You know the drill, catch-all thread for various electronic dance music styles from around the globe that fall outside of the bobbins and techno threads, + related ambient and non-functional offshoots.
Last year:Rolling Re-Re-Reconstructed Club Music 2021
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 January 2022 18:25 (three years ago)
So far these are the drums to beat in 2022:
https://ovidmusick.bandcamp.com/album/stone-coasterD.C. producer on an Irish label, really into this
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 January 2022 18:27 (three years ago)
New Leonce two tracker:https://leonce.xyz/album/ventriloquist-sex-siren
New TAH two tracker:https://tahison.bandcamp.com/album/godkillah-ep
A very functional start to the new year
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 20:31 (three years ago)
DJ Hank on Hyperdub, wow, that's an unexpected ascension:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jJjatTksI
New Le Dom coming out which, yes:https://ledom.bandcamp.com/album/caesura
New Bored Lord EP:https://boredlord.bandcamp.com/album/dimension
De Grandi/DJ JM split EP:https://degrandi.bandcamp.com/album/catherine-tracks-ep
2022 will be a year of bangers apparently
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 21:25 (three years ago)
La Roche - Liye Liye (Nyege Nyege Tapes)https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/liye-liyeAbsolutely loving this, great balance of vocal + dancefloor music and different feels
Rilla - Yugeki / 遊撃 EP (SVBKVLT)https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/yugeki-epTypically impactful stuff from this label, has some pretty tracks too, this is a really really good one and has a Howie Lee remix
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 21 January 2022 19:35 (three years ago)
Sia Mata - Fusion (WAJANG)https://broworkk.bandcamp.com/album/siu-mata-fusionTruly excellent 3-tracker of eerie, speedy dancehall rhythms (all around 107 bpm)
Iceboy Violet - The Vanity Projecthttps://iceboyviolet.bandcamp.com/album/the-vanity-projectProduction from Jennifer Walton, Slikback, Emily Glass, LOFT, etc
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:43 (three years ago)
ty Jordan
― lukas, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:16 (three years ago)
So much new music out today, this is exceptional right? Or have I been that out of it for the past month.And yeah thanks for keeping it going strong Jordan! Still catching up here. Yeah I’ve been out of it haha.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Friday, 4 February 2022 15:41 (three years ago)
Glad people appreciate it! Yeah it seemed like Bandcamp Fridays were going away for a minute there, and then they announced the continuance and my inbox is overflowing.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 4 February 2022 15:44 (three years ago)
Slikback has a name-your-price 2-songer out today: https://slikback.bandcamp.com/album/my-imaginary-friends-and-you
I also want to again stan for his record, MELT, which is also name your price and is pretty much the most incredible electronic record that came out last year, afaic.
https://slikback.bandcamp.com/album/melt
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 4 February 2022 15:59 (three years ago)
Here are a few things...
Fellsius - Mesa https://fellsiusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mesaJust stunning sound design and range from Japan (on an L.A. label). Also track 3 is electroswing?
New Henzo on YCO (but where is YCO003?) is qualityhttps://ycolife.bandcamp.com/album/yco004
The Nikki Nair remix on this WTCHCRFT EP is *chef's kiss*https://wtchcrft.bandcamp.com/album/the-ooga-booga-ep-w-nikki-nair-bored-lord-remixes-sr50
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 4 February 2022 17:15 (three years ago)
Jordan, thanks as always for your recs. The Siu Mata EP you mention a few posts back is sick, blasting it right now.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 4 February 2022 18:51 (three years ago)
Thanks, glad you like it!
New DJ N***a Fox EP is reliably sick as always, it's easy to take Principe for grantedhttps://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/m-sica-da-terra
Killer gospel NJ club singlehttps://tahison.bandcamp.com/track/strength-single
Fraxinus bangershttps://powerplant.link/album/powerplant-green
Debut re:ni EP on Ilian Tape is very dubby and goodhttps://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itx023-revenge-body
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 February 2022 21:29 (three years ago)
wordcolour - bluster (djrum remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N45eDX8RF3s
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Friday, 18 February 2022 00:25 (three years ago)
banger
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Friday, 18 February 2022 01:00 (three years ago)
Epic and I'm only 3min deep
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 18 February 2022 16:50 (three years ago)
NXE (DJ Narcisco x Endgame) on Svbkulthttps://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/nxeReally sick kuduro collaboration
DJ Fucci on NAAFIhttps://djfucci.bandcamp.com/album/faunaNot an entirely dissimilar vibe
And NEW LE DOM (on Paradoxe Club)https://ledom.bandcamp.com/album/caesuraAlways on point, can already tell this will be a fave
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 18 February 2022 23:03 (three years ago)
Wow…Haven’t seen a DJ tear it up like that in a long time.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 19 February 2022 07:29 (three years ago)
Oops meant to post that on the banger thread. Nikki Nair is a talented DJ.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 19 February 2022 19:28 (three years ago)
I'm jealous, would love to hear Nikki in a club
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 21 February 2022 17:12 (three years ago)
Well apparently the appetite in Atlanta for experimental bass/club music of the non-woob woob variety is quite limited. I don’t care I had a great time! Definitely jump at the chance if it presents itself.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 21 February 2022 19:10 (three years ago)
Heh, small crowd?
Apropos of nothing, I was reminded of this deconstructed piano house track in a Teki Latex mix, it's delightful: https://soundcloud.com/d-j-detweiler/los-pianitos-track-1
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 21 February 2022 21:48 (three years ago)
Oh right, lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KztNIg4cvE
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 21 February 2022 21:51 (three years ago)
this is from last year, but I don't think it was posted - the Griffit Vigo Remix of Desire Marea's "Tavern Kween" (from Desire's 2020 DESIRE album, which I posted about in the 2020 thread):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIXJfwW6zOc
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Friday, 25 February 2022 21:43 (three years ago)
That DJ Hank EP on Hyperdub is great, the other tracks have more going on than the single imohttps://djhank.bandcamp.com/album/city-stars
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 20:23 (three years ago)
Some highlights from Epic Games Friday:
End Broken Windows vol. 1https://palmsout.bandcamp.com/album/end-broken-windows-vol-1New comp put together by Halden/Boody, one of my favorite producers who hasn't put out much in the last few years (he produced a bunch of Le1f tracks back in the day). Martyn Bootyspoon et al.
Lighght - Seodora (Doom Trip)https://lighghtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/seodraI got these tracks awhile back, very big & clean club tracks but also rough and interesting.
Dave Quam - Snare Screams VIPhttps://davequam.bandcamp.com/album/snare-screams-vip128bpm bmore-ish banger
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 4 March 2022 17:51 (three years ago)
I got the following today on the re-de-tip
DJ Narciso and Endgame "NXE"https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/nxe(Nice collab between Principe kuduro producer and London experimental producer, polyrhythms, SVBKVLT, iykyk)
Slikback "CONDENSE"https://slikback.bandcamp.com/album/condense(Another pay what you wish album of collaborative tracks, really stunning work all around tbh)
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 4 March 2022 18:05 (three years ago)
Oh yeah that NXE collab is sick
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 4 March 2022 18:09 (three years ago)
Really enjoying this Kode9 remix of Eli Keszler https://elikeszler.bandcamp.com/track/static-doesnt-exist-kode9-remix
― Josephine, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 14:28 (three years ago)
Oh cool, ty.
The DJ Lag album is fantastic btw.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 19:39 (three years ago)
you’re not wrong!
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 21:33 (three years ago)
Bandcamp round-up:
Jue6ons - https://aeronema.bandcamp.com/album/jue6ons-music-of-perpetrators-and-victims-epThis benefit EP from a Japanese producer has some real slappers
Pretty, vibey, handclap-heavy LP from Nahi Mitti on Mutualism:https://mutualismuk.bandcamp.com/album/aisaund-sings
Pretty, vibey LP from the SVBKVLT crew based on an art installation soundtrack (not club-friendly but really really nice):https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/trans-aeon-express
Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - Speed Dembow vol. IIhttps://wajang.bandcamp.com/album/speed-dembow-vol-iiTitle says it all, I loved the first volume.
Alec Pace - Future Now?https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/future-nowUptempo UK bass 3-tracker
Janice Iche x NKC - How You Flowhttps://eventhestrong.bandcamp.com/album/how-you-flowCollab between UK producer and Kenyan vocalist
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 25 March 2022 20:10 (three years ago)
https://slinknyc.bandcamp.com/album/slink-volume-2
new slink, enayet track is my fave
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Friday, 25 March 2022 20:57 (three years ago)
New DJ N***a Fox EP is reliably sick as always, it's easy to take Principe for grantedhttps://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/m-sica-da-terra🕸
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 March 2022 18:51 (three years ago)
I love this EL PLVYBXY remix on Salviatek, the whole EP is really good thoughhttps://salviatek.bandcamp.com/album/como-el-viento-vuelve-remixed
Preview track from the upcoming BFTT lp is sounding incrediblehttps://bftt.bandcamp.com/album/redefines
Aaaand my bid for a big dancefloor track is out today on a French label:
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:13 (three years ago)
(lol oops)
https://impossiblecityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-the-crevice
Some big records today!
This could go on the ravey bangers thread for sureAquarian - Mutation I: Death, Taxes, and Hangerhttps://aquariandekmantel.bandcamp.com/album/mutations-i-death-taxes-hanger
Nervous Horizon vol. 4 comp is just delightful, if you like 100bpm. I love 100bpm, but also sometimes I get a little tired of 100bpm tbh.https://nervoushorizon.bandcamp.com/album/nh-v-a-vol-4
Neana - Effigies EPhttps://infinitequestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/effigiesLoved the recent 'influences' mix for this (https://soundcloud.com/infinitequestrecords/neanas-effigies-ep-mixfile)
SHALT - 2140https://re-made.bandcamp.com/album/2140I still think SHALT is sorely slept on in terms of sound design. Similar vibe to the Nervous Horizon comp but zippier and more exciting.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 8 April 2022 18:16 (three years ago)
I've been obsessed with this ~~ track for months, finally out on a comp from a Minneapolis label/party:https://kajungarecords.bandcamp.com/track/tildetilde-r-u-o-kLike a giant 155 bpm shepard tone that just keeps increasing in tension
DJ JM - Squash (Maloca Records)https://maloca.bandcamp.com/album/squashFun club tools
Bambabounce - Ain't Nobodyhttps://bamabounce.bandcamp.com/track/aint-nobodyChaka Khan Baltimore club remix
Piezo - LSD Superherohttps://piezopz.bandcamp.com/album/lsd-superheroWisdom Teeth, it's Wisdom Teeth-y
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 22 April 2022 20:21 (three years ago)
End on an era -- the final Astral Plane Recordings compilation (tracks from aya, SHALT, Maral, nunu, Dane Law, moi)https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/astraltopia(free/nyp)
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 18:03 (three years ago)
Enjoyed that Neana EP you posted upthread. Thank you!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 05:07 (three years ago)
Cool!
Just a fantastic LP from Siete Catorce here, highly recommended:https://sietecatorce.bandcamp.com/album/cruda
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 28 April 2022 18:01 (three years ago)
New Pariah (!) sounding weeeeaaaaaoooooooooohhhhh:
https://voam.bandcamp.com/album/caterpillar
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 17:13 (three years ago)
New 8ULENTINA is really strong too, lots of jungle
https://8ulentina.bandcamp.com/album/hysteria-of-origins-2
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 18:53 (three years ago)
Wow haven't thought about Pariah for a while.
― brisk money (lukas), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 21:06 (three years ago)
Safehouses still sounds great
― brisk money (lukas), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 21:07 (three years ago)
He has a hardware techno duo with Blawan called Karenn that I guess has been paying the bills
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 21:11 (three years ago)
the SHALT EP and Siete Catorce LP that you rec'd above, Jordan, have been great to listen to while driving around doing errands and carting the dogs on various adventures. Thanks.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 19 May 2022 13:44 (three years ago)
You're welcome!
New Objekt two tracker in 100 bpm dancehall mode, I love ithttps://objekt.bandcamp.com/album/objekt-5
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 18:29 (two years ago)
Bandcamp round-up!
Pretty massive dumbek percussion/jungle/club record on ye olde SVBKVLThttps://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/mutate
Very creative but still slapping two-tracker from Polish producer Ku Ku:https://tance.bandcamp.com/album/za-du-o-od-nowa
New hmurd, always worth hearing, 'Ache It Till You Make It'https://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/album/ache-it-till-you-make-it
Church Andrews & Matt Davies debut LP is out:https://health.bandcamp.com/album/axis
DJ Delish single:https://djdelish.bandcamp.com/track/upset-cunt-feat-kevin-jz
Great Bored Lord collab EP:https://boredlord.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-minds-of-angels
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 22 July 2022 18:59 (two years ago)
Abadir had a bunch of tracks on the THIS IS CAIRO NOT THE SCREAMERS comp a few years ago, nice to hear the sound progress!!
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 15:49 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75JUWab3JNQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFC6SJaq5QE
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 19:25 (two years ago)
Seems like Bandcamp is struggling under the Friday weight right now so I'll post more later, but I really like this dancehall-ish EP by Tooth Rust on early reflex:
https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/track/hand-doll
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 19:27 (two years ago)
A little bobbins-y, a little UK Funkyhttps://yaksound.bandcamp.com/album/balmora-blue-swex
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 21:10 (two years ago)
Polyrhythmic banger from Rhyw, wowwwhttps://voam.bandcamp.com/album/honey-badger
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 21:16 (two years ago)
(oh yeah, I started a label and semi-grudgingly took the first release slot, it's got a club track in 7/4 and a drum solo)https://limitedresourceslabel.bandcamp.com/
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 21:21 (two years ago)
New Nikki Nair EP goes HARD
https://nikkinair.bandcamp.com/album/renormalization-support-group
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2022 20:07 (two years ago)
awesome will check it all out.
all the new slikback stuff out now spotify from this year is great. master of the genre. between him and KMRU the kenyan electronic music scene seems potentially really interesting
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Friday, 9 September 2022 21:36 (two years ago)
I really need to catch up on the Slikback releases.
My pal Liquid City Motors has been dropping tracks that I'd been hearing as demos/dubs...if there was any justice in this world, 'Gravity' would be a huge tunehttps://liquidcitymotors.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-and-the-humbot
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 12 September 2022 18:06 (two years ago)
vmic for me but the slikback/shapednoise release was up my alley
― mh, Monday, 12 September 2022 22:40 (two years ago)
Swimful's productions always have something fresh -
https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/rushlight
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 20:43 (two years ago)
Africa’s most out there music festival (afaik) is blossoming and Museveni’s government is none to happy about it:https://thequietus.com/articles/32062-uganda-s-government-issues-guidelines-for-nyege-nyege-festival
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 September 2022 14:56 (two years ago)
*too
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 September 2022 14:57 (two years ago)
Saw that, jeez.
Love this raptor house EP by long-time fave El Plvybxy:https://agvarcrds.bandcamp.com/album/extracorporea
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 16 September 2022 20:03 (two years ago)
Slikback is so prolific, it's wild. the collab track from last year with Grań, "Rank," is one of my favorite speaker-busters— just monstrous sounds.
I am finally not broke any longer so am making a big big list for next Friday :-)
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 16:16 (two years ago)
Bandcamp round-up --
nosync - HD Assets vol. 2https://ghostnotesworldwide.bandcamp.com/album/hd-assets-vol-2As it says, hi-def percussive tools, pretty sick.
Nikki Nair - drum cloudhttps://nikkinair.bandcamp.com/album/drum-cloudAlso aptly named, great track
Really cool mini-comp on TT that has a lot of baile funk and kuduro in therehttps://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/album/precursive-sequences
UK label putting out an EP of nasty juke/footwork tracks with DJ Manny, Traxman, Katie Got Bandz, etchttps://moveltraxx.bandcamp.com/album/mtxlt721-street-bangers-factory-21-v-a
That Rhyw EP out in full:https://rhyw.bandcamp.com/album/honey-badger
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 30 September 2022 21:45 (two years ago)
Finally was able to buy that ABADIR album on SVBKVLT today, it is reaaaallllly good.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 7 October 2022 21:27 (two years ago)
GRRL two-tracker on Jubilee's Magic City label (new takes on Miami bass/electro)https://magiccity.bandcamp.com/album/operator
G3 - ZUMA Riddimhttps://littlecorner.bandcamp.com/album/zuma-riddim
An LP from Naphta, I really like his blend of club music with Polish folk:https://tance.bandcamp.com/album/a-o
New DJ Plead EP on Livity Sound:https://djplead.bandcamp.com/album/quick-e-p
More SVBKVLT heaviness (Rilla)https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/yukou-ep
Great footwork/160 comp from this Czech labelhttps://aeronema.bandcamp.com/album/various-aero100
And I put out this classical guitar + breakbeats EP on my label (Gator Preserve):https://limitedresourceslabel.bandcamp.com/album/gator-preserve-lrl002
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 4 November 2022 18:37 (two years ago)
there are a couple sets from ZULI that were posted on the Dekmantel podcast that are pretty good
― mh, Friday, 4 November 2022 18:57 (two years ago)
Gotta say Rilla’s two SVBKVLT EPs from this year have really blown me away— deep, heavy, noisy shit that manages to still worm it’s way into the skull in a pleasant way.
― poppin' debussy (the table is the table), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 02:07 (two years ago)
I mean whew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFWL7w3nA1o
― poppin' debussy (the table is the table), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 02:12 (two years ago)
JCow - rave patrol (Acid Fiend Mix) from WARNING, Berlin]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Nl5X30Yw8
― meisenfek, Friday, 16 December 2022 23:12 (two years ago)
uhm. rather not deconstructive
― meisenfek, Friday, 16 December 2022 23:35 (two years ago)
*fire emoji*
https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/g-s-natural-2-dedica-o-ao-nagrelha
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:13 (two years ago)
Rolling Club Music (Non-Bobbins, Non-Techno) 2023
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 20:48 (two years ago)