Waste Mail 026: December's best music 🔥
A recap of the crucial club music you might have missed at the end of '24
Welcome to Waste Mail, the newsletter that’s dedicated to cutting-edge club music and is written by Seb Wheeler for Tropical Waste 🔥
Happy New Year. A little late with this one but I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss anything from the very end of ‘24.
There’s more than enough to keep you entertained until our January round-up in a couple weeks’ time 🙏🏻
Out to everyone who came through to Tropical Waste x Drifting. Another special night at Ormside, and a line-up that really did nail the classic weird/fun Waste axis.
Next up is 160 Unity at MOT with RP Boo and DJ Spinn on the same line-up in LDN for the very first time. We dropped the full line-up before Christmas and the show sold-out in 10 days. Mad. 50 tix on the door for the early crew - I’ll see you down the front.
I spent the holiday reading Pressure Drop, a history of reggae in the ‘70s by John Masouri and featuring his extensive interviews with artists from the time. It’s mindblowing how influential that scene was on wider music culture and history (soundsystems, dubbing / remixing, the advent of rap etc). Was nice to have the time to get immersed in the book…
…So it felt right to kick off a recent two-hour radio show with some classic dub music before moving into other innovative and imaginative forms of bass music. Out to Winggold for the invite, was nice to be back ‘broadcasting’ again.
Have fun digging and see you again soon <3
Photo: Surusinghe and friends during soundcheck at Tropical Waste x Drifting, Ormside, Nov ‘24
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Tracks & EPs 🔌
Batu & Nick Leon ‘Yiu’ Collab made in heaven, especially when the pair flirt with aqueous slow/fast rhythms and gqom bassweight Listen
DJ Clent & DJ Corey ‘It’s The Law’ First cut from the forthcoming album by father and son (!) on Juke Bounce Werk Listen
ex.sess ‘strange echoes’ Post-genre club music that moves nimbly between de/re-constructed states… Rhythm, space and sound design combine and then untangle, making for a new, exploratory kind of club track Listen
Florentino & Martyn Bootyspoon ‘Gas Station’ A low-end weed smokers’ anthem for anyone who misses the ‘Gas Pedal’ days Listen
JIALING & Kade Young ‘WOE’ New gen Baltimore club that’ll make your ass shake. Crispiest production/mastering too Listen
Mun Sing feat Katy Ketani ‘I Didn’t Need U Anyway’ Mun Sing tames the unhinged flexibility of his flubbery sound design in order to deliver a moment of hyperpop bliss Listen
SAMPLE JUNKIE ‘PEACHES’ This one dropped just in time for New Year’s Eve. Banging Peaches edit that any self-respecting party DJ / bluetooth warrior should own Listen
softi ‘Tame me’ Keep an eye on softi, who’s quietly, confidently putting out dim-lit, rhythmically astute, low-end dance music that’s as-yet uncategorisable Listen
Tay Jordan ‘Papered Up’ Tay Jordan raps on a beat produced by Teklife’s DJ Spinn. More of this kinda stuff pls! Listen
Albums & Compilations 💿
96 Back ‘tender, exit’ Fully backflipped club music on SVBKVLT Listen
Eyad ‘Egram’ An expansive lofi beat tape out of Egypt that’s perfect for intrepid sonic explorers Listen
Hood Joplin ‘This, That & The Third’ Quality collection of sci-fi, neo juke music from the Canadian producer Listen
HYPOXIA ‘HYPOXIA ¬ I’ London party/crew HYPOXIA drops a comp of experimental electronics and post-everything club. It’s hard, fast, loud, noisy… Dancing in the rubble of 2010s deconstruction Listen
MoonDoctoR ‘The SoundCloud Archives 2011-2015’ A generous helping of footwork from MoonDoctoR’s hard drive. Deffo worth digging thru Listen
Pura Pura ‘SP660’ A late night mixtape that takes heavy inspiration from Chicago footwork. Proper smokers music and a nice addition to the current worldwide 160 movement Listen
The Raptor Records ‘Raptor House 2024’ The annual overview of raptor house from DJ Babatr and friends Listen
XXIII ‘Volume 13’ Another banging compilation from the crucial crew/label/party series in Portugal Listen
The Waste List 🚨
The Waste List playlist includes all of the artists that are featured here and is updated every month alongside each new issue of Waste Mail
DJ Mixes 🎧
Introspective Electronics w/ Alicia Deep, dubby, healing sounds selected by Alicia. A perfect way to ease into January Listen
Kode9 - OUTMIX002 A live recording of Kode9’s 140 set during last summer’s Outlook in Croatia. Co-inciding with his Hyperdub 20 sets, the boss draws for plenty of Terror Danjah, Joker and his own mid 00s productions Listen
Jialing live at Venue MOT Killer live recording of Jialing’s set at the Orientate party at Venue MOT in South London in August. Baltimore club, electro hypbrids, low-end techno and splurges of bass house – very fun Listen
Object Blue - NR Sound Mix 063 Tripped out electronics, innovative club and Gen Z braindance from a DJ/producer who revels in left turns Listen
Rivs - Flow Like Mine [Rivs Winter Mix Vol. 4] Joog Music founder Rivs puts together a ton of his own mutant bass productions Listen
SANA b2b shryke (Moon Squad) - Reprezent This duo are part of the Moon Squad party crew out of Marseille and specialise in fizzy club music that makes the ‘floor pop Listen
Sarjan - Voices Radio Deep d’n’b explorations from the Expert Death club night resident Listen
Sarra Wild - Rinse FM Here’s Sarra Wild’s favourite club tracks of 2024. Tough, propulsive, bass-heavy records that define the DJ’s on-point, no-BS club sets Listen
With Love from Tropical Waste ✌️
Seb takes over the Unbound Riddims radio show – 70s dub, hauntological rave, footwork, 100bpm experiments. Check it
Next party Feb 21. Advance tickets done. 50 tix on the door. Get there early <3
