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Other than thousands of hardened workers elbow to elbow, pounding sheets of metal, we're in a dead zone - an imaginary sphere extending miles in every direction, devoid of life. Volume and vibration drove away all that could sense it, with the remainder of the food chain following.

In municipal work yards thousands of men and women (panel beaters in this case) are pegged out in a grid, each allocated a 120cm square. Amenities amount to uncovered channels from each work station, feeding into larger channels which facilitate the exodus of waste, like an irrigation system in reverse. However a lone figures' tributary remains unblemished. Yard Elders claim he hasn't relinquished solid nor liquid, neither eaten, slept, or spake a single word since his presence permeated sector eight. Preposterous this claim undoubtedly is, it was only talk of his strike rate climbing to nine hits per second that pushed the Elders' credibility beyond repair.

At work in his booth, this man's worn, nub-like hammers thrash away as though their true destiny lay a foot beneath the steel. It is his rhythm alone that welcomes the dawn, and continues on to exceed the standard work-day by God knows how long. The question being: what fuel then does this man-machine require to punctuate time's passing so relentlessly

Somewhere in the sprawl an inaction sparks a pause. Metal workers exponentially drop out of the industrial orchestra, stillness rippling outwards til the whole yard rests agape. The figure everybody now beholds bears aloft a mighty hammer that with the inevitability of death, comes arcing down while impoverished lungs screech into the air "CHANCELLOR!!!"

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Varg debut EP for Semantica. Collection of recordings from tapes found hidden in the depths of the Ursviken tombs. Recorded live by Varg in Skellefte.

Dark ElectroBass by the British Bass Junkie and Dexorcist. For fans of the Electrocore sounds of Dynamix II and Jackal & Hyde.

Gnadenloser ElectroBass von den Briten Bass Junkie und Dexorcist. Für Fans der Electrocore-Sounds von Dynamix II und Jackal & Hyde.

Conceived to offer dance-floor friendly techno music, created to conceptually unite rhythm and mathematical theories, Rhythmath is back with his third release taking inspiration from the well-known mathematical Fibonacci sequence. Rhythmath #003 is set represents the audible base of the aforementioned sequence through three swinging, functional but versatile techno tracks appearing onto the usual mathematically-related artwork.

Hissman jumps on for the latest Dog In the Night installment with four rockin house cuts. Known for his previous efforts on the Hardmoon London label, here we have Hissman continuing in the great House tradition with some massive dancefloor fodder. Go direct to "Paper Moon" for a shuffling discofied house monster or check the Power of God with its big juno bassline and 808 toms. It's all here with raw House elements in tact and the djs in mind. Big cuts!

Having opened Feel My Bicep up for the first time with their previous 12' from New Zealand duo Sandboards, Bicep now welcome another new signing into the fold in the form of Brassica.
In an extension of a bond established on a Civil Music record released back in May of 2016 which saw Bicep remix 'Tears I Can't Afford' - Brassica presents his 'Time Tunnel' EP, a rich and varied 4-track record spanning Acid, Breaks and balmy House Music.
Also included in the package is an edit from The Sphinx and a remix from 'mysterious hardware fiend' Roy of the Ravers who follows up 12's on Acid Waxa and The Centrifuge with a tough, tumbling take on the title track that caps off another solid addition to the Irish dou's evolving imprint.

We warmly welcome back Kettel who makes his return to Clone/DUB records since his debut Cenny Crush 15 years ago (which was followed by the brilliant Whisper Me Wishes in 2007). After a hiatus of 3 years since his last release Kettel is releasing his new album on Clone Records. The talented musician has been busy with producing music for computer games and commercials, but is now offering a fine selection of pieces he has made in the last couple years with this full length in mind. The result is a playful, inspiring, eclectic, delicate, melodic, well-balanced and brilliantly produced album fuzzing elements of electronica, classical music, jazz and techno stirred into flawless, memorable compositions. As a 90's kid Kettel has always been inspired by the early electronica pioneers (whose names don't even need to be mentioned... everyone knows who we're talking about right), and on this album too you can hear some of the aesthetics of those late 90's productions, but adopted into Kettel's unique world of confident rhythms and melodies filled with expression. The music on this record has a lyrical quality to it and is so expertly written that it does not strictly depend on it's electronical environment: these compositions would still stand firm performed on whatever combination of instruments. Another lovely and magical release by Kettel thats spreading good vibes from the first to the last second!

* "7 Rooms" is an album that was born in the rooms of an house accompanied only by the moonlight and the union of spirit, mind and heart, which give rise to a succession of compositions by jazz nuances, neo-melodic and electro-acoustic. All this is part of an intent that little strives to bring the listener in scattered places of imagination, giving freedom of movement within their musical journey. "Hanged" electro-acoustic song by low and soft lines are linked with the mystical sound of drum, played strictly by hand. "Detonica" is a piece where rhythm of past ages are transformed into a sinuous ballad, punctuated by the crescendo of a plot that thickens as it scrolls with the inclusion of classical and electronic instruments. The fullness of this passage is immediate transportation. "Confidential Love" A song by the fresh air like a late spring afternoon, which mixes acoustic and electronic instruments for a nice chemistry between melody and absence of rhythm.

* "WoolCover", the embrace of a love of neighbor, love love, narrow; the love that you have next, love you breathe, love unfiltered, the love that homogeneous thoughts and feelings of the listener. (Voice by Anna Fabri). In "Malinchonica" sounds and melodies are more gloomy structured. "Light Pipe", a leap in a purely electronic piece with broken rhythms but softened by melodies. "Velocity" sounds scratchy, high-speed, characterized by the Drum 'n' Bass sound. A project created by the "observation" of the schizophrenic society.

DJ/Producer/Professor/Gardener... Den Hague's Overdose is the absolute shit, in our books. This is another must have record from a key figure in the West Coast's (of Holland that is) underground scene. And we didn't even mention Murder Capitol yet... DON.
DJ Overdose made his way to NYC for a long trip somewhere along 2003 or 2004. I had already been collecting his records he did with Ingmar Pauli under the Novamen moniker for some time and his solo work on Murder Capital. With delusions of granduer after hanging with Overdose through his stay in NYC I had asked him to do a record for a quickly failing hip hop imprint I was involved with. He complied, but the record was never meant to be at this time as the label went by the wayside. Eventually in 2006 we got in a van and toured the States, further solidifying an unholy union and a taste for TGIF Friday's. Fast forward to 2015 and we finally got our shit together and present the first DJ Overdose record for L.I.E.S. Overdose has already smashed this year with his Master Control release on Viewlexx and picks up right where he left off with these four tracks. Moody, dramatic, filled with basslines and insane drum programming, this record is meant to be played loud on the dancefloor. Check the curveball title track Hero's Gone Mental for maximum heads down in the cut vibes.

Franck Collin, aka Fleck E.S.C, is an Electro artist originally from France but currently living in Tokyo. Franck's earlier experience playing bass and drums in bands and his love of horror, science fiction and B-movies, naturally drove him to the Electro scene. With additional influences rooted in New Wave, Contemporary, Techno and Ambient, Fleck E.S.C tries to avoid the clichés of Electro, leaning more toward the spooky side of horror and sci-fi and the cheap retro sounds in tribute of the movies he loves. Never too serious or pretentious and always striving for fresh sounds, Fleck E.S.C's music aims to distract the body and the brain.

His 'Nice Guy EP' comprises two killer new tracks that emphasize this sound, the dappled 'What R We Waiting 4' and the ominous tones of 'Nice Guy'. Remixes of the latter come from London Modular's Pip Williams with a sweeping rendition, alongside the mighty Carl Finlow who also adds his magic touch...

2 Swinging electro techno bringing a sweet mastering and a cool pressing... And this is bloody important with sutch a music:) BIG ONE !

Miracle of Engineering is a deep slow tech driven tapestry interwoven with what seems to be an old science film. "Frankensynth Jam" seductively building section by section, phrase by phrase into an unstoppable synth force.

Cheezy and awakening acid Electribe Style...

Hollogram production is back with this new project, invating the DSP Crew in a co-production with Enfant Sage. Acid Mental sounds and XP speed threatener ^^

Electro techno... With first track from Moshe Galactik in quiet cool progression... As well is the second tune, tribal on the corner of the day... A side goes smooth while B side is bit more funky and brings basslines and decorom.... Specially the Noise Impakt track, very Noisebuilder style, boosted ! Splendid EP with a printed sleeve as usual on this rare label ! Must have !

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Tom Butcher (aka x09, Betamax, Codebase on Force Inc, Swayzak, Orbitrecords, Roam) focuses on sensual tones driven by emotion on the continuum between ambient & experimental. 3 tracks hot pink vinyl pic sleeve #d.

Privacy has released well-received records with labels like Lobster Theremin and Klasse Wrecks. Now he thinks it's a good idea to enlist with the ranks of determined weirdos over at Valcrond Video. Why The Valcrond offices are replete with alluring snacks. Cornucopia-level amounts of treats, both sweet and salty. Mr. Privacy would hang around all day eating stuff and listening to Siamese Dream with Luke until the office manager who keeps things in line was forced to ask them both to leave. A deal was struck: In exchange for a continued flow of free snacks and treats, Privacy agreed to provide these 4 tracks. In the same way Privacy is unable to resist a warm chocolate croissant, no one who plays records in public for a living will be able to resist these audio delights.

Techno maverick, Vitalic, will release his eagerly anticipated album, 'Rave Age' on October 22nd through Different Recordings. Renowned for his blistering, sought after productions, Vitalic will up the ante with an incendiary, brand new live show coming to a venue near you later this year.

Mixed by legendary production wizard, Stephane Alf Briat, known for his work with Air and Phoenix, 'Rave Age' is a ballsy, firecracker of an album that showcases not just a passion for big room, electro smashers and electronica, but a broad set of influences that stretch from punk and film soundtracks to disco and indie dance.

Showcasing a myriad of talent roped in to give this album added punch, it features the vocal efforts of Joe Reeves (Shit Disco) on 'Fade Away' and 'Next I'm Ready'. French starlets Owlle and Rebeka Warrior (Sexy Sushi) appear on 'Under Your Sun' and 'La Mort Sur Le Dancefloor'. Mickael Karkousse from Belgium electro rockers, Goose, lends his skills to 'Rave Kids Go'.

'Rave Age' looks set to be one of the standout releases of 2012 and to kick start the summer party proceedings, Vitalic is giving away a free download of the aptly titled, 'No More Sleep', a fiery taster off the album. Get your rave on.

Station Shiva Recordings launch with a 3-track EP from Estrato Aurora, one half of the Pajaro Dune project. This one's heavy on the electro and takes its influences from the early days of Chicago house and European rave culture.

Pure freshness. Pure style. Pure energy. Pure art(nalogue). . Pure DMX krew.

My Favorite Robot very much prizes quality over quantity, and so it is that they offer up their carefully chosen autumn vinyl release, namely another landmark EP from key label artist Eric Volta. Fleshing out his killer originals are remixes from Swiss star Deetron and Volta as Voltaeric.
Volta is a synth whizz who crafts cinematic, epic, emotive music for this label as well as No.19 Music. He has emerged as a real star in the last year or so and is able to marry dance floor clout with a truly cerebral sense of musical storytelling.
It's that kind of musical narrative that he offers up here to great effect with an EP which starts off with a scene-setting recording of some frightened breathing and a torturous synth line that grows unbearably loud then dissolves to a post apocalyptic hum. It's unsettling but really gets your attention before 'Until I Dissolve' drops, an absorbing brew of searching sci-fi synths, wood block hits and thick melodic gurgles. A spoken word vocal muses up top and the result is a truly dark and futuristic groove.
'Heartbeat II: Cry' is two minutes of excellently evocative sound design, pained synth lines and cosmic energy that really makes this EP feel like a story, then we have 'Deliquesce', a Vangelis like prog track rich with reflective chords and rippling melodies that really tugs at the heartstrings.
Deetron- a real house and techno specialist who has proven himself in both EP and LP format over the years- remixes this one into a more slow burning but all consuming main room track with bold drones and glassy melodies. He also offers up a beatless dub that is equally engaging as it grows ever more manic. Finally Volta remixes his own 'Until I Dissolve' into a whacked out,
synth laden techno cut that is brilliantly dark and weird. Few EPs feel like as fully realised a sound world as this. Even more impressive is that Volta never loses sight of a dance floor groove whilst telling his compelling synth based stories.

Lost spaceship Lok44 returns to its home planet, and it has been mightily upgraded with alien bass technology since dropping 'Ghetto of the Mind' and 'Derailed' on TRUST over 10 years ago. 'Bous' is a vigorous comeback, touching on lean and mean electro funk, broken house, and hypnotic outer-orbit bleeps across its four tracks. Lucky owners of 'Bous's two highly sought-after precursors will recognise common stylistic threads spanning the decades, but just as before, Lok44 prefers to veer off on tangents, sketchily exploring unknown bass music quadrants. Second release in the 'Covert Systems' series, limited quantity.

Bjarki is from Iceland. Born and raised. Despite the fact that Bjarki is known for making extremely powerful dancefloor tracks he doesn't seem to belong to any particular genre. Something this triptych of LPs demonstrate 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.
Lefhanded Fuqs Æ will be released over the coming months and represent a snapshot of his archive, selected by Nina Kraviz for Trip. The tracks were produced months ago, years ago, or in the case of the last track just a couple of weeks ago. What began with 30 tracks is now 41. The three LPs aren't albums in the traditional sense - the concept being to release the contents of his burgeoning hard drives. The music might together like an album, but Bjarki doesn't see it that way. It's essentially an archive that sounds like an album but none of the music was made with this in mind.
' (TRP007 17th June) - consisting of more ravey, sample-based music, mostly tracks that Bjarki never had any intention of releasing. But since Nina has been playing many of them in her sets, releasing them has been given new meaning. In the rave culture of the 90s, that's proved a strong influence on many of these tracks, what matters was actually being there'. There was no immediate or alternate technological way to experience it otherwise. "" B' letter in cyrillic. It's a word play. A missive for being" in the moment, being present, being aware... B is for Bjarki.

French label Zone Records deals in rugged electonic sounds and now offers up a brilliant new EP from a dance legend in the form of Neil Landstrum. He offers four cuts of typical excellent club beats that are full of wonderful weirdness.

Landstrum has been churning out essential sounds since the mid nineties on labels like Peacefrog, Tresor, Planet Mu and Rawax. He has a chaotic and energetic sound that make him a cult favourite who takes his cues from many different areas. Despite 20 years plus in the game, he is still as fresh as ever on this latest outing.

The arresting 'A Girl Is A Gun' is a fat and bouncing tune with bobbling bass, dial tone like melodies rising up though the mix and steamy female coos. It's raucous and in your face and is sure to set floors alight. Fun and freaky cut 'Silent Forces' marries nagging and serrated synths with quickened drums. It is frosty and oversized, raved up and impossible to ignore with its crisp sound design and busy arrangement.

The seductive 'Night Comforts' is more subdued than the rest, with a well swung dubgroove cut up by modulate synths and fat basslines as well as trippy sci fi sounds and robot vocals. Lastly, the brilliantly bonkers 'Live Slow Die Anyways' is a drug addled and super frazzled rack of razor edged loops, blurting bass and synthetic lines that re-wires your brain as you stomp to the beat.

Pure club music with one foot in the rave, this EP is as singular as anything Landstrum has turned out and is a sure fire winner as a result.

The next chapter in the Creme Organization Ecplise series comes from Cosmic Garden with three original tracks and one remix from Orgue Electronique. Little is known about Cosmic Garden other than he is from Southern Italy and has had two EPs out in 2016, one on HotMix and one on Cosmic Rhythm. He heads out the blocks here with 'Reptilian Treant', six minutes of lo-fi deep house that is roomy and atmospheric. Lazy synths bring soul and a gentle chatter of claps and hits helps drive it along. 'Rare Centaur' is also way below the surface but is darker and more celestial, with turbulent bass, frantic claps and angelic chords glowing like a white light at the end of a tunnel. Dutch house and electro don Orgue Electronique then remixes 'Reptilian Treant' into something that is slick and serene, with metallic lines dancing above rubbery drums as big piano chords boucle up top. It is joyous and colourful and truly majestic before final track 'Apocalyptic Moose' takes us back down into a mournful house vibe that echoes Chicago with its roughhewn analogue textures and lovestruck chords.

Electro and acid. Techno and breaks.

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Ace four-tracker.
Caves was created in the aftermath of a devastating set by DJ Stingray, and sounds like it: storming but funky, infused with the spirit of classic Detroit techno. Spacetown marries Arpanet and John Carpenter, with a saturnine melody which sticks in the mind.
Flip it for a deadly Caves remix by man-of-the-year Convextion, inimitably sci-fi but banging, and the elemental, ambient accomplishment of The Strips, consolidating the promise on show throughout.

Red Vinyl Pressing
Shipwrec is turning back the clock and paying deserved respect to a giant in dutch acid. Active in the 90s, Random XS delivered high octane, 303 drenched, techno on the trailblazing Djax-Up-Beats like few others could. "Errant" and "Truant" have been reclaimed from '97, the first seeing them team up with fellow djaxer Binaural with the latter being a collaboration with Lost Trax (of Tabernacle fame.) The emblematic TB303 is at the heart of the EP. Acid lines melt and reform behind distant bleeps for "Errant". Lush chords ebb behind scuttling hi-hats in a deep journey of subaquatic electronics. "Truant" keeps that bubbling energy, teetering on the boundary between techno and ambient the track leads the listener deeper and deeper into a sonic labyrinth. An historic EP of texture and thump.

Swedish Synthwave producer Tape Loader and canadian rapper Phatt Rok Ski team up for the
grand opening of the new old school Electrofunk and Bass Music label Ground Control.

Featured in three DJ-friendly versions on this release, the song Prime Time
is pure Electro Hip Hop power with funky beats, a fat bassline, a catchy
vintage synth melody hook and rap delivered in early 1980s style. Fresssh!

Der schwedische Synthwave-Produzent Tape Loader und der kanadische Rapper Phatt Rok Ski vereinen
sich für die Eröffnung des neuem Old School Electrofunk und Miami Bass Labels "Ground Control".

Der Song "Prime Time", hier in 3 DJ-freundlichen Versionen enthalten, ist pure Electro-Hip-Hop-Power
mit funky Beats, einer fetten Bassline, catchy Vintage-Synth Refrain-Melodie und Rap im früh-1980er Stil. Fresssh!

Bottom dwellers rising to the top a little taste of who's who in the current Brooklyn underbelly, L.I.E.S. links up with like minded misfits from the Primitive Languages crew to present a six track comp 12 exploring freeform electronics of varying shapes and tempos from brutal to beautiful club to gutter it's all here...get in or get out. Picture cover by Matthew Bellosi! No Payments Rejected!

Velocette aka Jason Williams is a much overlooked producer from the US of A...

Velocette is the nom de record of San Francisco-based ambient techno experimentalist Jason Williams. A member of noted techno producer Jonah Sharp's Reflective Records stable, Williams has released the bulk of his work through the label, including the full-length Sonorities by Starlight and a trio of singles. Wedding minimal, usually electro-derived beats with sparse, atmospheric electronics, Williams' work is as close in feel to '70s space music impressarios like Klaus Schulze and Edgar Froese as to contemporary innovators such as Sharp's Spacetime Continuum, Autechre, MLO, and Move D. Originally a cellist, Williams sold his first instrument to buy a sequencer after being introduced to electronic music through friends. His first EP, "Microcosmik," came out on Reflective in 1994, and was later featured on the celebrated Synoptics compilation. Following live performances at the German Love Parade, as well as at events in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Williams released the Clockwork EP before joining the album-length ranks with Sonorities by Starlight, which critics compared favorably with the likes of B12, Deep Space Network, and Atom Heart. Williams' work was also featured on the Headtravel CD-Plus released by Om Records -- Sean Cooper

Vinyl Only. The 4th release from Sleepers. 6 tracker EP from 62 Cell, formally released as Hi-Ryze and UBIK. David Campbell, UK based producer making electronic music of various genres since the late 1980s.

Direct connection between Napoli & Roma for this one. We welcome our favorite taliban, LKSMN. We met him casually in a club in 2014 where he deliberately played all his 45rpm records at 33rpm and the audience had literally insulting him...! For us it was became a proper mate at first sight and first listen.

KKY Burgers & Techno, Rome, Italy.

Burgeoning club label Nervous Horizon follow up label boss TSVI's recent 'Sacred Drums' EP with a new EP from Houndstooth, AUS and R&S signee, Second Storey.

'Spin Cycle', comprised of three tracks written in the same warehouse space Storey shared with TSVI and fellow NH boss, Wallwork, earlier this year, details a micro-world of new ideas that Storey manifests within a sprawling, hyper-specific web of weird and wonderful bass abstraction. It's not often you go to a viewing and your potential house-mate actively wants you to make noise with no restrictions', he says reflecting on first meeting TSVI while looking for a new place to live in London.

Energised by this new sense of creative freedom and boosted by a support network pro-vided by the extended NH crew ( Gugli (TSVI) and Tommy (Wallwork) were buzzing off these tracks when I played them'), Storey is at the top of his game across the EP.

From the fuzzy, looping programming on the title-track, written as if in a 'spin cycle', to the swinging, crunchy pressure on 'Critters' and the muffled, industrial-tech tones to 'Sludge 3D', 'Spin Cycle' plays right into the NH ethos — making music that sounds like nothing you've heard before.

Limited Blue / Clear Vinyl
Already a SOM classic "10 Million Light Years" from The Exaltics inkl. Kan3da remix was original released via Usb stick and CD in 2007. Now 10 years later its going to be re-released and remastered on amazingly looking 10" split color vinyl. Strictly limited to 300 units. No repress, be fast!!!

The cyovac machine is held together by a team of like minded artists that work to move production forward. Cryovac functions to preserve the soundcraft of thees artists into the vinyl format. Cryovac vinyl is pressed by A.Garcia at Archer Record Press in Detroit. The Cryovac operates to push music that represents the soul of its maker.

Sierra Sam and Pascal Hetzel bring the smooth techno feel of Berlin and an analog savvy to fist side of cryovac #14. They combine for two minimal machine soul bangers that zone your mind and move your body. Spam Burrito is the creation of A.Garcia and Kieth Kemp. This combination rocks out choice wavs that have been tweeked to perfection under the rising and falling of effects. Dave Powers choses the low key emotional path of ever an evolving synth moving an intelligent knock. The 14th edition of Cryovac is a must hear.