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Two wicked, old school rollers from the ever excellent Ishio Dai, who works the frequencies in both of these woofer-wrecking bass cuts. Killer!

A brace of strong bass excursions from the the huge talent they call, Ishio Dai! Jamming on the 808, 'Coco Dub' & 'BS' bounce around some proper system-testing bass weight!

Figurehead of the Japanese jungle scene, Ishio Dai releases 'Mirage / Island Dub' on his own Effective label. Working around a lick from Skatalite legend, Johnny Moore these two steppers roll with ferocious bass frequencies and snappy percussive sequences. Ace!

New 3 Track 12" release from Chunky complete with a 2 track 7" with 2 vinyl only tracks bundled for Swamp 81 sublabel, 81. Mastered at Metropolis

GourmetBeats 011 features four selections: "Stalactite' and 'Stalagmite' by E3, "Stalactite Remix' by Alter Echo and 'Stalagmite Remix' by Tetrad. All four tunes are available to buy on 12' vinyl and digital formats.

Alter Echo / AKA Sound Secretion (Josh Derry), has spent the last fifteen years working as a dub scientist of the highest order and performed in the United States, Mexico, Canada, France, and Senegal. Creating a highly distinctive sound and collaborating with DJ Spooky, Lee Perry, Mad Professor, Scientist, Twilight Circus, Dr. Israel, and Systemwide, he often works as the 'Hidden Hand', perfecting and alloying disparate materials into completely new dub forms. Alongside E3, he was one of the founders of world-renowned future-dub label BSI Records, and has released music on ZamZam, Khaliphonic, Moonshine, Lava Lava, BSI, M Records, Six Degrees, Thirsty Ear, Sub Rosa, and Bangarang.

E3 (Ezra E Ereckson) is a producer, DJ, and co-boss of the ZamZam Sounds and Khaliphonic recordlabels. A founding member of Portland's pioneering agit-dub band Systemwide and the president of now retired BSI Records, E3 has been collecting records since the age of 13 and DJing for over 15 years. Past Portland residencies such as Deeper Roots, Bassism, and Atlas (one of the earliest and longest-running global bass parties in the US), as well as regular rotation at Various and now Signal, have cemented his reputation as a sonic tactician without boundaries, borders, or genre constraints - all of it is rooted in a deep love of reggae and dub. E3 has remixed Ishan Sound for Bristol's Hotline label, and has 7' vinyl releases on 45Seven, Bella Union, and Boomarm Nation, and has represented ZamZam from Echo Chamber in Brooklyn, New York to Subdub in Leeds, England.

Alter Echo & E3 have extremely deep roots in dub and are in high demand in the world of underground sound system music since their first 7', 'Kufic Dub' backed with 'Dub Is Not Easy," dropped on ZamZam in early 2013. Their signature productions have varied tempos with thick, heavy atmospheres, masterful dubbing, vinyl archaeology, and loads of sonic detail and intrigue. Whether floor-filling or abstract, the Alter Echo & E3 sound is unmistakable. Their second ZamZam release, 'Nubian Dub' backed with 'Warning Dub' created worldwide appeal, championed by selectors from Dub War to Joe Nice, Pinch to The Bug—and received a glowing 9 out of 10 in Mixmag. Both tunes spawned remixes on Khaliphonic from Ishan Sound, Egoless and DJ Madd. A third 7" release followed in partnership with Young Echo's Rider Shafique, and the Bristol bonds grew even tighter with a B-side remix on Ishan Sound's 'Rush On The Tonic' 7'. In December of 2016 Alter Echo & E3 debuted their mutant dancehall hallucinations on Ossia's new Lava Lava label, and in January 2017, a 12' on Moonshine gained mass appeal.

Tetrad is the dubstep and bass music project of L.A.-based musician, producer, songwriter, and DJ, Cheyne Bush. A lifelong musician, Cheyne learned jazz on saxophone and guitar in school, and punk and experimental music at home. Gaining experience as a youth, starting a band called Issue 89, playing a fusion of street punk and ska, and joining a metalcore band MidMourn on vocals and synthesizers, he turned to electronic music when he experimented with music software, tinkered with Ableton Live, and began listening to Aphex Twin, Autechre, and Boards of Canada. Cheyne spent his first year of college at Berklee College of Music and completed his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Music Technology at California Institute of The Arts (CalArts) in 2012 and a Masters of Fine Arts in Film and Video in 2015. As he developed his style and listened to deep minimal techno, a new sonic influence came from his burgeoning interest in 4x4 and 2-step Garage music -- dubstep, most specifically Burial and Shackleton. Discovering the Hyperdub and Skull Disco artists, and listening to early DMZ, Deep Medi, and Chestplate releases, Tetrad shifted his sound in this new direction. Following multiple collaborations with Brukha as Friendly Strangers in 2007 and LMNOP as Cybertooth in 2009, Cheyne started recording solo as Tetrad in 2015 and released a clutch of deep and weighty dubstep tunes Sure State in the United States and Heavyweight in the United Kingdom. Most recently, he released his vinyl début with the 7' single 'Awaken Dub' on Portland, Oregon's vaunted ZamZam Sounds label, and a follow-up 7" with newly debuting Bay Area label Material Sound with his tune "Eazy Street."

Following a killer split 12' w/ Djrum for the Zenker Brother's Ilian Tape label, new artist Struction debuts for R&S
Newcomer Struction joins the R&S family for a titanic EP of dystopian post-rave experimentation - the 4 track release, entitled 'Gefüge', effortlessly crystallises the best parts of R&S's storied musical heritage without coming off like pastiche.
From the jacked menace of opener 'Kreen', a dizzying percussive assault of breakbeats and 808 kicks, it's clear that Struction means business. 'Warrior' follows on with deep end breakbeats cut through with melancholic synth washes.
The flip side commences with 'Ai', all skittering percussion, swelling distorted pads and relentless kick drum thrum, while 'Dolly' rounds out the release in fine style, quickening the pulse with its hypnotic FM bass polyrhythms, scything cymbals and icy strings.With this release Struction marks himself as one to watch very closely for the future, as well as once again showing R&S's commitment to nurturing new talent, as well as releasing the best cutting edge electronic music.

imited Edition custom stickered white labels - 1 year after the release of Von D's 'Daydreaming' album sees the release of the much anticipated remixes and the first producer to step up is France's Niveau Zero (Hench, Ad Noiseam, Lutetia) who tackles 'Maximum Boost' featuring the vocal talents of Foreign Beggars - A truly HYPE remix smashing up the dancefloors right now. On the flip Brighton's Riskotheque (Ninja Tune, Disfigured Dubz, Love Sick) comes correct with a superb remix of 'You're My', a Deep, Heavy rework garnering 15k+ streams on soundcloud, this is certainly a track for the heads. As ever, limited vinyl so don't sleep on this one.

Fresh statements of delicious instrumental Grime/Downtempo/Dancehall tunes!

The third instalment of our Amenizer series continues in the same vein as the previous two, with a generous serving of every junglist's favourite breakbeat, on a no frills white label vinyl, with an undercover artist providing the ammunition.
Jedi Hi-Fi is an alias of one of our core Foundation X family members, and if you listen keenly it shouldn't be too hard to work out who is responsible for these four cuts, with a trademark jungle sound which is heavily influenced by 80's Jamaican dancehall sound systems and 70's dub production.....
REGGAE REGGAE SAUCE - As the vocal says 'Serious Damage' and that's what this track will do no questions asked.....
SOUND CHECK 1 - Dubwise from start to finish, the signature sounds ofJedi Hi-Fi are evident throughout from the top to the very last drop. SOUND CHECK 2 - Jazzy intro vibes soon give way to a head nod amen patternand Creation Discoteq vocal samples bounce in between the beats and bass.
PROBLEMS - The final track of the EP sees some expert echo chamber work.

The WRDubs split series is back serving up both sickness and slickness on our 4th plate to date.
Pon A side duties T.A.R drops a beautiful mindfuck of a track. The crafting of the bottom end of this tune is pushing next levelz while the mids and tops are full of unsettling rattles and insane voices. Really NOT like anything else atm this tune will stop em in their tracks. Progression.
Flip to the AA and VGB drops some sub-soul for us. Robust bottom end and drums supporting a melody that addresses our need to escape the sometimes narrow musical boundaries of dubstep. Expression.

Cavernous, Fibrous, Sinuous: Tresque continues to carve his rhythms onto the insides of our skulls. He reignites the long forgotten traditions by seemingly burning through time, his rituals are elastic but advance steady towards a future unknown. Tresque shapes an idea of groove by reducing it to a simpler and shorter form. In circular movements, he carves his music out of samples and amplified noises using dub techniques and influenced by musique contcrète.

Coming from an extended artistic career as improvisation and experimental musician, Geneva's D'Incise returns to his roots under his new moniker Tresque. Inspired by restless dances and the sensation of seemingly endless potential, Tresque adopts an attitude of purism to formulate an own take on the nature of traditions and rituals. Tresque is also the name of an almost forgotten medieval dance turned into "an idea of Techno".

Laurent PETER, a.k.a. D'Incise, drifting musician, grew up inbetween dub sound system and experimental electronic music. As a sound explorer, he has no perticular instrument, using whatever can be considered as such, softwares, recordings, objects, percussions, harmonium, etc.

He's interested in radicalism, reductionnism, repetitions and conceptual approaches, building specific set-up for each new occasion, in improvised or composed context. He tends to extract the most tiny details of the elements, appreciates slowness and obsessive explorations of simple processes.

A new 12" of deadly deepness from US artist Conspired Within for Loxy's Cylon Recordings label.

Ion din Dorobanti is one of the many monikers of the ubiquitous producer Ion Dumitrescu from Bucharest. His 7' single on Pingipung shows the oriental influences on bass music in his hometown.
This release carries the Manele, Romanias wedding music which dominates contemporary pop styles since 30 years, towards new sonic realms. On the two tracks, he drag psychedelia and analog electro into the manele-sphere. The first one presents a radical afro-electro rework of Alex Pustiu's 'Mi-e Pofta de Tine Rau'.
Ion din Dorobanti's original production on the other side is a track pulsating on a 9/8 groove infested with synth nostalgia. All is spiced up by Nicu Chinezu's on clarinet.
Ion Dumitrescu is the co-initiator of the Future Nuggets label and its sub-label P-Balans. They are both based in Bucharest and run in heavy rotation at the Pingipung office and in our DJ sets.
If he is not Ion din Dorobanti he appears as Australopitecus Oltensis or Utopus as a producer. Among his productions are the brilliant debut LP by Steaua de Mare, the first LP of the legendary band Rodion G.A together with Strut Records (London), the Raze de Soare EP and both volumes of "Sounds of the Unheard from Romania".
These two summer anthems are part of the ongoing series of 7'-releases on Pingipung. Other singles recently came from Ya Tosiba, Sven Kacirek, Andi Otto or F.S. Blummbastic.

Cosmic Bridge continues to move forward with a two-track release featuring the dynamic duo of Munich's Danny Scrilla, an early member of the label's roster, and Bristol's Sam Binga, a close friend and collaborator of the label's founder Om Unit. Created during a weekend session at Scrilla's home studio, the release sees this long overdue Anglo-German meeting of the future minded go deep into unexpected sonic terrains and fully live up to its title of Weird in Munich.

The trip begins on Side A with 'Frolic in Brine', a brooding roller that sets up the mood: deep, hypnotic and sweaty. The track unfolds from pulsating synths with a percussive rhythm underpinning a gentle procession of elements including synth arpeggios, languid guitar licks, and echoing sound effects. Ignoring dancefloor conventions, 'Frolic in Brine' instead opts for a minimal approach that delivers a shot of pure body music.

Things get a little more industrial on the flip side with 'Further Peaks', a tougher production with a sturdy kick-driven base, rough-hewn loops, and percussive bursts that seems submerged in a disorientating layer of distortion. Beautifully ugly, 'Further Peaks' sits somewhere between the futuristic sheen of autonomic beats and hearing techno reverberate in the darker corners of Berghain's dancefloor.

"We wanted to do something different than what we've done before," explains Danny. "I guess most people would expect a collaboration between us to sound different. Recorded in Germany and mixed down in Bristol, where it benefited from Binga's growing collection of outboard gear, Weird In Munich shows the range of these two producers and continues Cosmic Bridge's tradition of pushing dubwise, bass heavy music towards news horizons.

I shall go to bed now - one day we shall all be shades. I adore you, I adore you, I adore you, but I'm fixated on making myself sick. Welcome to the centre part.

Hessle Audio's Pangaea reworks two 90s tracks in his own style for 2017 dancefloors.

Early DJ support from Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, Joy Orbison, Gerd Janson, Daphni, Call Super, Shanti Celeste, Kowton, B Traits on BBC Radio 1.

Vinyl only / no digital.

clear vinyl in printe PVC sleeve, ltd. to 350 copies, incl. mp3

For The Modern Institute's self-titled first vinyl document, the practices of audio technicians Richard McMaster, Laurie Pitt and James Stephen Wright are brought into sharp focus, the initial analyses of a project which examines the rituals of performance, the signifiers of bourgeois culture and the absurdities inherent in the middle class art gaze. While undoubtedly disturbing in execution, it's a succinct reminder of the tension between lazy, electronic music tropes and the essential, quizzical attitude frequently lacking in the technoid culture, yet abundant in Glasgow's agent provocateurs.
Seen through the frame of primary music generators McMaster and Pitt's previous music projects - Golden Teacher, General Ludd - The Modern Institute's recorded output is an oblique, strategic examination of rhythm and the spaces between.

Rhythm is often re-defined and re-formed through out The Modern Institute, with the easy 4/4, communally cohesive beats of the Teacher and the Ludd some way off. Opener Black Blood is a case in point, with a elusive pattern providing a warped, skeletal framework for Wright to smother. The atmosphere is austere, aggressive, clinical as a gallery wall after the exhibition has failed. The yawning, sub-bass of False Beards and Diamond Hooves hacks at the exhibition floor opening up punishingly alien chasms. The narrator's deadpan poesy, battling against the brutalist backdrop, reminds the listener of early industrial pioneers Cabaret Voltaire, not least in the unmistakably northern accent. Side A closes out on the first attempt by The Modern Institute to break into a recognizable pattern, though rendered on Destroy Logic as a dry destruction of a Bashment rhythm. Arabic Eight is nightmarish, a Normal deconstruction of art music. A nonsensical, Dadaist mutation of electronic dance music, Intelligent Dance Music with no intelligence, dance or Music. Wright intones when I was younger you used to say you weren't in it for the money,' taking down conceptions of artistic integrity, inspiration and muse. On Springloaded, we're still deep in an alien lifeform's insides, viewing the tropes the art industry uses to sell itself, splashes of digital distortion and burps crossfiring across the stereo field. Shiver And Quiver ends The Modern Institute, sounding like all the cities' alarms simultaneously set off to the beat of the LPs only 4/4 beat, here juddering and unnaturally fast. Ask questions, just don't ask for answers.

ONLY 1 LIMITED COPY PER CUSTOMER !

The long-awaited debut album by Noer the Boy is released on DJ Shadow's imprint Liquid Amber in late August.

The Wisconsin-born, Portland-based artist continues his experimental excursions with new album 'Mechanism', following his critically acclaimed 'SPILLEDNOISE' EP in 2016 also released on Shadows' label, and his previous releases on Noh Life and Courteous Family.

'Mechanism' shows the unleashed talent of a musician influenced but unrestrained by IDM, jazz, and classical compositions. Across the 10 tracks Noer explores the futuristic realms of bass music, skillfully mining fragments of drum and bass, hip hop, and dubstep to weave into his sound excursions. The result is modernistic, high energy, and full of unique character.

After 2 successful, reputation forming EP's (The Descent Chapter I & II), enigmatic musical entity Pact Infernal re emerge with their debut LP 'Infernality' for Horo. Equal parts horror and simmering mysticism, the Pact Infernal sound has collected a base of devoted listeners including musical contemporaries like Lucy, Samuel Kerridge, Trepaneringsritualen, & Oake.

'Infernality' is an accomplished coming of age for Pact Infernal, a conceptual LP that brings together the elements that worked so well on both their EP's into a robust, coherent statement. Beckoning, sinuous rhythms combine with smoky ambience and subtly anthemic riffs. The haunting percussion that has been a highlight of their past work often takes the lead, and in 'Death & Rebirth', Pact Infernal have come up with their most infectious music so far. Album closer 'Rites Of Passage' is a time capsule Pact Infernal track, perfectly combining their stylistic signatures into an essential bookend.

'Infernality' marks the beginning of another chapter in the Pact Infernal tale as they undertake their very first live and DJ performances, as well as firmly establishing they have carved out their own singular stylistic patch within electronic music, tenuously tied to many strains, but ultimately incomparable.

Cvlt Nation Interview - https://www.cvltnation.com/rare-cvlt-nation-interviews-mysterious-dark-entity-pact-infernal/

Ex Thaum Promo Mix - https://soundcloud.com/horolabel/pact-infernal-ex-thaum

Mix support so far from Samuel Kerridge, Ancestral Voices, Killawatt.

"Fantastic album. as per usual I love the eastern vibes, skilful production. love it from the start to the end." Ancient Methods

"Production quality and ideas are insanely good. Will play parts at very special events." Paula Temple

"One of the best albums we heard this year just got released on Horo and is by Pact Infernal. We highly recommend you check this one out and play it on repeat since we are truly in love with every single track on that LP." Oake.

"Amazing LP from beginning to end, impressive stuff." Kwartz

"Sounds like a nice collection of waves from hell - thanks!!" UVB>

"Super nice LP." Svrec