This track is quintessential Paranoid London: primitive and ruthless. At its core lies the hypnotic acid bassline, powered by their trademark 303. But it’s Water Machine’s vocal chants of “AN – TI – CI – PA – TION” that give the track an almost ritualistic quality. On the B-side, they offer a dub version: darker and moodier, built for the dancefloor, with lots of opportunities for DJs to weave in more stripped back sections.

According to their Instagram announcement, ‘Decimated Driver’ was road-tested across festival sets during the summer, giving it that crackling energy born from sweat and late-night hardware sessions. The production is still very much the raw, stripped-down acid aesthetic we’re used to but there is definitely a slightly polished edge to it, a nice surprise, showing that they are embracing new ideas.

This latest release follows Paranoid London’s recent string of vinyl drops, including their earlier 2025 single ‘Talk Dirty / Revolution’. However, ’Decimated Driver’ marks an interesting collaboration and bringing in Water Machine definitely gives the track a different melodic and vocal quality, while still fully embracing Paranoid London’s acid-punk identity.

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Paranoid London’s live plans show a busy year-end and early-2026: they’re listed to play Wonderfruit Festival (Thailand) on December 11 2025, and they’re billed for the XXXLarge Day & Night Festival at The Cause in London on New Year’s Eve. All event information is available on Resident Advisor.

Paranoid London continue to make acid house that lives on its own terms: gritty, raw, and not afraid to experiment. With the help of Water Machine’s haunting chants, they’ve made a track that’s both dancefloor ready and emotionally resonant. For fans of analogue hardware, underground house, and boundary-pushing electronic music, this is Paranoid London doing just that.

The new single is available on vinyl and digital download here.

‘Talk Dirty’ arrives on 12-inch vinyl, accompanied by B-side ‘Revolution’ and two stripped back DJ tools. The title track features their frequent collaborator Josh Caffe, also known for his correspondence with Honey Dijon, whose commanding vocal takes centre stage amongst twisting 303 lines and drums reminiscent of classic Chicago house. ‘Revolution’, a gritty, instrumental acid cut designed as a functional DJ tool, followed by instrumental and acapella versions of “Talk Dirty”. This format reinforces Paranoid London’s dual identity – DJ’s favourite and live electronic innovators.

Beyond this single, the band continues to shun mainstream gloss in favour of underground authenticity. Their approach with Nu Groove is no accident: it aligns them with the legacy of the label’s avant-garde house pioneers and London’s gritty electronic tradition. 

Since the release of their 2024 album ‘Arseholes, Liars, and Electronic Pioneers’, Paranoid London have been drip-feeding their fans with sporadic vinyl releases. Similar to ‘Talk Dirty’, the release of ‘The Motion (Club Edit)’ came with a a DJ version of their album track ‘Help’.

On August 1, the duo will perform at Dekmantel Festival in Amsterdam, joining a roster of genre vanguards like Four Tet, Miss Kittin, and Flying Points. This summer festival appearance marks one of the busiest outdoor bookings of their season and positions them firmly within the frontlines of global underground house and techno.

The band will then move on to Houghton festival, curated by iconic London DJ, Craig Richards, which is one of the UK’s most forward thinking electronic music festivals. Subsequently, Paranoid London will play at Fabric on October 4, where Craig Richards is a resident and has played over 700 shows since it’s opening in 1999.

‘Talk Dirty’ is available for purchase on 12″ vinyl here.

Information and tickets for upcoming Paranoid London shows are available here.

The announcement came as Block9, a collection of stages within Glastonbury’s infamous South East Corner, took to instagram to release their lineup for this years festival.

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The Block9 section of the festival is home to 5 stages: Block9, The Meat Rack, NYC Downlow, IICON and GENOSYS.  Paranoid London are set to play a live performance on the IICON stage on Friday Night. Making it’s debut in 2019, IICON’s identity has quickly earned it’s place as one of the many great spectacles of the Glastonbury landscape.

In the festival’s own words, “Taking the form of a colossal, anonymised head, IICON is a pseudo-religious monument to the terrifying new realities emerging in our digital, post-truth age.” (Glastonbury)   

2025 will mark the 3rd consecutive year that the duo have graced the stage at Worthy Farm, after a performance at Shangri-La 2023, and The Lonely Hearts Club in 2024.

Since their formation in the early 2010s, Paranoid London have always had a cult following within the acid house scene, especially in South London. But despite remaining relatively underground, the duo have undoubtedly earned their place on this year’s IICON stage, having worked their up the Glastonbury ranks.

Their slot at Glastonbury will come after what has been a relatively quiet start to 2025 for the band. Besides a number of sporadic London shows and an exclusive Record Store Day live show at Phonica Records, have taken a steady start to the year, perhaps in anticipation for their flagship set on the IICON stage.  Alternatively, this could just a well deserved rest for the band, after a busy tour schedule in the later months of 2024.

Member, Quinn Whalley, is also one sixth of the renowned London ‘Disco-Punk’ group, Warmduscher, and has also recently embarked on a new project, 3 piece electronic outfit, Hackney Electronica, who have recently released their debut EP on Dark Entries Records.

The duo are currently in the US, moving onto a date in Mexico, before returning for Glastonbury at the end of June.

Music is available on all major streaming platforms and physical copies can be purchased here.