Scuffed Recordings is the label from Ian DPM and Wager, specialising in high-energy, left-of-centre club music. Founded in 2017 with the intention of giving a platform to lesser-known producers, Scuffed has since become a go-to label for wonky club cuts and fast-paced dancefloor material, picking up critical and artistic acclaim in the process.
Scuffed occupies the hard-to-define spaces between breaks, techno, UK garage, electro, and leftfield electronic sounds; drawing from the UK’s rich heritage of musical cross-pollination and experimentation, while maintaining an international outlook.
With a focus on shining a spotlight on upcoming talent, Scuffed has nurtured a growing family of artists across the globe, including artists like Nikki Nair, Ayesha, An Avrin, Stones Taro, and Glances to name a few.
Review: Theorist's 'Triptych EP' is a dark and immersive offering from Scuffed Recordings, filled with intriguing beats and layered soundscapes that showcase a truly unique ability to warp sound into something new. Opening up with the tripletted drum punches and a high pacing of 'Shoot Past', we hear a wicked stitching of subtle breaks and breathy percussion to kick us off, before 'Twist Warp' takes us right back into the heart of the dance with a wibbly wobbly wonk out. Finally, 'Runitbak' then skips between moody 808 bumps and subtle vocal slices for a wicked closer, giving us the final peg in the spectrum of bass music. Wicked work!
Review: Over the last 5 years, it has been an absolute pleasure watching the ascension of Scuffed Recordings, becoming an imprint of cult classic status due to their consistent and unbreaking dedication to sonic innovation. This time around, they welcome the enigmatic production talents of Krotone, who opens up with a broken-beat epic in 'Watch', sampling moody patois vocal samples and utilising crusty drum arrangements for a super crunchy original. Next, '16 Deck' allows us to explore subtle LFO sweeps and more reverberated rhythms, before 'Original' gives us a tightened outro to round off this collection with a tidy landing.
Review: Once again, the team behind the ever-ready Scuffed Recordings catalogue have dug deep and unleashed a monstrous collection from Mutable Mercury, giving us three scintillating, percussion-driven originals to enjoy. First up, delicacy to the maximum level as 'Lost In Chaos' unloads one of the most perfectly crafted rhythmic sections of the year, focussed on numerous layers of organic percussion with awesome results. Next, '8Bit Nasty' slows the pace with another shimmering roller, focussing this time on more grizzly sub action, before 'Take Blue In' takes us now a much more electronic route to close the EP off with a cool combo of affected vocal chops and clunky percussion.
Review: The Scuffed Recordings crew have a great habit of delivering unprecedented sonic gems, which this latest collection from Farsight most certainly is as we hear a robotic extension of UK funky brought to life. First up, 'El Mago' fuses catchy South American melodies with glitchy, transformer-like synth crunches atop groovy drums and silky basslines for a truly unique roller, before the breaksy rumbles and groovy subs of 'Limbo District' add a whole new direction to the project. Finally, 'Sorted' takes us down a more distorted, jungle-inspired avenue, slapping together metallic bumps and high tempo drums for a swanky closer.
Review: The Scuffed Recordings crew really do know how to hold a vibe, with their catalogue being stuffed to the brim with vibrant DJ tools. This latest offering sees Danny Goliger enter pole position with three original slappers, opening up with the super choppy percussive pings of 'Really Like To', an old school groover that holds some real weight. Next, we explore a much more drum-driven approach as the wavy breaks samples and dizzying vocal delays of 'Archos Gmini' are then wheeled out amidst squelching synths and bubbling melodic incursions. Finally, 'I Told Y'all' gives us a final dip into skippy percussion and groove-inspiring synths, closing off this very unique collection with a smash.
Review: The Scuffed Recordings team have been on somewhat of a role of late, utilising their wide genre boundaries to deliver some of the most well thought out releases in recent years. This time around they welcome Gesture inside for a combination of acidic and the abstract, touched off with a tap of techno-fueled tastiness. We begin with 'Beth & John', a bulbous breath of matrix-fueled energy, constantly shifting and tweaking its way forward, before the title track 'INTO' takes a combination of choppy jungle drums and vibrant chord progressions to give us a real crunchy combo. Finally, the low-ended rumblethon of 'Skylag' gives us another unusual setting, but boy does it pack a punch, proceeding to close the project with a high energy thump.
Review: Scuffed Recordings are a label that have gone from strength to strength over the last few years, often finding themselves nominated among the best at numerous award ceremonies. This latest collection is pretty damn spicy, opening up with a vibrant collaboration from Danny Goliger & Justin Jay entitled 'Sticky Rice', a potent title track dripping in original breaksy energy. We dive into a popping display of unique percussive manoeuvres and system-busting subs next as Danny rolls out solo for 'Policy Limits', a gorgeous combination of jittering acidic synths and bouncy drum sounds. We return to collaborative duty next as 'Steonardo D'Vibcu' delivers a much more hardcore influenced punch, driven mostly by hard hitting low ends and gritty bass action, before Justin Jay then rounds off the project with a wonderful solo display across the constantly expanding soundscapes of 'Snooze', again utilizing a dash of acidic spice to close the EP in style.
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