To mark the 150th Truancy Volume, we are very happy to share with you a mix from one of the most distinct and interesting artists around. Over the course of several EPs, two albums and many live performances, Laurel Halo has created music which is as strikingly original and engaging as it is unbound to conventions. The jagged Liaisons Dangereuses-sampling New Beat of Out of the Ordinary, sparse-yet-infectious gqom, Hard House Banton’s classic “Sirens”, dubbed-out house stompers, various strains of experimental music and much more – all these diverse sounds are played in a manner which helps provide a glimpse into what makes Halo’s work so compelling. There is an adventurousness in taste, an expert ear for detail and talent in seeking out exciting and surprising sonic combinations and contrasts – all skilfully bound together without ever feeling forced. Ultimately, the result is something which is captivating, irresistibly fun and rich for unpicking. 

Tracklist:

Skate Laws – And He Did Grind In The Prison House
Limit – #06
Im Wald – Get Out
Hiele – Verwelkoming (Edit)
COBO – Prototype01
Strategy – Return From The Stars
Appleblim & October – Other Side of the Sky
B.O.P. – Naja
Central – Tube Life
Lemme Kno – Lines Up And Down, Like The Old Sounds
Out of the Ordinary – Play it Again (Los Ninos Mix)
Bintus – SEG
Cruel Boyz – Umeqo Emagqomini (Dub Mix)
Elastic – Fisky
OKZharp & Samrai – Gated (Woza Uzova Instrumental)
Cousin – 4GOT
M.E.S.H. – Follow & Mute
Hard House Banton – Sirens
DJ Mabheko – Syagwaba
Schatrax – Turntribal
D.Dan – Dred Dan (Dub Mix)
Struktion – Strukture
Kassem Mosse – Chilazon 2
Adonis Presents Noleian Reusse – Lovers Jak
Claude Young – Second Experience
Mark Broom – Sixty Six (TWR72 Remix)
Sparky – Things Fall Apart
I-F – Who Are You
Rick The Godson Wilhite – My Voyage
DVA X Simbad – Soundcheck
Facta – I am a Strange Loop
Chino Amobi – Rotterdam

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