Holy Nothing
Plural Real Animal

The Barcelona based veteran Sideral, Alex Martin who has been active since back in 90s joins Portuguese crew for his first EP on Bloop Recordings. 3 cuts recorded in 90s yet still fresh in current scene.

Fradinho's Here is the first ever original track from Fradinho made in 2001 and now seeing the light of day! A Bright Future is a syncopated beat structure with an overall jazzy soulful funky groove with Latin and Brazilian percussion, an engaging and funky bass line, jazzy keys and cosmic synth licks. Along with the original there are 5 remixes from the likes of the established Afronaut (Bugz In The Attic) that also features Mark de Clive-Lowe on keys, a wonderful Karmasound House remix, a Born74 Boogie Beat Mix, a Bruk Roller Mix from up and coming Mancunian producer Szajna and a darker, heavier and dirtier UK Garage approach by Porto based LSK.

Carpet & Snares Records in Lisbon continues its analogue series Circuits with a welcome return for Rawax alumnus Brother G. Each of the four tracks here has its own afternoon mood – the lazy, hazy, almost kick-less pastoralism of 'Stress Relief' contrasts with the wakeful buzzing of 'Give It A Try', whose steps and spirals in turn give way to slick and focussed microhouse on '10ml Bottle Please'. Finally, 'Xanax' is nothing but a daydream, its detuned IDM pads and broken beats the perfect soundtrack for self-medication and a cup of tea.