. Boylan goes on an Orchestral workout with clarinets and strings providing the catchy riffs alongside classic square waves on Shimmy, another heavyweight Boylan track. Trends uses his signature robotic bass sounds matched with a dark moody choir on Octopus, a permanent freature in Slimzees sets this year.

The Ram Records 2017 Drum & Bass Annual doesn't just stand as a testament to the imprint. After working over two decades within the genre, standing at its forefront and delivering piece after piece of ground-breaking dance music, they're immortalising their twenty fifth anniversary with the biggest drum & bass compilation to be released since the label's inception. Featuring a massive 60 tracks, with every name who's trail-blazed this year's must have releases, prepare to be thrown into the world of drum & bass like never before. With cuts from head honcho Andy C, as well as Symmetry's underground boss Break, neuro pioneers Noisia and break through artists such as Urbandawn, Voltage and many more, this LP caters to a range of palettes. A huge spectrum of sound is covered by the album, giving a glimpse into every corner of the genre's entirety and delivering the finest cuts seen over the past twelve months.

Xp bass music, short fly-high little melodies out of nowhere... NICE !

Swedish Synthwave producer Tape Loader and canadian rapper Phatt Rok Ski team up for the
grand opening of the new old school Electrofunk and Bass Music label Ground Control.

Featured in three DJ-friendly versions on this release, the song Prime Time
is pure Electro Hip Hop power with funky beats, a fat bassline, a catchy
vintage synth melody hook and rap delivered in early 1980s style. Fresssh!

Der schwedische Synthwave-Produzent Tape Loader und der kanadische Rapper Phatt Rok Ski vereinen
sich für die Eröffnung des neuem Old School Electrofunk und Miami Bass Labels "Ground Control".

Der Song "Prime Time", hier in 3 DJ-freundlichen Versionen enthalten, ist pure Electro-Hip-Hop-Power
mit funky Beats, einer fetten Bassline, catchy Vintage-Synth Refrain-Melodie und Rap im früh-1980er Stil. Fresssh!

Asbo Records inaugurates a series of 12" releases celebrating the iconic mid 90s jungle label Joker Records with this 3 Piece Vinyl L.P that sees 12 classics from Joker founders The Dream Team get 12 contemporary but still eminently junglist remixes. For the uninitiated

Debut release on Artikal Music from the Parisian ARGO

More of Magnetic Soul's expert disco dub treatment !
Hand stamped white label - very limited
Support from: Dave Jarvis, Bill Brewster, Ash Beedle, Fingerman, LTJ Experience & more...

Dab Hand's 3rd vinyl release from Magnetic Soul brings together another carefully selected batch of rich and exotic soul and disco cuts lovingly restructured and adapted for discerning DJ and club plays yet showing the deep love for the authentic roots and history of current underground dance trends.

'Come Into My Life' sets us off on a typical MS vibe with tight groove, drifting hypnotic keys backed up with sexy dreamy soul vocals. 'Save My People' slows it down slightly with a deeper building vocal harmony and sax-riff vibe. 'Stratisfied' takes a tripped out jazz-funk direction to new levels with beefed up bass and glistening spatial sounds. 'Disco Train' finishes up with a fantastic, hypnotic AOR disco chugger... all aboard for whistle blast - Toot Toot!

It seems somehow fitting that Frank Dommert's first solo album, Kiefermusik, was first released in 1990, just a moment after the new decade had ticked over. During the late 1980s, Dommert had been quietly working away at his own art in Cologne, while developing connections with other sub-rosa operatives: in 1987, he took part in a collaborative single with Christoph Heemann and Achim P Li Khan's outfit, Hirsch Nicht Aus Sofa (H.N.A.S.), Hunsrück', he was also part of H.N.A.S. for their side of Face To Face Vol. 2, a split LP with Vox Populi. Dommert was also releasing cassettes in limited editions on his Entenpfuhl imprint, including an early collaboration with Marcus Schmickler, early tapes by PFN and C-Schulz, along with a number of solo cassettes and chapbooks.

Kiefermusik saw in the new decade by repurposing and recontextualising material from one of those cassettes, Early Loops & Tapes, which consisted of material recorded between 1984 and 1987. Discussing the album in 2015, Dommert confided that he heavily processed these recordings in the studio, with the open studio window integrated. The record is pretty much a (LSD) trip, intentional and a large portion unconscious.' It's certainly full of hallucinatory visions, sidereal moments where loops knock you off-kilter and waves of surrealist and Art Brut noise tactics stop you in your tracks. It's simultaneously a rough-as-guts album of collapsing architectures and an intelligent, sensitively sculpted masterpiece of editing, with Dommert winding a psychedelic spool around loops that could spin out into eternity.

Kiefermusik may well have had more impact in international tape- and record-trading circles than in Dommert's hometown. Dommert had already made connections with fellow travellers like ADN, RRR, Recommended and Odd Size, and the album slowly found its way around the world, connecting with like-minded listeners who were on the look-out for new voices in the heterogeneous, nebulous field of underground, low-tech avant-garde.

Yet Kiefermusik, along with the electro-acoustic improvisation collective of Kontakta (featuring Dommert alongside C-Schulz, Georg Odijk, Hajsch, Marcus Schmickler and Monika Westphal), the fantastic series of LPs released on Quiet Artworks (PFN, Hajsch, Ios Smolders), and the strange electro satellites from labels like Erfolg (C-Schulz, Marcus Schmickler), seemed somehow to set things up for the next wave to come through, the brilliant explosion of electronic music to come out of Cologne in the mid-late 1990s. And beyond all that, even, Kiefermusik is still a fantastically strange, beautiful, and compelling album, a good twenty-six years later. Don't miss it this time around.

Ghost present the second ep on their own imprint Goldman Records. Whether exploring the depths on headphones, or shaken by the bass in the middle of a packed dancefloor, 41:39 Deeper takes you on a musical excursion from start to
finish.
Brought to you on unique, hand painted sleeves and in two different colours, this EP is available on 2 x 12" Vinyl with download code.

Japanese legend Keiji Haino meets two of Belgium's most active and valued musicians: Jozef Dumoulin- keyboards (Lilly Joel) and Teun Verbruggen - drums (Othin Spake).

'The Miracles Of Only One Thing' is a deep and intense testimony of this meeting. Keiji Haino - without any doubt one of the most important musicians from the Japanese underground scene, is at his best !

Teun Verbruggen (drums & electronics) and Jozef Dumoulin(keyboards & electronics) did a 3-week tour in Japan in Sept 2015 playing concerts in duo, but also solo and with local musicians. One of those musicians was hero Keiji Haino, whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drones. Besides his legendary bands Fushitsusha and Lost Aaraaff, he has worked with artists and bands like Boris, The Melvins, Jim O'Rourke, Oren Ambarchi, Peter Brötzmann and Steve Noble.

As for Dumoulin and Verbruggen, they are both known for their always refreshing and groundbreaking work that breaks up the barriers between free improvisation, electro, jazz and more. Jozef Dumoulin is part of the duo Lilly Joel appearing recently on Sub Rosa (SR416).

The three teamed up for a studio recording and a recorded live-show. Out of all the material, they distilled an album that reflects both the excitement of the new bond as well as the deep and vast sonic landscapes that their joined forces laid bare.

Two brothers from the outskirts of London. Model Man set about on a journey of enlightenment through minimalism. Dissecting the piano, replacing its parts with nuts and bolts and turning conventional instrument into something unpredictable and unique. They say Before releasing anything we were lucky enough to play and record with some great artists such as Damon Albarn and Squarepusher on various projects. They taight us things about minimalizing our toolset and using space to create new textures in our arrangements'
They have enjoyed the support of the likes of Gold Panda. For fans of Nils Frahm, Four Tet, Caribou etc

* 'Corners' is the return to Horizons Music and the return to drum & bass in its dancefloor form for the genius that is Naibu. After a rather leftfield 170 bpm album last year, titled 'Case Study' and released on Scientific Records, this is a hugely anticipated release.

* It's a fusion of most of Naibu's influences, old and new, from all corners of the dnb spectrum, in a contemporary way. You'll hear some Metalheadz in tracks like 'Burning' and 'Traces', some Exit in 'The Way You Turn' and 'Les Soirées', some Soul:R in 'Heartgold', some Calibre in 'No Return', some Pieter K and Certificate 18 in 'Corners'. A workout of sound that's weighty, musically modern, and of apparent simplicity, best demonstrated in tracks like 'The Way You Turn' and 'Heartgold', which really represent the sound Naibu likes to push right now.

* As far as production is concerned, again, it's a handcrafted, homemade affair. It's all sample-free (to the exception of the vocal loop in 'Les Soirées') and everything's been written, performed, recorded, designed and edited at home.

* 'Burning' features guitarist Jean Gros, who provided Naibu with some very nice atmospheric electric guitars and folk guitar. This track is a tribute to late 90s Rufige Kru, with epic 2 mins intro, reminiscent of 'Beach Drifta', dropping into some dancefloor mayhem.

* In the same fashion 'Traces' was a direct Metalheadz influence, mixed with a touch of FKA Twigs type flavours.

* Apart from these two tracks, everything else goes a little bit deeper and really aims at carrying a solid groove, trying to keep the tracks to their bare minimum, essential elements. We hope this is music you can lock into and lose yourself to.

UK electronic & ambient experimentalist Specimens presents his debut album 'Sculptures'. Featuring artwork by the award winning Australian artist Kieran Ingram and mastered by Room 40 label boss and cornerstone of the Drone/Ambient music world Lawrence English. 'Sculptures' is a delicately and painstaking put together debut album, it follows up from releases on A Giant Fern, Amsterdam based Shimmering Moods Records & the collaborative Specimens x Daniel Wiesmayr release 'Water & Concrete' on London's Tenderly Surrender, the title track of which soundtracked a short from film maker & director Sophie Littman & went on to get over 20,000 views in it's Nowness premiere.
Wearing his influences on his sleeve & with a nod to past and present noise pioneers such as Throbbing Gristle, Leyland Kirby, K.Leimer and Ben Frost, the record pans between a dream-like fog on the tracks "Cerulean Forest' & French Morning' and cold industrial chops on A Marble Hallway'.
Specimens said of this release I didn't want to make a record intentionally difficult to listen to, but I wanted uncomfortable moments, It was important for me to try and make the record sound as human as possible and in some places distinclty live"The lighter more gentle moments hold together the records more jagged edges, occasionally leaning towards a more classical feel, in a way the likes of William Basinski & Sean McCann display with regular expertise, this is best illustrated in the tracks Piano Loops' & VI.VI.MMXV'. Samples of Sudanese wrestling & Tuvan Throat Singing give the record the human' feel Specimens describes and adds a charm which prevents the record from ever feeling too slick.

Emotional Response returns to the music of the Diskant label to look more closely at a band of forefathers for the resurgent Dusseldorf music scene, The Durian Brothers. A collaboration between artists Florian Meyer, Marc Matter and Stefan Schwander has seen a trilogy of EPs on their own Diskant label - itself initially created as a means to release the band's music - a split release (with Konono Nº1) on Fat Cat, a live cassette, last years mini-LP on Kontra Musik and the most recent split with High Wolf. Although often based in different cities across the Continent, recording is centered around Dusseldorf's Salon des Amateurs. While some tracks were directly recorded there, all of them were developed and rehearsed at the groundbreaking arts/bar/club space. The distinctive polyrhythms come from modified turntables - without using records - along with effects and sequencing, thereby creating a unique, experimental, dense and warm dance music - oft described a wooden trance muzik. Ausgewahlte Durian Stucke ('Selected Durian Pieces') takes the music from the early EPs that did not feature on the Diskanted (ERS022) album and presents them as one stand-alone. As the solo projects of Don't DJ and Harmonious Thelonious become more distinct and known, what the future holds for the Brother's collaborations is uncertain, but together their music has little to compare.

This year sees Total Science celebrate the 20th birthday of their CIA Records label. Known as a breeding ground for new and exciting producers, as well as a platform for bonafide legends of the scene to release their tracks, two decades down the line, the label continues to consistently release great music. To help celebrate this impressive landmark, Total Science will release the CIA 20' LP this summer.

A sampler drops first on 3rd June announcing the project in style. Three killer tracks come on vinyl, with a digital bonus wrapping up the package.

Q Project's Champion Sound' was one of the most important and iconic tracks of the early 90's rave scene. The track's hook is instantly recognisable and it's bassline consistently takes dancefloors apart. For the sampler it's given a 2016 update by one of Drum & Bass' most technically gifted and astute producers, DLR. He's managed to maintain the essence of the track, while giving it a serious update. Since it's first airing on BBC Radio 1, the remix has taken the scene by storm and will be heard reverberating in clubs worldwide for months to come.

Calibre graces the label once again, with another trademark slice of musical goodness.Under Bars' is classic Calibre - rolling, harmonic, understated gracefulness, it's a track that shows exactly why he is one of the most respected producers in contemporary Drum & Bass.

Label owners Total Science also step up to the plate with Respect Due'. It showcases the trademark style the guys are so well known for, classic but tightly produced breaks, ravey bleeps and vocals, and yet another club and sound system punishing bassline.

12" + 7"

The limited version includes the previously released 7" 'Deformer' single 'Dystopia / The Smackdown'

Deluxe LP w 180g, Reverse Board Sleeve, MP3 Download - HOLOVR is Jimmy Billingham who also records under the alias's Tidal, Venn Rain, Journey of Mind & Holographic Mind - He has released music on Firecracker Records, Opal Tapes and Hooker Vision as well as his own Indole Records Release Information Anterior Space may strike some listeners of a certain age as an echo of the gilded age of "armchair techno" exemplified by Warp Records' Artificial Intelligence comps. There's a similar convergence of the cerebral and the blissful in the four epic compositions HOLOVR (aka Jimmy Billingham) finesses from his analog and digital synths as that found on those early-'90s pieces by Black Dog, B12, and others. Discussing the creation of Anterior Space, which is the first HOLOVR release to feature no beats, Billingham reveals, "Dropping drums gave me a bit more freedom in terms of tempo and rhythm, and it was actually really liberating. Having fewer elements in a track also meant it was possible to record live, which is my preferred way of working, as you can capture an actual snapshot of time and a natural, in-the-moment negotiation of the different elements of a track. I'd know a track was ready if I could sit there and listen to it looping round for long periods of time and really get lost in it, and then I'd try and capture a nice section of that in the space of 10 minutes or whatever." You can hear this on Anterior Space's opening 11-minute track, "Into Light." Its subtle gradations of warped tones and implied rhythms teem with hyperactive elegance. The titular light glints off of several jeweled facets, like a disco ball made out of diamonds. The slow, mobile-like rotation of synth baubles over a foundation of yearning, icy drones on "Apparent Motion" creates the illusion of a shimmering stasis, but there's actually a great deal happening here. .

Justin Martin looks to the skies on Hello Clouds, his second full length album on Dirtybird. Building on the formidable foundation he established with 2012's Ghettos & Gardens, Justin invites listeners on a high-flying journey through a rich musical landscape. One of the label's most beloved characters, Martin lets his effervescent personality shine through on these 13 tracks along with an unexpected range of emotions.
From the first strings of album opener "Dive In," Justin effortlessly establishes an otherworldly mood. Are we deep beneath the ocean's surface, or squinting at bright sunlight while 30,000 feet in the air It ultimately doesn't matter, we just need to hear more. Justin delivers with a set of obsessively crafted tunes for clubs and headphones alike. For example, on title track "Hello Clouds," Justin mixes the ethereal vocals of rising star FEMME with sub-rattling lows and a chorus of singing 303s.
This is only one of many exciting collaborators on the album. "I reached out to specific artists who currently inspire me," Martin explains. "Artists I think the world needs to hear more of." This impressive group of collaborators include FEMME, Charlotte OC, Lena Cullen, Kill Frenzy, Will Clarke, Ardalan, and even his brother Christian. These features introduce a veritable cast of supporting characters, adding additional stories and sounds to the ones Justin is already sharing.
Hello Clouds is an impressive sophomore outing a complete work that invites the listener to float above walls, ceiling,s and any other restraints they might encounter. So lay back, look skyward, and experience the breathtaking scope of Justin's imagination.

Burgeoning club label Nervous Horizon follow up label boss TSVI's recent 'Sacred Drums' EP with a new EP from Houndstooth, AUS and R&S signee, Second Storey.

'Spin Cycle', comprised of three tracks written in the same warehouse space Storey shared with TSVI and fellow NH boss, Wallwork, earlier this year, details a micro-world of new ideas that Storey manifests within a sprawling, hyper-specific web of weird and wonderful bass abstraction. It's not often you go to a viewing and your potential house-mate actively wants you to make noise with no restrictions', he says reflecting on first meeting TSVI while looking for a new place to live in London.

Energised by this new sense of creative freedom and boosted by a support network pro-vided by the extended NH crew ( Gugli (TSVI) and Tommy (Wallwork) were buzzing off these tracks when I played them'), Storey is at the top of his game across the EP.

From the fuzzy, looping programming on the title-track, written as if in a 'spin cycle', to the swinging, crunchy pressure on 'Critters' and the muffled, industrial-tech tones to 'Sludge 3D', 'Spin Cycle' plays right into the NH ethos — making music that sounds like nothing you've heard before.

SICKNOTE is the alias for Lewis Joyce's solo work as a DJ, producer and recording artist.

Stepping outside of the shadows of the G.H.O.S.T collective for his first release on Skeleton Recordings.

Sicknote also has on going collaborations with Dissect, Jay Bionic and Horrific Recordings.

Dedicated to the original art form, he's a vinyl and dubplate collector with the well-trained ears of an experienced live sound engineer.

His sound is tough, uncompromising and true to the source - drums upfront and bass down low!

You can catch Lewis with his regular Tuesday night slot on Rude FM as well as numerous appearances playing at gigs in and around London.

SCM - Beautiful sounding intro with a superb breakdown, dropping into some serious beats & bass before

switching up into a classic Amen layered with some heavy distorted effects.

Electric High - Hard stepping breakbeats wrapped around a nasty bass stab! The atmosphere from the offset puts you instantly in the zone.

Hitchcock - With an intro sounding like an old black & white thriller it was named Hitchcock for that very reason. An original composition that keeps you on the edge of your seat. A throwback to the edgy and experimental days of the 1970's. Utter filth!

FDX006 takes us on a version excursion, Threshold takes us on an unforgettable journey through Drum and Bass via Trench Town Jamaica. This man's musical heritage and reggae dub collection have had a clear impact on these four crucial cuts. From working with Breakage over the last 10 years on Reinforced and Digital Soundboy, to Special Branch on Ray Keith's Penny Black, to his own Dub Clinique label and previous releases on FDX skilled craftsman Threshold brings some depth charge business and we felt it only right to give the EP a fitting dub influenced, picture disc, shrink wrapped presentation.

SCANDAL - Super low subs and rolling breaks twisted up in inimitable Threshold style are seasoned with choice vocal samples and dub blips to cause a rumpus dedicated to all chatty mouth people....

FUK RI - No holds barred heavyweight amen choppage to kill all the fuk ri out there. People is sick and tired of hearing bumbaclart get down shit seen....

EASE OFF - What make it so ruff Threshold's steaming amen and Gregory and Dennis in a combination style probably has something to do with it!

MI RARSE - The final chapter of the EP features an angry patois vocal punctuating a rolling break, both of which have had a serious dose of echo chamber thrown at them, a riddim to clean ya pussyclart bathroom too...

"Setting Forth" is the first release from parisian label and crew, Exploration Music. The Exploration crew has been very active promoting parties, festivals and label showcases for the past 6 years and has made its mark on the blooming Paris electronic music scene inviting artists and labels such as Sigha, Shifted, AVN//OCS, Trevino, Lucy, Truncate, Skudge, dBridge, Exit Records, Goldie, Youngsta, Truss, Conforce, Dement3d Records, Moresounds, Vakula, Henning Baer or Akkord ... some of which for their very first time in France. The Exploration parties have always been about diversity of styles and genres but also about discovering new, upcoming artists and supporting the local scene. The crew is also involved in many local
collaborative projects such as Rinse France radio or 75021, always aiming to push niche electronic music to a wider audience. The first release on the imprint is a double vinyl album featuring four artists from the crew. It is an album in the sense that the music has been carefully selected into a seemless 8 tracks and 40 minute journey. It is not a randomly tracklisted compilation of tunes but more a statement of what the label will be : an imprint focused on providing strong vibes and emotions, transcending genres and bpms, in the tradition of such labels as Warp, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, Brainfeeder, Hyperdub or Houndstooth ... From ambient to bass music, going through techno, dub or hip hop, no boundaries have been set and it will be up to the artists from the collective to define the sound of the label as time progresses. The album itself tells the story of the up and downs of setting up new projects, preparing new aventures. From the positive and uplifting bass music number "Envol" and instrumental hip hop "Horizon" to the more reflective ambient/dub techno tracks "Computerised Genesis" and "Area Memento", the first vinyl evokes the early hopes and dreams that arise with a new idea. The second disc is darker, hesitation and doubt start to take over in the "In Between" interlude and "The Tube" dubstep track. And finally doubt turns to despair in the intricate 170 bpm "Clockwork Escape" reminiscent of Photek's early drumwork and dark atmospheres. But this story has a happy ending which is
here provided by the heavy but positive instrumental hip hop/trap beat "Frantic", summarizing all the lessons learned, putting all doubts at rest, and confidently setting forth into the unknown.
As it is shown on the cover artwork, drawn by french artist Olivier Blanchin, and as it can be heard in the music, all is now set for
Exploration Music to finally become a label.

Brighton's 140 vinyl specialists Well Rounded Dubs return again with 2 fresh wax debuts guaranteed to detonate your dance.

A: First up NUMBer delivers 'æther' which has been causing a stir off dubplate for a few months now. From the ting-a-ling intro we drop straight into a cheeky walking sub-bassline that'll bring joy to the faces of even the most hardened skankin' soldiers. This gets a proper energy lift from added tribal hand percussion sitting perfectly in the mix. The 2nd drop reveals extra descending bass plus some extra space and nails it. Check the clip for proof.

AA: Pon the flip SIBLA steps up with 'Trial'. Freshly moulded hi-hats lead us through the mysterious intro until (after a brief appearance in a rowdy courtroom) we embark on a dark cavernous ride constructed from prison door heavy drums and sick growling bass. As the bottom end switches to warm subs the top end trippy touches and treatments reveal an unearthly edge to this sneaky winner.

Mixed down hot for maximum satisfaction.

Watch out for future drops from these talented producers!!!

* Integral 036 sees a landmark release for the label. As we approach the ten year mark since the original platform was launched, head honchos Artificial Intelligence finally deliver their debut original production to the imprint and it's been well worth the wait! Three fresh fire tracks demonstrate the heavyweights' versatile and ever consistent sound.
* Kicking off this spectacular EP in style, the organic future soul sounds of 'Nobody' instantly capture. Vibing hooks right from the get go ooze through epic piano chords, heavy bass, ethereal breakdowns and a sublime vocal sliced to perfection. Pure class!

* Next up, 'Definition' is heavyweight DJ dancefloor goodness. Enigmatic, atmospherics reminiscent of the orient layer over slamming breaks and a deadly bass riff to boot. Techy flavours pumped with mass attitude are designed for peak time. Did anyone say rewind...!

* The final vinyl AA and title track 'Dreams of Freedom' is a stunning piece instantly commanding anthem status. It's got it all. A mesmerising intro, massive soulful energy, epic breakdowns, a sublime vocal and immaculate drum programming. This one really makes your whole body move! Beautifully encapsulting heightened heartfelt emotions, this is next level classic A.I.: warm bass and powerful musicality with that signature underlying deadly bass groove that fans know all too well.