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Super nice versatile ep with a stunning electro cut (Be careful and nobody dies) and some sick adventurous techno tunes!

"The Invention of The Human" is designed as a response to the question "what makes us human?" The question has become increasingly important in this period of history, in that many of the answers aren't good enough. "Civilisation" could be one answer; but what good is civilization where there is so much misery within it? "Progress" could be another; but what good is progress without kindness and empathy to sustain it? Taking the thought of man's relationship with technology as a measure of humanity, I asked the computer "what do you think a human sounds like?", and with that I built this album of synthesised vocals, wondering if technological development can help explain what we are.

Second Circle returns with the follow up to Giuseppe Leonardi’s 2018 debut record ‘TBC’, with another singular EP from the young Austrian musician, titled ’MenteMente’. Recorded this year in Vienna, during the lockdown of the city, the title ‘MenteMente’ was derived from the Spanish word ‘Mente’ (meaning ‘Mind’) and refers to a meditative state developed during times of crisis, and the evolution this has brought to Giuseppe’s own musical process over the past months.

Reflecting an evolution in his musical output, the six tracks on ‘MenteMente’ incorporate a diverse mix of sounds and influences. The EP also includes collaborations with vocalist Fresh Princess, a young experimental dancer and vocalist from Ghana now based in Vienna. As well as spoken word from Georgian Art Theorist Lana Girkelidze who reads her favourite passages from Georgian poet Galaktion Tabidze’s poem ‘Qari qris’ - გალაკტიონ ტაბიძე-ქარი ქრის.

‘MenteMente’ will be accompanied by a series of digital visuals made by Carolina Rivera Arboleda, artist and student at the Vienna University of Applied Arts and a stop motion video installation by renowned Viennese street artist Olivier Hölzl.

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>>>>Cryovac Recordings exists because craftsmen and artists work together to make it so. Cryovac enlists individuals that are true to their identity and expression. These conscripts are survivors that adapt and continue through techno's ever changing terrain. Cryovac works to expose the depth, creativity, and diversity of the Detroit underground. We believe that vinyl is the best format to inscribe our effort. It is our intent to leave a physical record of our time before we can no longer speak.

>>>>Brian Kage moves quietly letting his personal projects, various labels

and collaborations be his voice. His production is marked by a big and lumbering sound pushed by a strong crispy percussion. His clear headed response to techno electro is a conditioning of a Detroit instinct. Kage’s drive to achieve his vision means escape from the box and into his own world. >>>>Andy Garcia and Mike Kretsch have a shared method of recording and editing that works naturally together. It is a mindset of minimally based 4/4 progression amid simple synth hooks and heroic rises. They build a free form improv jam and insert it into a mathematical arrangement. It is this duality of extremes in which their tracks find identity. The Garcia/Kretsch team endeavor to tell a story one melody at a time.

Now for something brutal... Cutting Room disembark on brokntoys for an EP of techno abstractions. Breaking their hiatus after their celebrated Steeplejack debut, The Night Chemist follows up on their previous outing – and the beast has evolved. Across 4 tracks the Australian trio, formed by Connor Gibson, Eugene Brockmuller and Cosmo Feltham, distill foreboding atmospheres, crushed mechanical beats and turbulent Ballardian passages. The EP closes with a remix from Spanish legends Esplendor Geometrico demolishing Always Rock.

100 copies, stamped labels with an insert.

Seven unreleased tracks meticulously chosen from the Schrock archive crossing and blending multiple genres from electro, wave, kosmiche and new age by Dallas analog synthesist Jake Schrock. With a literal arsenal of vintage equipment, Jake forges a wonderful, almost 80s soundtrack vibe with deep emotive washes and playful and gentle classic drum machine patterns and beats. all mastered by Martin Bowes. Original art by Telepath Design.

Clone Royal Oak 043 delivering fresh new cuts from the dutch west-coast! Adventurous psychedelic house tracks with colorful warm tones squeezed out of an artillery of warm and wooly sounding vintage synths creating futuristic vibes.

Documents” is a project that has coalesced around the music venue Acephale in Cologne, oriented towards putting out various works in various formats and forms and related in various ways to music. The first of these is a release of a 12" compilation that features music by Frank West, Future Transfer, Keshavara, Tulips, Robert Bergman, and Montel Palmer. The various musicians involved are all in one way or another connected to Acephale - as residents, guests and friends.

The different strains of music - house, improvised electronics, motoric synth jams, ambient and more, serve as a snapshot of the sorts of sounds that one might hear at the venue.

To accompany the release of the record a number of live events are taking place over the course of several months on Sundays at Acephale.

The record comes in a silk-screen printed disco bag and is limited to 300 copies

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French duo Maelstrom & Louisahhh, make their debut on Discos Atónicos with an excellent 3 tracker of metallic and twisted textures, riding between the electro and darkwave, backed with the pulses of EBM. An absolute weapon that comes with a heavy remix delivered by Snare-Master Cardopusher. HOT!"

Rolando Simmons finally gets his first full EP at Analogical Force, and there will be more!. SD series pulses with a beauty and squelchy character all its own, from its foundations up, and we here are excited. For part one, the swedish producer has assembled 5 tracks packed with melody and melancholy, aching pads and grooving, punchy bass. Written by the lakeside, winter will be summer.

Exalt Records drop a special white label featuring the premiere track from the mysterious Shadow Acid. Timescape is very much the sound of now; merging deep space acid and 90s breakbeat techno with subtle references to past and future classics in one deadly 7-minute hit.

Shadow Acid's ultra-contemporary approach to production is almost spiritual, with the producer behind the moniker primed to unleash a slew of records this year including a 2x12" for Exalt Records in November.

A Sagittariun joins Craigie Knowes for a 3-track lunar rove on his label debut 'Live From The Sea Of Tranquility'. Beats, bumps and textures melding conventional dance music aesthetics with modern and firmly-UK flair. The EP showcases a lifetime of effortless genre-straddling as Harris turns his hand to a wide spectrum of instruments, sounds and formats at will. The artwork for this record is also hiding more than a few hidden messages for Apollo/space exploration buffs, following in the tradition of almost all previous 12" releases on Craigie Knowes. Credit is also paid to Andrew Weatherall as he helped guide and tutor A Sagittariun's production over the years - R.I.P Lord Sabre.

Swedish producer Shielding lands on Facta and K-LONE’s Wisdom Teeth imprint with an extended collection of hazy dub techno, drone and downtempo. With previous releases on Kimochi and Leif’s UntilMyHeartStops imprint (as Okänd Konstnär), ‘Collecting Seaweed’ is the artist’s fullest body of work to date, comprising six tracks cherrypicked from a vast set of recordings produced over the last two years. The record’s pulse recalls Basic Channel and the clicks-n-cuts of Jan Jelinek and SND, but its textures are loose and painterly. Looping, pulsating textures sprawl out to create rejuvenating, emotive soundscapes. Patterns repeat, but no two strokes are the same.

"Auf dem schwarzen Kanal" ist eine der herausstechendsten und gesuchtesten Veröffentlichungen in Conrad Schnitzlers umfangreichem Katalog. 1980 als einzige von Schnitzlers Platten bei einem Majorlabel veröffentlicht, war diese Maxi und insbesondere das Titelstück ein Flirt mit dem zeitgleich aufkommenden experimentellen New Wave und klang dennoch so eigenwillig wie keine andere Musik zu jener Zeit. Die zusammen mit Wolfgang Seidel entstandenen und in Peter Baumanns Berliner Paragon Studio aufgenommen vier Tracks sind ein bissiger, dissonante Mutant Disco Trip, der bis heute nichts von seiner Faszination eingebüßt hat. Bureau B freut sich dieses lange vergriffene Werk endlich wieder verfügbar zu machen!

December returns to Pinkman Broken Dreams with 4 hybrids of arranged chaos where rugged rhythms and breaks wrestle with dystopian melodies and occult vocals. A complete meltdown which viciously takes you into a delirious state. The future is near...

Fundamental Records' electro music project called ''Electric Eclectics'' does not end with the monster release of 21 vinyl records in a wooden box (with tracks from Arpanet, Cygnus, Carl Finlow, Cignol, Jensen Interceptor and Microlith to name a few), but comes with the additional ''Ghost Series'', that literally fit perfectly in the remaining space of the ''Electric Eclectics'' box. Each record is a picture of the electro music released in the line that Fundamental Records has us accustomed, each sleeve silkscreen printed by hand in the same color of the vinyl record. Talk about the music itself is something that Fundamental Records try to avoid in each release, if you want to know why you only have to check the project Music for The Other People Place to find out more about their philosophy.

Ola Bergman with a impressive album under his alias "Obergman". 8 tracks of perfectly executed acid and electro bombs. Limited pressing of 200 copies..

Originally released in April 1994 on Finiflex (FF1009) and fetching upwards of £70 on Discogs, The Mercury E.P. by State of Flux (Dave Clark and Roger Elliott) has long been overdue a repress; it now sees the light of day once again with fresh remaster by Keith Tenniswood. State of Flux were an integral part of the Scottish electronic music scene, during what is now considered as the classic foundational wave of British "intelligent techno". These tracks were written between 1992 and 1993, with the E.P. released to coincide with their first UK tour in 1994.

With the recent death of Andrew Weatherall, a hero and legend for so many thanks to his championing of all genres of music and endlessly supportive attitude, we saw a massive outpouring of grief and love – alongside a wealth of old mixes, personal recollections and tributes. One of his most beloved ambient mixes – billed online as Massive Mellow Mix; just Andy Weatherall 2 on the tape itself – featured both Mercury and The News, and was a firm post-club favourite, still keeping heads together over 25 years since it emerged. It is largely thanks to Weatherall and his reputation that the spotlight has been recast onto all sorts of obscure or well-known music, including this E.P.

In Dave's words: "1994 was exciting for us. We first met and played with Weatherall early that year, and I remember he gave us his entire rider and sat chatting to us for hours until our slots came up. We were already big fans of him, both as a producer and DJ, and he’d given our latest record a great review in the NME or something, so we were blown away. By then we had started gigging seriously and toured in April and then in Europe in September, sharing bills and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Black Dog, Autechre, Higher Intelligence Agency, Derrick May, Psychick Warriors ov Gaia and finding ourselves on compilation albums together with Aphex Twin, Biosphere and Bandulu. We started to be invited to 'music industry things': record company offices, panel talks, an exclusive WARP party in Sheffield. Weatherall would pop up now and again, and he’d always be super-friendly, and - most importantly at a time when everyone was out of their nut - engaged and interested."

Mercury was shortlisted for Warp's Artificial Intelligence 2 album, but didn't quite make the cut. Roger and Dave were young, skint and went their separate ways – burning brightly for a short period, then quitting while ahead. Dave has continued under a variety of aliases and always operated at the centre of Glasgow's electronic music scene, working most closely with Numbers and Optimo to cement the city's legacy.

A1: Mercury - our eponymous hero, god of many things and psychopomp guiding the souls of the dead to new realms. As we travel, a high, probing bassline paves the way for soft melodic cycles – morphing and entwined like serpents on the caduceus. A bright legato entity and its bastard harmonic cousin arrive to derail us; we escape toward nasal hyperspeed nonchalance haunted by the plaintive entreaties of a randy qliphothic temptress. Stay true. The melodic serpents return in harmony and unravel, leaving a refrain of august mood backed by siren of the pining temptress. The cousin reappears with several evil mates to answer this increasingly malevolent beacon, together threatening to devour all; but they are banished, the qlipoth unsated – and a mood of quiet optimism is reestablished for the remainder of the journey

A2: New Lanark is what happens if Bytes-era Black Dog were asked pressing questions about Welsh philanthropist and social reformer Robert 'Derrick May' Owen's model village / labour camp on the banks of the Clyde. Grimy but well-educated kids – saved from punishing apprenticeships at the mill and instead given pioneering nursery education – take us along the path through the Devonian sandstone gorge up to the Falls at Corra Linn on a grey Sunday afternoon in late autumn... but what's this? Little Annie has dropped her barley bread in a mud puddle en route and naughty Wullie has picked it up and snaffled it hissel' – bacteria, ciliates and all! The other children all laugh and dream of a future where they will bake grain-based techno morsels for sharing with all, "without regard to their class, sect, party, country or colour".

B1: The News - we've all read it and we're all sick of it: coming in waves, 'rolling' and 'breaking', promising endless novelty and repetition. We hear Radioactivity-era Kraftwerk transposed to the naïve early 90s, when the internet was made of string vests and social media was but a gleam in the rolling, gaping pupil of anyone chewing their own face off in front of several strangers in the 'chill out' area. The mood is full of hope; good news is possible and desirable. Darkness is stirring, though: we must learn to see through our own biases... "feelgood" stories serve ulterior motives and the lamestream will erode critical thinking. Bleeping morse alert signals demand your attention at any time; once you are plugged in, you can't really opt-out... time to pop another pill.

B2: OWG - 'OId White Guy' running 'One World Government'? The encroaching, ubiquitous media landscape hinted at in The News now 'feeds the mouth that bites the hand', ushering in a technocratic New World Order led by Bill Gates' cunning plandemic to inject a microchip – hidden in a "vaccine" – capable of tracking the entire population. Donning their spritely trance trousers, Bill, his pal Elon and countless other OWG dignitaries take their position on the empty dancefloor, maintaining reasonable social distance to instigate a celebratory acid hoedown in the face of Icke, Jones and all other former goalkeepers, wellness practitioners and truthsayers of "independent thought" who would convince the masses to inherit their beliefs and rise up to save us from our own future.

After two compilations and a split EP, Oscillate Tracks present their first solo EP. Having played dynamic DJ performances at Oscillate events as well as releasing top-notch productions on Livity Sound and Man Band, Toma Kami seemed the perfect fit. With 3 tracks of percussive body music, sharp rhythms and precise arrangements which build to hard-drum energies as well as a confidently layered and commanding remix from atmospheric techno icon Forest Drive
West, this EP packs a patient yet satisfying punch.

voiski already made his entry on the label with a track for the dolly deluxe series taken from steffi's fabric mix cd. the talented french producer returns in typical voiski style with 3 unique cosmic techno drifters and wraps up this quality release with a dark electro slammer!

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.

Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt are two men responsible for modern day electronic music. When the sound crawled out of the primordial speaker, this pair were there to welcome it. For more than twenty years the two have worked together as Sugar Experiment Station and arrive on Shipwrec for their first collaboration in eight years. This is a 12" born in burning furnaces of bass. Moulded in those low frequency fires, smelted in the thumping heat, are beats, beats hardened like steel before being shaped into lancing points. With these tools of rhythmic brimstone SES goes about destroying dancefloors before reinventing them. Chords are rolled in gravel, doused in distortion and rinsed in static. A style forged from the friction of pistons, the sweat of the assembly line, before being dipped in a searing liquor of circuitboards and molten microchips. SES - Sugar Experiment Station - Shattering Every Stereotype.

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A heavyweight remix compilation of tracks from The Exaltics' ''2 Worlds'' album. Detroit In Effect reworks ''8000 Miles Deep'' in true Motorcity style. Animistic Beliefs turn their hand on ''Another World Underneath'' in their signature analog style. Legowelt turns ''Skyway Chase'' in to a true westcoast stomper. The EP is rounded of with a new track from The Exaltics.

Debut EP by Serbian producers and record label Chorbika, taking in a crossover of electro and organic dance music over it's 5 tracks.

The songs are a fusion of Marko's taste in electro style and Jelena's roots in rock music and the material they produce is home-made, a product of their everyday life experimenting with sound.

Not So Much return with a trip inducing two-tracker of electro-tinged, Gaunt workouts.

‘She’s Not Patsy’ opens up the EP with metallic hits, glitching crashes and cartoon styled sound effects interweaving to give a futuristic, constantly morphing state to this formidable track.

On the flip side, out come the cosmic canons for ‘Spacebirds’. Extra-terrestrial blasts, unearthly synths and spinning pulses surge around this far-away galaxy, tied together with a thumping beat and crashing percussion that will burst supernatural waves out across the dancefloor.

Special record produced by Microlith (Rhys Celeste) and Sound Synthesis (Keith Farrugia) some years ago. This EP is a special homage by two friends from Malta to their ambient and electronic influences from the 90s. As with all Fundamental releases, this is a limited release and will not be repressed.

Coming next on Cultivated Electronics Ltd (CE's limited vinyl offshoot) is a V/A EP entitled 'Onderwereld' which takes its name from a former atomic bunker based in The Hague (Netherlands) that housed music studios, offices and the Intergalactic FM station, Onderwereld Radio. The building had to be vacated last year, but the amalgamation of some of those artists and their creative resources lives on. Together, they encapsulate the new underground sound of The Hague. Opening the A-side is a track by Crave Festival organiser, Cosmox who delivers tough staccato Electro-funk on 'Electrostress', before 543ff (a regular player on the Dutch Electro scene who's released on ?X and has a forthcoming album on Diffuse Reality) brings stripped-back beats and layers of melody on 'Easy'. Keeping the Onderwereld collaborative ethos alive, 543ff joins forces with Star-kid (Bunker Records) and Gamma Intel (Brokntoys / Pinkman) on the B-side, for 'Three City Firm'. Their original version is dark and bristling, while 543ff's remix takes the track on a galactic ride.

The second release of Black Merlin's SFORMATOR series on Pinkman. Three cuts of hypno-beat electronics, created through ritualistic embodiment of sound by the machine doctor to expand minds.

Cryogenetic teleports us back in time with his DAT recordings.

Disabled is a new project consisting of Tobias Schmidt & Cynthia Stern. Varvet 003 is the result of two sessions in Berlin in late 2016 / early 2017. Bassy techno/electro/punk for the late late hours.

Mastered by Thomas P Heckmann.

Beautiful 1 Lp Edition 140g Vinyl, Heavy 350gsm Sleeve, Sticker

- Official Reissue Of Hard-to-find Favorite L'univers De La Mer By Dominique Guiot, Considered By Some The Greatest Library Album Ever Recorded. Available On Vinyl For The First Time Since 1978 And For The First Time Ever On Vinyl And Digital.
- For Fans Of Synthesizers, Library Music, Prog-rock, Experimental, Ambient, Folk, Medieval, Movie Soundtracks, Sci-fi, Schicke Führs Fröhling (sff), Tangerine Dream, Mike Oldfield, King Crimson, Didier Bonin, Claude Perraudin, Jacques Wyrs, Oceanic Vibes And Giant Squids.

Wrwtfww Records Is Honored To Announce The Official Reissue Of Super Rare And Fabled Prog-rock/library/synth Album L'univers De La Mer By French Composer Dominique Guiot. The Full Length Release Is Sourced From Original Masters, Available On Vinyl Lp For The First Time Since 1978 And Housed In A 350g Sleeve With A Spellbinding Artwork By Surrealist Sci-fi Artist Jacques Wyrs. It It Also Available On Cd And Digital Formats For The First Time Ever.

Written, Composed And Played By Dominique Guiot With His Mellotron, Minimoog, Clavinet, Organ, And Guitar, L'univers De La Mer Draws Its Inspiration From Deep Sea Exploration, Oceanic Creatures, And Underwater Kingdoms. The 12-track Album Navigates Organically Through Diverse Mutations Of The Prog-rock And Synth Kind, From Scenic Meditation Pieces ("wind Surf Ballad"), To Medieval Electronica ("une Ballade Pour Une Goélette"), Spacey Smooth Jazz ("les Deux Poissons"), Funked Out Fantasy Folk ("l'univers De La Mer"), Or Even Incredible Sega Mega-cd Vibes ("la Danse Des Méduses") - Altogether Painting A Fascinating World Of Eerie Magic And Subaquatic Sensuality. It's Escapism At Its Best With Subtle Overtones Of Schicke Führs Fröhling, Mike Oldfield, And Claude Perraudin.

The Sound Of The Album Is Brilliantly Captured By Its Surreal Cover Art, The Work Of Legendary Artist Jacques Wyrs, Whose Memorable Record Sleeves Include Klaus Schulze's Picture Music, Eloy's Floating, Ange's Le Cimetière Des Arlequins, And The 1974 Reissue Of Larry Coryell's Spaces.

Intense electro tracks by plant43 who delivers a worthy follow-up for his critically aclaimed release on Frustrated Funk earlier this year.

RAINDANCE ALERT! Do you know what RTR means? Just RTR.

Greetings from Sucksonia! This is Rat Life number 17 - straight from the arse end of nowhere called Saxony. Westlake & Hayter dedicate their debut EP to this not so special part of Germany. Moving here voluntarily from the western sector pissed off their parents and friends, so they had to join the local freak music underground. Apart from this, what other option do you have as a free spirit, in a place that is controlled by crazy old men and their weird ideas? Right! You deal with the messed up reality by making some beautiful messed up music. And the two did very well! Spreading their Mutant Freak Funk over four tracks that will make your nice little suburban homestead collapse, this way it will fit in perfectly with the industrial ruins in the neighborhood!

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Liebemelodie is a song based on a true story. It’s dark. It’s good. It’s romantic. Play it in the rain when you cry or listen to it when you burn your ex lovers stuff. It will break you and heal you. Love is the drug.

Both Sync 24 & Radioactive Man need no introduction as they both are heavy hitters in the electro world and this release is no exception with the original tune 808 driven with an underpinning of breakbeat in a section of the track whilst the bassline damage will test any sound system!. Stepping up to the remix plate is the magnificent Jensen Interceptor with serious four-to-the-floor 808 action and the bassline takes no prisoners. A 2-tracker guaranteed to lift the roof off any club. Vinyl only, no repress, limited to 200 copies.

Broken English Club presents the second part in the White Rats trilogy, a full-length double vinyl album that focuses heavily on the dancefloor with droning techno, head banging acid and cinematic synth noise. This album continues Oliver Ho’s musical journey, fusing techno with industrial post punk and textures of death metal producing a unique electronic vision. Ideas and influences that went into the writing of the album was the dark soul of Wormwood scrubs prison in west London and the obsessions in the JG Ballard book Crash. White Rats II stands as a relentless and personal portrait of techno and all the things that feed into the creation of it.

Made up of six tracks but presented as two ~17-minute pieces, the record meanders through warm chordscapes, glistening synths and loose live percussion, weaved together with field recordings and ambience.