Techno News

Mark Fell and Mat Steel's second EP as SND arrived a year after their debut 'Tplay' and continued to explore a distinct, highly individual take on electronic Minimalism, House and UK Garage stripped to its bare bones. The tracks here more or less split themselves into three distinct categories: the first detailing the
brilliant swing and shuffle of their reduced UKG mutations, with '22' in particular perfecting the balance between academic reduction and kinetic, feminine motion. The second outlines a more linear approach utilising reduced House and Techno templates, while the last includes more experimental works such as the proper fwwd bass-pulse arrangements on the previously unheard B2 and the frequency fxxckery of closing track D3.
With the original DAT tapes remastered and cut by Rashad Becker, this series is a real treat to followers of SND and Mark Fell, and an essential eye-opener for anyone unfamiliar with this
incredible early material.

special double pack for all you TOFFLER lovers out there - including 2 classic releases from the TOFFLER stable

tv005: quantec - dimensions beyond the known




tv006: stefano - square and compasses (quantec remix)

Montreal's Clarian drops his first EP on Turbo, backed by remixes from Iron Galaxy and Sei A

Visionquest & Supplement Facts regular, formerly one half of Footprintz, and A&R at Seth Troxler's new Soft Touch imprint, Clarian has been steadily developing a solid portfolio and reputation. A prolific artist with more than just production skills, he clearly has a special talent for songwriting and a gift for melody. Up until now he's been notably unconstrained by the narrow limits of EDM genre-fication, and this EP is no exception, as he confidently explores a new direction..

Drawing influence from the bittersweet, emotive sounds of deep, post-Burial UK house, 'Road to Recovery' shimmers with romance and nostalgia, a rare case of hauntingly beautiful, yet easily playable dance music. The warm textures and ambient backdrop are just as rich on 'Who Are They to Judge Us,' which adds skillfully cut vocals that speak to the producer's sensitivity.

Turbo and Aus prodigy Sei A is an ideal candidate for remixing Road to Recovery, and he doesn't disappoint, retaining all the mood and character of the original while toughening up the beats and reworking the arrangement to turn it into a club weapon.

Fellow Montrealer Iron Galaxy, hot off remarkable Boiler Room and Mutek performances, as well as releases on James Zabiela's Born Electric and Audio Culture, shows off analog wizardry with his remix of 'Who Are They to Judge Us,' building the energy up through melodic counterpoint.

Far and away the most musical thing to come out on Turbo in a while, not to be missed!

Marko Fürstenberg is a well known dub techno act, who has been releasing his first album 'Gesamtlaufzeit' at Thinner nearly 10 years ago. Its a true classic of the dub techno genre but it was never released on vinyl. Thats why we will do a re-release with fresh edits and a new mastering. There will be also a remix package with nice reworks of Reference, Pattern Repeat, Luke + Rita Hess and Rhauder. "Gesamtlaufzeit was produced between March and September 2003 - every song in a different environment where Marko resided this year (between his stay in Canada, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and his residence Thüringen/Germany). A diary, converted to music with every location producing new impressions and creating diverse sample ressources. Marko is the kind of person searching for natural sounds, between campfires crackles, and
rolling obstacles to give his tracks a certain identifying warmth. One can listen to the process of Fürstenbergs muscial maturity, that is obvious by the versatility and detailed harmonic moods on this album. The tracks circle around Dubhouse in
the broader sense - with rambling pads and endless modulated ambient spheres, tight Groove monsters are created, underlayed with compressed bassdrums whenever appropriate. Every track contains a certain grade of emotion - relating the dedications of the tracknames, that reflect on prevailing local circumstances.

'GRASSWAXX RECORDINGS,' a leading label in Japan's underground music scene, is releasing the label's host, RAWFILA's original track "gravity" and "debris" on side A. On side B, are the best sound quality Techno remix's by a
track maker, 'A.MOCHI', who is now praised by world class top DJ's, and is famous for his releases from LEN FAKI's label, "Figure."

Side A by RAWFILA is consisted of, "gravity," a dope minimal track, from a combination of soft noise and hypno parts, with a stoic roaring beat that accelerates with a metallic dub effect, and "debris," an Industrial Techno track with an edged dope synth. Side B with "A.MOCHI's" remix of "gravity," a masterpiece of dangerous deep dub techno, is created with his trademark of uncompromising bass and heavy percussion. The dubby bass creates a psychedelic, three dimensional sound image you will never forget.

- Luke Slater (UK)
a cool drifter,will try out.thanks.

- Chris Liebing (Germany)
thanks! very nice and trippy :)

- Tommy Four Seven (Germany)
Dope!


- Gary Beck (Grasgow)
Thanks so much for these! Wow, really cool.


- Marcel Fengler (Germany)
Thanx for that nice package. Gravity is my fav..

- Xavier Morel (France)
exelent rmx!!! play it chart it next month.... best supports!!!

- Elvis.T (China)
awesomee DARK stuff!

- Go Hiyama (Japan)
heavy and deeeeep....cool!

Emotional, cosmic, higher-level house and techno.
Berlin based Vidab records is pleased to announce the debut album from accomplished musician and producer Tomas Svensson. Titled 'Am I Networked', the longplayer takes us into the mind of a true synthesiser enthusiast, whose beautifully played and precisely sequenced tracks have previously only seen light on a handful of EPs for the label.
Svensson, the Swedish born long-time Berlin resident, has years of experience playing in bands, on keys, synths and drums, and also worked alongside Vidab co-founder Oliver Deutschmann on their Rhodes-driven electronic project 'Subbroom Association'. 

Tel Aviv's Deep'a & Biri and Iran-born producer Aril Brikha will unite on a forthcoming 12 on Deep's & Biri's Black Crow label, from which proceeds will be donated to a Israel/Palestine peace projects organization. The release was inspired by Brikha's first visit to Israel to play at the Black Crow party in Tel Aviv, after years of turning down gig offers in the country in what Brikha describes as his own 'quiet protest' in solidarity with Palestine. Aril Brikha: 'I thought I would have trouble getting in, and while I'm there, because I'm born in Iran. But after a few days there and coming back to my 'homeland' Sweden, I realized that I felt more at home in Israel than in Sweden...which was a very strange feeling. The same weekend of my gig missiles came towards Tel Aviv so of course it was not an ordinary evening we got at the club that night. I was really happy to see the people that still made it out - it was a very special night". With their shared love for the deeper sounds of Detroit techno (Derrick May's Transmat label, on which Brikha released the timeless 'Groove La Chord' and Deep'a & Biri have a released a track last year, remains a key link between their respective approaches to music), Brikha's collaboration with Deep'a & Biri on the second Black Crow EP was the logical next step to follow the duo's 2013 debut LP 'Emotions Visions Changes' on DJ Hell's International DJ Gigolos. The 12 features both acts contributing an original track and remix, with Brikha's signature melodic progressions and Deepa & Biri's dub techno atmospherics brought to bear on each side.

Re-Issues of classic Dub Techno/ House or Deep House tracks by Dean DeCosta. From hard to find Mosaic releases or beauties from Lo-Fi Stereo or Background. All remastered from the originals. Compiled, Arranged by Dean DeCosta.

Rrose, Vatican Shadow, Recondite and nsi. remixes!!!

After Function's epic debut album "Incubation" had several months to breathe, Ostgut Ton issues four remixes by Function contemporaries Rrose, Vatican Shadow, Recondite and NSI. Spread over 4 sides of vinyl they paint a picture rich in texture and atmospheres fitting it's origin. Like the album, the remixes transcend club concepts of electronic music and techno as they unravel in surrounding territories.

After initial releases on Sandwell District the darkly mysterious Rrose seems a natural choice for this EP and Rrose reveals a deep and instinctive understanding of Function's sound world. The remix of "Against The Wall" picks up the hypnotic acid of the original and spins it into manic depths, relentless and powerful.
Vatican Shadow hones in on the fragile beauty present in the original "Psychic Warfare". Like a different side of the same coin, the track portrays a far away view of the original, where memory enhances the warmth and the contrast between tension and ease in Function's original.

German producer Recondite has been going from strength to strength in recent months and his remix of "Incubation (Ritual)" confirms this status, seemingly understated, his remix achieves a stunning grip with minimal texture, killer synth line and bass, effortlessly solid.
The last remix comes from artist pairing NSI. Max Loderbauer and Tobias Freund share between them the huge experience of half a life time in music and sound engineering and Freund also mixed the "Incubation" album. For their remix they tap into Function's early music influences and layer elements of pioneering German electronic experimentation with ambient and psychedelic sensitivity, creating a dark, brooding version of "Inter", that seems to close the circle between the then and now in living electronic music.

We are happy to announce the 2nd Ep by Kosta Athanassiadis aka XDB on Echocord. Kosta has been very bussy the last years releasing on very ne labels, like Dolly, Sistrum and Harbour City Sorrow. Besidens that he is running his own very respected label Metrolux Music, and djing all over the world. The Afrikk Ep contains 3 original tracks, Burgund, Indywa and Afrikk. All tracks are rough, deep and dubby with house elemenst, typical XDB style. Also the ep contains a remix of the Afrikk track by Philogresz, which is a dub Techno treatment with Detroit feelings.All tracks are perfect for the danceoor, a good mix of the modern House sound of today and Dub Techno.

It's been over half a year since youAND:THEMACHINES album 'BEHIND' first saw the light of night. Now its time to presents a nice remix package with some of the favourite artists of Martin.

First Release for Toffler Music Entertainment, an idea by italian producer Stefano. This Release containes 2 original mix by label owner Stefano. West is a melodic dub techno track, dark atmosphere and dramatic rhythmic sytnh line introduce heavy filtered Chords.

Inner Shift Music is a label focused on quality, deep, underground electronic music.

Announcing the onset of night, Driftmachine - a Berlin-based duo comprised of Andreas Gerth (Tied & Tickled Trio) and Florian Zimmer (Saroos) - have created Nocturnes, a psychoactive, dream-inducing stimulant of sorts: Evoking and maintaining a trancelike state, the duo's six-part journey into the dark was originally inspired by reading 'The Rest Is Noise' and listening to the music discussed in Alex Ross' seminal book. The resulting soundscapes, written and recorded since 2012, redefine the lines between insomnia and slumber, between wraithlike dub grooves gone awry, the dancing flicker of a slack-joint bedside lamp, and eerie electronics.

Close friends Woo York return to Dynamic Reflection with an all new EP!
Two great original tracks, Vacuum and Oka, accompanied by two outstanding remixes from label residents Samuli Kemppi and Unbalance!

Subwax Bcn is proud to present, for the first time on vinyl another Yagya album masterpiece! These beautiful timeless dub techno & ambient pieces was originally released in 2006 but only on cd. Will I Dream During The Process is a timeless journey into dub techno & ambient heaven. Essential!

Par Wax presents its sixth release as a vinyl only project. This deeply personal record is perhaps the climax of George Paar's and Yuji Kondo's relationship as artists which started approximately two years ago. This record has brought together two artists responsible for the direction of their own label collectives with a particular and intimate vision of electronic music. Supported by: Giorgio Gigli, Claudio PRC, Tom Bonaty, Chris Liebing, Svreca, Cassegrain, Go Hiyama, Reeko, Max M, Tommy Four Seven, Ness, Developer, Exium, NX1, Juho Kusti, Victor Martinez, Inigo Kennedy, Electric Indigo, Jonas Kopp, Audio Injection by: Giorgio Gigli, Claudio PRC, Tom Bonaty, Chris Liebing, Svreca, Cassegrain, Go Hiyama, Reeko, Max M, Tommy Four Seven, Ness, Developer, Exium, NX1, Juho Kusti, Victor Martinez, Inigo Kennedy, Electric Indigo, Jonas Kopp, Audio Injection

Heavy aquatic house tracks by Japanese producer Mitsuaki Komamura. Slow and heavy tracks ranging from more electronic to dubby grooves. Out there with releases of Kassem Mosse, Pittmann and the likes. Seriously good release!