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Launch Into Hyperspace with this Trio of Stunners from LA Label 100% Silk

Label owner Britt Brown's given us the lowdown on a threesome of mind-melting, brain-bending house-not-house oddities.

You should know by now that we're big fans of Amanda and Britt Brown's legendary 100% Silk imprint by now. We can't get enough of their signature sonic and visual aesthetic — Patrick Nagel meets Patrick Cowley in the bowels of some imagined LA hellscape at dawn, essentially. So when Britt popped up in our inbox and asked if we wanted to premiere a trio of forthcoming releases on the label we jumped at the chance.

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Read more: Dreaming of a Future Past — 100% Silk in Profile

As long term fans of the label we were ready to expect the unexpected and the unexpected, which we expected, is what we got. We asked Britt for a bit of commentary on the records he'd sent over and he duly obliged. We're delighted to be bringing you three cuts straight from the outer reaches of dance music — we hope you're ready for them.

Mr Bronson - "Fly Above Yourself" (from the Trans Pacific LP)

Britt tells us that this record by "Melbourne hardware flatliner" Andrew Broughton is a series of "lean sequences of poly-synth and 707, a spiraling infinity window across Oceania." Which sounds lovely. We think of it, and specifically "Fly Above Yourself", as a kind of seasick take on the Ital sound, which was pretty queasy to start with. The whole VHS-revivalism aesthetic is pretty worn out in 2015, but every so often you hear or see something that can't help but suck you into a vortex of mangled tape and worn out, washed out pastels mingling with the ever present danger of white noise interference and mangled letterboxes. This is one of those moments: it soars, it crashes, it rises, it burns.

You should know by now that we're big fans of Amanda and Britt Brown's legendary 100% Silk imprint by now. We can't get enough of their signature sonic and visual aesthetic — Patrick Nagel meets Patrick Cowley in the bowels of some imagined LA hellscape at dawn, essentially. So when Britt popped up in our inbox and asked if we wanted to premiere a trio of forthcoming releases on the label we jumped at the chance.

Read more: Dreaming of a Future Past — 100% Silk in Profile

As long term fans of the label we were ready to expect the unexpected and the unexpected, which we expected, is what we got. We asked Britt for a bit of commentary on the records he'd sent over and he duly obliged. We're delighted to be bringing you three cuts straight from the outer reaches of dance music — we hope you're ready for them.

Mr Bronson - "Fly Above Yourself" (from the Trans Pacific LP)

Britt tells us that this record by "Melbourne hardware flatliner" Andrew Broughton is a series of "lean sequences of poly-synth and 707, a spiraling infinity window across Oceania." Which sounds lovely. We think of it, and specifically "Fly Above Yourself", as a kind of seasick take on the Ital sound, which was pretty queasy to start with. The whole VHS-revivalism aesthetic is pretty worn out in 2015, but every so often you hear or see something that can't help but suck you into a vortex of mangled tape and worn out, washed out pastels mingling with the ever present danger of white noise interference and mangled letterboxes. This is one of those moments: it soars, it crashes, it rises, it burns.

Nacht - "Virex" (from the Virex LP)

Sometimes in life all you want is a big hulking slab of acid house revivalism that sounds as sweat drenched as the old shit did and still does. "Virex" does just that. Seamlessly blending burble and bliss, it's a late night jam for the ages when the phrase "late night" actually meant something. According to Britt this album's the result of "over a decade of Bay Area nightlife and warehouse culture," which makes it a kind of future San Franciscan institution. If the clubs there are playing stuff like this, then please, THUMP overlords, can you send us over on a exploratory mission for more good music? Cheers. Yeah, business class will do, I guess.

Roche - "Time Remaining" (from the Dawn of the Next Cycle LP)

Gutbucket polyrhythmic stew stuff here, all obtuse angles and uncomfortable squeezes, acid house via the celestial staircases constructed by the likes of Iasos, an imaginary soundtrack for a film that should never be made, total euphoric psychemagik. It's quite good this. Our reliable guide through the labyrinth of house-not-house, Britt, is adamant that the record this track's taken from is, "electric body music reflections on "a world at war, a world that is falling apart, or perhaps reforming."" And who are we to disagree?

All the records above are released on October 16th via 100% Silk

Follow 100% Silk on Facebook // Soundcloud // Twitter

Nacht - "Virex" (from the Virex LP)

Sometimes in life all you want is a big hulking slab of acid house revivalism that sounds as sweat drenched as the old shit did and still does. "Virex" does just that. Seamlessly blending burble and bliss, it's a late night jam for the ages when the phrase "late night" actually meant something. According to Britt this album's the result of "over a decade of Bay Area nightlife and warehouse culture," which makes it a kind of future San Franciscan institution. If the clubs there are playing stuff like this, then please, THUMP overlords, can you send us over on a exploratory mission for more good music? Cheers. Yeah, business class will do, I guess.

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You should know by now that we're big fans of Amanda and Britt Brown's legendary 100% Silk imprint by now. We can't get enough of their signature sonic and visual aesthetic — Patrick Nagel meets Patrick Cowley in the bowels of some imagined LA hellscape at dawn, essentially. So when Britt popped up in our inbox and asked if we wanted to premiere a trio of forthcoming releases on the label we jumped at the chance.

Read more: Dreaming of a Future Past — 100% Silk in Profile

As long term fans of the label we were ready to expect the unexpected and the unexpected, which we expected, is what we got. We asked Britt for a bit of commentary on the records he'd sent over and he duly obliged. We're delighted to be bringing you three cuts straight from the outer reaches of dance music — we hope you're ready for them.

Mr Bronson - "Fly Above Yourself" (from the Trans Pacific LP)

Britt tells us that this record by "Melbourne hardware flatliner" Andrew Broughton is a series of "lean sequences of poly-synth and 707, a spiraling infinity window across Oceania." Which sounds lovely. We think of it, and specifically "Fly Above Yourself", as a kind of seasick take on the Ital sound, which was pretty queasy to start with. The whole VHS-revivalism aesthetic is pretty worn out in 2015, but every so often you hear or see something that can't help but suck you into a vortex of mangled tape and worn out, washed out pastels mingling with the ever present danger of white noise interference and mangled letterboxes. This is one of those moments: it soars, it crashes, it rises, it burns.

Nacht - "Virex" (from the Virex LP)

Sometimes in life all you want is a big hulking slab of acid house revivalism that sounds as sweat drenched as the old shit did and still does. "Virex" does just that. Seamlessly blending burble and bliss, it's a late night jam for the ages when the phrase "late night" actually meant something. According to Britt this album's the result of "over a decade of Bay Area nightlife and warehouse culture," which makes it a kind of future San Franciscan institution. If the clubs there are playing stuff like this, then please, THUMP overlords, can you send us over on a exploratory mission for more good music? Cheers. Yeah, business class will do, I guess.

Roche - "Time Remaining" (from the Dawn of the Next Cycle LP)

Gutbucket polyrhythmic stew stuff here, all obtuse angles and uncomfortable squeezes, acid house via the celestial staircases constructed by the likes of Iasos, an imaginary soundtrack for a film that should never be made, total euphoric psychemagik. It's quite good this. Our reliable guide through the labyrinth of house-not-house, Britt, is adamant that the record this track's taken from is, "electric body music reflections on "a world at war, a world that is falling apart, or perhaps reforming."" And who are we to disagree?

All the records above are released on October 16th via 100% Silk

Follow 100% Silk on Facebook // Soundcloud // Twitter

Roche - "Time Remaining" (from the Dawn of the Next Cycle LP)

Gutbucket polyrhythmic stew stuff here, all obtuse angles and uncomfortable squeezes, acid house via the celestial staircases constructed by the likes of Iasos, an imaginary soundtrack for a film that should never be made, total euphoric psychemagik. It's quite good this. Our reliable guide through the labyrinth of house-not-house, Britt, is adamant that the record this track's taken from is, "electric body music reflections on "a world at war, a world that is falling apart, or perhaps reforming."" And who are we to disagree?

You should know by now that we're big fans of Amanda and Britt Brown's legendary 100% Silk imprint by now. We can't get enough of their signature sonic and visual aesthetic — Patrick Nagel meets Patrick Cowley in the bowels of some imagined LA hellscape at dawn, essentially. So when Britt popped up in our inbox and asked if we wanted to premiere a trio of forthcoming releases on the label we jumped at the chance.

Read more: Dreaming of a Future Past — 100% Silk in Profile

As long term fans of the label we were ready to expect the unexpected and the unexpected, which we expected, is what we got. We asked Britt for a bit of commentary on the records he'd sent over and he duly obliged. We're delighted to be bringing you three cuts straight from the outer reaches of dance music — we hope you're ready for them.

Mr Bronson - "Fly Above Yourself" (from the Trans Pacific LP)

Britt tells us that this record by "Melbourne hardware flatliner" Andrew Broughton is a series of "lean sequences of poly-synth and 707, a spiraling infinity window across Oceania." Which sounds lovely. We think of it, and specifically "Fly Above Yourself", as a kind of seasick take on the Ital sound, which was pretty queasy to start with. The whole VHS-revivalism aesthetic is pretty worn out in 2015, but every so often you hear or see something that can't help but suck you into a vortex of mangled tape and worn out, washed out pastels mingling with the ever present danger of white noise interference and mangled letterboxes. This is one of those moments: it soars, it crashes, it rises, it burns.

Nacht - "Virex" (from the Virex LP)

Sometimes in life all you want is a big hulking slab of acid house revivalism that sounds as sweat drenched as the old shit did and still does. "Virex" does just that. Seamlessly blending burble and bliss, it's a late night jam for the ages when the phrase "late night" actually meant something. According to Britt this album's the result of "over a decade of Bay Area nightlife and warehouse culture," which makes it a kind of future San Franciscan institution. If the clubs there are playing stuff like this, then please, THUMP overlords, can you send us over on a exploratory mission for more good music? Cheers. Yeah, business class will do, I guess.

Roche - "Time Remaining" (from the Dawn of the Next Cycle LP)

Gutbucket polyrhythmic stew stuff here, all obtuse angles and uncomfortable squeezes, acid house via the celestial staircases constructed by the likes of Iasos, an imaginary soundtrack for a film that should never be made, total euphoric psychemagik. It's quite good this. Our reliable guide through the labyrinth of house-not-house, Britt, is adamant that the record this track's taken from is, "electric body music reflections on "a world at war, a world that is falling apart, or perhaps reforming."" And who are we to disagree?

All the records above are released on October 16th via 100% Silk

Follow 100% Silk on Facebook // Soundcloud // Twitter

All the records above are released on October 16th via 100% Silk

Follow 100% Silk on Facebook // Soundcloud // Twitter