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One Records continue to celebrate an illustrious 10 years of operation with a 3-part compilation featuring both auspicious and established friends that label head Subb-an has gathered across his career. Parts 1 and 2 featured the likes of Matthew Jonson, Adam Pits, Urulu ( Liquid Earth ) and more.

The final instalment of the 10 year comp features 4 flourishing producers: Nolga, Jack Michael, Lore and Monika Ross who congregate to meld together a satisfying cross section of modern minimal: reduced and refined club music suffused with a twist of UKG.

Diamond Version ist eine Kollaboration zweier Innovatoren moderner Musik, Byetone und Alva Noto. Als führende Köpfe des Chemnitzer Labels Raster-Noton und mit ihren Solo-Projekten Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) und Byetone (Olaf Bender) arbeiten die beiden seit geraumer Zeit an der Grenze von intuitiver und konzeptueller Kunst, einer Verbindung von Galerie und Dancefloor. Der dritte Teil der EP-Serie mit den Titeln "Turn On Tomorrow", "Turn On Tomorrow / Version" und "Sense Of Urgency" beinhaltet drei Tracks, in denen das Auditive, das Visuelle und das Sloganhafte unmittelbar miteinander verschränkt ist. An der crispen, synthetischen Oberfläche der Songs spiegelt sich die brutale Realität der Slogans und macht deren bedrohlichen dystopischen Gehalt - und ihre Absurdität - sichtbar.

Delsin turns its attention to the archives of one of the great early pioneers of Dutch techno - Eevo Lute Muzique. The label was founded in 1991 by Wladimir Manshanden and Stefan Robbers (who was already recording seminal early techno records as Terrace for Djax-Up-Beats). Channeling the inspiration of the Detroit originators and mixing it up with their own synth pop and new wave influences, Manshanden and Robbers (adopting the Florence alias) forged a bold aesthetic with Eevo Lute, both musically and visually. This was an early iteration of techno as listening music, with an emphasis on expression and narrative over dancefloor functionality, helped in no small part by Manshanden's striking poetry. This double set of remastered, reissued tracks gathers together the earliest Florence and Wladimir M. material, largely recorded between 1991 and 1994, across five discs - the definitive document of a treasured piece of Dutch techno history. Comes with inlay and liner notes by Oliver Warwick.

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Perc Trax is proud to announce Breaking The Seal; the debut album from Ghost In The Machine. Having already hit hard on the label with their "One Louder" (2017) and "King Dead" (2018) EPs now the time has come for them to expand their range even further across the ten tracks that make up Breaking The Seal.

Frank Nitzinsky & Nils van Lingen began collaborating as Ghost In The Machine in 2016, first releasing on the Genosha Basic label before working with Perc Trax. As remixers they have turned in acclaimed rerubs of Paula Temple's Joshua & Goliath and Perc & Truss' Leather & Lace whilst their DJ performances began in their home country of the Netherlands but soon took them across Europe including making their Russian debut recently in Moscow.

From the extended scene setting intro of title track "Breaking The Seal" to the genre fusing antics of "Combo Breaker", "Form Of Steam" and "Nexus 96" these 8 tracks build on the established Ghost In The Machine sound, but add something new to each track, taking their sound in directions we've not heard from them before and which we might not have expected.

The second record in the three-part Grumptronix series contains 2 highly-sought-after electro tracks, 'Black Orchid' & 'Pocket Rocket', produced in 1996 as the only release on the Erotic City sub-label, Silicon Audio. The precision-engineered machine funk rhythms have since become one of the 'holy-grail' electro records that have evaded collectors without the financial-clout to bow to sharks. Both reissue tracks are drum machine-driven with their sights set on the horizon of electro and sound design and still sound as relevant today as they were breath-taking in the mid-'90s. The B-side offers two previously unreleased and unheard tracks produced around the same time - lost in time until recently re-discovered on aging DATs. 'Subfactor' moves and sways behind galactic pads and electronic rhythms while 'Dub Sea' transports the listener to the depths of an icy ocean, filled with low frequencies, that is most definitely located outside of our solar system. All tracks have been mastered from the original DATs with care and love by the ears and hands of Simon @ The Exchange.

Los Angeles-based Inhalt assemble a strikingly unique selection of eight producers across generations styles and musical backgrounds to remix and simulate Inhalt's 2018 Commerce EP.

On a backdrop of EBM techno electro industrial and more these new remixes vigorously intensify Inhalt's examination of neo-liberal capitalism and identity. Through this process a new alluring narrative of the tensions of 2020 is born.

A Colourful Storm blasts two touchstones from a golden era of German electro-minimalism. Peter Elflein - last seen in the mid-noughties as part of Liebe Ist Cool after legendary solo releases on Bruchstuecke, Zehnkampf and Hal 9000 - resurfaces with a devastating after-hours cut from Schneider & Radecki, the one-off alter ego of mnml legends Sammy Dee (Perlon) and Guido Schneider revive 'Chic', an electro monster played by Tyrant (Craig Richards, Lee Burridge, Fabric) in their prime. Timeless cuts.

Mass Asphyxia, Retrograde Youth's new record comes in the form of
6 tracks to satisfy the escapist desires of troubled minds and souls. The Colombian artist operates in a sphere of his own where the lines blur between different styles, fusing oddball techno with deranged acid, industrial elements, ethereal synth and haunting vocal samples.
The sound aesthetic is just as diverse with atmospheres meandering between sci-fi, disaster and retro-futurism. Retrograde Youth once more shows his nonconformity and ability to surprise in great style.

The MinimalRome "Urbi et Orbi" franchise debuts in 2006, juxtaposing Rome-based producers to others around the globe ("urbi et orbi" can be translated as "to the city and to the world") featuring -- in time, amongst others -- Legowelt, Rude 66, Mick Wills, Andrea Benedetti, Ra-X, Polysick, The Exaltics. This fourth chapter delivers a vinyl EP compilation with monster electro tracks by Teslasonic, Plant43, Cosmic Force and Microthol, plus a couple of synthorama joints by Heinrich Dressel and Sonobe.

Nightmarish R'n'B, Bassrock and arcade inspired action by Abdul. Very low business risk. Brought to you by Funkycan & Max Gee

This is the second Super Hexagon release. It's got three tracks from Alma at a total running time of 15 minutes and 32 seconds.

Four intricate, sub-heavy, broken Techno and Electro excursions into imaginary worlds.

Recommended if you like anything from Conforce to Echospace, and you like things deeper than the Mariana Trench.
A return to form for Bokhari, who always provide interesting & off-kilter dance floor moments...

Celldod is Swedish producer Anders Karlsson. Anders has been active in the music scene for some time working on different musical projects, always with a strong DIY ethic His Celldod project has released several cassettes under his own label Brutal Disciplin and has also released records on Suction Records, Kess Kill and Femur Records. In 2017 Anders released an album under the name Vargdd on Opal Tapes together with Swedish techno artist Varg. Anders hardware driven sound has evolved over time now personifying finely sharpened EBM and techno crossover of the highest calibre. With a nod to the greats but with a forward thinking direction, we have four new cuts to destroy the darkest dance floors. Relentless, bass-heavy and blown-out bangers. Fans of DAF and maybe 242 meets Silent Servant will be blown away. Mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage, UK.

Christer Bothén's new LP on iDEAL is a beautiful creation moving comfortably between improv, sound art and drone. Christer Bothén is a main character in the Swedish improv, jazz and world music scene. He studied music in Mali and Morocco in the 70s and collaborated w Don Cherry. Bothén has been active in bands like Bitter Funeral Beer Band, FIRE! Orchestra, Mats Gustafson NU Ensemble, Spjärnsvallet and Bolon Bata.

Row Records is back with a heavy bass leftfield 4 tracker EP by DJ Durbin & Manu

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Essential Electro from 1996 the mighty Thomas P. Heckmann aka Electro Nation!

Only three months after the release of the solo debut Primaer, Oslo based producer Espen T. Hangard presents his second LP Elementaer. Bristling with funky, playful and braindance influenced electro, Elementaer is a companion release to the 2018 debut. While Primaer leans towards tougher and more stringent stylings, Elementaer takes on a melodic and layered approach, with lush pads, acidic bass lines and trippy beats flowing through the album. The short and effective tracks on Elementaer all display a punchy, melodic nature, and the expressive programming gives them each a life of their own. Hangard's pure approach results in bouncy, fun music with a timeless and personal edge.

Like its predecessor, Elementaer was recorded between 2009 and 2012 in Hangard's Dogskool studio, mainly as studio live performances on hardware setups. The album was mastered by Robin Harwood (Rolando Simmons, Beatwife) at the Engine Installation in Essex, UK. Canadian artist Tag Andersson made the collage for the cover artwork, and StudioGeist designed the cover.

180 gram vinyl in white poly lined inner sleeve, full color sleeve printed on matte paper, shrink wrapped.

Fedbymachines has been active for almost a decade now, lurking in the undercurrents of netlabels and digital releases. Now Shipwrec shine the vinyl light of this shapeshifting musician, an artist who has ably turned his hand to a dizzying spread of styles. This skill is amply shown on his first wax release, Relapse EP, where a glut of genres are fed into the machine. Ambient. Electronica. Techno. Electro. All are combined to create a textured sound, one of delicate strings, ghostly clicks and static. Ochre closes the quintet with a remix, one that amplifies the organic nature of this absorbing encounter.

H&S is back with another techno/electro release titled "Broken Spirit". "Digging Deep" with its hard driving kick and sub bass is sure to drive people to the dance floor. "E1968" originally part of the next Sonic Team is now featured on this release bring some mad ballroom electro. (All E1968 wanted was to fit in.) "I Remember" brings a smooth liquid melodic flavour perfect for that late-night drive, or dancefloor transition. "Broken" is straight from the 1980s underground electro scene and coming at you with pure fire.

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Part I - Operated under extreme psychosis, performed live in the dead of night at the studio of The Hague's pirate 'Radio Tonka', these two records contain an apocalyptic selection of the very darkest moments of its maker, an Anglo-French 'Bruxellois' driftwood expat washed ashore on the West Holland wasteland just to get even more lost in its empty shadow chessboard grid of luscious ghost town smoke screen structures built on nothing but loose sand, to get even more entangled in its reef-like vortex of the fleetwood parkland dune estates' artifice of ugly evergreen high-tech verdure of 'Rose and Thorn', oh, yes, its many, many flowers 'sans Mercee', red and white Carnation, Asphodel, or 'Fleur de Lys' and 'Fleur du Mal', all awaiting, lurking gentle softness of the flesh, perfumed for luring prey, yet strikingly hard-wired through the courtly appearance and the troubling foliage of the Count's many hidden pleasures, His many secret palace garden hedges, His Royal Seal concealed behind, oh, yes, its many, many spines, all hiding midst the ticket, like cloak and dagger, that poisoned slip of tongue, or poisoned tip of blade, and all's so easy to slip away and disappear into the vine and creeper, to make one trip and fall in smear of mud or was it blood And then how swift and sudden one may hear the ominous approach, of tainted fearful hooves, of painful stainless steel, yet steadily encroaching, by mad design, this harsh and grinning, eerily certain sound of mind-breaking, body-slicing, brain-crushing, meat-cutting, soul-shattering Gargantua of industrial machines, this constant dissonant harmony, distant yet distinct, with certain paranoid unspeakable voices of deepest Hades' underworld despairs, this Abysmal flood of uttering words of God knows what madness, or God knows what truth This one-way Path, this one-man War, this one-track Fate, this endless Road to hit Rock Bottom, I'm terribly afraid it's going to be a very, very lonely place out there...

Mark Van Hoen (prior jaunts in Seefeel, Scala, Autocreation among others) as Locust emerges with the first of a series of EPs for Transfusions that dive into unadulterated techno spaces that you were clearly not prepared for. Four powerful weapons start this series with sounds and textures that clearly incorporate Locust's indescribable signature that we have all fallen in love with but take the dance floor to an undisclosed locale where deep vibes transfix our minds into pure bliss. Armed with a new razor sharp identity and vision, we are in for an adventure. Completely new Locust logo and extra special sleeve artwork masterminded by Paul Nicholson (OG Aphex Twin artwork visionary). This is serious.

Single-sided 12" with etched B-side.

Solid Blake and Art Alfie exert rude and moody remixes on Pär Grindvik’s catalogue in the 4th of five remix 12” for the boss of Stockholm Ltd and half of the Aasthma duo with Peder Mannerfelt

CPH resident Solid Blake resets ‘Silent below deck’ as a corkscrewing electro mutation pinned into place with jabbing drums and dry claps, contrasting with the arid, grumbling bass and dry-mouthed hi-hats of Art Alfie rolling techno spin of ‘The Marlton’.

This grouping of audio recordings is for aural use only. Any emotional content perceived herein is borne of its listener, and is in no way intended by its author. Any sounds resembling speech are not intended to convey meaning.

Several Shades Of The Same Color is Patricia's first album for Spectral Sound — produced in conjunction with his own label Active Cultures.

Tips for listeners: consider the moment in which you exist; pay attention to how these sounds evoke physiological (rather than cognitive) responses. Listeners may find themselves deriving immense physical pleasure from exposure to these sounds. Inability to achieve such pleasure is likely attributable to over-analysis of the aforementioned audio content — or to improper amplification.

Each of Shades' three LPs features suites of tracks that, considered alone, comprise their own distinct, unique worlds. Disc One opens with "I Know The Face, But Not The Name," an unabashedly plaintive trip through classic electro rhythms; flip it over for "The Words Are Only Sounds," a haunting affair for synthesizer and voice. Disc Two's "The Electric Eye is Upon Me" swirls endlessly, while "Shiba Inu Dub" is cut for the floor and coy as its namesake. Disc Three's jackin' "Feel Your Body" will cause you to do just that; "German Friendship" sounds like D.A.F. on dissociatives.

Any emotional associations incurred while listening come at the listener's discretion. Furthermore, the identity of the author and/or their passions regarding the recordings herein shall bear no weight on the listener's experience. This body of work is not intended to generate ideas; rather, its goal is to produce physical sensations in the listener.   
Taken altogether, Several Shades Of The Same Color is kaleidoscopic, a multi-faceted techno trip. Listen in full, or listen in part. And if you consider only one of these intermittent listening notes, make it this one: Don't think; just hear.

The now long running and still essential RZONE series hits release number 18 with four more busy and bristling cuts of club focussed weaponry. 01 has huge and coarse claps and skittish drums, frazzled synth lines and a rising sense of sci-fi tension throughout. It's a blizzard of sound that is unrelenting. 02 is much less full, and instead its menace comes from a dark, gurgling bassline and razor sharp hi hats. Stomping drums drive it along and at various points things pull back to a creepy, paranoid synth line. 03 is a mix of intergalactic sonar pulses, roaming and writhing synth lines and clattering drums and perc that push and pull you in many different directions at once. It's intense and mind melting before 04 takes a step back and layers up the sound of uncontrollable machines with pained synths. It's an unusual yet tender track that sounds like little else.

Sam McQueen's 2004 EP Sephoria is next up to get the Delsin remaster, recut and reissue treatment. The Chicago native has released music as Indio with the likes of John Beltran and also appeared on the Indigo Area label. Across six cuts here -two of which have new titles- the little known producer mixes up. There is serene ambient landscaping on the 'Inception' and the beatless 'Graduated Frequencies', which resonates with exquisitely melancholic synths, then 'Simple Pleasure' is a celestial world of wiry synths and warm solar winds and 14 days has pillow drum programming and soft focus chords that sooth the soul. 'Yemia' is another symphony of chattery drum hits, meaningful chords and real astral techno beauty and 'Outer Drive' closes down the epic space voyage with delicate melodies and melancholic synths that encourage you to lay back and gaze into a starry night sky.

One Synth-pop powertrack & One darker acid track....

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The Exaltics strikes back again after their last year's album "2 Worlds" on Clone Records. For the 50th release for SolarOneMusic he collaborates with Mack Goudy Jr. aka Paris The Black Fu from the mighty Detroit Grand Puhbas. Dark and deep Electro with the distinctive vocals from Paris. Highlights are defintly "The Troublemaker" and "Propaganda DNA" with rolling basslines, eerie melodies and thought provoking lyrics. All is again lovely presented on a limited picture Vinyl drawed from non other than Abdul Haqq from Detroit, which is famous for his unique style and the essential works for Drexciya. Limited to 578 copies so be quick.

Very special and highly limited electro / electronics project (tributed to James Stinson) from the Fundamental Records camp, produced by different artists that will remain anonymous, if they choose to...

The great YPY on the mighty Black Smoker records! Remixes from Compuma (Em Records) and Lena Willikens. BIG!

Remastered Reissue eines weiteren Klassikers aus Warp's legendärer 1990'er "Artificial Intelligence"-Serie: der UK Techno-Klassiker "Electro-Soma" (1993) von B12. Parallel erscheint "Electro-Soma II", eine Kollektion ultrararer Tracks diverser früher B12-Maxis, erschienen unter mysteriösen Pseudonymen wie Musicology, Redcell und Cmetric, ebenfalls remastered. 2CD im Digipak mit 32-seitigem Booklet mit ausführlichen Sleevenotes, Archivfotos und Memorabilia. 2LP "Electro-Soma" mit Poster & Download-Code im Gatefold.

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With Situational Awareness, post-punk legends Crash Course In Science deliver a ten track album consisting entirely of brand new material. The songs on Situational Awareness sound crisp and ultra-fresh, while the band from Philadelphia, USA, maintains their distinctive DIY sound created by toys, kitchen appliances and self-built synths. Far beyond new wave, the music is experimental and danceable at the same time - science and art, together hand in hand.

Hooversound Recordings presents HOO02 from none other than UK producer Deft, as he delivers four high tempo dance floor ready tracks that fit perfectly into any club set.

From old school Jungle soundscapes to gritty 160 UK Bass, Deft is no stranger to exploring the different styles and BPMs of dance music. With HOO02, we see the talented producer explore the high energy realm of 160 as the ‘Burna’ EP merges together elements of jungle, techno, footwork, and grime making it the perfect hybrid to showcase the versatility of UK dance music in 2020.

Having produced music for over 9 years, Deft who has had support from Maya Jane Coles, Gilles Peterson and Mary Anne Hobbs adds his recognisable and intricate style of music production on the ‘Burna’ EP and merges genres effortlessly

After an EP on Creme Organization off-shoot Jericho One as DJ Plant Texture, Dona Basile now assumes his Dona alias for a new EP on the main label. Entitled The V.G.P Sessions, it features four new cuts from the Italian, with three of them being DJ PT mixes. Up first is a live cut version of 'Energia', a bristling electro track with globular bass and coarse hits. Turbulent but full of synth based serenity, it is a fine start. 'Cigarettes (DJPT Mix)' is rugged and broken, with glossy IDM synths and corrugated drums all loosely arranged into something prickly and unsettling. 'The Deads At Twelve (DJPT Mix)' then gets even more fucked up, with rusty synths and blown out drums making for a dystopian house groove that will likely soundtrack the apocalypse. Last but not least, 'Nr. 13 (DJPT Mix)' mixes up Detroit synths, wild acid, heavenly chords and chopped up, buried deep vocal samples into something that will fire every synapse in your body. This is outlier stuff from Dona that sounds like little else.

2018 repress! Hard and dark robot music on dirty speed, black vinyl.

Deep vibes from the soul of Zûg to elevate the spirits. Part 3 for the “Algunos Sentimientos” series. Third episode contains: Gratitude, Security, Madness, Fury, Greatness, Fantasy, Ceremonial and Weirdness. Music from light beings transmitted by "Zûg".