Welcome to Notes from the Underground, THUMP's weekly premiere feature dedicated to shining a light on underground sonics from around the world. Every week, we'll start at the surface and dig deeper into the underground with each track. In this week's edition, we've got everything from acid house legends to Belgian electro-pop upstarts, with some world-sourced tech-house and UK bassline in-between - and you can check them all out at this one-stop shop. Have a dig around:If it's good and it comes from Belgium and it's not techno, Eskimo Recordings is most likely involved. In this instance, dark electro-pop duo Hydrogen Sea's "Wear Out" enjoys a remix from Dutch experimentalist Mees Dierdorp and the results are spooky and catchy and will have you googling the duo faster than you can finish this sentence.Hydrogen Sea is on Facebook // SoundCloud // Twitter
Mees Dierdorp is on Facebook // SoundCloud // TwitterCodpiece-clad acid house champion Mr. C is about town on the back of his Illusion EP, released on Superfreq, and he's spreading acid vibes like its the 1990s all over again. His tune "Acid Illusion" has all the warbled zippy-zappy your frazzled brain could ask for.Mr. C is on Facebook // SoundCloudCrosstown Rebels act Citizenn gets the house re-work from Miami veterans Murk on "Tied," the single from his atest EP of the same name. The remix is abstract – Whispered vocals flit about the atmosphere and the pseudo-reggaeton beat keeps affairs progressing with a degree of pep.Citizenn is on Facebook // SoundCloud // TwitterAC Slater's Party Like Us has developed a monopoly on bassline whomp over the past couple of years, and the Midland Line EP from Holy Goof just shows how easy it's gotten for the squad to churn out bossy bangers like it's par for the course.Holy Goof is on Facebook // SoundCloud // TwitterThe whole world came together on this one. Spanish tech-house producer Wade takes on remix duties of Indian star Arjun Vagale's "Clot," to be released on stateside-based Swedes Pleasurekraft's Kraftek imprint. Keep your cumbayas to yourself, tech-house is the soundtrack to a united world.Arjun Vagale is on Facebook // SoundCloud // TwitterMoody house vibes abound on Karasho's "Hide," a seven-minute deeper house tune with a galloping cadence and spacey atmospherics. The seemingly placeless producer also made the artwork for the release as part of a photography series titled 'Metaphysical Pictures of an Unknown Man.'Karasho is on Facebook // SoundCloud // Twitter
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Hydrogen Sea - "Wear Out" (Mees Dierdorp remix) [Eskimo Recordings]
Mees Dierdorp is on Facebook // SoundCloud // Twitter
Mr. C - "Acid Illusion" [Superfreq]
Citizenn - "Tied" (Murk Mega remix) [Crosstown Rebels]
Holy Goof - "Oi" [Party Like Us]
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Arjun Vagale - "Clot" (Wade remix) [Pleasurekraft]
Eddie Niguel - "Where Do We Go From Here" [Midnight Shift]
Eddie Niguel is on Facebook // SoundCloud