Mengzy Selects – 048 / June

Welcome to ‘Mengzy Selects’, a monthly video column which features recently released tracks by producers and labels in Asia and across the Asian diaspora. Your host is Mengzy: a Hong Kong-based DJ and producer, PhD in musicology, music journalist and co-founder of Feed the Dragon

We’ve covered DJ co.kr and h4rdy separately on Selects before, so we were excited to see their new More Time Records EP land in the inbox. ‘KR.UK’ boasts great features from Killa P, Trim, Warrior Queen, and label head Sam Interface, but it’s instrumental ‘EEYA’ that’s our pick, showcasing the producers’ infectious rhythms and dancefloor sensibilities.

Listen to ‘EEYA’ here.

Osaka-based Hizuo continues to mature as a producer and in running his imprint, SELVA SOUNDS, which recently signed Samuel Smoky Purple for its seventh release. On the EP, Hizuo remixes ‘Strange Quark’, adding organic elements that complement Samuel’s synth aesthetic at a slower tempo.

Listen to ‘Strange Quark’ (Hizuo Remix) here.

Out of Goa, comes the third edition of Vocye Records’ ‘This Breaks Us’ compilation series representing breakbeat, UK bass, and electro. D’Zeon returns to the VA series with ‘Whop Pad Up’, alongside emerging producers from India, Japan, and beyond.

Listen to ‘Whop Pad Up’ here.

More than a decade after its white label release, Eddie Niguel’s ‘The Journey EP’ has now been made available on digital via Integrity Records. Kerri Chandler, Ralph Lawson, and Carl Cox are among the DJs who have supported this record over the years thanks to the timelessness of tracks like ‘City 2 City’ and ‘The Warehouse’.

Listen ‘City 2 City’ here.

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