v/a- DOOR TO THE COSMOS 3LP

Limited edition of 200 copies.

Triple LP housed in gatefold sleeve.

24 track comp of rawkus sonic explorations brought to the fore via a heady blend of On The Corner mainstays and fresh family recruits. ‘Door To The Cosmos’ expresses the label’s adventure; future sounds referencing the source, be it Detroit, UK bass culture, New Orleans or the Niger delta.

The title riffs off of the otherworldly, afro-futurist jazzer Sun Ra’s infamous chant ‘Dare to knock at the door to the cosmos’. Sun Ra’s sound and narrative bending inspires us to kick at the rules and push at the infinite, the ecstatic and the unknown through music by knock, knock, knocking at the door to the cosmos.

The compilation is the first outing for a new raft of artists who are celebrated by the label and welcomed to a creative space brimming with the tales of unsung pioneers of the past and champion sonic explorers of the future.

Prolific underground-house producer from Denmark; Uffe joins the rising star of dub-inflected electronica from the Tunisian Sahara, Azu Tiwaline, Glasgow DJ and tastemaker, Rebecca Vasmant is bringing her love of deep jazz to her house and soul productions.

The cosmopolitan influences embodied by Sunken Cages whose Indian percussions and Siddhi culture informs the New York/UK bass music being conjured, Edrix Puzzle is a new UK Jazz trio pushing jazz beyond Earthly constraints and into plateaus of imagined Mwandishi landscapes.

Clive From Accounts bangs numbers and drum machines equally hard, Batida is a party-pro renown for bringing Kuduro to European good times, Ariwo are referencing their Cuban-Iranian roots, exploring ancient rhythms with drum machines and modular synths, L.A. legend, Jose Marquez makes the house deep and ancestral. Petwo Evans are seeking the ecstatic in future dance with an eye on afro centric rhythms brought to life in the Welsh valleys.

These are just the artists making their label entrance, and for a handful this is their debut release.