Of Paradise sublabel, Badlands, emerges from an extended slumber with a new offering from label co-founder Silent Era: Emerald Pool, a four-track EP of ambient and experimental soundscapes crafted entirely from field recordings gathered in Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks during the autumn of 2024.

Stripped back and delicately nuanced, Silent Era’s sonic journey through California’s forests and mountains is both blissful and haunting – a meditative unfolding of nature’s rhythm that invites the listener to reflect on the planet and their connection to it.

Accompanied by a limited-edition photo zine with incense, Emerald Pool delivers a deeply immersive experience and signals the beginning of a new chapter of sonic experimentation from the artist.

1. Crescent Meadow

2. Mist Trail

3. Moro Rock

4. Alta

https://soundcloud.com/silent_era

Soreab continues his rapid ascent through the underground with Ziran, a singular, undeniably seminal collection of richly atmospheric, endlessly swirling, thunderous bass and techno compositions that explode through the lithosphere like a fire fountain and find their home on Of Paradise.

Comprising four original tracks, including collaborations with Montréal-based artist SIM and Serbian producer Feloneezy, Ziran sees the London-based artist elevate his craft, drawing on his refined approach to sound design and sonic clarity to deliver a spacious, hypnotic, and fully immersive label debut, one that presents an altered sense of human nature that cannot be reached by words.

1. Euphrosyne

2. Let’s Roll w/ SIM

3. The Gut-Brain Axis

4. Repose w/ Feloneezy

https://soundcloud.com/soreabuk

Label co-founder and unstoppable creative force Lauren Chalmers, aka Silent Era, presents Modern Artefacts, her debut EP for Of Paradise. Meticulously crafted, deconstructed, reimagined, and rebuilt in the purest of forms, Modern Artefacts is a powerful, genuine, and unmissable debut that has been distinctively approached and deftly assembled.

Comprising four sub-heavy, psychedelically-tinged, and hyper-fused bass and techno compositions, each one perfectly nuanced, Modern Artefacts emerges from the pitch-black like a warped, richly textured collage, heralding in a new dawn all of its own. If there’s ever been a time to say an artist is one to watch, it's now.

1. Hallucinations

2. Sudden Fall

3. Pattern Recognition

4. Standing Stones

@silent_era

Building on the success of Procedures, his label debut, Mercy System, returns to Of Paradise with Othering, a momentous, street-savvy collection of sub-heavy and sleekly futuristic bass music custom-built for the more discerning dance floors out there. Featuring three original tracks and one inimitable and whacked-out remix by rising Nottingham talent Coralie, Othering demonstrates the clear-cut evolution of Mercy System's style, showcasing his ability to redefine the UK’s underground sound with each new release.

Dynamic in scope, Othering is a headstrong collection of contorted, lights-down dance music and sinuous atmospherics, and another standout release for artist and label alike.

1. If I Were You

2. 22:47

3. Through The Static

4. If I Were You (Coralie's Face In The Furnace Mix)

https://soundcloud.com/mercysystem

https://soundcloud.com/coraliescoob

Following the release of their debut album, Iridescent, Melbourne’s own Pugilist & Pod take the reins for our label mix series, delivering an intoxicating and immersive mix that weaves through light and dark, lounge and club. Much like their album, the mix highlights the duo’s remarkable ability to push boundaries and think outside of the box, crafting a masterful exploration of contemporary dance music and innovative sound design.

Tracklist:

1. Parris - Soft Rocks With Socks [Wisdom Teeth]

2. Dubmonger - Wasp Controller [Self Release]

3. Steevio - Hiraeth (Batu Remix) [Wisdom Teeth]

4. Voices From The Lake - Circe + S.T. [Prologue]

5. Tom Dicicco - Untitled (Kowton Remix) [Project Squared]

6. Instra-mental - More Than [Nonplus Records]

7. Pev & Kowton – Exhale [Livity Sound]

8. Vril - Haus (Rework) [Delsin]

9. Formant Value – Polycausa [Well Street Records]

10. Duckett - Looking At Mum Objectively [Wisdom Teeth]

11. Pugilist & Pod – Haus [Of Paradise]

12. IORI - Under The Water (Wata Igarashi Remix) [Kynant Records]

13. Vardae - Dem Bad [Annulled]

14. Acronym - River Red Gum [Northern Electronics]

15. Pinch - Down [Cold Recordings]

16. PALEMAN - Paranoid Loop [PLMN]

17. Abdulla Rashim - A Shell Of Speed [Northern Electronics]

18. Sciama - Intercede [Ooda]

19. Volte-Face - Blatchington Mill (Wata Igarashi's Stairway Remix) [BleeD]

20. Bokeh - Other Special Occasions [UVB-76 Music]

21. natural/electronic.system. - Vespero
[Delsin]

22. Amazondotcom - A Flower, Nocturnal and Permanent [SUBREAL]

23. Pugilist & Pod - Sun Dialled [Of Paradise]

@pugilistmusic

@podimension

Of Paradise returns to dublab with 60 minutes of shapeshifting sounds, including some exciting forthcoming label material alongside a selection of current favourites.

Tracklist:

1. Silent Era - ? [Forthcoming Of Paradise]

2. Entire - Polymorphine [SPLOT]

3. Formant Value - Nucleo [Lowless]

4. Pugilist & POD - Haus [Forthcoming Of Paradise]

5. Javano - Origin [Temple Of Sound]

6. Tradecraft - 07067 [Berceuse Heroique]

7. Pugilist & POD - Pentagram [Forthcoming Of Paradise]

8. Tammo Hesselink - Haven't Read [Midgar]

9. Sepehr - Shimmering Waves [GARMO]

10. Pugilist & POD - Sun-Dialled [Forthcoming Of Paradise]

11. Tano - Capture [In Armatura]

12. Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - Fluids In Motion II [Livity Sound]

13. IWANN - Cold Welding [SPLOT]

14. Caldera - Nocturnal [Pressure Dome]

15. How Du - Aqua [The Moth Club]

With an ever-growing and insanely exciting back catalogue, including his Negative Space EP, which was released on the label in 2023, Melbourne-based artist Pugilist returns to Of Paradise, this time linking up with fellow Australian musician Pod on their shapeshifting album Iridescent, the duo’s debut collaborative release.

Comprised of nine pulsing and explorative productions, including one digital-only bonus track, Iridescent is a masterful and quietly nuanced excursion through contemporary dance music, one that sees Pugilist & Pod cultivate a unique and timeless sound of their own that varies tremendously in form, shape, and texture.

Totemic in its imaginative scope, Iridescent offers listeners a truly immersive experience that will blissfully wash over them in the safety of their own homes or take them in a transcendent grasp and guide them on a new journey through the club.

A1. Haus

A2. Iridescent

B1. Myriapoda

B2. Mystic

C1. Crisps

C2. Sun-Dialled

D1. Swamp

D2. Pentagram

Digital Bonus. Incandescent

https://soundcloud.com/pugilistmusic

https://soundcloud.com/podimension

Gothenburg's Vilhelm delivers the latest instalment in our label mix series, serving up an ice-cold and seriously infectious collection of future-focused drum & bass and jungle, which includes a sprinkling of unreleased and forthcoming material from the man himself. With an EP on the horizon from Bukva Sound and new tracks slated for release on Western Lore, this mix highlights Vilhelm's energy, passion, and deep understanding of some of dance music's most revered genres.

Tracklist:

1. First Touch (Main Phase & Lille Høg) - Only Truth [BSP Bispebjerg]

2. Theomega - Mystery Train [Okbron Records]

3. Vilhelm - Further [Unreleased]

4. Soeneido - Treef [Future Retro]

5. Forest Drive West - Void Control [R&S]

6. Mantra - Burn & Heal [Ilian Tape]

7. Holsten - Abscess [Droogs]

8. Janaway - Till Dawn [Brazen Records]

9. D. Tiffany + Roza Terenzi - Redemption Arc [Delicate Records]

10. Wastedan - Unhappy Hardcore [Villa Records]

11. Supply + Vilhelm - Other Side [Intent Records]

12. Vilhelm - Unconscious [Unreleased]

13. Vilhelm - Central Line [Forthcoming Bukva Sound]

Explorative bass music meets hypermodern techno and hypnotic dubstep explorations on Found, the latest V.A. from Of Paradise. A distinctly polished and highly immersive 8-track showcase of brand-new music, Found brings together a cluster of artists hell-bent on shaking up the underground.

Featuring pristine cuts from Gent1e $oul & Hiroma Keo, Jan Loup, Slolek, Pugilist, Silent Era, Mercy System, Destrata, and Tymotica, Found is a crushingly good example of artists thinking outside the box who are working with sounds that are both unique and dynamic. This is music that bubbles through the aether and then demands you sit up, listen, and take notice.

1. Gent1e $oul & Hiroma Keo - Le Grand Bitoque

2. Jan Loup - Marée Basse

3. Slolek - Slip Of The Tongue

4. Pugilist - Sinkhole

5. Silent Era - Dark Energy

6. Mercy System - Vacuum

7. Destrata - Snap

8. Tymotica - Riptide

@fastcastle, @hiromakeo, @janloup, @slolek, @pugilistmusic, @silent_era, @mercysystem, @destratavan, @tymotica.

Mercy System showcases his profound enthusiasm for electronic music, delivering a hypnotic study of its more exciting, experimental, and twisted genres for the fifteenth instalment in our label mix series. Equipped with an arsenal of future-focused cuts guaranteed to keep listeners on their toes, this one means serious business.

Tracklist:

1. Merzbow & Lawrence English - The Long Dream [Dais Records]

2. Lawrence English - Another Ending (Theme to Traumazone) [Room40]

3. Mercy System - The Water Slowly Boils [Unreleased]

4. Kellen303 – Interlinked [Self Release]

5. Plebeian – Pearl [Grid]

6. Edmondson – Authentic [Electro Magnetic Fields]

7. Mercy System - Left Us In Want [Of Paradise]

8. Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - Fluids in Motion I [Livity Sound]

9. Mercy System - Through the Static [Forthcoming Of Paradide]

10. Imaginary Number - I’m in [Forthcoming Yuku]

11. Henry Greenleaf - Get the Hell Out [Different Intel]

12. Coralie - Itchy [Unreleased]

13. Vere - Perpetual Motion [Excess]

14. Mercy System - If I Were You [Forthcoming Of Paradise]

15. Sister Zo – LikeLove [Obligated Records]

16. Maude Vòs - Vis-à-vis [Yuku]

17. Kassian - Sistema Baile [!K7 Records]

18. Mercy System – Recognise [Voitax]

19. Impurity - Plastic Peoples [Unreleased]

20. Impurity - VR (Violent Reality) [Unreleased]

21. Vex’d - Pop Pop VIP [Planet Mu]

22. Vex’d – Slime [Planet Mu]