Zeroh - Sumlyte

Zeroh returns to Leaving Records with a surprise EP "Sumlyte". Brilliant delivery on rad beats, stamp of approval from me.

Pre-order the tape here, and check the whole EP below.

Matthewdavid - Mycelium Music

Trippy dose of lush new-age soundscapes from Leaving Records boss Matthewdavid. "Mycelium Music" is his latest LP that just came out, and symbiotically developed a relationship with my Saturday speakers. Part glitchy electronica, part celestial ambient, the album will transform you into a droplet of water that falls down the waterfall in slow motion, reflecting all the sounds and sights around it.

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aNTOJE - Null Data

Filled with abstract, chopped-up and obscure beats, "Null Data" is a new album from Montreal producer aNTOJE, who conjures ghosts of Wigflip alumni, Beat Dimensions compilations and the early days of Leaving Records. It's actually Leaving who picked up this album and released it on cassette tape a few days ago. The influences are all over the place here, from Fly Lo's LA-era style of deconstructed beats on "Dripper" through wonky electro a'la Fulgeance on "Mono House", to "Shkoopet" that sounds like Hudson Mohawke in his prime. This album is a trip down the memory lane for anyone who was closely following the birth and mutations of the beats scene in the noughties.

You can order "Null Data" here, including a limited edtion hand-marbled cassette with 3 risograph prints.

The Growth Eternal - Roden

The Growth Eternal is the alias of Los Angeles-based jazz bassist, producer, songwriter and composer Byron Crenshaw. After delivering in 2020 a bass guitar-centered debut LP "Bass Tone Paintings", and a vocoder-focused "Kensho!" EP the following year, both for Leaving Records, he's set to release with them a new album entitled "PARASAiL-18". Above you can check the first single "Roden", a slow-burning altR&B track that brings to my mind stripped down productions of RPG and speaced out SA-RA vibe. "PARASAiL-18" is set to drop on February 25th, you can preorder it on tape and vinyl here.

Asa Tone - Live At New Forms

Asa Tone is a multidisciplinary, multinational group formed in NYC comprised of Melati Malay, Tristan Arp and Kaazi. I've been enjoying their take on ambient from last year's debut album "Temporary Music" quite a lot lately, so it's exciting to learn that they're about to release a new project this month. "Live At New Forms" is a recording which was commissioned as an event-specific work for the New Forms Festival in Vancouver in 2020, and on November 19 will drop on a limited to 300 copies tape (and in digital form) via Leaving Records. Video single can be viewed above (fans of Geinoh Yamashirogumi's OST to Akira should dig those mellow vibrations and drum work), the cassette can be pre-ordered here.