OSFUR, UVITA & Lampetee 'Self Control' EP on Crosstown Rebels

Crosstown Rebels has a habit of releasing music that takes a few plays to fully settle, and the 'Self Control' EP from OSFUR, UVITA & Lampetee fits that pattern exactly. Released on September 16, 2026, the two-tracker marks a debut on Damian Lazarus's imprint for all three artists, and it arrives having already picked up attention from the kind of selectors who prize a groove that holds together at 3am rather than one that sounds good in a preview clip.

What 'Self Control' Is Doing on the Floor

The title track runs around seven minutes and builds its case slowly. There's a Joshua Morris vocal threaded through the arrangement — not a hook in any conventional sense, more a textural element that surfaces and disappears as the groove underneath it develops. The bassline is the anchor: a rolling, syncopated low-end that does the emotional work without asking much of the listener beyond surrendering to the rhythm. This is the kind of production where the restraint is the point — everything that could be added isn't, and what's left moves.

OSFUR and UVITA have been building this sound for a couple of years. Their track 'Stukk', released on Essential Part, reached number four on Beatport's Indie House chart and pulled support from Adriatique, Mind Against, and Keinemusik — a signal that the music is landing with the right ears. B2B appearances at Bedouin's SAGA residency and SAVAYA gave them dancefloor experience that's legible in how 'Self Control' is structured: it knows exactly how long to stay in a section before giving the crowd what they need.

'Chema': The B Side Takes a Harder Line

The second track, 'Chema', shifts the mood toward something darker and more inward. Where 'Self Control' is warmly rhythmic and groove-focused, 'Chema' leans into hypnotic tension — brooding tones, a deeper sense of progression, and a track structure that rewards patience rather than delivers payoff in the conventional sense. It's the kind of B side that reveals itself over repeated plays, and the kind DJs carry for the right late-night window when the room has stopped asking questions and started listening.

Lampetee is a Greek duo — brothers Merter and Mertchan Tzivan Sali — whose previous work on labels like Crib Records and Madorasindahouse Records has stayed in the same club-functional, rhythmically precise corner of underground house. Their contribution to the EP's aesthetic is legible: 'Chema' has the measured quality of producers who understand how darkness in dance music works, which is to say deliberately and over time rather than through obvious contrast.

The Crosstown Rebels Context

Crosstown Rebels under Lazarus has consistently released music that sits between house and techno without fully committing to either — a specific register where the groove has weight but the atmosphere never lets the listener fully relax. The label's catalogue includes work from Damian Lazarus himself alongside artists like Âme, Timo Maas, and Seth Troxler, and it has maintained a curatorial stance that values mood and arc over commercial legibility.

A debut here carries meaning. Labels like Crosstown don't take EPs from artists they don't trust to serve the room, and the 'Self Control' EP repays that trust with a release that fits the catalogue while bringing its own textural specificity. OSFUR and UVITA's vocal-forward approach on the A side and the more atmospheric character of Lampetee's contribution on the B side give the EP a genuine duality — two different strategies for the same purpose, which is to make the room feel like time has stopped moving normally.

Who This Is For

If 'Self Control' ends up in regular rotation, it'll be in the hands of selectors who play sets that build rather than peak — the kind of DJs who open at midnight and understand that the first hour is an argument for the second. The production is too specific and too patient for festival contexts, and that's entirely the point. Crosstown Rebels releases tend to find their home in after-hours sets and the smaller stages at events where the audience has made a deliberate choice about what kind of night they want. This EP is a good addition to that toolkit.

The vinyl is available via Juno Records, and the digital release is available through standard streaming and download platforms including Beatport. Track on both artists and the label — the follow-up to a debut this clean tends to matter.