Techno News

2020 sollte für Anne Clark ein triumphales Jubiläum ihrer Karriere werden, mit einem großen Geburtstag und einer großen Tournee. Aber es wurde ein unruhiges Jahr, welches mit gar keiner Tour und einer Krebsdiagnose endete.

Unterstützung kam von vielen Künstlern und Musikern und so wurde die Idee eines Remix-Projekts geboren. Anne sagt: "Dieses Album enthält Material, das mich und viele Menschen in zahlreichen Interpretationen in den letzten ca. 40 Jahren begleitet hat. Die Puristen werden bei den Originalen bleiben wollen und für sie sind sie da.

Diejenigen, die rastlos mit mir durch das Leben reisen, werden gesehen/gehört haben, wie sich diese Stücke im Laufe der Jahre in viele Formen und Stile verwandelt haben. Als Performer und Autor, der durch das Leben und all seine Veränderungen, Phasen und Entwicklungen rast, und der an die organische und abstrakte Natur der Musik glaubt, hoffe ich, dass mein Publikum dieses Projekt als das nehmen wird, was es ist - Reworks von einigen der besten Musiker, Produzenten und DJs, die in diesem speziellen Moment der Zeit arbeiten."

fresh Techno jams - TIP!

Animals On Psychedelics retruns with a split EP, and it's a family affair with Release from previous artists who have Featured on the first 3 release and also the new addition of BPMF.

All 4 tracks are very different, but all fit nicely with the realms of the Animals On Psychedelics sound. A2 is an old track from Invisible Menders that is finally getting to see the light off day.
On the B-Side it's a slightly less dance floor tripped out affair From Mmemphis & Miro sundayMuiq.

Mexico (Mufti and Colossio), France (Cornelius Doctor), and Germany (Sebastian Voigt) unite on the 10th Ombra International release.

Hammer hits glass. Glass goes smash. Thunder and lightning, return to the future.

Uruguayan producer Z@P releases on Binh’s Time Passages for their 18th release.

Modern radical changes have to be found inside the man-­-machine relationship and the chief Kill Ref debuts on his own label with a set of live recorded originals, and two studio remixes: human touch drives simplehardware automations: metal, fast rhythmic, blind acid synthesizers starring the title track Night Speaker, the distorted drummachines builton hars trippy synths paint original Sigh Notch and the original Lowering Sight. Developer gives an hypno bigroom remix to the unreleased track Cloudlike and Charlton re-­-invents Sight Notch offsetting its rhythms and delays.

“It’s not easy to transform a jam into a proper tune that haunts forever. The two Glaswegian friends MR TC and Lo Kindre are in possession of that special skill that can transform spontaneous tuned-in music into something significant without losing the gut feeling along the way.

As solo artists they have released on labels like Optimo Music, 12th Isle and Against Fascism Trax, and together released 'The Storm EP' in late 2018 on Vienna's Neubau. Now they continue their collaborative work on PHASE001 – an EP that also marks the launch of their own label that listens to the same name. The start-up brings four analogue tracks that courageously link cold waving synth-shocks, neon-light nonchalance and haunted spoken words; deep hypnotic musical witchcraft that peels itself out of the history of dark electronic music with a pulsating and haunting atmosphere.”

- Words by ML

Throughout his vast career, the New York based Australian composer JG Thirlwell has adopted many masks as a means of infiltrating and subsequently subverting a wide range of pop cultural forms. His work under the Foetus moniker has taken on everything from big band to opera to noise-rock. Steroid Maximus embraced exotica and the world of soundtracks, while his Manorexia project continued his quest to the outer limits of contemporary composition and musique concrete. Thirlwell has also carved out a significant output in the field of the soundtrack via the large body of work created for the animated television shows Archer and The Venture Bros. In addition he has been commissioned to create compositions by such notables as Kronos Quartet, Bang On A Can, Alarm Will Sound, String Orchestra of Brooklyn and many others.

Now we have ‘Omniverse’, the second release under the moniker Xordox. Xordox is a synthesizer-based project, and on this evocative album we see the project branch into many new avenues. The science fiction element brushes up against crime noir, even veering into areas that could well fit in the video game soundtrack genre. With an audacious attitude and an arsenal of machines Thirlwell serves up a selection of thrilling retro-future mind capsules. This is music made from a life saturated in culture, both underground and mainstream, high and low. Tense sequencing and noir tinged keyboard lines invoke a powerful visual image of films and memory, of screens and speakers, of sound and space, all entering the cosmos and the subsequent galactic race. Thirlwell’s decades long exploration of sampling and sequencing, composing and ingesting a daunting amount of audio and visual artworks speaks volumes for the bold assimilations exposed here. ‘Between Dimensions’ lays out a tense theme which starts off like a score to a a crime thriller before morphing into a simulacra of Kraftwerk scoring a video game. The living ghosts of Giorgio Moroder and John Carpenter haunt ‘Oil Slick’ as it permeates wormholes, updating lifeforms with its stealth sequencing and tense momentum.

‘Omniverse' is a synthesised soundtrack journey, one which embraces past forms whilst reshaping them for the new unknown. ‘Omniverse' is a thrilling liquid ride through fear and hope, and like all the best of Thirlwell’s output, is simply one hell of an enjoyable journey to take.

The collaborative debut of American minimal techno pioneer Troy Pierce and Colombian audiovisual artist Natalia Escobar aka Poison Arrow was conceived in reverse: first they created a collection of shadowy surrealist videos, then wrote music inspired by them. This inverted process proved remarkably fruitful. Shatter is a simmering, slow-burn noir odyssey inspired by the Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus, traversing subtle shades of sleepwalker dub, metallic lament, broken beats, and erotic negative space. It's an effectively unsettling evocation of the legend's core theme: “There is nothing more complex than a shattered heart, or a heart that can't love.”

Considering their shared background trafficking in darkened dance floor modes, what's most striking about Pierce with Arrow's partnership is its rhythmic restraint. The album's 10 tracks seethe and shudder between glamor and gloom, with only occasional dread-steeped metronomes mapping the malaise to a grid. They speak of pursuing a “spatial approach” with this project, which manifests in the music's immersive design and patient execution, each mangled clang and rippling pool of bass allowed to reverberate

its full flickering waveform.

Isolated percussion and gravely atmospherics blended in this new deep hypnotic sampler of Koslif. Where its minimal elegance, rich textures and dystopian soundscapes are taking you to the next level.

We present a new label in exclusive worldwide distribution, it is Onna Bushi, based in Berlin and with clear intentions. First edition in 12 “Lathe Cut. Three driving techno tunes designed to hurt any dance floor created by “Dinamite”.

Mit "Sol" meldet sich der dänische Produzent Kasper Marott auf Seilscheibenpfeiler zurück. Die beiden fesselnden, von Melodie getriebenen Techno-Tracks sind der Teaser zu seinem anstehenden Debütalbum. Im introspektiven Titeltrack sonnt sich Kasper Marott 9 Minuten lang in progressive, hypnotische Rhythmen und setzt eine Duftmarke, die gleichsam Tänzer und Tagträumer anspricht. "Katla" schlägt in eine ähnliche Kerbe. Seine dramatischen Synths, polternden Rhythmen und Sci-Fi-Sounds öffnen die Tür zur Vergangenheit und teilen sich die DNA mit dem loopy Rave-Techno der späten 90er.

(Ltd.Ed)(2LP+MP3)(Golden)

"Fading" folgt der Anfang 2020 veröffentlichten remasterten Neuauflage der wegweisenden Trilogie "1 2 3" des in Berlin lebenden Künstlers und elektronischen Klangtüftlers Stefan Betke aka Pole. Grundelemente, Sprache und Vokabular der Trilogie übernimmt er für "Fading" - beispielsweise die prägenden, im Hintergund schwirrenden Knack- und Störgeräuche - und ergänzt sie um moderne Details.
So ist "Fading" ist ein facettenreiches Album, das sich für immersives Hören über Kopfhörer ebenso gut eignet wie dafür, durch eine Lautsprecheranlage laut herausgepumpt zu werden, um zu spüren, wie der Bass am Brustkorb rasselt.

Limited Edition Doppel-Aztec-Gold Vinyl im Gatefold-Cover und Spot Gloss Finish mit hochwertigem Download.
Alle Einheiten erscheinen mit Poster-Beilage. 10 Poster wurden von Stefan Betke signiert und zufällig unter allen Einheiten verteilt.

Nach seinem Remix von Pan-Pots Hit "Exzentrisch" vor zwei Jahren kehrt der israelische Produzent Shlomi Aber auf dem Berliner Label Second State zurück und liefert eine EP mit zwei aggressiven, trippigen und einer atmosphärischen, eher breakbeatigen Nummer ab, unterstützt von einem groovigen Remix der sich revanchierenden Pan-Pot Jungs. Der seit fast 20 Jahren tourende Produzent haut einen Release raus, der auf allen Fronten überzeugt, und Second State könnte sich kein überzeugenderes Debüt von ihm vorstellen.

Tensor Norm is an spanish label founded by Mario Ortega (Wavelet) and Eduardo Jiménez (Sigma_ALgebra) whose objective is to edit electronic dance music that is situated in the fuzzy boundaries of the electro, IDM and techno genres among others. The search for new sounds, dark atmospheres and breaks are its sign of identity.

limted blue vinyl edition!

Yellow Vinyl

Hand stamped

Welcome to round 4 of the stardub various series.

The second release by Hamburg based label ohne kommerziellen Wert is a diverse DJ weapon with four tracks by four different artists, aimed strictly at the dancefloor. The trippy and hypnotic A-Side kicks off with Dune by Vuuduu, a sci-fi roller with a touch of trance, followed by RO/AD's spaced-out steamroller Sektor. STUTE opens up the B-Side with the juggernaut tool-track Abdates, before Strathy's otherworldly Antidub sends you through the wormhole. 200 copies limited.

Repress

Over the past five years, the Paris based queer & female collective has made a name for themselves, fostering the new school techno sound led by residents Parfait, Anetha, VTSS, Shlomo, Hadone & Hector Oaks.

This first compilation album features some of the most exciting Rave figures of the moment as well as new key artists who are some of techno's best up-and-coming artists.

First EP of a Various Artists of 5 to celebrate Possession 5th birthday, featuring 999999999, Hector Oaks, Nene H & Pawlowski.
Second EP of a Various Artists of 5 to celebrate Possession 5th birthday, featuring Shlomo, Varya Karpova, Manni Dee & Myler &Trym.
Third EP of a Various Artists of 5 to celebrate Possession 5th birthday, featuring Regal, DYEN, Anetha & JKS.
Fourth EP of a Various Artists of 5 to celebrate Possession 5th birthday, featuring I Hate Models feat Louisahhh, Wallis, Inhalt Der Nacht & Hadone & Airod.
Fifth EP of a Various Artists of 5 to celebrate Possession 5th birthday, featuring Antigone, OTTA, RIKHTER & Mayeul.

TRUST returns with four cutting-edge transmissions by Versalife (aka Delsin's Conforce). Classic and experimental electro meet high-impact techno ('Recirculator') for a hefty dose of panglossian optimism. Don't miss.

After 15 years of releasing underground electronic music Ion Ludwig remains to push the boundaries of his signature sound. Parameters set in a different decade to prevail the formula’s and algorithmic that adapted minimalism throughout pre corona-times.

Now stepping into digital realms of music and video Ludwig was invited by Swiss art-city-Citizens to write
and produce a latest triple 12” album, his third of this volume, and first not on his own label-outlets, now for Adam's Bite, Basel.

‘Truth only exists in Paradise’ tells the truth of non-truth. Nothing today can be seen independent and no information seems to be holy. The truth is a hopeless lost soul, nowhere welcome or at home but in paradise. Most, our own “paradise” if it may still exist. And that it may please you, there.

While playing Lyckle de Jong’s album to friends, it seemed it would also be a good opportunity to get some of them on the same record together and create a remix EP. So, three friends were tasked with reworking tracks from Lyckle’s 'bij Annie op bezoek'. The original album was inspired by a trip to see a retired and quarantined pensioner friend called Annie, in Leiden. Using some of the field recordings from that visit, Lyckle created a soundworld of Annie’s life and apartment, which exists in a time all of its own, floating somewhere between old photos and the present day.

The remixes develop this otherworldly atmosphere. BREW helmsman Robert Bergman runs 'TV Oranje' through his machines to create a proper dubbed-out EBM chugger, twisting the walls of the club in on itself to psychedelic effect. Meanwhile, with 'voor een flat in de Merenwijk', Peter Graf York takes the soundtrack elements and delivers two versions: one an industrialised metal machine stepper, the other a pixelated stomper that could have dancers bashing their heads on the ceiling, Mario-style, if they were powered-up enough. Flippen Disks’ Monty goes straight for the kick drum jugular, weaving brain-melting pads and bass oscillations into thick dancefloor carpet on the track 'Trappenhuis'.

Mambo Number Meffert. Our man of the match Florian Meffert is kicking again for our imprint. This time flying solo including a stunning remix by Mihigh.

The third vinyl is from the founder of our label AKA Mirnha (ARG) and the excellent artist Omar Amo AKA Magoo (ARG). This album was born on Christmas day and thus its name: "Weihnachten". Fine, cosmic and groovy techno sounds.

Obsidian's first vinyl release alongside Parallel Connection's first release.

This french trio working in the shadow between London and Paris is throwing at us their unique approach of music.
Balancing through many influences, it’s a rich old/new school electronics sounds fusion able to break dancefloors or just follow you into your better days...

Mastered by Marco Pellegrino
Pressed by Deepgrooves

LIMITED 10” / HAND-STAMPED / NUMBERED / NO REPRESS

EarToGround Records 3x12" sales pack including:
* Cleric - Synthetic Tales ETG011
* Wrong Assessment - Time Transfixed ETG018
* Myler - Northern Extension ETG019


b A2 Cleric - Naturally Processed locked groove


e B2 Cleric - Pianoforte [locked groove]


[h] C2 Wrong Assessment - STS-412 [locked groove]





[n] E2 Myler - The Baker's Shame [locked groove]

*2021 Repress*

The first vinyl release on Alter Ego Recordings presents a re-release of two Alter Ego classics remixed by Luke Slater in 1993 and 1994 ! A. Alter Ego - Soulfree' Luke Slater's Ortoe Circuit Mix B. Alter Ego - Lycra' Luke Slater's Dinosaur Mix Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke are very happy to present their first vinyl single on their own platform Alter Ego Recordings. In charge again of their entire back catalogue, under monikers like Acid Jesus, Sensorama and Alter Ego, they're starting to re-release all the classic albums sometimes accompanied by newly curated vinyl Ep's. The singles will feature unreleased material, forgotten classics and brand new remix-projects of favourite producers and friends in perfectly re-mastered 12- sound. The first vinyl release on Alter Ego Recordings presents a re-release of two Alter Ego classics remixed by Luke Slater in 1993 and 1994. For many people he is the epitome of hard and driving British electronica. His music, especially under his Planetary Assault System moniker, influenced just about everyone in techno over the last twenty years. Things kick off on the a-side on this record with a Basic Channel style sounddesign. The dubbed chords, moved by a full-bodied bassline and frequent cowbells featured in his Ortoe Circuit Remix' of Soulfree' are showing that Luke's more soulfull side is as good as his tough mode. The slamming Dinosaur Mix' was already in boxes of jocks like Sven Väth and Andrew Weatherall and shows Slater with the foot on the pedal. Cascades of flanged sounds drifting in and out of focus, while no-nonsense drums and percussion driving dance floors in frenzied submission.

Breaking out on Figure with an exciting debut double EP in 2020, the Arthur Robert now returns with yet another equally impressive pair of records.Here the artist once more shows his unique mix of psychedelic elements with a deep hypnotic edge and a straight-up dancefloor approach. This two-part release comes as a varied collection of strangely beautiful melodies and lively modular sounds that infuse each track with far more life than is visible on the surface. Transition Part 1 starts out strong with stomping kicks and crushing percussion, it’s the glitchy effects that etch in a memorable listening experience. Similar goes for the booming, more spacious A2 and the colorful Drum and Bass-reminiscent B1. Finally, Robert closes part one with a stripped-back stepper, honing in on that sweet spot between radical melodic repetition and finely textured effects.

Click Box from São Paulo is bringing his new record - Ogunhe with Symbiostic 036 to life. After his remix on MRDIE´s Silverline record we are more than happy to have him again for another collaboration. This time he brings his friends and well-know djs, producers, label-heads Justin James (Refused, Minus) from Windsor/ON and Alexi Delano (AD Limited, Plus 8, Drumcode) from Brooklyn/NY for two phantastic remixes.

Containing years of musical experience in the electronic music scene you bet this outstanding artists shape a record that comes with love, drive and dedication. Enjoy!

RAWAX proudly presents Neil Landstrumm's 1997 album "bedrooms And Cities" back on vinyl!


This re-mastered beauty will hit the stores late October incl. bonus track "George Shoulders is Alive".

Vinyl Only

SVR001 emerges as the first constituent of the Sous-Vide Records vinyl catalogue. Asael Weiss of Tel Aviv paints intricate soundscapes of dark matter as he takes you on a journey deep into ominous atmospheres, resounding bass lines and electrifying synths so hypnotic they might be conceived by an alien life form. Marking the journey's end, RQZ sends us deeper into the unknown with his take on Asael's First Floor. A deep and transcendental groover inspired by the 90's movie The 13th floor.

The time is now, the time is ARA: A brand new label from Daniel Kyo & Veryan, where presence is at the centre of everything.

Literally translating to ‘now’ in his native Valencian, ARA will map Daniel’s exploration between his own local roots and his personal connections and spiritual affinity with Japan. The journey starts right here with his own EP under his Core alias that first emerged on Hivern Discs last year.   

’15 Years’ acts as the consummate mission statement; a hypnotic rolling slice of mystic tech noir armed with a bulbous bottom end and trippy, existential voice over. Its groove and prominence is compounded by the killer remixes; Crayon don Mark Ambrose flips it into kinetic funky tech version with strong moments of paranoia and sonic freakery while rising Spanish dreamweaver Marc Piñol cracks the cosmic whip and extends the track into a much foggier, trippier affair.

The mission statement ends with full intent as Daniel returns to the Core of the matter for the finale ‘Kaizen’. A lavish, evocative voyage, powered by another one of Kyo’s signature immersive juggernaut grooves, once again the connection and ambition is clear: translating to ‘improvement’, ‘Kaizen’ surges with a sense of hope, uplift and exciting plans for the future. Make no mistakes; ARA will be back with more excursions very very soon…

Repress

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Oasis is a distillation of moments in nature translated into Techno. Label Boss Emmanuel delivers a full-length 4 cut EP that explores the nature of field recordings manipulated into the sonic language.

Due to massive requests we decided to re-release this fine package with some of the best tracks that the team Heckmann & Henze came up with during their long time productive collaboration.

The tracks themselves need not much explanation as they are simply classics in the history of Techno !

Repressed!

This record took a while to be finished but we're glad to finally release this beautiful EP from Matthew. The title track ‚Heimreise‘ has already been around a few years ago but never got to be released officially due to the vocal sample. After speaking to Matthew he sent us the track and we used it in our Cercle set last year which gave the track a second life and lots of people were asking for an official release. After lengthy negotiations the sample could be cleared and licensed and we finally finished the EP. We worked on a remix for ‚Heimreise' what turned out to be quite a challenge but after all we could wrap it up right before deadline and the whole record was ultimately done and set to release.

These two originals need no big introduction or explanation. ‚Heimreise' and 'Random Dub Fix' are wonderful displays of Matthews Dekay’s ability to create such hypnotic grooves that almost put you in a state of meditation. We still have so much fun playing these out that we really think this is a timeless piece of music. Thank you all for the patience, we’re happy that ‚Heimreise' found its forever home with Siamese.

Adrian & Adrian

4 tunes of pure NOISEBUILDER newskool sound !

Electro master since the beginning Noisebuilder, is not just Σam... Is not just Junky Robot... He is an artist diggin' damn detailed frequencies. Alsways hidding the melodies in the SUB-bass.

First side brings quiet hi-tempo electro-techno rave tunes. Very musical and dancefloor in the same time. A pretty rare fact.

The flip offers a different view with a downtempo (well a normal tempo actually...) super progressive classic techno tune, peacefull at trance frontier as well as electric and acid-core... Finally the ep finish your brain with a vocoder electro bumper ! MASSIVE !

Cut At The Exchange Mastering with luv !

Repress

"Time Flies" is the title of this Various Artists including Kwartz, Sev Dah, Diego Amura and the label owner himself Kaiser. Four cuts which are a throwback to the golden ages of techno and at the same time will make you give a look at the future

Mental delicate tunes of a kind...

Industrial Tribe inna future dimension... it's bloody dynamic... bass is crazy, and the acid side is opening a new way in a style we could be tired of...

Finaly this music is dancefloor, and this dancefloor is music. brutal.

I'm sure it will be a legendary record.

It's pretty rare it happens....

We kick start the return of Wigflex records with a brand new release from first time flexer and Nottingham's biggest blades fan... Son of Philip. Inspired by the story of how Cans drummer Jaki Liebezeit was once told to "play monotonous" during the LSD-induced ramblings of a fan; and the experimentation into repetition which followed.
We first heard Rubber Stamp during a wonky walk around Dam in the early hours of the morning, it made perfect sense then and still makes perfect sense now. King of hazy, crystallised electronics Actress steps things up a notch and takes the ep away from a Hoffman-esque bicycle ride and onto the dance floor.

Green Vinyl

The 11th release in the Truncate series. 3 tracks, 2 of which were licensed in Ben Sims Fabric mixed CD in 2013. 3 solid DJ tools for the clubs.

The 4th edition in ZwaarteKracht's critically acclaimed series, Arsonist Recorder invites once more 3 dedicated fellow producers with some serious firepower.

Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value or between two or more different states. Aleksi Perala uses the 128 resonant colundi frequencies to create an oscillation perfected to 33.3 rpm for an infinite effect. Part 2 of a 2 part series divided over Clone Basement and Dub.

Dancefloor Kicker !
A side it at the Hardcore frontier, defenitly Infrabass style... The flip goes acid speedtek, Exciting.

Last track goes technoid, Banging and spirily ;)

A1 and A2 repress from Engrenage 02
B1 repress from Ratmaztek 01

Credit 00 returns to Pinkman with his trademark odd-beat electro chants. While each track tells a different story, what persists throughout the EP is the streetpunk attitude and nonconformity of the king of rats. His 'Protest Love Songs' bows to no shiny idol, and sweeping the ashes of utopia tames the apocalypse with no fear.

Cyrillien remixes !
Dark hardcore remixes... dark ambiances for a mid-tempo hardcore sound.

Meet Bass / House... Sweet sounds

Old school Minimal Hardtek Tribe...Material base for the dance and for the Mix. Dj tool... euh... DJ Weapon:)

Danse Club followers will know Lauhaus has been with the label since their early days when he joined the imprint with his remix of 'Kalisha - I Got Something Here'. He now comes through with 'Smoke Screen', a 3 track vinyl only EP and his 5th EP for Danse Club. It's all house and techno

Precise Acid Techno EP, out of the acidcore usual fields, and defenitly independant. Building up its history ! Magestuous stuff.

Nice stock found with this Doom old school hardcore record from the end of the 90's.

A side brings a 2-track in one sensation... a great psychedelic dancefloor killer ! The B2 is also a great one full of amen breaks and kicks... With a trippy acid shape... FAT clear record release !

Bloody fat hardcore moment ! Unrealesed tunes from RADIUM.
All composed 2003.


LIMITED 200 copies

One side of a pure anarhist acid crazyness : live set style ! And one side bringing 3 light acid improvisation. .. Brain insert !

Notice Return To Source is MF Machinist

Marbled Brown Vinyl in Unicover

The Clone Basement Series sees the return of Ryan James Ford,once again with four smart yet hard-hitting advanced rave tracks to incite the floor. Ryan J Ford is on fire!!

Superb again... The Hashtek23 04 is a magnificient ep, full of mental beauty and melidous newskool rollers...

Utopia Club Tracks, the new 12" dancefloor subdivision by Utopia Records takes a dubbed out direction with legendary UK house producer Neil 'Nail' Tolliday under his 'Smoke' guise. Music for being eyes down in the smoke, these late night cuts expand on the sound of Basic Channel and Rhythm and Sound with extra groove and just enough elements to create a modernist house palette, essential for any DJ that goes deep.

LIMITED edition 300 copies with a printed sleeve. Wicked vinyl it is ! SPARKS powaaa !

Total Output oldschool Hardcore.
The Outcast Clan creator is back 25 years after for a full EP.

Helas only 150 copies avaible.

Hurry up !

Acidfore !

The agile, versatile Swiss artist Audiokern has put together a tightly focused body of musical work that projects his enthusiasm for a variety of genres, yet which is also colored by a peculiar ambiguity that situates him comfortably within a yet more interesting creative realm: the ever-expanding, restless, international network of artists who excel equally in building rhythmic structures and in crafting “cinema for the ear.”

Audiokern’s newest offering through his own Klangkeller imprint, Fog, is a fresh example of this tendency’s development, showcasing a coherent rhythmic drive and elastic groove, yet refusing to “give everything away” with an overly bright mix: seen this way, the record is best listened to as a series of incompletely formed environments whose exact features demand keen attention from the listener in order to be fully revealed. To that end, the additional talents of Samuel Rohrer (percussion) and Andrew Nimmo (saxophone) bring an extra degree of three-dimensionality to the proceedings.
The opening “Black Birds” vibrates with compelling noir jazz atmospheres, soldered together from fragments of cyborg electronics, saxophone and electric piano. This track calls to mind a host of possible influences (from vintage Cabaret Voltaire to mid-‘90s “illbient” hybrids), and is a most fitting soundtrack for an aimless, but sensorily engaged, stroll through an Alphaville-like atmosphere in which the present and future are indistinguishable from one another. Intriguingly, Samuel Rohrer’s “Black Birds” remix / reprise, appearing later in the program, is like an inverted image of its predecessor: it opts for a warmer and tighter atmosphere filled with hocketing percussion, showing the characteristic hallmarks of Rohrer’s vigorous style without distracting from the consistent, narrative feel of the full album.

The following title track accelerates the tempo significantly and, of course, makes good on that title, with a myriad of glimmering pulses and signals that announce themselves before tantalizingly disappearing into the tactile mist. It is another fine demonstration of Audiokern’s talent for creating an attractive ambiguity, as this network of mysteriously glowing sonic beacons may be signaling to one another or to the listener among them. “Wanted” extends the sensations sparked by “Fog,” with wordless snatches of voice fitting neatly into a sonic matrix of mixed techno-organic percussion.
“Set Off,” while adhering loosely to a “dub” template, still leaves several doors open for interpretation: the persistent clicking, plucked noises and synthetic breezes give it the sensory impact of a dense tropical forest distilled into a rhythm track. Audiokern saves the most kinetic, energetic moments on the disc for the final bow: the closer “A Dream Last Night” simmers with dark melodicism, yet again chooses to keep its secrets partially obscured. A final sample of film dialogue may provide listeners with a profound realization, that the evasiveness of virtual environments, like those we have heard up until this point, is a facsimile of the “fog” of dreams.

Highly effective, acidic, raw stomping Techno package

Limited edition of 100 numbered and hand stamped copies with a 30x30 cm digital print insert of the original cover artwork in a clear jacket.

A couple of months after the release of Contemporary Spaces, four of Abstract Division's tracks get remixed. And who better suited for the job than label residents Stefan Vincent and Deepbass & Ness, and Dynamic Reflection debutants Tensal and Lewis Fautzi.

Tensal has reshaped 'The Hunt' into a powerful club-banger. The original synth is still present, although heavily processed by a number of echoes and reverbs. That, backed up by numerous noises going on in the background, makes it a Hunting piece of music indeed. Deepbass and Ness have taken 'Passenger' for their account and transformed it into something of their own, inimitable sound. Deep and subby kicks, complemented with complex soundscapes.

Lewis Fautzi's version of Encounter is clearly deeper than the original. The impellent synth and matching percussion, make it a fascinating trip to listen to. Stefan Vincent has formed Glide - the original EP's soundscape intro - into a beautiful piece of breakbeat-techno. And with that, he has provided the perfect outro for this remix-EP.

For all the WAV and MP3 heads, there's a digital bonus version of 'The Hunt' included as well. This one is provided by Dutch youngster Haeken, who turned it into a hypnotic loop with an authentic old school feel to it.

For all the WAV and MP3 heads, there's a digital bonus version of 'The Hunt' included as well. This one is provided by Dutch youngster Haeken, who turned it into a hypnotic loop with an authentic old school feel to it.

Bad'ass 300 copies repress of the peral !
Remastered and Re-Cut (B side obviously now sounds good !!)


If you some good music. get this one in your ears !

Self-styled ‘house husband, record producer’, DMX Krew, continues his effortless stretch of releases that date back to the early 90s, with a new album for Hypercolour.

His deft melodies and mechanical, electro-tinged beats have made for some classic albums in his repertoire, from his incredible run of albums for Rephlex Records, up to 2020’s ’Ghost Bubbles’ long player for Terrestrial Funk. And so ‘Loose Gears’ marks DMX Krew’s fourth album for British stalwarts, Hypercolour, and fans will not be disappointed.

Armed with an arsenal of hardware, and a head full of futuristic visions, ‘Loose Gears’ collects eleven tracks of the customary quality we have come to expect from DMX Krew.

From the funk laden ‘Solar Transit’ to bleepy chugger ‘Dejected Ambient Twerp’, the vibrant synths and spongy rhythms of ‘Torpedo Tube’ to the beatless wiggle of ‘Xpansion 2’, there’s much in store to be savoured on ‘Loose Gears’, as DMX Krew serves up another fine selection of electronic goodies.

This classic Techno release from 2009 is available on vinyl for the first time. "A Raver's Diary" has been a milestone in the noughties with it's groovy Techno beats and magical melodies. Shortly after the 10th annviversary Isolade offers a remastered RSD release on double vinyl which contains a download code for the album plus new remixes, new versions and all b-sides from the maxi releases of the "A Raver's Diary" era. The album comes with 180g vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.

Once upon a time, two operators stared at their screens. They sat silently for hours, their whole being dedicated to the task they had been assigned to. Days and nights passed in the same monotonous manner. Suddenly signals showed up on their monitors. Alarms started to ring. Both reacted at the same speed and did what they were supposed to do. Controls and commands were entered, as was protocol. After observing these waves for 61:01 minutes, everything became quiet again. What they had just witnessed made them wonder. For the first time they addressed each other. "The data is transferring through our system," announced the first. “Let us both check how this can be interpreted.” The second validated the response. Together, they looked at what had been recorded. Ideas raced through their complicated minds until they realized simultaneously: sounds! They listened. “Is this an unknown language?” one asked. “This is the first time this has been heard throughout our history,” the other answered. They listened again and again. “This electricity has been arranged to form a cohesive entity,” the first said. “Why would machines be used to create that?” the second mused. Something had awakened inside of them, an obsessive curiosity they had never experienced before. They did not understand and were blown away by the beauty of it. “Do you think it could have been left by humans before us?” one whispered. “If it was, these would be Major Signals,” the other concluded. As they processed these thoughts, the two artificial intelligences sat still.

Repress

When I was 22 I managed to acquire Techno Animal’s Demonoid 12” at a local record store, Rocking Horse Records. I can still recall the intensities of sound that marked the first moments of listening to it. The sense of bass as a tactile surface, that rolling groove and the howling sine waves and dub sirens that scorched with a type of sonic burning sensation that to this day makes my hairs stand on end. A year later I heard Ice’s Bad Blood, from there I discovered The Bug through a release on Wordsound, a band called God, a sound movement called isolationism and much more; all of these projects had one nexus point - Kevin Richard Martin.

In 2015, Kevin and I book-ended a series of concerts at Berghain for CTM festival. For his performance, Kevin debuted a new work I’d heard very little about called ’Sirens’. I remember two things distinctly about the performance. The first thing is he opened the set with a blazing passage of bass and dub sirens that instantly transported me back to those initial moments of encountering his work. The second was the feeling of absolute, crushing bass. Not before, or since, have I felt a sense of sound pressure like this. Unlike his other work with The Bug for example, the consistent bass carrying in the space was literally breathtaking and there were moments when it seemed difficult to see clearly as my eye sockets were vibrating in a way I’d never experienced.

Sirens, which documents the intensities surrounding the delivery and early days of his first child, carries in it a sense of deep affect. The album, unlike the live work, traces out a dynamic sound world that is both tender and caustic. It charts the emotional rollercoaster that is the arrival of parenthood, heightened through the complex circumstances of his wife's emergency procedures during the birth and two further life threatening operations for his son, in the first month of the child's life. Within each piece, microcosms of sensation unfold, Kevin clearly and deftly manoeuvres us through the tumultuous journey. Seconds become hours, and hours become seconds; Sirens somehow creates a sense of time that is without anchor and is foggy in a way that is profoundly unique (and frankly pleasurable).

Kevin Richard Martin has remained a point of constant inspiration for me over several decades now. To have the opportunity to share his first ever solo recording, one that arguably opens an entirely new side of his practice, brings me the utmost pride. His work has impacted so very much on me at various points and I know I am not alone in this situation. His new work, Sirens is a life journey transposed into sound that is truly personal, but effortlessly universal. It is the start of a new chapter for Kevin and one that I know will only strengthen his place as one of the critical voices in contemporary electronic music.

- Lawrence English, March 2019

System 108 introduces its second vinyl record from resident Kovyazin D, whose works were previously released on the labels M>O>S, Craigie Knowes, Eidetic, Jack Trax and so on. The Belgian New Beat spirit, mystical Acid House and EBM, fat and metal basslines, punchy rhythms and jack percussions - all this perfectly reflects the content of the record and conveys the atmosphere of the second dance floor by System 108 events. Adding to this combination a remix from Cardopusher we get a guaranteed dancefloor killer release! Artwork: Anton Elfilter Mastering: MA Spaventi Studio

LPost-Heretic Dracula X Chronicles is Nicola Kazimir's debut album. It features 30min full of diverse, rough, evil, melancholic electronic music compositions either partly sampled out of important melodies in his life or fully produced by him. Post-Heretic Dracula X Chronicles LP draws from contemporary and past cultural references evolving around institutional-critique, occultism and dividualism and manifests those via metatags or sonic compositions.

Nicola Kazimir is a part of the collective Les Points based in Zürich, Switzerland.
His art/music draws from 90's rave utopias, decentralized & dividual thought, institutional-critique, occultism, progressive & accessible frameworks as showcased at their offspace Mikro -
a physical room which has no doors and opening times during exhibitions and raves - making an institution available to all social layers.
His recordlabels "Les Points" and the newly founded "Gentrified Underground" appropriate those ideas and transfer them to the distribution channels of electronic music.
Nicola refuses genre-stigmas and explores a vast number of genres in his dj-sets and productions - his newest LP "Post-Heretic Dracula X Chronicles" being an example of that diversity.

Nicson is Seville-based Spanish producer Vicente Rodriguez, founder of Flumo Recordings, who makes his Third Ear debut with a dark, rolling House record. Two tracks are collaborations with Skinnybone Love. Trippy and deep.

Old school never die !! Tracker sound !!!
Purple Marbled Transparent vinyl - LTD 000

Old school never die !! Tracker sound !!!

Old school never die !! Tracker sound !!!

Crazy speedcore United sound !

The Portugese VIL makes his vinyl debut on Planet Rhythm. Strong percussive elements are alternated with hypnotic melodies to complement the powerful drive of the bottom end.

Heavy Psych Sounds is really proud to announce a brand new series of split albums that will be called DOOM SESSIONS. We are going to release a bunch of compilations with doom bands from Heavy Psych Sounds roster featuring some of the heaviest bands of the world doom scene. Each volume will host two bands. This record you are holding is VOL. 2 - a split album with our heavy doom bands 1782 and Acid Mammoth. 1782 is premiering three brand new tracks "Bloody Ritual", "Hey Satan" and "Witch Death Cult". Acid Mammoth is releaasing three new tracks too: "Black Wedding", "Sleepless Malice" and "Cosmic Pyres".

This is Frenchcore sound !
VOL 6 :) cleaned !!

Printed sleeves :)

Limited

Mojuba welcomes no other than Idealist from Switzerland to the family, gracing us with three cuts of his trademark dusty swinging dub magic we love and appreciate so much via his Idealist Music and Details imprints. The title track "City Of Dreams" is a step into a more reflected an emotional journey rarely heard by Idealist. Let the music speak and enjoy!

Spin and sin!

Steel City Dance Discs Volume 19 gets you 28+ minutes with the recordings of Lyon’s master of erotic electronixxx, LB aka LABAT.

Forget foreplay – for those that haven’t heard of LB, this ve-play EP is the perfect place to start experimenting. Rude rhythms, spanking percussion, bang-for-your-buck bass and dirty talk vox; feel the wrath of LABAT’s French nesse in this kinetic MPC-driven House offering that explores the deep ‘n dark corners of the sound through late night and red light motifs.

303? 808? 909? It’ll have you screaming “Oh” whichever you pine. Hot hardware action is just a play away! Plug in and dial it now: SCDD019.

The next release in our 'Perennial' series is from veteran producer Lee Norris, also known as
Metamatics, the pseudonym under which he has spent more than two decades creating
melodic IDM and sophisticated electro.

Norris is an artist who warrants his cult following with an extensive catalogue and countless
monikers, including his main work as Metamatics and alternative projects Norken, Nacht Plank,
Ishqamatics and Autumn Of Communion. This unflagging artist with an enviable track record
behind him has released material on labels such as Delsin, Hydrogen Dukebox, Dot, Numbers
and Clear, as well as running his own record labels Neo Ouija, ...txt, XTT Recordings and
Nagual.

His seminal EP series '01', '02', '03' and '04' was originally released between 1997 and 1998 on
the now defunct but influential Clear label. Compiled as 'A Metamatics Production', the tracks
breathed fresh air into the global IDM scene and were comprised of crystal clear futuristic
sounds, flirting with complex and funky drum & bass that carried both UK and Detroit
influences, a true masterpiece.

More than twenty years since its original release, Lapsus Records is proud to present the
British producer's original debut album 'A Metamatics Production', released in full and on vinyl
for the first time. All tracks on this special collectors double-pack colour vinyl release have been
remastered and will include a limited edition insert.

Coming hot on the heels of their debut release (a stunning record by ROAR), French imprint WORK IN PROGRESS returns here in triumphant and eclectic fashion courtesy of a record that does their reputation as serious party-starters no harm at all. Again featuring the talents of ROAR, this is a dizzyingly eclectic record that fans of smile-induing house and disco are sure to admire especially. The A1, the title track, ‘I Wanna This Record’ is a case in point. A really vibe-heavy disco-centric track that’s notable for its killer vocals and acid techno flashes, it’s an unlikely gem of the sort that will light up any floor. For their contribution, London duo The Willers Brothers turn the track on its head, opting instead for a more straight-up, 4/4 remix. Muscular and full of wonders, it’s without doubt a neat addition to the original’s charms.

The B side sees ROAR side up with Zolbaran courtesy of another cheeky and playful track, ‘Neukolln Baila La Bamba’ Starting toward pop sensibilities in a manner not dissimilar to Kompakt, this one pulls at the heartstrings in much the same way that Gui Boratto’s best work does. An emotive, pleasure-seeking cut that’s hard not to love, that’s for sure. Closing out the release is the no-less assured sounding strands of ‘Modulando El Piano’, which sees ROAR & Zolboran go toe-to-toe with Nico Forster for a sultry, piano-heavy gem that’s never boring and always unpredictable. Unconventional sounds that evoke memories of Perlon and Kompakt, WORK IN PROGRESS’ latest is a joy to behold.

We are happy to presend you some of the labels best releases back on vinyl! Starting with one of the most wanted produced by Roland Casper and Rob Acid from 1995! Re-mastered and highly recommended!

Ryan James Ford's 6 track debut EP for the Clone Basement Series.

Excellent frist track with a cool susprise in the sound treatment.. when it kicks out at the beginning.. .it sounds a bit disturbing and the the « real kick » comes in and it well... owesome !!! The whole EP offers soudns effects and tiny creations in a Pumpin' old school mental tribe ! Enjoy !

The Latest Release By Musique Pour La Danse Is A Reissue Of A Rare And Cult Record, Super Novas Planetary Invazion Ep. It Is Part Of A 4 Ep Reissue Series Of Nate Krafft's Music Under Several Aliases (super Nova, Naquil). Originally Released By Infra In 1996, This Is An Off-kilter Ep That Should Be Filed Under Techno / Electro / Detroit But That Also Goes Beyond These Categories.

Behind Super Nova Is Nate Krafft, A Producer From The Mid West With Only A Handful Of Releases Under Different Aliases. The Planetary Invazion Ep Sees The Artist Explore Uncharted Territories, Disregarding Common Dancefloor Tropes To Instead Take The Listener To New And Wonderful Places. If There Ever Was A Record Way Too Far Ahead Of Its Time When It Initially Got Released But That Deserves A Second Chance Because Its Aesthetic Is Remarkably Relevant These Days, This Is It.

Klakson celebrates its 20th birthday with a super strong triple 12 inch various artists package! Number 1 of this series with tracks by 214, D_roots, Mesak and Duplex!!!

Klakson celebrates its 20th birthday with a triple 12 inch various artists package! Number 3 of this series with tracks by Fastgraph, Privacy, Negroni Nails and Luxus Varta!!!

August 14, 2005. Two Belgian brothers organize that day the first edition of what will result in a gigantic, worldwide success: Tomorrowland. 9.500 visitors enjoy music by a.o. Sven Väth, Sasha, Armin van Buuren and Justice at De Schorre festival site in Boom, Belgium. The following year, 2006, Tomorrowland expands to 8 stages. In 2009 Tomorrowland can claim their fist sold-out edition with a 5th anniversary highlight: special act Moby. At that point the festival has become the most popular and spectacular music festival in the world, offline and online.

This unique, deluxe vinyl box catapults back in time and makes you relive those exciting first five years of Tomorrowland in a musical journey through time. The five LPs host the 30 best and most iconic songs of the
festival’s wonder years: 2005-2009. Including remixes by Armin Van Buuren, Eric Prydz, Fedde Le Grand, Justice, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner.

This exclusive vinyl boxset is limited to 3.000 numbered copies and the must-have for any vinyl collector. Five years of Tomorrowland on five LPs: a trip down memory lane! This box contains songs that have never been released on vinyl before, ever.

It is the first of a TRILOGY, with boxsets of 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 to come!

The ep begins with “ Resurrect my feeling “, a dub vocal house jam that is slowly bulding to reach an intense peak with a mix of new and old synths and a funky groove that will make you sweat and dance all night long . In the meantime, listening is also an option because Zepherin knows his music and the sounds and the arrangements are just amazing to dive into.
“Escape” and “Escape dub 88” are the same track with different arrangements and sounds , one being obviously more dubby and moodier, the other more musical and sunnier.

3 tunes of Pure industrial dark acid Techno... Bangerz kick, with strange grooves and progressive obsessing sounds entering in. Music is there and, as you close your eyes, you go with her, exploring strange landscapes, on the burning sun... Dark Hynotizing sounds.

Conforce signs "Wavetable" to Sungate - an energetic and diverse four-track EP produced using mostly wavetable synthesizers. These chord-driven tracks showcase a sophisticated danceable approach with proper groove. Rotterdam techno in its purest form.

Vinyl Only

"On My Way" EP is the first vinyl-only release by the Polish label Kooky Music. Gogan, the co-founder of the label, delivers 3 minimal house tracks that portray both Gogan's long-term deejaying experience, and his ambition to think out of his own box as a musician and constantly improve his production skills. What is essential, is that the Polish producer keeps the dance factor at a high level and does not forget that the main role of a clubbing track is to make people move, this is why we get 3 100% dancefloor killers, often minimalistic in form, but with totally groovy feeling. Last but not least, is the atmospheric remix provided by Silat Beksi, one of the finest producers in the world of minimal house (and more). As already said, the release is vinyl-only, so grab your copy as fast as you can, 'cause it's really hard to say if there is going to be a repress in those times that hit the clubbing scene so hard.

For the first vinyl compilation this year, dotwav invites three techno heavyweights that need no further introduction: Kangding Ray, Denise Rabe and Mario Berger deliver their own version of a trippy peak time track. All the productions catapult us into the future and right onto the floor.