Techno News

Irish lads Ian Mc Donnell and Dara Smith have been recording for some time as Lakker with a number of releases for the likes Lazybird, Alphabet set, Acroplane and most notably Killekill. Here we proudly present their first Blueprint record in the form of the Arc E.P.

A superb mix of bass driven techno and electronica across the four tracks here but the office fave has to be A2's super-shuffling piano track 'Ed'
which reminds very much of mid-period Anthony 'Shake' Shakir material from days long gone...

Including Kassem Mosse, BNJMN and Downliners Sekt Remixes!!

RAMP is very proud to present the first release on the label from new signing, Cupp Cave.
Following a series of astounding releases on labels like Thin Consolidation & Vlek, our interest for Cupp Cave peaked when his 'Dice Pool' EP hit the shops late last year - we excitedly jumped straight on a plane to Belgium to sign the young beatmaker. His debut for RAMP comes in the shape of 'Retina Waves' - a mini album not conforming to any genres or parameters. Part hip hop. Part house. Part brash and colourful. Part ghostly and distrait.

Other Heights return to its split format to present spacy techno works from Huerco S. and Lenta. Huerco S. and Lenta Who Precisely. Even more so with its White Label series, theres no agenda with Other Heights than to deliver fine, ethereal electronic music. To assiduously navigate the infinite pool of net-published material, stumbling upon delicious exotic gems regardless of categorical boxes like genre or scene to press in micro-runs and drop capriciously into the hands of like-minded aural adventurers. What is it that you seek, sonic traveller To be led into those eyes-closed moments, to bask in sheets of dopamine-inducing chords To become lost in the pulse, hypnotised by intoxicating rhythms and tiers of gently undulating timbres For the time being, your search is over. Huerco S. is from Kansas City, USA Lenta, from Russia. And Other Heights White Label 009 is their record.

A cool limited white label release with tight stripped down hypnotic tracks from Eduardo de la Calle on this new label from east germany. Nordic coolnes combined with a warm spanish latino spirit! Uncompromosing 250 copies edition that will find its way to the specialists!

No comment is a platform focused on sharing channeled auditive and synaesthetic/ multi sensory perceptions. The concept was conceived to help the energy levels rise towards the transcendence of spacetime, entering the multiverse. limited clear vinyl pressing

The eagerly awaited, second installment of Vakula's Ukrainian-based Leleka imprint. Four very different tracks each with his unique, trademark afro-cosmic-slavic-dub style. Very special two-tone 180 gram vinyl, hand stamped and limited to 500 copies for the world. Act fast!

The talented producer from Nijmegen proves himself yet again at the forefront of spaced out and hypnotic electronic dance music. And the king of all that's dub, Brendon Moeller, delivers a mental rework under his Echologist monniker.
early support from ame, axek boman, vince watson...

Following his debut EP for All Caps at the end of last year, Idle Hands is proud to present Alex Coulton's next outing on wax. Both tracks are tough and low house rollers: all swollen basslines and driving percussion. Support so far from Pinch and Addison Groove.

Four track instrumental EP from LA producer Devonwho. Sun-drenched synths and G-funk vibes are the order of the day here; 'Strangebrew' and 'Sleet' zip along with their low-slung bass and melodic purple keys while on the flip 'Cactus' takes the pace down a bit. Slow jamz with a fast feel, these three rolling 4/4 workouts are rounded off with a fresh rework of the title track from fellow West Coast funakateer B Bravo (Frite Nite, Brownswood). Comes in picture sleeve with free download code.

Expect to get lured into the Purple Maze with this third release by the Dutch imprint, once again by mysterious producer Yør with his 'Modern Slaves Of Contemporary Contexts EP'.
Expect to get lured into the Purple Maze with this third release by the Dutch imprint, once again by mysterious producer Yør with his 'Modern Slaves Of Contemporary Contexts EP'. Again it will be a shadowy and esoteric dancefloor experience like few others.

The EP starts with 'ABCM', a dystopian landscape of buzzing machines, ticking percussion and raw drums that builds and builds until eventually coalescing into a foreboding and roughshod house groove. The sound of circling space ships, dangling glass tubes and other odd effects flesh out the groove into something really quite intense.

'Dystopia' continues in Yør's tradition of contrary titles, because it's in fact a soothing cut doused in ambiance that relaxes you after the agro ride that went before. There are some bumpy beats underneath the whole thing but the large spaces above are what mostly occupy your mind, before 'Fear And Desire' comes over like a deep, spare Redshape cut: searching synths, a fine grain texture and plenty of disheveled Detroit vibes.

Closer 'Phaedra's Love' is a scuffed deep house kicker with delicate tambourines, somber buried melodies and a only the faintest sense of optimism muffled in its concealed core... Modern Slaves Of Contemporary Contexts, then, is another great EP from an unordinary sonic world.

strictly limited 12" with a pumpin' Samuel L Session rmx for Roberto's "Land Of The Midngiht Sun", Joachim Spieth, Deepchild, Truncate & Chemie!

tunes approved by
Gregor Tresher (Break New Soil)
Great SLS rmx, will play!
Jonas Kopp (Curle)
Truncate!!!
The Advent (Kombination Research/Labyrinth)
Samuel remix
Kyle Geiger Drumcode
Loving the Joachim Spieth remix!
DVS1 (Klockworks, Transmat, HUSH)
1,thank yoU!
Gary Beck
nice feeling in joachims mix
Pär Grindvik (Par Grindvik)
will play samuels rework, thanks
Dimi Angelis (Smallville, Figure)
truncate!
Alland Byallo (Nightlight Music)
Massive SLS remix and properly nasty
Paul Daily (DJ Times)
SLS is ALWAYS on point....that man can do no wrong for me. Brilliant Remix.
Nick Harris (NRK)
I like the twisted dark vibes of Joachim's remix

Kondens is collaboration between Swedish electronic music veterans Andreas Tilliander aka Mokira and Stefan Thor aka Folie. The sound is a hybrid of techy dubstep with a twist and banging dub-influenced techno. Pure peak time bliss without losing the love for dub and tape delays. The vinyl debut, First Cut EP, was a success. The Second Coming in now here including a breathtakingly beautiful Substance remix.

Rückverzauberung 6 (re-bewitchment) is an extraordinary Ambient release by Wolfgang Voigt.

1x each customer !

Third release by Dwig on Giegling presenting three more subtile yet groovy house trackers, slightly melancholic with forgotten jazzy samples floating along as the days go by... Very nice again!

Third release by Dwig on Giegling presenting three more subtile yet groovy house trackers, slightly melancholic with forgotten jazzy samples floating along as the days go by... Very nice again!

From 120 to 135 BPM... mental acid techno. Minimal and progressive. Solid dark ambiance. Bloody well done!

Plastic Rules stikes again with 2 super tracks produced by the talented neapolitan Gery Otis ; 'Underwater' and 'Palladium' to complete this great package you will find a wicked remix by the swedish Mikael Jonasson (Figure, Harthouse and 8 Sided Dice) already hammered by Paco Osuna, Len Faki, G.Man, Mihalis Safras and many more! Pure techno on Plastic Rules!!!

Some more banging Edits from our french friends!

Beat science, delay and reverb drenched synthwork spiraling down into your mind. Feat. a Norman Nodge mix, yellow vinyl!

Here we are with the first Curle of 2012, after a lengthy but refreshing hibernation. To wake up slowly but surely, we picked out these two fine dubby techno tunes. The A-side is kinda housey even. Man at work is Resoe from Copenhagen, a fixture on the Danish Echocord label. He is also a part of Pattern Repeat and runs his own Baum imprint. We will release this one on limited transparent green & white mixed vinyl.

The final of four in the Inertia series with four new exclusive techno tracks.
The final hurrah for Ann Aimee's Inertia compilation sees four modern techno heavyweights add their exclusive sounds to the fold.

Founded and based in Essen, Mild Pitch are more than happy to introduce one of the city's most promising young talents to the label. Kai von Glasow has been holding a DJ residency at Essen's infamous club Hotel Shanghai for the last couple of years and made his first steps as a producer on the associated Terpsiton label in 2010.

Toby Tobias has been honing his production skills since the mid nineties. By the time he released on Rekids in 2006, Tobyís work was already of a high calibre ñ and he's now decided to share his unique sound with us. In his first full release for Quintessentials, ìOne night on mare streetî, Toby blends his love for House and Disco and shows again his true class. What counts for Toby Tobias counts for the remixers too: they have their own sound!

After his sublime remix for Hitsafe's ,Let the Acid Out' on Shaddock's first release, Tin Man makes a deadly return to Shaddock Records, delivering his most dancefloor oriented record to date.

Fachwerk Ep No.2 with the FW posse doing what they do best! Mike Dehnert, Roman Lindau and Sasha Rydell dropping some solid techno tracks with irresistible grooves in their signature production style. On this Ep 2 all tracks are working around cut up vocal samples and a slightly more minimal techno-ish vibe (btw. if we say minimal techno its the Robert Hood, Mills mid 90's version and not the 2000 mp3 version we talk about). Strong release!!

Mainkollektiv Vol.2"
The second release from the Mainkollektiv comes out on Meleon,
this time with Matt Star, Danjel Esperanza and Wigbert...

On "A" you find "Be the one for me" a Masterpiece of music from Matt Star
Its a deep melodical expedition thru his sound, which he calls microphunk

The track "Nightfalls" on "B1" comes from Labelowner Danjel Esperanza,
its his typical slinky melonimal sound which he stands for....
As always deep extensive involved melodys for the dancefloor

On "B2" we welcome Wigbert to our Meleon Artists,
he is also a member of the "Mainkollektiv"...
And Wigbert rounds up this classy vinyl with a song called "Ambience"
A warm journey to the sun, perfect for sundowns for places like Café del Mar

Dies ist das erste Album des Labels und man ist überrascht,
in welche Richtungen die Nummer 11 so aus schlägt. Downtempo, House,
Ambient und ein unterschwelliger Hauch von Techno und Jazz, füllen
die zehn Geschichten dieses Albums, welches vom Label-Macher Thomas Bachner
produziert wurde. Hier bekommt man zum ersten mal einen Einblick in das Innere des runden
Playtrackskopfes und es fühlt sich irgendwie seltsam und einfangend zugleich an,
was da an das menschliche Ohr heran tritt.




ABOUT CURRE / VIMEO)

limited green edition, only available @ deejay.de !!!
First Release of the mysterious label "Wald und Wiese". Big tracks by Klara Klang, Chris Blum, Tokxiin and JimPanse.
Save your copy of this big underground ep. If you like minimal and techno, you will like "Wald und Wiese".

Final part of Svreca's ''Obscur'' series. 6 track EP with 2 new tracks and old ones remixed by Silent Servant, Skirt, Regis and Orphx.

Twisted halfstepping experimental edged Dubstep/Techno hybrids

Wardrobe Memories has released experimental cinematic ambient since 1999. Now after more than 6 years the recent album changes the rules with shimmering rhythms and suspense-cinematography for alien children.

Kassian Troyer shows up with an adventure into wonderful sounddesigned technomusic.

Jakob Altmann from Munich is the new fresh artist on the Statik Entertainment - Roaster. After his split- release on the label "Other Heights" (together with Ozka) and the Mix-CD "On Straight Road To Planet Ceres" by Sven Tasnadi (thatincludes stuff byJ akob) now you can listen to six raw techno-cuts in a really dark atmosphere. enjoy it

Aconito Records has re-entered the atmosphere with its seventh release, Marília, formed by label founder nAX_acid and featuring specialized research from Claudio PRC. The stormy, blue-colored vinyl begins with nAX's ambient recollection of the events of 5 October 1971. Under piercing dark lights, Claudio joins the examination of Chondrite H4, and together the two artists identify reverberated tones that skip across pools of synthetic psychedelics

Modularz label head Developer & Analog Solutions producer Eduardo De La Calle collaborate on this rare release featuring raw deep techno and hypnotic driving rhythms on the new Ep Variations. Modularz has again gained high acclaim on this new release and continues to thrive as consistent heavyweight in the current world of techno.

The album will be strictly limited for 300 copies and is already played and
supported by: Alexi Delano, Tony Rohr, Tom Hades, Cari Lekebusch, Perc, Gary Beck, Virgil Enzinger, DJ Hi-Shock, Xavier Morel and various others...

Pattern Repeat strikes again with raw and dirty dub Infected grooves.

First release from a new series of records by Joy Orbison and Boddika.

5th Giegling Staub Series !!

Agents Of Woe's Jackson Lee drops this dubby techno 4-tracker w/Memphian, Ben Jenkins. 4 different quadrants in the techno & dub spheres rooted in the pillars of Basic Channel & Deep Chord as well as Speedy J & the Surgeon. 250 CV.

Peter Van Hoesen's last solo output on Time To Express dates back from March 2010 with his seminal Entropic City album. After a string of remixes and collaborations Peter provides his own label with a new solo EP. The Transitional State EP presents four brand new tracks, each distinctly different from what has come before. Available on 500 vinyl copies.

Giegling records opens 2012 with a release on their Staub sub label delivering some amazing adavanced techno tracks that ar extremly well programmed. Exciting tracks that roll somewhere between the classic berlin dusty and dubby techno sound and a deeper poetical industrial vibe. Recommended!

US native and Techno newcomer 785 blasts onto the scene with a stellar debut 12". Kansas native 785 debuts with his first 12" ever on Jerome Sydenham's Apotek records.

June Miller probably the most diverse and unpredicatable duo in drum and bass, step up with their debut EP. 'Give up the ghost' takes you on a mysterious musical journey combining their trademark beautifully organic sounds crafted from 140 to 170 beats per minute

***early support from Richie Hawtin, John Selway, Tom Hades, Clemens Neufeld, Dubfire, Stephane Signore , Axel Bartsch,
Concrete Djz, Roland M. Dill, and many moore...***

Two amazing remixes from Secret Cinema and Tiger Stripes are featured on the second part of "SLS" "Broken Floors" remixes,out soon - ***Vinyl Only on PRAXXIZ***
The original track was already quite something in itself. Secret Cinema's reinterpretation of SLS' "Broken Squares" takes us well and truly down the funky techno road, deftly retaining the glitchy flavour of the original, whilst adding a touch of that old school feeling and successfully delivering a peaktime bomb thats equally at home in either a techno or a tech-house set ! Witness some serious progression, a wickedly wobbling bass and some deliciously broken beats, making this huge track fun and accessible for dancers and DJ's alike.
Leave your expectations at the door. Mikael Nordgren, AKA Tiger Stripes, well known in techno's ahead of the curve circles for his massive slamming tunes like 'Eden' or for his tightly wrapped tech-house beats, surprises us, adeptly flirting with dub techno in his awesome reworking of SLS' "Four To The Floor". This is a very heavy minimal track, reminiscent more than anything else, of "deep-down-into-dub" artists like Quantec or Marco Furstenberg. The deeper of the four versions of "Four To The Floor" as released on Ground Factory. It retains the musical atmosphere of the original material while turning it into one of those intense and evocative slow heavy techno moments, with a relaxed mood and a subtle progression.

welcome back Pacou after many years on Tresor !!!

GoldFFinch kick of 2012 for Saigon
Recordings with a highly anticipated release, 2
dancefloor smashers entitled 'Funky Steppa' and
'Groove Panda' originally brought to the surface via
Loefah's Swamp81 RinseFM shows and since
championed by Boddika in the majority of his DJ
sets and online charts. Having already had releases
on Numbers, Airflex and 877 Records these Belgian
based producers are set for a great year ahead.
This is EP1 of 2, the second part will be released in
March and features the tracks 'Tip Of The Dog' and
'Outer Twigs'.
Video of Boddika smashing Funky Steppa live: http:
//www.youtube.com/watchv=10X5YEYDtTM
Support elsewhere from 2562, Blackdown, Addison
Groove, Mary Anne Hobbs, Bunzer0 etc...

Hemlock are proud to introduce the debut for Brighton boy Guy Andrews. Two tracks of brilliantly unpredictable, percussive wizardry with more twists than a season of the Killing. 'Shades' combines of precision drum edits, killer 808 booms and woodblock percussion that will bring a tear of nostalgia to the eye of the Blue Note & Metalheadz vets and a smile to the face of the most discerning new dancefloors. 'Textures' on the flip kills it with an arrangement that just keeps you guessing. Perfectly poised between light & dark, delicate & heavy, and taking you seamlessly from locked 4/4 to dubbed out techno via all-out percussive funk and back before you know it.

This work is about his travels in music. The sounds, influences and aesthetic of his actual travels, expectation-journey-destination, alongside the music influences deriving from them.
Through his prism those sounds, pictures, travels, emotions left traces of new directions, of future journeys to take."
Fluxion captured the "Motion" in his travels with a different feeling each time.

On the 27th February, Scuba will release his third album through Hotflush. Entitled 'Personality' and featuring 11 brand new tracks, it takes in a wealth of genres across contemporary dance music, proving once again Scuba's place at the cutting edge of the electronic music scene. Preceding his LP will be this single 'The Hope'; pushing on from the tense atmospherics of previous Scuba material, the single fizzes with claustrophobic bass pressure and menacing narration. Backed by an exclusive non-album cut 'Flash Addict'.

Dubious Prey is the 1st release of 2012 on Sticks N Stones Recordings and the 2nd release from the NYC-via-Sierra Leone DJ/Producer Lamin Fofana. Lamin is an electronic musician that produces music without category out of found sounds, human voices, digital synthesisers, analogue synthesisers and drum machines. His work can be found on such labels as Dutty Artz, Grizzly and Diskotopia The vinyl version of the E.P, contains 2 original tracks and a remix of the lead single by Aramac. The E.P has been review on Xlr8r and currently been supported by WMFU FM (New York), Wifey (Déjà vu), MATT SHADETEK, Contact and a bunch of other.

Sven is back on Toffler Vinyl with his second solo release. After the great Toffler Vinyl 002 Quantec show us a new "dimensions beyond the known" with this new one vinyl release. Dark, dubby, physical, from Detroit to Chicago, there are a lot of flavour in this release that will drive you in Quantec_Land. Pure analog experience for this vinyl, Quantec recorded his work @ Echo Chamber Studios, Devastating mastering/cut @ The Exchange Mastering Studios, London-UK. The masterpiece finally is here ! ! !

SOLID DUB TECHNO !
Played and Supported by LAURENT GARNIER,PIG & DAN,MARCEL DETTMANN,NORMAN NODGE,SAMUEL L SESSION,ANGEL MOLINA,DVS1,LUCY,DUSTIN ZAHN,MARKUS SUCKUT,INIGO KENNEDY,SURIT,SAMULI KEMPPI,NESS,CEDRIK,JONAS KOPP,TOM BONATY,CASSEGRAIN,FABIO SCALABRONI,ASCION,AUDIO INJECTION,OBTANE,CONRAD VAN ORTON,AnD,D.Carbone and more.

Following the recent 'Himmel Strasse' Ep in June 2011 charted by Deepchord/Echospace, Dj Deep, Los Hermanos, Mark Broom, Jack De Marseille... here is the new : 'Sonne Und Stahl' Ep.

Another freaked out tune on "WirrWarr"!!!
This time both labelowners made a homage to their hometown "offenbach" with a
8 minutes journey of pure energy. The Flipside is the perfect complement to "Offenbach Symphonie".
B1 with its more stripped down drumming and B2 with its cool hypnotic and freaky style.

Spec: Reverse Board Sleeve features Gold Metallic Pantone logo and lettering front and back, Pantone matched labels, plastic inners.Darkestral was set up as an imagined cinematically orientated sound space allowing producers creative room to make music of a more visual nature, within or outside of their percieved genre.

After a stunning debut ep on the Belgian label Other Heights, Ghostek makes further explorations to his deep and dark side on the adventuristic Shipwrec label. Ultra low frequency music surrounded by tape noise, vocal edits and haunting synths. Truly unique futuristic garage release!

Irish house cosmonaut Space Dimension Controller is set to release a 'prequel' for his forthcoming album in the coming months

not released on vinyl! It's been almost a year since Demdike Stare finished their "Tryptych" of releases, and in the intervening months Miles Whittaker and Sean Canty have been busy touring and gradually piecing together sounds for this newseries: Elemental.
Part 1: Chrysanthe
A1/. Mephisto's Lament
B1/. Kommunion
B2/. Unction
Part 2: Violetta
A1/. Mnemosyne
B1/. In The Wake of Chronos
B2/. Violetta

Second release in a series of four of this Ann Aimee compilation series, featuring a diverse selection of techno tracks.
Part two of the four-part Inertia sampler again serves up four heavy-hitting techno bangers from different artists of the new-school techno generation. Again, each of the tracks is previously unreleased.

First up is Frenchman Marcelus who offers a heavy house and techno fusion, before London's Sigha goes deep and ominous with 'Finding Myself.' Redshape and Area Forty_One close out the package with frozen, static coated sounds and textured techno respectively.

Reading like a who's who of the day's most pioneering techno producers, Inertia #2 is another connoisseur selection.

A SAMPLER TAKEN FROM THE CD OF THE SAME NAME FT SOME HUGE TECHNO LEGENDS.

Four modern techno tracks on this first release of an Ann Aimee compliation series.
The first of 4x4 vinyl releases from the Ann Aimee compilation, Inertia, this opening volume includes cuts from Time to Express Chief Peter Van Hoesen and Fachwerk's Roman Lindau as well as fellow label recruits Delta Funktionen and Sawlin.

All four new and exclusive tracks deal in techno urgency. Delta Funktionen goes deep and dramatic, Peter Van Hoesen offers up his usual dub-wise textures, whilst Lindau pairs icy hi-hats with a heavy stomping beat. Sawlin offers the trippiest techno with his delightfully dishevelled 'Excipidial' and closes out what is an essential piece of vinyl.

Over two years ago already, we were announcing Andres Zacco's first EP on Airdrop. The 'Seated Hopping EP' had been sent to us by Andres' best friend, none other than el Señor Franco Cinelli. Needless to say, we fell in love with the subtlety of his music

Strictly limited 12inch release by Chris Hauer

Lowtec returns to Nonplus with his second release on the label and smothers us with his sonic art yet again.a) Lowtec 'Coldred' This piece of steel strong Berlin edged Tech house pumps along from the outset, leaving no doubt that this is one to get on and enjoy. As the title suggests, the cold dark eerie sound is built for warehouses and masterfully grows into a 'Lost for words' type tune.b1) Lowtec 'Darrynane' 'Darrynane' is the first on the flip. Uncomfortable jittering beat compression is sketched into a subtle shift of swirling synths and vocal samples that drive this tune along on a hypnotic groove.b2) Lowtec 'Twizel' 'Twizel' is an attention grabber from the outset. The woodblock sounds and the evening session is in progress...then the synths lead and drift into a massive sound bomb of uber lusciousness, leaving the beat behind temporarily. Upon its return, the tune lifts into a late night heads down shoulder twisting groove monster...and when the Harpsichord drops, say 'hi' to the hairs on the back of your neck.

Warehouse find!

Top disco/house producer Mark E delivers his third remix for Far Out - a distinctive, mesmeric slow-burning mix of Azymuth's 'Meu Mengo', taken from the legendary samba jazz-funk trio's huge new album 'Aurora' (FARO157CD/LP).

Pal SL returns with another highly playable yet artist orientated 12" from L.D.Nero (aka Alex Cortex) who returns to the label after a nine year hiatus. His fantastically received Nite Out 12" for sister label Trelik showcased the more subtle depths of his production style whereas "Washback" grabs the bull buy the horns with an infectious analogue bassline, bold upfront percussion patterns alongside Perlon-esque guitars and organic synth washes. "Simple" picks up the pace with a more mathematical soundscape, driving the speakers whilst teasing with intermittent vocals. "Give Credit" completes the package tipping its hat to the early UK acid sound showcasing retro sound design, lo-fi vocals and historic drum loops against a deep synth and bass back-drop. Mastered By Lopazz.

TOP NOTCH ELECTRO BOOTY ACTION FROM A WELL KNOWN SOURCE.

Long awaited new release on Echospace.

Two Marcel Dettmann remixes of the Morphosis track 'Too Far' that was on the album 'What Have We Learned' released earlier this year called. Original also included.

Enter the purple maze again with three subtle techno tracks from Yør.
After some challenging an experimental offerings last time out, secretive musicos Purple Maze are to release their second offering, the Rave EP, in December 2011. It comes from equally low-key producer Yør, and is a release that operates a little closer to the dancefloor than maze 001...

As an ally who has been with us from the start, we are delighted to be releasing our first full E.P. from The Third Man. Often recognized for his harder-edged techno output, here he blends some of his warmer and more soulful tracks with some of his darkest.

Oxford/London/Leeds based newcomer Graphics is responsible for the first release on the long gestated Granholme label. Brian Eno was once quoted as 'not wanting to contribute to the glut of CD's' in the world. Granholme's ambitions as a label are modest, but if we can do anything to detract from the glut of painfully beige electronic music available in 2011 then that will be considered a small victory. The title track crossed our path in February of this year and was the catalyst for finally making the label a reality. It's blend of intricate percussion, pounding kicks and swamp voodoo atmospherics are bound together by a relentless forward momentum rarely heard. Were we not embarrassed by such brazen hype building we'd say it fuses classic techno to the jungle derived energy of early Big Apple releases. Shit, it's happened again. 'Name This' reigns in the most unhinged flailing of it's predecessor and revels in a focussed chain gang swing. Heavy on Dub'ish atmospherics and sweeping chords it's a more discrete animal than it's other half with methodically intensified tension threatening to swallow the arrangement whole. Exclusive to the digital version is 'D-Transition'. A listless voice unsuccessfully self interrogates as decaying minor chords mount a further assault on the listeners good humour. As things threaten to get overly oppressive a heavily dampened 4/4 kick leads into a rhythm section that gradually comes to the boil before locking into a series of percussion and bass led drops. Finally we have the Zoltan remix of D-Transition. Due to be used as a promotional tool in 1 the weeks leading up to release, it takes the original and adds some hefty drum programming along with a gloriously queasy new melody for the 4am push towards daylight.

Hugo Barritt was a promoter at London's infamous 'Egg' venue, during which time he focused his attention on Robert Owen's residency at the club. A friendship was struck up and when Hugo finally decided to leave to concentrate on production he could think of no-one better to provide the vocal's to 'You Are' than the most recognisable voice in dance music, Mr Owens himself. Befitting such a wonderful coupling, Efdemin heard the track and agreed immediately to provide the remix, and a splendidly slick ride it is too, taking the merest hints of Roberts vocal whilst injecting a melodic feel for a blissed out ride through the early hours. Contrast that with high octane thrill's of murmur regular Tom Demac's remix - dispensing with the subtleties of the original in favour of a power house ride of beats and bass, warping Robert's vocal into something altogether sleazier.

Shameless Toady are delighted to announce their latest release from London-based rising star Pip Williams. "Analog Sequences" is a limited 4 track EP on heavyweight 12" vinyl.

NEW ARTITS FOR DAR SCOTTY A WITH A DOUBLE HEADER

With nimble synth melodies that leap over burbling sub-bass "Nightvision" quickly distinguishes itself as more accessible but equally detailed as the tracks on "Plastic World" Andy Stott drags it into his lair to refashion it as a gritty, slo-mo beatdown.

Jon Gaiser ist bekannt für den explosiven Techno seiner Relases auf Minus. Nun aber erforscht er mit seinem Projekt VOID neue Sound-Dimensionen. "No Sudden Movements" kreist um introvertierten Ambient und Downtempo-Beats. Es ist eine sanfte, karge Musik, die Wärme sucht und damit so ganz anders klingt, als die kalten Winter von Jon Gaisers Wahlheimat Berlin. Ein faszinierendes und hochinteressantes Techno/Electronica-Album!

support by phil kieran, chloe, electric indigo, xpansul, terence fixmer, david keno, herve, ... the underground is what the politically correct devastates. being able to make a step aside, daring to make what the times do not take in count". this is the leitmotiv that defines best the work and state of mind of monoblok & pussyselektor, an upcoming explosive duo composed of two activists of the electronic scene from the north of france.

"Relativismi" is the latest three track release from Sonic Groove artist Dasha Rush.

Holland's deep electronic specialist Conforce is to release his next full-length work, Escapism, on Delsin Records in November 2011.

Opening up the first of two Wicker & Steel remix EPs is CLR's Tommy Four Seven, a producer whose own debut album came out to a great response earlier this year. Tommy switches Start Chopping's 4/4 rhythms for his own broken beat foundation and adds a whole new world of bass to the track. The original's pads echo around the soundscape as each break brings back a tougher version of the beat.

Next up are Warp/Dust Science/Soma legends The Black Dog. Keeping Gonkle's beating heart in place they add subtle synths lines and pads to add a melancholic edge to one of Wicker & Steel's tougher tracks, without ever losing any of the original's impact.

On the flip-side we witness the first ever collaboration between London producers Sigha (Blueprint/Hot Flush) and Truss (Stroboscopic Artefacts/Perc Trax). Combining their love of techno with a
bass music mentality the duo serve up a jackin' semi-broken groove topped off with all manner of drones and rhythmic effects.

Finally ASC, one of the stars of Instra:mental's Nonplus stable makes his Perc Trax debut, cutting up the now familiar industrial drum assault of 'My Head Is Slowly Exploding' into an Autonomic style 170bpm stepper. A move away from the typically smooth Autonomic sound this is something completely new. Industrial -tinged D&B that is a world away from the apocalyptic No U-Turn sound of the mid to late 90's.

"In this month's Resident Advisor label profile, Blackest Ever Black owner Kiran Sande seems conflicted. In a good way. Creating his label, he suggests, was an attempt to address his doubts that, frequently, dance music is an empty pleasure. "Nobody grills a house or dubstep producer on what their music is actually about, because we know from the outset it's not about anything, and nor do we expect it to be. But after a while you begin to crave content, don't you"

"4/4 techno as functional party music is timeless - it quite simply works - but ... does it tell us anything of the way we live or ought to live

I've no idea what Sande thinks of Perc's Wicker and Steel, but if, like him, you are currently looking for electronic music that is more than a simple invitation to dance, then you will find this album (two EPs of remixes are also due in October) one of this year's few essential releases.

In a year of riots, phone hacking and looming economic meltdown, 35-year-old Haringey-based, Ali "Perc" Wells, has created the perfect mood music for the time. Unrelentingly serious, at times tender and vulnerable, Wicker and Steel is a bleak audio montage of modern Britain, created from hard techno, ambient drones and reconditioned industrial noise." - GUARDIAN

Other Heights brings the debut EP from Ghostek, one of the young pioneers in the postdubstep-era. Next to his own 'Cryon', it features an intense collaboration with Roof Light as Ghostlight and a remix of his favorite track from TH. Eerie, deepness and a little blend of darkness straight out of the Russian forests marks this first exciting release.

repress His Live Acts and DJ Sets are as remarkable as his productions and you won't ever hear him playing any self-pleasing or incidental grooves.

This is dscrd debut EP. Made with poetry and dedication, with machines and microphones, with software and live performances.

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Raime return on Blackest Ever Black with Hennail, their first 12" release since 2010's 'If Anywhere was here we would know where we are'.
A double-A-side comprised of 'Told And Collapsed' and 'You Will Lift Your Frame Clear', it's the most potent and substantial document
of their militant dysphoria yet.

We are delighted to welcome 'Echonomist' on Dieb Audio and present this EP. On 'Room With A View', Echonomist shows us how well he knows the art of producing pure underground tech house music with all the beautiful chord transitions and the old school drum programming while on 'Stay' he delivers a functional piece of deep house music with bouncy bass lines and funky chord stabs.

IOTDXI is the newest installment in the classic R&S compilation series. Previous installments have been responsible for rounding up the labels roster at the time and presenting their finest tracks to a wider audience, and have gone onto become classics in their own rights.

4 tracks of deep soulful house/techno.. more excellence, slightly harder/more jacking than previous outings but still covers a broad remit of house/techno over 4 tracks.Darling Farah returns with his second EP of 2011. Entitled 'Division', the Detroit-born producer offers four tracks that journey further into deep house, techno and machine-soul. The EP grabs you from the offset, while dream-like qualities wash over the listener they contrast perfectly with an offbeat, energetic 4/4 backbone. Division will undoubtedly solidify the hype around it's precociously talented 19 year old producer and add more critical acclaim to that already received from his previous releases, 'Berline' and 'EXXY'.

Mikkel Metal presents his rough side of the Dub-Techno genre, raw warehouse infused dubby grooves.

Sepalcure are poised to release their eponymous debut full length through Hotflush

PROPER DETROIT BIZNESS FROM QUANTEC

For Steadfast's thirteenth release we have 3 smoking tracks of deep chunky techno from a collaborative project featuring John Daly and the mystery man known as 19.454.18.5.25.5.18. All three versions are guaranteed to work the floor.

Spec: Reversed board sleeve features Silver Metallic Pantone logo and lettering front and back, Pantone matched labels, plastic inners. A selection of short cinematic explorations taking in the ancient, the far reaches of the galaxy and the end-time, featuring Transportation AAD (Boddika/Alex Instra:Mental & Drkstr), Grey Goo (Boddika/Alex Instra:Mental), and Vaalhaala (to remain anonymous..).

First cv313 project album from critically acclaimed duo Deepchord Presents: Echospace (Rod Modell & Steven Hitchell).
Features released and unreleased remixes by King Midas Sound (The Bug - Hyperdub, Ninja Tune), DeepChord (Modern Love, Soma), The Sight Below (Ghostly, Touch), Brock Van Wey (bvdub, home normal, styrax) Reference (Beretta, Planet E), STL (Perlon, Something)

Droid resident artists David Flores (Audio Injection/Truncate) and Vangelis + Vidal Vargas (Raíz) combine their production elements on the Degrees of Motion EP.

Germany based producer Kassem Mosse releases his second EP for Nonplus, entitled Enoha, The four track release follows on from last year's ' We Speak To Those/Hi Res' 12 inch for the label, which is run by UK duo Instra:mental. This year Mosse - real name Gunnar Wendel - has already released two solo EPs, including the Workshop 12 and a limited 7 for Mikrodisco which included the brilliant DJ Koze-esque mindfuck house track '7am'. http://www.inhabitonline.co.uk

Howell's first material outside of Pendle Coven and takes on a much darker, more stripped down aesthetic.

Coeter One shows two tracks in perfect style of the label. Nutempo Vinyl Records means high-quality of minimal techno.

new Label Thal Communications incl. Rene Bretbarth Remix
These last few months Hans Thalau has carved a niche for himself as a producer of the finest deep electronic house grooves. In celebration of one year of quality digital releases, Hans brings you his strongest offering to date on his very own Thal Communications. This tenth release will be ThalCom's first on vinyl and will feature three original tracks by Thal along with a superb remix from Deep Data maestro Rene Breitbarth. Enjoy!