SCUBA – THE HOPE (official video) from Hotflush Recordings on Vimeo.

New Scuba track from third album “Personality” on March 6th. Sounds kind of like a back alley chase through a dystopian London of the future soundtracked by a bipolar guy with a xylophone. That’s meant to be a compliment, as obtuse as it may sound.

Also: After Scuba let off some anti-feminist opinions on twitter, The Quietus was prompted to write this very worthwhile article about the lingering misogyny present in dance music. Give it a read and add your thoughts to the discussion.

Scuba – Flash Addict

Scuba and his Hotflush label have, since 2003, had experimentation and genre-collision etched into the very structures of everything they do. Putting out key tunes by the core pioneers of dubstep, but also by true outliers like Mount Kimbie, Joy Orbison and Sepalcure, Hotflush has a consistence in diversity: multiple sounds united by true craftsmanship and high-tech expression of complex emotion.

And now, Hotflush is releasing 

BACK AND 4TH on April 4th, a compilation featuring productions from Roska, FaltyDL as well as a collection of essentials from Hotflush’s catalogue with tracks and remixes from James Blake, Untold, Pangaea, 2562 and more.

Free to share with you is the aptly titled “Warehouse” by Boddika, which captures the mood and feel of a gigantic metallic room pounding with percussion and buzzing synth saws. It’s one of the more menacing cuts off the album, but still packs enough punch to get a warehouse of people flush and sweating.

A new festival is popping up in Stockholm this summer, it’s called OSC09. It will take place between August 13th-August 15th, it’s a collaboration between Restaurang Landet and the art centre Färgfabriken. The focus is on electronic music (art, live – and club music) and it will also integrate film, seminars and exhibitions with the music. In total there will be 25 artists, 25 exhibitions, 10 clubs and three stages. The aim is to become Stockholms own Sonar festival.

We at Discobelle can offer two lucky people passes for all three days of the festival, all you have to do is answer this question: “What’s the name of the label that headlining act The Juan Maclean are signed to?”. Send your answers here with the subject line “OSC09″.

Some of the artists performing are: The Juan Maclean (US), ADA (DE), Todd Terje (NO), Style Of Eye (Swe), Sick Girls (DE), Adrian Lux (Swe), Heartsrevolution (US), The Field (Swe), Scuba (UK) etc.

For the complete lineup and more info about the festival, go to the OSC09 website.