Ransom Note

Stacey Pullen has been a figurehead for House music for a long time now.

He remains one of the very best and most discerning in the scene having contributed some of the most important records, mixes and albums out there. 

From Detroit, his origins go deep. 

Throughout his career, Pullen has earned international recognition for his innovative productions and captivating DJ performances. Unlike many artists who focus solely on one genre, he is celebrated for seamlessly mixing a wide variety of electronic styles into energetic, unpredictable sets.

This mix comes to us off the back of a new record for Defected. You can catch that in there.

SDF returns after two years away with a low-slung stomper, mixed and retweaked by Toby Tobias…

In a corner of Wales, where the sea meets the road, there’s a Policeman who’s bent over a rather small load. Adam, Oliver, Lucy, SDF by their name, caught him twice over on some CCTV frame.

Toby Tobias came round with his knobs and his skill, Retweaked and resparkled, and steadied the till, while Crooked Man Barratt, all Parrot and jazz, sent the same crooked cop for a sun-kissed jazz razz.

There’s a Single Edit too, for those short on time, and a Jazz Police calling somewhere down the line, the sickness at the top, so the old saying goes, runs all the way down to the Policeman’s toes.

So spin either version, the club one or the dream. On VITS009, nothing’s quite what it seems. A tale of corruption, small-scale, none too grand, dedicated with love to the memory of a friend.


We’re premiering SDF’s low slung stomper “Policeman,” reworked by London producer Toby Tobias (Alphonse). SDF’s first new material in two years, with Adam Parkinson (Dane Law), Oliver Marchant (RKB Vitesse) and Lucy Whalley telling a two-part small-town crime story about police corruption in North Wales, this time with Tobias on mix and extra production duties, The track stays on the darker road: machinery and mantras riding towards trouble suspended somewhere between a club track and a dubby dream. Crooked Man (aka All Seeing I and Sweet Exorcist) also on remix duties.

The release is dedicated to the memory of JD Twitch.

Out Friday, July 17, 2026.

Buy here: https://vitamin-concept.bandcamp.com/album/policeman-crooked-man-remix

1-800 GIRLS has quickly paved a way for a brand of new school House music which has been heavily adopted and loved by a new generation of dancers who have found solace in high energy moments and deep grooves.

Over the years, as a producer, the consistency has always been there. Whether it's from early self releases through to fresher material which has found a home on the likes of Lost Palms, Shall Not Fade and All My Thoughts.

As a DJ, the 1-800 GIRLS sound is fun and fluid - evolving through moments of euphoric energy which can then be tamed and paired back with deeper, emotive sounds which perhaps reflect his early inspirations when leaning into electronic music.

Things have moved fast for the 1-800 GIRLS project.

This mix was recorded at Phonox, straight from the booth at a recent night curated by 1TBSP.

We have your nightclub. We have your DJ box. We have thirty-six tracks, and most of them have no names because names are for records that want to be found.

This is Decius Trax – the loose, sweaty, pressure-relief side of a band that otherwise runs on pure discipline. The album project blends Lias’s voice into something unique; this is the other thing, the vehicle, the late-night chop shop where old cassettes get squeezed through the Decius filter until they come out the other side as someone else’s record wearing a new coat. Live jams, minimal tinkering, heads banging on the assumption that yours will too.


Most of what’s here you’ve never heard, because most of it was never meant to leave the DJ box. Untitled. Unreleased. Numbered like ransom demands instead of songs, because the numbering is the point – roman numerals climbing toward a second vinyl mini-album, a whole Pantone chart still to get through, no plan to stop until it tips into ridiculousness.

Don’t remix it with AI. Don’t expect liner notes on the next one either. Just make them, play them.

Track list and read the room – it’ll come with you eventually. It always does.

FULL INTERVIEW HERE: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/decius-trax-the-ransom-note-mix/

Psychedelia is at the core of Zillas on Acid's musical manoeuvres. The Philadelphian duo, made up of Thomas Roland and James Weissinger, have been DJing together for almost two decades, and you can tell. 

There's an intuitiveness to their sets; one that comes from an extended period spent building and evolving together. Their strung out, trippy sound takes cues from post-punk and acid house approached through that psychedelic lens they've become known for.

It's no surprise then that they've been closely affiliated with Making Time, the Philadelphia institution helmed by Dave P, that treads similar transcendental terrain.

Over the years they've notched up releases for some of our favourite labels, including Optimo Music, Live at Robert Johnson, Les Disques de la Mort and Running Back, and now they're bringing this music to life with their live band, adding vocalist Ari Ratner and bassist Matt O’Hare into the mix.

Their latest offering, Rolling The Marble Wheel, comes via our sister label Human Endeavour and is Zillas at their best (not even biased...). Following the release, we asked them to contribute to our Ransom Note mix series. Dive into the Zillas world, it's a trip...