Techno News

Tallinn-based Firejosé returns on black wax with his "Otsata Tee" EP for aina lomalla. Surfing the needle through deep muddy grooves this 12" platter expresses the perpetual motion of the beat and builds up like a tracksuit discotheque. Raw rhythmical voyages at their best:

The wait is over, RMD debuts in Analogical Force. Self-control, calmness, composure, serenity, self-possession, imperturbability, placidness. Only for the real heads!

For his third release on LARJ, Davis from São Paulo dusts off his TR-808, Juno, MS-20, and gets firmly into his musical stride for six electroid tracks full of pumping bass drums, snappy snares and bleepy synth-riffs. Conjuring that signature new school vibe with a true vintage touch, every track pulls its weight with bubbling basslines and/or funky synths. Davis surely hits on the motifs and distinctive dynamics for which LARJ can always be trusted upon.

Davis Genuino, who has already played a few times on the wooden dancefloor with the likes of Âme DJ and Oliver Hafenbauer, is a founding member of the ODD queer warehouse-party collective and a central figure to São Paulo’s new school House and Techno scene.

This is Giles Armstrong's debut EP, so we'll leave it to the man himself: "I've been dicking around the scene in some shape or form for the past twenty years or so. DJing, promoting, dancing (you needed to have been there) eetc. but a couple of years ago I decided do the one thing that was missing from that list. To try make what the whole shebang is meant to be about, music. The thought of making tunes had crossed my mind down through the years but I was always too scared to start or never had the time. There was always a excuse handy, always. Then one Mayday I 'finally' decided, what have I got to lose but where the hell do I start! All those years being around so many great producers and having a relatively good understanding of the music that I loved should make starting a bit easier. How wrong was I I really hadn't the foggiest! I always thought a clip was something that I used to put in my daughters hair, a scene was something that was in a movie...I could go on. After many hours/days/weeks of threatening to throw my newly assembled studio out the window much to the delight of my wife, kids and dog. I slowly started to get somewhere and discovered that the whole music making process can be one of the most rewarding and fun things that I have ever done. I am so happy that I decided to die trying rather than not have tried at all. So here I am nearly two years later with a promo copy of my first release. A four track EP of all my own music on an actually vinyl record! If anyone had said to me that this would happen when I started - I would be still be laughing now. It might not be the greatest record ever made (it's not) but I am very proud of what I've achieved and if I never make another record again so be it. That box has now been well and truly ticked..."

HIEROGLYPHIC BEING has materialized with the limited & stamped "A SYNTHETIC LOVE LIFE VOL 1" created a decade ago to cassette & sonically presented to higher plane listeners. Volume 1 of 9 for MATHEMATICS PLUS.

Jan Bertil Svensson: co-founder of the legendary Börft Records, member of arch techno-primitivists Frak, the man responsible for Villa Abo and all-round underground don active in the field of machine music since 1987!

Whilst Jan's output will always conjure comparisons to Techno with a capital T, he has (and continues to) plough a singular and peculiar path in the realm of electronic music. For the Glasgow-based Full Dose, he presents his first ever solo 12' under the name of J.B.S: a four tracker of sluggish, minimal funk that bears the hallmarks of his most classic work as Villa Abo, and adds dashes of the brutal grit that his Studio SS project is infamous for. If there's any sort of recurring theme in Svensson's work, it's playfulness and humour, a particular Scandinavian form of sonic banter that cuts right through the po-faced, black-clad heteronomy of much of today's electronic landscape. The music on this record, with it's odd blend of stripped-back synth pop and brutish dungeon funk evokes exactly that: a body of work that doesn't even seem capable of taking itself too seriously, yet evades anything resembling a recognisable piss take. After all, nobody said that humour and credibility in music had to be mutually exclusive, and J.B.S is a master at weaving the two together at will.

In a world where dance music is often subjected to ludicrous conceptual analysis, sometimes the combined effect of hot circuitry, sincerity, vivaciousness and an anomalous attitude are the only thing for it. But then again, this is not just dance music either...

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

Pudel Produkte 33 is like a time machine back to homely MFOC ages when Rephlex' very own IG-88 used to be a resident at this very Hamburg club and MFOC-promoter Raf jokingly insulted Richard D. James (with the Aphex Twin standing right behind him, mind you). Blessed times indeed, which quad-ratschulz perfectly emulates with his exquisitely constructed aural body made of braindancing melan-cholodies and thrilling electro boogie. Ralf & Florian meet AFX in an elevator and do have some sto-ries to share. An EP so good you are asking yourself if the upcoming Remix EP can top that (hint: it can). Meanwhile, the dancefloor dictator issues a strict buying order! (Superdefekt)

Blind Delon is back! This time, we are welcome in the Chapel among the "People of God" for their tenebrous prayer. Synthwave is taking a devilish turn for this release, carried by two electro-rave remixes from Maelstrom & Umwelt.

The EP is comes in a full color sleeve.

A must-have in every vinyl store and haunted mansion!

Kareem El Morr debuts on Molten Moods with a floating four tracked 12". The Munich mainstay, who is known through his releases on Ilian Tape and RFR draws his influence from electro, electronica, trance and IDM. Kareem`s melodic and detailed touch takes the blend to the next level. Catchy, exciting and versatile - "Wasteland Breaks" ticks all the boxes of an impressive first solo platter. The vinyl comes with a fancy hologram sticker. Mastered by Ten Eight Seven Mastering. Artwork by Nika Andelic and Paul Bernhard.

If we could describe LUZ1E's music with one word, it would certainly be "eclectic". Having drawn influence from her brother's collection of Chicago and New York House, the Frankfurt-born producer has learnt to manifest her learnings into a fresh take on the seminal sound. Following her success on labels such as Lobster Theremin, Shall Not Fade, Goddess Music, we are very excited to present her four track EP for VOITAX - Radical Optimism. The opener "Transition" lays down LUZ1E's law, featuring headstrong drum work, matched with equally menacing bass arpeggios. If the theme of apocalypticism wasn't obvious enough from the opening track's looming pads, it will become apparent with "Electronic Warfare". Served up on electro's trustworthy chassis, we watch the distorted arpeggios unfold as the tension of the pads guide us to an dystopian finale. On the flip, the title track "Radical Optimism" uses shrill pad pressure to break the track's dreamy opening sequence - as the modulating bass provides plenty of frequencies for the dance floor. The closing track, "Emotional Intelligence" provides a candid looking glass into the producer's musical influences. LUZ1E's knack for emotive pads furnish the track's uplifting structure with class, as breaks and bass deliver us to a tender climax.

Recorded live on Twitch during quarantine in the last days of April 2020, this mini album captures the essence of Boys Noize‘s streamed analogue sessions. Raw and unfiltered transmissions brought to you straight from the BVNKER.

Matt gets back to his off-key best, serving up four portions of contorted, oblique techno designed to cause mayhem on the more discerning dance floors. Limited to 100 hand numbered copies with screen printed cover. No repress!

TRUST returns with four cutting-edge transmissions by Versalife (aka Delsin's Conforce). Classic and experimental electro meet high-impact techno ('Recirculator') for a hefty dose of panglossian optimism. Don't miss.

Optimistic, whimsical broken funk experiments, from Wo Land impresario Mass Prod. Held together with a distorted metallic sensibility.

"Earquake could not be a more representative album for Mass Prod, following his debut album 'Aqwa' on Further Records and his remix for Lukid on Werkdiscs.

'Sqweltch' opens with a robust breakbeat marching over waves of metallic hisses. It forecasts the menacing sonic depths touched on throughout the album.
The rigid post-industrial aesthetic of the first track turns playful with 'Membrane', characterized by funk samples and a roaring synth line.
In 'Loculo' the dramatic intensification of feelings and the main theme are reminiscent of a John Carpenter-like urban set.
'Cimice' sets the scene of a warfare between a two-step rhythm and percussive gun-shots, both overseen by IDM style synth harmonics.
'Spazio Taglio' moves further into the field of concrète / experimentation. The delays and echo effects on the articulated drum patterns provide an hypnotic, yet bewildering perception to the listener.
The electronic warfare of 'Cimice' comes back on 'Lupi', a stream of beats and frequencies chased by Atari / early Rave melodies, before getting lost in a universe of data.
'Perdido Key' sweetens things up, lifting the listener to a heavenly state. Renaissance musical themes take over, leaving the stretched up hats as a mere background accompaniment.
'Innerarity Island' is an irresistible futuristic afro-funk composition, charming, sensual, as stimulating as virtual sex can go.
The closing track, 'Sam it`s a Cool Spider', returns to a rarefied, abstract setting, again dipping into the harmonics of metallic sound frequencies, perfectly interacting with the distant reflections of the previous Renaissance motifs."

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2x12" 180g Black Vinyl

Pivotal UK producer Kirk Degiorgio returns to De:tuned for his first new and highly anticipated As One studio album in 15 years. "Communion" covers a broad sonic palette, ranging from jazz and hi-tech funk dancefloor beats to minor-chord symphonies, all coming together "As One". A trademark 90s electronica sound shifting between the mind, body and soul, produced and recorded with Kirk's 25 years of studio work experience.

Kevin Foakes (Openmind, DJ Food, Ninja Tune) created all the graphic work. Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Mastering, pressed on 180 gr vinyl and a separate digital version will be available from the usual digital shops. Stay tuned!

R&S welcome electronic composer Matthew Puffett AKA Future Beat Alliance with his killer single ’Never Forever’ a sublime slice of broken beat techno that originally had a limited release on his “Patience and Distance” album in 2009. It now comes backed with a first rate remix courtesy of R&S regular Afriqua.

A veteran of the UK electronic scene originally from Oxford but now located in Berlin, Puffett made his name in the late 90s with a string of sought after releases on Void Records under the aliases Mode-M and Soul Electrik before settling on the Future Beat Alliance handle. Notching up releases with the likes of Delsin, Rush Hour and Versatile as well as with the storied Tresor imprint, both as a DJ and an artist. In 2019 Matt started his new imprint Reward System to self release new creations.

Life long friend from Oxford, Mo’ Wax and Unkle maestro James Lavelle reached out in 2012, which led to a further creative chapter in Puffett`s story that culminated with him co-writing & programming on Unkle’s 5th studio album ’The Road Part 1’ as well as some singular work in film and television. “The moving image plays a key creative motive in my process,” Matthew explains. “Sound & picture married together is such a powerful combination that always inspires me every time to make my own version, 'Never Forever' is one of my many attempts to try and
capture that.”

Taking cues from modern cinema masters like Denis Villeneuve, Panos Cosmatos, Steven Soderberg and Jonathon Glazer and their respective composers, Puffett's widescreen sonic craftsmanship alongside his irresistible rhythmic sense are a key part of what makes Future Beat Alliance music so alluring; "I want my tracks to guide the listener on a exit route far from this world”

Repress!

After a series of sonic happenings at London's The Lion & Lamb in 2018, Bobby Pleasure's Pleasure Club now sends its first signals out into the observable universe.

For his first solo release N-Gynn serves up a 4 track EP spanning spacey house, techno and electro. Hardware hallucinations fused with machine mysticism to produce interstellar introspection. A collection of recordings that are at once entirely familiar whilst also completely alien.

A voyage through time and space via the medium of vibrational frequency...

For dancers & prancers

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