Techno News

DJ legend, producer icon, avant-gardist, pioneer. Only few influenced the music scene of the past 28 years as deeply as Pascal FEOS. He is responsible for 4 solo albums, over 200 releases and hundreds of remixes. Still his hunger for sound experiments is satisfied by no means. Although it has been a bit quiet around him in the past few months, you might rather call this the quiet before the storm. FEOS wouldn't be FEOS, if it wouldn't have been for him to have his fingers on controllers and knobs on a daily basis, creating and tweaking new sounds. Finally the time has come. Pascal is back, and he gentlemanly wrapped up a present for you, marked DEPARTED 2 RETURN. What's in it Not only FEOS' fifth album, but also a musical answer to the question what he has experienced and what he had to go through in these three creative and self-reflecting years of his musical hiatus. Every high, every low and every new insight in life he put into his music. With his output being as big as ever, he made DEPARTED 2 RETURN his first double album.

After a summer break Baum records is back with label head Resoe. This is Resoe´s first solo EP on Baum, since November 2009.
The A side is a long atmospheric track in best laidback Resoe style. Dub Echos and strings. On the B side Resoe gets more rough with repetitive stabs, that really get´s the groove going. Resoe tested the track out live during his live performances over the summer, with a fantastic feedback from the crowd every time he dropped it. The second track on the B side is Resoe´s adventure into darker territories, with a straight up Offbeat Techno approach. The shuffled beats and detuned synth sounds evolves during the track, and makes you feel like you are in a Dubby Nightmare. Resoe is never afraid of try out new ideas, and that is why he is such a diverse producer/artist.

Prime Numbers returns with a series of remixes of Trus'me favourites, including treatments from a host of current cherished producers.

Part 2 of 3 in our Trus'me remix series.
Part 2 features DVS1, owner of Hush Records & integral part of Ben Klocks label 'Klockworks', alongside the understated detroit resident Terrence Dixon who's produced for a handful of labels including Tresor & Yore Records. DVS1 strips back 'In The Red' working the bass & low end to cavrnous degrees, creating a minimal & deeply subtle groove in his signature style. The afrohouse original of 'Shakea body' is deftly and comprehensively transformed into a psyched-out piece of detroit fusion in a true classic style..

A unique mix between Berlin techno, french aestetic, and UK groove.
auddie makes a great link between avant garde beats, sound design, and classic spirit. A must have in every siutations.
Feedbacks :
" Multidisciplinary and always on research process, french artist Auddie living in Berlin stopped in Paris to introduce his last brilliant opus « Haunted House ». Out on his challenging label F4 Disques, this new EP has been congratulated by many DJ's as « Excellent, swinging Techno & Electro bonus cut ».
That's to say Auddie brought a lot of Berlin spirit and groove in his electro-techno compositions, but not only...
Coming from famous french hard-techno-do-it-yourself scene, Brieuc Le Meur has always been attracted to some kind of global aesthetic gesture, fascinated by dancers, rhythm and poetry."
(Max Fraisier-Roux / Ice FM _ radio campus / Paris)
"Very nice electro here!" Dasha rush
" The new auddie's records is always my bag when I go playing! "
DJ Myako
"Haunted House" has got an beautiful colors and very fine and unique groove. A masterpiece! "
Torsten Welle / Berlin Klappt
" we are from the future (SH 101 edit) " Crazy electro bomb !" Tzii / belgium
" My favorites: "We are fro mthe future" and "Haunted house (dry edit)" Electric Indigo / Vienna

All things in life are cyclical so Quanticman Records returns to the birthplace to celebrate it's 5th year of existence.

It all begun with a group of people that wanted to have a platform where they could evolve.

The label had a boost of popularity when it debuted on vinyl with artists like : Horatio , Bastian Schuster , Pablo Cahn , Los Updates .... and kept getting popularity.

Quanticman Records quickly established itself as an fresh mix of dub tehnoish , minimalistical , housy sound , all with a specific romanian twist....

Beeing supported by the grand masters: Raresh , Ricardo Villalobos , Luciano , Loco Dice , Richie Hawtin , DJ Sneak , Dubfire proved once again that the label has found an identitiy among club people , djs and more.

Now we are returning to our roots and we want to celebrate this special events with a party and a 5 years double vinyl release.

Eine Fanfare von verhaltener Erhabenheit
ertönt wie zum Auftakt unbestimmter
Festlichkeiten um sich sogleich in sich selbst
zu spiegeln. In immer neuen Spiegeln. Im
Spiegelsaal . Der Raum im Raum im Raum....

Zeit ist ein dehnbarer Begriff. Narkotische
Bläserloops, kaum merklich modulierend,
taumeln Richtung Unendlichkeit. Siebziger
Jahre Krautelektronik-Sequenzer Gefühl flirtet
mit James Last Weichspüler Sound und
Egerländern auf Valium . Stoisch, endlos,
willenlos. Programmatische Langeweile als
Stilmittel berauschter Glückseeligkeit. Nur eine
gelegentlich vorüberziehende Wolke der
Atonalität, lässt den Abgrund hinter dem
blauen Himmel (pop)ambienter Entrücktheit
erahnen.

- "Rückverzauberung 9" erscheint als
Klanginstallation, produziert im Auftrag von:
'Doofe Musik, Lieder zum Träumen, Betäuben
und Vergessen.'
Ein Festival im Haus der Kulturen der Welt -
Berlin, Mai 2014.

- limitierte Auflage von 500 Stück

Ricardo Donoso completes his latest trance mission for Digitalis with 'One Verse Sharpens Another'. Four tracks of serpentine arpeggios, rolling bass pulses and stealthy, soaring synth chords simulate cybersex in anti-G, from the X-Files atmospheres and alien seduction of 'The Redeemer', to the piloerect triggers and tense pizzicato strings of 'Open Drawer, Full Of Masks' on the A-side and over to the sublime, supple bass roll and gentle ambient caress of 'Child Primitive' or the mindweaving Belgian trance bliss of 'Master Game (Shape To Come)' astral planing across the B-side. There's a purity of intent and execution at play here which safely places 'One Verse Sharpens Another' beyond irony, acting just like the original sound as an escape pod for spirits looking to break orbit.

A 4-track techno release by Developer & Advanced Human, with early support from the likes of Agony Forces, Christian Wunsch, Exium, Jonas Kopp, Kr!z, Luke Slater, Per Grindvik, Shifted, Tommyfourseven.

Craig Tattersall (The Boats/Cotton Goods) rustles up a second LP of cracked midnight ambience and spectral electro-acoustic details as The Humble Bee for Other Ideas. For the first time on 'She Possessed The Secret For Listening To The Stars', Tattersall augments his usual palette of tape loops and electronics with the addition of analogue synthesiser and Girogio Sancristoforo's Berna studio software - a software simulation of a late 1950s electro acoustic music studio complete with oscillators, tape recorders and matrix mixer - to add soft flesh to the skeletal bones of his wizened, wistful sketches. For anyone familiar with Craig's work, it's as though he's just figured out the focus button on his ear's lens, rending a tangibly deeper field of view where we can pick out globular bass shapes, plonging blips and ricocheting percussion swirling behind the patina of fuzz and frayed melodies.At times it even borders on minimal techno, but worry not, responsible listeners, it's a cup of horlicks compared with the relative double espresso of former Hood band-mate Andrew Johnson's A New Line (Related) project. Simply, Craig's melancholy 2D world has just found a whole new dimension, and it's a place we'd imagine many of you want to visit

The ICE LP was created by Maxim Wolzyn over a period of three years, mostly whilst touring throughout Germany by train as part of the Günther Lause duo. Spread over eight tracks, the LP poetically captures the complex networks of railways and tunnel systems that carry with them the thoughts and feelings of millions of people, aspiring to attain an overall impression of the collective consciousness of a society on the move.

Inspired sonically by the soundscapes of urban spaces, rail stations and the pulsing motions of modern mass transportation, various field recordings are mixed with reverberating synthesizer patterns and percussive composition, creating a mixture of straight forward techno and dystopian ambiences.

While being reminiscent of Berlin's dub techno tradition it also transcends the typical club context, moving into the realm of the intimate and personal. On black vinyl and limited to an edition of 300.

The second vinyl sampler showcasing some of the highlights from Sect's recent compilation It's All For You sees Croatia's Jolka and Manchester's Casual Violence share the billing on this fantastic 10", pairing two huge tracks that feel like two sides of the same coin. Jolka's "Life Is Changing" is the more overtly bright of the two, utilising a jagged arpeggio and bright stabs which provide an intensly hypnotic backdrop to the track's monolithic beats. On the flipside, Casual Violence's "Acceptance Of The Fact At Hand" operates on a slightly more subtle level - its sweeping strings and soothing melody deceive you into thinking the track is lighter than it is, but the thundering kicks and concise percussion tell a different story, creating what is an organic, cavernous composition filled with rich textural nuance.

Limited Clear Vinyl Pressing!

Played and Supported by Lucy, Speedy J, Oscar Mulero, Marcel Fengler, Markus Suckut, DVS1, Pfirter, Max_M, Drumcell and more.
Limited is a label created in Berlin by Andrea Belluzzi with a single mission: Techno .4 Bombs tracks maded for destroy the main floor...

Second reference of the Spanish label SineRec

This time the hand of German Quantec, momentarily abandons those atmospheres characteristics and leads to a more usual forceful style.

A very clean and not too much saturation in style chords. Spaces warm and very danceable. Music definitely cheerful and very valid.

With The Chemist makes a turn to the more techno sounds where the baseline takes an important character in the composition of the track.

Depth Flotation and Lets Get Wasted, down a bit of character and are ideal companions in the suitcase of a DJ for their musicality and cadence that will make sure, wonders on the dance floor.

Mastered by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering Berlin The collecting season leads us to our third episode and, as if Northern winds may threaten the upcoming summer, we request assistance from redoubtable Southern war men. The search has taken us to the Greek region of Thessaly where the mighty tribe of the Magnetes still exercises solid mythological power... From this realm, a line of their descents bring us stories of initiatory and adventurous journeys, full of passionate and unconsidered love, like the one present in the myth of Medea. As in the story, where extreme joy is followed by pulse, tragedy, vengeance and betrayal, The Magnecian reveals his inner techno instinct just to guide our paths through thunderously dark places filled with grainy drum thrills and shadowy riddims splicing with wide synths washes and cyclic chants. An epic soundtrack. Starting with 'Nostalgia", a perfectly stripped down dub that builds and expands along an eerie melody floating around the groove till, suddenly, interspersed with stomping percussions, the drive of the drum and the bass leads the way to eventually shake the emptiest ground...Turn the wax and you'll be shadowed by ' Your suffering is mine ', a tool crafted to keep things just the way they should, with 909 high hats and percussion bursts waving like blades thrown by our martial autochtone; he exquisitely manages to combine layers of noisy stabs and unfamiliar horn sounds that unravel over the course of a bouncy bassline. Finally 'Deleterious", a state of the art broken B2 acid drop, with a roaring and rumbling bassline skillfully displayed with synths and ethereal voices. It establishes a primitive dialogue between sounds, giving a Bristolian feel to this cutting-edged closure. Far from remaining Statik, we reckon this new self revealed argonaut will

Pomelo's newest outing is delivered by the NYC based producer extraordinaire Brendon Moeller, a real master in the field of techno and dub, also well known for his productions under the monikers 'Beat Pharmacy' and 'Echologist'.
Despite his 10 albums and over 50 singles released for some of the best labels out there, it is three of Brendon's strongest tracks to date that have made it on his 'Reconcile' EP.
The EP's title track promises a subtle fusion of house and techno through a loosly swinging techno groove, and duly delivers with echoing chord cascades and spluttering sound effects.
'Machiavellian impulse' picks up the intensity with a more direct, pounding beat, to which stuttering, spacious stabs add an element of deepness and dub.
'Loudness Sustain Decay' finally has a whole side to itself, starting out as a lofty house mover, with a pulsing wild pitch synths slowly adding tension until the track's wild finale.

- Re-Press of Voices Of Dust which has been out of print since its release in 2010. -

House Music Icon Kerri Chandler initiates the Madhouse offshoot MadTech with a four track drop from London producer Citizen. Described as an outlet for Chandler to release music that doesn't quite reflect the tone of Madhouse, it's nonetheless quite a bold statement to hand proceedings for the debut release to a relatively unknown quantity in Citizen. However, the move is justified with Citizen demonstrating his obvious potential for productions based in the stylistic tropes of classicist house that still pull in subtle elements from elsewhere. This is no more evident than the title track, a punchy arrangement based around 90s house motifs yet noticeable for its cavernous atmospherics and deft techy rhythmic touches. It's a promising start for both label and artist, with the former holding future weapons from Lakosa and Voyeur and the latter getting ready to drop a Jimmy Edgar featuring EP for the newly minted Love Fever label.

With 808 Horizon EP hot off the press, Limikola welcomes a new face on the label! After
the last remix release for Heron's track entitled Rufus, including reinterpretations by Troy
Pierce & Heartthrob, Miro Pajic as well as Nebes, it's finally time for IR!

This talented Producer comes from Berlin and is since many years a close friend of the label
owner, Heron. IR delivers here an amazing two track EP, which is characterized by super
detailed arrangements and sound designs of great quality.

It took over two years to finish the tracks - IR, a perfectionist 'par excellence'. Now, at
Limikola, we hope you'll enjoy our fresh release and don't forget to stay tuned for more
news!

early support by: Billy Johnston, Damon Wild, Gabriel Ferreira, Kane Roth, Luciano, Luke Slater, Magda, Maetrik, Markus
Suckut, Miro Pajic, Nihad Tule, Paco Osuna, Raphael Dincsoy ...

support & feedback:
Funkatron: "Perfect!"
Slam: "Nice! Will spin!"
Horation: "Some nice stuff here!"
Franco Bianco: "Great release! Thanks for the music!"
Misstress Barbara: "Liking both tracks on here. Support!"
Danilo Vigorito: "Really nice!"
Martin Eyerer: "Nice tunes! Will play and support!"
Johnny D: "Nice!"
Guy J: "808 Horizon for me, will play out, thx!"
Stefano Lotti: "Great Techno!"
Tom Pooks: "Thanks for this promo!"
Alexi Delano: "Will play for sure!"
Randall Jones: "808 Horizon is one of the biggest promo bombs I've got this year!"
Sebastian Roya: "Horizon is a BOMB!"
Anderson Noise: "Great! Thanks!"
M.A.N.D.Y.: "Thanks for the good music!"
Alex Meshkov: "Fat!"
Medellinstyle.com: "Well produced release, beautiful tracks!"
Damon Wild: "Two cool tracks. like especially the 808 Horizon track. it´s so intense :)"
Gabriel Ferreira: "Thanks! Nice music!"
Kane Roth: "Nice tracks! Both are excellent!"
Luke Slater: "Like 808, 404 not for me thanks."
Maetrik: "Thanks for the music, will try out!"
Markus Suckut: "808 Horizon for me here!"
Matt Star: "Supernice Techno Stuff, will play 808 Horizon in my next sets."
Miro Pajic: "Will try, thanks!"
Nihad Tule: "Nice 808 workout!"
Magda: "Thanks! :)"