Particle Recordings

20/11/2025

"Be A Little Kinder" by Dropper is out now on Particle Recordings!

It's been an absolute pleasure to work with this incredibly talented Te Wanganui a Tara band on their debut LP. Awesome songs, awesome sound.

Pick it up wherever you find good music and give it a spin ⚓

28/04/2025

Proteins of Magic returns with hypnotic new EP Angel Hieroglyphics, out May 2, 2025.

The focus single “Family” is a powerful dive into that space between the ethereal and the visceral, raw, experimental, and deeply evocative.

Feel it.
Presave “Family” now - link in bio.

24/05/2024

OUT NOW! Today Neil MacLeod releases new single ‘Tunnel Vision,’ the follow up to his acclaimed track ‘Fear.’

Listen here: https://majic.lnk.to/NMCTunnelVision

‘Tunnel Vision’ sees MacLeod’s artistry venturing to new places, blending his signature alt-electronica sound with RnB influences for the first time. Featuring delicate pianos, driving beats and heavy sub bass, MacLeod wrestles with topics of pure drive and passion. “’Tunnel Vision’ is a side of myself that people haven’t heard yet,” says MacLeod.

“It’s a song about the impact of that mindset - tunnel vision - specifically in a relationship,” he says. “The chorus talks about not being able to see the forest for the trees. That’s something I’ve dealt with more than I’d like to admit, getting hyper fixated on things to a fault. The song resolves that a ‘little closer to the middle’s where we wanna be.’ I think that’s true - somewhere between focused and curious is where I want to exist.”

The visualiser accompanying ‘Tunnel Vision’ continues the mystery we first got a taste for with the release of ‘Fear.’ It builds anticipation for the full spectacle waiting in the wings to be released with his upcoming EP.

“The video is a continuation of a story we started telling with the visualiser for my last single ‘Fear’. The story these clips tell is a symbolic one with a concept that can’t be easily explained without ruining the surprise of what’s yet to come. For now I just want people to bathe in the mystery. There’s an amazing visual offering on its way, and these visualisers are simply warming up your taste buds. Everything will connect soon enough.” The visualiser was animated by Dylan Pritchard and co-directed by MacLeod and director, writer and photographer, Oscar Keys.

‘Tunnel Vision’ releases today, Friday 24th of May, via Aotearoa New Zealand indie label Particle Recordings.

26/03/2024

OUT NOW - 'Tiny Flowers' by Beth Torrance: https://majic.lnk.to/TinyFlowers

There's something instantly captivating about the music of Beth Torrance. She skilfully simmers our most deep and untameable feelings down to their purest form, offering them to the world as songs that are poetic, potent, and true.

Premiering on 95bFM Drive, Torrance presents her latest offering ‘Tiny Flowers,’ the first single and titular track off her upcoming EP.

“It’s a song that just spills out of you,” she says. "Often when I’m writing songs, I’m thinking consciously about crafting this scene or memory I have in my mind through lyrics, whether those are written on the spot or taken from poetry. But sometimes I reach this point of inspiration where writing ceases to become a conscious process of construction: the ideas appear as images and feelings and the lyrics write themselves. ‘Tiny Flowers’ was one of those songs."

It’s a song that is delicate yet commanding in its rawness. Torrance sows layer upon layer of guitar and sweet vocal harmonies, the result of which is a wall of textured sound that washes around you, holding you in Torrance’s world for the duration of the song.

"I love to experiment with layering in my songs to create a warmth in texture and atmosphere," says Torrance. "Usually I prefer to do all of my demos in my room and then build a studio mix around what I already have, but we knew ‘Tiny Flowers’ would benefit from a re-record, so we referenced the demo to recreate those layers and textures you hear on the track. It was a very positive and productive experience and I love the way you can hear the intimate squeaks of the frets as I change between each muted chord."

‘Tiny Flowers’ opens a new chapter for Torrance. "It feels extremely gratifying to finally be releasing 'Tiny Flowers.' I'm very proud and so excited for all that's to come - a project rooted in the perplexing constancy and beauty of nature in the face of the utter complexity of everything else, and the solace it gives."

‘Tiny Flowers' releases today, Wednesday, the 27th of March, via Aotearoa New Zealand indie label Particle Recordings.

21/03/2024

‘Tiny Flowers’ - Beth Torrance🌸 27.03.2024 🌸 presave now! https://majic.lnk.to/TinyFlowers

14/03/2024

We’ve been big fans of New Zealand’s Neil MacLeod for a little while now, premiering a few remixes lifted from his We Have Known Last Days Remixed EP a little while ago. Now, Neil welcomes his new era with his latest single, the enchanting sounds of Fear, which alongside its visualiser are premi...

14/03/2024

OUT NOW! ‘Fear’ - Neil MacLeod. Listen here: https://shorturl.at/joz04

Neil MacLeod is an artist who is steadfast in their vision. Today, Friday the 15th of March, he releases his new single ‘Fear,’ a watershed moment in the ongoing artistic evolution of the 24-year-old Ōtautahi/ Christchurch born New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer, engineer, and artist.

‘Fear’ is a result of this process. Sonically, it is an amalgamation of MacLeod’s instinct and skill, and lyrically an exploration of the subconscious.

Premiering on Pilerats, 'Fear' is described as "enchanting, with atmospheric synths and string plucks Neil’s ethereal vocals, before tastefully booming kick drums and snarling bass lines enter the mix. Slowly building across the track’s just over three minute runtime, MacLeod manages to pack a few aural twists in a poppy song length."

It’s a song that showcases MacLeod’s unique sonic identity. The sharpness and fullness of the soundscape paired with the haunting fragility of MacLeod’s vocals creates a hypnotic tension.

“Like many people, I’ve allowed fear to influence my life,” says MacLeod. “At one stage, I developed quite a fearful relationship with my dreams. I’d been exploring dream interpretation and lucid dreaming and found myself increasingly anxious about going to sleep. In retrospect, I can see that I was just too close and obsessed with the whole thing. I was reading meaning into my dreams without any help or support, and it was messing with my sense of reality. This song gets into all of that. In essence, it’s exploring the fear that I might lose myself on the journey to finding myself.”

For MacLeod, the visual world of song holds acute importance, and the visualiser accompanying ‘Fear’ is mysterious, beguiling, and a taste of the things to come from MacLeod which wait in the wings.

“The video is an introduction to the wider visual world of my next EP ‘I Need a Battle’. The floating object you see is a vessel, from which reflective, gooey black liquid escapes. These are symbols which play an important part in the story. For now, simply soak it up.”

11/03/2024

‘Fear,’ the latest from Neil MacLeod releases this Friday, 15th of March. Presave now: https://Majic.lnk.to/NMCFear

21/09/2023

Isla Noon is back. Today the shimmering, alt-pop artist releases her new single ‘Body,’ an arresting and spellbinding reclamation of self.��Premiering on Pilerats_ ‘Body’ was described as “triumphant and commanding alt-pop” which “strikes a satisfying balance between laidback drums and lush synths with big, overblown arrangements, all the while keeping Noon’s ethereal vocals at the forefront, resulting in an addictive and engaging cut.”

The track begins with haunting swells of Noon’s instantly recognisable voice which beckons us into her world. Then, delicately and tentatively, she asks ‘Body, what do I do to make you my home?’

“Growing up, it was always very important to me to be recognised for my ideas, for my creative work, for what I had to say,” says Noon. “As I grew into a young woman I became uncomfortable with the sense that my physical form was preceding those things, that the way I was perceived and treated seemed to hinge on how I looked, dressed, and carried my body. At times, this body felt like a risky vehicle to be in.�Writing ‘Body’ was a step toward excavating some of that unwelcome noise from my own mind and extending a quiet peace offering to myself.”

The music video premiered on Backseat Mafia and was described as haunting with a performance by Noon that is “mesmerising and enigmatic, with an intensity that burns the retina.” Directed by talented and artful film maker Oshara Ardeleanwith cover art photography by �

‘Body’ was made with Noon’s long time collaborator Maude Minnie Morris, and also features the talents of Lips frontwoman Steph Brown on keys. Noon reflects “when I brought the song to Maude, we realised we needed to embrace the chaos. We pushed the dynamics to the limit when it became clear that the song wanted to take up a lot of space - and so we let it.”��
Now, ‘Body’ opens a new chapter for Noon and she gently offers it to the world “in all its messy self-contradiction and intensity, in all its cautious intimacy, in all its strength and light.”

20/09/2023

On Friday 22 September, Isla Noon returns with spell binding new track 'Body.' The "triumphant & commanding alt-pop" premiered today on Pilerats which you can read here:

After making waves with a pair of singles last year, Isla Noon is back to make her mark on 2023 with the big & bold new single of electronic-tinged alt-pop that is Body, out September 22 but premiering on Pilerats today!