Full colour label sticker, brown recycled disco bag

GENRE/S:

• Deep House
• Drum & Bass / Jungle
• Electronica
• House
• Leftfield

TRACKLISTS:

A1 - Jack Bags - Natural Thing
A2 - Mike Riveria & Marco Ohboy - Euphoria
A3 - A Soft Mist Production - Upside Down Rainbows
B1 - Dr. Sud - Zaffiro (jazz cut)
B2 - datSIM - Influx
B3 - The Rabbit Hole - Tail Groove


Short version:
Q1E2’s Q1#1EP takes listeners on a thrilling speed-run through cosmic club sounds, showcasing emerging global talents.

Final version:

Electronic music at its best offers a tantalising glimpse of the future, capturing the moment of conception where new worlds and genres are brought into being. Amsterdam-via-Berlin label Q1E2 (standing for “quality first, ego second”) embodies this expansive promise on their new various-artists compilation, a thrilling speed-run through the cosmic outer-reaches of contemporary club sounds that highlights the work of essential emerging producers from around the globe.

Milan producer Jack Bags opens the proceedings with “Natural Thing”, an astral deep-dance immersion with zero-gravity synthesizer pads and skeletal dub percussion that echo out through the void, sensuous vocal samples arriving like scattered transmissions from the stereo of some long-lost spacecraft. datSIM’s “Influx” races through kaleidoscopic sci-fi spacescapes, presenting a futuristic reimagining of UK bass sounds with dextrous organ melodics and widescreen atmospherics. Mike Riviera and Marco Ohboy bring us back down for a more earthly kind of ecstatic experience, cranking up the humidity and coaxing out the endorphins with the appropriately-titled “Euphoria” - a rugged, rave-adjacent heater that cleverly rearranges elements of classic house and garage into a decidedly modern club workout.

Elsewhere there’s a distinctive undercurrent of jazz flowing through the compilation, mapping out thrilling new evolutions of the music on and off the dancefloor. Dr Sud’s mesmeric rhythm excursion “Zaffiro” unfurls like the coils of a cosmic serpent, tessellating percussion and slinking subs tracing intricate beat geometries. A Soft Mist Production’s “Upside Down Rainbows” settles in for the afters with smoked-out soulful atmospherics, syrupy vocals curling and turning in the air like smoke vapors from the last vestiges of a still-lit cigarette. The Rabbit Hole’s “Tail Groove” closes out the proceedings with a surprising bait-and-switch - opening on lustrous lounge piano that could have been comped straight from a Bill Evans record, the track quickly gives way to interstellar bass ‘n’ breaks. The producer’s canny use of cello licks adds a grounded, organic feel, jazz futurism that recalls Photek or LTJ Bukem’s sampling experiments.

Taken together, the label’s new compilation provides a snapshot of a scene in constant evolution, taking the temperature of the modern electronic scene and finding it to be in rude health.

Written by Matthew Fidler


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12", Full color label sticker, 140gr vinyl, 6 tracks
- Young and upcoming talent Dr. Sud
- Releases on Kaleido, Juicy Traxxx & Closer To Truth

GENRE/S:
House, Jazzy-Electronica

TRACKLISTS:

A-side
A1 - Dr. Sud - Brina
A2 - Dr. Sud - Life Itself
A3 – Dr. Sud - Evening Breath

B-side
B1 - Dr. Sud - Tramontana
B2 - Dr. Sud - 3/4AM
B3 - Dr. Sud - Mondgesicht

4. SHORT INFO:

Just what the doctor ordered...

Next up on Q1E2 Recordings - for the label's fifth release so far - is Dr Sud. He's a Rome-born, Berlin-raised producer whose music is a fusion of percussion-centric soundscapes and integrated jazz-leaning harmonies, drawing inspiration from diverse genres like electronica, funk, and house.

On 'Heading South', the broken beat don serves up his specialist percussive sound, folding all manner of drums into synth-smothered house. The EP explores the undulating cycle of morning into night, back into morning, inviting you to dance your way through it all.

'Brina', a word which in Italian refers to morning dew - perhaps found on a tent on the morning of a festival - represents the breaking of dawn with broken beats. The track breaks and squints into the start of the day with spacious kick drums leaving room for warm, almost familiar pads and keys.

Then, 'Life Itself' reflects daytime, revolving around an arpeggiating synth that soon makes way for luscious keys.

An excursion into percussive bliss concludes side A in the form of the magical, grin-inducing 'Evening Breath'. This, as you might have guessed, is where the listener cruises through smoothly into the final stages of the day. It encapsulates that last burst of light as the sun sets and a slight shiver of the evening air slivers up your spine.

Then, before you know it, the mysterious night arrives. Flip to that B side, and 'Tramontana' will greet you, inviting you to dance deep into the late hours.

When you're there, the chugging '3/4AM' will hit the spot like an unforgettable dance floor moment, bursting with low and slow Balearic tendencies.

Finally, 'Mondgesicht' - "Moonface" in German -fittingly concludes proceedings with deep lounge vibes. Mumbles of effortless trumpet manoeuvre through a swaying sea of percussion and delicious, wavering synth solo. The day is here again. The cycle is complete.

This is some seriously high-quality music on show here from Dr Sud. The EP is out on Q1E2 Recordings in October.



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Full color label sticker with photo of the artist popping-out.

Genre:
House
Lofi House
Oldschool House

TRACKLISTS:

A1 – Papi Gaba – Move On – 3:52
A2 – Papi Gaba – It Don’t Matter – 4:09
A3 – Papi Gaba – Fragile – 5:13
B1 – Papi Gaba – It Don’t Matter (Windows Remix) – 6:43
B2 – Papi Gaba – Kristina – 5:11
B3 – Papi Gaba – No Crying In The Car – 4:56

SHORT INFO:

Released on the Amsterdam based label Q1E2 Recordings, the “Move On” EP is Papi Gaba’s modern take on
old school- and Lofi House. Papi Gaba's music takes a surgical and alternative turn from conventional House and
pushes the genre into a new direction. The EP is the result of Papi Gaba's first experiments with tape recorders
and cassette tapes, and characterised by warm, melodic, melancholic, and crunchy sounds. Papi Gaba’s tracks
are suited for the club, while at the same time perfect for any old dusty living room sound system.




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12" EP - Full colour discobag and sticker with etching on the B-side
Second EP from Veezo.
First EP release on Q1E2 Recordings.
Full colour discobag and sticker with etching on the B-side


GENRE/S:
Brokenbeat
Lo-fi Hip Hop
Jazzy

TRACKLIST:
A1 - Veezo - 90skid - 3:15
A2 - Veezo - adayofthesun 2:20
A3 - Veezo - how2makeaLeader 2:14
A4 - Veezo - lastdayonthesun - 2:23
B - Etching

SHORT INFO:
‘Adayofthesun’ is Veezo’s second EP released on May 2nd 2021 (digital). This concept release blends cinematicatmospheres with a lo-?hip hop?avour. The EP shows o?the artist's pedigree - choppy vocal samples meldwith wobbly pads, and Veezo's warm wandering Rhodes grooves tying everything together.



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