Mura Masa - Rise / GimmeSuper producer Mura Masa releases his first 7" single on his own record label Pond Recordings, featuring the monumental soulful house track 'rise', the calling card to the artist's new dancefloor focused era as an independent artist. 'gimme', the vinyl's B Side, is a much more dark and underground electronic track that Mura Masa first debuted on his recent BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. This short run of vinyl is the first physical release on Pond

Toy Tonics sister label Kryptox has started to establish itself as a key platform for this new scene

the music contained on these 2 discs sounds as modern and as vital as it did on it's arrival all of those years ago

but the 057 (Schwyn) EP also possesses the heartfelt '90s sheen that is Luis's sonic signature

Early 80's balearic Italian Disco solid release from the classic Bolognian Band Aid

The influence of Swerve was profound

taking in elements of successful records of the time

“I was feeling fatigued by an overabundance of ‘calming’

Much in the same way

Jazz and house are obviously distinct genres

” Then out comes Carl Smith and it’s all over

has a beautiful rasping tone that can knock you out anytime he gets into his act

it's that the music was