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Lisbon pals Photonz and Shcuro are two of the city's most active DJs and music makers, sharing a penchant for a moody yet electrifying brand of dance sonics. They've created Shermanworx together in the studio, recording machines live using an ethos of improvisation while relying on their fine-tuned dancefloor intuition. The Sherman Filterbank was the go-to piece of equipment, appearing in every track and eventually naming the EP.
Tribal techno swirls menacingly backed by dark melodies in the opening track, a hypnotic yet vivid peak-time belter that could go on and on.
A synth so textured you can almost touch it is the centrepiece of Sherman2, another driving club beast complete with modulated arpeggios and industrial-tinged percussions.
The record comes to close with a dreamier exercise in Sherman3: a dubby electro beat conducts melodic mutant synth lines and pads to achieve a slow-burning, expansive euphoria.

CHI started in the late punk years in the early eighties. A time of change and mind-blowing albums. We started doing sound experiments in an old farm in Moordrecht (thanks to Jan van Rhee and Kees van der Veer). In the summer, all the doors and windows were open; birds flew in and out. In the distance we saw the highway to Rotterdam. In the winter we sat close together, no heating, only blankets, candles and brandy.
We did sessions of 3 days and nights. We brought a full PA-system for every session (thanks to Jurgen and Fijko) to get the right feel. Usually we played from the late morning untill sunrise. Fijko was playing his spacey videos and projecting trippy slideshows. Jurgen was creating all kind of effects and recording everything.We used the Commodore 64 to create sequences. We had two synths (a Juno 60 and JX3P), a few guitars, an old Revox tapedeck for loops (some loops were 7 metres long running past bottles) and a lot of weird handmade instruments, percussion, bamboo flutes; an old, broken piano, a small Philicorda organ and various effects like water, shaken yogurt (Soppin), mouth-sounds, street-noises, etc.
Essentially, the music is half electronic, half acoustic. What made it special is that we also performed it live. We brought our personal hifi-sets on stage for easy listening comfort. We carried 7 monitors for the video and had 3 big screens for slideshows.
Highlights were our premiere at Lantaren/Venster (Rotterdam, 1986 - 2 nights sold out, thanks to Theo Hensen) and our Paradiso (Amsterdam, 1987) show on the main stage broadcast live on national radio. We ended up with a bunch of punks and freaks, but they really loved it.Our cassette was a collectors item at the legendary Amsterdam based label and record store Staalplaat. They released a CD 15 years later in 2000 on their new label Container Music. Now, 30 years later, Astral Industries (thanks to Ario Farahani) releases an exclusive vinyl limited edition. We've added the track 'Hopi', which was previously only released on cassette. It's a track that I made as a guideline for CHI in 1984, featuring a Hopi elder speaking of Hopi prophecies and the future of the world. Who knows what may happen next....

Heinrich Dressel was an archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist, creator of a table, still in use, for the cataloging of Roman amphorae. For over ten years, one of the founders of MinimalRome, Valerio Lombardozzi, has embraced the name of the German scholar, becoming both the guardian of a dense collection of sounds from the past and the creator of new brilliant electronic ones. “Completion Of The Amphoras Table”, originally released on cd by Legowelt's Strange Life Records, was the final chapter of the so-called 'Studium Amphorae Trilogy', a triptych of albums which tried to 'evoke' in notes not only the discoveries and the studies of Monte Testaccio's fragments made by the former pupil of Theodor Mommsen.
The first vinyl release of “Completion Of The Amphoras Table”, curated by Souterraine.org and Envlp_Imprint, fills not only a recording void, but also gives posterity a remarkable album to rediscover, worthy successor of “Mons Testaceum” (2007 ) and “Escape From The Hill” (2008),
which reconstructs one more time the ghostly atmosphere of a Rome at the dawn of the 20th century. Heinrich Dressel adopts the stylistic features of gloomy soundtracks and, above all, relies on a set of polyphonic synthesizers that, starting from the rare Elka Syntex, favor the composition of abstract textures, punctuated by some appropriate variations, and harmonies which, net of the
deep bass, make every single track even more magnetic.

Emerging this January with a duo of debut EPs, Black (Vegan Tinder Lord) and White (Hexxex) , Ϟᑢrəən ϟHAᗌ/W blends pummelling techno, industrial grit and experimental noise for a mood-spanning sound inspired by everything from Google Street View to visiting the dentist.

The Black EP gleans from the heavier end of the club music spectrum, plunging into a hardcore well of nosebleed kicks and synapse-frying synths that bang with raw dancefloor energy. The White EP pauses for reflection, transforming Screen Shadow's spiky reveries into tightly-woven technicolour dreamscapes.

Track highlights include the humour-spiced, pitch-shifted "Vegan Tinder Lord"—immortalised by its disembodied, Amnesia Scanner-esque voice—and the percussive, hardstyle-tinged assault course of "Scanna Hex".

On it's white counterpart ,"Hexxex" builds on a Drexciyan beat, while "Corridor" explores the sort of glitchy experimentalism that gets under your skin."Vaxuum" and "Time Orphans" mine deep ambient soundscapes, with the former constructed from a grainy loop and the latter built from rich orchestral tones.

Artwork and music go hand in hand, with logo designer Number III (Paul Nicholson, Aphex Twin logo designer ) cooking up the striking black and white imagery.

New release on Eye Teeth by Israel Vines featuring the hybrid Techno Bass Electro anthem Gatekeepers', the dark techno gem Unscathed' and the ambient Repose in Dub'.
We started this sublabel as way of exploring pure and experimental techno in an entirely contemporary context (where IT often uses historical lenses and a wider musical context). This is Techno from Detroit and America, not Detroit Techno. We would like to see American Techno evolve, and this new imprint is an attempt to be a catalyst in that arena.

This EP was pre-mastered by Neel at Enisslab Studio in Rome. The vinyl was mastered by Carl at Trutone and pressed at Archer Records in Detroit.

Alpha 606 on IT with a visionary remix from Anthony Shake' Shakir. A secret dance floor anthem that works in almost any context from BMG and a beautiful spaced out take on Electronic Flotation Device' by Erika.
This was the last record mastered by Mark Richardson at Prairie Cat Mastering. All tunes from the lost Alpha 606 LP Afto-Cuban Electronics'.

Miami post bass from a Cuban perspective. What is it to be an exile of the country you love The largely Cuban city Hialeah, part of the sprawling Miami metropolis, is home to not only Alpha 606's exiled family, but also to Miami Bass.

THE GOOPY GOONS ARE BACK with another collection of twisted American electronics. For those not familiar, CP/BW is a collaboration between Corporate Park (aka Shane English/Jonah Lange) and Beau Wanzer. This second LP collects tracks from various recording sessions done in Texas over the past 5 years. Humid ditties, bumpkin beats, toothless treats, and only for the freaks.

"Torimimasataka" is an experimental sound- and visual artist,
based in Osaka, Japan, and the latest addition to The Weevil Neighbourhood's artist roster. The label "ZOCSOF", which was also produced by him, contain seven pieces of dub and noise fueled breakbeat experiments, highly dense in composition, cryptically abbreviated in title.

Coletivo Vandalismo kick-start a new 12" series for the Contort Yourself label. Hailing from the city of Porto the duo also DJ under the name GAM and released their debut LP on Lake Haze's Eye For An Eye label. Their music has an immediacy that seems to stem from a background in live performance as opposed to polished studio sessions - an improvisational punk aesthetic that manages to carry this EP so strongly. Wild, crashing fx and unrecognisable vocal distortions layer atop wonky 90bpm drum machine grooves and the pair even show off what may be their turntablism skills on 'Zombie Zombie'. There's a nod to early concrete on the closing track 'Black Sun's Demise' with whirring, mechanical noise motifs suddenly jolting us into punishing gabber-at-33-minus-8 territory. The DIY spirit is alive and well here and the feeling that things could fall apart at any minute just adds to the tension.

Electro and Drum, very Breakbeat in the ambiances... Cheezy and punks... Pink Punk sound rules !

X written & arranged by Luca Digilio
E written & arranged by Nicola Kazimir
N written & arranged by Walid El Barbir
O written & arranged by Flavio Audino

"MUSAR" is excited about the return of MANASYt - Bulgaria's electro-synth pioneer, for ’Inferior Subjects', a new album, bubbling with madness and loaded with darkwave sounds. The 2nd part of MANASYt's lost tracks series, recorded between 2000's to 2010's and found in his old PC.

For his second release on MUSAR, Petar Tassev collected some of his best unreleased works to date, inspired by metal and new-wave music then interpreting the moody, roughness to a raw, pure and dark adventure, like no one else does. 'Inferior Subjects' consists of 8 dark and psychotic tracks that will take you deep into a futuristic dystopian world adventure - Opener ''Screw The Routine'' is a dark-wave fetishistic killer, pushing the clubby electronic music borders to new limits.

''Terminal Medicine'' is a deep psychedelichorror soundtrack to a very bad day at your dentist while ''Daylight For 15 Seconds‘' (inspired by the Belgian film 'Nuit Noire') is a slow hazy burner that will send you straight to the mental clinic ''Positive Deception'' is the anthem of the aliens while attacking earth, ’'Secret Time'' will lock you in a room where time moves backwards and forwards at the same time and ''Insect Sect'' a mystic electro piece of music for
a deep nightmare.

Closing the album - ''Metacontol'' and ''God of Chance'' two evil energetic electro bombs, pure chaos and full of post-punk elements, perfect for fetish party/techno rave, fitting for an artist given to performing live in a rubber 'gimp' mask. 'Inferior Subjects' will mark the beginning of 'MUSAR's' new limited Cassette Tape series that will focus on producers edgy sides and the wonderful weird side of electronic music.

After taking off from earth with Space being the destination of exploration, J Shaw ascends levels of galaxies as a renegade living in time by his own rules. After making it through the large Lines Of Galactic Bass, he is able to peacefully sail through space and relax a while before finding a good spot to clear for inhabitation. Able to view the different structures of his current position in space, he notices flights of Neurons in the Galaxy. As he follows the trails of Neurons, he encounters Alienetec wave forms that brings him to a new galactic life system. What does he encounter next as he deciphers the Alien Coding …..

10x12" Boxset

Fundamental Records celebrate their 10 Years with the project they love the most, the Time Capsule aka 808 Box. This is the 6th 808 box and with the 10 new records included in this 808 Box, Fundamental Records have released a total of 56 vinyl records as part of this project, showcasing modern electro in all its varieties. This wooden box includes 10 vinyl records, 66 tracks by artists from each corner of the world, more than 5 hours of pure electro by Acidulant, Alek Stark, Aquatronics, Brice Kelly, Carl Finlow, CEM3340, Cignol, Cygnus, Das Muster, Datawave, Dibu-Z, Digitizer, DVS, NME, Faceless Mind, Foreign Sequence, Franck Kartell, Heimelektronik, Holtz Inkamera, Johan Inkinen, Kan3da, Kind Human Being, Kitbuilders, Kuldaboli, LCTR, Luke Eargoggle, MagikBitum, MetaComplex, Methylgruppe, Microlith, Moodex, Mr Velcro Fastener Mutex, N-Ter, Nebenprodukt, Noamm, Noise&Noise, Nullptr, Obergman, Planetology, Plant43, Proto, Reedale Rise, Repeat Eater, Scape One, Sound Synthesis, T-Error, The Abstract Eye, Vema-Diodes, Vertical Dimension and Viewtiful Joe. Additionally comes with pictures of the original Roland TR-808 in each cover, a high quality t-shirt and certificate of the limited edition.

LANER FAX (aka Franck Gérard) is coming back with a repress of his two Leftfield-ish electro, UK influenced dance tracks.

To kick-start Artificial Dance's 2018 release programme, the label has once again delved deep into the darkest corners of the Dutch electronic underground. The result is a debut solo EP from another future hero, Hague-based Pasiphae.
Born in Greece, Pasiphae took up DJing and music production when she moved to the Netherlands five years ago. By 2016, she was confident enough to hold her own in the studio with Intergalactic Gary, with the resulting collaborative 12', Made of Glass, winning praise for its floor-rocking rhythms and throbbing electronic instrumentation.

The Siphax EP, her first solo outing, is arguably even better. Packed with mutant alien funk (the superb title track), horror-fired dancefloor dystopia (throbbing opener Tachynons') and skewed electronic soundscapes ( Vertical Rotation', which sounds like it could have been taken from the soundtrack of an early '80s art-house movie), the six tracks offer a neat summary of Pasiphae's unique musical world.

Check out, in particular, the two-part murkiness and late night hum of Quelque Chose De Mauvais' and Quelque Chose De Mal', which are creepy and clandestine in equal measure. If that's not enough to set the pulse racing, turn your attention to EP closer Hedera', a beat-less but rhythmic romp through muggy, psychedelic pastures.

Forward thinking electro/techno cuts with crushed sound and distinctive rhythms by RHR who's makes his omnidisc debut with this 4 track Ep. Another strong Omnidisc release!

Glad to rescue this authentic lost treasure from music genre. TEMPLEBEAT, Italian group now extinct which moved between EBM and Industrial. The formation created in 1990, is part of the self-named second generation of EBM groups. Originally published on cassette in 1992 by label also Italian, Energeia.

Not to be sold in stores until Friday 14th February.

Two tracks aimed at the floor, With a running theme being the human voice, from screaming to singing and laughing.

"Vocals aren’t a rarity in dance music obviously, but I wanted to experiment with them in a more instrumental and textural sense. Plus I think you don’t hear enough kinda weird shit in the more formulaic dance tunes - only on the more experimental edges of club music ya kno?”.

Tassilo Vanhöfen was a hot topic of conversation amongst many DJs and labels in the extended circle of sophisticated music afficionados. At some point in the first half of 2019 his productions popped up on SoundCloud and word of mouth made him receive many requests for his productions, when Neubau already sealed the deal for his first ever solo EP. Three subtle but dancefloor-aimed tracks that many have been waiting for will be included on the much-anticipated "War Manual Of Gear EP"

Rudolf (Mr. Tophat) and Jac (Skycity) team up for this weirdo-acid-filled collaboration. Two straight up danceable quirky-cozy-basement-club tracks. London, New York, Berlin, The comado Ep is here!! Limited vinyl only edition.

The first Planet Tapes EP is ready to go. It will be a V/A composed of 5 tracks, obviously different from each other but we think they have something in common. Bored in a Cosmic Network is the mirror of what reflects us and above all of what we believe can
remain imprinted in the listener’s mind Let's move on to presentations:
A1 written by the Belgian, Gravitational Effect. A real electro lover who uses sounds which seem to come directly from the lovely 80's.
A2 created by two of the Italian co-founders of the label, Two Opposites. A perfect combination which has lasted for years, this time with a breaks rollin bass track which reflects them perfectly.
A3 composed by a very talented French guy who has the composition in his soul. Fresh from his first release on Antam Records, Gabriel in art Sans Sucre, will continue to amaze us and we are certain of it.
B1 belongs to the other Italian co-founder of the label, Solidwood. In composing this track he has experienced a mixture of melancholy and hope , that only love can give. “Love Battle” is fruit of a lived experience.
B2 represented by Bowyer, leader of his own label Rube Goldberg Series. Originally from England he can already boast an EP on another Italo-Uruguayan label, Novi Orbis, and obviously other appearances around. We don’t believe he needs further presentations,
better go and listen to his space melodies.

Welcome to Lyla's world. Getting things moving with the five track VA is 'Exile', straight off the mark with a pacey affair from TC80, spiralling you in to a whirlwind, teeing things up perfectly for what is to come. Taking it back with the '1996 Shoots'. Released over twenty years ago on a limited run by legendary producer Ivan Iacobucci, he has dug deep in the archives and remastered for your listening pleasure. Opia regular Audri shows his cards again on the label bringing the 'Acid Rain', definitely packing a punch. The South American B side features tracks from both Omar and Z@p. Intelligently arranged broken drums carry you through 'Techno Victim'. Z@p swings in to round off the EP with a driven dancefloor mover entitled 'Different ways'.

Mister Bellini returns with his second release Very Good Plus, a 6 tracker aiming straight at the dancefloor. DJs can expect striped down, pristine beats, deep bass and some classic vocal samples. Easy to mix and fun to play.

TRO, no compromise quality elecTRO and techno, mastered by 6-BIT DEEP in Copenhagen and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl. Two old friends revisit some familiar ground. P&T (Paul and Troels) are otherwise known as Dinsync/RE303 and Ctrls/Key Vinyl/Token. TRO, no compromise quality elecTRO and techno, mastered by 6-BIT DEEP in Copenhagen and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl. TRO-2 EFX CREED EP, Di'jital/Axcess on the warpath to destroy with Electro ahead of his 2020 tour. Strictly limited to 202 copies. No Repress.

Pure fire from Flora FM.

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Another part in the limited Bunker Robot Dystopia serie. Blunt minimal '80's electro/miami bass funk from the notourius

Third release of the Lost Canvas Series by Mystic & Quantum. Liovaro (Occult Research) aka VLR presents an IDM work, you will hear acid squelches, crunchy hardcore kicks, synth washes, echoed-out whispers. Artwork by Fred Gambino (Guardians of the Galaxy, Cartoon Network LA, Warner Bros) Grey Marbled Vinyl.

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Very wild (lean and mean!) old-school '88 acid house! Sounds like the lost tapes from the Trax studio's! Awesome release.

Employing a toolkit of cutting-edge DSP, Swarm Intelligence reimagines classic rave frameworks for dancefloors of the future. "Ultraware" traces a path through electro, big beat, jungle and acid - optimising and reconstructing until only fragmented traces remain. Following up from his widely acclaimed "Against the Dying Light" album, this EP marks a new shift in the ever-evolving Swarm Intelligence sound. A relentless explorer of audio technology, here he utilizes spectral processing alongside convolution and granular synthesis to craft a gritty sonic repository for the four tracks. Even in moments when the sequences disintegrate into chaos before reassembling into a coherent form, there is never a feeling that Swarm Intelligence is not in full control - this is an artist who thrives on complexity.

A frustration with trends, hype and the system itself that permeates our current society has influenced LDWG to create ‘Hyperidiocracy’, an in-depth, aural analysis on the modern world in the form of a frenzied, fractured recollection of club influences from the past 20 years.

An angry dozen of tracks that shift genres and form, LDWG switches from mangled 80's to jungle-era drops to what sounds like porn heard through a walkie talkie faster than you can like a selfie on Instagram.

Ever since dropping her critically-acclaimed debut LP Online Dating through Central Processing Unit back in 2017, Tryphème (Tiphaine Belin) has marked herself out as one of the more unique voices in contemporary electronica. We mean that literally - Belin's productions are characterised by frequent use of vocals, either processed to provide atmosphere or deployed high in the mix as passages of singing/spoken word. When these are wedded to her typically deft electronic productions the results are lush, atmospheric and moving.

Two years on from Online Dating and Tryphème has returned to CPU with the six-track Aluminia EP. While Online Dating leaned into a range of rave styles, Aluminia is more painterly, with Belin putting greater emphasis on timbre and texture. 'Lava', 'Fey' and 'Cry Silent Cry' are some of the most innovative tracks Belin has produced to date.

While another producer would allow listeners to luxuriate in such warm synth tones, Belin doesn't let you get comfortable, constantly surprising you with innovative structural choices or unexpected sounds. The way in which 'Lava' is agitated by chattering voices and processed singing recalls both the uncanniness of Holly Herndon and the maximalism of A. G. Cook, while the synth line that snakes through 'Cry Silent Cry' nods to Lorenzo Senni's recent trance deconstructions. Beats and bass take precedence in Aluminia's midsection.

This is the portion of the record which most closely recalls Online Dating - 'Eedyu' and 'X-Ray Mantra' are more settled than the other cuts on Aluminia, and it's here that the 90s electronica influences that so often inform CPU's output are most keenly felt. Those who enjoyed Bochum Welt's recent Seafire full-length - itself another CPU drop - will be able to get behind these tunes.

The two sides of Aluminia are combined in penultimate number 'In A Cyber Spiral'. The track's eerie beginning, with its ghostly vocals and nagging drums, is reminiscent of Hype Williams. Soon things morph into a leftfield digi-dub replete with speaker-crushing sub. Halfway through Belin wrong-foots us again, cleverly flipping the drums from half-time to a kind of fluttering breakbeat. It's the most diverse and unique production in a record full of them, drawing on everything from IDM to Eskibeat, and a track which furthers Tryphème's status as an exciting new artist on the European electronics scene.

From underground Russia comes LVRIN's second release on Pinkman Broken Dreams. 6 jams for the freaks - stripped to the bone, with minimum fuss and maximum attitude.

Emerging from the vibrant underground scene in Ukraine, Yansima’s sound takes inspiration from Romanian minimal techno and the skippy drums and deep bass of garage. After a number of tracks and vinyl only EP’s for underground labels in this scene he now steps up to R&S for a three track EP of interpretations of this sound.

Culled from the vast 90s archives of Brooklyn DJ and producer Adam X, these four tracks demonstrate the early experimentations of the 90s NYC acid rave scene. Tracks tailor made by the djs for the ravers, pushing acid extremes and decimating minds. A document of a time when experimentation and freedom reigned the scene.

This record includes four tracks exclusive to this 12 inch and not on the LP. Remastered at Dadub Mastering. One time pressing limited to 300 copies.