BRISTOL MUSIC WEEKLY
This week's Bristol Music Weekly round-up moves from drum & bass and bass pressure to ambient folk, experimental hip-hop, soundtrack electronics and Vocaloid pop. T-Lex, Loboski and Grace Barton lead the general picks with Options (Extended Mix), while DUALITY's forthcoming Brainstorm EP is our independent release of the week. Alongside the four previously approved selections, here are the records shaping Bristol's week.
WEEKLY SELECTION
Top release of the week. Bristol-based T-Lex links with Loboski and Grace Barton for a focused drum & bass collaboration that draws on each artist's strengths. The extended mix gives the track room to build and land with club-ready intent.
WEEKLY SELECTION
Independent release of the week. Bristol producer DUALITY folds UK garage, drum & bass, dubstep, grime and jungle into a four-track EP built around restless club energy. Brainstorm is due on 2 October, with the advance track available now.
WEEKLY SELECTION
Sofa Sound Bristol brings six tracks together for Resurgence EP - United For Colombia, a benefit compilation released in support of United for Colombia. It is a community-minded snapshot of the label's bass-led orbit, with the cause kept firmly at the centre.
Sam Binga, Machinedrum and Cesco combine forces on Niche Flex, a four-track EP for Bristol's Pineapple Records. Three distinct production voices meet in a release built for movement, with rhythmic detail and low-end pressure carrying the collaboration.
Objectiv steps forward with Walk The Talk Vol. 1, a seven-track release issued through Sofa Sound. The project gives the Bristol producer room to stretch across a full-length sequence while keeping the focus on precise, club-minded drum & bass.
Break returns to Symmetry Recordings with the two-track SYMM076 - Get Low / All Junglists. The pairing is a direct reminder of his command of heavyweight drum & bass and his long connection to Bristol's soundsystem culture.
Eve Appleton Band preview the forthcoming album The Way Up Sky with a compact meeting of indie folk, folk rock and post-rock atmosphere. Two Fawn, Forlorn carries the Bristol group's expansive songwriting in a concise, quietly affecting form.
Uman marks Shed Records' 50th release with Clueless, a five-minute drum & bass cut rooted in Bristol's jungle tradition. It is direct, functional and made for selectors who like their momentum uncluttered.
FORC3's Potential arrives via Bristol label NYX Recordings as part of the DISREGARD EP. The concise track keeps its focus tight, offering a sharp introduction to the release's forward-leaning electronic palette.
Fela Dakota's Frame By Frame sits inside Verisimilitude, bringing ambient folk, slowcore and doom-folk shading to an intimate Bristol singer-songwriter setting. It is a patient, textural listen that rewards close attention.
GNASCH's DELIRIUM is a dark, psychologically charged cut from D.A.D. Its taut four-and-a-half-minute form pairs uneasy atmosphere with an insistent sense of motion.
Manami contributes Turning Point to Tectonic Sound: Vol. 2, the next survey from Bristol's Tectonic Recordings. The advance track stretches beyond five minutes, signalling the label's continued appetite for bass music with space and weight.
Pablo Jimenez-Moreno's Isla is a brief ambient miniature from Stream that has no language. Drone, improvisation and soundscape sensibilities meet in a two-minute piece that feels deliberately open-ended.
MPXX pairs bright electronic production with Hatsune Miku on With The Music Up And The Windows Down. The short RUNAWAYS track draws together 8-bit colour, house, synthwave, techno and Vocaloid pop in a compact rush.
A theory of Lavender — Kyre is included in this week’s selection.
Mitsubio's Main Title introduces the Surreptus original motion picture soundtrack. Ambient electronics and science-fiction scoring frame a dystopian world of surveillance, lost privacy and anxiety around sleep.
treetoad1000's The Rain closes the two-track Gateway // The Rain release with a compact blend of electronic production and experimental hip-hop. It is a vivid Bristol cut that makes its point in under three minutes.