HARD FIST

15/08/2024

Back (2 back) in Paris 💎

la Culottée b2b HARD FIST
Cornelius Doctor b2b Tushen Raï
RAG b2b Nicol
Warum b2b Neskeh
Ceyda Yagiz b2b Trusspe

La Station Gare Des Mines / 22 Septembre 2024
16:00-00:00
Sunday rave
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14/06/2024

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02/05/2024

Today is release day ✊
Very happy to announce that Umbra - Tints of UFOria is now out

‘Tints of UFOria’ is a sonic exploration in all its forms, from profound, shadowy depths to heart-pounding excitement. Blending different styles and genres seamlessly, playing with opposite and nuance, the 5 track EP goes from one surprise to another, from one galactic leap to the next. Get on board for deep space travel 🪐

5 track album

30/04/2024

PREMIERE Downtempo Rituals
🤜 Umbra - Walk! Walk! Walk!

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by Brussels-based dj and producer Umbra. As well as being the co-founder of Magma Collective, Julien Gathy alias Umbra is known for distinc

21/04/2024

New playlist made by Umbra on the occasion of his upcoming release 'Tints of UFOria'

👉 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5IKPNVzlBrXiAbkmeYyw4i?si=fb6135932e5d4e90

Artwork: .marsal

18/04/2024

PREMIERE Drops A Banger 🔥✊

Artist: Umbra Track: Late Night Fairytales (Original Mix) Label: HARD FIST Release date: 02/05/2024 Buy: umbrabxl.bandcamp.com/album/tints-of-uforia

13/04/2024

Bolting Bits premiere 🪐

Digital pre-order now available on our bandcamp page ✊

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer Umbra. As well as being the co-founder of Magma Collective, Julien Gathy alias Umbra is known for distinctive soundscapes that interweave melancholic undertones.

13/04/2024

Bolting Bits premiere 🪐

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer Umbra. As well as being the co-founder of Magma Collective, Julien Gathy alias Umbra is known for distinctive soundscapes that interweave melancholic undertones.

10/04/2024

NEW RELEASE COMING UP ✊
Tints of UFOria 🪐
a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer Umbra

Release date: May 2nd
Artwork: Léo Marsal

🤜 a sonic exploration in all its forms, from profound, shadowy depths to heart-pounding excitement. Blending different styles and genres seamlessly, playing with opposite and nuance, the 5 track EP goes from one surprise to another, from one galactic leap to the next. Get on board for deep space travel.

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer Release date: May 2nd Artwork: Léo Marsal ‘Tints of UFOria’ is a sonic exploration in all i

15/03/2024

ON THE ROAD :
Join the team and support the weird wave & hypno-trance movement for an altered state of consciousness experience 🌀
HARD FIST TEAM WOULD LOVE TO VISIT YOU FOR SOME ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN YOUR CITY 🙃
☎️
Booking France : Alix (The Talent Boutique)
Booking Worldwide : Cedric (Persona Grata Agency)

06/03/2024

Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Raï talking about the label on DJ Mag Spain printed version ❤✊

Some english translation here:
"The French Tushen Raï and Cornelius Doctor lead one of the labels that has gained more recognition within the underground scene in recent years, Hard Fist. By dint of vinyl jewels and digital bombs they have managed to position themselves as referents within their scene. Well established and full of projects under the arm, I talk to them so you can get to know them a little better.

DJ Mag: Hi guys, it's a pleasure to have you in DJ Mag Spain. How was your 2023? What would you highlight?
Cornelius Doctor: 2023 was very special. We reflected on the course of our careers and our Hard Fist label. I would highlight playing at the Kappa Futury Festival and All Night Long at Badaboum in Paris.
Tushen Raï: It was time to collaborate with Cornelius Doctor on a complete project. Releasing our new EP The Peacock Spider on Permanent Vacation was a high point, exploring our old and new love for trance music.

DJ Mag: It's been more than five years since you founded your label Hard Fist, a reference in your scene. What is it like to run such a respected label?
Cornelius Doctor: Founding Hard Fist was a process and it took us years to realize its impact. It's inspiring to see how it connects with the public and to collaborate with great artists. Helping young producers and working with legends like Matias Aguayo or Jennifer Cardini is very rewarding.
Tushen Raï: I totally agree. It makes us happy to create close relationships with the artists we admire. Seeing artists who started on Hard Fist achieve success, like Romain FX, Bawrut, Strapontin, Omar Joesoef, fills us with joy.

DJ Mag: How is your job as A&R at Hard Fist and in party production?
Tushen Raï We started Hard Fist during the global democratization of social networks. It was simple: we would hear an interesting release on SoundCloud or Bandcamp and from there we would explore the label, the artists, etc. We would simply get in touch with all the people who fascinated us with their music at that particular moment. That's how it all started and is still our approach when it comes to signing a record or running a party. We feed off the enthusiasm, intelligence and talent of the artists. That's what we're mainly looking for.

DJ Mag: Let's get nerdy, what instruments do you usually use in the studio?
Cornelius Doctor: We are open to various equipment such as Moog, Dave Smith, Roland, Korgy synthesizers, many VSTs. Personally I like the more modern software, the one that uses AI. I tend to make music by accident, driven by luck, adjusting k***s or playing with samples. So I enjoy both programming synthesizers and generating things with AI. The process is not crucial, I only care about the result and the excitement of the subject.
Tushen Raï: I agree, anything can change the rules of the game, from children's toys to 2,000 euro synthesizers. And finally, what can you anticipate for 2024?"

29/02/2024

Today is release day
🤜 https://shkema.bandcamp.com/album/room-of-men-eaters

28/02/2024

Shkema - Room of Men Eaters EP
Release date: Feb. 29th

Shkema makes weird music for weird people. He spent ages with the analog synthesizers, looking for that right tone color. Then he added guitar sounds and various percussion. His strange and off voice component came last. He stays up late into the night, finding peace in his mind, imagining stories and creating music around it

Artwork .marsal
Bonus comic by hidden in the first 50 sleeves (bandcamp only)

25/02/2024

On the occasion of his release, Shkema made a selecta on spotify of his top current influences 🖤

Listen here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kTsp8kc6MZf4wCenMFGPA?si=dfef394e7cce449b

21/02/2024

PREMIERE!
Afrodelic - Je n'aime pas les fêtes (Shkema remix)

👉 Hard Fist release party ✦ Shkema - 'Room of Men Eaters'

🛒 https://shkema.bandcamp.com/album/room-of-men-eaters-snippets Vilnius based producer Shkema makes weird music for weird people. He spent ages with the analog synthesizers, looking for that

16/02/2024

HARD FIST NIGHT 🌒

02.03
23:59 - 07:00
8€ door

Happy to invite a very special guest coming straight from Istanbul:
With her, our boys &

Be there or be squared

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Event in bio

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Artwork .marsal

14/02/2024

Shkema premiere on the great whypeopledance 🖤

https://soundcloud.com/shkema https://soundcloud.com/hardfist 🛒 https://es.juno.co.uk/products/shkema-afrodelic-room-of-men-eaters-vinyl/992296-01 Vilnius based producer Shkema makes weird music for

13/02/2024

Pre-orders are now available 🖤
Get your copy 🤜 https://shkema.bandcamp.com/album/room-of-men-eaters-snippets
👉 An exclusive comic included in the 50 first record sleeves 🎁

12/02/2024

On the occasion of release 'Room of Men Eaters', the cat fist visited the amazing Vilnius. He met a lot of Shkema's friends.
Can you find the names of the hidden djs?

Printed version of the comic included in the first 50 record sleeves bought on our bandcamp page

Illustration by

12/02/2024

On the occasion of Shkema release 'Room of Men Eaters', the cat fist visited the amazing Vilnius. He met a lot of Shkema's friends.

Can you find the names of the hidden djs?

Printed version of the comic included in the first 50 record sleeves bought. on our bandcamp page

Illustration by

08/02/2024

PREMIERE Ransom Note
Shkema - "Sarkja Syrkaza"

"In a land where the moon’s a cheese, and the trees do dance with ease,
There lived a beast, a Sarka Syrkaza, whose tail could twist like pizza.
With a wink of its eye and a flip of its fin,
It’d play tunes on a banjo made of tin.
Shkema watched with awe from his window sill,
As the creature sang songs that gave him a thrill.
With a shake and a shimmy, the world would twist,
As the Sarka Syrkaza played a melody, oh what a twist!
From Hard Fist it came, this wondrous tale,
Of a creature so strange, it could never fail,
To bring joy to all who heard its song,
In the land where the moon’s a cheese, where they all belong.

Shkema’s “Room of Men Eaters,” out later this month is a surreal journey into the mind of Vilnius-based producer Shkema, who crafts unconventional body music. We're premiering “Sarka Syrkaza,” a musical expression of a state of extreme sarcasm no less…

There’s definitely something in that Vilnius water all to itself."

Gang of Four meets Manfredas uptown... with Hard Fist in tow.

02/02/2024

Really cool review of Shkema EP on Juno, also premiering the intriguing 'Room of Men Eaters' track 🖤

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02/02/2024

Really cool review of Shkema EP on Juno Daily, also premiering the intriguing 'Room of Men Eaters' track 🖤

Hope you're feeling hungry Shkema French crew Hard Fist bring us a brilliantly twisted new Balearic record from Shkema this week. The 'Room of Men Eaters' EP features three original track

30/01/2024

NEW RELEASE COMING SOON ✊
- vinyl + digital -

Shkema - Room of Men Eaters
Artwork: Léo Marsal

Release date: Feb 29th
Pre-orders coming soon on our bandcamp page

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Vilnius based producer Shkema makes weird music for weird people. He spent ages with the analog synthesizers, looking for that right tone color. Then he added guitar sounds and various percussion. His strange and off voice component came last. He stays up late into the night, finding peace in his mind, imagining stories and creating music around it.

That’s how Room of Men Eaters was born: a collection of absurd short stories and invented words coming straight out of his mind, whose aim is to draw you into the twists and turns of the night.

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10/01/2024

Happy 2024 ✊️
Exciting & weird new music on the way ☄️

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05/01/2024

HAPPY JANUARY ❄️

To make winter easy, a 30% discount on our full discography with the code "HARDJANUARY" (until Jan. 31st)
Aaaand a special sale of "Happy 2024 limited packs" that you can find out on our bandcamp page ✊❤

🤜 https://hardfist.bandcamp.com/merch

16/12/2023

TONIGHT AT LE SUCRE ! It
REHAB RESIDENCY at !
If you are in Lyon DON’T MISS THIS, one of the final & live show, warm up bu ✊🔥