Cape-wearing Paper Recordings boss Flash Atkins swoops down to deliver another three-track outing, this time focusing on his first musical love, house. Pleasingly, each of the three original tracks touches on different sounds and inspirations.
Opener “Hard Days” has a near Balearic feel – all positive synths, retro-futurist piano riffage and classic Morales/Def Mix grooves.
“Freak Club” delivers a hypnotic groover reminiscent of classic Junior Boy’s Own productions, complete with a rambling spoken word vocal from Little Lost Boy.
Closer “Flood Warning”, meanwhile, is bound to create dancefloor energy thanks to its rolling electric pianos and boompty-influenced beats.

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Here’s the new Flash Atkins EP which has been getting mad love from the likes of Zev (wolf+lamb), Bottin (Italiens Do It Better) and Ryan Cavanagh. Get on it!

Severino Panzetta (Horsemeat Disco) – AMAZING ..Flood warning break is MENTAL!

Joakim – I like freaks, i like Freak Club.

James Teej – Nice stuff from paper as per usual. flash does not disappoint, nice and diverse record.

Zev (Wolf+Lamb) – ‘Flash dat smack Atkins’

Ryan Cavanagh (Slow Hands) – Hard Days is my fav!

Scope – Fuck me, that flood warning is bbbbbbbbbbbbad to the bone!

Ralph Myerz – All trax are perfect late-nite-5am-eternal-muzik, but the standout track for me is Freak Club, will stay in my sets for a LONG time. Definitely one of my favourite tracks this year. It combines the very best of oldschool Paper releases with the very very best of tha future. Amazing!’

Bottin (Eskimo / Italiens Do it Better) – Flood does it for me.

Dean Facer – Superb EP…. really, really loving this !!!

Chris Todd (Crazy P) – Nice ep, 3 quite different tracks, with Flood Warning just coming out on top for me, ah that siren takes me back!

Drop Out Orchestra – Flood Warning is right up our street.

Nutritious – Insane-o ridiculous amounts of awesome.

Bonar Bradberry – Great swingy groove in Hard Days and Flood Warning is a Lot of fun!

Q-Burns Abstract Message – Hard Days is swell, a nice synth-bopping wind up for the floor. “Flood Warning” has definite mid-set ‘get the troops in line’ potential.

Terry Farley – Flood warning is a great groove will get right behind it.

Billy Scurry – Flood Warning is an absolute monster!!

Toolroom – Really nice vibe on Hard Days.

Murray Richardson – Flash we love you!

Sleazy McQueen – Frenetic!

Christophe (Futureboogie) – Really fuckin’ heavy!!

Nathan Detroit (Southern Fried) – Sexy stuff

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Saturday, June 16

Cottam
Flash Atkins
Neil Diablo

Paper Recordings are well and truly back on the block with a new stable of artists re-defining the Paper sound but keeping it deep, disco and dancefloor. And to celebrate it’s new compilation Paper Cuts # 1, they are throwing a party in their home town of Manchester for the first time for ages.
Stepping up will be house hero Cottam, fresh from remixing Jamie Ls In The Burg for Paper, to unleash his box of bass heavy deep house and disco floor fillers. Support comes from Neil Diablo, a forthcoming label star and resident Flash Atkins.

To make it extra special, its in the brand spanking new underground venue, 2022 with a capacity limited to just 200.

Paper are honoured back with a party to blow the doors off

£6 advance / £8 door

20 22 NQ , 20 -22 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1EZ

10pm – 3am

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Ny*ak – Stump EP

1. Echoes
2. Mahna
3. Jewels
4. Tenderly

Ny*ak is one of the new generation of producers who are taking their influences from classic house and disco but mixing it up with modern dancefloor sounds and production. Creating something different and original, the music references the past but lives in the future.

Ny*ak has had releases out on Audio Parallax and been getting props from the front liners like Red Rack’em, Cottam, Moodymanc & Aeroplane. This is his first EP for Paper and is pitched down, trippy deep house that pushes buttons, flicks switches and tweeks tweekers!
First up, Echoes takes a heavy analogue bass, simple 4/4 beats, Rhodes by Mark Hand and well placed samples for a classic piece of moody house that subtly weaves it’s own way.

Next up, Mahna keeps the groove tight with nagging bass, shuffling beats, congas plus keys and synths that ride on the jazzier side.

Jewels has a broken groove that builds hypnotically over some haunting keys. It hits the dancefloor buttons, drawing a line from Floating Points to Detroit via FWD.

Finally Tenderly follows the same drugged out BPMS with heavy drums, well chosen samples, Detroit synths and keys.

OUT MAY 7
The Legendary 1979 Orchestra – Love the EP! Really great mix of beatdown deepness and punch in the sound, Andrew’s best work so far imo! Tenderly and Mahna are the picks for me!

Lukas (Futureboogie) – This is some heavy, tripped out shit! I like it!
Good to hear something a bit different. all the tracks are strong and each have their own vibe.

Dom Servini – Mahna is a hypnotic soul/jazz beauty!

Dicky Trisco (Disco Deviance) – Feeling the Motor City vibes on Mahna and the offstep mix n match of Tenderly on this one. Nicely done.

Billy Scurry – Nothing short of sublime, real basement ruffness.. loving the different vibes within a theme, proper proper music for the purposes of getting down!!

Nathan Gregory Wilkins – Echoes is an absolute stunner!!!

Roberto Rodriguez – Beautiful music!
Loving the sample work. Will be playing these!
Out 7th May!

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Those NYC music pioneers LCD SS have gone all audiovisual and got togther a doc/film with their mates Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern – We can’t wait to check it out over at Paper HQ

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