"Four Seasons in Kyoto" marks the final chapter of The Kyoto Connection’s Ambient Japanese trilogy, following "Postcards" (2018) and "The Flower, The Bird and The Mountain" (2022). Like its predecessors, this album pays homage to the pioneering ambient and environmental music movements of 1980s and 1990s Japan.

The album unfolds as the imagined soundtrack to life in a quiet rural village, where nature and tradition shape the rhythm of everyday existence. Across 14 evocative compositions, The Kyoto Connection captures the essence of Japan’s ever-changing seasons, weaving together delicate melodies and immersive soundscapes. With contributions from friends and fans in Japan, "Four Seasons in Kyoto" is both a tribute and a transportive listening experience from producer Facundo Arena, the composer and producer behind The Kyoto Connection.

With "Four Seasons in Kyoto", Facundo Arena continues his deep exploration of Japanese ambient and environmental music, blending his long-standing admiration for Kyoto’s cultural heritage with a sound that feels both nostalgic and timeless. While "Postcards" was an instinctive homage and "The Flower, The Bird and The Mountain" drew from real Kyoto field recordings, this final chapter in the trilogy leans further into the imagined, an intimate portrait of an unseen yet deeply felt Japan.

Recorded using a mix of vintage synths, delicate acoustic instrumentation, and subtle electronic textures, "Four Seasons in Kyoto" refines The Kyoto Connection’s signature approach. Organic soundscapes and drifting melodies mirror the slow change of seasons, evoking the impermanence central to Japanese aesthetics. The result is a record that seamlessly bridges the natural and the synthetic, memory and imagination, a fitting conclusion to a journey that began with an algorithmic discovery and blossomed into a rich sonic world of its own.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Enchanted garden ambience with a heavy nod to the Japanese greats that precede it. The Kyoto Connection emit a sincere and pure tone out of their base in Argentina.

TRACK LISTING

Ihojin
A Drop Of Dew
Four Seasons In Kyoto
Mindscape
The Shore
Playground
Yurei
Kyoto Sound Logo
Dedication
Mindscape Ii
Seiko
Solitud
Ryokan
Love Letter

'Pickled Eggs & Sherbet' is the sole album by English electronic group The All Seeing I - the production trio of Dean Honer, Jason Buckle and Richard Barrett (aka DJ Parrot).

Part of the late nineties big beat / trip hop scene, it brought together many disparate threads of the Sheffield's music scene past (and then) present including contributions from the likes of cabaret crooner Tony Christie, Human League frontman Phil Oakey and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklist:
1. Walk Like A Panther
2. No Return
3. Beat Goes On
4. Sweet Music
5. Mary
6. 1st Man In Space
7. Drive Safely Darling
8. Stars On Sunday
9. Big Pecker
10. I Peggio
11. I Walk
12. Happy Birthday Nicola
13. Plastic Diamond

CD Tracklist:
1. Walk Like A Panther
2. No Return
3. Beat Goes On
4. Sweet Music
5. Mary
6. 1st Man In Space
7. Drive Safely Darlin'
8. Stars On Sunday
9. Big Pecker
10. I Walk
11. I Peggio
12. Happy Birthday Nicola
13. Plastic Diamond
14. Dirty Girl
15. Airy Armpits
16. Beat Goes Wrong
17. Sweaty Walls
18. Pickled Eggs & Sherbet
19. Beat Goes On (La De Da De De Mix)
20. First Crooked Man
21. First Crooked Dub
22. I Walk Crooked
23. Return Of The Crooked Cat

Danny Ward’s 30-year career has been far from predictable. While best known for the musical eclecticism of his Dubble D project, the dance floor-focused nous of his work as Moodymanc and as a member of the groundbreaking 20:20 Soundsystem, Ward’s bulging CV also includes stints drumming for artists as diverse as Fila Brazillia, Rae & Christian, and The Pharcyde, to Jazz luminaries Mat Halsall and Nat Birchall, alongside countless collaborations (Flora Purim and Nightmares on Wax to name but a couple) and numerous evenings spent adding live percussion to DJ sets at iconic Leeds club night Back To Basics.

Now the long-serving Manchester musician and producer has a new project to share via NuNorthern Soul: Balaphonic. Inspired by a mixture of lockdown-era studio experiments, online collaborations, his long-held love for Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian rhythms and a desire to do things differently, Resolution Revolutions is a gorgeously sonically detailed and immersive album that takes Ward’s musical output to a whole new level.

Like many musicians, Ward used the forced lockdowns of the global COVID-19 pandemic to retreat to his basement studio and make music. Focusing on utilising all of the acoustic and electronic tools at his disposal – not least his beloved percussion instruments – Ward took the opportunity not only to draw on a wide range of musical influences and ideas, but also rhythms, grooves and time signatures. As well as composing new tracks from scratch, he also revisited older compositions with fresh eyes and ears.

The results are simply stunning. Ward sets his stall out via the exotic, slow-burn Balearic warmth of ‘Sunflowers in Dub (Deep Summer Mix)’, where echoing whistles, harmonica motifs, sitar sounds, and cascading piano motifs rise above dub-wise bass and seductive, soft-focus beats. The heady, eyes closed vibe continues on the sunrise-ready awakening of ‘Disorganics (All Strings Mix)’, a samba-soaked summer shuffle rich in sparkling acoustic guitars and infectious Latin percussion, and the fretless bass-sporting Afro-Cuban yearning of ‘Six Fingers’.

As Resolution Revolutions progresses, Ward’s deep love of club-adjacent and dancefloor-focused rhythms subtly comes to the fore. There’s ‘Udders’, a hybrid – and hypnotising – fusion of chopped-up South American percussion, marimba-style melodic motifs, looped bass and spacey electronics, and Ocean Waves Brasil collaboration ‘Oxum’, a mid-tempo Afro-Brazilian deep house number wrapped in deliciously dreamy chords and gentle acid lines.

Similarly impressive and inspired is closing cut ‘Bloco Manco’, where Ward peppers a delay-laden Latin beat and a deep, weighty, dancehall style bassline in waves of echoing hand percussion and restless timbales patterns. Stripped-back, raw and seriously sub-heavy, it provides a jaw-dropping conclusion to one of Ward’s most perfectly formed albums yet.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Sunflowers In Dub [Deep Summer Mix]
A2. Disorganics [All Strings Mix]
A3. Six Fingers
B1. Udders
B2. Oxum Feat. Ocean Waves Brasil
B3. Bloco Manco

Following a string of increasingly electronica-minded releases, Billow Observatory returns to the haunted hunting grounds of their 2012 debut with a fully ambient, percussion-less pearl.

Embracing chance and randomness, spectral guitars rise, flitter, and crackle into dusty particulates as the concept of time is thrown out the window on each track. An increasingly hostile society no doubt contributes to the album's sense of introspection and the quest for "otherness". Brooding, spooky, and beautiful, listeners are rewarded with a highly detailed collection of songs evoking visions of slowly spinning globes being knocked slightly off axis.

The duo, consisting of Jason Kolb (Michigan, US) and Jonas Munk (Denmark) started working together in 2006, sending each other tracks across the Atlantic, eventually resulting in a full-length release on Felte in 2012. What started out as a side project to their respective main projects (Auburn Lull and Manual) have slowly become the main activity for both artists, now with a total of four full-lengths under their belt. Their music has also evolved and matured over the years, reaching a level of perfection that’s only granted producers who've been in the game for decades. Billow Observatory have by now established themselves as purveyors of highly refined ambient music

TRACK LISTING

1. Broken City Seance
2. Systol Nightshade
3. Vanish Always
4. Colza
5. The Glass Curtain
6. Shadow Through The Eyelit
7. Armistice
8. Arise And Perish
9. Sundial

Kerri Chandler returns to his Kaoz Theory imprint with Lost & Found Vol. 4, the latest installment in his archive-focused series. A true pioneer of house music, Chandler continues to push boundaries, maintaining his legacy at the forefront of the genre.

With Lost & Found, Chandler delves deep into his vault, unearthing hidden gems and giving them new life. This volume features 'Since I Met You' featuring the late Michael Watford, the atmospheric 'Grandiose Garden' by Alopeke, 'Circles' featuring Natalia, and closes with the deep, driving energy of 'The Dark One.'

TRACK LISTING

A1. Kerri Chandler - Since I Met You Ft Michael Watford
A2. Alopeke - Grandiose Garden
B1. Kerri Chandler - Circles Ft. Natalia
B2. Kerri Chandler - The Dark One

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.”

This line from Patti Smith was going round and round Felix Manuel’s head as he gradually constructed "Under Tangled Silence", his first album in six years and a record of a literal creative rebirth. Felix originally began it in earnest in 2020 Covid lockdown, but a catastrophic hard-drive meltdown destroyed almost all his work and sent him close to psychic collapse himself. However, ultimately this pushed him to rebuild from scratch and in so doing to confront and reassess every part of his musical and psychological processes.

The result is utterly extraordinary. Felix was a child prodigy as an instrumentalist and his advanced musicality has always been prominent in his music, but here he has put himself front and centre as pianist, harpist and more. And this sense of exposure as a performer interweaves with an unflinching emotional openness too. Where sometimes electronic production as advanced as this can use intellect and techniques as shields from soul-baring, this is the sound of someone who can boldly convey plenty of emotion and feeling in his productions. 

But this doesn’t mean there’s a move away from the soundsystems and dancefloors where Felix made his name as a uniquely innovative DJ. Even just in the opening track “A Tune for Us”, minimalist piano ripples and jazz drumming flow into the breaks of vintage jungle – and as the structure of the LP unfolds, a deep ambient meditation like “Hold” can sit very naturally in between the futurist dancehall of “L’Ancienne” and the high-definition acid house mind movie of “Galaxy in Silence”. In fact, as with the hands-on musicianship, that gutsy big-speaker electronic impact is delivered with more certainty, more expertise, more personal flourishes than ever. And all of those elements are more integrated than ever too: the sound of a total musical personality emerging afresh is truly something to behold. An already remarkable talent has been refreshed, reborn and is making the music of his life.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Long serving UK vet makes a welcome return. A reinvention of sorts, it sees Felix tread intrepidly into new sonic pastures, all the while maintaining that strong sense of musicality and sound system prowess that's marked much of this prolific producer's back catalogue. A triumph for many reasons (not least for motivating himself back into gear following a disastrous hard drive meltdown!).

TRACK LISTING

A1. A Tune For Us
A2. Waxcap
A3. Unweaving
B1. L'Ancienne
B2. Hold
B3. Galaxy In Silence
B4. Reprise
C1. Three Foxes Chasing Each Other
C2. Let Me
D1. Out Of Dust
D2. Sycamore 

Back in 2017, Field Of Dreams remixed the deep house masterpiece, 'La Nuit Des Tropiques' by Les Crocodiles. It became a firm favourite with the late, great Andrew Weatherall and his partner Sean Johnston at the ALFOS parties.

With only a few DJ's given a copy of the demo, it gathered momentum and was set to be huge. Unfortunately, due to a couple of abortive attempts to get it pressed, it was never released. The FoD boys have now licensed their own remix and can now put it out there for all to enjoy on their own label.
Add to that an amazing Pete Herbert chuggy remix of their 'Pourquoi?' single which, again, never saw the light of day until recently, on digital, and we have a pretty special 12" already.

Al & Chris decided that wasn't enough. They thought their much loved deep house track, 'In Our House', needed a bit more love so gave it a slight re-edit/re-eq and brought a banging new track, 'Protect Yourself' into the fold. The result is a rather special 12" inch record with four completely different but equally strong tracks.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Bit of a special one this as it collates four highly desirable joints into one tidy 12" package. From the Weatherall endorsed "La Nuit Des Tropiques" to the chuggy FoD's originals; its a ALFOS-friendly party alright, and everyone's invited!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Les Crocodiles- La Nuit Des Tropiques (Field Of Dreams Remix)
A2.Field Of Dreams_Protect Yourself
AA1. Field Of Dreams - Pourquoi ? (Pete Herbert Remix)
AA2. Field Of Dreams_In Our House (Full House)

Footshooter is the moniker of Barney Whittaker, a south London-based producer and DJ. His production style takes in influences from broken beat, jazz, house and more, working with rappers, poets and vocalists to create a soulful sound referencing the past while being firmly future-facing in its approach. His records as Footshooter and SAUL have earned airplay and support on BBC Radio 1 & 1xtra, BBC 6 Music, NTS Radio, Jazz FM and Rinse FM, from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Bradley Zero, Errol (Touching Bass), Alex Nut (Eglo Records) Shy One, Virgil Abloh, Zakia, Jyoti, Nabihah Iqbal, Bonobo, Jamz Supernova, Maryanne Hobbs, Mr Scruff and more.

His musically diverse live band sets and DJ sets over the past seven years have taken him to Boiler Room London, Tate Modern, Alexandra Palace, The Jazz Cafe and the Barbican Centre, as well as performances at Brainchild, We Out Here and Love Supreme Festivals. A Balamii Radio resident for the past 5 years with his monthly show 'Sonic Fruits', Footshooter's DJ sets are as versatile and wide ranging as his production credits, spanning the finest soulful house, broken beat, UK Rap, soul, jazz and beyond.

TRACK LISTING

1. Cycles (feat. James Mollison)
2. Obelisk (feat. Natty Wylah & Brother Portrait)
3. Reverie
4. Boomerang (feat. Native & Wilf Petherbridge)
5. Surrey Canal Road (feat. James Mollison)
6. Folding (feat. Allysha Joy)
7. Here To Learn (feat. Andre Espeut)
8. Sermon (feat. Sara El Harrak)
9. Parc De Belleville (feat. Wilf Petherbridge)
10. What You Saw (feat. MA.MOYO & Mahon)

Slippery customer Harri Pierson returns with four more leftfield dance chops for your turntables. 'Forget It Mate' is an Australian prog obscurity given some TLC. 'Mr Miami' sounds like something from the golden era of Italian House but, in reality, comes from a very unlikely source.

Onto side B and 'Spank Dat' is an acoustic version of a disco classic from a big act with impeccable Balearic credentials. Meanwhile, if any track needed the vocals edited out of it, it's 'Just No!', now in the hands of Harri, it's finally safe to play.

This 12" has been mastered with love by the Grammy award-winning Frank at the Carvery for maximum dancefloor punch.

VINYL ONLY !

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Worth it for uplifting beach ball dream house of "Mr. Miami" alone; Harri Pierson quickly establishes domination of your record bag with three other high pedigree edits spanning oddball cosmic disco and vintage Ozzy prog.

TRACK LISTING

A. Forget It Mate
A. Mr Miami
B. Spank Dat
B. Just No

"I’ve been partying since 1984,” says Jamal Moss, the living Chicago legend known by his dedicated cult following as the one, the only, Hieroglyphic Being. “40 years later, it’s drastically different - everybody’s angry!” So sets the stage for 'Dance Music 4 Bad People', the artist’s first album for Smalltown Supersound. Tapping back into the same cosmic frequencies responsible for the prolific house virtuoso’s most vital work, the album sees Moss coaxing nine anthems for those up to no good from out of the ether. With driving drum machine workouts and low-slung synth sexuality, Hieroglyphic Being pays homage to human fallibility, drawing focus on the revolutionary potential of house music and club culture that is so often lost to the chaos of the present. “I have yet to walk into a club and see everybody hug and say: Let’s forgive each other, let’s move forward and make the world a better place,” he levels. “With all these conversations about sexuality, ethnicity, politics, whatever, when you walk into an environment with the music, you are supposed to celebrate all of that. Let it be and come together.” 

TRACK LISTING

1. U R Not Dying U R Just Waking Up
2. The Secret Teachings Of The Ages
3. The Map Of Salt & Stars
4. Reality Is Not What It May Seem
5. I´m In A Strange Loop
6. Dispatches From The B4 Life
7. Awakening From The Daydreams
8. The Art Of Living A Meaningless Existence

'Tết 41' is the latest record by modular synthesist and Berghain resident JakoJako (Sibel Koçer), marking her album debut for Mute.

Recorded during a trip to Vietnam and bookended by field recordings from Tết Lunar New Year celebrations, the album is illuminated by references to Koçer’s heritage. The melodic palette breaks away from traditional Western scales, drawing instead from the tonal intricacies of the Vietnamese language, inspired by overheard conversations. The album and track titles further honour the vibrant Tết festivities, shrines, and landmarks she encountered during her travels.

This album is, in many ways, a distillation of ideas she has been exploring for years. Tapping into a deep understanding of machine-based music, crafted with a minimalist setup consisting of a Eurorack and Waldorf Iridium Core, 'Tết 41' reflects on notions of rebirth, and the pursuit of a sonic core. From this simplicity emerge some of her most expansive, unworldly compositions to date. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Shimmering, paddling arps and swirling FM synth blips coming together into a beautifully smooth but undeniably textural selection of blissful modular synth soundscapes.

TRACK LISTING

1. Xin Chào
2. Kumquat
3. Lì Xì
4. Hoa đào
5. Ghi-Ta
6. Đà Nẵng
7. Dragon Bridge
8. Chim Sẻ
9. Gió
10. Cảm ơn

From early on in her artistic journey, composer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Rebekka Karijord, has been fascinated by the human voice.

Known for her sweeping film scores (like for the Hulu Greta Thunberg documentary I Am Greta) as well as her work with artist Jessica Dessner and The National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner in the group Complete Mountain Almanac, she brings a unique musical perspective and skillset to every one of her projects. The Bell Tower, her seventh solo album, is one of her most ambitious records to date.

The Bell Tower is many things at once: it's an ode to our planet in peril; it's a missive from a mother to her children; it's a meditation on humanity and our place within the natural world. On top of that, it's also an experiment, something that evolved from a tiny idea into an all- encompassing work that touches upon 19th- century poetry, environmental activism, and the cross-section of digital and organic instrumentation. There's admittedly a lot to unpack, which becomes even more impressive when you actually give the album a spin and realize that Rebekka has managed to stack all of these ideas and moods into something that is balanced, harmonious, and at times, even calming. One reason for this is the way she has produced the album- which features voice only-in a way that is as engaging as it is innovative.

It takes a great deal of technical knowledge to successfully create experimental or ambient-leaning music, and The Bell Tower's many complex layers are solidly built by Rebekka's expertise.

TRACK LISTING

Lacrimosa 
Sanctuary 
Fugue
Serenade
You, Mountain 
City By The Sea
Megafaun
9th Duino Elegy 
Earth
Let This Darkness Be A Bell Tower
Vespera

Klasse Wrecks is happy to welcome a young new producer to its ranks, hailing from the magical city of Sheffield, Kwake is fresh on the scene with a debut EP brimming with style and function. The 'Nucleus' EP is a well curated selection of 303 and breakbeat sprinkled dance tracks, powerful enough to move the feet but with enough consideration to inspire the mind.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Klasse Wrecks continues to rattle the warehouse and bug the bassbins with an acid-flecked breakbeat romp from Sheffield's Kwake.

TRACK LISTING

1. Nucleus
2. Cold Automation
3. Casini
4. Albion

'The Rising Wave' marks the debut collaboration between singer-songwriter Marlene Ribeiro (of psychedelic band GNOD) and electronic producer Shackleton under the name Light Space Modulator.

Ribeiro’s ethereal voice—part singing, part incantation—feels both distant and intimate, humming just behind the horizon. Her experimental soundscapes flow like a streamlined river, intertwining seamlessly with Shackleton’s deep, textural production and intricate percussion. Shackleton’s percussive production ebbs and swells, conjuring a hypnotic, trippedout atmosphere. At 'The Rising Wave’s core lies a sense of intention, a cleansing ritual designed to shift perception and inspire transformation.

TRACK LISTING

1. SECRETS KEPT
2. BURNING WITHIN
3. HER NAME
4. I DREAMED OF A LOVER
5. ONDA / DO YOU BELIEVE?
6. THESE THINGS
7. THE LONG BURIED HOPE
8. THE LAST TIME

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter. Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene that influenced a generation.

Working with iconic acts including the Prodigy, New Order, the Chemical Brothers, Snoop Dogg, Fat Boy Slim, Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, Four Tet, the Gallagher brothers and Jamie XX, he has thrown some of the biggest parties that the UK has ever seen. But it wasn’t an easy road to get there. As this no-holds-barred account makes clear, Manchester’s music revolution was fuelled by raw energy, creativity, enterprise and a number of other unidentified substances.

From drive-by shootings to gang turf wars and nights out that never ended, Sacha Lord reveals, at 130bpm, the highs – and lows – of life bringing some of the planet’s biggest stars to the world’s greatest city. Featuring makeshift helipads, oysters with Grace Jones and more drugged-up rats than you could shake a big stick at, Tales From the Dance Floor is an absolute banger of a book.

Lullahush’s forthcoming LP, 'Ithaca', reaffirms his place as one of Ireland’s most boundary-pushing artists, blending experimental electronic production with heartfelt storytelling that interrogates themes of pride, home, and belonging. With acclaim from Earmilk, The Line of Best Fit and Hotpress, Lullahush is a testament to Ireland’s evolving musical identity.

TRACK LISTING

1. An Droighneán Donn
2. Maggie Na BhFlaitheas
3. Jimmy An Chladaigh
4. Maija An Uisce
5. Maddy Na Farraige
6. Kitty Na Gaoithe
7. Dónal Na Gealaí
8. Máire Na Réiltíní
9. Raglan Road

MAD012 has arrived! or as we’ve been referring to it the ‘M.A.D Garage’ EP. (as in Paradise Garage)

After receiving Magari and Ilija Rudman’s tracks within a short time of each other it felt like a perfect fit to pair them together. Both productions give a nod to the 80s House sound whilst expertly bringing the aesthetic up to date.

Magari has provided us with an eyes closed dub’d out groover and Rudman supplies a winding and weaving synthesised journey, giving a sonic glimpse in to his fully stocked studio.

It’s always been top of our list to work with the inimitable Mark Seven. His music is a staple of our sets and as many of you know, is somewhat of guiding light of our scene. Any fan of Parkway Records knows it’s always an exciting day when they announce something new, needless to say we are proud to present a Parkway Powermix on M.A.D.

Finally, our good friend, the extremely versatile Producer/DJ Manuel Darquart finishes off the record with a sublime rolling take on ‘Danceteria’. If somehow you didn’t know him already consider yourself informed.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Magari - Mars Bar
A2. Magari - Mars Bar (Parkway Power Mix)
B1. Ilija Rudman - Danceteria
B2. Ilija Rudman - Danceteria (Manuel Darquart Remix)

Swedish artist Martinou crafts deeply immersive electronic music, seamlessly balancing weight and delicacy. His productions oscillate between hypnotic intensity and introspective warmth, always evoking a visceral response on the dancefloor.
After releasing on acclaimed labels like Nous’klaer, Turbo Recordings, and Mule Musiq, the Malmö-based producer now makes his long-awaited debut on Stockholm’s Studio Barnhus. His “Linked” LP showcases six meticulously layered compositions, where intricate rhythms intertwine with luminous melodies – ethereal synths drifting in and out of the grooves, shaping an atmosphere that’s both expansive and deeply personal.

With “Linked”, Martinou further refines his signature approach, crafting music that feels at once free-flowing and deliberate. It’s a record that invites deep listening yet remains primed for the floor – a testament to the Malmö maestro's knack for blurring the lines between club functionality and sonic storytelling.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Textured and immersive, landing somewhere between Four Tet, Hivern and Floating Points. Effortless grooves that flow naturally and with a quiet confidence. Highly mellifluous audio artefacts and intriguing rhythms. A magical piece.

TRACK LISTING

A 33 RPM 1. You Took Me In / 2. Blur
B 45 RPM 1. Somewhere
C 33 RPM 1. Between Here And Home / 2. Light (from Within)
D 45 RPM 1. This Is Not The End

Hot Biscuits collaborator Linkwood, fresh from his collaboration with the Mighty Zaf on the Phlash Forever EP, delivers 3 absolute bombs for the legendary Moton Records Inc.

Limited stock, so get your orders in early.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Make It Better (Linkwood Edits)
B1. No Easy (Linkwood Edits)
B2. Brekkers (Linkwood Edits)

'Demilitarize' follows Nazar’s remarkable 2020 debut 'Guerrilla', which reprocessed Angolan kuduro music with rough textures, field recordings and media clips, telling a personal story of the civil war that exiled his family to Europe, while his father, a rebel General, fought a losing battle in the jungle back home. After 'Guerrilla', and an extended period of serious illness, now 'Demilitarize' is motivated by a reckoning with mortality and the flowering of new love, turning the ‘rough kuduro’ of 'Guerrilla' inside out.This is a deep sound world, genuinely dreamy, the arc of the album describing shedding the armour of trauma and surrendering to this new situation. A constant and unexpected aspect of 'Demilitarize' is Nazar's gentle, submerged vocal. Insistent and mantra-like, it’s like a cross between Elisabeth Frazer, Arthur Russell and Frank Ocean, and the music is fragile and opaque in response. The rhythms of kuduro are still here,but move around his voice like fish around a swimmer, while precise sound design illuminates from different angles. Chords spiral, ripple and shoot through the beats giving tracks the loosest of settings; songs disassemble; vocals float off-centre.

TRACK LISTING

1. Core
2. Anticipate
3. War Game
4. Mantra
5. Unlearn
6. Disarm
7. Open
8. Safe
9. Heal
10. DMZ

Originally released on Deviate in 1995, this 13 minute techno trip caused mayhem on dancefloors across the world and was used by Carl Craig in his selection for the influential DJ Kicks series.

Finally after all those years, Dutch producer Peter Aarsman presents the re-issue of his iconic peak-time tracks called "Entangled". Originally released on Deviate in 1995, this 13 minute techno trip caused mayhem on dancefloors across the world and was used by Carl Craig in his selection for the influential DJ Kicks series. Peter's love for early Detroit techno in can be heard in the beautiful "Res*lute". Warm strings, deep basslines and a repetitive synth theme provide for a stunning track which was used by Carl Craig in his selection for the influential DJ Kicks series. "Res*lute" also comes in a rawer house remix by Frame Of Mind label head Gerd.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Came for the Carl Craig-endorsed "Entangled" track but ended up staying and losing my shit to Gerd's dub of "Res*lute"; a thick, claustrophobic trip into 4am dub-technoid dirg. Very nice.

TRACK LISTING

1 Entangled
2 Res*lute (gerd Dub Mix)
3 Res*lute

Stone-cold deep house from Italy, straight from 1991!

Q-Base’s legendary "Atmosphere EP" isn’t just a record - it’s a deep house masterpiece. Revered by DJs and music lovers across the globe, this gem, crafted by the iconic duo Andrea Gemolotto & Claudio Zennaro, is an absolute must-have for anyone who craves melodic, dubby, and otherworldly sounds.

Originally released on the groundbreaking DFC label, this EP is a shining moment in its history. And now, it’s back - better than ever! Alongside the three timeless original tracks from 1991, they've added a killer bonus: the Idjut Boys' electrifying 1999 version.

Repackaged, refreshed, and fully endorsed by the DFC crew— - his is the ultimate edition of a true deep house classic. Get ready to step back into the "Atmosphere" and feel the Q-Base magic all over again!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A deep house number from '91 that found massive favour on the Balearic scene of the mid 90s. Now updated with a dreamy AF Idjuts version; one of the ultimate holiday house records no-one should be without.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Il Sole (The Sun) (Deep Mix)
A2. Il Vento (The Wind) (Underground Mix)
B1. La Pioggia (The Rain) (Tribal Mix)
B2. La Pioggia (The Rain) (Version Idjut) 

The first release to document the solo cello work of musician and composer Lucy Railton, the 40-minute composition 'Blue Veil' recorded at Église du Saint-Esprit in Paris invites listeners into the realm of precision-tuned states of resonance: states made manifest through Railton’s careful traversal of her cello’s most subtle acoustic characteristics as they harmonically interlock with mind’s embodied modalities of attention and imagination.

'Blue Veil' arises out of, is sustained in and finally dissolves back into Railton’s momentary presence with her intimate connection to the cello, a way of hearing that allows for a deeper engagement with harmonic resonance, one that opens a space for immediate encounters of mind and sound.

Railton’s exploratory practice of harmonic perception emerges from a focus on the physical qualities of intervallic and chordal sounds, their textural qualities, degrees of friction, and inner pulsations. Composing in the moment guided by resonances within the cello’s body, her own, and their shared vibrational space, Railton moves through 'Blue Veil' by giving sounds what they ask for: sounds of pure texture manifesting as a move through temporal transparency, sounds of rough texture marking regions of dimensionally dense space.

Railton’s creative and highly refined use of just intonation harmony deforms sound’s inner movements in ways that suggest a mode of listening that actively supplies imagery of sounds implied or completely absent rather than merely savouring those fully present. This active mode of “listening-with”, playfully and semi-metaphorically referred to by Railton as “sing-along music”, allows listening to reflexively participate in the music’s movement as it gradually passes through richly saturated domains of harmonic imagination. And just as the precision-tuned tones of Blue Veil lose their individuality when fusing multifaceted uniformity, listening’s structures of reference and recognition dissolve into nameless waves of intensity, continuously unfolding themselves upon and merging with the listener.

'Blue Veil' is the result of a deep exploration of the inner worlds of tuning, an undertaking in turn informed by and emerging out of Railton’s realisations of the music of Catherine Lamb and Ellen Arkbro, her collaborative work with Kali Malone and Stephen O’Malley as well as her interpretive practice in performing the work of Maryanne Amacher, Morton Feldman and others.

TRACK LISTING

1. Phase I
2. Phase II
3. Phase III
4. Phase IV
5. Phase V
6. Phase VI
7. Phase VII

A prolific producer, Robohands has released five albums since 2018 including his debut LP 'Green' released on Village Live records, incorporating elements of jazz, krautrock and ambient music.

TRACK LISTING

1. Thermae
2. The Atrium

The brilliant Salami Rose Joe Louis (aka Lindsay Olsen) returns for further adventures in experimental dream pop on new album 'Lorings'. Olsen conjures her utterly inimitable sound from her long term musical partner – the Roland MV8800 lovingly nicknamed FunFunFun and 'Lorings' features collabs with Flanafi, Omari Jazz and Luke Titus. Previously earning praise from The New York Times, Paste, Crack Mag, The Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Bandcamp (“glowing bouquets of homespun electric jazz and soul”), and The FADER (“an electrified passage of fusion perfection”), her influences range from musical giants Shuggie Otis and Herbie Hancock, composer and all-round visionary Raymond Scott, plus Stereolab and Flying Lotus. An effortless genre-traveller her records are packed with short bursts of experimental pop, abstract beats and bedroom R&B. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Inside
2. Motorway (feat. Flanafi)
3. That Must Be Hard For You
4. A Sauna Sized Pill
5. I Dunno Ways
6. I Will Never Say
7. Crow, Friendship
8. Hobbies
9. Basketball (feat. Flanafi)
10. Arm Fell Asleep
11. Fill The Void (feat. Omari Jazz)
12. Upstairs
13. Wet Log
14. Dribs And Drags (feat. Luke Titus)
15. A Pool To Cry In (feat. Flanafi)
16. Farewell
17. Fill The Void // House By The Lake // Coda

Sasha links up with Joseph Ashworth for epic new single 'HiFiHi' comes on Sasha's Last Night on Earth as two different versions

Sasha has been on an exceptional run of form of late, not least in collaboration with a wide range of innovative producers. His work continues to explore the most moving end of the electronic spectrum, both in terms of well-crafted grooves but also inescapable synth emotions. This time he links with Joseph Ashworth, Sound Of Outside label head and a regular on the likes of Anjunadeep, Needwant and Pets Recordings. His painstakingly crafted sound draws from a wide spectrum of influence, is rich in texture and melody and has seen him serve up indelible DJ sets all over the world.Together these studio wizards cook up 'HiFiHi' which is a sublime seven-minute trip built on bass, full of drama and tension. The silky synth lines weave in and out with rising chords and vocal motifs all enriching it with warmth and soul. After an epic build-up, fresh synth energy breaks out with trance-inducing magic and euphoric chords that bring great emotional release. The LoFiLo Mix is more mellow and with extra vulnerability in the elegant blend of synths and melodies that wash over you in a beautifully serene and escapist fashion.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Sasha continues his Last Night On Earth with more proggy goodness. Joined with Joseph Ashworth, "HiFiHi" is a hedonistic, open-air beast that soars outta the speaker stacked with euphoric vox and stratospheric energy.

TRACK LISTING

A. HiFiHi 
B. HiFiHi (LoFiLo Mix) 

'Taba' voices a subtle yet surprising shift for the Japanese musician and producer Satomimagae. Observing and absorbing the fleeting scenes and sounds of life flowing outside of her home studio, 'Taba' unfolds as a series of vignettes that document the personal and the universal. Satomi sings beyond herself in an orbit of souls and systems known and unknown, seen and unseen, in the present and in the strange flux of memory, leaving linear songwriting to rest for circuitous stories expanded and expansive in tone and texture

Following the logic of 'Taba', a Japanese term for a bunch, bundle or grouping together of different things, the album is assembled as a loose collection of short stories. Shapeshifting into something like a poet-narrator, Satomi casts her writer’s eye to the often perplexing shapes that form from quotidian events and exchanges defining our increasingly alienated age. Where Satomi’s last full-length, 2021’s, bloomed from the lush soil of a private inner sphere, the bird’s eye of Tabasearches to place the artist—somewhere, somehow—within a wider, wilder world.“I was thinking about how we see people as a group and individuals within a group,” Satomi says.“How groups are connected and how borders exist. The awareness that we are just one element in the collective (taba) and yet each individual’s invisible experiences and memories remain somewhere, influencing us, or society, without realizing it. We are small dots within a mass.

The first murmurs of Tabacan be heard surrounding Satomi’s song 'Dots', one of many shimmering points mapping the constellation of 2021’s 'Salutations' compilation on RVNG Intl. Drawn from a deep well of drafts that Satomi recorded to her iPhone during the early pandemic, 'Dots' was a wordless inner guide, ushering her down a shadowy yet still inviting path. Intrigued and inspired, Satomi held this feeling close, experimenting with new chords, rhythms, and tempos within these new creative surroundings. But it was another exchange with sound artistduenn, transmittedon their collaborative albumKyokai, that conjured the spirit of 'Taba'.

Kyokai’s theme of “something more than haiku but less than music” gave words to feeling, and activated an understanding that the sonic fragments Satomi was documenting were not simply unfinished sketches but potent formations. Setting aside her traditional folk song approach, and doing away with demos altogether, Satomi’s songwriting evolved into something closer to puzzling or patchworking with her cornerstone acoustic guitar and vocals connecting the pieces together into the imaginative arrangements heard throughout 'Taba'. Collaborations with other artists and musicians close to Satomi’s universe further elevate the sweeping sonics. Synthesizer lines from Norio, who also helps define the album’s visual identity through photo and video, enliven the tender ballad 'Kodama'.The bell-like Rhodes piano ringing in and around Satomi’s guitar on 'Dottsu' is played by Akhira Sano, who created the cover art for her 2021 'Colloid' EP.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ishi
2. Many
3. Tonbo
4. Horo Horo
5. Mushi Dance
6. Spells
7. Nami
8. Wakaranai
9. Dottsu
10. Kodama
11. Tent
12. Metallic Gold
13. Omajinai
14. Ghost

Elori Saxl's soundtrack for the VR film 'Texada' is an exploration of the smallness of human existence within the grand scope of geologic time, mirroring the film's exploration of Texada Island's limestone-rich landscape. Saxl, inspired by her own experiences of island life on Madeline Island, assembled a soundscape that captures both the vastness of Earth's ancient processes and the intimate moments of human existence. Using analog synthesizers, baritone saxophone (performed by Henry Solomon), and processed field recordings of water and rocks, she created ambient layers that evoke cycles, waves, and the transformative forces of nature.

The score begins with an exploration of Earth's origins and the emptiness of a rocky planet before life emerged. This foundation grows into pieces like 'The Quarry', where the central geological feature, limestone, takes on a dynamic presence. As loops and rumbling textures evoke the rise and movement of stone over millennia, as abstracted creatures spiral upwards, full of life. The album concludes with 'The Most Special Place', which serves as a final bridge between the cosmic and the intimate, leaving a lasting impression of how deeply human lives are intertwined with the ancient geology beneath our feet.

Saxl’s compositional process itself mirrors the themes of transformation and cycles. Working with limited time and resources, she recorded Solomon’s saxophone parts early in the project, later repurposing fragments through re-pitching, stretching, and digital effects. As she explains, "I experimented with bringing out the human character of the saxophone by highlighting breath and imperfections while also pushing it into an alien/unrecognizable/bigger world through digital processing and effects." The result is a soundtrack that feels both organic and otherworldly, capturing the grand scope of Earth's timeline while remaining grounded in human emotion and connection.

TRACK LISTING

1. How Big Is Time
2. It Happened Once
3. The Quarry
4. It Will Be Gone ADM
5. The Most Special Place

The hit series is back with four more solid dubs for the clubs! Vol III brings you more boogie; spaced out electro disco and dancefloor bangers, and this time Parkway is thrilled to include the dub of "Got To Find" a collaboration with Nicky Benedek! As always, all four tunes are primed and loaded for the floor. Limited numbers - don't miss.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: The iconic series continues to rattle, squelch and boing the best boogie and proto-house vibes this side of the Atlantic. Solo mission from label leader Mark Seven. Unmissable stuff that's always got a loving home here in Manchester.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Trust
A2. Runnin' Dub
B1. Time Storm
B2. Got To Find Dub (Featuring Benedek)

Full throttle techno rollers with dubby chords, trippy vocals and powerful basswork. Chest-beating, rafter-swingin, banshee-wailing late night cuts that'll ignite the fire in yer belly and raise the hairs on yer arm.

RIYL: turn-of-the-millennium Jeff Mills, Derrick May, DJ Bone, Richie Hawtin etc.

Limited copies. 

TRACK LISTING

A1 SLV – Signature
A2 SLV – Do High
B1 SLV – Far From The Madding
B2 SLV - Overcircle

"I fell into a deep sleep of reason Everything broken and hence when I woke up from that deep sleep of reason it all made sense”

A Unique Artistic Partnership. This project represents a distinct and carefully considered artistic endeavor. Developed by Mark Springer (Rip, Rig and Panic) and Neil Tennant (The Pet Shop Boys), it combines a suite for piano, quartet, and quintet with vocals, accompanied by lyrics offering thoughtful introspection. The collaboration explores the intersection of divergent creative approaches-one characterized by radical expression, the other by meticulous craftsmanship. The result is a work that invites reflection and demonstrates the potential of disciplined artistic dialogue

TRACK LISTING

1. Phantoms And Monsters
2. A Witch And A Devil
3. Truth Is For Losers
4. Schmutzig
5. My Friend The Monster
6. The Madness Of The Summer
7. Morn
8. Noon
9. Night
10. Flight
11. Break
12. Moon

Tornado Wallace arrives at Test Pressing with the main mix being a beautiful long track that develops over ten minutes, starting with keyboard melodies before the tracks goes into the club zone. The ‘Symphony Mix’ takes the train on an ambient mix with the Bitter Beats bringing fin for the DJ squad. 

TRACK LISTING

A1. Bitter Suite
B1. Bitter Suite (Symphony Mix)
B2. Bitter Beats

The Vendetta Suite is back to light up the early part of 2025 with a brilliant brace of singles on Hell Yeah. Kicking things off is a glorious acid house/disco thriller backed by a soothing out of body escape.

We’ve often referred to The Vendetta Suite as Belfast’s best kept secret, but with the quality music he keeps releasing he is rightly picking up ever more of a profile. The Hell Yeah regular has long been a key part of his native Northern Irish scene thanks to the way he mixes genres; ambient, post-rave Balearic, dub and acid house all in the mix with his own unique psychedelic magic.

First up is ‘The Jam Answer’, which taps into plenty of classic sounds but reinvents them for modern dancefloors. Bendy acid lines weave in between the dusty analogue drums, familiar acid house vocal samples and fizzing chord stabs bring the heat before a cosmic synth lead sings out with sunny soul. ‘Island Hill Microdot’ channels dreamy Chicago house, the futuristic styles of IDM with the blissed out warmth of Balearic. Carried along with gentle percussion, it’s an immersive soundscape that makes for the perfect tropical distraction.

Two very different but equally effective cuts from The Vendetta Suite.

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Jam Answer
B1. Island Hill Microdot

Highly sought after 90's Detroit techno holy grail, mastered and reissued for our enjoyment! The 2 remixes were never officially released, only a few handful amounts of white label copies were given out as promos from 430 West. Essential!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Aggro and menacing in parts, cerebral and hypnotic in others, Detroit really was miles ahead of the pack when it came to molesting the mainframes to do our musical willing.

TRACK LISTING

1 Vocoder
2 Vocoder Remix 1
3 Vocoder Remix 2

‘Keep it in the Family Vol. 2’ sees Handy Records return with our first release of 2025- the second instalment of our compilation series- featuring 5 carefully curated house cuts from a range of label mainstays and fresh sounds from artists between Wales, the Netherlands, Brazil and beyond- a stellar array of emergent and established artists.

Following our club-ready releases on our recently launched sublabel Natural Frequencies throughout 2024, we felt it was the right time to return to our roots - providing the finest in timeless and broad-reaching house music.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Earl Jeffers - Feel
A2. Zopelar - Move This Way (feat. Antonio Dal Bo)
B1. Retromigration - Fret
B2. Cem Mo - Rushmore
B3. Monty DJ - Sat15