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Dyad carry the flame for the dancefloor-centric sound of warehouses and big rooms worldwide. In their first outing for DBA they offer two options for the discerning techno selector, one uplifting and rip-roaring, the other dark and brooding.

Dyad is a collaborative music project and label by Ben Gibson and Fundamental Interaction, launched in 2014. Their first trilogy of EPs showcased a muscular and melodic sound, with tracks like From Another Place, Enclosed and Zou receiving strong support from a host of highly regarded DJs.

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New 12 by highly regarded DJ Nervoso. From Principe -

"We can't stress enough the importance of finally releasing an EP by scene originator DJ Nervoso. This release features newer tracks alongside unreleased older (we should really say Classic) ones, demonstrating the level of perfection he attained early on. Nervoso is the main reason why DJ Marfox, DJ Firmeza and many others started deejaying and producing, hooked on his fiery DJ sets since they were barely in their teens, around 2001-2002.

He is well known for a bare bones approach to rhythm, working the basic hypnotic feel of pounding drums to mesmerizing effect, in his permanent quest to make people move. His sound is meant to unite, not divide, the dance floor. Even before he started producing, Nervoso was quick to perceive that some people were alienated in parties where Angolan kuduro got played, for the simple reason they didn't command the specific moves associated with the style or its variations. So his production focused on adapting the beats of this much-loved dance music, changing the codes for a more inclusive experience. Some call it techno"

Gentlemen, this is a leap year, therefore it is a year and a day since our last annual meeting.' - The Hell Club, Glasgow.

Helena Hauff - Lovely stuff! Really like the first song, beautiful!

Given the underground acclaim heaped on Marie Davidson's previous albums - ultra-stylish affairs that blend elements of minimal wave, dark Italo-disco, off-kilter electro and moody ambient - it's little surprise to see her popping up on Minimal Wave offshoot Cititrax. The album's nine tracks are largely sharp, rough and fuzzy, with sparse-but-dense drum machines rhythms underpinning bouncy, delay-laden synth lines, thrusting electronics and Davidson's sleazy, spoken word vocals. It's an attractive combination that guarantees thrills throughout, from the almost claustrophobic throb of "Denial", to the mutant electrofunk bounce of "Good Vibes".

Ovatow drops 3 extremely deep journeys into the fog of endless re-verb and delay applications. 'Flame' and 'A Thought' are 2 electro-techno tracks that are both build on randomly step-sequenced square bass lines, raiser sharp snares and dubbed out melodies drowned in layers of breathing dusty tape delays. 'Visitation Dub III' is a different version of an Ovatow track, earlier released as part of the 'Viewpoints Chapter One' compilation, but this time stripped down to the core bass line, reminiscing BC's 'Presence'. The release is dedicated to the loss of South Rotterdam based DJ Juvenile Jay who played an important roll in the early DJ career of Frustrated Funk's head honcho Klen, the man behind the Ovatow moniker. Very much recommended!

When the duo Skudge started out in late 2009 with their first release on Alphahouse, followed by a string of underground hits on their own label Skudge Records, little did they know that they would be in the forefront of the Stockholm sound of the dawning 2010's. First Edition Limited to 500 Copies
The complex rhythm textures combined by a echoing audial lightness that still runs unparalleled, paired with sub intense quick basslines and swirling percussion has been the trademark. This updated take on the techno and house crossover of today got appreciated and caught the attention of a full spectrum of artists.

With a tight release schedule, 2010 alone saw 6 releases from the Skudge hub. Culminating in 2011 with the release of 'Phantom', the full length album release on the home imprint, followed by the sub labels that releases other artists as well.
Five years from that era, Skudge has reshaped into the solo work from one of the original artists. This change of production and artistry launches into the crates with the release of the limited full length 'Balancing Point' LP.

During this time, the sound has shifted into new territory, where the entire A-side acts as the beginning of this grooving whirlpool of a record: quick and immense.
The UK influences that was formed in the 90's, gets picked up and infused through the B-side, ending off in a almost orchestral piece.

The delicate subtleness of the second 12' showcases a familiar coming-of-light type of style that we so much appreciate, firmly ending the long player and leave us sure of the future.

Following a superb contribution to DVS1's Mistress imprint in 2015, Minneapolis' DJ, producer and promoter Mike Gervais drops the four track 'Precision Process' EP for Ben Sims' Symbolism imprint.

An integral part of Minneapolis' small but vocal techno scene via his System parties and label, Gervais is steadily breaking out and 'Precision Process' will certainly
aid his cause.

From the tunnelling, rave tinged machine funk of 'Precision Process' and 'Power and Pressure' through to the fever-dream hypnotics of 'Deep Breath' and 'Motion',
the latest EP makes for a memorable take on classic techno elements.

Meet Renart, genius, young and mysterious french techno producers, largely noticed over the last few years for his carefully crafted releases on French labels such as Cracki Records, Dawn Records and the Acid Arab Compilation. For his 4th EP, Renart produced four house tinted techno tracks for the launch of the Hong Kong based house + techno label "Fragrant Harbour".

REPRESSED !!
Contort Yourself has once again gathered the best and boldest from past and present for its fourth EP. To begin with we have the grimacing visage of Volition Immanent, an intense live act made up of Parrish Smith and Mark Van de Maat (Knekelhuis). Behind rawkish distortion, splintered beats and acrid bars screams a boiled anger; a track spitting on the divides of punk and electronics. Nastiness is taken up a notch as noise ne'er-do-wells Zombies Under Stress take over. Static is bent and doubled across thick chords and collapsed clap in the 1986 "Maan Zal Zijn" before the raw and raging battery of "In Onze Tijd." L.I.E.S. regular Svengalisghost grapples with "Maan Zal Zijn, channelling the original's rage into a mechanical monster. The 12" is bookended with bite as Mark Forshaw (Tabernacle/Berceuse Heroique) closes with the tortured and torrential thump of "Submission." A callous, caustic and fervently cruel EP.

Mysterious, super-advanced, future classic white label that has been causing a bit of stir amongst the heads.... very limited, get it while you can !

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This is the second vinyl for the Spanish label that is connected to Discos Paradiso Record Shop. Agony Forces (Lycaon) express their experience better than ever. They are growing more and more. Very high quality of modern techno. One of the two remixes is signed by an artist who doesn't need any introduction: Ness. His style is unmistakable. The surprise is the other remix signed by Dark Vektor, pure electro that we don't hear much of these days.

The second offering on HCS from the mighty Rotterdam based duo. Again Duplex drop bombs with their signature state of the art inner city techno. Clearly playing with their love for the motorcity but always pushing the boundaries of what we like to call harbour city soul. 3 tracks ranging from beautiful deep electro to floor killing techno tracks

Memento welcomes Orbe for his 31st release: a 3 tracks ep, Hubble Space Telescope'.
The title track is a a dancefloor banger with some crazy arpeggios, modular stuff!!
The second track Nu Deep' is a perfect dubby warm up tune, and the last one The Afrofuturist Detroit's Myth' is definitely the tunnel u need!

To coincide with the full remix album's unveiling on CD, the exquisite reworkings of 'All I Think About Is Death' and 'Why You Feel So Low', by techno heavyweights Radio Slave and Function respectively, have been singled out for release on vinyl.

The former bears all the hypnotic hallmarks of a Radio Slave classic: incrementally menacing percussive lines woven with the heart- wrenching vocal chants of the original over an epic 12 minutes. At once understated and emphatic, the tenor is deepened in the extreme on an ambient 'Atmos' version.

Berghain resident, Function, on the other hand treats Claustrophobia's flagship 'Why You Feel So Low' with a delicate touch: he retains the buoyant hook of the original, underlying it with a thunderous, reverberating bassline, handclaps for days, and a beat tailor-made for only the biggest and brightest sound systems.

One of two very limited samplers of the Datafunk 2.0 project. Due to the project being considerably delayed a couple of artists pulled their tracks so Abstract Forms has decided to split the remainder of the project into two 12" samplers instead. 150 copies of each.

J Tijn makes a welcome return to the Cassette Library for his second EP on WNCL Recordings. Once again, the boy wonder explores musical worlds outside of his perceived comfort zone ("HEHF"), gets his bleep on ("Fat Controller") whilst ensuring the die-hard raving crew are kept happy ("Malaria"). To round things off, we're also treated to the next installment in the beat-heavy Decimated series ("Decimated #8').

Killer deep space electro techno on Solar One Music!!! Feeling inspired by the journey into space, SolarOneMusic has been working hard to create their own Hubble Telescope Series, which captures the feeling of space exploration through different experimental dance-floor tracks. As a homage to the Hubble Telescope and all the great scientists and engineers at the NASA and ESA and each part of the series comes with a cover print picture taken by the Hubble Telescope. The series consists of 3 releases featuring E.R.P., Heinrich Mueller, Rudolph Klorzeiger, The Exaltics, Robert Heise, Crotaphytus and Luxus Varta. Featured for the first part of the series, is the talented artist Emeric Di Paolo aka Luxus Varta including a stellar collab with Paris the Black FU!!! A superb spacey, atmospheric sound bed with a incomparable, hypnotic voice from Paris The Black FU. "Kuft" the first track of this release sounds like a space trip to another galaxy with his pulsating bassline and drexciyan soundscapes. "Ieloh" has a super warm melody with contrasting futuristic cracking sounds. Breigs is a twinkling sound bombardment with a mysterious voice inside. The last track called "Voxpol" completes the release with an agile, jolting texture, an alien-like conversation. Don't miss this journey into the deep space.

Interstate 87 presents an experimental trilogy of swirling textures, crunchy glitches, and mysterious synth lines. From the introspective, wandering melodies of the title track, to the cold, expansive chords in Islay, and finally, the uplifting drone of Truckers, Interstate 87 is a meditative journey through a dynamic and nuanced sonic palette.

BBC Radio support from Benji B, Huw Stephens, B Traits, Mary Anne Hobbs.

Initial DJ support from: Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, Joy Orbison, Blawan, Pariah, Objekt, Call Super, Midland, Kowton, Peverelist, Tessela, Martyn, Luke Slater, Hodge, Anthony Parasole, Mosca, A Made Up Sound, etc.

At time of writing reviews confirmed with: Crack, FACT, XLR8R, DJ Mag, The Wire, Electronic Sound, Future Music, Electronic Beats...

Features/premiers - Boiler Room, Mixmag, Red Bull, The Quietus.

Hessle Audio present the debut full-length album from label co-founder Kevin McAuley, aka Pangaea. In Drum Play's ten tracks cut deep into stripped-back techno structures, yet remain infused with the ravey intensity and rogue experimentalism that has placed his work among both the strangest and most banging dance music to emerge from the UK in the last decade.

Since his debut 12" in 2007, Pangaea's music has existed in a continual state of metamorphosis. From the ghostly flex of his early singles into the rhythmic vortices of his self-released Hadal EPs, and now the mesmerising dance of In Drum Play, it's evolved into a freewheeling strain of ruffneck techno - one ear jacked into sound system culture, the other in the stomping nocturnal psychedelia of UK pioneers such as Surgeon. His DJ sets have developed in parallel, becoming fast-paced acrobatic voyages at the interface of loopy techno and more exploratory UK styles, an aesthetic captured on his 2014 mix for the Fabriclive CD series.

As its title suggests, In Drum Play is a product of that feedback loop between the studio and the club. The devilishly funky intensity of tracks like 'Rotor Soap', 'More Is More To Burn' and 'DNS' emerged froma desire to write music that mirrored the late night dancefloor environments that McAuley has been DJing within. Crafted around sharpened motifs that burrow simultaneously into mind and body, they rank among his headiest and most forceful music to date.

Yet these tracks remain alive with the subtle diversions and shifts in mood that have always made his music so distinctive. The snakelocked metal drums and glowing melodies of 'Skips Desk', 'Bulb In Zinc' and 'One By One' are pure volatile energy, their bubbling percussive momentum building on killer earlier Pangaea cuts like 'Hex' and 'Viaduct'. Elsewhere, the record drifts off into increasingly dream-like zones, 'Lofty Can' and the pirouetting flute melodies of highlight 'Send It In' slow the tempo to a simmering steppers' groove, creating beautifully tangled musical puzzle boxes that, as with the blissed-out ambience of 'Scaled Wing', equally recall the roaming sensibilities of Amber-era Autechre and contemporaries like Lee Gamble. Just as intrinsic to Pangaea's aesthetic as his body-shock dancefloor tracks, these form the vital connective tissue of a record that's focused and immediate, yet just as compositionally subtle as ever: a fitting debut album from a producer and DJ who has now been releasing unpredictable and exploratory dance music for almost a decade.

"To turn people's heads you have to make a bit of an effort to do something different. But maybe there's another part of me that just
wishes I could make club bangers and just put it out there..." Spatial, 2013

By now we know the Exaltics stand for high quality advanced deep space electro techno after their great trilogy on Clone records and most recently their great retrospective album "The Truth 2008 - 2013"on their own Solar One Music. As a follow up on that album they invited an impressive line up of remixers to work on some of their album tracks! E.R.P. , Gosub, Dopplereffekt, Objekt, and Ultradyne: these heavyweights and legendary artists have written some of the most important pages of the electro / techno History. A dream come true for the Exaltics and a heavy weight and highly desirable collection of electro techno on Solar One Music! Highly Recommended!

Ear Rot proudly presents 'Royal Beluga' by Mister Woo.
An electric psychedelic rollercoaster ride that tickles the corners of your mind that other noises just don't reach.
Three high-energy head spinners from Mister Woo and a tough, unapologetic rework of 'Tea Moth' from Susst - four tracks straight from the gut.

Oscar Mulero is a one-man techno institution. After his first release on Token in 2008, Mulero teamed up with Christian Wünsch for two ep's as Spherical Coordinates.Now he's back with a new solo 4-track contribution.

Operating out of Madrid since the late 1980s, his productions reflect his deep understanding of techno through his tireless and disciplined work behind the decks. After his first release on Token in 2008, the ferocious Take Seven EP, Mulero teamed up with the comparably-accomplished Christian Wünsch for two more Token releases as Spherical Coordinates, sophisticated offerings of refined big room and bleep tracks.

Now he's back with another solo 4-track contribution that feels like classic Mulero. Hyperbolic Paths is simultaneously deep and bleepy, accented by hi-hats in syncopation. The tom-heavy Suborbital Trajectories carries a serious groove, layered with lively melodic elements and an occasional unexpected statement cymbal crash. A haunting and hypnotic number, Inclination swells and increases in intensity, rolling on after its breakdown with a playful kick-clap interaction. Eccentricity is a spacious, dubby closing track with reverb-soaked ornamental splashes.

5th release on TH Tar Hallow by Rhyw, the new solo project of Alex Tsiridis (one half of Cassegrain) in minimum control mode here.

Acid and wave influenced techno on Minimal Wave sublabel Cititrax. Played by Ron Morelli & Traxx (destroyed and mangled not just played more like) amongst others. TIP!
An-i is the latest musical moniker for Berlin based former New Yorker Doug Lee. Doug has been DJing and producing records for the last decade under various aliases and collaborations. The Cititrax EP Kino-i will be the debut release and home for An-i, a showcase of his love affair with machines. It fronts a hard hitting sound beyond category, moving from techno to jack to punk and to noise. It suggests an anything goes attitude perhaps dictated
more by the will of machines themselves then any author.

Best known for providing spoken word for CARLOS NILMMNS, on "HYPERTHERION", Chicago's GALACTICRON aka KETER DARKER provides almost 2 hours of warped beats and hardware-based dystopian sound paintings. Limited edition of 100 cassettes on VOID PULSE SYSTEMS for Cassette Store Day 2016.

finally repressed

Illektrolab has been missing in action for seven years. An electro machine, this Satamile alumni went rogue; ducking under the radar in 2007. Now found he's ready to return to the front line. Four weapons make up Illahertz. Clipped beats break and reform, basslines bubble and bulge as computer funk is lanced by pared steel. Drums race in eerie future wastelands, fizzing static and samples circling before acid rains down. Future and past influences sharpened into dangerous electro blades by a prodigal son.

Dan Davies aka Ossia is a mainstay of the Bristol scene. He runs labels like Fuck Punk, No Corner and Peng Sound, and he's a member of Young Echo. His Blackest Ever Black debut triumphantly grafted the industrial experimentalism of Richard H Kirk onto West Country bass culture. This, his second Berceuse Heroique, goes deepest yet; pithier but more widescreen, with fresh touches of jungle and bashment to its dread spirituality. The dubs in particular are a bleak treat.
Spiffily presented 180g vinyl, with a natty poster designed by Alex Digard, from the Tape Echo crew.

Classic 80s Miami Bass Vocoder Electro party jam in the style of the World Class Crew or Egyptian Lover. Taken from the Turbo movie soundtrack.

Berlin resident Anastasia Vtorova aka Machine Woman follows up her 'For Sweden' 12' on Peder Mannerfelt with two new cuts for Where To Now Records, accompanied by an expansive and sprawling remix from Kassem Mosse.

Machine Woman is beginning to cement herself as a rather unique figure in the world of Techno. Her music is undoubtedly brutalist, functional, industrial, and stripped back for the most basic of heads down body movement, but there's a persistent seductive, soulful, and human element to her work which is in a state of constant interplay with this idea of the 'Machine Woman' - an approach which is undoubtedly inspired by the pioneers of man vs. machine music - Kraftwerk.

'Genau House' opens with the 11 minute 'I can mend your broken heart'. Shuffling percussion struts alongside a myriad of synthesized melodies and the sound of data processing. For Anastasia the track is inspired by unsuccessful Tinder dates, and the yearning lyrical content of the tracks certainly laments the implications of this perhaps often mechanical and rigid love seeking world against an honest and seeking heart - A Machine Music space to explore the increasingly common impact of disposable Computer Love colliding head on with a legitimate longing and want for lasting human connection.

'Friday Night' encompasses a similar vocal mantra but here the focus is not so much on the intricacies of the human heart, but rather the seduction, enthrallment, and sometimes unfortunate exclusivity inherent in sectors of the Berlin nightlife. Undoubtedly a track aimed towards the pitch-black nightclub 'Friday Night' is stricter in its intention, with less space for romanticism. An unrelenting Techno thud grinds with the mechanical shifting of gears and movement to create the desired hypnotic state whilst Anastasia's heavily treated vocals plume the melody into even darker recesses of the dancefloor.

Kassem Mosse makes an appearance to close the record with his own incredible interpretation of 'I can mend your broken heart'. To call this a remix is a discredit to Kassem's ability to completely transform a work into his own whilst staying respectful to the original artists intention. Much like his interpretation of Simone White's 'Flowers in May' (Honest Jons, 2015) Kassem takes the vocal line of the original and sets it against a deep, sprawling, immersive soundscape of his own. Over it's 10+ minutes a Deepchord style dubwise basin of echo and melody lingers behind the deepest Trip-Hop style palette of slow, churning, and intricately evolving percussion.


Machine Woman draws upon her foundations in '90s Leningrad and the hardest edge of her new home city's industrial scene to forge a raw, buzzing, and brutalist style working on the cusp of dance functionality and avant-garde, tonal exploration. - Boomkat.'

Salty swirling posse jams.