Buscrates - Blasting OffPittsburgh native Orlando "BusCrates" Marshall continues the city's legacy of genre defining talent with a sound rooted in hip hop grit and synth soaked funk. A DJ, musician, and producer since childhood, BusCrates grew up immersed in records and rhythm, inspired by the sounds pumping from his father's sound system. His music channels two core energies: classic boom bap hip hop and vibrant, post disco boogie funkboth shaped by a legendary record

Purple Disco Machine has quickly become a household name with the success of his international hit singles ‘Hypnotized feat

London Mastered at The Exchange

Those languid

Kerieva (Romani)

Following on from the label’s release of the original

the other two rooted in the memories of a special morning in the woods of Houghton (and other times and places)

Valentine's Park

and a composer who could conjure different moods and styles with his writing

Capturing The Flag

Tribal motifs merge with field recordings while synthesized animals call out over exotic hand percussion

Claudio Passavanti worked with vocalist Rene Alvarez and expert in Afro-Cuban percussion

Every now and again