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Yan Cook back on the Delsin Inertia series. Four tracks of highly effective techno gear.

Label founder Alexander Skancke serves up a more tripped-out fusion between house and techno for the fourth release on the Quirk imprint.

Mastered by Mike Grinser @ Manmade Mastering
Graphic design by Johann3000

TIME FOR LOVE - TIME FOR RAVE

Wolfskuil Records is back with a strong debut release from Belgian techno producer Border Onewith three original stomping tracks.
Wolfskuil Records is back with a strong debut release from Belgian techno producer Border One with three original stomping tracks. With this marking his inauguration into the scene, the title track 'Bittersharp' epitomizes his style in one word with staticky synths that jitter to and fro sending you into manic disarray. 'Kobalt' unrolls in the same style, still tart, yet polished with divergent drum patterns interpreting his techniques. The final track 'Arachnid' conclusively delivers a real flavor of sophisticated synth work voyaging through the cosmos. With this just the beginning of Border One's journey into the techno sphere, keep an eye out for more prime time victories.

After the boundary breaking, experimental excursions of recent album 'In The Wild,' Brooklyn- based FaltyDL was hungry to return to the dancefloor music that made his name. That hunger shines through on his 'Rich Prick Poor Dick' single - a sleek, stripped back duo of dancefloor stalkers.- Recommended for fans of Floating Points, Four Tet, Machinedrum, Martyn.
- Heavyweight 180g 12' vinyl in a 3mm spined sleeve.

Flight Mode is proud to finally present its first release. Iranian producer Kamyar Keramati, member of Tonnovelle, joins forces with Swiss producer and label co-founder Five Ten, in order to provide you with a glimpse of Flight Mode’s universe. Expect to hear many different inspirations, going from Acid to Electro and Techno.

Limited edition of 200 copies.

Surge causes a wave of gridlocked analogue pulses that are bound to wreak havoc. VOLT006 brings four tracks that guarantee outrageous energy levels that will steer dancers into momentary oblivion. Buckle up for a blazing furnace of prime time rave sounds by Swart, REMY-X, Chlär and Julian Muller.

Kerber Remixes, die brandneue EP von Yann Tiersen mit sechs Remix-Tracks seines 12. Studioalbums Kerber. Die EP enthält Beatrice Dillons brilliante Neubearbeitung von 'Ker al Loch', die Ende 2021 veröffentlicht wurde, sowie Remixe von Laurel Halo, Iku Sakan, Terence Fixmer und zwei Wettbewerbsgewinnern.

Im Vorfeld der Veröffentlichung von 'Kerber' wurden die Stems von 'Ker al Loch' über Soundcloud zur Verfügung gestellt, wo Fans aufgefordert wurden, den Song zu remixen, um die Chance zu haben, auf dieser EP vertreten zu sein. Der Wettbewerb erhielt über 100 Einsendungen, und die ausgewählten Gewinner waren Sote und Simon Sky. Diese EP setzt die eindringliche Geschichte von 'Kerber' fort und folgt auf die Veröffentlichung von Yanns letztem Album '11 5 18 2 5 18', das seine eigene, neu gesampelte, neu programmierte und neu komponierte Vision des Originalalbums ist.

Mannequin Records boss Alessandro Adriani lands on L.I.E.S. with a new four track ep of his melodic and driving signature italo-ebm-electro fusion.

A master of machine music, Adriani lets them do the talking throughout the ep, with heavy arpeggios, big Juno basslines, and slamming 808s bringing the tracks to a head. Go directly to the symphonic and epic opener "Ecstatic Feeling" with its beautiful melodies, dramatic arpeggios and reverb saturated snares, all reminiscent of Yello meets Robotnik with pent up tension waiting to explode. This is an anthem to say the least! The remainder of the ep follows suit laced with traditional EBM and electro stylings being manipulated by the hands of Adriani in his studio. Limited!

Hierarchy is a Berlin based project former known as A Sacred Geometry.

On his first Affin EP entitled "Tense" he creates a magical mixture of rhythmic-hypnotic set pieces that melt with distant clouds of sound and create spatial depth.

Early Experiments sees Jackmaster release a collection of music recorded during lockdown, a particularly abundant period spent getting to grips with his home studio. After years of honing his craft solely as a DJ, lockdown saw him dive headfirst into exploring music production and sound design. As you would hope, the results draw from as many strains of influence as his wide-ranging club mixes do.

The A Side opens with ‘Face Your Fate’ which sees Jack call in Keith Tucker from Aux 88 and Blak Tony to further cement the Glasgow > Detroit bond with a classic short & sweet vocal delivery. Next up is the polished loopy techno of ‘Vizor’, reminiscent of close friend Artwork’s Grain project meeting Chain Reaction, the EP moves through Dutch electro-funk, Detroit influenced pads and chords and even the sounds of UK Garage. ‘SBS’ pairs a clever monologue sample with hard-hitting percussion and a floor friendly breakdown, inspired by his his formative years dancing and watching in awe when the likes of Lory D, Claude Young and Jeff Mills would pass through Glasgow.

Johnny Island is back on Planet Rhythm. This release contains three acidic techno cuts and a track that leans more towards the percussive side of the spectrum.

Picture by Bárbara Bouche.
Mastering by Carlos Koschitzky at Koschitzky Studio, Gijón.

The Debut Release On Mule Musiq By Italian Dj&producer Toto Chiavetta. I Have Keep On Checking His Releases Since His Release 'become One' On Osunlade's Yoruba Records, It's Still My Fav Track To Play. Toto Has Been Releasing Eclectic House Music From Mighty Innervisions And Yoruba Records In The Last Few Years. Magnus Ep Start From Floor Killer Tropical Tech House Track 'higher Than A Bird',it Will Be Instant Summer Anthem. On B Side,'magnus'&'first Day Without Her' Is More Dark Techno For Big Room But We Still Can Hear Some Musical Elements.

For catalogue number 70, Break New Soil is happy to welcome Carl Bee. We have known each other for well over a decade from playing various shows together on the beautiful island of Malta, Carl´s home. For his release on Break New Soil, Carl came up with a very special track, and handed in even two stunning versions: We are proud to present: „Trains“! For remix duties, we invited an artist of whom we have been a fan for a long time as well! Oliver Deutschmann presents another stunning example of his craft by delivering his raw signature sound that we all love so much. Enjoy!

Micron Audio opens its doors to an external artist for the first time, welcoming in Ctrls with a crucial new EP entitled Your Data. Across four tracks, the Danish producer unravels a dark and funky electro core, taking inspiration from the rapidly intertwining codependence between technology and society. As digital twins, metaverses or humanoid robots lodge themselves deeper into our surroundings, Ctrls unpicks the deepening complexity brought on by our pervasive digital lives. Encouraged by Micron Audio boss Stingray to delve into the darker productions as a means of exploring a contemporary electro sound, Ctrls fixes a hypnotic heft with fresh industrial sound design, never resting as he navigates contorting track structures and twisting tones. The digital hum rages, as brain neurons fire from information overload, with a tsunami feeling and emotions in tow. Remarkable is the combination of pounding rhythm, hauled in by a magnetic motion, with tones of digital disintegration, all flux and shift. This electro sound is a far cry from a clone of the genre's forebearers - no retro-specificity. Instead, Ctrls delivers a timely dose of accelerated culture - The Future is Now.

The fourth part of our Re:Vision series.

Moving to Europe circa 1998, techno was a 10-year established phenomenon, and Heiko Laux and his storied Kanzleramt label were at the height of a continent- wide movement that shows no signs of abating. Innovation was everywhere, whether in the dark vaults of Tresor where homage was paid to the Motown roots, and in many other forms that still speak to this day. Laux's hard-edged industrial anthem Re-Televised is a sound very much of its time, but it is also one whose relevance to the present stands without question. Thus, in finding talent to take on this Re:Vision, we looked to the most futuristic contemporary producers to bring fresh angles that connect with the source material as well as today's most current sounds. Lucy, Donor, and Truss occupy a broad geographical slice of today's techno, but in the last few years they have distinguished themselves as the least compromising and most forward-thinking of their generation. Our Re:Vision of Heiko Laux's Re-Televised reaffirms the original's forward-looking intent while emboldening the next step in techno's history.




While countless peers reach for similar ends, Lucy and his Stroboscopic Artefact label have made records that consistently stand apart for vision and experimentation. Lucy himself is without doubt the wildest of the bunch, and by halfway through his remix of Re-Televised, when it makes a left turn into damaged pyschedelia featuring flown-in vocal snippets over

a pounding techno beat, it's easy to see what sets him aside from more conventional operators. Likewise, Brooklyn's Donor and the UK's Truss have both been making waves for a heavy, dirty style of techno that refuses to recognize restraints, and when the many layers of their rerub coalesce into a dystopian, swung lurch in the second half, listeners can revel in the dirt and disorientation their ideas bring to bear. From this, it's obvious that Heiko Laux's 1998 original is a 15-year step into the past, but we can't help but be intoxicated
as distorted drums and echoed zaps roll forward to smash everything in their path. Digital DJs get a second, more floor-oriented mix from Donor and Truss... if they can bear the extra pressure on an EP that's already as subtle as a punch to the gut.

As an overview of today's best talent, a re-evaluation of past accomplishments, and a look into things to come, THEMA's Re:Vision looks back to the past while still moving unstoppably into the future.

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Polygonia & MTRL - Division / Taris EP incl. Remixes by Claudio PRC and Mary Yuzovskaya

A1. Polygonia - Division
Right from the start the listener is cast into orbit with driving percussion and abstract sound effects. Soon they are followed with a morphing bass sound and cymbals which lock the groove into place, cranking the drive to the max. As the track progresses the landscape of sound reveals its nature with metallic quality, like schrapnel from a barren city. Truly a Deep Techno banger which will without a doubt fill a dance floor.

A2. MTRL - Taris
The listener is slowly submerged into the waves of percussive bass sounds and menacing sweeps of noise which remind of a storm in a desert, the horizon only slightly glimmering behind the veil of sand. Soon the listener is introduced with a pounding kick drum, almost making the landscape seem even more ruthless as the track progresses.
Quality, heady Deep Techno.

B1. Polygonia - Division Claudio PRC Remix
The hypnotic Techno maestro Claudio PRC twists the idea of the original track into a mind explorative voyage with a triplet feel. The remix is shrouded in melancholy with distant pad sounds, which add a nice tension to the track. As usual, a brilliant remix from Claudio PRC.

B2. MTRL - Taris Mary Yuzovskaya Remix
On the remix the Berlin based producer is molding the source material into a driving and psychedelic track, functional yet synapse tingling. Now the bass has a bit more liquid-like quality and the overall soundscape is more abstract. Hallucinatory effects of noise are filling the spaces between the sounds, almost like being surrounded with faint whispers. Driving and psychedelic Deep Techno done with finesse.

Words by Latmos

Repress


Luke Slater's most well known pseudonym Planetary Assault S
systems is back in the fullest swing with 'No Exit', a standalone EP following his famed 'Deep Heat' installment series. 'No Exit' unmistakably bears all the hallmarks of Planetary Assault System, from mind-tripping and floor-stirring hypnotic energy to the theme of pushing the outer limits of unknown territories.

The EP kicks off with the title track, at its first breath of rolling beat already infusing an ample dose of psychedelic madness, which only to be intensified with the layers of digital chime tones that are constantly multiplying and shape-shifting. "Undertow" on the B side continues with the signature warping and reverberating bells and bleeps but this time with enticing hi-hats and distorted bass, gradually all melting into one big sinister groove. The last track of the EP "Nanendi" might fool you in the beginning with its minimalistic beat, but as soon as the demure yet ominous veil of melody - beautifully moody and almost spooky at times - starts humming and howling, it's well on its way to make a deep, haunting emotional connection while keeps the tension boiling.

Without a doubt 'No Exit' EP is the one that shows the most distinctive core DNA of Planetary Assault Systems and much like his seminal album The Messenger, it's a deadly unique, dazzling, and powerfully effective work that will stand the test of time.

2022 is very special for Illegal Alien Records, the label turned 15 years old this year and we have a full schedule line up of incredible and very special releases with many great artists.

This is a 6 part series celebrating the 15 Years of Illegal Alien Records and includes a total of 60 exclusive tracks. We immensely thank all the great artists involved in this project for joining us in this celebration and contributing with their music to make this release very special. Over the years, some of the artists in this Compilation have already been part of our history, but some of them are joining us for the first time to be part of new chapters in our journey.

2022 is very special for Illegal Alien Records, the label turned 15 years old this year and we have a full schedule line up of incredible and very special releases with many great artists.

This is a 6 part series celebrating the 15 Years of Illegal Alien Records and includes a total of 60 exclusive tracks. We immensely thank all the great artists involved in this project for joining us in this celebration and contributing with their music to make this release very special. Over the years, some of the artists in this Compilation have already been part of our history, but some of them are joining us for the first time to be part of new chapters in our journey.

2022 Repress!

Clark kehrt mit "Superscope" zurück zum klassischen Techno-Sound, zum Dancefloor, immer mit fortschrittlichem Ansatz. Seine neuen Tunes passen in ein Underground Resistance Set wie auch zu zeitgenössischen DJs wie Jacques Greene oder der Night Slugs-Posse. Passend dazu Clarks neue audiovisuelle Liveshow namens "Phosphor": purer und klassischer Acid.

2022 is very special for Illegal Alien Records, the label turned 15 years old this year and we have a full schedule line up of incredible and very special releases with many great artists.

This is a 6 part series celebrating the 15 Years of Illegal Alien Records and includes a total of 60 exclusive tracks. We immensely thank all the great artists involved in this project for joining us in this celebration and contributing with their music to make this release very special. Over the years, some of the artists in this Compilation have already been part of our history, but some of them are joining us for the first time to be part of new chapters in our journey.

Following up to a pair of choice transmissions on Aussie operated imprint Vulcan Venti, Perth-based rising talent Hame DJ turns up on KOC with a debut four-track platter oozing pure elegiac acid vibes and transient, sci-fi-infused ambient, seamlessly hedge-hopping from UK bass to liquid jungle, through gauzy atmospheric techno and bastardized shades of Rephlex-style electronica.

Fresh as a cucumber, opener ‘On 1’ ushers its listener in a world of keys-loaded, faux-organic layers and rippling ’90s motifs. Threading its way betwixt garage, dub and piano house, the track brushes an equally vivid and dynamic tableau of shape-shifting floor-ready electronics. Starting off as a further mischievous affair, A2 ‘Zoot’ sounds like the outback cousin to Paul Woolford’s seminal steely burner ‘Erotic Discourse’ but soon evolves into a top-shelf breaky chugger that shall jam alien radars as much as it should have everyone on the dancefloor down on their knees in a jiffy.

Breaking the B-side in, slo-mo drifter ‘Nightlife’ turns the tempo down to ‘after-party sunrise’ mode. Implementing a lushly arranged battery of swampy 303 arpeggios, soft-spoken piano stabs and vaporous vocals, this one’s custom-cut for daydreaming with a bunch of friends by the Gold Coast’s idyllic seaside. Topping off that otherworldly journey is ‘Erosion’ – a FX-laden, hip-hop drums-strewn slab making the rounds between sepulchral, Kraut-dunked broken beat a la Tolouse Low Trax and post-Drexciyan synth wizardry. Proper mind-expanding stuff from a producer on the cusp of real big tings.

2022 is very special for Illegal Alien Records, the label turned 15 years old this year and we have a full schedule line up of incredible and very special releases with many great artists.

This is a 6 part series celebrating the 15 Years of Illegal Alien Records and includes a total of 60 exclusive tracks. We immensely thank all the great artists involved in this project for joining us in this celebration and contributing with their music to make this release very special. Over the years, some of the artists in this Compilation have already been part of our history, but some of them are joining us for the first time to be part of new chapters in our journey.

Mount Kimbie liefern ein grandioses Remix-Paket mit 4 verschiedenen Dancefloor-Lösungen für den treibenden Post-Punk-Sound ihres aktuellen Albums "Love What Survives". Als erstes mutiert Nina Kraviz den Albumfavoriten "Blue Train Lines" in einen ausgedehnten Techno-Trip mit Vocalfetzen von King Krule, und schiebt gleich noch zwei DJ-Tool-Versionen hinterher. EP 2 serviert zwei brettharte Techno-Monster von Marcel Dettmann und Ellen Allien, während Gerd Janson die Bassline des Originaltracks bis zum euphorisierenden Hands-in-the-Air-Acid-Höhepunkt zwickt.

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2022 is very special for Illegal Alien Records, the label turned 15 years old this year and we have a full schedule line up of incredible and very special releases with many great artists.

This is a 6 part series celebrating the 15 Years of Illegal Alien Records and includes a total of 60 exclusive tracks. We immensely thank all the great artists involved in this project for joining us in this celebration and contributing with their music to make this release very special. Over the years, some of the artists in this Compilation have already been part of our history, but some of them are joining us for the first time to be part of new chapters in our journey.

The Israeli producer Yotam Avni, though not one of the main players in the Stroboscopic Artefacts story to date, nevertheless shows that he is definitely here for a reason: having contributed with an entry in the Monad series back in July, he returns with a new set of tracks that fit perfectly into the label's overall aesthetic of evolving hyper-reality, while also being a strong personal statement. With both his S.A. debut and this new offering, Avni shows himself to be a truly 'progressive' musician: a creator whose musical techniques are informed by his creative disposition and not the other way around, an individual who seems to be using the richness and differentiation of human experience in order to let yet more of it arise.

The new record begins with the galloping rhythm of "Tehillim", bringing a whole inventory of struck wood and metal elements into play, and leading listeners on an adventurous voyage through liturgical chanting and volcanic eruptions of synthesizer magma, all the while being accented with nimble percussive fills that convey the improvisational feel of classic bebop drummers. The following "Orma," while more stripped down in terms of individual elements, continues down the same path with clever spatial arrangements, and with tonal and percussive elements that seem snatched out of their buys urban environments and placed under austere laboratory investigation: this holds true for the isolated bits of sax and vaguely middle-Eastern percussive accents that the improvisational feel of classic bebop drummers. The following "Orma," while more stripped down in terms of individual elements, continues down the same path with clever spatial arrangements, and with tonal and percussive elements that seem snatched out of their buys urban environments and placed under austere laboratory investigation: this holds true for the isolated bits of sax and vaguely middle-Eastern percussive accents that distinguish this track, and which leap out mischievously from their carefully controlled setting.

"Shlok" begins with a deep subterranean kick pattern and percolating bell tones that, while first bringing to mind recent efforts from Planetary Assault Systems, soon transform into something much unique to Avni's imagination - smooth arcing vocals and contrasting shades of nocturnal ambience turn this into a very sinuous and sultry piece of rhythmic music. Once the listener has been lured in by this siren song, the closer "Even" brings the EP's most forceful and demanding beat - though its heavy punch is tempered with a sense of contemplative sophistication. Once the insistent beat is overlaid by a shimmering latticework of piano, breezelike pads, and concentrated string plucks, it testifies to Avni's ability to create tracks that are loaded with emotional nuance and defy easy description.

Continuing With The Idea Of Releasing Tracks Under This Alias That Allow The Real Artists To Remain Anonymous, Finally Arrives The Sophomore Release On Drafts Almost Two Years After The Label Debut. This Time, The Ep Includes 4 Tracks. Each Of Them Sounds Different But They All Have Something In Common, A Sci-fi, Mental, Deep, Cyclical, Dark And Even Melancholic Sound.

Paradigma Records was founded in 2019 in Italy and Japan by Drafted & YUKIMASA. This 1st release from the label is by their collaboration duo project called “HIGMA” including ingenious remix from Pris & IORI. Printed on black vinyl 140gr.
“We want our music label to be one of the new era that integrates not only European and Asian artists but also across all countries and regions”

Ricardo Garduno is back home with another fantastic EP, after waiting for more then a year, when Ricardo Garduno released “Edge” along incredible remixes from Jeroen Search, the Mexican Techno Producer now present us his brand new Vinyl EP called “Feeding The Apathy”, a four track EP showcasing some different sounds, textures and intensities, powerful dance floor material is what this record is. We are also delighted to give a warm welcome on Illegal Alien to one of the most respectable and admirable Artist that has a deserved place in the history of Techno music, it’s a true honor to have the Spanish legend Oscar Mulero joining this release with an outstanding remix of the EP title track.

I like working at my studio in the night time. Silence around me is an endless source of inspiration. Sometimes I become part of the silence and sometimes I have to shout to fight against it. My studio is my voice, my primal scream. These tracks are live recordings from my nocturnal studio sessions. There probably wasn’t any goal or aim when I was working on these tracks. These pieces came together from various paths and different origins. Man controlling machines. Chaos refined to something that you can save as a file or put a needle on.

Samuli Kemppi

“Machines, vinyls and acid”, finally Teik Arô makes his debut with one of the last Acid Resurrection Ep series.

Time to Rave! Two tracks, two rave techno stormers.

Following on from the well received debut release from Progression / Michael Wells aka G.T.O / Aahan and Boglin, Syntax Error return with four tracks on Syntax Error 002! Including a beast of a tune from Pitch Invasion from 1997, with a wicked remix from D.A.V.E The Drummer. This has tore the roof off many a gig over the past two decades, and when it first came out the original was hammered by the likes of Dave Clarke, Ribbz, John Berry (The Orbit), and many more techno heroes!

On the flip label boss Louk turns up the Birmingham meets Rotterdam inspired Penalty Kick. Having the working title of 'Fuck VAR' and continuing the theme of Division 1 by Pitch Invasion, here he goes for something meticulous but driving, with an energetic remix from Germany's techno stalwart, Andreas Kraemer!

No Way Records celebrates its 5th anniversary with a double 12” anthology of pure physical techno, defined by dark and crepuscular atmospheres that pays homage to 1975’s Dario Argento’s masterpiece “Profondo Rosso”. The first vinyl is purely dedicated to the energetic Sardinian scene, opened up by DJ Datch and Andrea Cossu’s sharp yet cosmic sounds. On the B side Ness & Kryss Hypnowave on their way to a black and white, hypnotic journey. Introducing the second vinyl is Craft with his sidereal journey, and Svarog continuing with his distinct drum machine. Sicarius Hahni gives the record a foggy and suspended mood, while Massa wraps thing up with warmer touch!