Tracklisting
A1 Daffy - Organs For Spring
A2 Daffy - Save My Soul
B1 Daffy - Holding On 4 U
B2 Daffy - Like This Like That

Sales Note
Daffy returns with 4 massive bass driven anthems for Bristol label Time Is Now! Essential business! More

Bang on trend grooves from the Vivid camp, exploring the current fascination for all things that intersect both the garage and breaks genres. Lead track 'Wicked & Wild' is the one that leans furthest into UKG territory, its bumpy bassline and MC-style vocal giving it heaps of energy and attitude. Flip side instrumentals 'Push Past It' and 'Ronin' meanwhile, evoke the early 2000s spirit of breaksteppers such as Horsepower Productions, the latter especially maintaining the bassline pressure and adding it to the more hardcore vibe of rawer, sampled percussion. Maximum respect! More

Tracklisting:
A1 Daffy - Higher
A2 Daffy - Darker Days
B1 Daffy - Take It Easy
B2 Daffy - Warped

Release Note:
Bristol native Daffy returns to Shall Not Fade with his second solo EP, focusing on the darker aspects of 4x4 garage.

The title track typifies Daffy's unique and forward-thinking take on UKG. The dynamic chant of a dancehall MC is ramped up to invigorate a UKG stomper, the product: a rude, flavoursome track which evokes Spooky and Riko Dan's "High Power". Serious. The aptly-named "Darker Days" is more reminiscent of El-B with cool-toned low end growls before "Take It Easy" and "Warped" bring
things to an energetic close with a stomping 4x4 rhythm and warped bassline which nod to old school speed garage.

Higher EP drops 26th August 2022 via Time Is Now. More

Vivid's unashamedly retro-tinted breakbeat assault continues apace with five more high grade suggest. It is the newly emergent, in form Daffy who follows up a nice EP on Time Is Now earlier in the year with throwback mash up. There are rigid metal chords panning about the mix next to bleeping fax machines and bustling breaks on the opener and from there he doesn't let up. 'Dents' is a bass heavy garage workout with razor sharp hits and 'No Caller ID' drops deeper into warped garage basslines. 'Palm Tree' is pure jungle goodness, and last of all 'Don't Think' is maybe the best of the lot.
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Tracklist:
A1 Daffy - Put Your Feet up
A2 Daffy - Run Around
A3 Daffy - Nerves
B1 Daffy - Lost Again
B2 Daffy - Mishap
B3 Daffy - Wasp's Nest

Release Info:
Shall Not Fade champions its hometown of Bristol for this next release on the Time Is Now White Label series; Daffy has built a name for himself on the local scene putting out forward-thinking garage on labels to watch like Dim Sum Records and Equal People. This will be his first full vinyl EP and it's not one to miss.

Run Around EP builds up the tension throughout; starting off with "Put Your Feet Up", a ghostly atmospheric piece with a sparse beat, sprinkling of ear candy and crescendo of headsy melodies. The title track oozes a growling bassline beneath staccato vocal snatches - it's a deconstructed style of garage that maintains tension while adding a dreamlike quality. More tension encompasses "Nerves" alongside teases of low end wobbles and harsh breaks that coalesce into a punishing jungle track.

"Lost Again" brings in the B-side with this same energy, an explosion of rolling breaks forming the backbone of this rouch and ready Metalheadz style crowd pleaser, calling out to the rave. "Mishap" serves up ragga vocals, impenetrable sub bass and pouncing two-step ripe for a reload, all rounded off with "Wasp's Nest" - a raucous, no holds barred climax to the EP. More

Repress!

Looking back it's been a killer year for DJ Haus and his pair of labels, Unknown to the Unknown and Hot Haus, and it seems like he won't be easing the gears down from "unfcknrelenting" now December has arrived. The latest Hot Haus release (the sixth issued since September!) sees a welcome return for whippersnapper producer Palace whose Vision 12" is the third record issued on the UTTU offshoot in a year! If you liked previous Palace records, you love the three tracks here which are all raw and effective DJ tools sprinkled with immediacy, individuality and nagging basslines - "Solstice" in particular is a real burner of a track. Don't sleep! More

EZ Jam debuts on Hot Haus with 4 outstanding House killers - backed with a Mark Hawkins remix! More

Wave Particle Singularity returns to Hot Haus Recs after 2021’s killer Quantum Seduction release that drew support from Dusky Carl Craig, Gene Farris, Ciel, Nikki Nair, I. JORDAN + many more - here we are treated to 3 minimal-jack-ho More

Groovy D debuts on Hot Haus Recs after turning heads on Time Is Now, Shall Not Fade & Hardline Sounds - here we are treated to 2 UK-Garage infused House burners and a couple of weighty 2 Step cuts. More

Fresh from dropping bombs on CHIWAX, Tokyo’s Guchon steps up for Hot Haus with 4 guaranteed party starting no-nonsense house burners! All Killer No Filler! More

Interplanetary Criminal & DJ Cosworth debut on Hot Haus Recs with a 2 tracks of burnin' house flavoured 2-Step. More

Fresh from turning heads on Lobster Theremin, Running Out Of Steam & Distant Horizons - Dublin based M4A4 comes correct for Hot Haus Recs with 4 UKG tinged burners. More

Yosh debuts on Hot Haus Recs with a 4 track EP brimming with "UKG-Tinged-Break-Beat-Seduction". With a CV boasting releases on Dr Banana, Shall Not Fade, Lobster Theremin & Holding Hands - Yosh has a well crafted ‘knack' for absorbing the current vibe of the UK dance floor for both headz and feetz." More

Wave Particle Singularity debuts on Hot Haus Recs with 3 super deep slammin Houz kuts - introspective-laboratory-glitch-house the best it’s ever gonna get! Backed with a remix from DJ M4A4 (Running Out Of Steam / Distant Hawaii). All Killer no filler house techno & garage from the Hot Haus camp. More

Dublin area rapid trax from DART on Hot Haus Recs In Effekt! Previously spotted on Shall Not Fade’s Basement series & turning heads with his brilliant Feel My Bicep mix, here we get a showcase of emotional-deep-house over 3 tracks. More