Techno Novedades

My Way or Highway. Baba Osman presents the 6th installament while Dj Discipline is taking care of business.

The techno super-group of Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and David Sumner aka LSD is back again with the third instalment of their Process series. Third Process comes after last year’s double pack released on their self-titled LSD imprint and an earlier project launch released via Ostgut Ton back in 2017.

Now the trio returns with a fierce three track techno pack. Futuristic drum programming and mind melting melodies for maximum dancefloor impact spread out over three tracks, touching all assets of an hypnotic high-energy techno trip.

Mike Parkers Geophone label celebrates the 20th anniversary of Voiceprint. A keystone release in the rich Geophone history. Produced 20 years ago and re-mastered and re-cut for maximum impact.

Doom Nation usually plays doom... midtempo is too speed... 160 is the limit... well... tunes starts 145.

"Accepted" they said.

But yeah now it plays double tempo... then triple tempo...

This kind of music can be understood at 145 BPM even if you tierce's it... Or 290 since the very first mesure.

At the end of the day, music is music when she can escape tempo.

Sista's !

B•O•M is the fifth album by freak electronic producer NCHX (NOCHEXXX). A percussive planet of acid-techno, UK bass, house and electro-phonk, hosed down with a chemical wash of post-dubstep and UK bleep contaminants.

Departing with a tube station screech, HUNTING HIDES signals a lone defender’s ride through the underground - trace amounts of musique concrete dart around the tunnel walls, while sub-low cushions the rumble. ENTERCOL is perfect 3am mix fodder; saturation hot-points push beneath a middle eastern theme, whilst SEVENTH GUN TERRITORY is pure rapid-fire bongo bizness - a concrete terrain punctuated with corrugated metal grids and moving shadows: distorted poly-metered brutalism! CYBERTUSH is the perfect OST to a club littered with vape pens, while B-Boi bots flirt with promiscuous A.I.

Arguably the most fierce cut is TEFLONTUAN - an ode to NCHX’s favourite pro Antuan Dixon - the Deathwish skater lands bolts with the illest of steeze. Side-chained 303 squelch rattles alongside x0x sequenced drums as wavetable pads float above kinked rails. A nights gallop over city curbs. The LP signs off with LOCATION SCOUT, a SpaceX sample-return mission heading back to earth with a fistful of deep house red planet crumble.

“A dance floor’s dream and a mixing engineer’s nightmare” - Resident Advisor

We’re putting out the first Mister Saturday Night Records release in a long while. It’s by Russell E.L. Butler, and it’s called “Blah Blah”. The record comes out on Friday, September 4, and it contains three tracks made in Prague at the Synthesizer Library and one track made in Russell’s pre-New York home in Oakland.

On the EP’s release date Sept 4th, which is Bandcamp Day, all of the Mister Saturday Night Records share of Bandcamp proceeds from the release will go to Princess Janae Place, an organization that provides referrals to housing for chronically homeless LGBTQ adults in the New York Tri-state area, with direct emphasis on Trans/GNC people of color.

The vinyl release, designed by Boot Boyz Biz, includes a poster featuring these words from Russell:

What are my dreams when they are spoken into real space? Are they statements centering my desires? Are they indictments to hold myself accountable to my vision of life?

My consciousness is meandering and at times I celebrate this drone of words. Stripped of meaning, to reveal what’s beneath. Not an answer, but further questions. The purpose of the mantra is to quiet the conscious mind until the spirit takes over.

Place is important. It grounds the abstract in our humanity. These things came from somewhere. Many places. To culminate into one. Connecting them all. And creating something entirely new. Not an answer, but more questions.
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7"

2 Heavy bangers for the early morning hours on a 7 inch.
6 minutes of cyberpunk techno prime time extravagance by SANE , 6 minutes split up
in a heaven and a hell mix of "Seelenkrieg" ie mona lisa overdrive influenced metallic glitchy electro with aftermath asthetics reflecting the mood of the matrix of the shadowrun universe or the originalprototype defined by william gibson.
Artwork by UNKO .

2x12"

„What binds you to places? To remembering them.

Places you can feel, when you feel at home. Places that affirm your very existence.

This place for me is the Oderbruch. This album is dedicated to it.“

– R.P.

The fifth studio album by Shed aka Rene Pawlowitz centers thematically on the Oderbruch region in former East Germany where the producer and DJ grew up and continues to split his time (when not in Berlin.) Both the album and track titles as well as the artwork by Arnim Tölke Ectoplasma (Oderbruch) reflect Pawlowitz’s deeply personal associations with the borderland’s marshy landscape, as well as enormous political and historical changes the region underwent as the last Eastern front during World War II – and, later, following the dissolution of the GDR.
Nevertheless, Oderbruch is not a concept album. Instead, it’s an ambivalent ode to the area in which Pawlowitz’s family has lived for generations. It’s a musical reflection on place and personal history: meeting up at the local gas station, a view to the water, techno rattling the closed windows of cars peeling out toward Berlin or the next local party, cruising along rural parkways flanked by trees with fruit ripe for picking, past weeping willows and abandoned factories where industry once thrived. Outside buzzes with the sounds of nature inextricably linked with childhood memories, but also a landscape defined by the bloody defeat of the Nazis at the Battle of Seelow, ushering in the fall of Berlin and with it, the entire fascist regime.
The album’s nine tracks are inspired by the intertwined nature of the subjective and historical,
which ring through Shed’s idiosyncratic take on breaks, bass, techno, symphonic ventures, ambient and hardcore. But unlike Shed’s previous records, Oderbruch incorporates broad pastoral landscapes – left behind and returned to.
Both fit Shed, who under various aliases (Head High, Hoover, Wax, The Higher, WK7, Equalized, The Traveller) has long influenced a number of dance music scenes in Berlin and beyond.


Was sucht Orte aus, die einen binden? An die man erinnert.

Die man fühlt, wo man sich wohl fühlt. Die, die die eigene Existenz bestätigen.

Dieser, mein Ort ist das Oderbruch. Diesem Ort ist dieses Werk gewidmet.“

– R.P.

Oderbruch, das fünfte Album des Berliner Producers Shed, verhandelt einer klaren Linie folgend – Album- und Tracktitel, Artwork des Malers Arnim Tölke (Ectoplasma (Oderbruch), 1999, Acryl auf Leinwand) betreffen Sheds Zweitwohnsitz – persönliche und weitergedacht auch historische Assoziationen einer Region Ostdeutschlands, die als Marschland, Frontlinie und Grenzgebiet viel Wandel erfuhr.

Gemeint ist aber kein inhaltlich konzeptuelles Album oder regionales Standortmarketing, sondern eine ambivalente Ode auf das Oderbruch, nahe dem René Pawlowitz aufwuchs und in dem für ihn mehrere Generationen Familiengeschichte wurzeln. Das bedeutet: kein heimatlicher Lobgesang, sondern musikalisches Abbild persönlicher Biografie und historischer Ereignisse – der Treff an der Tanke, am Ufer mit Blick auf's Wasser, Techno aus dem Autoradio während der langen Fahrt zur nächsten Party, entlang streuobstbehängter Alleen, Trauerweiden und darbender Industriegebiete. Dazu gehören aber auch die konkreten Naturklänge, Kindheitserinnerungen und Orts-Geschichte, wie der Beginn des Untergangs der NS-Zeit in der Schlacht um die Seelöwer Höhen, die das Bruch für immer prägten.

So sind die neun instrumentalen Stücke als Tropen für kollektive Erfahrungen und Sehnsüchte entlang der einzigartig zusammengeführten Achsen Breaks, Bass, Techno, Jagdhornsinfonik, Ambient und Hardcore zu verstehen. Mehr als je zuvor gleitet Pawlowitz’ Musik in eine klangliche Umschreibung landschaftlicher Weite, was auch bestens als musikalische Parabel für Szenen in der Stadt und auf dem Land taugt. Locals nah und fern, die Shed in den vergangenen 16 Jahren als Live-Act, DJ, Labelbetreiber, Plattenhändler und Producer mitgeprägt hat.

Auf wenige trifft Letzteres so zu wie auf Pawlowitz alias Head High, Hoover, Wax, The Higher, WK7, Equalized, The Traveller ... Shed ist dabei Pawlowitz' bekanntestes Pseudonym, mit dem der gebürtige Brandenburger 2003 auf seinem eigenen Label Soloaction und 2008 auf Ostgut Ton debütierte.

Handnumbered and limited to 299 copies. Early feedback from Luke Slater, Dj Bone, Black Madonna, Ø Phase, Cassegrain, etc..

Indigo Aera is proud to present a new release by none other than Sterac. This two tracker consists of two timeless Detroit rooted techno masterclasses which are a perfect fit for the Indigo philosophy: classic melodic techno music aimed at dancefloors.

Stojche and Deniro join forces on Sungate to create "Pressure", a split EP with four original tracks that showcase their unique way of understanding music. An exquisite selection of captivating, tripped out, effective techno productions.

Thisorder is proud to announce the 2nd output: landscapes.the original version is a techno magic track with an emotive flow cupled with solid grooves perfect for many dancefloors.

Speedcore killer... something solid oldschoolish and dancefloor.

Weapon of mass danceflortion !

Taking the baton from MW for the second volume of Casting Shadows we invite The Hague mainstay, Intergalactic Gary, to let us peep into his crate of secret gems.

A true music archaeologist and one of the leading lights of the Netherlands’ West Coast scene for over 30 years, his knowledge spans across genres and decades.

Opening proceedings on the A side, we go back to one of Andrea Benedetti’s acid classics – this time revisited at 33RPM, morphing it into a slow-burning dancefloor grinder.

On the B-side, Italo disco duo GAG get a re-airing of their lost classic Flyin’ Bolero. QUAD, the UK duo formed by Mark Carroll and Pete Diggens, closes the EP with a deep breakbeat excursion originally released on Kinetix.

Hotrebor open this EP with a superb Acidcore fly over the hard kick creating an hypnotik dimension The Untitled sometime does nawaday... but mostly reminding me nevertheless than XMF ! Art Is Anal keeps on scouting the A side with his bending kick, bassy alert call ! The flip open with Fist Of Fury and his skills of clearness opoosites to his solid kick, both aerian and tellurik.... The ep finishes with a speedcore Armaguet Nad furious neveous maker... This is the best Go More Core for sure one of the best prods from the SODOM familly ! BIG !

Australia’s Consulate (1/2 of Senate) brings his dark mix of
techno, jungle and UK Garage to Bitterfeld for their 5th release.

Belgian techno wizard Cri Du Coeur is back with a new 2-part vinyl release on his label Arkham Audio titled 'Erickson' & 'Erickson on Acid', which features remixes exclusively from French artists. Jerome D., the man behind the Cri Du Coeur alias, is prized in the industry for giving platforms to Belgian and French artists throughout his career, so it comes as no surprise that he is showing his francophile roots by having a solely French lineup for the remixes on this release. Following the recent release of his EPs 'Diaphragm' and 'Warning', and now bringing us the inebriating 'Erickson' & 'Erickson on Acid', Cri Du Coeur has established that his new alias and freshly-founded but tenacious Arkham Audio label are a force to be reckoned with. The entrancing yet adrenalizing sound that he has adopted shows that his approach to industrial electronic music knows no boundaries or compromises.

The first part of this release features the original mix of 'Erickson' by Cri Du Coeur and remixes of the track by Electric Rescue, Wex 10 , and Trunkline. The second part 'Erickson on Acid' puts a squelching acid twist on things and features remixes by Roman Poncet, Umwelt, and Zadig.

The original mix of 'Erickson' leads with a strong beat and a mixture of industrial sounds that makes for a sublime dark dancefloor track. Electric Rescue follows on with a remix that engages the listener with a terrorising yet intoxicating heavy baseline. Next up is Wex 10 who enchants us with a bouncy laserbeam rhythm and muffled looping vocals. Last but not least on the 'Erickson' lineup is Trunkline's remix which delivers an addictive hazy melody and a deep and dirty mechanical synth horn.

Cri Du Coeur plays with tensions in 'Erickson (on Acid)', putting the listener into a state of hypnosis with squelching sounds that give the song a raunchy character. We are implored to dance as Roman Poncet's remix bears layers of lively percussion beats with twangy synth melodies. The mood intensifies once more as Umwelt's remix features a dark and fuzzy baseline that contrasts with a screeching siren sound creating an ultimate thrilling experience for the listener. Zadig closes off this immense concoction of remixes with a relentless distorted base and scintillating machinelike background noises.

Cri Du Coeur has outdone himself by bringing together such a well-suited selection of artists to create a visceral and magnetizing collection of tracks that showcases his competence in making industrial techno

Repress

Pure oldschool dancefloor mental tribe, very DSP influenced, dark, sober. Love it !

Simply hardcore dancefloor music !! Masterpiece of an opus, once again DTK decenter styles and open the door !

This reminds me Ambush records music... Defenitly in a more modern way but defenitly making Breakcore great again !!!

2 long tunes for a for a maximum pleasure... One side for progressive mentalism and one dites for heart of the party banger !

The Legend arrives on wewillalwaysbealovesong with a magnificent 4 track EP.

DJ Support:

Laurent Garnier
DJ Yellow
Kosme
Agoria

Concerns Music LTD returns with fifth reference by Kalter Ende, owner of the label and CYKLOS, new face on Concerns Music.
This brings us from atmospheric and mental sounds to raw sounds and it's made for dance floor that leaves us an ep come of possibilities.
*Pure Techno Music!*

Pumpin tribe mental EP, defen,itly old school spiral influenced. progressive and dancefloor !

XXX009 provided by a really talented guy from the east of the Netherlands who goes by the name of Luca dell'Orso. Full on italo on this ep from high energy italo to more sophisticated slow burners. This ep is showcasing what Luca dell'Orso is capable of.
Machinegewehr on remix duties who takes one of the originals into a more darker approach suitable for dark basements when we're able to party again.

Already played and supported by Black Madonna, Massimiliano Pagliara amongst others

Artwork by: Niels van Haaften. For this sleeve, instead of using conventional methods for image production, graphic designer Niels van Haaften decided to code his own image processing algorithm from scratch.
The algorithm translated an image of flowers into this colorful and abstract album

Gravity Graffiti is reborn from the unknown space with this explosive split EP. Two jazz-influenced gems by Marcello Napoletano and Richeart through the roots of rhythm! On the A side the third chapter of Ra Toth's saga, after Mathematics and Berceuse Heroique, with a diabolic trance dance. Flip side for a killing-edge banger by the emerging producer Richeart, a new definition of Acid Jazz. Let the spirit move you! Supported by Jamal Moss, Funkineven, Soichi Terada, Raybone Jones, John Swing and Robert Crash.

Sister label of EYA Records- Lonewolf start its journey into sound with a very solid Various Artists .Music by TwoPhaseU, Meta4 and Jorge Gamarra. You snooze, you loose.

The Nic Fanciulli remixes of the Club Classic !!

Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ) is being warmly welcomed back into the Frigio fold. Following his work with Most Significant Beat, a partnership with Saverio Evangelista of Esplendor Geometrico, this Italian artist, and member of Clock DVA since 2010, is flying solo on new wings: Pragma.Martinucci examines, scrutinises and magnifies mechanics. And under such inspection all things change. Drums blossom into serrating melodies. Snares, hi hats, toms blur into one as they are distilled into a heady brew. At times this reduction is sour and sharp, as in the cruel cud of 'Ospel', at others its strangely smooth like in 'Dusk.' The lines that divide electronics and techno all but disappear, dissolved into insignificance under Pragma ´s barren palette. 'Espex' is stripped. Percussion is dipped in distortion, bass bleached by hiss as the reductionist manifesto is applied. An artist cut from the same caustic clothe closes.Arturo Lanz of Esplendor Geometrico amplifies the fuzz and static of 'Espex', shaving away all decoration to leave all but a harrowing husk of cables, wires and pain.

Rian Treanor returns to Planet Mu for his raw and energetic second album "File Under UK Metaplasm". The enigmatic, sweaty energy of Tanzanian singeli and Chicago footwork are juxtaposed with slick, high-def bass weight which sits at the centre of the album. Opening track 'Hypnic Jerks' is the perfect example of this, with crinkled percussive loops cut through by machine-gun kicks and acidic wobbles. Elsewhere, 'Vacuum Angle' takes Sheffield's Warp-ed legacy and brings it crashing into the future, with rhythms collapsing into static and noise but never deconstructing or losing the flow. 'Debouncing' meanwhile folds gliding square synths into rattling dancehall kicks, joining the dots between SND, Equiknoxx and Wiley with a neon Sharpie. "It's using all those formulaic dance structures but just slightly mangled or messed up," he says. "I'm still focused on making dance music for clubs, but how far can you push that before it's just no."

Repress!

Butter Sessions swiftly follows up Sleep D's May release BSD-01 with two complimentary heavyweights for a 12" release, Freak of Nature. Listeners may feel acquainted with the tracks as both have served as a staple in Sleep D's live set over the last 12 months.

Freak Of...is a strong beckon of electro-tinged techno that lures with a fearless pulse and an entrancing inflection, utilising the faithful sounds of the Roland Jupiter 6, Super Juipter and TR-09. The follow-up echoes basslines and percussion to overtly fuse the two tracks together. Naturetaps further into Sleep D's homage to the live techno greats of the 1990s and early 2000s, mirroring their vigorous and eager momentum. Overall, Freak of Nature hits as an anesthetic swirl of brisk looping and thoughtful production.

Opening with a bloody Speedloader killer, Autistic Ghost dig even farther the hardneww with his usual kicking efficient style. Once again a blaster ! Asmatik himslf then open the second side with a dark symphony Peplum sounds-like Carl Orff, quickly tunring speedcore. Finally last track, from Scarf is a melancolious Mystere Des Voix Bulgare Hip Hop mix... An homage to Scarf who died this year... Respect to the familly. Peace.

2020 repress!
Heavy machine work out from the cult-outfit from The Hague

TELUM returns with its 6th episode of the label. Worldwide support from Raresh, Petre Inspirescu, Cap, Praslea, Barac, SIT, Gescu, Priku, Arapu, Mihigh, Mihai Pol, Cosmjn and more

As a producer who is strongly influenced by many fragments of the arts spectrum, starting from music itself, to film, art, design, Kamran Sadeghi’s first Amphia LP represents the artist’s dialogue with music and its depths. Between 2014 and 2017, Kamran has experimented with many different ideas, moods and musical excercises which build up a track sequence as an invitation to explore the melodic ritual and use their imagination to create their own meanings.
 


The openers “More than tomorrow” and “Today” are subtly mingled, suggesting the alternation between the future and the present through a sound focused motif. “Water Me” and “Who New” are introducing Side B, briefly triggering a rediscovery process. The atmospheric aesthetic of the LP is emphasized as the third side elaborates the meaning of a “Rise” during a “May Day”, a soulful connection with enlightenment. When reaching the last side, “Surface” and “Decay” are closing the melodic ritual, with the signals slowly fading as an escapism.

'Chronos' is the debut album of Berlin-based trio AUSKLANG. Presenting a perfect blend of ambient and post-rock music, Chronos traces all the veins of rock, from a grandiose ensemble sound of a cinematic soundtrack to the delicate natures of ambient soundscapes. Each song has its own pulse and signature, giving a new feeling each time.

Having established himself as a key member of the Voitax roster with a love letter to the Orgazoid on his last outing, Berlin-based, UK-born producer Cressida returns to the fold with yet another genre blurring masterclass in formless electronica as the forward facing German imprint continues to provide a platform for a number of dance music's most innovative artists. Finding himself spending his time in lockdown reflecting on his formative years within the darker strands of London's varied underground electronic music scene, the Sambo EP serves as potent reminder of the stunning level of diversity that can be found within the Capital as Cressida incorporates the bass fuelled sounds of his youth into a series of DnB speckled cuts that defy conventional classification. Housing the power of jungle, dubstep and grime within the kind of gritty heads-down framework that has become his calling card in recent times, Cressida's carefully crafted blend of terse percussion, piercing tones and sonorous samples showcase the shadowy producer's talents at their eclectic best.

Japanese dj/producer, DJ WADA has over 30 years of DJ
career. His reputation has grown as accurate technician. On the producer side, he formed Co-Fusion and Atom with Heigo Tani (a.k.a. WALL FIVE), they have released over 20 titles on the labels as Reel Musiq, Pro-Jex, etc. This is the 2nd release from his own label 'Diretta' launched 2014. A side is with electro beats featuring jazzy hones. Side B is minimal techno track with piano sample and freestyle drums taking you to a long journey.

We were very surprised at Versatile when we received this file
from flocofloco And we still have very little info on the track that was
there. “On m’a dit…” by Floco Floco is a lo-fi afro-disco stomper hailing straight from the new ghettos created by confinement. Something had to give and we are glad that Floco Floco, whoever he is, has chosen us to ease his lockdown mind: “I’ve been told to stay at home, on WhatsApp all day long, working in the studio, reading books I haven’t read, I hope it won’t be too long, I don’t know if I can hold, smoking weed day & night, like never I have been before”.
Not a message, just a statement. The answer on the track was so good that we decided to come with more versions… We asked our friend Bufiman aka Jan Schulte to put his magic and he came with two
versions. One stellar arpeggio, with no beats but a serious drive as well as an instrumental Disco version. Gilb’r slowed down the whole affair and turned it into a cosmic nonsense vocal reprise, with a different bassline, chords and arrangement. A great summer pack!

Remastered original 1990's mix and 1993 Remix plus Mallorca Lee's Don't Panic Remix (Single Sided Bonus Disc).

While quite a few people are obviously still dwelling in the achievements of Munich's disco era during the 1980s, it seems that another major part of the cities partying scene travels to the same clubs every weekend. Here they are getting fed with the plasticized Beatport Tech House trax that everybody wants, drinking Vodka Red Bull until they almost pass out and walk - if they are still able to - home happily, oversaturated by non-inventive, but good selling music. So far the cliché. Fortunately, reality looks a bit different, at least for the lovers of UK Bass.

In order to make people aware of the city's flourishing developments in this scene, the grandmasters of Ruffhouse and Jahmoni Records have teamed up for a limited 10".

On the A-side, Ruffhouse's no. 1 mobster and Lacoste track suit model Top Shotta shows us his "Power Reserve". Kicking off with a straight and technoid bass drum, surrounded by delayed echos and industrial patterns, the track unfolds his way into the ear and body of the listener. Later on, the beat transforms into a half-stepped, Post-Electro hybrid, well accompanied and bedded in by the carefully selected percussions. Without a doubt a more dark approach to the recently released first Ruffhouse EP of his buddy Pastiche, that fits well with the manifest destiny of this young and delightfully fresh label.

Jahmoni's boss and sound magician BELP delivers the flip, rather an AA-Side. "Queen of Darkness" needs no further explanation. Just like in his previous works, his avant-garde take on UK Bass results in a sinister, mean kicking monster. Layered drum sounds, nastily rattling percussions and effects define the sonic signature of BELP, whose love for drone and glitch sounds is constantly shining through in every second of this track. "Queen of Darkness" is a little prequel to "Hippopotamus", which is going to be released later this year and that will furthermore define BELP's very own interpretation of Afro-Futurism and Tribal Spiritualism.

With labels like Jahmoni and Ruffhouse, people will no longer have to be afraid of Munich's musical future - it has already arrived.

Julien Chaptal is an electronic assembly — part French electronics, part Detroit synth machine, and part Dutch minimal robot (as part of MFD, Le Clic and Amsterdam661). Purpose built with a modular brain, Julien’s performances are switched on, live, utterly groovy, and while pulsating with machine wiring, undeniably human.
Chaptal's newest record, The Way, was conceived after a few too many knobs were turned on his Octatrack, sending Julien tumbling through time and space to capture decades worth of dance floor musical influence before returning home. Recorded live along the journey — on stage, by boat, and in a camper van — The Way’s hypnotic tracks are an intimate look at the intricate circuitry composing the logic behind electronic music, showcasing where it has come, where it is now, and where it will travel to in the future.

Japanese producer JUN KITAMURA released 2EPs from his own label Capricious back in 1998 and 2000 named Outergaze and Outergaze 2 by his artist name JUN. They were both Underground hit in the UK and other countries. EFD compiles 2 tracks from these 2EPs, which are still heard in dance floors worldwide after more than 10 years, as the first release EFD Classic series.

Perth, capital of Western Australia, sits where the Swan River meets the southwest coast. Sandy beaches line its suburbs giving purpose to hot summer days, but after sundown, the city is where it's at... if you know where to look. It's possible that this double-life is what inspired the deep, melodic, futuristic sounds of one of Australia's most mysterious electronic dance music labels of the 90's - Red Ember Records.Helmed by Ewan Jansen and Justin Zerbst (with contributions from Steb Sly and Andrew Carpenter) this micro label powered through the latter half of the 1990's with a slew of back-room productions; barely existent releases that were mainly pressed onto poly-plastic discs and hand distributed at a handful of near mythical live performances and local record spots in their hometown. Suffice to say it's the unique quality of the music contained on these lathes (chiefly produced by Jansen and Zerbst) and the sheer rarity of the physical items that has driven Red Ember firmly into the minds of vinyl fiends the globe over.Deep. That is one word that can be safely used when discussing the sonic bounty contained on a Red Ember record. Ewan Jansen's loose, harmonic style sits perfectly next to Justin Zerbst's faster paced, frenetic Techno sounds. The two's styles complimenting each other perfectly. This is most apparent on this special sampler 12", the precursor to a wider archival compilation of Red Ember rarities entitled "Embers Only: Selected tracks 1997 - 1999", where a track from each artist has been carefully selected from their enviable archive. Culled from 2 of the most sought after titles in the catalogue both "Clearance" and "Red Silicone" are top shelf all the way, enough to get even the most hardened vinyl aficionado cracking a smile.
"Embers Only: Selected tracks 1997 - 1999" - An insight into the extremely exotic sound world of Red Ember Records, forthcoming on double vinyl, fully remastered from all original DAT tapes and compiled with the full cooperation of both Ewan Jansen and Justin Zerbst. Remastered by Curved Pressings, London. Artwork and design by Atelier Superplus.

A-side with homies Ma.to and Sukaz.
Ma.to delivers a banging straight track to keep the dancefloor warm, groovy bass, dreamy and foggy atmospheres, game-changing parts that will surprise your ears. Sukaz with an long Acid developing track closes the side proving again a master attitude at early stages.

B-side delegated to mysterious producer Yellow Inc. and it just speaks for itself - enjoy the trip!

The Debut “Cobra EP” comes from a new production project “Mogambo” a collaborative brainchild of Sunju Hargun and multi-instrumentalist Jerom Doudet.

Both located in Thailand and bounded by a shared love of acid electronica, Bollywood movies and big psychedelic gongs.
Delving deep into a highly personal and unique sound cosmos this album covers a wide range of sound textures. Featuring trippy jungle grooves, mesmerizing tribal percussion, countless eccentric effect pedals and hints to 90’s Goa.

The EP ranges from spacey Asian soundscapes, sweaty basement after hours journeys to slow-burning hypnotizing grooves slithering as a Cobra! Recorded- and mixed in the City of Bangkok & Islands of Koh Chang- Mastered at Maspaventi Studio, Amsterdam. Artwork Designed by Taychin Dunnvatanachit.

2LP is mastered for Exceptional Sound LTD Edition includes : 2LP + Book + OCard + Clear PVC Sleeve CENIZAS WAS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY NICOLAS JAAR BETWEEN 2017-2019. MASTERING BY RASHAD BECKER ART BY MAZIYAR PAHLEVAN MIXING BY NICOLAS JAAR AND PATRICK HIGGINS * In 2019, Patrick Higgins and Nicolas Jaar mixed some of the record in Higgins’ Future- Past studios in Hudson NY and Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan. Additional mixing was done in Figure8 Studios in Brooklyn by Nicola?s. 8/10 Resident Advisor - Cenizas is an LP of significant gravitas from an artist with among the largest and most engaged followings in electronic music 8.0 Pitchfork - Given all the technical ground Cenizas covers, Jarr is an impressively meticulous guide. Every pluck, ping, buzz, scratch, and whistle is intentional, a bump in the tunnel as you slide down the rabbit hole 9/10 Loud & Quiet - Jaar’s music has always been deeply preoccupied with atmosphere, and Cenizas is a deeply atmospheric album. It sounds like a void. As you listen, you feel like you could fall into it and never find your way out. In that way, these 54 minutes feel like a sequel to Jaar’s first hit, Space is Only Noise, set 5,000 years in the future. He told us then. He’s showing us now. NICOLAS JAAR BIOGRAPHY NICOLAS JAAR is a Chilean sound maker born in 1990. He is known in the club world for his various dance 12?? EPs and remixes he put out from 2008 to 2011. Since his first full length (SPACE IS ONLY NOISE, 2011), he has embarked in multiple divergent path. For the last 7 years, he has released a large volume of recordings through his label OTHER PEOPLE (including music by LYDIA LUNCH, WILLIAM BASINSKI, PATRICK HIGGINS, DJ SLUGO, LUCRETIA DALT, PIERRE BASTIEN & TOMAGA, VTGNIKE and others). In 2015, Nicolas scored DHEEPAN by director JACQUES AUDIARD (winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2015). In 2016, Jaar launched THE NETWORK, a web of 111 fictional radio sta

Recognized for bringing some of the most cutting-edge DJs to Tokyo from its inception in 2013 (starting with a:rpia:r), Beat In Me is proud to announce the launch of its own record label. Catalog No.001 finds Raha, a key contributor to the Japanese club scene for over 30 years, collaborating with his creative partner K-Sobajima to bring us their very first EP. Side A is a masterly crafted made-for-dancefloor track - its high-density, dynamic minimal grooves deployed with precise effects. On Side B, we have Romanian up-and-comer Crihan (known for releases on Ultrastretch, Naural, and Eliptic) on remix duties, as he takes a detour toward a more ‘dope’ and atmospheric mood. Working tirelessly while constantly traveling between Europe and Japan, Raha finally delivers on this long anticipated work. And with early full play support at parties and festivals by such top-class DJs like Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Cezar, Dubtil, and Mihigh, its quality is unquestionable - a true gem of a release, polished through the kind of experience and taste that could only be gleaned from standing steadfastly at the very core of a scene

Phreak is a party and label based in Tokyo.First release “UTAKATA EP” is written and produced by Takashi Himeoka.

Balkon, the best place for relaxing in the spring and the summer time.

Tom Almex takes up this theme musically and serves a great four track ep.

Fat kickdrums and atmospheric fx sounds in best minimalistic techno manner.

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"STAUB" is a project that came to life in Berlin around 2013. It aimed to detach itself from the hype and business from techno. The idea was simply to not announce a lineup and treat everyone the same without separating headliners from the rest. This strictly equalitarian but also very familial and friendly concept allowed to give chances to newcomers on a regular basis and to build a tight-knit community. As time passed it also became an outlet to release music staying true to these ethos. Everyone is paid the same, doesn't matter who you are, it's all about music and respect.

With the 5th installment of Etui Winter Camp, the label brings back a musically fireplace for the cold moments. The vinyl editions incl. 8 massive ambient and dub techno tunes by Federsen, Van Bonn, Monomood, Insect O., Frank Hellmond, Salzinger, 3voice & Cynic_Al and Infinitedub. It comes on snow white 2 x 12” vinyl in snow white gatefold cover. Special Edition limited to 200 copies.

Breaks/Bleep bombs, limited pressing of 200 copies.

EOD returns to bbbbbb with a fresh EP entitled ‘Zone’, perfectly demonstrating the producers buzzing and lush signature sound. On Zone EOD debuts brand new material, continuing to blur the lines between genres with a hard-hitting five-track release complete with complex drum arrangements, ethereal soundscapes, enchanting melodies and dystopian brushed sequences.

The seventh Idealistmusic instalment and debut album by the Swiss artist

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Joe Farr appears on SLAM as early as SLAM002 with a remix for Ansome and has also contributed two singles to the SLAM digital series. 'Death Becomes Us' is Joe Farr's first EP on SLAM, two original tracks are presented. Tight drums coupled with warped and rhythmic synths keep tension throughout the EP both tracks are driving dance floor stompers. Ansome appears again on his label with a moody, rolling remix of 'Death & Hope' and Danilo Incorvaia is welcomed to the label for the first time, giving his take on 'Loss & Agony'.

Tyler Friedman returns to Kontra-Musik with Epiphytic, an improvisational vortex of psychedelic modular synthesizer lines, made in one continuous take. A stylistic shift from Friedman's previous releases on Kontra, the album eschews percussion in favor of an intense pulsing spectrality, situating the music both on the fringes of club culture and in the concert hall. The title - Epiphytic - which refers to a type of plant that grows on the surface of another, non-parasitically, is a metaphor for the way the interlacing and divergent arpeggiations co-exist, forming a larger harmonic structure. The system used in the production of the album acts as a seed to be built upon in a live setting, where the piece can evolve into more esoteric tonalities and rhythms. While Epiphytic is an exploration of 7 limit Just Intonantion, future releases and performances will grow into different tunings and tempos, shifting the genre between fourth world fm, microtonal abstraction and clouds of noise bliss, generating a work in permanent flux.

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Paris-based DJ and producer Anetha’s enigmatic label Mama Told Ya is a collaborative venture. Pushing artists out of their comfort zone to new heights of experimentation and creativity, yielding progressive results that challenge and intrigue.

The next instalment comes in the form of a kaleidoscopic debut release as a two vinyl pack from French producer and A/V artist UFO95, titled “Popularity is overrated”. This will be the first double EP on the label, with previous records released as split EP four-tracker collaborations with artists and Anetha herself, including Niki Istrefi, Hadone, ABSL and Sugar.

UFO95 is a French electronic music producer, who finds his roots in 90’s techno, UK jungle and also through IDM, creating a unique tribal sound. His lives ( live ; live A/V ) are like his music, dynamic and really hypnotizing. He releases his debut LP “Popularity is overrated” on Anetha’s label, Mama Told Ya.


As well, Anetha collaborates with a different visual artist on each project; Recsoverto takes center stage on the cover for this release, who combines ethereal visuals parodying Japanese video games and hyper-real typography.

The record is beautifully eclectic and has the effortless feel of a live set from a promising new producer. Opener ‘Sun S4lutation’ is a silky melodic affair, diving into a runaway breakbeat with a hypnotic edge crafting an effortlessly colorful trip. ‘2am’ is a tense nosedive into techno’s heady mutations, harnessing a prevailing kick and wormhole synths.

Up next is the masterful collaborative track with Anetha ‘On/Offline’. The track starts with an infectious energy, before vocal inflections and a dreamy hyper-real synth melody blend to hypnotic heights, transporting the listener to a open-air rave. ‘Should I Go’ is heady and bold in its brutal drum work and twisting synths, ‘Enchanted Forest’ is playful and addictive, ‘Rrkja’ starts wild until heavenly synths glow around the edges, and ‘OE’ carries the sentiment of amalgamation with a fierce kick drum and a symphonic chorus. Ending on a rough edged high, closer ‘Volcano’ takes an IDM approach with glitchy drums, weaving synths and groovy vocal inflections.

Some of these tracks date back to the Berlin days, but ended up being finished in The Hague. A sort of melancholic electro-disco trip with post-goth-punk-wave guitars and a guest appearance from AC Meadows. Super happy to have the first Maiovvi dance album out since 'Driftmusic' - The masters sound great and I'm sure the vinyl will sound equally as good.

Electronic centipede George Thompson aka Black Merlin debuts on DJ Nobu's Bitta label. The British producer delivers four expertly warped techno trips with his typical genre-bending approach. After his recent trip to Japan for Rural Festival 2019, Thompson was introduced to Nobu on the Iiyama train station for their ride back to Tokyo. Inspired by the festival itself and Nobu's approach to techno the two felt an immediate connection and stayed in touch for exchanging their ideas. A few months later Thompson sent his music, visualizing a bridge to connect his music closer to Japan and the inspiration he got from his Rural visit. Nobu: "I was immediately convinced it was a great match, and I could tell he had been following the previous Bitta releases and understood the label's aesthetics. To me, this EP demonstrates his new vision of dynamic techno thats so thrilling as if you were watching a movie, all illuminated in gorgeous pastel-coloured sound effects!"

New Boddika EP on Nonplus Records

This record is about absence. Absence of change, of better days, of delights and pleasures that are still to be invented. Longing for better times, missing something that hasn’t happened yet but needs to come, being nostalgic of the future like a cold empty bed longs for warm bodies. Cause the present is resisting, holding on to the comfortable violence of the status quo, closing the castle’s gates ; trying to keep its land, its power and its crown. We can already feel the breeze of the unknown, the urge of better times slowly unfolding, the flames getting stronger.But we’re not there yet. The road will be long and exhausting. I feel like I have been waiting for you in this cold empty bed for a hundred years already and I can’t wait to set it on fire.
Known for his dilapidated vocal electronica and releases on Jealous God, Blackest Ever Black and L.I.E.S.,
December returns to Veyl with ‘A Hundred Years Without You’,

"New York based Brazilian artist FadeFace is set to release his debut vinyl record on his very own imprint, Lemos.


Versatile 4 track EP that has been circulating around his live set for sometime now.


Recorded fully off his modular synthesizer, FadeFace’s exploration of hypnotic sounds mixed over an intense progression of 90s styled percussion sits well at a peak time slot at any New York rave.


“Basimilus”, named after a eurorack module, is set at a powerful 147 BPM. Layered with a repetitive, heavily modulated synth that dances around a relentless kick drum.”


A versatile 4 track EP by label head FadeFace

Mysterious and masked techno talent Paul Villard unveils more of his musical weaponry on the Lone Romantic label this August.

Nothing is known about this artist but from the fact that, “strange and unusual superhuman powers and abilities” came to him after a “gamma accident.” He has released on Blind Allies and Applied Research, remixed Carl Finlow and is a producer with a cinematic electro sound.

Futuristic opener 'Side Effects’ is a bumping electro cut with a stuttering drum pattern and squelchy synth funk from another planet. ‘Submarine Limousine’ keeps up the cyborg styles with a crisp electro groove that is run through by sci-fi vocals and effects, while ’Fluid Dynamics’ is all watery synth droplets and fractured vocals panning about the mix. Taught bass stabs keep you on your toes and make for an otherwordly robot disco vibe.

The second half of this well-crafted EP starts with the glowing pads and creepy atmospheres of
‘Bioluminescence’, a classic Drexcyian electro jam that charges hard and deep into the cosmos. ‘Neon Death’ is an explosion of coruscated synth lines and bumping bass, tripped out machine sounds and warped electro-techno before closer ‘C.A.R.R.I.O.N.’ zones you out with intense ambient pads and modulated synths that are restless and paranoid.

With this majestic EP, Paul Villard paints and vivid picture of some distant interplanetary world.

Ryan James Ford kicks off IDA's newly launched Savy Records with a versatile and banging four track release. A sign of what's to come from Savy in the future, the Canadian-born, Berlin-based producer's 'Six Stair' EP is a dynamic, commanding take on break beat infused emotive techno, a flawless blend of old and new.

For Our Eighth Release, Point Of View Shares Its Latest Chapter With Two Original Cuts Of Pure Magic By Mysterious Producer, Viceversa.
Opener 'sevensevenone' Is A Truly Distinctive Viceversa Trademark And Gets Continually Evolving Over Its 9 Minutes Ride. It's That Kind Of Ethereal And Dreamy Dimension, With A Light And Fluffy Synth Line That Comes Into The Track
As A Ray Of Sunlight During The Rainy Days.
Up Next 'sevenseventwo' Goes Into The Shadow, Discovering A Brand New Exciting Face Of This Producer. Scattered Drums, Solid 4/4 Low-end Structure And Electrical Scratchy Bleeps Dominate The First Part, Until Subtile Pads Make Their Appearance To Close In Style The Track.

A Credible Eye Witness & Ghost Ride jump on the dancefloor again to deliver the label’s fourteenth excursion into the unknown! With genius “Elektrik Dancefloor”, you’ll feel like boarding the Enterprise starship in search of new worlds, lifeforms and civilizations. As an introduction, feverish “Back To The Roots” From the first notes contrasting musical textures, ascending the EP to a higher place thanks to brainwashing sequences, some evolving modulations adding three dimension to a song colored with crystal clear synth waves over alienating lyrics and pounding beats. Absolutely stunning! Surrounded by a furiously positive atmosphere, funky “Kinematiks” instantly following tele-transports us at light speed into a ecstatic trip through time and space. Acidic loops combined with retro discoish drums, eerie vocals and haunting melodies characterize a gem that will create a real drama on the dancefloor. Ace! Much anticipating “Future & Future” opens the flipside with hypnotic percussions enhanced by intricate vocals taken from B-movies fused into delayed arpeggios and eerie filters. Final song “Cycle Event” signs a bewitching drum workout laced with dystopian pads and sonic frequencies while some hot modular swirls dilute into a tense bass line. You may definitively loose your mind in this vast and strange universe. Top notch! At a rhythm of one EP every two months, the Italian imprint has never been as much prolific as this year. Here are four fresh outer space and deliciously creepy transmissions in typical A.C.E.W musical standards. Don’t miss them!

Continuing to operate on the very outer fringes of the techno and electronica genre, A Sagittariun returns this Autumn with a new release on Elastic Dreams. Following on from 2013's acclaimed 'Dream Ritual' album and the 2014 single 'The Jupiter Chronicles' EP, the one born under the ninth sign offers up more cosmic techno and astral excursions on the 'Wish You Were There' EP. From the searing techno of 'Loopholes' to the heavy break and subaquatic melodies of 'The Lathe Of Heaven' to the wide-eyed and emotive closer of 'Blakes Vision', another trio of versatile tracks from 'the Archer' here.

Radio Slave and Bushwacka! remix ‘Eye Of The Storm’ featuring vocalist and
drum ’n bass royalty Onallee, with label boss Archie Hamilton serving up a fresh VIP mix.

Taken from Hamilton’s debut album ‘Archive Fiction’, which dropped earlier this year on Moscow Records, ‘Eye Of The Storm’ featuring Reprazent artist Onallee, gets the remix treatment from two renowned producers with a reimagined garage inspired mix from the boss himself. Two acclaimed British artists, Rekids boss and esteemed remixer Radio Slave leads the release with Hamilton’s VIP mix alongside Olmeto and Plank Records owner and artist Bushwacka!

Radio Slave’s remix of ‘Eye Of The Storm feat. Onallee’ opens with a thundering kick, haunting effects, rolling vox-cuts and rattling hats with an ecstasy inducing breakdown. Archie Hamilton’s VIP mix then goes down a classic bubbling bassline route, featuring crunchy cymbals and phasing synths when Bushwacka! then goes on to close the release with break styled drum programming, rumbling toms, zapping flute like samples and jungle shakers on his remix.

Raw electro techno release from Rotterdam by Jeremiah R disguised in his Black Sky Soul alias. Very cool artwork by Madame Fourmilion!

Tresor's newest release features BNJMN on Body Reflections Pt. 1.

The four track EP captures a uniquely subdued mood that resides at the nexus of ambient dance music, and that integrates seamlessly with Tresor's penchant for restrained and dub-inflected techno.

Each track on the EP introduces symmetry and rhythm in the form of organic percussion. "Overskies" and "Enceladus" are more lethargic and ethereal, each blanketed with discordant melodies and arcing synth lines. "Hadal Zone" is more dance-oriented - here, a sophisticated interplay of percussive elements loop over plaintive vocals and soft harmonies. "Syzygy" then brings the EP to a techno-focused close with driving kicks, oscillating synths, and repeating minor chords.

Body Reflections Pt. 1 is deeply illustrative of BNJMN's affinity for creating nuanced and delicately balanced layers, and a culmination of his vast experience.

Christine Benz presents the record (PIRAT003 ‘Schöneweide’) on her label.
A timeless record that you learn to love.
Musical legend Steve O ’Sullivan (Mosaic) serves it up Bluetrain style .
And as if that wasn't enough, Roger Gerressen (Irenic) makes everything shake with an intoxicating, emotional number.

This label focuses on quality, passion in sound design and mastering.

All of the tracks have been mastered thoroughly and with dedication by Stefan Betke

Citizen:Kane (Marco Guerra) is a producer based in Lisbon. He is member of Fungo's label and artist collective that performs mostly in the Portuguese capital city and its surrounding scene. His influences are diverse, but acid is probably the one that stands out the most in his productions. Here we have four intense and focused techno burners that result in a marriage of old-school acid and modern elements sure to fit snugly into the intricate DJ set of those with discriminating taste. Transfusions work horse right here.

Collector is the solo project of Jason Campbell who resides in Newcastle, Australia. Forced Extraction is his first release for Beat Concern following an LP on the Melbourne-based Drawing Heat, and tapes for seminal labels, Night People and Clan Destine Records. Campbell has honed his unique take on experimental techno over the last few years by building compositions with all analogue hardware and modular synthesis. Forced Extraction sees Collector at his most incisive, carving out four pummelling tracks across the 12". Piercing feedback, foreboding synth movements and bass drones are anchored by rigid drum programming with an attention to heavy industrial rhythms. An exciting peek into the coal-face of underground Australian electronics.

DJCJ returns to his home on West End Communications, after a solid 4-tracker released on the the SMS digital series earlier this year. Powerful and energetic tracks to start, balanced with electro/ambient cuts on the flip."

DJCJ (real name Craig Johnston, CJ) (22 years young) has also released with my friends over at Craigie Knowes, both solo and under the Highfield Casuals alias as a collab project with our very own The Burrell Connection.

Some more semi live machine tickling by DSG, this time 6 rough & ready tracks.

Occassional duo Pjotr G & Dubiosity have become household PRRUK names within short time. A couple of months after the well received ''A Man Is No Island EP'' a new submission to the ever extended PRRUKBLK catalog was provided in the form of ''Savant'' a 4 track spanning work of staggering techno with the significant filmic elements that Pjotr G and Dubiosity cleverly incorporate into their hazy works of techno. Whereas the A side is based on these elements, on the B side darker elements are introduced. ''Savant'' is a ferm but uplifting techno record.

The 4th vinyl to be pressed on Vandalism Black Series is delivered by label head, Dubphone and it features One original track and three remixes dropped by Onno plus two breakthrough Artists from Romania, Rares Romanov and Rhem. VBS004 has big support from tINI, Bill Patrick, Gel Abril, Igor Vicente.

Dubtechno at its best! Grad_U as driving force behind the sixth instalment of Redscale. Vinyl Only! Music speaks for itself.

Greyscale gains momentum with its second vinyl chapter. Two bass-heavy cuts by grad_u with amazing remix by Resoe, beautiful black 180gr. vinyl. 

• Artwork credit– Medium format analogue photography by Rima Prusakova

When the world slipped into madness last month, the ESP Institute put most releases on the back-burner to await brighter days, but then we thought again; why not approach these odd circumstances the way we do most realities, positively and head-on? We’re committed to a community that builds new worlds — this is fundamental to our creative and spiritual relationship with Osaka-born, cosmos-straggling artist, Ground — and while temporarily we can’t physically congregate to uplift each other, its our responsibility as an institution to maintain a platform for prolific creative pioneers, our cherished cartographers of cognitive escape. 'Wakusei' is wonderfully confusing and disorienting music, a follow-up EP to 2018’s critically acclaimed album 'Sunizm', not created specifically for life under lockdown, but nonetheless aptly suited to help release angst, guide meditation, and assist in making this moment in history more interesting if not transcendental. Whereas 'Sunizm' relied on field recordings gathered from rainforests, percussions learned from imaginary ancient civilizations, and the somehow organic freneticism of a mission control meltdown, the aesthetic of 'Wakusei' reduces this abstract instrumentation one step further to a more base-level array of gurgling synth scraps, accelerating engine friction and static-bound phonetic mistakes, all scrubbed into dust by a Brillo pad of white noise. The cliché of “great art is born out of hard times” is not lost upon us — of course the world will look back to this turmoil and its residual contributions to culture — but we see today's art as an immediate coping mechanism, and artists like Ground helping to unlock and navigate internal utopias. We’re already indoors, let’s delve inside.

Gunnar Haslam returns to Delsin with his third EP on the label. 'Cacique De Poyais' counts thirteen intriguing minutes of rumbling low key grooves. It's dark and shadowy, full of menace and the sort of elongated bit of deep techno hypnosis to take you in on yourself. Backed with dance floor jams 'Port Sommeil' and 'Azote Du Guano' that both bring spangled synths and wonky drums for a perfectly loose sense of rugged and abstract rhythms.

"Memoire du Present' is the first record I am releasing under my real name, Hendrik van Boetzelaer, and presents an introspection of my various musical influences, as well as a look at my Egyptian and Dutch origins and my passion for Russia. Moreover, it is a way for me to take stock of how I juggle family responsibilities with the work of an artist and how I have learnt to achieve the best of the present moment." - Hendrik van Boetzelaer aka Opuswerk. Following several collaborations as Opuswerk on Francois Xs label Dement3d, both under their joint HISS:1292 project and on his debut album 'Irregular Passion', this is the first project that Hendrik is putting out under his real name, coinciding with the imprint's objective to present a form of 'Musique de Banc d'essai', where emotions and feelings are at the heart of the music chosen with no pre-defined boundaries to limit artist experimentation. Sailing between techno, house and minimal pulsatile music, the EP presents four tracks that will be released in the form of a limited edition 12" vinyl of 300 copies.

Hydergine's musical roots and influences are going back to the classic sound of the 90's dub techno pioneers. His pseudonym is taken from the name of a smart drug used to improve the metabolism of brain cells and cognitive abilities.

With it's dark and atmospheric soundscapes, the A-side track 'Grid' follows that root in a perfectly manner and shows his love for tape and tube sounds. On the flip-side the title track 'Static Frame' offers sparkling synth lines and shuffling hi hats. The modulated echoes go straight from your ear to your brain.

The reduced drums and driven synths in 'Sweep' will finally beam you into a basement techno party full of fog and strobe lights.
After releases on his own Ranges imprint, Separate Skills Recordings or Tiefenrausch we finally welcome the italian producer on Etui.

Played by: Jonas Kopp, Dubfire, Gel Abril, Slam, Subjected, Agaric, Electric Indigo ... and many more.

Taipei Taiwans brand new label Jin 禁 makes a strong impression with compilation like debut. Kick starting with Initials B.B. On A1 - A Trancy house classic layered with floating melody reminiscent of traveling through the wilderness with breeze, while Tokyo's one n only Gonno's A2 remix puts 909 into full force. Stomping kick drum makes this cut a lethal weapon for late night utopia on any dance floors. B1 takes a drastic turn to the other spectrum of Taipei underground. Up & coming local talent Lujiachi sucks you to the dim light of Taipei darkness, night-crawling the way with Industrial drum pattern, spooky East Asian horn and swaggy bassline that's as unpredictable and addictive as there is. B2 & B3 sees stockholms wizard Samo DJ remixes; showcasing his trademark weirdo slow motion electro / dubby stamps strictly made out of MPC.

LTD repress !

A - side:

This is a premiere for this Century. It's the 5th solo release of the labelboss 'Jens Lissat', who created more than 1000 Productions in his career so far.He choosed a one bar love of a disco anthem and combind it with a Roland 303 Acid Line. The result is a massive techno blockbuster. Premiered already on the STREETPARADE in Zurich/Swiss, this track was absolutely killin' it!

B-side:

We present Christoph Pauly's first solo release!
This EP contains two Techno – WERKZEUGE. The first 'Werkzeug' is raving power, while the second one hits you with acid flashes.

Straight from the depths of the burgeoning Austin, Texas weirdo scene, JT Whitfield delivers a six track mini-lp for L.I.E.S. after an impressive run of releases for Chondritic Sound. Whitfield follows suit where he left off on his cut from last years Eminent Domain comp. with absolutely punishing slow beatdriven industrial electronics. This is for true fans of metal on metal music as these tracks desperately plod and grind, ripping apart everything in sight. The appropriate soundtrack to endtimes.

Featuring a cover photo by the cult NYC street photographer, Richard Sandler - the first in a series.

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Orlando Voorn Comes Through With A Hi-tech Soul Future Classic. Original Mix Is A Prince-in-detroit Tinged Electro Floor Filler. Two Remixes From Gary Gritness, One A Full-on Assault Of West Coast Electro Funk And A Djax-inspired Cut Of Speaker-busting Bonus Beats. Hidden Away On B2 Is An Otherworldly, Dub Techno Masterpiece, Reworked By Cv313.

Ass kicking deep and acid tracks straight from archives of Paul Mac. Mastered by Beau and well selected to make your body move.

Qnete brings four Power House bangers to the dance floor. The four tracks came to his mind during a Segway tour through Leipzig's problem districts. The two-part anthem "Alone Together" is a stirring field study in the ancient art of underwater rave. It will hit you like drops in a stalactite cave. "Segway City Tour" on the other hand feels like a trip to the fair of your dreams. All your favorite attractions in one place. After all, the no-nonsense Techno track "Gaze" winds its way through brain twists that you haven't even known before.

Blocaus series is back with it's 8th release, "Gods & Robots" EP by rising French artist Ruhbarb for his debut EP on the label. Involved with labels such as Materia and Odd Oven, Ruhbarb's sound is a mixture between techno, dub and ambient, nurturing a tone that is driving, groovy and dark, but always loaded with great emotional depth. Part of a promising new generation of French producers and DJ's, Ruhbarb delivers 4 fantastic cuts in his own personal style including on the B side two killer remixes from Answer Code Request and Antigone.

Of indisputable +313 vintage, Scan 7 with deep roots in the rich musical heritage of Detroit techno, announce their new triple vinyl album since 20 years on Deeptrax Records.

Scan 7 which is very close related to Underground Resistance, forms a mysterious Detroit underground collective and with this triple album, Scan 7 is back at the front with a varied style from Metroplex reminisced electro to stringing, banging techno and from deeper Detroit house to epic rooted galaxian jazzy vibes, bringing back the heydays of techno's most influential period ever. Starting with the energetic 'Stringing me along' with thick Deja-Vu UR/ DJ Rolando flashes, towards the political tinged nu-classic electro 'It's time' and from Berghain/ Tresor bangers like 'I'm covered' with the frightening words 'no weapons formed against me shall prosper' until deep vibin' floating house sounds from the Motor city, this album is full of energetic tracks with undeniable deeply rooted futuristic funk and experimental Motown vibrations.

SCAN 7`s name (originating from the word DETROIT, which consists of 7 letters, and its area code, 313 (which, added up, equals 7)) will forever remain definitively techno and wholeheartedly Detroit and is here with this 3xLP to infiltrate and knock out!

Welcome To Unreality Records Has The Pleasure To Presents For The First Release Dean Dennis Aka Sector.
Selected Tracks From The Sector Debut. Made In Sheffield During 1993-1994, Having Finally Left Clock Dva In Late 1992, Guy Fawkes Night To Be Exact.
A Mix Of Techno, Downtempo And Drum'n'bass That Makes This Ep A Trip Into The Uk Electronic Music Scene Of The 90's.

The album includes the most direct and propulsive Shinoby material yet. There is a functional connection to dance music here, honing in on the celestial bliss's human element embedded within a sound fraught with inhumanity.The music is emotional, hostile, dark, grungy, dissenting, acidic and energetic. Mostly based on repetitive patterns, the distorted yet perfectly balanced percussion drills through the concrete warehouse walls long into the night. The not occasional use of distortion brings the dense atmosphere to near suffocating limits.

Society of Silence is a duo that became involved in the French electronic scene for a few years. They are already known for the wide range of style explored on several French labels and the power and spontaneity of their lives. Too Many Daddies is the ninth release in Activities Record's catalogue, following some previous releases by The Acid Mercenaries, Silicon Vallée, LL321 and two VA's. It is also the eleventh EP of Society of Silence.

Too Many Daddies is a like-minded electronic space saga with strong emotional textures, between hard key sweeps and dark harmony. This record kicks of with A1 Hormone Database, which is a strong funky electro track with a powerful ongoing groove. A2 Iron Penis is a hard hitting acid and hypnotic driven techno track. Undoubtedly another dance floor friendly stomper. B1 Octomom is at the edge between electro and techno. This track sounds paranoid in a very good way. A great nasty dark track with some of freaky vocals in the background. B2 Baby Cluster is a true electro track which demonstrate SOS's penchant for experimentations or No Future, or both...

Too Many Daddies is the evidence that the French duo adeptly understands the language of the machines.

Der einzigartige Sound der beiden irischstämmigen Zwillingsschwestern Georgina & Una McGeough aka Song Sung aus New York klingt hypnotisch, mysteriös und hymnisch, wie von einer Girlgroup aus dem Weltraumzeitalter. Was kein Wunder ist, entstand doch ihr Debütalbum "The Ascension Is Ours" in Kooperation mit dem irischen Top-Produzenten David Holmes (Noel Gallagher, Killing Eve OST) und seinem Unloved-Duo-Partner, dem US-Filmkomponisten Keefus Ciancia (True Detectives OST), die zu Lyrics und Vocalmelodien von Song Sung die Arrangements beisteuerten.

Against a Dark Background – the full-length studio album from long-standing British techno duo, Spektre – will be released in early 2020 on Pleasurekraft’s esteemed Kraftek imprint.

Following their critically-acclaimed debut album Casting Shadows Without Light in 2010 and their sophomore outing Cyclic Operations in 2013, Against a Dark Background will be the third studio long-player from partners Paul Maddox and Rich Wakley, who have been producing together under the Spektre moniker since 2006.

Currently in the top five-selling techno artists worldwide and with over 500,000 streams per month on Spotify, Spektre have taken the electronic music world by storm over the past few years, with their forward-thinking productions and high-intensity live performances resonating with legions of loyal techno fans across all corners of the globe.

Now key ambassadors for British dance music on a global level, Spektre’s chart-topping productions have received high praise from the likes of Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Pleasurekraft, and Alan Fitzpatrick - and the duo are often hailed as one of the most exciting acts to emerge onto the UK techno scene over the past decade.

Talking about the forthcoming album, Spektre commented:
It had been over 5 years since the release of "Cyclic Operations" when we first started work on the new album in earnest, so we wanted it to be a representation of how our music has evolved in that intervening period. The writing process itself was a lot more reductive than the previous two albums. We holed ourselves up for a few months and hammered out loads and loads of ideas, then filtered and refined the pool through playing them out and getting feedback from a few trusted pairs of ears, until Against a Dark Background began to crystallise into its final form.

Scand resident Steve Allman brings together the fast-paced sounds of Detroit and London electro in his debut EP on EON Records.
A key part of London’s longest running electro night Scand for ten years, the south London producer has played alongside the genre’s most important figures The Advent, Detroit in Effect
and Andrea Parker included - delivering consistently high velocity all vinyl sets. Allman’s approach to the dancefloor comes out in its full majesty here on Brainwave. Driven with analogue bass from the Novation Bass Station 2 that’s central to his studio set up, the EP is an uptempo booty moving selection of tracks. Sonically the EP is an expression of Allman’s ear for fast-paced 90s era Detroit electro and the UK’s rave edged take on the sound calling upon freaky synth work, heavy bass patterns and eerie rave stabs to colour the release. What we hear on Brainwaves across the three original tracks is pacey, buoyant and sub-weighted - a record ready to be played loud when the systems are turned back on. Closest influence and mentor Sync 24 drops a bomb of a remix for the title track Brainwave, weaponising it a step further adding a deadly acid scrawl.

Nested Structure is the first Great Circles release from artists outside of Philadelphia. THRIVE are Tetsuya Yoshida and Hitoshi Kojima. They both grew up in the North Kanto area of Japan. They first met at the club run by Tetsuya Yoshida called SOUND A BASE NEST, which is known as having the best sound system in the North Kanto area. In 2007, the duo started their DJ / Producing unit THRIVE. Previous releases have included a split 12' with Keia Yano for Japanese label Struct, and recent solo releases by Hitoshi for Always Human Tapes and for his own label Ambivalent Deviation. This record almost didn't happen! --- Tetsuya and Hitoshi were picking up Great Circles records in Japan and, having periodically communicated with each other about music, they sent us the Struct 12' to check out. While
cleaning out the back of the car a few months later, the presumably empty record mailer was about to land in
the recycle bin when we fortunately discovered a demo CD of unreleased THRIVE material inside. We drove
around listening to it and week later we agreed to release a 12'. The music on the Nested Structure 12' is dark, foreboding, even outwardly threatening. It's hypnotic, textural and rhythmically complex.

Mangue welcomes Toby Montana - 100% latin flavoured tech house with Remixes from KlangTherapeuten and Fabian Schumann & Black Vel.

Newest Episode On Cdt & La Chinerie's "nation Techno" Special Series. Like It Was Done On Sister "nation House", It'was Time To Focus On Italy.

This Compilation Of 8 Tracks By 8 Artists Gives Us An Overview Of The Italian Scene And Its Different Components.

From The Finest "italian" Techno With It's Atmospheric Pads, Repetitive, Progressive And Mental Sequences To More Audacious Stuff Between Techno, Idm, Electro, Breakbeat & Breakcore.

First release by new southswedish experimental dancelabel Brutal B Records from Helsingborg started by Nimam Spregleda who is associated with Borft and other swedish labels and a long time underground DJ and exeprimentalist. This debut contains a parade of local artists such as DinSync who runs the nearby RE-303 label, here contributing with a funky wobbly minimal techno track. Also featured is local Synth/Ebm act Goz Mongo Allicance with a unusually funky midtempo driver with the labelboss himself on vocals. The B-side continues with a psychotic yet straight forward Karlskrona style track from Villa bo followed by Nimam Spregleda with a out of sync chicago style acidy track that will challenge and amaze both DJs and dancefloors with its magnificent jacky wobbliness. From Helltown with love.

Rat Life Records presents Various Rats! A compilation of ultimate Party Hits for the downfall of society. Happy Doomsday everyone! If there is a rat there is life!

An essential four track EP that covers plenty of cinematic Electro styles.

Old school hardcore... defenitly a Mokum !! ahaha that for sure :)

The Death of Rave is over the moon to present ‘Perfect Oracle’, a staggering debut EP of
hyperpresent dancefloor dread and aerobic-mystic torque by Athenian artist Xyn Cabal.
Years in the works, the 5-track ‘Perfect Oracle’ EP finds Xyn Cabal poetically turning the pressures
of life in Athens and the modern world into diamond-cut but deliquescent future club music.
It’s a cuttingly critical exploration of dance music dramaturgy, crystallising fluid tessellations
of dembow, gqom, weightless grime and kuduro rhythms with emotive, bittersweet melodic
arrangements.
Hailing from Athens, Xyn Cabal’s music is perhaps unavoidably influenced by a timeless and deeply
rooted conception of the syncretic, fractious culture and politics that plays out in his everyday
life in between his studies of mathematical logic - a form of metamathematics closely connected
to theoretical computer science - and the riots which occur on exactly the same city streets
most weeks since the 2008 financial crash. From this heightened yet hyper-normalised state of
mind, Xyn Cabal’s music speaks to feelings of tempered rage and frustration as much as ideas of
reconciliation and transcendence.
With ‘Perfect Oracle’ Xyn Cabal takes the dancefloor as an ideal arena or TAZ for parsing or
modelling this push and pull of physical, noumenal, and virtual forces. On the A-side his 9 minute
blinder ‘E’ traverses a post-apocalyptic playground of brittle but shatterproof dembow drums,
minor key synths and black hole trance breakdowns, before ‘Nowei’ unfurls a grimy cinematic
elegy for the dispossessed. On the B-side, his permutations of Arabic vocals and subbass
loops synch with upended drums in the EP’s titular highlight, while ‘Veil Ordnance’ pushes his
rhythm programming to breathtaking, spiralling im/possibilities begging to be interpreted by
contemporary dance companies, and ‘MSF Venom’ sounds the riot with slow motion Molotov
drops turned into a noisy reggaeton beast.
The results resonate with music from TCF and Æ thru to Total Freedom, Arca and Croww, but
crucially and uniquely, Xyn Cabal’s music strives to consolidate a much broader set of reference
points, navigating mathematically psychedelic, emotive, and remarkably meta routes between
hyperlocal, rhizomatic, and cosmic nodes of the world’s dancefloor.

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Revered UK label, tastemaker and authority Renaissance, the label that has not only been at the forefront of the electronic DJ scene but documented its navigation into popular culture have honored a landmark 25 years by inviting Hamburg based DJ and super producer Solomun to rework a timeless classic - one of a number of tracks that shaped the labels early years. The timeless classic Jam & Spoon Watch Out For Stella Mix is featured on the B Side.

A constant innovator, Solomun; whom himself has played an equally major role in redefining European house music spoke of the challenge when faced with the prestigious role of reworking one of the most influential tracks in electronic music, for a new generation.

Solomun's enormous and poignant remix has already been a key track for selected DJ's over the last few months including Tale of Us, Dubfire, Maceo Plex, Sasha and Pete Tong whom made it last weeks coveted Essential New Tune.

'Renaissance The ReMix Collection'. Is a concept focused on introducing new ears to seminal tracks that have remained significant and iconic to Renaissance for over two decades. True to form Renaissance highly collectable vinyl products will be beautifully packaged and presented in box set form and available as limited editions.
The series celebrates Renaissance's musical legacy and firmly establishes its future place in the electronic music landscape.