Deadboy Returns To Uttu With Arguably Some Of His Best Productions To Date. 6 Nu-age-hippie-houz Jams. More

Over the course of four EPs for Numbers and creation of his own label ‘Total Fantasy’, Deadboy has charted his own path far beyond the deep black space of mediocrity with previous records ‘If U Want Me’, ‘Here’ & ‘BLAQUEWERK’. On ‘Return’ Deadboy journeys further into uncharted territories, taking his music to the darkest recesses of disco and extraterrestrial synth-werk. The opening track ‘Return’ finds the London-based producer taking cues from the likes of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze with a gentle ambient opener that unwraps to reveal a beautiful and moving track. ‘Des Niles’ is a shimmering disco track built around an 80’s boogie bassline, plus those killer Deadboy vocal chop-ups that take us even deeper into the producer’s nighttime world. Samples are worked to within an inch of their life on the floor-ready ‘YHVH’, whilst punchy bass and synth stabs take care of the rest. Things then move swiftly on to ‘Life Code’, with the Deadboy once again notching the tempo down and letting the track’s wistful oriental melodies ride out into the dark. Return has already been praised by Pitchfork, FACT, XLR8R, Pigeons & Planes and Dummy and is accompanied by an ethereal short film inspired by the title track, created and directed by Thomas Traum and viewable here. More

London staple Deadboy returns for the first time since 2011’s HERE, releasing new four track EP ‘BLAQUEWERK’ on 25th March. The release is the first of a set of many to shortly be announced, joining festival Pleasure Principle to form part of our 10th anniversary in 2013. The record’s opener ‘On Your Mind’ sees Deadboy swapping out divas and using his own plaintive vocals for the first time, within a 7 minute late night house exploration. Perpetually building analogue snare rolls and tape fuzzed basslines marry with a tense breakdown, reminiscent of his epic ‘Wish U Were Here’ and an 80’s touch that pushes the track into the same realms occupied by Chicago’s own pioneers of dancefloor melancholia, Virgo. ‘Geek’d Up’ pushes raw and direct with a heavy kick and dramatic piano stabs showing just how killer House music can be with only a few simple tools. ‘Black Reign’, previewed on Jackmaster’s Radio 1 show, experiments with the darker side of Garage – claustrophobic and nightmarish, an antidote to the recent charting hybrids. The EP’s closer ‘Nova’ is a play on Deadboy’s formative years in South London – mournful chords, tuned 808 basslines and precision crafted breaks bring to mind the pioneering sounds of early Drum & Bass producers Foul Play, with a deeper and more feminine sound.

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The proposition is a simple one. It was a 2009 when Julio Bashmore first remixed ‘Heartbreaker’ from Deadboy’s classic first release - the ‘U Cheated’ EP on Well Rounded. He remoulded the garage template of the original into something more immediate, replacing the swung off-beats of the original with driving forward-rhythms and a clarity of purpose that takes absolutely nothing away from the musical impact of the original. This circulated on MP3 and we smiled and danced. Unexpectedly, in 2010 JB returned to ‘Heartbreaker’ for a different interpretation. This time around a more haunting approach was the order of the day with cross-fading strings creating a soulful, otherworldly atmosphere. The drop this time also swapped sub bass for punchy 808s. A tantalising further alternative that pointed the way to this vinyl release. Back 2 back timeless brilliance for the dancefloor on our favourite format. Get stuck in.

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Inspired as much by glam R&B as he is UK garage and dancehall, Deadboy returns to Numbers with HERE - a three track EP that veers ably from his own brand of stylistic, woozy dancefloor heartache to deep gilded disco on the 8 minute plus opener, ‘Wish U Were Here.’ Still chopping vocals and twisting them into his gloriously bittersweet fragmented shapes, this opener finds him playing with his evolutions, suitably adding and subtracting elements, through lush breakdowns, to keep the stomping pace at a constant whilst his bassline bubbles up and down the octaves.

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Final volume in the ‘WALK.MAN’ mix series. A 4 track of burners and disco thuds.
‘CLOUD BREAK’ bolts out the blocks with deadly bongo drums and heady vocal whilst ‘DON’T YOU?' opens it out on the breakdown with xxxy. ‘MAGNOLIA' is looped up phaser disco distilled. Finished with the glacial ‘UR SALVATION’.
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Hot on the heels of both Save Me and the Robert Owens collab is the third instalment of the WALK.MAN series. Big wide-eyed club womper ‘Better Dayz’ on the A and the subtler soul rolla ‘Stay Away From Music’ on the flip. These go off. The WALK.MAN mixtape will be released in full on Cassette and Digital at the end of the Summer.
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Vol. 1 of Doc Daneeka’s Mixtape series ‘WALK.MAN’ This is the first in a series of 12”s dropping over the next few months, & will be compiled into a mixtape on Cassette and Digital at the end of the Summer. Before we announce the guest vocalists on the rest of the mix, get stuck into this summer soul burner.

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The boy, Mickey Pearce, back on Yen after dropping a beauty of an album on Swamp 81 this year. Banging, rapscallion beats.
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4 rather good arias by Manchester’s finest xo. More

Warm house heaters from label boss Doc Daneeka.

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housand Yen for these collection of rough and ready, yet soul burning dance floor bombs. These have been doing serious business in the clubs. I NEED YOU!

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Underground artists to emerge over the last few years. Combining a bruk shuffle with a natural flare for techno, Presk has been carving out his own subtle niche since 2011. Each track on this release stands tall alone, showcasing Presks natural leanings, from the raw broken funk hit of 'Saluki', the warped techno of 'Mod1 & Rais' to the deft touch of 'Vigor'. This is Presk at his very best, showing whats to come of this exciting producer and marking a very fitting return to the label. With support already from Gilles Peterson and a prime slot on Jackmaster’s soon-to-become- legendary Mastermix 4, Saluki is set to be around for a while. Don't sleep on this one.
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"I made another record for the lovely Welshmen at Ten Thousand Yen. The A side is an arpy thing with bass the flip is a vocally thing with bass. They both contain breakdowns - please don't hold this against me xoxo”

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We are extremely pleased to announce the return of one of our favourite Welsh producers back to Yen. Chesus (pronounced chay -zuss) is C from C.R.S.T., half of Darkhouse Fam and the one and only Metabeats fresh from his recent hip hop smash "Hookers" with Action Bronson. So apart from having a finger in just about every conceivable pie, Chesus is going back to his house roots on this solo project, which features the local talents, also making a fair name for themselves,The Organ Grinder and Didz. This is an E.P. of classic house smashers, harking back to the house heyday of the 90's but with a production twist from 2012. Throw ya hands up!

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"I was introduced to Abi at the end of 2010 through a mutual friend - Johnny Dub who co- runs the excellent Manchester night hoya:hoya. Instantly I was blown away by her voice. I sent her some stuff that was on a slightly different tip to my usual beats. She dug it, sent it back, I worked on it some more - Tobyjug was born and i'm glad to say it has been the start of a long working relationship and friendship. We worked together a lot last year on her solo material and the year culminated in Abi flying to Berlin to work with Benjamin Damage and I on our recent album They!Live. I love this song. Hope you do too x" Doc Daneeka Jan 2012 More

Ten Thousand Yen is proud to present our new signing: Presk. He weighs in with the sublime 4 track Love Again E.P. as the first ever 12" on TTY.
We first came across Presk in Eindhoven last year playing support for Doc Daneeka. He played a set of straight original material and tore the place down. ?Since then we've heckled and begged until he finally signed his life away to us, and now that we own his soul we plan on sharing it with you. This E.P. comes correct for 2011 - with Presk riding off the back off a cheeky Tyler remix that is messing up dancefloors and topping charts all over the shop. Sharp edged rhythmic dance music with a distinctly techno lean - we really love the tunes and are super excited about this release, hope you're feeling them too. Each vinyl order includes a download code for instant MP3 / FLAC / WAV format.

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