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Bleep. Easily one of the most influential sounds to grow out of the burgeoning electronics scene of the late 80s. Nowadays, easily one of the most overlooked genres. But not around Njimgen. Shipwrec are turning some deserved attention to those pioneering plinks and plonks for a 12" homage to the trailblazers of the sound, LFO. Quadratschultz provides the material, the German artist serving a warehouse brewed, acid spiked, tribute to Mark Bell and Gez Varley. Posthuman ruffle the edges that bit more with a bleary eyed 303 monster before countryman FAH gives basslines a steroid injection for a thick and meaty mix. Varley closes with a tribute to his former group. His LFO remix might be a solo endeavour but it has all the raw unrefined dancefloor energy that characterised the music of a certain pair of young lads from Leeds cerca 1990. Bleep bliss.

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2017 sees Maya Jane Coles release her most substantial body of work to date, her second album 'Take Flight' on her own label I/AM/ME. The long awaited follow up to her debut album 'Comfort' and 'Nocturnal Sunshine" Maya is somewhat of an enigma in today's music world, on this album she has written, produced, engineered, arranged, mixed and performed all of the tracks even designing the artwork herself. The album features appearances from Chelou, GAPS and Wendy Rae Fowler. Preceded by her critically acclaimed EP 'Won't Let You Down' which has received amazing support from the international DJs community clubs and on radio; with Pete Tong making a track his 'Essential New Tune'. Also featuring the tracks 'Cherry Bomb' and 'Round In Circles', the EP saw premieres with Wonderland, Mixmag, Complex, Groove and Huffington Post. Remixes came from Catz 'n Dogz and Paride Saranceni with the next batch of tracks 'Weak' and 'Werk' poised to drop imminently! A phenomenal year of global gigs starting with a double header at Coachella (USA) in April, UK festivals such as Parklife, Wildlife and SW4 as well as appearances through out the summer in Ibiza at Ushuaia and Pacha. Future gigs in 2017 include supporting electronic titans Depeche Mode's on the European leg of the tour and many more festival appearances including Tomorrowland (Belgium), Creamfields (UK) and Rock in Rio (Brazil) amongst others. Previously Maya has played in over 40 countries worldwide, released mix compilations for DJ Kicks and Fabric Live, been sampled by Nicki Minaj's mega hit 'Truffle Butter' as well as remixing artists such as The XX, Bonobo and Little Dragon through to Florence & The Machine, Sam Smith and Ella Fitzgerald.

- Code' ist das Debütalbum des Berliner Produzenten Answer Code Request auf Ostgut Ton. Ob seine DJ-Sets, die zunehmenden Auftritte als Live-Act oder mit eindrucksvollen Releases auf Marcel Dettmann Records und seinem eigenen Label ACR - Patrick Gräser zählt als Resident-DJ im Berghain zu den spannenden, neuen Gesichtern des Labels. Nach der - Breathe EP', seiner Debüt-Veröffentlichung auf Ostgut Ton, ist sein erster Langspieler nicht nur eine Frage der Zeit, sondern gar der logische Schritt gewesen.

- Code' ist ein Statement, denn es spielt und kokettiert nicht nur mit der Gretchenfrage der elektronischen Musik, welche Aufgaben und Perspektiven eine Techno-LP demonstrieren sollte, sondern stellt auch unsere gängigen Hörerwartungen in Frage. Denn während zumeist das Primat der Funktionalität als Paradigma in Stein gemeißelt zu sein scheint, kehrt ACR der bloßen Ansammlung von Dancefloor-Tracks den Rücken zu. Allesamt im letzten Jahr entstanden, stellen die zwölf Tracks ein originäres, andächtiges und erwachsenes Soundkonzept vor, das sich wie eine nebelverzogene Zeitreise präsentiert - sowohl durch die Einflüsse und Geschichte von Gräser, als auch durch Teilgebiete der Tanzmusik: von Detroit-inspirierten Elegien über den UK-Sound mit seinen Breakbeats und IDM-Bezügen bis hin zur warmen Seite des Berliner Techno der 90er-Jahre. Trotz der mitunter nostalgischen Tiefe, umweht - Code' eine geheimnisvolle Aura sowie mystische Stimmung, die sich wie ein roter Faden durch die Stücke zieht.

Die New Yorker Techno-Produzentin Umfang veröffentlicht ihr Debütalbum auf Technicolour/Ninja Tune! Umfang ist waschechte New Yorkerin, Labelgründerin und Techno-Feministin. Mit Discwoman, ihrer eigenen Plattenfirma, setzt sie seit 2014 der männerdominierten Clubwelt eine weibliche Alternative entgegen, in dem sie elektronische Musik mit feministischen Ansichten vereint und das Talent von Cis-, Trans- und Genderqueer-Frauen fördert. Ihre amorphen und polyrhythmischen Techno-Produktionen erfreuen sich schon jetzt großer Beliebtheit, und mit ihrem Albumdebüt "Symbolic Use Of Light" auf Technicolour, welches Mitte Juni erscheint, wird die Männerdomäne im Nachtleben endgültig gebrochen werden.

Repress of long out of print triple LP from 2018

"Sessions" brings together a personal selection of Carl Craig's incredible back catalogue, from his early work under the aliases PAPERCLIP PEOPLE, PSYCHE and 69 to worldwide hits like "Throw" and ground-breaking tracks like "Bug in the Bassbin". "Sessions" reminds us of how exciting and unique Carl Craig's productions and remixes are and why he remains at the top of his game - a retrospective of one of the world's most influential and groundbreaking figures in electronic music.

For the second part of Osiris' 50th release celebrations, we get another new track, 'Regret Was Never So Sure', from head honcho Simon Shreeve in his Mønic guise: a piece that nods to his past but looks firmly to the future of bass-driven music.

The track then gets some very special treatment on the B side from Regis, who blends its core textures with his own unmistakable percussion, before Mønic returns to close things out with 'Forbidden Memories': an ambient piece with high-hats that seem to dance delicately on ice, and claps layered with reverb in true Mønic style.

Promotion text : Amazing release from Legowelt , three tracks full of house and techno vibes like only he can do ,EXCLUSIVE VINYL RELEASE , you will not want to miss this one.BIG , BIG!!!!
Riverette's first release sees Legowelt delivering one of his best releases blending everything we have come to love from him , 90's vibes check! , house , check!
techno , check! arpeggios , dreamy leads , chilling chords , no nonsense sequences , check , check , check , check !!!! Quadruple combo check!!!! Expect big things
from this new spanish label as can only be assume by their mind-blasting first release .

Limited to 200 copies.

brokntoys opens its monochrome series with a debut EP from Gamma Intel.

Across 4 tracks, the Dutch producer presents a workout in jagged body music. Power Plant Tales sets the scene with suspenseful driving rhythms and Theorem X rolls on through sweat-dripping grooves. On the B-side, Post Factum navigates through weird contortions while Self-Denial takes no prisoners as the fierce and menacing finale.

Prolific and understated musician Shane English delivers a follow up 12 inch for L.I.E.S. after his powerful "General Dimensions" lp from 2016. Once again the Austin based artist taps into the outer edges of the electronic world falling in a grey area somewhere between Muslimgauze, creeped tribal electronics or the tense beat experiments on Seico Corp Recordings. This is downed tree split open wire music, live to the touch.. free form open ended recorded music from one of the most interesting and best kept secrets in American electronics these days. Unending tension with every turn, this is not a record to miss.

ltd edition double 7" pack..

die neue cocoon records !!! straight techno & dark electro mit einer verzerrten Stimme von eimen Serienkiller der seine Morde gesteht...

Double LP of new material from New Jersey musician, Unearth Noise. The album compiles selected compositions made over the last three years.
As a kid Roger Berkowitz was inspired by the celestial sounds of Ravi Shankar's strings, an album that was introduced to him by his father who was an engineer for RCA. In his youth he played in various punk bands and dabbled in experimental music after being exposed to the likes of John Cage, Harry Partch, Brian Eno and Mahavishnu.

Around 25 years ago while experimenting in his basement with tapes loops, his 1/4" reel to reel and a 4-track, the name Unearth Noise was born albeit shortly lived as over the next decade his focused turned to songwriting and playing the guitar and drums in various ensembles. He wrote and recorded songs that mixed rock and folk influences in an experimental manner. These were made available online under various monikers Sugar Skulls, Ancient Aliens and Shadowface.

A few years ago Roger began exploring the forms of the instrumental pieces he had created, mixing these with elements of eastern music and rock aesthetics, which had influenced and inspired so much of his sonic journey.

"I remembered my tape loops and the unearth noise episode. Recalling this, I changed my project name to Unearth Noise and set about trying to create something which I considered totally unheard in music. I delved back into the world of pure sound attempting to create a sonic experience that could challenge or subvert reality. I am a firm believer in the idea that what we take for reality on a day to day basis is a facade. Having experimented a bit with hallucinogens, I could see clearly that there is far more here than meets the eye. Listening to people like Alan Watts, it is gratifying to know that I am not alone in this belief. So, what I'm attempting to do with music, hopefully not in a forced or pretentious way, is open the mind to an alternate or deeper reality beyond this world. To this end, my compositional techniques and forms are non­traditional and often non­linear. I use instruments of my own design and construction, and blend them with source tapes, electronics, and sometimes conventional instruments'.

The first Clouded Vision Recordings release of 2017 comes from label owner Matt Walsh teaming up with Stratowerx AKA Sam Russo. The EP is completed with a remix from one of Matt's long-term studio partners, Scott Fraser, who makes a long awaited debut on the label.
The three tracks were recorded over the course of 2016, with the two producers sending parts back and forth via email and the result sees a clear middle ground of minimalistic analogue electro and techno. Scott's Surface Pressure Remix turns the first track 'No Function' into a dark Drexciyan electro brooder, rounding off the EP very nicely indeed.

Illum Sphere's 2016 album Glass' was a focussed statement from the DJ and producer - a poised reflection on detachment and an assertion of his many talents. Now Glass has been reworked across two fresh 12' releases via Ninja Tune. For the second 12', album cut 'Red Glass' is partnered with Hieroglyphic Being's remix of the same track - following the release of his much sought after and critically acclaimed album for Technicolour Records, he provides a tranced out dispersion of the original. It shares it's slab of wax with Beau Wanzer's remake of 'Fuel The Fire' - the original becoming a stuttering, looping rhythm of brooding intensity. Limited to 500 copies and includes 'Wounded' Fotomachine Remix (digital download).

Æ is the third part of Bjarki triptych of LPs to be released this year. Æ is a particularly Icelandic form, pronounced I' in English, Bjarki thinks it just looks good. Here it is a selection of music that is at its core quite simple, with restrained instrumentation, made on hardware and features a selection of older works and the most recent produced just weeks ago.

Bjarki is from Iceland. Born and raised. Despite the fact that Bjarki is known for making extremely powerful dance floor tracks he doesn't seem to belong to any particular genre. Something this triptych of LPs demonstrates very well. His music is at times cinematic and there's a story behind each track. Bjarki's music always has something to do with him personally, but he'd rather the listener lose themselves in the music than pay much attention to the man behind them. Either on a record or to one of his ever evolving live sets.

Forgotten Idols lie smashed and scattered across the floor. Dissonant undercurrents coerce a riptide of shattered beats as Duran Duran Duran speeds into sight and docks directly into your neurological pathways.
Tracks swarm into your mind effortlessly dismantling the techno mainframe. Refracted acid takes 'Sexus' to a place where famished ghosts leer at each other across a mist-infused steam room. Repeated listenings reveal new fissures, fresh layers emerge as we scrape away at the glacial enormity of this techno scree-face. Redemption is in sight as we take a final pasting on 'Marathon Man', a track so banging as to provoke a wry smile on the face of any seasoned raver. At its climax it screeches under the weight of its intensity, flinging its subjects into a feral transcendence.

shape picture vinyl edition
The Exaltics are back with new transmissions from their universe in form of the second part of "Das Heise Experiment". The first part from 2013 on Abstract Acid will see his follow up end of 2017 on 2xLP inclusive a Comic book about the story of the Heise Experiment. This amazing looking shape picture disc, developed with the dutch artist Godspill aka Mehdi Rouchiche, is "The Prequel" release and sees The Exaltics in assault mode. Side A brings a stomper in typical exaltics style with deep strings and a pumping bassline like an alien invasion which is on course to earth. Side B begins with a cryptic alien speech signal transmitted direct from the universe whilst the second track is a collaboration track with non other than Dopplereffekt's Rudolf Klorzeiger. Both artists together create a timeless electro voyage with sharp snares and fast running basslines and combine their both styles perfectly together. Every record comes with a download code for the release itself and 3 exclusive bonus tracks. This release is strictly limited to 500 copies. The outer contour of the picture is also the contour of the record and makes this release to something really special and to a high collectable item.

Debut EP by Reckonwrong on the Pinkman label!

A double A-side torrent of vintage 1995 acid-tinged jack in the form of 'You Make Me Function' and 'Fun House'. Drummy madness for the most unhinged hours of the dance.

Pressed on clear vinyl

* 12" vinyl, White Vinyl, Limited to 200 copies.
* Featuring 4 tracks, igniting 21 minutes into the world of techno and electro filled with acid and mystic grooves by the owners Beat Movement and D-Leria before hosting 2 bonus tracks by Umwelt and Endlec.

* DLBM Records is a household name on Truss's Rinse FM Podcast series and Sunil Sharpe's 'The Quarterly Crate show. Their tracks have been supported in 'Movement Festival' in Detroit by Detroit Techno Militia, 'Awakenings Festival' by Matrixxman, as well as Ben Sims, Blawan, Paula Temple, Zadig, Mad Alba, 2000 and One, Sleeparchive, Eric Cloutier and REKA.

Artwork by Giusy Amoroso.
Mastered at LRS Studio, Rome.





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2015 saw Datassette in generous form, the original 'Offal' brought 100 tracks of alleged offcuts. While a rare few actually live up to this self-deprecation, it couldn't be a more misleading title. Now, 'Selected Offal' has been boiled down to a gravy-like substance for a vinyl release by the nice folks at Shipwrec. After discussions with the artist, and suggestions from fans, seventeen prime cuts have been selected for the vinyl edition of Offal, alongside a few brand new previously unheard nuggets and alternative versions. Expect a buffet of delights. Smooth electronica, abrasive funk, out-there acid experimentation, chip tune chicanery and everything in between from this chameleon of machine music.

Greetings fellow lovers of abstract truth.
How's living in a dystopian now working out for you
Here's hoping a new birdscare release can help take the edge off...
It's by Zu Dobson. And who's Zu Dobson
I honestly wish I could tell you.
She approached me at an A.L.F.O.S. gathering of the faithful and gave me a CD of her work with nothing on it but a PO address written on it. After corresponding by letter for a while we agreed that "Apple Knife" and "Wisdom Of Rumi" would be the first release (of hopefullly many). I only met Ms. Dobson fleetingly and she has no on-line presence so her identity is vague even to me. So next time you're on the dancefloor that young woman dancing next to you could well be ZU DOBSON.
Fondant regards... Andrew Weatherall

* New from Stonedwave (founded by Chip Tronic), who has lately been active for both the kugkmusique and the oyabun labels comes a collection of powerful dark wonky techno tracks who have been created for freaking out on the dancefloor while still creating pictures in the listeners mind . The tunes have been selected and tested by Dj Wotta Mess. The latter has been doing the Warm Up for Dont radio show which is a regular internet event before Jerome Hill´s London based events.

* Dj Wotta Mess selected his favourite tunes by Chip Tronic to test them on a dubplate (like in the UK Jungle scene in the 90's ). The results can be found are on this 12 inch which has a 95% green, 5% black color, thus being dark but shimmering in the sunlight like an evil artefact. Thus it reflects the mai topic of the record: the fight between hell and heaven, or between the artist and the machines. The tracks were recorded in several studio live sessions.

* The artist was deeply influenced by some urban fantasy novels dealing with this topic but also by classic novels like Dante´s Inferno or ancient stories.

* The record starts with 'Tanz im Bannkreis' a kind of pagan dance in a witch circle, consisting of a repetitive rhythm , jumping back and forth on a crunchy bassline which is accompanied by rocket like whistles which finally hypnotize the listener / dancer and culminate in an ancient hymn for modern dancefloors.
'Dante' has a powerful swing, hell´s bass and again: glitch, funk, tech & roll.
'Michael Wins' tells an ancient story about a fight between the archangel Michael and the duke of greece and is one of the longtest tracks on this ep, with longer breaks, again lot of shuffles, glitches and syncopated breaks and the reece basslines
'Alphalegion' might be the most straightforward tune on the ep with a friendlier undertone, telling the story of an Astartes Legion in the Warhammer40 k universe.

Ahead of their 5th anniversary CPU announce 50th release with rebuilds of 2 rare bleep techno tracks from 1990 - in a one-off purple sleeve!

Originally released on white label, 'Move' was written by Dean Marriott aka D.Ramirez and Lloyd Douglass and recorded in Sheffield in 1990. Only a small run were pressed which is reflected today by their high price on discogs.

These rare white labels by Detromental became legendary in the Sheffield techno scene as CPU label boss Chris Smith recalls: "they sounded like they should have been on Warp", comparing them to the likes of Forgemasters, LFO and Nightmares on Wax.

Last year Chris noticed the track 'Rewind' had been posted on a techno group on Facebook and Sheffield DJ Richard Hardcastle tagged Dean in the comments, knowing he was the original artist.

Chris contacted Dean to ask if the master tapes still existed, unfortunately they were lost so Chris asked for permission to rebuild the tracks. Dean was sceptical at first as techno cover versions rarely work, but Chris's keen eye for detail saw faithful reproductions using many of the synthesizers used to make the originals.

This project is a labour of love for Chris as these tracks were among his favourites from the era. Huge respect to Dean & Lloyd for writing them and graciously allowing this project to happen some 27 years after they were originally made.

As with all tracks in the 'Yorkshire Bleep & Bass' genre, watch yer bass bins - I'm tellin' ya!

Mixed & mastered at Computer Club Sheffield.

The second Disques Panoramiques release is again a series of italo covers by Elitechnique and friends this time with disco of french origin, for ''Flash'' they freak out on the fairlight with Lizzy on ''royal'' vocals, the Serge Gainsbourg penned ''le physique et le figure'' has been slowed down and extended as to better serve the dancefloor. The limited 7 inch comes in an immaculate package handstamped and crafted at the Elitechnique headquarters, grab one before the summer gets too hot!

In the cold darkness of corporate-run space, technology permeates every aspect of war,but the science of war cannot account for the dynamic interaction of the physical and moral elements that come in to play,by design or by chance, in combat.
A Virtuous Warrior was born in a Savage world The Exterminador.

Jerome Hill (Super Rhythm Trax / Don't) dons his Techno hat once again for an outing on fresh new label 'Swords' and opens up with 'The Creeper', a brooding ear worm of a banger that skulks around unhinged as FM synthesis drills a hole in your eardrums with solid and moreish bass keeping things very heavy indeed. On the flip we have 'Drum War' which is just that; Sharp snare rolls puncture a heaving carcass of crunchy kicks and bass with tension riding high.Also included is a bonus Drumapella for DJs to utilise when extra snares are needed!! Lastly, the original mix of 'Plastic Jam' gets a deserved release after a more stripped back drum heavy mix appeared on the excellent Power Vacuum label last year. The original mix sees a happy melding of broken beat Techno with old skool 1992 Hardcore.Early DJ support from:
Tiga, Richy Ahmed, Bodyjack, TEED, Mano Le Tough, Ford Foster, Pangaea, G-23, Addison Groove, Dan Curtin, dOP, hrdvsion, Franklin de Costa/Mudkid, Ben Sims, Paco Osuna, Len Faki, Serge, Iron Blu, Dense & Pika, Perc, Dj Haus.

First Edition of the Evoked Potentials Series - reissue of 2009 release !

VSN 008 and DIVISION 004 both are two EP which are both part of the Noisia LP called - Split the Atom

Hard experimental techno, electro and distroted... Total weird stuff !!