Neuroheadz and Eatbrain split a record down the middle for Eatbrain's 15th

Neuroheadz and Eatbrain have put out a collaborative EP, Neuroheadz x EATBRAIN, split evenly between artists from both camps. It is the kind of release that usually gets filed as a label-swap novelty, except this one carries an actual milestone: the first record ever produced under the Neuroheadz name.

That track is "Burn The Witch", credited to the Neuroheadz crew with UK producer Exult. Per EDM Identity, the concept is built around medieval witch trials, and the write-up describes snappy drum programming, atmospheric builds, distortion and analogue-sounding basslines. Take that framing as the label's, not ours. What matters structurally is that a promoter and imprint that has spent its existence platforming other people's music has now stepped across to the production side, and chose a co-write rather than an in-house solo debut to do it.

The EP is a straight 50/50 showcase, with each label bringing its own roster to the table rather than pooling everything into one house style. One of the tracks in circulation ahead of release is Overtune's "Bass Vibration", which turned up on the Eatbrain Radio Neuroheadz x Eatbrain special hosted by 5HA5H and dated 3 September, credited on the tracklist to the joint imprint.

Lakota, 12 September

The release is timed to a show at Lakota in Bristol on Saturday 12 September, billed as Neuroheadz celebrating 15 years of Eatbrain. The headline format is a six-deck Eatbrain Carnage set plus a Neuroheadz live performance, with further acts on the bill.

Six decks is the format Eatbrain has leaned on for anniversary runs, and it is a sensible fit for a Lakota room: the whole point of Carnage is that no single artist is steering, so the mix runs at a density a standard back-to-back cannot hold. Pairing it with a Neuroheadz live set on the same night gives the venue two different arguments about what a neuro show is supposed to be — one built on volume of material, the other on a crew presenting its own programme.

Why the pairing works on paper

Neuroheadz has operated at the high-energy, rave-facing end of the UK scene; Eatbrain's identity since 2011 has been the tech-driven, aggressive end of the European one. The two audiences overlap heavily without the labels having shared much catalogue, which is exactly the condition under which a split EP is worth doing rather than a remix package.

For Eatbrain, this is one more entry in a 15th-anniversary year that has already brought returning names back to the catalogue. For Neuroheadz, it is a first production credit and a headline night in its home city on the same date. Both of those are harder to arrange than a compilation.