Birthed from the site of the same name, Ransom Note’s mothership label provides a home for dancefloor and other beautiful music from all over planet earth.
Review: Bawrut makes a triumphant return to Ransom Note Records with the Remix Pack EP, a stunning collection of reinterpretations of his recent work. Featuring a lineup of top-tier underground producers, this four-track whirlwind of club bangers embodies the best of electronic music in 2024. Marc Romboy transforms "Que Quiere Usted" into a relentless dance floor stomper, while Fernanda Arrau infuses "Sonidero Usera" with tropical rainforest sounds and classic house elements for a deep and dirty club workout. Hologram Teen takes her work in an unorthodox direction with her signature '80s computer game synth work, seamlessly blending staccato Chiptune stabs with a sleazy bass line. Nandele's remix of "Calima" from Bawrut's 2022 record adds manic percussion and Kraftwerk-inspired synth arpeggios, resulting in a simultaneously anxiety-inducing yet meditative slice of machine funk.
Review: Bristol lad Chez De Milo isn't afraid to explore electronic music's more esoteric fringes, and here he returns to Ransom Note with four new remixes from like-minded chums that get progressively weirder as they go on. Sara Dziri's remix of 'Durga Lesson' is normal enough, a deep tribal house jam with Detroitian drums and spoken Afro vox, while MR TC's remix of 'So It Goes' is a solid exercise in bleepery. But Orbury Common's rub of 'Sister Dex' pushes further out into near-arrythmic, leftfield territory, while Lapalace's take on 'Wadham' veers wildly from haunting ambience to harsh, industrial D&B.
Review: Bawrut returns to Ransom Note to present his debut album In The Middle, featuring nearly a dozen tracks of electronic pop, featuring vocalists Liberato, GlitterUYUY, Cosmo and Chico Blanco. Whether it's the blissed-out sunset breaks of "Son El La Cara", the flamenco-inflected rave of "Alfredo And Ricardo Brought Me Here", to the glassy-eyed and bitter sweet deep house of "Fe Samaa" or the brooding dark disco closer "Looking For A Golden Blanket" - the Madrid-based Italian producer delivers a top notch release from start to finish.
Review: Following their commercial success as The Rapture - a band outta New York that repopularised the cowbell with Pieces Of The People We Love - Gabriel Andruzzi & Vito Roccoforte have gone on to form the Mother Of Mars project. Released via Ransom Note (Gabriel Andruzzi has enjoyed a solo career through the likes L.I.E.S Records and Throne Of Blood too) the pair deliver a second session in this I Hear EP that brings in a third, and new band member/vocalist: Jaiko Suzuki. Journeying into psych, kosmische, avant garde, fourth world and new age dreamscapes - while maintaining the live-drummed rhythmic engine of The Rapture - I Hear dips into percussion as much as it does post-punk, sub pop and electro-dance. Produced by Ewan Pearson, no less!
Review: Ransom Note mainstay Bawrut brings a sixth solo release to the label with this particular record giving "Triangulo De Amor Bizarro" a full missive following its inclusion on last year's Pen Pal compilation. With its parties & bullshit references, the single touches on an assortment of Latin grooves with Blanco's vocal elements bolstered even further by the artist's own heavy and hi-fidelity remix. Something more progressive and classically techy comes from Super Drama with some nice usage of the original's vocal element, while Kristy Harper keeping it bassline driven and soulful in her remix. Percussions and dub techno heads checkout Beigean's Amore De Noche dub!
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