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Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste. With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything fro ...
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“Ransom Notes” is a fast-paced, solo podcast where Taylor Ransom delivers his irreverent takes on the latest pop culture moments, viral trends, and current events. From his home base in Franklin, TN, Taylor offers a refreshingly comedic and sometimes poignant perspective on life, informed by his upbringing as a homeschooled Pastor’s kid in the heart of the Bible Belt. For members of the Ransom Society, exclusive content goes even further, with wilder segments that take humor to new heights. ...
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Radical music and spoken samples carefully selected, viciously cut, and madly strewn together like the raving letters of a ransom note. Ransom Notes takes the subversive and anti-authoritarian elements of pop culture and mixes it with sounds of resistance from the underground to the streets. Heavily focused on, but not limited to hip-hop. Expect vulgar language. an agit-hop production
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We recently released the most excellent debut EP from the mysterious Double Body. Four scuzzy, Lo-Fi dance floor destroyers that brim with hypnotic patterns and mesmerising, looped samples.Even though they won't tell us their real identity, we thought we'd see what a mix from them would sound like... from early Photek that sounds "like an abandoned…
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Organic exploration with our first Music To Watch Seeds Grow By signings…Some musical journeys begin with a whisper, a gentle rustling of leaves, and a breath of sound. For brothers Clive and Mark, aka the legendary Woo, this journey has been unfolding since the 1970s through a four-decad long sonic odyssey of discovery…Their latest output on our v…
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The clouds were scattered, a delicate array of colours illuminated in pinks and blues from the late evening haze. The sun was setting in the distance casting strange shapes and shadows on the land below. At times it was hard to assess where the sky began and the fields ended, for they met somewhere in the middle in a myriad of shades.Who knew what …
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Do!! You!!! radio host and selector steps up for a round of RansomThe great Sarahtonin is a selector who’s not one to fit into boxes. Less about genre boundaries and more about pure, unadulterated feeling – crafting sets that are part emo-odyssey, part dance floor magic built of rare disco through to techno Sarah’s is one for the journey…Her Do!! Y…
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For those who've been paying attention, Wes Baggaley isn't just another DJ—he's a selector who has meticulously explored the underground electronic landscape across Europe for many years. From the hallowed decks of Panoramabar to Frankfurt’s seminal Robert Johnson and in the sweaty depths of Glastonbury's NYC Downlow, Baggaley has cultivated a repu…
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“Like nature, our approach has always been quite random,” Renowned duo Woo on Music To Watch Seeds Grow ByThere once was a Woo on a musical spree, Who sang to Earth Angels beneath a tall tree.With tunes of delight, they made seedlings grow, Their “Music To Watch Seeds Grow By” did glow!The Woo danced a jig with a cucumber cane, While the Earth Ange…
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Today Taylor uses his knowledge as a single Bible college dropout to rank every fast food restaurant in a comprehensive tier list. May be controversial. Viewer be advised. JOIN THE RANSOM SOCIETY https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ More Links Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/RealTaylorRansom/ Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/RealTaylorRansom…
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LA-based artists and Sensory Signal co-founder Capes and Adult Hits join forces for the tenth release on Ransom Note offshoot Human Endeavour Records. Mirroring the sonics that the pair champion at their parties, ‘Stellar Bodies’ explores visceral acid, electro and breakbeats that stimulate the mind, body and soul.The release launches with single ‘…
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Today Taylor reveals his inspiration for his viral comedy sketches and breaks down some of his follower's favorite characters. JOIN THE RANSOM SOCIETY https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ More Links Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/RealTaylorRansom/ Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/RealTaylorRansom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega…
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A New Wave mix from jungle pioneer, hip-hop cult figure and dancefloor alchemist, Ayman Rostom aka @maghreban Doctor Zygote and Strange U. under his new alias Mystery Tiime...With latest album, 'Maudlin Tales of Grief and Love, ' he examines lo-fi dance, post-punk, and new wave.With all that hyperbole in mind we asked him to put together a New Wave…
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This week’s Monday Is OK mixtape is an immersive experience into the world of YANA, the alias of Polish composer and multi-instrumentalist Joanna Bieńkowska. YANA’s latest album, Daydreamer, released on Ólafur Arnalds’s OPIA label, continues her journey into emotional landscapes shaped by lush string arrangements and atmospheric electronic textures…
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Today, Taylor responds to Tony Hinchcliffe's (Kill Tony) joke about Puerto Rico and reacts to some of the most iconic photographs in American history. JOIN THE RANSOM SOCIETY https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ More Links Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/RealTaylorRansom/ Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/RealTaylorRansom Learn more about you…
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Today, Taylor explains why Halloween is actually a Christian Holiday and why we don't have to be scared of kids dressing up as Spider-Man. He also reviews "Harvest Festival" costumes and reminisces on his past as a Homeschooled kid during Halloween in Tennessee. JOIN THE RANSOM SOCIETY https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ More Links Instagram = https…
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"Think Pachanga Boys’ Time…but with soul."The register chimed loudly. He glanced up at the queue of customers steadily gathering and took a deep breath. It was going to be a long hot day.The shop was small and crowded, outside in the street it was scorching, the block was on fire in the midst of the summer and everyone and everything was looking fo…
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This is a mix of stuff that either makes me feel like I want It All Levels Out to make people feel, or music that made an impression on me years ago and inspired it. Hopefully it provides a soundtrack for thinking, maybe while walking the dog around in the rain. Lots of instrumental stuff, so it’s blank for your own message.Out last week on Bytes; …
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This week Taylor defends megachurch pastors hiring robots, watches Lt Dan's career crash and burn in real time, and is inspired by Kamala Harris plagiarizing her book from Wikipedia. JOIN THE RANSOM SOCIETY https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ More Links Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/RealTaylorRansom/ Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/RealT…
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“It fits every situation. From sailing to baptism to weddings and name days. Not ideal to listen in the sewer.”Jaakko Eino Kalevi returned at the end of last year with new album, Chaos Magic (the Greek concept of “kháos”) – a double album of elemental pop and baroque electronics. It was a wild, immersive experience written and recorded largely in h…
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"The mix is all over the shop but a common theme is exploration, expansion, deepness."Respected New York-based DJ and co-founder of Singapore’s Darker Than Wax label, Marco Weibel has quietly built a loyal following through his wide-ranging sets, which seamlessly blend everything from spiritual jazz to house and UK garage. Known for his deep, genre…
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JOIN THE RANSOM SOCIETY https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ Audio Podcast Links Apple = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ransom-notes-with-taylor-ransom/id1649886039 Spotify = https://open.spotify.com/show/0EgiTew9a4a9z107dkZRRX Merch & Booking = https://www.taylorransom.com/ Going LIVE on Twitch later. https://m.twitch.tv/taylorransom/ More Li…
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It’s funny how something so wrong might feel so right. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, the deck stacked against you and the rules all askew. Yet these were the cards that he had been dealt, perhaps dealing was healing after all?As he wandered through the city streets, a wildcard in the night, he wondered what people back home might think of his…
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"We made this mix foryou with some previously unpublished material. Cocaine Sex was originally recorded & included, Sub Aqua Overdrive Dub for Rhythm King Records(Mute Records dance subsidiary) in 87. Later reissued on Mute Records. Cocaine Sex has spawned many children over the years through various recordings & I've included some of the many incl…
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On the second episode of “Ransom Notes” Taylor has an existential breakdown, name drops Benny Hinn, and a suppressed memory of meeting BibleMan comes to the surface. Join Ransom Society = https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ Watch the video version = https://www.youtube.com/taylorransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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On the first episode of Ransom Notes Taylor answers your questions, prank calls a mega church, reacts to clips you submitted, and goes off on multiple tangents. If you have only seen Taylor in skits on Instagram, you’ll know him after this. Things only heat up from here. Join Ransom Society = https://ransomnotes.supercast.com/ Watch the video versi…
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Dropping self-releases via his own bandcamp and Kulture Galerie following his contribution to the labels NFTS 999 compilation his musical interests took a sharp turn when he discovered artists like Gene on Earth, Sweely, Black Loops, and many others in the realm of the good electronic.His new EP ‘Witless Q&A’s via the Filippo MSM helmed Kulture Gal…
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The magnificent Bawrut returns to Ransom Note Records with an incredible new collection of interpretations of his music from the past couple of years, Remix Pack EP. Featuring a cast of the finest producers the underground currently has to offer, this four track whirlwind of club pounders exhibits everything that is great about electronic music in …
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Airhead retains a relatively low profile, to an extent this seems to be out of choice. Emerging in 2010 his sound was deep and introspective, paired alongside counterparts from the UK bass scene such as Pariah, James Blake, Joy O, Peverelist, Shackleton and others.Some of his music worked well in the newer school of clubs, for those keen to challen…
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Low-slung Polygon Window-esque acid from Tramic on Kulture Galeri’s Metropolitan Soul Museum round 2: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere-tramic-lanterns-kulture-galerie/In a Tramic town, lanterns aglow, Kulture Galerie, where nonsense does flow. Dancing Tramic with lanterns in hand, In a whimsical world, oh, so grand.Pigs recite news, cow…
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Polito are a group of musicians who have just released a new album called ‘Collapse Phase’. The record is self described as “a meeting of improvised contemporary dance and live improvised techno music, working together to create entrancing performance experiences”.Drawing upon a broad array of influences the music has a number of multifaceted touch…
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The machines had been turned off. It had been many years since anyone had ventured into the old warehouse, there was only some slim hope that it might still even work. Once upon a time this place had been a paradise, a kingdom and a place in which revellers came to let loose and be free.This was back in the old days, back when the dance was all inn…
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Luke Hess remains one of the most innovative, underground producers and DJ’s out there. Not one to seek the limelight or the fame, his focus remains in the present what it has in the past. He is committed to spotlighting and showcasing deep, thoughtful, pensive Techno and its ability to transcend space and time.Representing Detroit, he weaves moody…
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There was a strange feeling lingering in the air, an eerie sense of tension which hung thick and left a bitter taste in the mouth. Why would it be that there was so much stress? Where had this come from? Why now? What caused the pinch?He sighed as he wandered through the quiet city, it was dead, the people of the week had left town to return to the…
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He watched from the window, at the world passing by below. From the fourth floor he considered what his world might look like if he were to be one of them, busy and on the way to and fro. Perhaps they were going to work, some might meet friends, others were simply taking in the brisk air of an Autumn morning.Not him…Here in this room he simply look…
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"Think of it as a double-sided cassette with earlier & more recent, from established & emerging, at least seemingly like-minded colleagues & friends."The award-winning, East Berlin-born, Potsdam-based, polyinstrumental composer duo Brueder Selke aka Sebastian Selke on the cello and his piano-wielding younger brother, Daniel Selke, are not your aver…
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Collaborating with a 16-voice choir Von Oswald delves into the interplay between the human voice and electronic synthesis.https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere-moritz-von-oswald-luminoso-tresor/In the realm of Moritz Van Oswald’s delight,Luminoso at Tresor, a surreal flight,Twinkling stars in the techno night,Where beats and dreams take thei…
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Next up on Paradise Palms Records, two remixes of Ukrainian artist ID_UA’s “Dyakui”.https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere-id_ua-dyakui-fausto-remix-paradise-palms/ID_UA and Dyakui, in a wild parade, Fausto’s Remix, where dreams cascade, On Paradise Palms, the music’s crusade, A nonsensical groove, our senses persuade.Dancing through the nigh…
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Synth-heavy, breakbeat banger from Kristy Harper on Ten Eight Seven: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere-kristy-harper-u-silver-bear-recordings/Kristy Harper – U Ten Eight Seven,In a land where llamas danced in heaven,With disco unicorns and leprechauns aplenty,Grooving to beats that made them feel so trendy.The music was magic, the rhythm…
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This series has seen us team up with Pirate Studios to spotlight artists and challenge them to a quick fire mix showcasing as many blends, transitions, tips and tricks as possible in a short time. Next up is ELLES, a familiar face in the London underground music scene who has released music on the likes of Naive and Love On The Rocks. A wicked DJ a…
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@prettymuchtribe @koneliunasElephants tango, and flamingos break free, Underneath a disco ball on a mushroom tree.Momoko and Koneliūnas, a curious pair, In a realm where the animals dance without a care. Their track “Fauna (Original Mix)” in the air, On “Pretty Much Records,” an atmosphere rare:https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere-momoko-ko…
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“I am a mildly confused individual not trying to fake like he knows what is going on, with relatively mild existential qualms, a dabbler, an aspiring jack-of-all-trades:This week's mixtape for a Monday has been put together by Mr Patrick Larkin:https://www.theransomnote.com/music/p-larkin-the-monday-is-ok-mixtape/…
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Operating under a number of guises @Jan-Shulte has made some of the most exciting and interesting music of the past ten years…As Jan Schulte he has compiled compilations and material for the likes of Safe Trip and Music for Dreams whilst as Wolf Müller he has appeared on Themes For Great Cities, International Feel and Growing Bin.As Bufiman he has …
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“A mixtape of unreleased music and a few collaborations with friends which I thought would be a perfect mix for a Monday listen.”KMRU, also known as Joseph Kamaru, is a sound artist originally from Nairobi and currently based in Berlin. He explores sound to convey various interpretations in his work, drawing from his listening experiences in Nairob…
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Be it known that Matthew Herbert and Robag Wruhme have broken the internet for the longest-track title ever.Matthew Herbert, oh so absurd,With the London Contemporary Orchestra he stirred,“The Rider (Not The Horse)” he penned,Robag Wruhme, a name to comprehend.Their music, a whimsical, wild discourse,Intricacies galore, an imaginative force,A symph…
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The evening was hot as the cars whizzed by quickly on the boulevard – the last of the sun worshippers could be seen bathing on the sand. In the distance the sky was a faint glowing pink, the light was thin. Headlights flickered and flashed as cars whizzed up and down the stretch by the seafront, tall buildings were like dark shadows overlooking it …
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