Pride Continues All Summer Long with Inclusive Underground Imprint Delusional Records’ 1-Year Anniversary Compilation

Femme-fronted, inclusive underground dance label Delusional Records celebrates PRIDE all year long with 1 Year Anniversary Compilation.

Delusional Records has released their LGBTQI+ focused 1-year anniversary compilation on streaming platforms everywhere.

The 15-track compilation features left-field house and techno from female, LGBTQI+, nonbinary and BIPOC individuals.

Queer, LA-based underground artists Maude Vôs and Marie Nyx launched Delusional Records last year as a hub for all delusional individuals to thrive together, driven by the core values of experimentation, visibility, and inclusivity.

Maude Vôs via Twitter

Delusional Records is working to revive the roots of dance music culture; when there were no rules, just honest expression.

The imprint is dually celebrating PRIDE Month and their first-year milestone birthday with the Delusional 1 Year Anniversary VA Compilation – a 15-track package of left-field sounds that Delusional Records says, “is a carefully curated eclectic mix of electronic music that all stays true to Delusional’s raw, hypnotic sound and ethos of experimentation, inclusivity, and visibility.”

The label’s co-founders anchor the compilation via their own individual productions – Vôs with the propulsive, spacious “iele,” and Nyx with the extraterrestrial techno track “Asteria.”

Marie Nyx via Instagram

Standout tracks include the compilation’s first offering, M-Other’s “Smoke and Honey,” a swirling, psychedelic cut with funky basslines, reverbed drum patterns, atmospheric synth pads, and an all-encompassing spoken word passage.

Also, “Cat Dance” from modular synthesist Marie Ann Hedonia, an acid and italo-disco-inspired rave experience with clave production. And “Infliction” from experimental hard dance producer and vocalist Dahlia Fae, a track that oscillates between glitchy breakbeats and pounding happy hardcore drums – a combo that vividly transports you to classic 90s raves.  

Delusional Records has come a long way since its inception last year, which launched with Maude Vôs’ three-track The Umbra EP serving as the label’s debut offering. 

The anniversary compilation marks Delusional’s tenth release, following drops such as Marie Nyx’s transcendental techno debut EP Elysium which ranked #1 on Beatport’s Raw Deep Hypnotic Techno chart and earned her plaudits from DJ Mag as an ‘artist-to-watch.’ 

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