euth's weekly download - mid july 2026

hope july is treating you well. here's the download, hot and ready. 

remy solar - heavy terrain 

this one caught me by surprise. an album of dub reggae in the digital dub tradition from, by all accounts, a longtime lover of uk soundsystem culture seeped in its roots, bouncing from crew to crew, engaging in all manner of soundboy things in warehouses and rec halls around the UK. the album is unassuming, not especially hard hitting, not especially 'authentic' to traditional dub sonics, not especially experimental. a set of straightfoward explorations of the palette and structure of digital dub. and in that way it shines. after a few tracks, you start to understand the elements. the bass synth, some kind of boutique echo, maybe a proper space echo, some kind of supersaw, a drum machine. soon after you feel the producer on the controls, bending and pushing, riding the wave in a smoked out home studio at odd hours, tugging at the edges of your perception. good dub has a way of making time disappear, especially when it’s simple, and this is no exception. most experimental, most unique are the big washes of synth strings, the pads. they are not as common in the style and drift over the arrangements, smearing and wobbling, rough around the edges and fit for their purpose. as it heats up here and across the hemisphere, this LP will be a valuable companion. the cassette release is backed with a mix from the producer comprised of the dubs he's collected over the years. i was sure to track down a copy and will be happy to share my rip with you lovely people when it arrives. 

picture - Eeeeeeee

what a record. after a lengthy, slightly indulgent intro, the albums slips into its stream of skittery warm dub techno. yes more dub, bear with me. it's not particularly flashy, happy to work with the standard palette of the genre, but in minutes it hypnotizes with its subtle imperfections, its drifting delays. i've been thinking about dub a lot this week, and one thing that stands out about the term is how it calls to mind the image of the producer on the controls, the touch unobscured. rather than use production to seamlessly simulate live music, dub calls attention to the wizard behind the curtain, listening with you and morphing the sound to suit the demands of consciousness. i think somehow this is key to the genre's unique effect. its ability to slip past the discerning mind and grab hold of perception directly. it is, i'm ashamed to admit, distinctly postmodern, calling attention to the nature of its form in order to push beyond it. you might notice i'm avoiding talking about the music. it's not easy to do. it has a simple comfortable perfection that evades easy description. it shifts and sways organically, not in the vague general sense, but in the sense that every move appears to emerge from the whole, responding to natural forces, fibonacci like, but willful at the same time. not simply fractals unfolding. again the hand of the creator is ever present, bending reality for the listener's pleasure. i don't mean to overstate the impact as it's quite gentle and unassuming, but that for me is a trick of the highest degree of difficulty. the producer has a slew of aliases if you are hungry for more. the one i recognized was aquafaba, who has

torus - summer of love

rather than talk about some decent records, or rush to cover some i haven't yet listened to, here's one to suit the season from torus. released back in 2024, the record finds the enigmatic scenester bootlegging, mashing, twisting and stretching a somewhat random assortment of tracks, ranging from classics like 'such great heights' to pop dnb like matrix & futurebound's 'control.' it plays more like a torus album than a mashup album, but the constant presence of music clearly beloved by the producer infuses the runtime with desperate warmth and the unique connection a troubled teen has with their ipod. the standout is 'slow break' which turns the articulated pluck from 'such great heights' into a mournful and meditative loop. the effect is pure magic, and more than justifies the whole album. an easy if heartbreaking listen which i turn to maybe too frequently on quiet mornings. there is a nifty vinyl pressing to track down as well if you are so inclined. highly recommend. 

happy summer all. it just got hot in L.A. and i always forget what that feels like until it’s here. love you.