Techno News

Dutch producer and live act Conforce is back with 'Autonomous', a fifth artist album and the latest in his long relationship with Delsin Records. Conforce is Boris Bunnik, a producer who explores the deepest realms of dub, house, techno and electro under many different names. His Conforce alias is where his most club orientated material comes from and this new nine track album finds the Transcendent label boss producing dark syntheses inspired by his hometown and harbour city, Rotterdam, and its automated industries. A masterfully conceptual album that really paints a vivid picture of a harbour as heard from deep down in the depths.

Razor sharp cuts from Levon

Released in the light of sweet summer bliss.

Early support from Cio D'Or, Refracted, Etapp Kyle, Iori, Jonas Kopp, Kwartz, Samuli Kemppi, Eric Cloutier, Brando Lupi and Luigi Tozzi to name a few.

Three heavy reworks by XDB, Views and Nummer.

In line with the release of Blackfilm's new album "Zero One Seven", Denovali release the 2010 collaboration masterpiece "Along the Corridor" with Eraldo Bernocchi for the first time on vinyl.

"(...) From its heavy stone dropping bass to cinematic orchestration, beautiful piano melodies, and progressive dowtempo electronic beats, this collaboration between Eraldo Bernocchi and Blackfilm is an amazing find. Designed as a soundtrack for those lonely nights, walking through abandoned streets and skeleton buildings, Along The Corridors will keep you on the edge of your seat, with your imagination as the only projector for the cinema of your mind.

Italy's heavy dub producer Eraldo Bernocchi is not a new face to the scene. Starting out his career in the 90s, Bernocchi produced under many aliases. ... But it is the works under his real name that deserve the most attention. In 1999 he released Charged recording with Tashinori Kondo and Bill Laswell. In 2005 he appeared alongside Harold Budd in Music For 'Fragments From The Inside' on Sub Rosa. And in 2007 he recorded Manual together with Thomas Fehlmann for 21st Records. There are also numerous EPs with Bill Laswell under Apollo's Re-charged series....

Blackfilm, who continues to remain anonymous, is a Hungarian artist that was first introduced to us through his self-titled debut on the now defunct Spectraliquid Records. Since then, the album has been picked up by Denovali Records and repressed in 2010 on compact disc and vinyl. His dark atmospheric soundscapes and a bricolage of modern classical samples and instrumental hip-hop beats reminded me of my favorite works by Amon Tobin and Future Sound of London, for a brooding soundtrack enveloping your mind with heavy fog of penetrating sound. Since the release, Blackfilm has relocated to London where he has embedded himself with the heavyweights of dub and even darker journeys in the underground ..." Headphone Commute

Mayak's resident Anton Kubikov returns with a new very moody, percussive and melodic house track on A-side. for remix duties we invite Dubtil, who makes a complete rework, dark, pushy, but still very groovy.

'Diving Bird' Is A Series Of 12"s On Idle Hands From Cornish Artist Andy Mac. The Third In The Series Sees Mac Draw On Highlife And Dub Influences.
The A Side Leads Off With 'sketch 3' A Rough Hewn House Track With Live Elements. 'dancehall Style' Does What It Says On The Tin In A Concise Manner.
On The B Side Acido's Dreesen And Pst Remix 'longships' From Diving Bird #1 Into A Hypnotic And Subtley Subby Track With A Dub Techno Feel

The First 12" From Brand New Verse Label Out Of Tokyo, With Leading Minimal Techno Dj & Producer Hironori Takahashi.

Tokyo's DJ and producer Hironori Takahashi has released music on many underground Techno labels such as ACONITO, INFORMA, CHRONICLE, SHAPELESS, AIMERSSE . ORG, SEMANTICA and STROBOSCOPIC ARTEFACTS. Hironori grew up in Morioka, Iwate prefecture in Japan, where he encountered Techno and House music, before moving to Tokyo to work at the legendary Disk Union record store. Hironori creates his music under the influence of his mental and physical experiences to create new experiments of sound. This limited vinyl only 12" is the first output of the brand new Verse label out of Tokyo.

After the first release, "Narwal-Nirvana", Ongehoord comes with a 2nd release. Featuring more material from the Dutch cassette culture! Big tip.. The band Deadline Paranoia has been active in Amsterdam from 86 till 88. They have released 4 albums in small quantities. Their music was made and recorded at home with a great variety of instruments. This release is the first of a series of 3 records that will feature the essence of this band. The mastering is done by Brandenburg Mastering to ensure a high quality listening. Niels van Tomme (director of arts institute De Appel) has written the liner notes. The music has been carefully curated by Jeroen Vermandere while being in touch with the artists who worked on the project. Anton Westbom Weflo makes the graphic design for the Deadline Paranoia Releases, tracks compiled by label curator Jeroen Vermandere.

mysterious white label offshoot

Greek producer Fluxion returns to Danish imprint Echocord in January with his 'Upsides & Sideways EP', comprising three original productions.
The Athens-based artist has spent nearly two decades
honing his craft both on stage through his live improvised performances and in the studio, producing records for the likes of Chain Reaction, Vibrant Music and Subwax Bcn.
Copenhagen's Echocord has consistently delivered high quality dub techno from the likes of Roberto Clementi, Brendon Moeller and Luke Hess since its inception in 2001 and now Fluxion returns with his twelfth outing on the label with his latest material.
Fluxion opens with 'En route', employing sharp percussive foundations, white noise atmospheres and haunting chord rogressions which evolve throughout the track before 'The Place' offers dubbed out synthesiser motifs and glitching arpeggios which are underpinned by echoing drums and a subtle bass melody. 'Flick' then closes out the release with spacey synth riffs developing over groove-led percussion and a warm, distorted low-end.

The third 12-inch record by Native Response is here. NR003: Ornithogallum EP by Human Space Machine. This time the record's significantly more focused towards the dance floor, blending functional techno grooves with cosmic synths and arpeggios.

Human Space Machine is part of the Native Response crew, and makes his debut release on the imprint. On remix duty this time is the almighty Eduardo De La Calle.

A1: DRMSH1. This one-take jam immediately encapsulates the sound of Human Space Machine. Strong impressive techno that takes on a hypnotising quality and remains classy and controlled at the same time. The live tweaking of the lead synth and hi-hats make it sound like you're in the middle of a tripped out liveset at 5:00 AM.

A2: SFR5. This record starts off with a strong percussive groove and equally hypnotising bass line to lose yourself into. Neatly developing into a classic sounding Detroit record, the pads and polyryhthmical arpeggio are guaranteed to make you forget whether you're clubbing for hours or days. Halfway a pushing hi-hat makes everything downright party. Club killer, killer club track.

B1: RN2GLM. A haunting pad slides in, confusing the listener and setting a dark but inviting atmosphere. Playful drum machine patterns start grooving together with a sensual bassline that's sure to create a mayhem in the club. The lead synth creeps in and opens up, showing you that weirdness doesn't have to give in to functionality. One for the more daring DJ's that choose to explore instead of stay safe in the standard techno dogma.

B2: RN2GLM - Eduarde De La Calle Response. Do we really need to say something about Eduardo Delivering a monstrous techno banger, Eduardo De La Calle remixes RN2GLM as a giant closer for Native Response's third release. Starting off with a raw sounding bass drum, haunting pad sound and percussive synth groove, the remix grows to absolute peak time drum machine madness. Must have for every closing DJ.

New Mike Dehnert!!!

Mental Overdrive, Norwegian gran ol wizard of techno, owner of Love OD Communications starts of with 'Clocked', a colorful and moody track with a touch of grittyness. Thomas Urv, Ploink Label head and one of Norwegian techno's main protagonists, brings a signature raw high energy techno track '6.24 Con Dao'. Per Hammar, Swedish producer and DJ based in Berlin, the captain behind Dirty Hands and 10Years labels delivers a steady dubbed hypnotic house track 'Blank Space'. Thomas Skjaerstad from Trysil, Norwegian winner of Burn Residency 2017 finishes the EP with a punchy, dark spaced out techno track titled 'Space X (Sommeroya Edit)'.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
ARTS TRASPARENT was born with Detache that presents his music to the world.
Area Forty_One and Roger Gerresen as Gasometric Run on the epic remix work.
All on transparent purple 12".

PRFY 002 features four acid centered tracks by Purify Records co-founder and longterm Goethebunker resident Cramp. The first solo EP of the german DJ and producer features four crafty club cuts suitable for a versatile range of settings. Acid, Techno, House, Dub - it's all in there. Don't sleep on this one!

Stock find from this in-demand 2010 release! A spacier sound from GB cruising in more of an electronic club groove. "The Expander" side has the busier approach while the flip sides "The Dreamer" is well, dreamier and a bit lighter. Well recommended - Tip!

VIDABs 2nd ten Inch vinyl release comes from Milan's Hiver.

Hiver's musical spectrum contains dark and distant elements, ranging from the darkest rhythms of dub-techno to melodic capturing lines.

This is a vinyl only release!

The first full length album from TEARS OF JOY (the label run by one of the members of PACIFIC HORIZON). "Visceral industrializations for a collapsing society, alienated shoegaze techno for the final exit. To Exist After Life.

"Limited edition of 200, no repress."

10 tracks of experimental techno.