Techno Novedades

Parisian artist Nautil is a music student specialising in acoustics, signal processing, and informatics. His debut single, Canopée, utilises analog synths, sampling and personal recordings to emphasize the geometrics of nature and music.

On the A-side the lead track, Canopée, is a cavernous, pulsing, low-frequency techno colossus destined to hypnotise dark warehouse spaces. On the reverse Galdae is a propulsive tecnoid tweaker while Mue is designed for head rolling after hours with mesmeric synth drones suspended over a brain melting sub-bass pulse.

The anticipated second release from Los Angeles/Seattle imprint Slumdiscs comes in the form of a 12" from two artists who have each had a prolific year, refining their respective takes on dark electronics. Side A features three tracks from Italian producer Morkebla (Where To Now/Reckno). He utilizes ethereal synths to create vast, mind expanding soundscapes just as suited for club use as they are for deep meditation. Side B is provided by Portland artist Best Available Technology (Astro:Dynamics/Working Nights). Contained within is an experiment in variations and reductions that rewards close listeners with a glimpse into the slow decay of self-contained sonic ecosystems. ''Go Slumming'' marks the first full length collaboration between the two artists and showcases the best of their respective styles.

After successfully establishing his own dub techno sound with numerous remixes on
the late, House veteran Alexkid drops the first release on his vinyl imprint. Dry beats
with lush echoes drive this EP, as expected from the Artist.

Early support from Enzo Siragusa, tINI, Martinez, Bella Sarris, Molly...

Limited special edition on clear transparent vinyl... brilliant techno tracks by mastermind Adam Jay wh
previously released his tracks on Kombination Research, Punish, Phobiq, Monoid, Fine Audio, Chrom
and various others!!!

5 years ago the 19:58 min 'Horse' by Alejandro Mosso was the very last EP released on Lomidhigh Lmtd. This new Horse EP is now back stronger then ever after some great energetic remixes by Franco Cinelli and Joachim Holm.

next on house wax !!

Heavyweight vinyl with two extra tracks

With the 'Fusion EP', produced by Steven Cock, liquid cement dries and becomes its own living body. 3 tracks, molded from pressing beats, are playing with the force of delay and wandering synthesizer patterns.

Mojuba sub label a.r.t.less welcomes the Munich Techno Duo Trap10! After introducing and reintroducing prolific artists like Stephen Brown, JP Enfant and Fanon Flowers it's time for another addition to the a.r.t.less label roster! Trap10 deliver three very convincing tracks for their debut EP showcasing the cornerstones of their sound. From straight peak-time action on the A-Side to head-nodding & feet stomping funk infused Techno with soul on the flip, dress to sweat!

- A new collection of otherworldly transmissions from Deepchord's laboratory. With 'Ultraviolet Music' Deepchord returns to his proprietary formula of atmospheric heroin-house (after 2013's more cinematic '20 Electrostatic Soundfields').
- A hallucinogenic amalgamation of deep emotive textures swimming around 4/4 kicks and sub-bass, middle of the night atmospheres, hypnotic repetitions, shortwave static and slowly evolving textures that envelop the listener in warm blankets of sound. Multi- dimensional sounds that move the mind and the feet.
- Numerous (processed) acoustic and organic sound sources make these tracks seem alive in a way that is uncommon in electronic music today. They are breathing life-forms that reveal their subtle layers with repeated listenings. It's music that's influenced equally by 1980s experimental, 1990s ambient, Detroit techno, deep house and Berlin school, creating something entirely unique in the process.











Disc 2

Andy Stott returns with his first new album since 2012's 'Luxury Problems', no.55 in Pitchfork's 'best albums of the decade so far'

- It also featured high in numerous year-end charts in 2012; including The Wire, Resident Advisor, Pitchfork, The Quietus, Tiny Mixtapes,

PopMatters, XLR8R and more

- Includes vocal contributions from Alison Skidmore on six tracks

- The album straddles analogue club music and vocal pop songs - somewhere between Ron Hardy, Prefab Sprout, Dome, Actress, Cocteau Twins and Arthur Russell

- Mastered and cut by Matt Colton at Alchemy 'Faith In Strangers' was written and produced between January 2013 and June 2014, and was edited and sequenced in late July this year. Making use of on an array of instruments, field recordings, found sounds and vocal treatments, it's a largely analogue variant of hi-tech production styles arcing from the dissonant to the sublime. The first two tracks recorded during these early sessions bookend the release, the opener 'Time Away' featuring Euphonium played by Kim Holly Thorpe and last track 'Missing' a contribution by Stott's occasional vocal collaborator Alison Skidmore who also appeared on 2012's 'Luxury Problems'.. Between these two points 'Faith In Strangers' heads off from the sparse and infected 'Violence' to the broken, downcast pop of 'On Oath' and the motorik, driving melancholy of 'Science & Industry' - three vocal tracks built around that angular production style that imbues proceedings with both a pioneering spirit and a resonating sense of familiarity. Things take a sharp turn with 'No Surrender'- a sparkling analogue jam making way for a tough, smudged rhythmic assault, while 'How It Was' refracts sweaty Warehouse signatures and 'Damage' finds the sweet spot between RZA's classic 'Ghost Dog' and Terror Danjah at his most brutal. 'Faith in Strangers' is next and offers perhaps the most beautiful and open track here, its vocal hook and chiming melody bound to the rest of the album via the almost inaudible hum of Stott's mixing desk. It provides a haze of warmth and nostalgia that ties the nine loose joints that make up the LP into the most memorable and oddly cohesive of Stott's career to date, built and rendered in the spirit of those rare albums that straddle innovation and tradition through darkness and light.

The third release on Tel Aviv duo Deep'a & Biri's Black Crow label comes from Israeli talent Hakimonu. Having first emerged in 2007, Hakimonu has since initiated his own self-titled imprint, with over twenty releases from him and his close circle of like-minded friends since 2010. With a stated intention to 'explore the experience of infinity through sound & music", Hakimonu's debut Black Crow release should bring his intelligent fusion of techno, ambient, dub, jazz and acid to wider attention. Far more than a pair of dub techno excursions, the EP's original tracks Insular Realms and Jiriki retain a tougher, more experimental edge while encouraging listeners to explore the minute details in the spaces between the more prevalent elements of the tracks. The EP enlists Ed Davenport (under his Inland guise) and Black Crow bosses Deep'a & Biri for remix duties, with Davenport's dancefloor-rework of Insular Realms continuing his impressive run of form which has included hugely accomplished releases for Mosaic, his own Counterchange label and, as Inland, his collaboration with Function on their co-run Infrastructure New York. Deep'a & Biri meanwhile maintain their own high standards with their propulsive remix of Insular Realms, offering a less rough-hewn yet no less effective club-ready version.

Repress!
The second release of the Label "Baud" from Tom Dicicco, who lives in Manchester, brings us the two tracks "material things" and "empire", concluded by a remix of "material things" by PatrickGraeser, who already attract attention on Liebe*detail.

What's up
Delta Funktionen starts his own label! What Another artist starting a label Yes!
After several years of dropping 12 inches on Ann Aimee, and the well received album 'Traces' on Delsin, he felt it was the right time to launch his own imprint: Radio Matrix.

What is it about
Radio Matrix will represent the sound of Friesland and the city of Leeuwarden.
The core of the label will be based around producers from the city of Leeuwarden (The Netherlands). So far, releases have been scheduled from VC-118A, Area Forty One and of course the man himself. Next to that, EP's are lined up from guys who haven't had a release yet, but who are fuelling the local scene of Friesland for more than a decade now. But as Radio Matrix is not strictly limited to the borders of Friesland, befriended and like-minded producers will contribute as well.
As dedicated record junkies, everything will of course be pressed on vinyl. However, digital files will be made available as well, so you don't need to visit dodgy torrent sites.

How does that sound like
Drumcomputers and synthesizers. Somewhere on the borders of (classic) techno, house and electro, without sounding too retro.

Delta Funktionen with the first release on his own imprint. Four times 808 power combined with deep Moog basses. Riding a thin line between techno and house with a touch of electro.

Giorgio Gigli achieves his debut album after a personal path grown with his work on Zooloft Records. In the same way his dj sets reflect the spirit of that evolution. He explores sophisticated ambient layers as much as obsessive and hypnotic techno landscapes. The Right Place Where Not To Be' is the title of this first full-length sonic movie', a work emerging from the depth of his soul that filters, in a proper way, every musical input he developed over the years. A scenario where human and animal life-form perished and only plants and minerals survived. Giorgio performs that concept writing an ultra-detailed soundtrack, using rich textures that hide secret acoustics, nhanced by alienating atmosphere that captivate the listener. The album is focused on obsessive rhythmics cut on low frequency, a persistent motion, a stable tremor, world exclaiming its life-forms in so far as details the missing ones. Sky is darkened by dub clouds and stratified sonics that electrify space around. Blooming sensations that cover a wide spectrum, alternating feverish tension to lights of trust. Confines are dejected, techno meets ambient, throwing up an amniotic fluid which is immersed our unconscious. A sonic bubble from a faraway era, a timeless atmosphere that describes a vision that seems to answer to most important question: why Giorgio brilliantly manages the hard task of creating an album that describes in a cinematic manner a surreal concept with no loss of tension. LP is enhanced by a stylish Triple Gatefold with evocative artwork that expresses Giorgio's thoughts. A sequence of mountains dominated by clouds of a clear sky, depths of flowers, the tinged memory of a wonderful past. Photography by Marcello and Alessandro Gianvenuti was created with B/N poses from an old Hasselblad, somewhere in the Dolomites, and enhanced by watercolour-painted textures at a later stage. Whole graphical project is curated by Studio Lord Z.

Dutch producer Mohlao is next up on Shipwreck offshoot Deep Sound Channel with a four track EP that showcases his specialist dub techno style. It follows on from top releases by Albert Van Abbe and Mike Parker, and means the label starts 2015 in style. Before now the Dutchman has released on labels like Meanwhile and Other Heights, as well as working as VC-118A on Lunar Disko Records and Tabernacle. This four track EP kicks off with 'Cladistic Mutation', a sparse underwater soundtrack with only the gentlest suggestion of rhythm, lots of reverb and tiny little details that float by like micro-bacterial debris. 'M2' is a more beat driven dub track but is still way below the surface: the kicks are smooth and hunched over, the chords are smeared out in all directions and the atmosphere is lo-fi and grainy. On the flip, 'Grain' gets even more energetic, with firm techno kick drums setting a stern tempo as all sorts of aqueous details and spacious effects pepper the groove. There's a heavenly nature to the pads and an industrial texture to the percussion that makes this a cerebral but physical affair from start to finish. Lastly, 'Neurowaves' closes things down in blissfully dubbed out and horizontal fashion, with large sweeping pads, tweaked filters and evocative little details all placing you firmly under water. Just like the label name suggests, this is seriously deep, comforting and escapist music for the heads.
FEEDBACK:

Breach (Naked Naked, Aus)
LOVE this record.

Josh Wink (Ovum)
Grain and M2 for me. Heady techno! Likey!

Roman Lindau (Fachwerk)
Cladistic mutation for me!

Antigone (Indigo Aera)
Grain is great thanks a lot !

Bambounou (50Weapons, ClekClekBoom)
Dope, thank you very much

Bryan Kasenic (The Bunker NY)
Grain sounds great

AnD (Horizontal Ground, Inner Surface Music)
Lovely spaced out dub techno!

Tommy Four Seven (CLR)
Cladistic Mutation is dope

Bleak (Skudge, Delsin)
Get me trippin!

Carlos Valdes (Studio Soulrock)
Hotness!!!

GoldFFinch (Turbo, Dirty Bird)
Lovely !

Electric Indigo (indigo:inc)
Wow, cladistic mutation is really beautiful!

Danny Howells (Dig Deeper)
M2 is perfect warm up .. thanks!

Dax J (Monnom Black)
Very nice deep stuff to listen to here, thanks!

Daniel Avery (Phantasy Sound)
Really love Neurowaves

Solenoid (Graphene, Belief System)
M2 is deep

James Kumo (Metamorphic Rec)
Nice dubbed out grooves! thanks!

Clara Moto (InFiné)
Super, love M2!

Matrixxman (Dekmantel, Ghostly)
Solid dub explorations.

Laurent Garnier (Puyvert)
Another lovely release on the label

Sebastian Weiß (Groove)
DSC never disappoints!

Christereo (istanbul)
Excellent atmosphere, full support!

Stenny (Ilian Tape)
Classy and solid! M2

Mosca (Ann Aimee, Not So Much, Prime Numbers)
Cladistic Mutation for me, cheers!

James Fox / Severn Beach (Audio Culture)
Right up my street this - top tracks all round.

Dimi Angélis (A&S, ANGLS, Traut Muzik)
Deep stuff! Love it!

Artefakt (Field, Prologue)
Great work, always quality from Samuel

Jean Pierre Enfant (Les Enfants Terribles, Trouw)
This is a great EP, especially Cladistic mutation and M2 suits me. Nice deep and moody

Truncate / Audio Injection (Truncate)
These will work at the right moments thanks!

Jonas Kopp (Traut, Manzel)
Thanks.

Giles Armstrong
M2 4 Me!

Albert van Abbe (VANABBE)
Cladistic Mutation & Neurowaves are great! Big fan of Samuel! Ace!

Dense & Pika (Hypercolour)
Nice

Eric Cloutier (The Bunker NYC, TANSTAAFL)
all four of these are simply divine - which i'm not surprised by when you Know its mohlao's music. great one!!

Divided (Resin)
Cladistic mutation is niiicee

Zadig (Construct Re-Form)
Cladistic Mutation is really beautiful. Love it. Thanks

Slam (Soma Records)
Deep and moody - perfect thank you

Roland Appel
Cool dubby stuff...thx a lot..

Thaddeus Herrmann (Das Filter)
Sounding great!

Karim Sahraoui (Transmat records, MIRAKLES Music)
Cool EP

When you listen to this EP you cannot keep yourself stable. Your heart pulsates like a bat out of the hell, your blood boils for the rhythm, your soul lingers on one side to the other of the room where your body tries to check the discharge of adrenaline as it emerges.
It reminds me of a film or a video set in the years 90' where a human being, without the effect of drugs, succeeded in penetrating the depths of their own intimacy.
This EP, constructed of 3 tracks, is the antidote to the pain of the day. It's the apotheosis of the night time, it's for the people that don't ask anything else other than to live a true trip riding the boundaries of their own conscience.
These 3 tracks give you this type of emotion or maybe it's just me. Are you able to feel it Where there is a will, there is a way.
Words by Lorenzo Salmi

Atmospheric, darkness, emotional, deep and organic, Architectural returns with a very special album. A musical piece with a soundtrack essence that transport to the darker and disturbing forests. The cd edition has a second cd with a previous tracks compilation released on Architectural recs.

next rawax bomb - limited handstamped on yellow marbled vinyl!

EarToGround Records 3rd consecutive vinyl only release, once again features as a limited pressing on high quality black wax and is likely to be seen by techno purists as ready to go dj ammunition for a variety of dance floors, as each track & remix carries its own identity. Aptly titled the 'Kommand EP' after it's strikingly powerful A Side, ETG002 see's the return of resident label artists and firmly rooted crew members, 'Chris Stanford & Dax J' after their well respected debut e.p 'Programm' on ETG001. The hard-hitting rumble of Kommand, is traditionally industrial with a memorable hypnotic lead. Which during its journey falls into a misty pad of resembling a dark chamber. The 'Demented Drums remix of the title song comes from the mysterious duo 'AnD'. Hailing from Manchester in the North of England their destructive pounding distortive bass rides sweetly on it's driving broken beats, shortly after it's filtered intro, a chiming of well crafted cowbells join forces with a re-arranged version of the mind teasing lead of the original track.