Media Monarchy plays Automatic, Daphni, Bitchin Bajas and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for October 14, 2025. ♬
MC Hammer The Holyghost Boy And The Posse – “Ring’ Em” (Radio Bust // Vinyl)
‘Stupid Def Yal / Ring’ Em’
Bustin’ Records – 1987
*MC Hammer The Holyghost Boy And The Posse – “Ring’ Em” (Radio Bust // Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLch7WNciwo // https://www.discogs.com/release/395626-MC-Hammer-The-Holyghost-Boy-And-The-Posse-Stupid-Def-Yal-Ring-Em // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Hammer // Before Hammer’s successful music career and “rags-to-riches-to-rags-and-back saga”, Burrell formed a Christian rap group with singer and musician Jon Gibson known as the Holy Ghost Boy(s). This is the only release to include the surname, The Holyghost Boy. Some early songs produced were “Word”, “B-Boy Chill” and “Stupid Def Yal” (1987). The a-side to the 12″ gifted by Danny!*
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Ashes And Diamonds – “Teenage Robots”
‘Ashes and Diamonds Are Forever’
Cleopatra Records – October 31, 2025
*Ashes And Diamonds – “Teenage Robots” https://youtu.be/C5XjZrM4KCg // https://orcd.co/ashesanddiamonds_teenagerobots // From ‘Ashes and Diamonds Are Forever,’ the upcoming album by Bauhaus/Love & Rockets guitarist Daniel Ash, PiL/The Pop Group drummer Bruce Smith, and Sade/Sweetback bassist Paul Spencer Denman, aka Ashes And Diamonds! Due on October 31st via Cleopatra Records.*
Automatic – “Don’t Wanna Dance”
‘Is It Now?’
Stones Throw – September 26, 2025
*Automatic – “Don’t Wanna Dance” https://automatic-band.bandcamp.com/track/dont-wanna-dance // From ‘Is It Now?,’ the just-released 11-song album by Automatic, available now via Stones Throw.*
Daphni – “Josephine”
‘Josephine’
Jiaolong – October 2, 2025
*Daphni – “Josephine” https://caribouband.bandcamp.com/album/josephine // https://www.caribou.fm // The title track of the just-released 4-song EP by Daphni (Dan Snaith x Caribou, x Manitoba), available now via Jiaolong.*
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Harry Charles – “The Luck”
Digital Single
Loop Recordings – October 1, 2025
*Harry Charles – “The Luck” https://harrycharles.bandcamp.com/track/the-luck // https://ffm.to/theluck // Here’s the new digital single by New Zealand house music producer, Harry Charles, available now via Loop Recordings.*
Bitchin Bajas – “Skylarking” (Inst.)
‘Inland See’
Drag City Records – September 26, 2025
*Bitchin Bajas – “Skylarking” (Inst.) https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/track/skylarking // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitchin_Bajas // From ‘Inland See,’ the just-released four-song album by Chicago’s Bitchin Bajas, available now via Drag City Records.*
Sub Focus – “Original Don” (Fireboy DML x IRAH)
‘Contact’
Universal Music – November 21, 2025
*Sub Focus – “Original Don” (Fireboy DML x IRAH) https://soundcloud.com/subfocus/original-don-1 // https://subfocus.lnk.to/originaldon // From ‘Contact,’ the upcoming album by London dance music producer, Sub Focus. Due on November 21st via Universal Music.*
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KETTAMA – “Sort It Out” (w/Clouds)
‘Archangel’
Steel City Dance Discs – October 3, 2025
*KETTAMA – “Sort It Out” (w/Clouds) https://steelcitydancediscs.bandcamp.com/track/sort-it-out // https://linktr.ee/_KETTAMA // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettama // From ‘Archangel,’ the just-released album by Irish house/dance music producer, KETTAMA. Available now via Steel City Dance Discs.*
Drexciya – “Fusion Flats” (Inst. Kaotic Spacial Rhythms Remix)
‘Fusion Flats’
Tresor Records – November 7, 2025
*Drexciya – “Fusion Flats” (Inst. Kaotic Spacial Rhythms Remix) https://tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/track/fusion-flats-kaotic-spacial-rhythms-remix // From the first-ever reissue of the 12″ EP, ‘Fusion Flats,’ originally released on vinyl in 2000 by Detroit electro-techno outfit, Drexciya. The EP is seeing a new vinyl pressing and its first digital release on November 7th via Tresor Records.*
Cliff Martinez – “The Neon Demon” (Inst.)
‘The Neon Demon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’
Real Gone Music, Milan – March 7, 2025
*Cliff Martinez – “The Neon Demon” (Inst.) https://open.spotify.com/track/1SFVeG4WPTNbjLmuHgdix8 // https://www.discogs.com/release/33366839-Cliff-Martinez-The-Neon-Demon-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack // https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1974419/ // From the 2025 reissue of ‘The Neon Demon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),’ by Cliff Martinez. Originally released on the Milan label in 2016.*