Tomu DJ & Elias FS - Rotating [Self-Released] (Bay Area)
Electronic / Free Jazz
Beautifully meandering, Bay Area musicians Tomu DJ & Elias FS team up for an effusively uplifting set of jazz forward tracks. Expressing optimistic futurism via wonderfully unclassifiable sonic exploration. Transcendental and moving music for a brighter tomorrow.
V/A -Osmosis I [Osmosis Records] (Portland)
Techno / Downtempo / Leftfield
Hot on the heels of the fourth edition of their inspiring forest rave, Portland's Osmosis crew solidifies their presence with the first release on their label. Featuring an all star crew of PNW residents, transplants, and guests, the record features an incredibly forward thinking blend of heady yet driving leftfield techno and bass music - mystifyingly familiar to those who've attended their parties or campouts to date.
xBulletNymphx - Nympho Sweat EP [254 Science & Research] (Portland)
Electro / Techno / Club Breaks
xBulletNymphx returns to her 254 Science & Research imprint with three experiments in modern club music. The Nympho Sweat EP sees xBulletNymphx push into new territory, using her typical jungle and footwork blueprint to break down 140 bpm electro and techno into something refreshingly different, yet just as hard hitting as ever.
R A L L Y - Residue [SPE:C] (Portland)
Dubstep / Breakbeat
Portland-based R A L L Y returns with perhaps his best work to date on Darwin's SPE:C. Hypnotic psychedelic bass lines join classic dubstep rhythms embellished by primal percussion on a four-track EP intent on rattling forest floors. Primordial organic bass music for cutting through fog gathered about foothills.
Mars Kasei - Under the Moon [No Bias] (Bay Area)
Jungle / Footwork
Celebrated Mexican-American producer Mars Kasei steps up to the No Bias roster with pure sound system pressure on their Under the Moon EP. With their signature blend of universal renegade rhythms, Mars deconstruct standardized club breaks in true underground fashion. Whiplash orbital breakbeat for lunar lockstepping.
Rivs - Days Gone By [Program Audio] (Bay Area)
Club Breaks / Jungle / Footwork
Bay Area producer and DJ Rivs offers up another set of attitudinal hardcore jungle and club music for rattling dancefloors in typical Program Audio fashion. Slamming breakbeats and raucous basslines deliver devilish rhythms on par with the modern Bay soundscape.
Azmito & Nicofasho - Funkster's Paradise [Outrun Records] (Seattle)
G-Funk / Hip-Hop / Funk
Seattle-based Azmito teams up with modern funk legend DāM FunK for a heavenly neo G-Funk masterpiece with etheral bars by Nicofasho and B. Bravo on the talkbox. Existential funk for soulful sweetheart gang activities.
V/A - Late Checkout [Deep Steppe Records] (Los Angeles)
Deep House / Tech House / Minimal
Deep Steppe returns with a various artists compact disc featuring a new class of essential up and comers from the West Coast house music scene. Undeniable minimal, deep, and tech house grooves for well after the party should have ended, but long before it's ready to be over.