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“POLKU” EP out now

https://soundcloud.com/jannehatula/sets/polku-ep

Polku“, a 4-track digital EP is out now on Lightless Recordings.

There’s no story behind it – other than a man coping with dark winter days, longing for a way out (“Polku” is Finnish – “a path”).
90–130 BPM beats – a mixture of downbeat, hip hop, footwork, and related styles.

Buy/listen at:
• Bandcamp
• Beatport

Google Play
Amazon
• Deezer
• Juno Download
• Spotify

Free unreleased download from the 2003 vaults: “Music For The Motherless Japanese Child”

https://soundcloud.com/jannehatula/free-download-from-the-2003-vaults-music-for-the-motherless-japanese-child

It’s my birthday today, and birthdays involve gifts, right? Here’s one to ya’ll.

This track was recently sent to me a friend of mine from an encrypted hard drive that was almost forgotten, so big up to you, Mick “Muttley”, for going thru the trouble of salvaging this one…this one almost got lost forever.

This tune was made around 2003, and it definitely sounds like it in all its roughness…hardly any sub, the bass is quiet, levels are off, it’s distorting…yet it nicely displays the Fanu sound that was definitely forming strongly around that time. I made this one with a sampler and a bunch of floppies and a cheap mixer. Title is super deep, of course; it relates to a movie that I had watched prior to making the song.

Free download. Be easy on it…it’s old!

“A New Tribe” promo DJ mix

On Jan 1, 2016, Lightless Recordings is releasing “A New Tribe” – a bass music compilation from 16 very promising artists from around the world.

You can listen to a promotional DJ mix done from the album tunes by Mister Shifter.

*RELEASE DATE: JAN 1, 2016*
iTunes preorder link

TRACKLIST
Graphs – Sleep Recursive
Aerostat Industry – Ocean of Money
Ilk – Start Back
Moresounds – Braaka Töölö
Redraft & HP.Ritch – Champion Killa
Fishstix – Bassline
Out of Fuel – Portal
Nonfuture – The Watcher
Recue – Watching You
Mister Shifter – Nowhere Fast
Fistfunk – Do It Right
HMR – Raw
Infader – Brainfeed
SDS – Shadow People
Sonis – West Coast
Wish – Descention

“Polar” album out

My new album, Polar, is out now.
It’s largely a return to Fanu roots with a little bit of modern spice thrown into the mix.
Wanted to get super busy with breaks once again, and the tone is deep, dark, and melancholic – just like the mindstate of those living up north.

It is only available through Bandcamp for now, but will show up in other main outlets some time in 2016. It’s a name-your-price release, as I believe that’s largely the way to go these days: you get to say what it’s worth. And if you want to grab it for free, feel free to; I’d only ask you to share it if you happen to like it.

Drum and bass for life!