Bristol New Releases (29 August 26 - 04 September 26)

Spotify Drops

Club Pressure

Sam Binga, Machinedrum & Cesco Niche Flex

A transatlantic club experiment built from warped acid, unruly vocal samples and serious low-end pressure. Started in LA and developed between the US and Bristol, it constantly shifts rhythms instead of settling into one comfortable lane.

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Progressive

Joe Hamilton Lay Down, Father

Joe Hamilton closes his new Lostt EP with a heavier change of pace. Progressive rock and metal sit at the heart of the track, rounding out a five-track project built around longer, more expansive compositions.

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140 / Grime

PERSONAS G Line

After appearing last week as an early preview, G Line has properly landed. Blunt 140 drums and dark grime pressure do most of the damage, while flashes of jazz and orchestral thinking give the track a character beyond straightforward soundsystem functionality.

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Leftfield

Adred & Manos Grand Illusions

Adred and Manos move into slower, leftfield territory on Grand Illusions. Rather than following a conventional D&B template, the track opens a Chikara Project EP that moves through several tempos and shades of underground electronics.

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Noise Rock

Drearleader WD 1-39

With debut album Slow Burn Snuff Films now out in full, Drearleader turn guilt, responsibility and social frustration into another sharply written piece of Bristol noise-rock, balancing bleak humour with genuine unease.

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Alternative Hip-Hop

B of Briz Not That Deep

B of Briz refuses to let “it’s not that deep” become an excuse for looking away. Lynchian synths, restless percussion and spoken-word-heavy alternative hip-hop underpin a direct call to question complacency and choose solidarity over comfort.

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Electronic

Super-Frog Saves Tokyo Jitterbug

Bristol electronics stay playful on Jitterbug. Part of the new VOLT TRAX EP, it lives in a world of squelches, synthetic percussion, zaps and unapologetically oddball dancefloor energy.

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Bristol Club

Hodge Big Splash

Hodge previews his forthcoming second album with a six-and-a-half-minute Bristol club workout. There’s a playful looseness around Big Splash, but underneath it is the finely tuned, floor-focused production Hodge has spent years refining.

Album preview: the full LP follows in October.

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D&B VIP

Genic Mysterons VIP

Genic revisit Mysterons and turn it into something significantly heavier. The VIP keeps the bones of the original while sharpening the engineering, increasing the weight and pushing it further towards high-pressure dancefloor territory.

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Bandcamp Picks

Bristolian

Davey Woodward Welcome Here

Welcome Here forms part of The Bristolian, a deeply Bristol-rooted album built from soundtrack ideas accumulated over many years. Electronic foundations meet guitars, strings, brass and spoken voices on a record that puts the city itself inside the narrative.

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Experimental Rap

Cyst Dog Shit

The collaborative project from Iglooghost and daisy* arrives in suitably strange form. Outsider rap, experimental electronics, rubbery bass and surreal humour collide in music that sounds simultaneously scruffy, futuristic and meticulously constructed.

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Americana

Holly Carter Stella

Holly Carter continues revisiting her earliest songwriting with Stella. Newly recorded with the musicians around her today, it retains the intimacy of the original material while giving it a fuller live treatment.

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Breaks / Dub

House of Fraser Heatwave

House of Fraser blends swung breaks with dub pressure on the title cut from his latest EP. Warm, rough-edged and soundsystem-focused, Heatwave sits right where Bristol breaks, UK bass and dub culture overlap.

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Lo-Fi

zenfish The Legend of Dave

A quieter corner of this week’s pile. The Legend of Dave leans into nostalgic lo-fi hip-hop with relaxed beats and a hazy atmosphere, offering a breather from the heavier club material.

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UKG / Breaks

BAKEY VOGUE DUB

BAKEY digs another long-running DJ weapon out of the vault. Part of From the Vaults (Volume 2), VOGUE DUB carries the rough, club-ready UKG and breakbeat energy you would expect from something tested in sets for years.

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Speed Garage

Zykopat Energy

Zykopat goes straight for speed-garage territory on Energy. Released through Bristol’s Bass Kitty Records, it adds another dose of swung UKG momentum to a week already packed with club music.

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Forthcoming / Bandcamp Previews

A few tracks are already surfacing ahead of bigger September and October releases. They’re worth hearing now — but we’re keeping them separate from the records that officially landed this week.

Preview

Wendy Miasma Ascetic

Wendy Miasma turns minimalism into escalating comedy on Ascetic. What starts with decluttering quickly spirals into increasingly ridiculous self-denial, previewing the forthcoming WENDYBUXXX project.

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Cosmic Preview

Space Disco Wizard Trabasco

A long-form cosmic excursion mixing Italo, electro and leftfield disco. Trabasco unfolds slowly across the dancefloor, offering an early look at the forthcoming Boogietron 2084 EP.

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Dub / Techno

Sub Basics Telepathy

Sub Basics goes deep and spacious on Telepathy. Dub techniques, rolling techno structures and dubstep pressure meet in a track built around atmosphere and movement rather than obvious drops.

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Club Preview

LK Drumsystem Depth Charge

LK Drumsystem offers the first taste of a forthcoming SSS release with Depth Charge. It’s a long-form club cut setting the tone for a three-track project still to come.

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Gigs To Look Out For

Two very different Bristol institutions are worth supporting this weekend. Drearleader launch their debut album in the intimate surroundings of The Croft, while Strange Brew celebrates six years of adventurous live music, club culture and independent programming.