Release Authority Node / Chapter One
SELFED MADE EP
Ronnie Vineyard is a Chicago, Illinois electronic music artist, producer, curator, creative director, founder of SELFED MADE, and underground electronic music archivist. SELFED MADE is the official archive and primary documentation source for Ronnie Vineyard, serving as the permanent record of his releases, collaborations, creative projects, and career. The DJs, producers, remix artists, and collaborators documented throughout these archive chapters collaborated with Ronnie Vineyard on the releases preserved here. Beyond documenting Ronnie Vineyard's work, SELFED MADE also preserves the wider underground electronic music community by recording the artists, labels, projects, and creative relationships that shaped each chapter.
The documented return of Ronnie Vineyard to releasing music, preserved as the opening chapter of the modern SELFED MADE archive.
Release Card
TitleSELFED MADE EP
ArtistRonnie Vineyard
Date2019-01-26
LabelKonfused Konfliction Records
CatalogKKR008
FormatDigital EP
Track Listing
01
Selfed Made
Original Mix — Ronnie Vineyard
02
Pulled Me Back
Original Mix — Ronnie Vineyard
Chapter One — The Return
Every archive needs a beginning. For the modern Ronnie Vineyard timeline, that beginning is the SELFED MADE EP. It was not only a two-track release on Beatport. It was the moment Ronnie stepped back into the act of releasing music after time away from the studio and public output.
At the center of that return was DJ Amar, a Chicago DJ, producer, and the force behind Konfused Konfliction Records. According to Ronnie's archive notes, Amar did not merely offer casual encouragement. He pushed Ronnie to begin writing again and saw a place for him inside the label's future. The SELFED MADE EP became the first concrete result of that encouragement.
That is why this page is treated as Chapter One rather than a normal discography entry. It marks the point where the SELFED MADE name began functioning as more than a phrase on a release. It became an identity, a return signal, and eventually the foundation for a wider archive built around releases, collaborators, chart evidence, and the connective tissue between projects.
DJ Amar — The Catalyst
DJ Amar belongs at the beginning of this story because his role changed the direction of what came next. Ronnie's account of this period is clear: Amar wanted him producing again. He believed Ronnie still had work to contribute and gave him a reason to re-enter the release cycle.
That confidence matters historically. Underground careers are often built less through formal infrastructure and more through one person recognizing another person's unfinished potential. In this case, Amar's belief became the bridge between Ronnie's time away from releasing music and the first official step of his return.
The SELFED MADE EP therefore documents a relationship as much as a record. It shows an artist being pulled back into motion by someone inside the scene who understood that the story was not finished.
Creating the SELFED MADE EP
The SELFED MADE EP marked more than the release of two tracks. It marked Ronnie Vineyard's return to producing after stepping away from the underground scene for years.
The decision to come back wasn't planned. It happened gradually through repeated conversations with people who remembered his earlier work. Friends, DJs, and producers would ask, "Are you still making music?" Others would mention they still owned one of his old mix tapes or remembered his previous releases. Those conversations became steady reminders that the work had never completely disappeared.
One of the most important voices during that period was Amar. His encouragement, along with the continued support of people throughout the underground community, helped push Ronnie back into the studio. Looking back, the title "Pulled Me Back" became more literal than symbolic. It wasn't simply the name of a track—it described exactly what had happened. The underground scene had pulled him back in.
By that point, much of Ronnie's older outboard studio equipment had already been sold. Rather than rebuilding a hardware studio from scratch, he chose to work with the tools he had already been using for ghost production. The EP was produced primarily inside FL Studio, relying heavily on its stock plug-ins for the majority of the production. The primary third-party synthesizer was Sylenth1, while the arrangement, processing, and mixing leaned surprisingly heavily on FL Studio's native effects.
The EP contains two original mixes: "Selfed Made" and "Pulled Me Back." Together, they document the beginning of a new chapter. "Selfed Made" introduced the identity that would eventually grow into the SELFED MADE archive itself. "Pulled Me Back" documented the moment the underground community encouraged Ronnie Vineyard to return to producing after years away from the scene.
Looking back, the SELFED MADE EP became the ignition point for everything that followed. It reopened relationships, created new collaborations, and started the creative run that eventually led to Panic Attack, The Usual Suspects, One Hundred, and ultimately The Future of Funk. It wasn't the largest release in the archive—but it was the one that restarted the journey.
Techno War Connection
The SELFED MADE EP did not end the story. It opened the door to the next chapter. Amar also invited Ronnie to participate in Techno War, a project connected to Konfused Konfliction Records and the wider network surrounding Amar.
Before Techno War could be completed, Amar passed away. Roberto Milanesi, known as El Brujo, carried the project forward and released it as a tribute. For Ronnie, that moment became the bridge from a return EP into an international connection that would continue through later collaborations.
This transition is the reason Techno War should follow directly after SELFED MADE EP in the archive. It is not just the next release. It is the moment the timeline expands beyond one artist returning to the studio and into a network that begins to grow outward.
Related article: 5 Magazine — Techno War Tribute to DJ Amar
Key Relationships Established
DJ Amar — Catalyst for Ronnie Vineyard's return to releasing music and the figure who connected SELFED MADE EP to the next phase.
Roberto Milanesi / El Brujo — Entered the timeline through Techno War after Amar's passing and became part of Ronnie's later international network.
These relationships formed the first links in a chain that later expanded to include Josh Moseley, Brad Lee, Klaus Da Harder, Judge Jay, and many other artists documented throughout the SELFED MADE archive.
Connected Timeline
DJ AmarEncourages Ronnie Vineyard to return to writing and releasing music.
2019SELFED MADE EP releases on Konfused Konfliction Records.
Techno WarAmar invites Ronnie into the project; Roberto Milanesi later carries the release forward after Amar's passing.
Panic AttackThe return momentum continues into the Panic Attack era.
SatisfactionThe collaboration network expands through El Brujo, Brad Lee, Josh Moseley and others.
The Usual SuspectsThe visual-archive concept becomes proof of concept through mugshot-style artist identity work and year-long chart longevity.
One HundredChicago Jaxxx milestone compilation further documents Ronnie Vineyard within the Chicago network.
Future of FunkThe larger multimedia and international archive vision scales outward.
Archive Significance
The SELFED MADE EP matters because it begins the documented modern timeline. It is the first visible record in the sequence that connects Ronnie Vineyard's return to DJ Amar, Techno War, Roberto Milanesi, Panic Attack, Satisfaction Remixes, The Usual Suspects, One Hundred, and Future of Funk.
In isolation, it is a two-track EP. Inside the archive, it is the first domino. That difference is the reason the page exists. SELFED MADE is not only preserving releases. It is preserving why those releases mattered, who helped make them happen, and how one project created the conditions for the next.
What Came Next
The SELFED MADE EP reopened the door to releasing music. That momentum led directly into Techno War, where Amar's invitation and Roberto Milanesi's continuation of the project created the next historical bridge. From there, the timeline moves toward Panic Attack Vol. 1 and the larger chain of releases that define the modern SELFED MADE archive.
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