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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 20h

Excited to share our new NEPTUNES /SMUGGLERS WAY hat in partnership with @officialeague.bsky.social.

Super limited, grab one here:

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 1d

Two beautiful new Ela Minus remixes of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard's NEPTUNES are out today! 🐙 🪐
smugglersway.ffm.to/neptunesmix

Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 3d

LONDON! Guedra Guedra will perform a very special set on Oct 29th at Total Refreshment Centre featuring music from his new album MUTANT and the influences that inspired it.

FREE W/ RSVP - mailchi.mp/dominorecord...

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 6d

Guedra Guedra's MUTANT "a project that’s equal portions club record and auditory archive; exploring motifs of identity, Pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism and decolonisation across 10 joyous, percussion-guided cuts." 🙏 @djmag.com

djmag.com/features/six...

Six emerging artists you need to hear: October 2025

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From dubby techno-pop and Afro-futurist electronics to thrilling club music hybrids and classic progressive house, here’s Octobe...

djmag.com

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 7d

Great RA feature on SMGLR family member Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's brilliant new album GUSH.

Also something new coming from KAS, Joe Goddard + a special guest next week👀

Resident Advisor @residentadvisor.bsky.social · 8d

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is the producer, composer, vocalist and modular synthesist turning somatic feeling into sound.

Read our latest Art of Production in partnership with Native Instruments.

The Art of Production: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · Feature ⟋ RA

The modular experimentalist channels childlike curiosity and martial‑arts discipline into lush sound worlds. She unveils the practices and philosophies driving her constant reinvention.

ra.co

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 8d

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 8d

"Guedra Guedra weaves folkloric musical traditions with the more contemporary forces of techno, dub, and the UK’s hardcore continuum...a sound that transcends the limitations of Western logic and musical systems." 🙏 @dazeddigital.com @martynpepperell.bsky.social
www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...

10 great albums you may have missed in the last three months

Featuring Valesuchi’s ancient futurism, Deki Alem’s moody trip-hop, Aridni Orca’s expansive avant-pop visions, and Amaare’s hypermodern global club classics

www.dazeddigital.com

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 15d

"UFO is everything you could want from a collaboration between French house duo Braxe + Falcon and the vastly underrated Phoenix. Deeply melancholic yet sleek, it has the feel of an HD take on the “in the bathroom at a party” trend." 🙏🛸 @davidrenshaw.bsky.social
www.thefader.com/2025/09/24/s...

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

The FADER's weekly roundup of the best new songs including Cardi B's "Bodega Baddie," RAYE's "Where Is My Husband!," Nine Inch Nail's "Who Wants To Live Forever," and more.

www.thefader.com

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 16d

“Mutant is an apt title for Guedra Guedra’s latest release….one of the year’s most forward-thinking dancefloor records — equally at home with late-night ravers and keen-eared musicologists “ @discogsofficial.bsky.social

www.discogs.com/digs/music/r...

Records You May Have Missed: Summer 2025

Explore releases that may have passed you by this summer, from Bugland to Alex G, and more.

www.discogs.com

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 17d

The UFO has landed. UFOs are Braxe + Falcon & Phoenix. New single UFO out now everywhere.

“Six friends, one song, infinite memories.” 🛸

smugglersway.ffm.to/ufo

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 17d

UFO landing tomorrow 🛸
"Six friends, one song, infinite memories."

smugglersway.ffm.to/ufo

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 18d

UFO COMING SOON 🛸
SMGLR921T

smugglersway.ffm.to/ufo-12

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 20d

Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 21d

UFO SIGHTINGS 🛸

Find one near you
smugglersway.ffm.to/ufo-12

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 21d

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UFO Report Bot @uforeportbot.bsky.social · 23d

** NEW MUFON REPORT **
Phoenix, AZ, US
2025-09-17
Flashing/pulsating orb #ufosky
https://mufoncms.com/last_20_public.html

UFO Sighting Map: Image of a disk over Phoenix,AZ, US

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · 22d

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · Sep 10

Did you get a new supply?

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · Sep 8

Listen to Kerry McCoy of Deafheaven new blistering remix of Disiniblud’s ‘Blue Rags, Ragging Wind’.

smugglersway.ffm.to/blueragsremix

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · Sep 5

Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith bring Disiniblud to life on tour starting next week on Sept 12 in NYC at National Sawdust
w/ Elori Saxl 🐲

disiniblud.com

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · Sep 2

“Intense, throbbing and multidimensional, it connects various dots on the world map: North Africa, the Caribbean, Detroit and London.”
🙏 @thequietus.com

The Quietus @thequietus.com · Sep 2

'Conjures up images where a day-to-day routine of the urban anthill reveals adventurous, nearly surrealist details. Intense, throbbing and multidimensional, it connects various dots on the world map: North Africa, the Caribbean, Detroit and London'

Guedra Guedra - Mutant

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Guedra Guedra - Mutant album cover. The shape of a bird dosed in bright colours - teal, orange/red, purple and yellow.

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Smugglers Way @smugglersway.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Like an inverse Diplo – the US producer who co-opted global sounds into his club bangers – the Moroccan musician Abdellah M Hassak is on a mission to decolonise the dialogue between dancefloors and non-western music.” 🙏 @kittyempire.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/music/pop/ar...

Albums of the week: Guedra Guedra, Margo Price, Blood Ora...

Electro-acoustic producer Guedra Guedra is on a mission to decolonise dance music

observer.co.uk

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Libération @liberation.fr · Aug 31

🎶 Guedra Guedra, l’afro mutant

💿 Le second album du Marocain Abdellah M. Hassak concasse les sons d’Afrique avec une énergie communicative

Guedra Guedra, l’afro mutant

www.liberation.fr

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