Mega City Industry is Ital Tek’s sophomore effort for Civil Music. Formed of four liquid hybrids exploring Footwork's accelerated template the EP splices the rhythmic memes of Chicago with UK sci-fi sonics rooted in classic '90s AI and jungle music.
Threads is the debut 15 track album from London producer Om Unit, articulating his musical journey from his beginnings to the present. Features from Jinadu, Gone The Hero, MC Jabu and Charlie Dark.
Hayat Zor is a beautiful blend of rave-nostalgia, 80s electro-pop and Italo, all shot through with a melancholic, wistful air. Working with analog synths, vintage drum machines, live instrumentation, and the help of a few friends and collaborators along the way.
Former Instra:mentalist Damon Kirkham expands his Jon Convex enterprise with his debut on Civil Music featuring two new original tracks alongside remixes from Civil Music signee Ore and frequent Convex collaborator, Exit Records main man & DnB legend dBridge. Released 25th November 2013
The debut release from new artist Ore, 'State’ showcases prime-time Berghain techno triangulated with Detroit in 1987, Birmingham in 1997 and London today. Four original tracks plus remixes from Darling Farah and Jon Convex.
The final piece of Drums Of Death’s ‘Waves Odyssey’, This Night (Waves City Dub) & Bang the Dub sign off on what has been a highly applauded series of releases with massive revisions of the already incredible Blue Waves EP’s ‘Waves City’ and ‘Red Waves’ EP’s Bang The Drum.
Rounding out Drums Of Death's applauded 'Waves Trilogy', Blue Wave's Remixed snaps into place with four taut, emboldened dance floor remixes from Tanka, Auntie Flo, Kamikaze Space Programme and Baby Diego.
Following on from the acclaimed 'Tangram' album, this huge remix project includes the likes of KOAN Sound, Om Unit, Billain and Doshy, Starkey, Drop The Lime, DJ Kentaro, Danny Scrilla, Evol Intent and Emperor remixes.
Fluxus is the Munich based producer Danny Scrilla's first transmission for Civil Music. Four original neck snapping instrumental tracks of halftime tempos at 80-90BPM / 160-180 BPM, plus two remixes from Japan's Deep Medi member Goth-Trad and London producer and "one to watch" Deft.
Hyper Real is Ital Tek's first transmission for Civil Music. Four original tracks exploring footwork's rhythmic palette continuing where his long player for Planet Mu, 'Nebula Dance', left off. Remixes from Deft and Throwing Snow.
Orbits is Starkey's 3rd studio album. The latest thrilling installment in his ‘street bass’ odyssey, the Philly producer draws on grime, hip-hop, electro, bass music and beyond to blast off with his most accomplished and fully realized album yet.
Kuhn's sophomore effort for Civil Music, Kings EP is a collection of four diverse uptempo club tracks with an eclectic sampling palette and Footwork-inspired rhythmic complexities. A homage to the Kings district of Brooklyn, New York.
Brassica presents Temple Fortune; a beautiful, bittersweet EP of synth-steeped electronic music and the producer's debut for Civil Music. Incorporating analog synths, vintage drum machines, rave nostalgia, 80's electronic pop, cosmic slow jams, avant-garde electronics and a melancholic crush of Italo, Electro and disco bearing vocals.
'Command' is the first taste of Starkey's new album 'Orbits'; Trademark angular robo-funk growing from synthetic chords, glitching vocal shards & outrageously tight production. Features remixes from Plastician, Drums of Death, Pedro123, Noisses, DS1 + exclusive bonus track 'Contact'.
The debut album from Reso. A thirteen track odyssey that reaffirms the place of the ‘album’ within modern electronic music. An unflinching vision of the future and complete competency in his craft sees Reso construct a brave new narrative that redefines what dancefloor focussed electronic music can be.
On ’From the Horizon Remixed’ remixers LV, Mwëslee, Kelpe and Fulgeance each revise their favourite tracks from Débruit's Afro-beat surrealist album driven by adventure, ideological principle and intruigue 'From The Horizon'.
‘Body Remixed’ follows Darling Farah’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Body’. Jimmy Edgar, Lando Kal and Bambounou each choose tracks from the LP to remix and Darling Farah’s adds his own ‘Live Edit’ of ‘Aaangel’.
‘Check 1,2′ is a curveball that reveals Reso’s love of dark hip-hop, melding sounds and influences from sci-fi and dubstep. Whereas the album ‘Tangram’ succeeds in weaving a multitude of electronic genres together, the guest remixers on ‘Check 1,2′ break things down into their own dark corners of expertise.
Supaplex Remixed' sees Chrissy Murderbot, XI, XLII and Raja revising the four advanced dancefloor cuts that made up the 'Supaplex' EP, Pixelord's debut outing for Civil Music. Pixelord is the artistic moniker of Moscovite Alexey Devyanin who is at the forefront of an exciting new chapter for his country’s club music.
Four advanced dancefloor cuts from Moscow’s Alexey Devyanin under his Pixelord moniker. Taking the reins of an exciting new chapter for his country’s club music and leading the way through Russian juke, emotive digitalism and half-stepping bass works Pixelord is spearheading a burgeoning Russian scene.
Om Unit's third EP for Civil Music. Following on from EPs ‘Transport’ and ‘The Timps’ Om Unit continues to forge his own path of five emotive tracks that rouse the senses and together to form a cinematic and journeying soundtrack. Focused predominantly, but not exclusively, around the 85/170BPM with remixe froms Reso and Sweatson Klank.
The final piece of the Drums Of Death Waves Trilogy EP’s snaps into place. 4 tracks of varied dance floor rhythms that solidify his new role as a purveyor of heavy, club-focused music for the UK's furtive underbelly.
‘Body’ is the debut long player from Darling Farah. Traversing the Techno landscape with beautiful continuity the album navigates from beatless ambience, pulsing rhythms and machinist teutonics through dancefloor beats and cyclic 4/4 to Detroit soul and dub techno.
Inspired by Western African music past and present ‘From the Horizon’ is Débruit’s debut album. It is the culmination of 3 years work, collecting field recordings, delving into restricted archives, sampling lost African VHS and reinterpreting discovered African melodies and rhythms, for synths and drum machines.
Neon High’ is a futuristic take on hip-hop and club sounds. It focuses on the half/double time tempos around 80/160BPM and 70/140BPM flipping from hip-hop swagger to dancefloor bounce. Includes remixes from Starkey and EAN.
'Red Waves Remixed’ revisits three of the tracks from the second edition of Drums of Death’s ‘Waves Trilogy’. After Starkey, Nightwave and Tomb Crew reworked the previous edition, ‘Black Waves’, Drums of Death curates six more remixes from Sinden, Debukas, Clouds, Aug and Joyce Muniz.
Following on from the dark atmosphere of ‘Black Waves’, Drums Of Death returns with the next in the sequence: ‘Red Waves’. A record of ecstatic electronics, a love for techno and house music ramped up with big sounds and stripped back arrangements.
Om Unit returns with ‘Transport’; a floating, progressive and serene four track EP of blissful, understated, instrumental, electronic soul. Remixes from Machinedrum and Ital Tek.
Darling Farah returns with his second EP of 2011. Entitled ‘Division’, the Detroit-born producer offers four tracks that journey further into deep house, techno and machine-soul. On ‘Division EP’ Darling Farah’s use of space and texture, the variations in density, rhythm and percussion and the constant duality of purpose creates a unique and engaging body of work. Released on 21st Nov 2011 on Civil Music.
Reso returns with the Ishimura EP and further showcases his revered and renowned production excellence of hi-tech dubstep and sinister sonics, exquisitely presented across tracks ‘Ishimura’ and ‘Vanquish’. The package is completed with remixes of ‘Ishimura’ from D’n’B aficionados Evol Intent and Trouble and Bass’ Drop the Lime.
'Slime Beach' is a slinky angry rasta crunk explosion. Ranging from futurist hip-hop a la Low End Theory through Chi-Town juke to post-dubstep, Kuhn’s sound is raw, energetic and individual. Includes Remixes from S.Maharba, Phillip D Kick, The Range, howse & Drop/Dead.
Cold Lazarus Remixed’ continues to focus on the club with these four considered and well-delivered revisions of 'Black Waves'. Remixes from Starkey, Nightwave, and Tomb Crew, along with a Club Edit from Drums Of Death.
Produced by Richard Norris and featuring Radio and Single mixes, Drums of Death, Alexis Raphael, Brunt Islands Casuals on Remix duties and Richard Norris’ Album Extended Mix. The Third single from Sheffield four piece Starlings.
Black Waves is 4 tracks of deep, dark club music. Since the release of his critically acclaimed album “Generation Hexed”, Drums of Death has been obsessively developing a deeper and darker sound that is tailored for the dance-floor. Black Waves fuses frantic 808 drum patterns and dramatic synth lines with fresh, contemplative melodies.
Starkey and Charli XCX. Lost space single. Includes the Radio Edit, Starkey's VIP mix, and and exclusive remix from NYC's Kuhn remix as well as Om Unit, Darling Farah and Innerpartysystem remixes.
The first extended player from Detroit born, Adu Dhabi based, Teenage "One to Watch" Darling Farah. Four tracks of deep techno and future house with warmth and soul. Stripped down 5.a.m atmospherics, combine with distorted stabs, dub-like sub-bass and expertly cut vocals.
Starkey forges ahead in the sonic space race with his new, sci-fi inspired EP. Space Traitor Vol 2 is the sequel to 2010’s Vol 1 and looks certain to further cement Starkey as one of the most forward-thinking artists in post-dubstep, bass-driven music.
The four-piece, together for little over a year, use elements of Sheffield’s electronic past to remind us that the Steel City was once the UK’s heart and soul of synthesised electronic music. Produced by Richard Norris, this is the second single from hotly tipped Sheffield 4 piece STARLINGS.
Part 3 in the 3D trilogy is the four painstakingly crafted tracks of 'Sis Sürpriz'. Traditional Turkish folk instruments coupled with modern, synthetic sounds on an EP that’s full of eastern promise.
Om Unit has blasted his sound into deep space, adding eerie electronic futurism to his niche blend of slow boogie, house, techno and hip-hop beats with those classic analogue synth lines. Dark, futuristic and dancefloor oriented, punctuated with elements of 80’s Detroit Techno. This is Electro.
This is the sound of the end of the world, of machines breaking and technology folding, when all that’s left is carnal rage and chaos. A forceful onslaught of sound, the four tracks on Reso’s ‘War Machine / Valkan’ EP intricately mesh high amp leads and emphatic beats that entrance any dancefloor into riotous frenzy.
Carving a square-wave trail out of the underground, Jonny Faith’s debut EP Blue Sky On Mars demonstrates a devastating knack for penning organic, computer dub infused with a cosmic sensibility. Drawing on the 8-bit dub template, Faith has managed to craft his own brand of distinctive beats/bass music.
Influenced by the song writing and production of 80's greats Simple Minds, Heaven 17 and more prominently Talk Talk, Starlings infuse 90’s dance bass lines with tripped-out dub guitars and psychedelic choruses. Produced by Richard Norris with remixes from Starkey, Drums Of Death and cosmic disco bloggers The Bicep DJ’s.
Space Traitor Vol 1 is the first of two EPs from producer Starkey. This intergalactic expedition closely follows Starkey’s acclaimed Ear Drums And Black Holes album and marks another step forward in the expansion of his high definition, sci-fi ‘streetbass’ sound.
The first outing from Detroit born, Adu Dhabi based, Teenage "One to Watch" Darling Farah. The stripped down beat and subtle swing of minimal techno is given a fresh electro sensibility from the distorted chords and cut up vocals, fused together with the sophistication of house and hints of dub.
Reso’s third release for Civil Music, Temjin EP, is 6 tracks across 2 slabs of musical genius that simultaneously moves a whole spectrum of electronic genres forward. On Temjin wobble, hypercrunk, breaks, wonky, hip-hop and D n B all receive the treatment.
Please buy/donate: All proceeds from the sale of the release are donated to the UNICEF Haiti Earthquake Children’s Appeal.
Heart Beats 4 Haiti is a new EP by Débruit created using samples of traditional Haitian music.
A voyage through international influences taking in, and tweaking out, sounds associated with the Middle East, Europe, West Coast America and Africa. Synth-funk futurist Débruit follows ‘Let’s Post Funk ’ with this four-track tour de force.
East London’s beat collaborators Reason or Romanza join Civil Music. Sitting firmly between Soulful Electronica and Forward-Thinking Soundscapes these two south-end on sea beat collaborators have found new pastures in the fields between Four tet and Flying Lotus.
Let’s Post Funk comprises two slabs of heavyweight unadulterated future-funk blending wonky electro, West Coast hip-hop, and a certain je ne sais quoi. Features from Jamie Woon and Om'mas Keith, and 3D artwork from The RainbowMonkey.
Grotty, liquid, dark, brutal and lush are all words used to describe the music of Reso, such a contrasting set of adjectives are hard to understand but after a listen to this EP and other productions, you begin to understand why. A drummer at heart, these natural patterns of “skin hitting” are engrained through on his digital programming and productions.
Kotchy's debut album '89ʼ is without doubt a pretty unique presence in todayʼs sonic spectrum and touches on so many different styles throughout the 16 tracks. Kotchy plays nearly everything you hear on ʻ89ʼ, his distinctive hushed-style vocals feature throughout.
The precursor to Kotchy's debut album '89' showcases the club savvy hip-hop of 'Check Out My Keychain' and 'A Superstar' both taken from the album. Intelligent and lyrically engaging with percussive talent is there for all to see. Glamorous and seductive, upbeat and inspiring.
Here's the latest installment of remixes from up and coming remixers via the highly influential Palmsout Blog. 100s of submissions from secret big name monikers through to the best bedroom masters have been whittled down to 5 standout remixes.
Technoid, robo bass-smith Reso delivers the 4th release from Civil Music and strikes you right between the eyes, chest, legs and ears. Still relatively stepping out of the shadows Reso delivers a statement on vinyl.
'Sing What You Want' groove, beats and captivating vocals deliver a Hip Hop affair with a top line that oozes style. Clipped out beats are laced with synth leads, melody and vintage NYC feel. This is intelligent, deconstructive, dub-conscious dance music.
“She Made it Easy” is the first taste of Kotchy. It’s a 4/4 hybrid of NYC disco and emo esq guitar. Glitched and whispered it’s a tale of a girl who entered and left his life, but, somewhat unusually, draws inspiration from the ease of the break as oppose to the pain of it.
DODFUCKSUPANESCORTTUNE is a 1 sided 12” picture disc. The debut release from Drums of Death, and on it you’ll find exactly what you’d expect from the title, Drums of Death fucking up NYC revered band Escort namely their legendary track “Starlight”. Official, approved and made for the dancefloor.