Ransom Note

The car moved slowly, weaving between the traffic and the flickering lights up ahead. The myriad of colours whizzed by as they entered the rollerstate – the city encompassed everything and swallowed it whole.

There was silence in the backseat. The driver made little motion but for the occasional twist of the wheel.

Outside there was noise, outside there was madness.

Inside there was peace. A subtle warmth to the bubble in which he sat.

The city was his home.

Mosley Jr. releases an excellent collection of deep, dubbed out house music with delicate moods and nostalgic references. This one sounds as good on a lonely bus ride home as it would in the club. Heads down.

Time doesn't pass the same when shjva’s behind the decks. It folds in on itself like a bad trip or a perfect sunrise.

Born in Lutsk, now deeply rooted in Warsaw’s underground, she’s been building her sound through Penumbrum (her label label & party), as co-owner of Qualia Records and through holding a long-standing residency at the city’s beloved Jasna Club.

Across past releases for Viscera Transmissions, Brutaż, Warning, People & Places and Common Ancestors, shjva's sound is always developing and always morphing. Her live sets and collabs with Volodymyr Gnatenko and Stereometrix stretch that sound even further, which sits somewhere between dub techno, dream states, and the kind of melancholic jazz you’d hear drifting out of a broken speaker at the afters. It’s hypnotic and deep.

Today's Wednesday Alternative mix is a love letter to minimalism, recorded using a prototype rotary mixer built by shjva's Polish friend Kamilescu, the mixer is raw, tactile and beautiful, just like this set which contains deep cuts and spaced out percussion.

This is vinyl only recording that touches the ear on the softest pressure points, all day listening to create a brisk morning atmosphere.

Following Ed Rain’s debut solo album ‘Met Him on a Wednesday’ (Ed is one of Andrei Rusu’s – aka half of Khidja – solo projects,), Malka Tuti Records release two aces remixes of the title track’s collaboration with Fantastic Twins.

We’re premiering Superpitcher’s MAD DECENT 10 minute signature opus of a remix. Cor listen to that bassline on some good cans…

On the flip Pilooski’s turned in a “big room IDM” belter. But you’ll have to buy the release to get hold of that.

Pre Order on Malka Tuti

https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premieres/premiere-ed-rain-ft-fantastic-twins-met-him-on-a-wednesday-superpitcher-lovers-mix/

@malkatuti

Maltese producer Rebecca Theuma’s project That bb gets a makeover from Yetsuby Manda, one of half of salamanda’s solo project on Wrong Island communications.

There once was a creature called That BB, Who lived on the shores of Wrong Island, you see.

“I Wish I Had Something To Say But I Don’t,” Was the phrase that this creature would constantly flaunt.

The Yetsuby came with remixes so strange, While Wrong Island Communication deranged

All the messages sent by the creatures around, Resulting in quite an peculiar sound.

“Oh fiddle-dee-fumble!” That BB would cry, As it danced ‘neath the purple-green spots in the sky.

“My Communication is terribly wrong, I can’t seem to finish this nonsensical song!”

So they pranced and they prangled through dew-dabbled dawn, With Communication so curiously drawn.

That BB and Yetsuby on Wrong Island stayed, In gloriously gibberish games that they played.

We’re premiering Yetsuby’s remix of “I Wish I Had Something To Say But I Don’t” from Maltese producer Rebecca Theuma’s project That bb. The track comes from her upcoming EP “The Words Are Stuck In My Throat” on Wrong Island Communications, with Yetsuby (one half of Korean act Salamanda) maintaining the dreamlike original but transforming it into a skittering, drum-laden, handclap madness, wig out. One for the sunrise methinks, whether that’s the end of a very long night or the start of a beautiful new day.

“I wrote these songs while going through a prolonged writer’s block. I had moved to another country and found myself feeling very alone and lost,” explains Theuma. “At this particular point in my life, sounds were better at explaining my inner landscape than words.”

The EP will be released on the ACE Scottish-born, now Lisbon-based label Wrong Island, with artwork by Polish artist Jo Sekieta.

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The day was brand new, it were as if the past had been scrubbed and the world had been reset with some sort of miraculous grace and bright delight. There was a shine, a glimmer to it all.

As he wandered through the city streets he wondered and pondered the magic which had allowed for it all to be undone. All the chaos, all the madness, all the pain.

How could it simply shine?

This was how it should be, the sound of a piano danced atop the breeze in the distance.

Milton Jackson and Brian Kage team up with Detroit pioneer Jon Dixon to collaborate on an exquisite deep house cut on Freerange Records. A beautiful, honest track which brings hope and light.

https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premieres/premiere-diamond-haze-the-source-ct-kidobo-remix/

Transboundary Haze II is three heavyweight remixes of Diamond Haze tracks.

There once was a Diamond Haze quite sublime, Who danced on the Tapes Sublimating in time,

With a Source so profound, That it spun round and round,

While the CT Kidobó made a fabulous Remix divine!

“Oh, wonderful Source!” cried the Diamond Haze, “Your Remixing skills have me quite in a daze!

You sublimate tapes, Into curious shapes,

And transform all my nonsense to musical praise!”

They traveled to Crumbly-come-Tumble by sea, In a sieve that was leaky as leaky could be,

With a spoon for a sail, And a thimble for pail,

And a bottle of nothing to drink with their tea.

And this is the end of my nonsense today, About Diamond Haze Source in its remixing play,

With Tapes Sublimating, And CT Kidobó creating,

A rhythmical jumble in Lear’s silly way!

We’re premiering the CT Kidobó rework of The Source. A deep, dark bubbler… let’s go.

Buy HERE on Tapes Sublimating

Melodize are back with their 18th release, this time with label boss Beartrax in the driver’s seat.

There once was a creature called Beartrax, Who dwelt in the land of Melodize,

With music opaque and remixes so fine,

That Pagliara himself would often opine:

“How splendid, how jumbly, how strangely divine!”

This Beartrax would dance on his tail in the night,

While playing a tune that was wondrously bright,

Opaque were his melodies, twisted and queer,

That made all the Melodize creatures draw near.

“Oh! Beartrax, dear Beartrax,” they’d cheerfully say,

“Your Pagliara Remixes make our hearts sway!

So splendiferous, rumbly, melodiously strange,

From basslines to treble, the whole tonal range!”

But Beartrax just smiled with his whiskers akimbo,

And twirled seven times in a musical limbo,

For musical nonsense was all that he knew,

In Melodize land where the sky was dark blue.

We’re premiering Massimiliano Pagliara’s synth-heavy, bassy rework of Opaque… Belter.

A few weeks back an email landed in our inbox signposting music from a mysterious artist operating under the guise of Cleyra. We were kindly tipped off by the team at Timedance who usually know a thing or two about cutting edge electronica but even by their standards this one was far out.

However, we say that in the very best way.

Cleyra is an artist who likes to keep themselves private. The music does the talking and offers a brief insight into their psyche but that’s about it.

This mix is a tour de force demonstrating the potential future of dance and electronic music, a hectic maze of sounds which challenge and entice at both the same time.

Playful, creative and intelligent, Niklas Wandt weaves a masterfully programmed tapestry of percussive dancefloor delights for Viscera Transmissions 003 with Mehr Phett.

Joyous and bright, Mehr Phett evokes a coconut flavoured sunrise on a distant desert island.

Viscera Transmissions continue their VT series with some exquisite house, which is the 3rd release in the series following on from Latrec and Manami.

We’re premiering the title track, Mehr Phett and it’s a cracker.

Alexander Robotnick is a pioneer – one of the great innovators within electronic music who has helped to shape genres and sounds fusing electronic influences with that of 80’s disco to create something all of his own. Best known for his take on Italo and Electro his music remains as relevant in the present as it did in the 80’s with key tracks such as ‘Problèmes D’Amour’ remaining on heavy rotation in clubs across the world.

His own tastes have evolved with time and he is keen to bring forth a new generation of musicians and producers to breathe live into the future of the genre.

This is perhaps best represented by the release of a new compilation on Hot Elephant Music which Alexander has curated showcasing a breadth of electronic music from Indian producers.

As a dj his sets are eclectic as you like – they draw upon his huge breadth of musical experience and a lifetime spent collecting records which has lead him into scoring film soundtracks, playing clubs worldwide and a myriad of other musical adventures and projects.

This mix represents his cosmic best – wild energetic synths and a driving energy make this perfect dancefloor fodder.