Rolling Re-Re-Reconstructed Club Music 2021

And assorted experimental electronic oddities, carrying on from:

Rolling (post-)Reconstructed Club Music 2020

Let's start off with a slow electro roller from M.E.S.H.
https://hesaitix.bandcamp.com/track/sequistice

cheating bc 2020 but new to me and i want more of this in 2021

https://dynoman.bandcamp.com/track/beams

That album cover is so CIA

This is a little aggro for me these days, but Pixelord is an o.g. and there are some really cool moments (like the end of 'Whoooosh'):
https://pixelordmaxdahlhaus.bandcamp.com/album/let-s-collapse

I'm feeling the double-time 100bpm, I know I've heard the first track on a mix or two:
https://nostrohoodsystem.bandcamp.com/album/nahash-ep

Boom, Club Chai vol. 2!

https://clubchai.bandcamp.com/album/club-chai-vol-2

Apparently this is a farewell comp, all my favorite labels are closing up shop these days ;_;

Ok 2021, here we go, Byrell the Great x Precious EP, banging yet slick ballroom:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Z4pnbIrUyyOCDcQuHtzLG?si=JLcx_OuiRIWn2Tur2k7sFw
(no Bandcamp link wtf!)

Ah, all is right with the world again:
https://byrellthegreat.bandcamp.com/album/snack-time

Also this great EP of rave-y, garage-y, basslines & breaks from C Powers on Contagion Discs, love the second half in particular: https://contagiondiscs.bandcamp.com/album/which-ad-experience-do-you-prefer

Ok, big Bandcamp Friday >>>

DJ Swisha - Clout Psychosis
https://djswisha.bandcamp.com/album/clout-psychosis
Reliably fun & mixable as always. Is that cover from Shadowrun? Love it.

Bored Lord - Rave Toolz
https://boredlord.bandcamp.com/album/rave-toolz
Exactly what it sounds like, breaks & diva vocals. Sounds simple enough but it's a cool concept: "these songs are one part edit, one part blend, one part an experiment in sampling. for each track i first paired two sample-heavy classic rave break tunes based on them sharing keys, samples, or tempos. then i dissected the songs by sample source to recreate the tracks from scratch. later i blended them together on top of rhythms and basslines i made up."

A hot club beat from Dave Quam:
https://davequam.bandcamp.com/album/snare-screams

A new 15 track full-length from Color Plus, who put out those amazing New York Dance Music comps:
https://colorplus.bandcamp.com/album/torpid

Obeka - Drum Core
https://djobeka-music.bandcamp.com/album/drum-core
Some Afro-Caribbean drum tracks that sound a little bit kuduro, a little bit South African

And I hate to do this so early in the thread, but my album is out today too:
https://chants.bandcamp.com/album/poly-pointillism

Minimal obsessively rhythmic kalimba pieces that are most beatless, but nevertheless meant to be mixed with dance music. I think it might appeal to the Workaround fans on this thread. :)

loving that Obeka single, especially “Aye Gombey!”

would probably fit well in a dog latin mix

It's good! Thank you for the heads up

This Zuli EP sounds insane btw (can't imagine losing all my samples/plugins):
https://zulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-caps-uiq0012

New Rian Treanor EP is typically wild:
https://riantreanor.bandcamp.com/album/obstacle-scattering

Lots of records I'm anticipating in the near future -

Tristan Arp:
https://tristanarp.bandcamp.com/album/oddkin

object blue on TT:
https://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/album/grotto

And most definitely Sunareht's LP, who is like a grittier & more fun version of Lorenzo Senni: https://sunareht.bandcamp.com/album/amorama

Damn this sounds amazing too, and very rave-y:
https://clubnightclub.bandcamp.com/album/lowflow

yo, all this obeka stuff sounds great, Drum Core, Night of Kizomba and Ruthala especially. Nice find! Would love to see him blow up a bit.

this enayet ep is cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvaV3oElgpk

feel like slink is a label to watch ...

Bored Lord's Archival Transmission has also been really good, i like the vaporwave nods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukbmjSffta0

Cool! I'll have to check out those other Obeka releases. And Slink. And agreed yeah, Bored Lord's releases have been ridiculously prolific and high-quality during the pandemic.

This came out today:
https://infinitemachine.bandcamp.com/album/im086-laughing-ears-blood
Laughing Ears - Blood (hi-def Norse-themed rhythms, kind of reminds me of amazondotcom but more off-kilter)

And I put out an EP of club versions:
https://chants.bandcamp.com/album/millions-tip-ploy-drum-vips

oh fuck, new chants! glad to see that from you!
Your recommendations and music are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks Forks <3

(the base album came out a few weeks ago - had a nice RA review the other day!)

i missed it and am adding to playlist now.
You should shout about this stuff! do we not have a thread?

Does this count?

https://kessleruk.bandcamp.com/album/ambivalent-ep

Just a chill d’n’b/breakbeat record that sports the right amount of haunting melodies. Love it.

xp, overdue: Chants: Poly Pointillism

Awwwww thanks, I feel bad enough about sneaking my stuff in here, outside the bounds of IMM!

crown emoji @ jordan

this cassius select ep - which i just only found out about via that enayet ep - slaps and is tailor made for this thread. late 2020 so sorta cheating but ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFramkX008

Jordan, do you know my pal W1lli3 who is from Madison, moving back there in the next month or two from Oakland?

(Also, going to peep the Chants record on Friday :-))

I don't think so, but I'm always up for meeting new music people here! It's a very small community.

(and thanks <3)

I'll try to put y'all in touch. It's sometimes hard to know what his headspace is like because...well, the last five years of his life have been marked by tragedy heaped on tragedy. Can't imagine what he's been through. But we used to make music together, and he's a sweetheart who is into the sort of stuff yr into! He's friends with Joel (Golden Donna), if that gives any context.

Ah, ok cool.

(should probably take this off ilx but this is a different person than Dav1d L@st, who also moved back here from Oakland for awhile for tragic reasons, and is friends with J03l, right?)

feeling this james bangura. tense and breaky

https://art-e-fax.bandcamp.com/album/e-fax009

Different person, Jordan! If your webmail works, I'll try to connect y'all through that. Mine does.

Yeah mine works :)

James Bangura is so prolific & good.

A couple new hmurd tracks messing around with meter & time sig, love the sound design:
https://hmurd.bandcamp.com/album/sync-button-brine-jester

I'm guessing this Friday is going to be a big one for Bandcamp drops.

New Siete Catorce EP:
https://brukrecords.bandcamp.com/album/temperatura

Also new Osheyack & Nahash on Svbkvlt next month, love the preview track:
https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/club-apathy

I wonder how the Bandcamp ban has been affecting them, if they're using VPNs out getting someone outside China to administer it or what.

I would imagine it’s not a big deal. the label founder is an expat from the UK. if in-country sales are a thing, that’d probably be via different channels. is it just that the site is inaccessible, or does the government try to block money transfers?

I think it's the former, no idea about the latter.

Soooo many Bandcamp emails today (as expected)!

Ok here we go:

Loris on Subreal
https://subreal.bandcamp.com/album/rastros
Full release isn't out yet, but sounds very DJ Plead (with more kick drum)

new Kirk Barley ambient EP
https://kirkbarley.bandcamp.com/album/lake-of-gold-primer

new Bored Lord EP (of course)
https://boredlord.bandcamp.com/album/lavirga
Breaks galore

MM - Massive Music
https://eventhestrong.bandcamp.com/album/massive-music
This one is really fun, drums for days. Billed as DDM = dumb dance music, lol.

object blue - Grotto (TT)
https://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/album/grotto
Still digesting this but it's cool, love the last vocal cut-up track. She did an NTS show only playing stems from it and talking about them, that was unique.

Dave Quam
https://davequam.bandcamp.com/album/groundscore-b-w-pink-line-beat
Fun two tracker, I'm getting Dance Mania vibes (which have been hitting the spot for me, going through old mixtapes on youtube lately)

Checking this Indonesian label out based on a Ch@l Ravens rec, there are some pretty crazy records on their bandcamp:
https://yesnowave.bandcamp.com/album/alkisah-dikisahkan
(also Slikback and Gabber Modus Operandi on that comp)

drumzu - Fourtunes EP
https://drmzu.bandcamp.com/album/fourtunes-ep
Uk funky? Very playable/danceable.

DJ JM - Bad Advice EP
https://djjm1.bandcamp.com/album/dj-jm-bad-advice-ep
More functional fun

Enjoying the new Mr. Mitch album:
https://mrmitch.bandcamp.com/album/lazy

It sounds sort of early '10s in a good way.

Tons of gems here:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-club-music/best-club-music-on-bandcamp-january-february-2021

The new ZULI EP got released a day early, and it's certainly not as weird as his previous material, definitely more indebted to jungle and d'n'b, but it's really hitting the damn spot.

Can't wait to check that.

Also out today, shiny dancehall/flex EP on Nervous Horizon:
https://nervoushorizon.bandcamp.com/album/sim-terminate-ep

This one is a curiosity, Jaf Ge Nos - Un Discorsetto EP:
https://nostrohoodsystem.bandcamp.com/album/un-discorsetto-ep
Long tracks that are almost like medleys or overtures, sort of reminds me of the weirder material on HudMo's Butter. Technicolor and silly, going in and out of beats and jazzy free-time interludes, sounds like it was made by a keyboardist.

That Jaf Ne Gos is excellent, thank you Jordan.

NKC collaboration with Nabalayo, a Kenyan singer/producer:
https://eventhestrong.bandcamp.com/album/mwizi

Sunareht's LP is out today, I think it's a stunner (adds to his whole weightless house chords thing without losing what makes it special):
https://sunareht.bandcamp.com/album/amorama

And I'm super into the rhythms & sound design on this Tristan Arp EP:
https://tristanarp.bandcamp.com/album/oddkin

Does this Illuvia album belong here? This is just gorgeous stuff. Super lush ambient soundscapes with some great breaks. Every track is an epic.

https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/iridescence-of-clouds

heavily leaning on the 're/de-constructed' side of things, with thread fav ZULI in the mix

https://bfdm.bandcamp.com/album/bfdm-025-maoupa-mazzocchetti-uxy-dosing

militant vibes

https://speakermusic.bandcamp.com/album/soul-making-theodicy-2

That rules, on the deck for bandcamp Friday next week.

A few Bandcamp Fri picks:

BKGD Audio - Sufi Service (Sweat Equity)
https://sweatequitynyc.bandcamp.com/album/sufi-service
Some really varied & charming bangers here

Flex002 comp (early reflex)
https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/Flex002
Lots of kinetic & sound-design heavy tracks here

Former ilxor Reverend Dollars - PVNKHAVS
https://reverenddollars.bandcamp.com/album/pvnkhavs-ep
Rugged & improvisational post-punk/house/dub jams?

And here's a great round-up of recent Jersey club, Chicago footwork, and ballroom tracks (new DJ Delish in there):
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-club-music/the-best-club-on-bandcamp-march-april-2021

I guess it came out last year, but it's new to me and wow, this record is super fucking weird and great. https://peatonalwest.bandcamp.com/album/mirage

Rev's record is so good

raw noisy techno x Honduran punto

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-dalibor-cruz-s-do-or-dwell

Love that track.

This georg-i EP on YCO is fantastic, really into the sound design:
https://ycolife.bandcamp.com/releases

Also intrigued by the preview tracks on this release for a new label curated by Teki Latex:
https://impossiblecityrecords.bandcamp.com/

Rui Ho - Horror Pop Barbie
(Barbie Girl club edits on Genome 6.66mbp)
https://genome666mbp.bandcamp.com/album/gnm023-rui-ho-horror-pop-barbie

I put this one up as a free dl for a few days, sort of a noisy techno club remix:
https://chants.bandcamp.com/track/num-system-a-machine-chants-bootleg

Also I'm very much here for new Koreless, finally

https://koreless.bandcamp.com/album/agor

I like this one

https://osare-editions.bandcamp.com/album/oe009-suemori-maebashi

New Iglew (!) sounding fresh:
https://soundcloud.com/wisdomteeth-uk/iglew-caffeine-dream-wsdm018

Been waiting for this LOFT banger to get a release:
https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/album/wish-it-would-rain

The last track on the Iglew EP <3 <3 <3
https://wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/iglew-light-armour

Very enjoyable dembow/diasporic/whatever you want to call this style these days:
https://sosiposi.bandcamp.com/album/sosi-posi-2

New Color Plus always welcome, uptempo breaks and pretty melodies:
https://colorplus.bandcamp.com/album/lazersent

i think the maxwell sterling album belongs here?

https://maxwellsterling.bandcamp.com/album/turn-of-phrase

i like how seasick it sounds

more twitchy cut-up filterhouse from sunareht, if you like his style you'll like this, a bit more anthemic and less methodical than previous efforts. also a bit much over the course of an entire LP, i'll admit, but some incredible moments

https://sunareht.bandcamp.com/album/amorama

meant to add - that sosi posi rules, thank you. those rhythms with industrial drums and detroit chords would be my ideal form of music

Ha, nice.

NA that's very detailed & cool record, I'm into it. Kind of reminds me of that recent Amon Tobin record (Fear in a Handful of Dust). Very cinematic.

Iglew record has been on repeat, thx

:(((((

“Celebrating Sunday's summer solstice, I'm pleased to release my last productions as a THANK YOU and GOODBYE for you, my dear supporters, with all my heart I'm stopping all activities related to Smurphy forever. Sometimes in life is proper to close cycles and move on, this is my time to stop making music in this format.

Some of you know that I live with a spinal birth defect that has caused injuries on my back and other joints, for this reason, working on computers has become more and more difficult, and my way of making music and Djing is basically based on computer work.

I'm doing this release completely randomly and spontaneously for my fans only, you guys have made this possible and I wanna thank you! IN CASE YOU HAVE NO $$$ TO PAY FOR THIS, PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL GLADLY SEND IT TO YOU!!!

Hope you enjoy it and thank you very much for your support!!

Much love Jess!”

https://smurphy.bandcamp.com/album/rip-smurphy-forever

Horrible news, love the records so much :'(

oh no! :(

This is sick:

https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/na-zala-zala

Really enjoying this too (spacey chords on top of hard breaks & kicks in the 130 - 150 range, US producer on a UK label):

https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/call

DJ Delish absolutely bringing it once again:

https://djdelish.bandcamp.com/album/28th

I'll be on Chal Raven's radio show in an hour on threadsradio.com, selecting some tunes and playing some new tracks (actually I don't know how many of the selections may have gotten cut for time, we'll see!). Hopefully it'll be archived, it was great to talk to her.

Mixcloud archive is up, also dropped a new EP of dance music:

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/interrobang-w-chants-27-jul-21/

https://chants.bandcamp.com/album/quintuple-helix-ep

Catching up:

Siu Mata - Speed Dembow Edit Pack vol 1
https://broworkk.bandcamp.com/album/siu-mata-speed-dembow-edit-pack-vol-1

quest?onmarc two-tracker
https://questionmarcdj.bandcamp.com/album/contagion-spinout
(the Neana collab is a banger)

NKC - Beams
https://nkcproductions.bandcamp.com/
Blown out drum tracks but with some '90s/00s movie soundtrack vibes, title track is like post-Big Beat?

New amazondotcom EP coming, eagerly anticipating this one:
https://amazondotcom.bandcamp.com/album/war-bride

all centre 3rd anniversary compilation (remixes)
https://allcentre.bandcamp.com/album/all-centre-acen3001-3rd-anniversary-compilation

New Tristan Arp:
https://tristanarp.bandcamp.com/album/alternate-looking-glass

Also the first track from aya's Hyperdub debut album <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx8Xo-zjBg8

That NKC is very nice, thanks! I need to do some catching up myself, been sleeping on music this summer because I've been trying to avoid spending money as much as possible since I've not been making a regular check since June. I budgeted very carefully, and even with a fair amount set aside for whims, I am just now coming to the end of the money...and I start a new gig on Wednesday for a few months. The wishlist has grown a lot these few months.

Interesting compilation, preview tracks are very promising (especially the Precolumbian & Estoc):

https://behuaicara.bandcamp.com/album/behua-icara-ritmos-para-sanar-vol-2

Some Bandcamp day highlights:

Goon Club Allstars & Friends vol 1 (DJ Lag, Nidia, etc)
https://gooncluballstars.bandcamp.com/album/goon-club-allstars-friends-volume-1

Sputnik One (Wisdom Teeth)
https://wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/sputnik-one-love-from-above-ep
Really into this one

Dave Quam - Vexations
https://davequam.bandcamp.com/album/vexations
2 bangers

Scratcha DVA - Afrotek
https://scratchadva.bandcamp.com/album/afrotek-ep
(Gqom-esque)

Ikävä Pii - EPOS Digitale (Early Reflex)
https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/epos-digitale

thank youu

love that aya tune, stoked for the record

k wata delivers on the promise of his earlier ep on an interesting compilation

https://etoano.bandcamp.com/track/k-wata-wok-hei

New DJ Haram sounding just right: https://djharam.bandcamp.com/album/era

For those into the Nashazphone/ZULI and Cairo experimental scene, "1127" released a 41-track record the other day, and some of it sounds pretty amazing
https://1127.bandcamp.com/album/bedroom-adrenalean-post-kovidclub

Will check that out.

The full Ritmos para Sanar Vol​.​2 comp I posted above is really strong btw.

Speaking of K Wata, this is a sick remix lineup (amazondotcom, Clemency, Henzo):
https://kwata.bandcamp.com/album/do-u-want-remixes

And speaking of amazondotcom, her full EP is out today:
https://amazondotcom.bandcamp.com/album/war-bride

The Scotch Rolex record is really amazing, can't remember whether we've talked about it yet.

Big comp from Livity Sound: https://livitysound.bandcamp.com/album/molten-mirrors-a-decade-of-livity-sound

This is cool too: https://simocell.bandcamp.com/album/yes-dj-mini-album-fanzine

Really nice vocal track from Hiedrah Club de Baile (Buenos Aires): https://hiedrah.bandcamp.com/album/fe-en-la-mantis

And new Holy Other, after 8 years?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-hjjOtWzLM

This new Slikback record, all collaborations, is absolutely FLATTENING ME right now. It is fucking bananas good.

https://slikback.bandcamp.com/album/melt

all of that and it’s name your own price? damn

i know right

new air max 97, first track is a bit schaffel-y

https://airmax97.bandcamp.com/album/psyllium-eat-the-rich

AM97 has the newest Dekmantel podcast, haven't listened yet.

Serious percussive club fare from Strict Face:
https://music.strictface.net/album/pulsers

Yet another full length of various flavors of dembow/kudurow type bass music from INVT, I don't know how they are so prolific
https://invt.bandcamp.com/album/doble-carga

Also been going back to the georg-i EP on YCO a lot, it's probably my stand-out of the year for sound design.

That schaffel beat is an interesting twist. The flip is more compelling to me tho, a powerful rhythm. The podcast was a bit all over the place for me.

Unrelated to Air Max 97 but at the moment I'm hearing quite a few tracks that sound like this +10 bpm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T423D-NzrkA

(If you don't want to hear 2-step progressive breakbeat from 1997 don't bother clicking. I guess it is vaguely related to Air Max 97, at least numerically.)

Does this count?

https://kessleruk.bandcamp.com/album/ambivalent-ep

Just a chill d’n’b/breakbeat record that sports the right amount of haunting melodies. Love it.

― pomenitul, Friday, February 26, 2021 9:46 AM

Just wanted to say that this is really good.

also getting a bit ... trad? but weird enough and nicely moody for autumn covid purgatory nyc

https://peakoil.bandcamp.com/album/invariant

like that, uptown churl.

https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/album/im-hole

let's gooooooo