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: 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.
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