following up on his much acclaimed debut album opal released in 2022, batu heads into a new year introducing a long strange dream : a new imprint dedicated to his spontaneous musical explorations, conceived with the aim to follow curiosities and share his own music in a back-to-basics and spontaneous fashion.
those who preordered, do not have to do so again - we will contact you when we have stock! omar mccutcheon, operating under his batu alias, has been on the frontline of bristol’s innovative electronic music scene since 2013. in 2015 he founded his record label timedance, a platform for showcasing his tastes utilising a close knit group of young producers and djs. batus glistening broken techno productions are pushed through a deeply uk-sounding prism, one informed by batu being brought up on a diet of dubstep and uk dance music from a young age. trying to tie his sound to those genres however, would be a mistake. having been earmarked already by the guardian as an artist to watch for 2018, batus sound is very much his own. batus rebuilt ep marks his third release in just over a year. not one for complacency, his debut release via xl recordings shows batu pushing his sound forward in every way possible, creating his most uniquely slippery sounding tracks to date. i wanted to try and challenge myself a bit for this ep. every track represents a different phase of experimentation and also different tempos, i wanted to push my processes further than i ever have done.
hot on the heels of his cold outing earlier this month, bristol bewitcher batu makes his debut on hessle and marks their first release of their 10th year of business. timing is everything -marius ripples with an insistent broken drum pattern that s coded with latent funk and dubspace while of court creates even more room between the drums while maintaining the techno pressure. -noseme- flips for a more subaquatic session where the beats adopt a more relentless rolling formation while the groove develops more of a dubby sensation. finally dont brings us back up the surface with a soft beatless thrust. play safely.
having previously used their dnuos ytivil offshoot to release material from their nearest and dearest (think batu, bruce, hodge and alex coulton), bristol’s livity sound crew turns to unknown french producer simo cell. the two tracks showcased here are a rather fine introduction to this newcomer, with opener “piste jaune” offering a clandestine blend of stuttering electro bass, discordant analogue percussion hits and spooky electronics. the mystery man goes for the jugular on “cellar door”, with pitched-down, bleep style melodies and liquid electronics riding an off-kilter, broken techno groove. another fine livity release.
after releases on livity sound sister label dnuos ytivil and cold recordings, batu returns with his own new imprint timedance. the label is set to offer a platform for hybrids and mutations of uk techno, and the first release will be launched with a party in bristol on 20th february, where batu is joined at the cavern club by beneath and transient. the release showcases a progression from batu s first two 12 s, with more colour and melody than his previous work, sitting alongside waves of propulsive percussion.
big, bad batu steps forward with two a-grade dancefloor weapons, stealthy and hard-hitting cuts from one of bristol’s most fresh-faced producers, presenting two trax from the dubplate vaults for the 7th plate on hotline recordings.
following on from the success of their self titled label compilation in october, the livity sound collective returns for a final transmission in 2013 courtesy of their sister label dnuos ytivil. (pronounced livity sound, if you were wondering…) a strictly underground operation, its manifesto is to release music with a shared aesthetic to its parent label and it did just that earlier in the year, delivering two dancefloor bombs by manchesters alex coulton in the form of the *war games / pointe noire* 12 inch. *spooked* and *clarity (dismantled)* are both produced by new uk based artist batu whose signature alien dub dance and snaking hypnotic rhythmic styles reflect the mutating underground uk and round off a killer year for the label as a whole. this 12 inch follows on from batus debut vinyl release on pinchs cold recordings label.
after the 1st release apache, made by agent! & sebbo, the labelheads of soulbox, one of the guys teams up with another guy from w³rzburg, marcel niveau. agent! & niveau bring us the hypnotic track batu caves to send us on a little spiritual trip. the original is for the likes of luciano, ricardo and dice and perfect for long-time sets, especially when the sun rises ,) you ll understand. also not to forget these 2 famous artists who made remixes, basti grub , owner of h÷henregler and the man of the moment in the nu house , kreon, they fit perfect to the soulbox-sound
baianasystem are from bahia, the state with the strongest african cultural heritage in the country and a motherlode for brazilian music. baianasystem manifest and champion the sound of the black atlantic, deep and future connections between africa, brazil and the caribbean, from the roots of samba to global bass culture.
brap! the cannibals are back and with a screaming appetite for fresh meat! hide your children, hide the girls. the brazilian connection takes no prisoners. big blasting beats from the man called buchecha. wicked beats, nasty drums, naaaaaaaaaasty samples! booooooom!
physics is back with a latin influenced track. we all remember their big release on swing city last year. on remix duties we have phatzoo, which had a huge hit with his earlier paul van dyke and marco v supported release on jffr. he totally revamp the original to a massive electro stomper. second remix is made by patrick l, well known from his releases on onephatdeeva, essence, look at you and sole music !!
25th anniversary of this criminally under-appreciated compilation of brazilian pop music (new! more! better!), so we’re putting it on vinyl for the first time. compiled by david byrne, pressed on blue & orange double vinyl.
die ep enthält tracks, die auf seinen reisen um die welt entstanden sind. inspiriert von seinen lieblingsorten, indonesien und sri lanka, enthalten diese tracks live-aufnahmen von seinen reisen und mischen techno, trance, drum & bass, amdient, electro und breaks!
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