Viiah--Slow Mend Release date: 14/11/25 Label: Footnotes Catalog number: FTNTS020D 4 Viiah ‘Slow Mend’ Closing out the set is Viiah, an emerging Essex producer drawing from the classic mid-2000s liquid funk palette. This EP explores both warmth and contrast. Uncontacted is spectral and haunting — strings, subtle riffs, understated synth motifs, all riding a driving percussive backbone. Meanwhile, Drawn Out (ft. Malign) edges darker, with more weight and intensity, hinting at

Zar--What For Release date: 7/11/25 Label: Footnotes Catalog number: FTNTS020D 3 Zar — What For Zar (aka Pierluigi Zardetto), the Manchester-based producer/DJ whose work bridges jazz, soul, hip hop, and DnB, gives us a masterclass in instrumentation and textural layering. What For is his signature liquid with an undercurrent of old-school hip hop sensibility. Featuring Finnerz on mic, the title track balances lyricism and groove. Illusions merges organic instrumentation and s

Sustance/Sylla--Whose It Release date: 24/10/25 Label: Shogun Audio Catalog number: SHA330 Sustance returns to Shogun Audio alongside Sylla with the underground heater ‘Whose It’. A proper stepper built for the shadows of the dance, this one drips with attitude from the jump. Sylla’s ice-cold flows cut through the mix with precision, while Sustance’s razor-edged production twists and mutates beneath. Evil, weighty, and primed for maximum damage. Beatport: https://www.beatport

OKO UK/Grove/Rider Shafique--Been Busy Release date: 7/11/25* Label: Born On Road Catalog number: BORN145 We’re gliding deeper into club season right now – the time of year when artists roll out hearty productions to warm up the colder months. OKO knows the drill, and she’s landing on Born On Road with her debut label single with us. “Been Busy” is the track, and keeping busy is exactly what OKO has been doing of late. One of the next wave of drum & bass producers shining thr