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The next drop on Livity Sound is the first collaboration from long-time label mainstays Hodge and Simo Cell. True to the styles the artists have individually marked out since first appearing on Livity Sound circa 2014-15, LIVITY050 presents fiercely imaginative, upfront club music across a spectrum of tempos.

The supple, fluid approach to electronic music the two producers are separately known for feeds into a cohesive partnership, whether they’re turning their hand to dancehall-inspired, sub-100BPM heavy hitters or jagged, technicolour half-step tapestries.

Livity Sound is a label set up by Peverelist in 2011 as a vehicle for a raw and exploratory strain of UK techno, rooted in the heritage of UK dance music and sound system culture. It has since become one of the UK's foremost protagonists for cutting edge underground electronic music.

El Absurdo comes as the first Release of Colombian label Disidencia Records.

An EP made up of 100% synthesiser sounds that navigates through the realms of Electro, Techno, EBM and Breaks.
These genres get all tied up in this 4 track instalment with brief Spanish lyrics that question some of the reality of South-American society.

Skuum calls for total exhaustion on Strictly Strictly with his infernal Blue Nespresso EP. Side A is a triple overdose of heavy bass and well-distributed breakbeats, putting a ban on any attempt to rest. On side B, Luz1e kills it with her heretic Electro interpretation of FORZA while Shedbug takes the E R A V E to another level of pure Hands-Upness. Strictly no eye kept dry on this one.

In their first outing since They Can't Be Saved, released on Skam in 2020, they enlist British rapper King Kashmere, who features on two tracks. Where James Ruskin has appeared
on Tresor Records for his seminal albums Point 2, Into Submission, The Dash and his recent Siklikal EP, the only appearance of Mark Broom on the label is a 2002 remix of
The Golden Apple by Eddie “Flashin” Fowlkes.

The duo unveiled this new work and collaboration with King Kashmere in a live show for a 30th Anniversary event for
Tresor Berlin televised on Arte, performing amidst a battery of lights and fogged-up refraction. It demonstrated their
rough-hewn fundamentals, roving melodies and investigative power, newly advanced by voice.

Death Switch is the first appearance by King Kashmere, savaging questions on segregation and suering, encoding
into our brains the much-repeated refrain - “You wanna know, why they wanna flip the death switch“. Spinning Globe
captures Kashmere in a gritty flow over a swaggering beat, bouncing and resonant. This unsanded voice lends an
enhanced texture and tension to the highly-processed sonic palette of Broom and Ruskin, accumulating with innate mettle.

Elsewhere, Appi dredges depths as widescreen beats lurk, digital artefacts pave the way to a hauntingly melancholic
coda. Lacovset features singer Ella Fleur who has worked with Mark Broom on his solo release Fünfzig. It enacts a
pointillist gated vocal alongside dolphin-like percussive communications. On LFIVE, the duo embalms their sonic textures with digital eects that flutter austerely with
syncopation in the crosswind of a beat that recalibrates at points.

An urgency slowly draws in on title track Slinky through fizzing electronics and fractured drums all corroded. Eem
locates a semblance of euphoria, with a tranceinducing release led by swirling arpeggios. Closer KZAP finds
the calmest moment on the record, with its wafting, nebulous synths and swamped hip hop beat.

Slinky finds an ever-evolving project, The Fear Ratio shapeshifting by bringing in the voice into their work and
continually pushing with their incredibly-eected rhythmic styles and peculiar, wandering synthesis.

Bygone, a 5 track exhilaration scripted by Chontane, immerses dancefloor devoted tracks in a rhythm driven yet melodic display. While intertwining wide-angle atmospherics and razor-sharp percussion, Chontane is able to make a reflection on today’s multifaceted, ever-evolving techno sound.

Giuseppe Scaccia joins non series with a stunning, eclectic 6 tracker EP

Ultra rare techno trance from the UK’s Alan Hill. Elliptical Headz was a once off project that flawlessly blends lush synthesis with tasteful exotic sampling and robust drum programming.
Originally released on Junkanoo Recordings in 1993, all tracks have been faithfully remastered for modern use and licensed in collaboration with the artists family.

Nite Fleit steers a course through electro, breaks, techno and acid to deliver a debut LP made up of two distinct halves, exploring contrasting emotional states and new sonic territories.

Shifting between styles, emotions and eras with ease and hiding surprises around every corner, Nite Fleit owes her rapid rise as a DJ and producer to an ability to keep dancers perpetually on their toes. Coming up through Sydney’s underground club scene, the Australia-born, London-based artist started producing as recently as 2016, making her production debut for Steel City Dance Discs in 2018. Since then she has appeared on labels across the globe including Return to Disorder, Planet Euphorique, Unknown To The Unknown, International Chrome, Acid Avengers and her own imprint, Atomic Alert.

‘Day Fleit / Nite Fleit’ is an LP with no front or back cover - depending on the listener’s intended destination the album’s two discs can be listened to in either order. ‘Overload’ wastes little time in setting the tone for ‘Day Fleit’. Densely layered, soaring arpeggiated acid lines twist and dance around Nite Fleit’s spoken lyrics, inspired by Delia Derbyshire and Barry Bermange’s iconic 1964 ‘The Dreams’ sound collage. On ‘Like I Used To Be’ warm, dreamy chords are decorated with sparkling synth melodies and vocals from Nite Fleit’s friend and fellow producer Mesmé. From the triumphant EBM textures of ‘The Flower Dance’, which features a theatric monologue by Partiboi69 reciting an Alan Watts speech, to the video-game pop melodies of ‘Dark End of the Street’ and ‘Morning Song’, on ‘Day Fleit’ Nite Fleit infuses her sound with a new buoyance and musicality.

On the flip, those rich colourful harmonies make way for the imposing, mechanical rave energy on punishing percussive techno and electro cuts like ‘Double Digits’ and ‘Nah’. Nite Fleit’s graceful acid lines turn feverish and frenzied on ‘Airs & Graces’ and ‘Paranoid Energy’ - a pair of break-heavy, mutant club tracks fine-tuned for dark and manic basement raves. ‘Bold Poke’ provides a moment of brooding, melodic respite, before ‘Serious Effect’ a cinematic closing electro workout. Across these 12-tracks, taken from a vast pool of demos sketched out over the last two years, Nite Fleit provides a sonic snapshot of swinging emotions and dancefloor yearnings, delivered with uncompromising energy, melody and contrast.

Some lucky few will never forget at least one of our sweaty Mary Go Wild Basement Raves during the Amsterdam Dance Event 2016 edition: The one where Swedish dj and producer Patrick Siech lived up to all expectations and had everyone present reach a next level of mindfuck.Now, early 2018, we are very proud to present Patrick's first EP on MARY BLACK: Tetrahedron Cluster. A perfect title for an EP in its strongest setting showing 4 different faces that could all be considered the base.The title track is a compulsory kick into the unknown, where you will find yourself surrounded by unpredictable delays shooting ahead. This gem defines space in its purest form. Italian dj and producer Fabrizio Lapiana delivers an amazing remix that will rush through your mind and body with the speed of light.On the flip another Patrick Siech original entitled Bubbli. Let yourself roam in a world where warm rays of light eventually slip through the cracks of a dark hypnosis. Dutch duo Abstract Division took care of the remix, picking up intriguing and pulsating signals creating the perfect calm after the storm.Lift off. To the sky and beyond!

The latest outing from Drumcode sees regular contributors, Slam back with a bang. Now on their sixth release for the label in a little over two years, the renowned duo have been instrumental in helping to shape what Drumcode is about in 2012. While there can be no doubt over the popularity of combining two names that have been at the forefront of techno since the early 90's, a closer look at the shared values between Drumcode and Slam shows a common thread that is at the heart of what has cemented the connection between the two. Whether it is the unwavering commitment to the techno genre, the consistently dynamic and purposeful dancefloor output or the statesmanlike, altruistic approach to their craft, the bombastic results of the partnership speak for themselves.

Presented as a two-track EP, Slam's latest body of work for Drumcode covers a range of styles, drawing on their vast experience of the multi-colored nature of techno. Vespula, with its resolute groove and low, humming bass works the speakers hardest, while synth stabs, dramatic drawn out chords and a distinctive two-tone hook add contrast. Metus beats out a slow burning but impactful groove that swings between an intricate, multi-layered arrangement of wigged out atmospherics and industrial clunks and clanks.

Highlighting the continuing evolution of Durban's globally influential gqom sound, this special trilogy of releases showcases three separate artists from South Africa's fertile musical landscape. The set captures a fresh wave of gqom innovation from veteran producer DJ Skothan/DJ Scoturn, DJ Scriby, and 20-year-old DJ MaRiiO. DJ Skothan/DJ Scoturn has been a key figure in Durban's underground scene for many years, producing alongside Phelimuncasi, Bhejani, Tweeyking, Lafaristo, MaRiiO and DJ MP3. His gqom and house tracks have quietly provided a rumbling engine for the city's scene, and "Nevegation" is his debut full-length, providing a complex diagram of his dancefloor versatility. This isn't the gqom you might expect to hear: immediately on opener 'The Gringo' familiar sounds - shovel kicks, chopped vocals, sampled gasps, horror movie strings - are shuffled into atypical patterns, creating jerky soundscapes rather than the expected four-on-the-floor bump. 'Salut to DJ Lag' pays respect to Durban's Beyoncé-approved pioneer, but twists the template into a propulsive new form, adding rolling and evolving percussion that teases fractal shapes each bar. But the album's most unexpected and forward-thinking moment arrives with the aptly titled 'The King of Gqom', a track that simmers the genre's percussive sounds into limber sci-fi club futurism, tweaking the bass sounds into patterns that nod to dubstep, Jersey club and ballroom. 25-year-old DJ Scriby has been working behind the scenes since 2013, assisting the first wave of gqom innovators promote their sound both inside Durban and beyond. In 2017 he joined London's Trax Couture to release "The Clermont EP", and here he introduces his long-awaited follow-up "Izingoma zeGqomu". Scriby's approach to gqom is well-studied and self-aware, which gives him the ability to stretch the sound's scope across the diaspora: just peep the Atlanta trap synths on the dynamic 'Friday 13th', or the absorption of tight grime snares on opening track 'Goi'. Scriby's engineering skill pushes his productions to the next level, lending slithering downtempo tracks like 'Ouuu1' and 'Igqom Libuye' a widescreen, big-room punch without losing the genre's undulating funk. And the producer even eyes the EDM mainstage with 'Qumqum!!', balancing saccharine synths with jerky kicks, claps and rolling toms. The youngest artist featured in the collection, DJ MaRiiO started producing when he was just 12 years old, watching YouTube production videos. "No one told me how to use FL Studio," he admits, "and no one helped me doing different genres." This might be why his music sounds so completely unique; the basic structure of gqom is still present, but MaRiiO augments these elements with youthful energy and carefree use of unusual sounds and production methods. "Zulu Man" opener 'GQom NyeGe' manages to mash together trance synths, DMZ bass and a driving woodblock rhythm that reminds you of its Durban roots, while the bizarre 'Ngom ya Phesh', featuring MaRiiO's regular collaborator Hot Chicks on vocals, pushes the gqom template into the red, with overdriven kicks and disorienting environmental sounds. All three records provide a 360 degree view of Durban's contemporary underground, nodding to the past, present and future of gqom. It's a genre that's constantly in flux as it moves from South Africa's bedrooms and basements to main stages and movie screens across the globe.

Dancing as an act of rebellion is the first Abraxas LP in collaboration with the Valencian label Soil Records. A compilation of the first project recordings released between 2020 and 2021 plus some new tracks and, in addition to this, a second vinyl by other darkwave electronic artists remixing the first one: Geistform, We Are Not Brothers, Ober Dada, Melting Dogmas, SMforma, HBK1, José Rodríguez, SOJ and PanDemian.

Abraxas is a halfway project between dark dance electronic music, philosophical reflection, socio-political activism and musical entrepreneurship. Its main goal is to shake bodies and minds by spreading messages of individual and social self-criticism from the point of view of duality, extremes and contradiction, inherent to the human being and capitalist society.

now repressed !!!!!
finally !!
the long awaited new adam beyer bomb is out !!!
this one contains also a hot remix by jerome sydenham !!!

Flickering ears. A sharp blue sky. You get a hint of the sun, squinting through the broken windows of the former, northern ammunition plant. Concrete slabs beneath your feet. You still taste the fume, you feel bricks and steel and your warm, inner voice purrs soothingly in last night's rhythm: „understood“.

Flimmern in den Ohren. Schneidend blau strahlt der Himmel. Du erahnst die Sonne blinzelnd durch die zerbrochenen Fenstern hinter der ehemaligen Munitionsfabrik Nord. Die grauen Betonplatten unter deinen Füßen, schmeckst du noch Rauch, fühlst Stahl und Backstein, während dir deine warme, innere Stimme beruhigend im Takt der vergangenen Nacht zuschnurrt: „verstanden.

We are honoured to have Laurent Garnier do a remix for us on Tronic. He completely reworked and remixed his version of Christian Smith’s ‘Air Castle’ track for 2019. The result is a complex, Detroity, musical techno voyage. Deep, moody, and groovy. All we can say is thanks to the don, Laurent Garnier!

From the depths of the all-devouring, yet everybody carrying floor, I catch sight of this being - no, just its silhouette - which, without recognizing what it is, much less perceiving its true nature, magically captivates my whole self. Getting closer, without converging. Fusing, or rather gaining certainty about being one already. We
are the beat, the moment, the synthesis.

Aus den Tiefen des alles verschlingenden, jeden tragenden Floors sehe ich diese Gestalt – nein, nur ihre Silhouette - die mich, ohne erkennen zu können, was es ist, geschweige denn wer, magisch in ihren Bann zieht. Ein Aufeinanderzugehen, ohne dass wir uns näherkommen. Ein Verschmelzen, oder vielmehr die Gewissheit bereits eins zu sein. Wir sind der Takt, der Moment, die Synthese.

The beginning of the sessions recorded between Psyk and Orbe and their first ep of a future saga took place in Madrid for a 3 months period improvising together in their respective studios. Unifying their sound and their hardware equipment, the ideaof this series is to get a vanguard, deep, organic and dancefloor oriented unique sound.

Minimal Synth, Darkwave, EBM, Synthwave and New Wave from Sweden.

To round up the amazing debut-album of VX, we are extremely happy to present you the first part of the Fiction remix-package. Part 1 will feature two amazing, powerful and dancefloor-melting remixes by techno allstars Eric Sneo & Lars Klein

LIXTP, the collaboration between Love International Recordings and the Test Pressing website, yields its second release following 2021’s label debut from Fantastic Man.

This time it falls to Test Pressing founder Paul Byrne AKA Apiento to open 2023’s account with the simmering ‘Escape Reality’ EP.

Having carved out a prestigious career over the years, as A&R for Junior Boys Own, International Feel and Test Pressing labels, and releasing his own Apiento productions on Music For Dreams, World Unknown and World Building, Apiento goes in deep across six tracks of esoteric electronica and transcendental dance.

The influence of Detroit techno can be found in the complex drum work and dreamy synths of tracks like ‘Those Busy Circuits’ and ‘Axis’, whilst hedonistic dance vibes are served up on ‘Everything Move’. Presenting a broad palette of moods and tones, Apiento delivers an allencompassing release for lovers of the real electronic groove.

‘Escape Reality” by Apiento is released on Love International Recordings/Test Pressing from 10th February 2023.

Aubrey has always brought a detailed sense of sound design to his heavy techno. The Berlin-based artist does that again here on a first EP on his own Solid Groveos since 2016.

Two tracks delve into his archives to come up with some rare and obscure jams from the 90s. One is 'Lose Yourself' - a bright and cosmic take on techno that prime-era Derrick May would be proud of then the other, 'Breaking Out', offers golden US-style house with nice frayed synths and smoky depths. Two new cuts are 'Chase Mind' - a cavernous and dubby, with whimsical pads and unrelenting bass locking you in a trance, then 'Mr Muscle', a twisted acid techno closer that completes a varied and vital EP.

Third release of Discodemuerto, another killer electro/techno release made from one of Valencia's finest producers. Ravers will like it!

4th Vinyl Release For Discodemuerto, Hard Hitting Techno Label From Valencia, Operated By Davit Error.

Freshly found Schiedam based label Pleistocene Future proudly presents its inaugural release containing four nothing but ultra-hefty cuts by none other than Thessaloniki's groovemaster DJ Savage. HOT TIP!

> French Electro Caster DynArec, appears almost like a living sequencer, breathing keynotes patterns among forgotten FM modulations. Four tracks for true Electro lovers…

Ladislav Zensor returns for a 3rd EP on the label with Notions of Causality. The Czech producer showcases his trademark atmospheric electronics, soundtracking a world on the verge of collapse. The EP is completed by a remix by d&b producer Overlook.

Italian mastermind based in Berlin, Kaoslog, has been meticulously working on this project for well over one year, gathering top artists to finally achieve a superb 9 track album.

Grab your copy before its too late!

Levat strikes back on Storno with four haunted cuts for the non-believers. Unpolished hardware jams made from the dancefloors for the dancefloors.

OBLACK020 supported by: Loco Dice, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Matthias Tanzmann, Hector Couto, Steve Lawler.

Fresh after remixing Exhausted Modern, Overlook returns to the label with BT76.

On the A-side, Soft Focus delivers his trademark sound, dripping urgency and dread. 7 minutes of restrained, rolling claustrophobia.

On the flip, Barking slows down the tempo with a noir illbient-informed rework.

Launched in 2016, Lunar Orbiter Program continues to prove the ability of his pilot Torai who is just back from his second moon landing.

Bloop Recordings run by Magazino and Cruz from Lisbon celebrates its 25th release with 2 vinyl Album. 8 floor use friendly track fit all kinds of situation in modern electronic dance scene. The 1st Vinyl is with the artist all around Europe and the 2nd Vinyl is with the Portuguese producers.

Yair Elazar Glotman is a Berlin based composer and experimental sound artist. Having trained in classical double bass and electroacoustic composition, he uses these traditions in combination with improvisation, with particular focus on analogue processes, to create textural and spatial works. In recent years, Glotman has been known for his notable pieces in film and media composition, working closely with influentential late composer Jóhann Jóhannsonn on acclaimed titles such Mandy (2018) and Last and First Men (2019), which he co-composed and produced the score. . Apart from his work in film and media, Glotman is a celebrated recording artist in his own right, venturing into dark corners of ambient drone and post-classical with acclaimed albums such as his 2020 album Emanate via Fat Cat’s imprint 13070, 2017 album Negative Chambers with close collaborator Mats Erlandsson released via Miasmah Recordings, and his solo album Études released in 2015 via Subtext, receiving him high acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, Guardian, BBC 6 Music, The Quietus, Uncut, Electronic Sound and more.

HardTek Acid, a banger groove on the A side.

On the flip gonna get 1 techno and sweet groover !