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Blink and you'll miss it, limited tae fuck tape from Ratkiller on Jon Rust's Levels imprint. Essential.

*The No Man Is An Island EP is a single cut from the debut album of the same name by Aalko, a new project by Kebko Music founder Akiko Kiyama. Renowned for her minimal techno track featured in Richie Hawtin's seminal DE9 Transitions album, the Japanese producer reveals her another side under this new alias. The project has already created a stir as Aalko has garnered support from Gilles Peterson on his BBC 6 Music radio show and premiered a live performance at MUTEK's Tokyo launch, where she drew the audience into an inspiring frenzy.

Aalko is a culmination of Kiyama's recent practices in a wider musical spectrum that go beyond the confines of her minimalistic techno characteristics. It conjures her distinctive soundscape where a variety of styles coexists: she demonstrates her knack for breaks, ambient and irregular time signatures, her acute ears for unadulterated tone and texture of sounds standing out in sharp relief.

Taking a floor-oriented side out of the No Man Is An Island cassette album, this single cut features three tracks that work wonders in a DJ context. "Body & Soul" is an erratic rhythm experiment jumping between several beat styles. "Mixture" offers Kiyama's unique interpretation on syncopated dynamics of breaks. Wrapping up the EP is 'B.I.C', a long-awaited exclusive track that ranked among Gilles Peterson's top 20 tracks of 2017. Its dubby functionality makes it a powerful tool that can work at various stages of the night.

These tracks give the nod to Kiyama's peculiar self full of sonic idiosyncrasies, showing no fear of breaking accepted conventions.

Never underestimate a quiet guy. Soft spoken and well-mannered Alexander Pletnev moved 3 years ago from the Russian city of St. Petersburg to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. That has been more than enough time for him to make the city his own. A co-founder of a hip barber's shop that also hosts an improvised Vinyl second hand corner, not to mention a cozy little bar where he can be found serving a quirky selection of beers, Alex soon embraced influences filtered through the local nightlife institution 'Opium Club'. His production powerhouse Pletnev explores darker territories and far-out music lands untouched by his bright and melodic creative alter ego - Ponty Mython. The St. Bones EP follows his well received and strongly selling offerings on Meda Fury and Bahnsteig23. The EP's two tracks, of contrasting mood and tempo, are accompanied by two top drawer remixes from the Japanese tailor of sound and taste RYOTA OPP and on-the-rise fellow St. Petersburg producer and selector, Inga Mauer.

The brand new parisian imprint Opaq Records delivers his first EP Signal'.
4 tracks composed by the label's members Mare, Charlou, Steve Marie & Stephen. This 4 tracker is strongly influenced by the ravy mood of the 90's, it's a mixture between techno, acid, breakbeat and trance which will destroy many dancefloors for sure.

FJAAK relaunch their label with their remix and remaster of Missing Channel's Onslaught (Robert Hood & Claude Young).

SPANDAU X DETROIT! The German trio take on a tune from Hood and Young's '90s collaboration, backed up with a 2018 remaster of the original.

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Molecule returns with a new odyssey both physical and musical. Following the success of 60°43' Nord, his concept debut played, recorded and mixed on a fishing boat during a 34-day journey in the Atlantic Ocean, the French producer decided this time to take the process further up North and embarked on a voyage to Greenland. Isolated for five weeks in the small Inuit village of Tiniteqilaaq, Romain Delahaye used his 'survival electrokit' to find new sounds in the fjords, the icefields and the hostile yet dazzling landscapes surrounding him. Entirely recorded and mixed in this remoted place, the tracks of -22,7°C range from contemplative ambient atmospheres to more upbeat techno blizzards and accurately translate this epic self-reflective adventure across a land of contrast, its abyssal silences, its immaculate glaciers and its blinding whiteness. With ten previously unheard tracks and very enthusiastic early feedbacks from medias internationally, -22,7°C is set to confirm Molecule's status as a one-of-a-kind producer in today's electro scene.

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The fifth entry in the chronicles of Slyngshot's Yappin label is a four track EP, projecting his trademark hybrid style, popping on a low-bit train ride somewhere between the Bronx and Detroit.
New Era: Slyng's in-house style, dirty percussion, with ailing watery Rhodes. OF XTC (Action mix): A swift take-off, with fazed out keys over a romping kick, swashbuckling high-hat, and an insistent synth bass playing hide and seek, building the tension.
OF XTC (Understatement Mix): Low end synth lines bop between singing drums, tribal chant and ethereal piano loop.
Stop Playin' Part I: B-boy vocal sample with pitched up / back down again beats lending the tune a subtle drum and bass feel.

His first solo EP, Barbie's Back, out on Gomma, is a huge success for the ghetto-disco wizkid and everyone starts falling in love for his sound: his first album, Hot Robot, is released in 2008 and Erol Alkan, Jori Hulkonnen, PrinsTomas, Digitalism, Shitrobot play his tracks all around the world. Thought, recorded and produced in his studio in Gracia, Barcelona, V.I.C.T.O.R features a number of collaborations: Julienne Dessagne (Sachienne), Yan Wagner, Fabrizio Mammarella, Moscoman, Guillaume Atlan, In Fields , Pajaro Sunrise

The Golden Ravedays Collection Box Set
The limited edition box set that celebrates the complete journey of The Golden Ravedays by Superpitcher is now for sale.

Only 150 copies are available and each includes all 12 chapter LPs that features two tracks each (24 tracks in total), plus a signed poster and a sweeping 36 page booklet that brings the beautiful saga of this heroic album in picture.

Actual extended play (a mini Lp of sorts)... Get into the mind of the cgn wizard. BIG TIP!

Opening and closing with broken techno/breakbeats XP tunes trhis ep brings 3 Techno, dry kick oldschool very Subhead style.

Bleep bleeeep... Domenico Rosa is back on his label one year later!

For her third outing on the German label Jahmoni, Marcelle is as inventive and unpredictable as ever. The four tracks on the wittily titled 'PSALM TREE' EP go from wild techno to abstract dub, and all bear that undefinable 'Marcelle' touch of freedom and imagination, which sets the DJ/producer so apart from almost all of her younger peers. The ever-travelling Dutch lady, who was one of the highlights of this year's 'Nyege Nyege Music Festival' in Uganda, toys with musical styles and expectations, both live and in the studio, she has always deejayed more or less like a musician. This was amongst others recognised by Faust founder member Hans-Joachim Irmler, who between 2008 and 2014 released 4 Marcelle albums on his Klangbad label.

Opener 'TO EVACUATE IS DIFFICULT AND INFREQUENT' is a deranged techno stomper, bristling with crazy, desperate sounds. Only halfway during the track these voices make 'sense': the track deals with the problem of constipation, and offers near the end a possible solution. As a dubplate this track is heavily tested on the dancefloor and, eh, 'dropped' very well.

'TO REVEAL THE SECRET', an abstract dub work-out with an eerie feeling, samples the voice of one of her favourite actors, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

'WALKING AROUND AIMLESSLY', the longest track on the EP, is just as swinging as it is weird. The relaxed whistling over the treated sounds that drop in and out, make for a both happy and strange stroll into unknown territory.

'TO SING ALONG' combines heavy bass with an addictive synth melody and is a short, energetic closer of the EP, which once again shows Marcelle's instinct for both the dancefloor and the avant garde.

The record's curious title 'PSALM TREE' hints at Marcelle's love for palm trees, hot weather and reading books (although not necessarily religious texts, contradictions and odd combinations are never far away in Marcelle's work!) The artwork of the record is as colourful as on all her releases. On stage and on her records Marcelle transcends a sense of openness and a feeling of freedom, which has her described as 'totally enriching', 'a true ear opener', a real 'pioneer'.

With a new single just released ("Roadside"), accompanied by a groovy video, and a "Greatest Hits" album in the pipeline, it is time to look at Torpedo Boyz from a new perspective.

After more than 10 years in the business, four acclaimed albums in the discography ("Headache Music", "Cum On Feel The Boyz", "Return Of The Ausländers" and "Don't Cry") a collection of "Greatest Hits" will be released in October 2017 featuring all time classics and never out of fashion tunes like "Gimme A Bassline", "Ich Bin Ausländer (Leider Zum Glück)" or "The Disco Song".

Right in time for this release Légère Recordings asked Boca 45, their favourite 7inch DJ and remix expert, to deliver his versions of the Torpedo Boyz favourites "Any Trash, Professor Abacus" and "Are You Talking To Me". The Boca 45 remixes will now be released on two different 45s, including the original versions on the flipside.

Over two decades past his Source Records 'tubed' appearance, Alex cortex is back at it with a full length portraying electronica range as he knows how. This time trough Malmo based imprint blundar and it's #mutantexture arrays.

After a first track at the breaknoize frontier comes a Hip Hop instrumental that really brings a solid envy of rap... last tune of the side in more an electronica industrial grinder. B side starts breakbeat electronica : dancefloor distortion ! Next comes The Plongeur and its noisy electro weirdness... The mini album finishes with a dubby electronica irie sound. Killer !

One for the Deejays! After a previous collaboration for FT's Vibe 3 compilation, Dawit Eklund (of the outstanding 1432R crew) and Max D (in Dolo Percussion mode) join forces for a proper 12" and come catchy, concrete, and correct. "Rise" rotates around and around, Dawit flexing on vocals and earworm keys while Dolo locks in, and "Wise" goes more for the jugular, wild organs and swinging perc over hooky vox and presssssure. OOF!

First release from mystical new label Hard Fist. Cosmic vibes.

For the past four years Francesco Leali kept busy running Parachute alongside co-owners Manfredi Romano and Thomas Feriero, producing under different monikers and touring the globe as half of CW/A. Finally back as Clockwork, Leali reveals a five track EP featuring some of his rugged music to date. A briery shift into foggier territories where Leali explores layered sound-design and broken rhythms, something he had only hinted in his previous work.
'Online Entity' depicts Leali's hindrance with modern society's social networking obsession. 'In contrast to what these services were actually intended for', Leali explains, 'They seem to have impacted a lot of people negatively, resulting in unnecessary resentments, misinformation and feelings of proximity when these tools can easily alienate you from reality'.
'Constantly worrying about how you want people to perceive you is absurd already, but for many of us this constant sharing has become the only way to achieve happiness, to be satisfied. In an era where all of this is getting out of hand it's essential to remind yourself of the things that truly shape you as an individual. With
Online Entity I aimed for feelings of release, mutating resentments into something positive - more physical. I imagined it as a soundtrack to an escape from these very situations.'
The release showcases this approach with five club-ready numbers filled with calculated, pounding drums and gloomy atmospheres, with only rare glimpses of hope scattered throughout.
To round things up we mobilised fellow Parachute affiliate Ayarcana and Serbian Techno pro Lag who both deliver two startling interpretations of 'Escape Sequence' and 'Rumination'.

The next signing of Forbidden Colours are modular nerds Kino Internacional and Borja Pin eiro from Reykjavik606 who always challenge the fine line between music-making and story-telling.
For A1 - "Everything Happens For A Reason" the duo join forces with the maestro Odei Astibia on the drums, where they jam on the infamous Mecca Studios for a really beautiful mind trip.
On the flip side "Lake Nakaumi" leads listeners to some lonely scenario where the modular and pads travel together on the same wagon.
Forbidden Colours called Basque techno leader Kastil for a remix who recorded a 7 minutes straight and trippy techno.
My love wears forbidden colours My life believes
My love wears forbidden colours My life believes in you once again

Breakcore electro-noize from Patric Catani V.I.P. Aka Patric Catani, and some other good kickers like The House Of Fic Feat Circa (F.I.X. Records England) and some new commers as Colonel Midi (with a Trach Noise remix of NTM...) Enjoy !

After 1 year of the debut album, Mattia Trani is going to release a massive remixes pack of the album "The Hi-Tech Mission", from a different nation in the world every remixer show their different style of remixing. The most powerful project of Pushmaster is finally here.

4 tracks by Mr White (known for those collabs with Larry Heard..) Limited run on his own label! - Comes in a generic white jacket. TIP!

Seattle, Washington heavyweight breakbeat manipulator and Samurai Music top tier affiliate - Homemade Weapons comes roaring back into action for the Heiress EP, his first full solo release since the immensity of his debut LP - Negative Space. Intricately sliced and manipulated breaks and kicks ricochet off each other over 4 tracks of guaranteed high voltage floor-mobbing dominance. 'Streetcleaner' has a cheeky percussive drift, while 'Pyrosome' is pure dive-bomb adrenaline, 'Nabilone' the razor sharp steppers choice, with the title track opening proceedings with swarming menace.

This guy Leibniz is back on Rat Life Records. You might remember him from the collaboration with Credit 00 on Basement Toolz Volume II. This time he goes for a full solo EP. The three course menu consists of a grimy appetiser called "Bat", if your stomach can handle this, we serve "Uzi" as a main course, a whole round of bullets, very hard to digest. "2 Simple" is for dessert, again quite heavy, full of fat and definitely not gluten-free.

For us (Rubadub that is), Hank Jackson has been behind some of the most inventive techno to have left NYC in recent years, releasing music on his compadre Anthony Naples label, Proibito and Mister Saturday Night. If you're after a twisted NYC take on classic Chain Reaction and Monolake, then this is strongly tipped.

P2s is back with a second Break Beat Maboul edition by Dj Clif. Including breakbeat, scratches & acapella ! .

Dungeon Acid, bred in Gothenburg's (Sweden) obscure music scene during the eighties and nineties, releases his second 7inch on Hoga Nord Rekords. Dog Acid and Sex Beat focuses on those remote corners where Jean-Louis Huhta have rooted his musicality. With legendary bands like Cortex, Anti Cimex and The Skull Defekts on his resume, Huhta is most definitely one of the most interesting artists in Sweden!
The music on this 7inch breathes sex, concrete and dark seas. The tracks differ in instrumentation but they expresses the same feeling: uncomplicated and straightforward components, perfectly balanced In relation to each other, shutting down unnecessary body function, aiming for your lower back. Spastic curling synthesisers rests upon soundwaves heavier than the swell against the Norwegian North Atlantic coast.
Dungeon Acid is the miner of your record crate - hard at work finding the nuggets in punk, rock and electro to develop the strict techno.

Superb compilation of unrealesed tunes... Pure worldwide electro masterpiece !

On the heels of 2015's hyperactive Longanimity EP on Leisure System and the recent Sense of Purpose LP via Bloc Records, JoeFarr returns to Leisure System with the Spectate EP, another tactile and punishing contribution to the ongoing GRIDLOCK series complete with an incredible remix from sound scientist Max Cooper.
Farr throws down heavy drum grooves on title track Spectate,' with hi-hats and synth zaps creating malevolent movement around a blurry vocal sample. Teetering on the edge of total malfunction, it lurches and leaps in beguilingly twitchy ways. Max Cooper explodes the track on his remix, offering increasingly distorted sections that lure in the listener before shattering the structure. On the flip side, Comp Killer' and In Focus' are two slices of deliciously raw techno, featuring shuddering bass and searing melodies sure to split open any dance floor.
The fifth edition in Leisure System's ongoing GRIDLOCK 12' series, the Spectate EP is yet another example of JoeFarr's able hand at creating fierce, infectious, and irregular techno.

Following some new gems on the great Waxtefacts imprint, Strip Steve delivers a beautifully crafted cosmic EP as the second release on Berlin based label Man Band. With sounds ranging from ambient to raw, galactic workouts, this 5 tracker is a must have for listening just as much as dancing. 'Deep within the distant galaxy, a spaceship cruised under the glow of exotic stars. It's metallic frame glimmered beneath the shimmering light as it surged forwards through time and space. It was embarking upon a spectacularly perilous odyssey, a journey into the abyss. It's passengers sat eagerly watching their planet vanish out of sight through bubble windows. They made jokes amongst one another, cracking a smile as appropriate, but they were scared.' - Words by The Ransom Note, inspired by the track 'Odyssey'. Vital Sales Points: - Played by Alex from Tokyo at Rex club, Paris and Cocktail d'Amore, Berlin. Track 'Odyssey' Premiered by The Ransom Note

First Star Wax 7inch - "Nicodemus" RocknRolla SoundSystem remix.
Original version from Dubamine featuring Blackout JA (Dub-stuy record)
B-Side : 8 Skiproofs + Infinite Loop

Fresh off his stunning Petrichor / Grainform single, Thelem returns to Artikal, delivering his most substantial release thus far. The
'Haunted Harmonics' EP splits itself between the grime-influenced 'Haunted Harmonics' and cyber-badman riddim of 'Shottaz' while
stepping up the tempo to 170bpm with 'Forces of Nature''s agenda of agitation and the clinically paranoid 'Obsessions'.
Haunted Harmonics unfolds like a demented Eski beat with squashed rudebwoy synths grafted to the rhythmic frame as a neon
melodic line gets refracted into various shapes and permutations. A hip-hop indebted bass line carries all the micro-level details, till it
all dissipates into a sound-collage of field recordings from various places, but most prominently a pre-recorded telephone message.
The Babylon crumbling war drums of Forces of Nature open with snippets of a Rastafari portent regarding the sinners of the world
before augmented with tastefully spliced amen breaks and dark-side swipes.Blooming from delicately creeping pads and punctuated by rudebwoy threats, Shottaz explodes into a bio-mechanical steppa geared with hyper-surreal sound design, creating a constantly shifting mechanism of soundsystem destruction. Trapist percussion keeps things clipped and serious.
Obsessions is a heads down roller possessing the shark-eyed mission to add a little bit of paranoia to the dance. Scuttling percussion flick and glimmer over reinforced moaning caustic synths and hard as nails swerving subs. Featured on Rinse FM playlist and DJ support from J:Kenzo, Youngsta, Icicle, Jubei, Amit, OM Unit & N-Type.

Spin your ears back to 1989 and enjoy the debut album of Coldcut once again! The bouncy good-time cut-up party people got started with What's That Noise, a particularly lively swirl of breaks, acid house and hip-hop. The guest vocalists on the album includes Lisa Stansfield, Queen Latifah and Mark E. Smith. Reissued by Sony.
11 track album on standard black vinyl with download code insert

The good ship Ransom Note sails on!

Continuing our commitment to releasing the finest dance music from planet Earth, our latest missive comes from fresh-faced Belgian kit freak Placid One. Squeezing out analogue techno from a studio full of synths that burble and shimmer and croak, Placid's lead track 'C Balloon' is a drum-less masterpiece, an arpeggiating ascent into a chrome-plated future. The track belongs in the lineage of the emotional best of Detroit, as mysterious as it is melancholic, it's a vision of computer blues for the 21st century.

It's followed by 'Bombay Persuasion', a jitter of broken tech-funk building to a rumbling throb of bass, and 'Life', which chops up classic breakbeats with late night acid secrets. All three tracks combine Placid One's youthful exuberance with a yearning for the hardware mentasm of early Brit pioneers, the ghosts of Aphex Twin, Orbital and Kirk Degiorgio can be heard echoing through their grooves.

On remix duties we have Deutschland's finest Cass. who provides a blissed out reimagining of 'C Balloon', unravelling its synths into an epic of found sounds and ambient drift. This is followed by a floor ready refix from Ransom Note favourite Timothy 'Heretic' Clerkin, who rolls 'C Balloon' into a warm house jam, all classic synth hits and sun-rising acid bubbles.