Techno News

The new Mojuba brings some fresh tunes from the always reliable Oracy. The title track 'Rewound' is a deep and warm excursion into the sound cosmos that was build on the heritage of Detroit and Chicago. The flipside is called 'Hold Me' and comes along as peak time cut with some hypnotic disco elements and a phat bassline to proof some serious floor qualities! That's how we like it!

Dub Chronicles is a limited series of releases featuring different shades of dub-techno and-house.
No name-dropping, no excessive fabulation, only the music counts.

Having released a number of tracks for on Level NO Zero, Cocoon, Escapism and Tanzbar, the german guy from Frankfurt, Matt Star finally breaks on our Rounqube Musik dropping his own EP after the appearance on the 2X12 Roundqube Family Anniversary. Radio EP is a crazy minimal microphunk four-tracker with 3 originals with precious bouncy remix of the main track reworked by the label ambassadors' Gabriele Carasco and Francesco Passantino.

The third release on Blanksheet. Two originals by Hedrome accompanied by a classic Skudge remix.

Alpenglühen, the Madrid-based monthly nights, focused in Ambient techno, emerges in September,2014, inspired by the film "Dogville" and the optical phenomenon happening when the last ray of sunshine slowly disappears over the mountains,

Now, with the moto "exploring the thin line between darkness and light", Alpenglühen, the label, is born, influenced by those sessions.

The first installment is produced by the duo, Pajaro Dune. A young project formed by two well known talented producers from Valencia, who gives us a promising kick off release. 4 highly crafted tracks which are somewhere between techno (in its deepest and atmospheric stage), contemporary music and impressionistic electronics.

Partially inspired on the research by Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown on the evidence for a planet the size of Uranus between 200 and 1000 AU far away from the Sun. The titles of the tracks are all but one real objects of our Solar System whose movement is theoretically affected by the presence of a distant giant planet yet to be discovered.

The next Modern Hypnosis sees the first official vinyl release from Another Channel. The young German producer Jonas Schachners (Another Channel) has been at the fore front of the new wave of 'Dub Techno' that has been lurking in the underground over the last few years. His dubbed out analog sound has left some accrediting his productions as 'picking up where Rhythm & Sound left off'.

His debut 12' gives us two very unique tracks. The A side 'Lord 35' is an energetic synth driven tune which sitting at 135bpm, in a two-step style is made for the dance. The B side 'Corruption' sees an international connection with the original composition created in Germany by Another Channel, then the overdubbing of vocals supplied by Ethiopian vocalist Enushu Taye (The Black Jesus Experience) in her native Amharic, recorded and mixed by Mystik in his Melbourne studio. The warm analog stabs and punchy bassline accompanied with Enushu Taye's haunting vocals makes for a beautiful piece of music.

For the label's ninth release, Deep'a & Biri's Black Crow Records revisits one that helped establish the label's direction back in the imprint's first year. BCR003, 'Insular Realms' by fellow Israeli producer Hakimonu, was praised by many including Resident Advisor, who said the EP proved 'his off-kilter take on techno and house is as vibrant and inviting as ever". Now in 2017, Deep'a & Biri have invited Mind Against, Luigi Tozzi and Echologist (aka dub techno veteran Brendon Moeller) to all rework the original version of Insular Realms for 2017. First up are Life & Death's Mind Against, with one of the Fognini brothers most direct techno productions yet, with a mid-track moment of calm before the intensity resumes. Luigi Tozzi, the Rome-based producer who has had previous outings on Dynamic Reflection and Dino Sabatini's Outis Music, contributes the second remix. Taking the lead from the original's more ethereal moments, his version is dreamy & almost wistful as it propels along its shaking rhythm. The B-side offers two takes from Brendon Moeller in his Echologist guise, with a Dub mix that twists the original into an acid-inflected track that slowly ratchets up the tension over its seven minutes, while the Reshape breaks things down into a churning rhythm peppered with flashes f off kilter sonic details. Completing the package is a digital-only new rework by Hakimonu himself - a slowed down, marching rhythm that foregrounds Insular Realms's jazz influences with the addition of live brass instrumentation that compliment things wonderfully.

Seekers new album, this time 2 x 12" records , plus one special 7" included in the first 200 copies. All tracks were recorded in tape in 2017 somewhere in Europe :)

LumièresLaNuit (LLN) is glad to introduce to you to Samochai (LLNOFF004), 4th release of its OFF series by Bremen-based music composers and DJs Massud Matin & Smisou.

Samochai EP presents two different atmospheres that LumièresLaNuit and its OFF Series are particularly fond of: deep- and dub-techno. Indeed, whereas Massud Matin take us out of ourselves with the deep, atmospheric and mind-blowing beats of Zal, Smisou imm­­erses us in his musical world with the dubby, cadenced and aquatic beats of Chanj.

Massud Matin & Smisou celebrate the same music since 2012. The beginning of their collaboration was marked by a couple of digital releases like Smisou's remix of Massud Matin's Come On (2015) and his Keemun EP (2016) — in collaboration with Miynn — on Samani that also includes a remix by Massud Matin. More recently, Massud Matin & Smisou released Parand de Muth on Brosh records.

Finally, in December 2017, Massud Matin brought out his first vinyl EP Like You (TPRL03) on Romanian label Tupiar Records.

Our series Love Songs for Dragons welcomes a debut from the romanian artist Dragos Ungureanu, signing PFR003 with his Opus EP.

This new vinyl from Gynoid's sub-label Translucent is a strong dub techno EP from Kristian Heikkila featuring the lovely Petra Valej on moody vocals. Added are remixes from legendary Samuel L Session with a techy uplifting version, Advanced Human with a sharp, dubby techno version and to round off the release we also get a tooled up, instrumental dj edit. All sure ingredients that make this wax complete, dark and beautiful.

Newly established Berlin-based vinyl-only label Dreiklang dive straight into the physical world with First Contact. The label's distinctive triangular concept is reflected in its name with Dreiklang pursuing a three-fold approach to electronic music. Each release presents three contrasting takes on the same source material, juxtaposing and unifying three particular electronic music sub-currents. For their first outing, Dreiklang call upon an international team of producers with OCH, Hydergine and Kelovolt dropping in for their respective shots of tech-house, dub techno, and dark drone techno. The tight three-tracker will see the light of day on a 500 limited edition run of 180gr high-quality wax with the beautiful hand-drawn designs of Berlin artist Nils Altland gracing each sleeve, transforming the covers into individual works of arts. First up on Dreiklang001 is Londoner OCH (Autoreply / Stuga Musik), who takes a simple keyboard line into menacing territory, steering the dancefloor towards the grittier ends of tech-house. A funky bassline leads the way as distant synths exhale in glossy metalic fashion and the road is adequately paved for the reinterpretations that follow. Second up, comes Hydergine. The Italian producer lives up to his brain enhancement drug name by dropping a smart dub-techno rework where mind-numbing kicks bring the listener on an atmospheric joyride through the deeper ends of narcosis. Kelovolt complete the triangle with an immersive remix where drone-heavy soundscapes take center stage for a delicately hypnotic finale. First Contact is out December 16th on Dreiklang.

BleeD's second release of the year is a fourth solo outing for label head Volte-Face, following up last year's incendiary 'You Bury Me' 12". In classic BleeD fashion, the EP features three atmospheric peak-time techno tracks, an ambient piece and an artist-curated remix by rising Japanese star Wata Igarashi, a name synonymous with some of the finest off-centre techno labels, including Semantica, Time To Express and Midgar.

Clear Vinyl 2x12"

Fluxion's Ripple Effect is the film score for a non-existing motion picture. This 9-track album is the result of experimentation and the combination of the producer's two most cherished art forms: electronic music and score music.

Ironically the two worlds rarely seem to meet, despite the fact that score music has adopted a looser form in order to better adapt to film accompaniment, bringing it closer to electronic music which attempts to contradict form or shed it altogether. Fluxion felt the need to bring these two musical forms into dialogue with each other, lending structure to electronic and deconstructing score music to create a malleable and expressive hybrid.

The album's production took two years from its original conception for the subliminal story to unfold into the completed product. Fluxion wanted to say as much as possible through the music, leaving the visuals as a blank canvas for the listener to create their own story. In the end, the goal is to give each member of the audience a unique audiovisual experience based on their own perception and interpretation.

Throughout its musical journey ,Algorhythmic brought together many talented artists that shook the dancefloor with their sound. For this third release, the young and talented Dutch artist Pascal Benjamin joins our family with the four-track EP "Cosmic Horoscope". With remixes signed by Vincentiulian and Giash, the record promises to step up the club game thanks to the unearthly groove that these beats possess, which somehow manage to transcend the auditorium to a whole other sensorial world.

This time around, Greta Cottage Workshop indulges in a favourite pastime. Dubbed out 10' Vinyl.

Flashback Of Time: A haunting Dub Techno peregrination . . . giving you that grind it out happening, with your nearest grubby basement/dub rig interface. Big Inside The Ride.

Utopia & Visions: More of a 'Sunday Morning, yet I'm not in bed' experience - replete with laughing children, alien windstorms and DMT pixies chattering in your third earhole. Waste a whole day with two copies and a crusty old mixer.

Specifically Niche Music For Specifically Niche People. Keep Smiling :-)

RDMA has been with GCW for time - yet this is a first time outing on record. Worth the wait.

We welcome the vinyl format after a hiatus to embark into an energy-driven journey, full of potent, cross-genre tracks courtesy of Mr. Ben Cano.

Ben, which previously collaborated on this label as TenienteTuko, builds on the previous album-creating experience and he outdoes himself in multiple ways, keeping the variety of groove encompassing all together with his propelling signature techno ethos.

'Deep Snowmass' starts the EP in a harsh, mental way to induce rapidly to a dark feeling which leaves you in the void with a malleable conscience that allows your body and soul to float, with the help of an ever-building acidic bass and pulsating percussion.

'Rocky Mountain' goes to other heights, using a uplifting Rhodes chord and effective drum programming to deliver a dreamy wave of full potential.

'Between dub', 'hitch' and 'Tube 8' seal the deal with energetic, acid-infused and sometimes-housey takes from his recent live set, which he manages to reorganize in the track format we currently offer as black pressed acetate.

Bass heavy, subtly rhythmical Detroit inspired original by Carlos Nilmmns incl. 2 substantial
interpretations by DJ Rolando and The Analog Roland Orchestra