96 back concludes the year with a new longplayer.

big edit business from finn. limited repress!

local action presents the 4th longplayer from yamaneko.

vinyl only, 180 grm , 12 inch in plastic sleeve. dj support: slackk, murlo, dj q, oil gang, inkke, mixpak...
* keep calling*, this eps title track, is one of the key anthems at leading grime clubnight boxed (finn contributed to their boxed vol. 1 compilation), and comes backed with the high octane * dangerous* and the gorgeous * only boy*. like blackjack, low deep and iron soul before him, finn is combining r n b and grime without ever resorting to cliché, and the results are killer.

remixes of dj q and louise williams *trust again*. we gave the acapella to our friends and this is what came back.

alight is a new project by ross tones (a.k.a. throwing snow, and one half of snow ghosts), released through local action.

lil jabba isnt like the rest of them. while they are busy joining the dots between house and techno or whatever is safe right now, he is throwing paint all over the page. he is not american, but he is affiliated with chicagos teklife crew (dj spinn, dj rashad, etc.) and divides his time between baltimore and brooklyn, exhibiting his visual art, riding around with his bike gang and making some of the most hypnotic juke and footwork you will ever hear. local action have been figuring out a release with him for over a year - eventually an ep wasnt enough, and they persuaded him to make it a full-length album, scales. some of scales has already seen the light of day through youtube or limited cassette releases, some of it is unheard. some tracks sound cleaner than others, that is because they are newer. that is how these things work. what is consistent throughout scales is the quality: across 12 tracks, jabba flips, twists and inverts the footwork template with endless layers of samples, gurgled vocal tags, jazz licks and whatever else he feels like. these arent trax, they are tapestries.

local actions first single of 2013 comes from dj q. its qs second release on the label, following the vinyl-only, instantly sold-out brandy & coke, and marks the first taste of his forthcoming debut album

following dj qs vinyl-only brandy & coke local actions second release of 2012 comes from slackk – one of our favourite djs and producers.paul lynch has been one of londons best kept secrets for years, he founded the pirate radio website grimetapes, and produces as both slackk (releases on numbers) and patrice & friends (last years cashmere sheets album featured high on fact and the wires best of 2011 lists).raw missions is his most substantial statement yet – a tribute to the widescreen grime of producers like ruff sqwad, wiley, oddz and alias, all massive influences on both him and local action. its heavy with a tinge of longing, and full of power.first pressing comes housed in an album-style sleeve with spine

local actions seventh vinyl release is the official follow-up to t. williams and terri walkers 2010 anthem >heartbeat<, and comprises three of t. williams heaviest instrumental tracks to date. >break broke< is the sound of williams getting darker, with synths that glow like an overcooked power grid and one of the most ruff-neck drops you will hear anywhere this year. >go in< is for the djs, a palette cleanser that is tailor-made to mix long and deep, but its >analog tour< that is arguably this records stand-out – opening with a two-and-a-half minute intro of acid ambience, electro claps and super-heavy 808 kicks, and climaxing as a full-on 303 hydra.

such an intense, variegated, and singularly saccharin sound can only come from the mind of someone whos in love with life and music. its what puppy love sounds like for our generation. following the paul woolford remix of t. williams and terri walkers heartbeat comes local action 006, the first 12inch release by an amazing new artist from manchester, uk, called damu. after this, hes got material penciled in for blackdowns keysound label and more. the title track, a stand-out from girl units xlr8r podcast last year, is one of the best tunes weve put out yet, full of colour with just the right amount of lushness to it. while a lot of uk dance music right now seems to use colourful synths in an unimaginative way, damus drip, glow and fizz at every turn in the same way that ill blu or funkystepz do. listening to mermaids like diving head-first into a lagoon. after that youve got three more killers: the iron assault of >beat of zen< and the few-more-intense >sequinny<, plus a ‘beat of zen remix by chicago juke titans dj rashad and dj earl. early support comes from lv, girl unit, sinden, brodinski, starkey and more

a collection of remixes for lena raine’s album “oneknowing”.

uniiqu3’s “heartbeats ep” finally available on vinyl. b-stock - cover with seam-split / dent, vinyl unaffected.

deftly crafted house from baltra.

india jordan is back on local action with her biggest, best and most personal body of work yet.

“oneknowing” is the debut artist album by acclaimed composer and producer lena raine, most recently known for her multiple award-winning soundtrack for the video game celeste.

finn comes of age with a five-track ep for local action. finns debut single *keep calling* was an instant hit. played relentlessly by djs like slackk, mr mitch, dj q, kode9, murlo and eclair fifi, it introduced the world to finns sample-heavy blend of grime, rnb and us club music, and was one of the years best-received singles (#6 track of the year on juno.) it is also responsible for one of the best ever boiler room singalongs.

palm tree fire, paul lynchs debut album, showcases grimes flexibility away from the club, using a (mostly) 140bpm tempo as a starting point for atmospheric, imaginative music as inspired by eastern mood pieces as the uk pirate radio culture that was his starting point as slackk. the vinyl lp comes with download code.

after a decade of club singles spanning bassline house, garage, grime and more, dj q releases his debut album. although he has been releasing club tracks since the start of the 00s, dj q had his breakthrough moment in 2008 with *u wot*, one of the biggest tracks to come out of the uks bassline house / niche explosion. the years since have seen him hold down residencies on bbc radio 1xtra and ministry of sound radio, while releasing on butterz, unknown to the unknown and local action.

support from ben ufo, brackles, deadboy, dj haus, logos, blackdown, jon k, murlo, compa and many more
theres something in the water in instrumental grime right now, with a new wave of producers twisting the genres trademarks into amazing new shapes. at the forefront of all this is slackk, whose radio slots on nts and rinse fm and monthly soundcloud mixes have become the place to keep up on new grime. slackks always been on this wave, of course...

a club-focussed amalgamation of swung techno, garage and more, with nods to the uks oft-forgotten bassline house scene. its the strongest statement yet from one of dance musics best prospects. first pressing comes on white marbled vinyl 12, with individually spray-painted white sleeves.

local action kick off 2012 with a pair of vinyl-only tracks by dj q, including the massively hyped brandy & coke.qs a regular dj on londons radio 1xtra, a legend in the uks bassline house scene, and his remix of wooo riddim (released on butterz last year) is one of the best grime tracks of recent years. here he proves that he can make garage with a million times more swing and soul than all that future garage / post-dubstep stuff going around – basically, he’s the real deal. comes packaged on heavyweight red vinyl in a clear plastic sleeve with sticker. early support from brenmar, sinden, scratcha dva, mixmag, brodinski and those that know.

following the shock success of t. williams >heartbeat<, voted #3 dance track of the year by us itunes, local action returns for 2011 with the debut 12 inch by contakt.
contakt hails from the midwest, but now lives in new york, where he helps run the acclaimed turrbotax® parties. the sinden-championed >not forgotten< is an ideal introduction to the balance he gets between detroit techno and contemporary underground club music, with huge galloping drums and fiery synths, while the b-side is dedicated to a stunning remix by rolando (underground resistance / ostgut-ton), and a real sleeper hit in the dark, stabbing >rhodophyta<.

deep teknologis t. williams is back with his biggest and best track to date.
following the t. williams ep (played and praised by sinden, kode9, 2562, brodinski, joy orbison, gerd janson and more), >heartbeat< sees him team up with terri walker, who earlier this year inked an album deal with none other than roc-a-fella records.

following the t. williams ep, acclaimed by everyone from joy orbison to sinden, comes local action 002, the debut ep by new york wonderkid svpreme fiend.
on the surface its haunted 2step in the vein of burial, but the more you listen the more you realise theres little else like it, with skeletal drums, beautiful melodies, rnb and soul vocals bent into twisted, purgatorial shapes. sketches of tracks that form and dissipate in front of your eyes.
the killer ep collects 4 of his garage-leaning tracks - future stuff from svpreme will be weirder, housier, sometimes beatless. but this is the perfect introduction.

massive release from deep teknologies t.williams thats been getting major play from kode9, ramadanman and marcus nasty. run in association with londons phonica records comes a new label from the capital, local action. its first release takes the form of the debut ep by t. williams, one half of the immensely talented uk house duo deep teknologi. a stable that works closely with cooly g, ma1, ben westbeech and more, deep teknologis sound is unique and modern, but steeped in house tradition.

incl tracks by 96 back, dawn richard, dj jayhood, dj q, e.m.m.a., india jordan, terri walker