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▪️ Producer / Dj
▪️ @samurai_music / SAIBAI (侍栽培)
▪️ @cylon_recordings
▪️ @diffcircles
▪️ LL Series
▪️ Bookings: [email protected]

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侍栽培五 — Last Life

Out now 🌱

A long-time Samurai family member, Mauro has inhaled the SAIBAI brief and shaped a new sound that perfectly represents the kind of stripped-back psychedelia the label was created to explore.

Thanks to Mauro and all supporting 🙏🏼🖤

Available now on vinyl & digital via Bandcamp
and voidvinyl.eu by @lastlife_

Last Life - 侍栽培五 [SAIBAI5]

Pre-orders now live on voidvinyl.eu and Bandcamp

Released on Ltd Edition Marbled 12” and Digital - 31.07.2026

The Moat comes instantly with purchase

A long-time figure at the heart of Samurai Music, Last Life makes his first appearance on SAIBAI trading his signature snarl for shadowy psychedelia and snaking beatdowns.

Since 2015 Mauro Picciau has been cultivating a sound that maximises on the space that opens up around half-time 170, finding plenty of power while stretching out his rhythms. On this new
release he pivots towards subtler tones and textures, and plugs directly into the wave of innovative artistry occurring at the intersection of D&B and deep techno.

Writhing, taut sound design spells out the mood on opening track ‘Gear Cutter’, as Picciau gets expressive with metallic feedback tones that elegantly contort across the front of the mix. There’s a strong sense of narrative that brings the track’s dynamic movement to the fore, holding back energetic shifts with a measured intent to ramp up the tension. ‘Norma’ has a more ceremonial feel, locking into a steady pulse and letting distant clouds of melodic ambience create a
bewitching atmosphere around the percussive mantras.

‘Radian’ speaks its own minimalist, techno-spirited language, drawing on alien murmurs and steely drones to strike a lighter note without breaking the mysterious fog that hovers over the EP.

‘The Moat’ leads on a heavier set of drums to close the record out, shaping space with skilful reverb and a tightly controlled synth pulse. Within this echo chamber, and across the whole release, Picciau has capitalised on this patient
approach to bed infinitesimal ripples into the mix, rewarding the active listener and instilling his creations with a kinetic vitality that can always be felt, no matter how slight the sound is.

01. Gear Cutter
02. Norma
03. Radian
04. The Moat

Art/Design - @rqnz
Mastered and Cut at @stardelta_mastering
Pressed at @intakt_vinyl
Distribution - @triplevisionrecorddistribution
Words - @oliwarwick by @lastlife_

SELECT - la playlist curata da Basstation, ispirata al suono del nostro dancefloor.

SELECT#011 w/ LAST LIFE

01 Marco Shuttle - Bella di Giorno (MSP01)
02 Big Hands - Abanera (Blank Mind)
03 Somne - Ostinati Ritmici (Aura Dinamica)
04 Reeko - Urmah 5 (Samurai Music)
05 CP1 - Ayarmeyra (Stagno Records)
06 Varuna - Sleep (Amenthia Recordings)
07 Lemna - Lapis Lazuli (Delsin Records)
08 Vardae - Voices (Annulled Music)
09 Grey Area 01 - Grey Area 01 #4 (Horo)
10 Konduku - Scale (Delsin Records)

Archivio + Ascolto su Bandcamp [Link in Bio]

#basstation
#technoparty
#playlist by @lastlife_

Last Life - Remixed: 2 [SMDE49] is out now at all good music outlets

Thanks to Mauro for the perfect originals and all the remixers 🎛️

Big thanks also to all supporting 🙏🏻🩶⚔️

* The vinyl edition is limited to 200 by @lastlife_

Last Life - Remixed: 2 [SMDE49]

Released on Limited Edition (200), Marbled 12” and Digital on 25.04.2025

Pre orders now available from Bandcamp and voidvinyl.eu - one track available as an instant download with purchase.

01. Last Life - Offside (Ancestral Voices Remix)
02. Last Life - Troglodith (Sam KDC Remix)
03. Last Life - Elements (Presha Remix)
04. Last Life - Curse (Torn Remix)

Art/Design - @rqnz
Master/cut - @stardelta_mastering
Pressing - @intakt_vinyl
Distribution - @triplevisionrecorddistribution

🩶⚔️ by @lastlife_

New release announcement!!

Last Life - Remixed: 2 [SMDE49]

The second and final collection of remixes of tracks from Last Life’s Samurai Music catalogue has now taken it’s final form.

Label regulars Sam KDC, Ancestral Voices, Torn and Presha take their scalpels to Mauro’s constructions and turn up the intensity, rebuilding them into 4 sinewy exercises in sinister force

Available on a Ltd edition of 200 Marbled 12”s and Digital in late April 2025. Pre orders live this Friday from Bandcamp and voidvinyl.eu by @lastlife_

Last Life - Remixed: 1 [SMDE38] featuring remixes from Donato Dozzy and Reeko is out now.

Big thanks to Donato and Juan for their perfect remixes and to all supporting ⚔️🖤

Records pressed at @intakt_vinyl 🩶

Vinyl orders are slightly delayed but all should ship next week. If you’re ordering from Germany, the records are in stock now 🙏🏻

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylporn #drumandbass by @lastlife_

Last Life - Remixed 1 [SMDE38]

Featuring remixes from Donato Dozzy and Reeko.

Available to pre-order now in these 2 vinyl editions including a special edition exclusive to Bandcamp and voidvinyl.eu

Link also in the Samurai Music instagram bio 🙏🏻⚔️ by @lastlife_

@samurai_music Podcast 49
Now on SoundCloud ⛏ by @lastlife_

@ #freqsofnature 2017 by @lastlife_

My @samurai_music Podcast is out now. Dubs Everywhere 🔊👂🏻https://soundcloud.com/samuraimusicgroup/last-life-samurai-music-podcast-35 by @lastlife_

by @lastlife_