Imprint - Hessle Audio
Laksa - Belly Brocka
Running the club night and monthly NTS show ‘re:lax’ with re:ni, Laksa has been consistently pushing bass mutations since his early EPs on Beneath’s Mistry label. A Bristol bass bobbler at heart, his hybrid sound has found a home on many respected labels such as Timedance, Ilian Tape and Whities, cementing his place amongst the latest UK talent.
Laksa - Fire Kit EP on Bandcamp
Pearson Sound - Cobwebs
'Alien Mode' orbits around a sledgehammer breakbeat, processed for impact on contemporary dancefloors whilst referencing the sonic palette of early hardcore and jungle, with its time-stretched vocals and restrained FX stabs. 'Cobwebs' flips a percussion sample, officially licensed from Nigerian musician Adewale Ayuba, into a head-spinning sub-fuelled roller at 155bpm. The understated ecstasy of 'Everything Is Inside Out' closes the EP with its elastic arpeggios and yearning synth lines.
Pearson Sound - Alien Mode on Bandcamp
Shelley Parker - Red Cotton
Hessle Audio’s final release of 2018 sees London-based Shelley Parker debut on the label with the ‘Red Cotton’ EP. The tracks match skeletal breakbeats and looming sub bass with processed field recordings from both her choreography work and echoes of Carnival from her flat. Ploy completes the EP with a signature percussive workout of a remix of ‘Angel Oak’.
Shelley Parker - Red Cotton EP on Bandcamp
Batu - Marius
Bristol's own Batu makes his debut and way, way overdue appearance on Hessle Audio with Marius - a four track EP that sees him continue to push his odd-ball style in new directions.
Beatrice Dillon & Call Super - Inkjet
Beatrice Dillon and Call Super debut on Hessle Audio with their first collaboration, an EP of intricate and immersive club tools.
Beatrice Dillon & Call Super - Inkjet / Fluo on Bandcamp
Ploy - Move Yourself
Ploy's lens zooms out and fixes its gaze on polyrhythms, which on Sala One Five he explores in three different ways. The title track is the most hair-raising, with its drums tumbling in a noisy atmosphere of laser bursts, spinning helicopter blades and sudden toxic emissions. "Sala One Five" sounds as if it should come with instructions for the nearest fire exit, but even as it mimics disaster, Ploy always sounds in control.