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Your system is under attack! Joining the Steel City Dance battalion for their debut disc, StacEmp plugs in from Brisbane, Australia and takes aim at the rest of us with an apocalyptic 4-track blast of off-world Robo-Tech.

Equipped with an arsenal of sabre-rattling synth programming, piercing breaks and artificial vox intelligence, StacEmp summons an advanced club-ready hybrid of Techno, Electro and at times ethereal IDM. This mutant romp serves as a strong warning of what we’re about to witness from this new force.

5th episode on the TGPExtra series where Deepbass, Kaspiann, Ness and Dorian Gray contributes with 4 cuts of deep, functional and hypnotic techno.

The new imprint for Stroboscopic Artefacts: Terzo Giorno - or Third Day - by Italian producer Donato Dozzy. It is an EP of great textural dexterity, traversing the moving and the misanthropic. First track 'Il Canto Della Maga' presages the onset of Part II's kick drum with mordant wind chimes, tinkling outside a house of pain and disturbance. The chimes reverberate around impressions of capacious depth - a distant factory whirring, lorries creeping in a tunnel - and that depth is incessantly, resolutely emphatic. And on that goes to '...Part II', an immediate thrust into the deepest corners of techno. You can hear the sweat on the walls, the rumble in the speakers, the almost jubilant high-end synth rubbing against your skin. Vocals and/or metallic manipulation pour in half-way in. And then, as if summoned by the chimes outside the house, cease slowly. The third eponymous track is another made for the floor, and has a reasonably friendly upper line. Do not be fooled, however: a snarling squelch gives way to a scarily saccharine synth, incising with a jab two times a bar. A funkier beat slowly emerges from a distinctly off-beat one, bringing the piece to a natural, if not nice, conclusion. The final track, 'Sotto Ma Sotto', comes in like a train with an alarm going off. Its machine-like run, jumpy in tone and beat, is as delicate as its kick is deep. The alarm, meanwhile, fails to err: it is determined and charming, a call for heavenly climes and ecstatic moods. This is a wonderful track, built on insistence and executed with precision. The chimes having run out of puff, this is a faultlessly incessant record. It is tempo up, both feet to the floor.

As a long-time admirer of his work, R&S/Apollo boss Renaat has signed up Italian craftsman Nuel for a stunning concept album that finds the artist becoming "my own imaginary band" after ten years of personal growth and exploration. Nuel has been revered in underground techno circles for many years. He is a meticulous sonic sculptor who has made some of the most meditative and hypnotic electronic grooves of the last decade on labels like Semantica, Kontra-Musik and Sublunar. He also put out cult classic and highly sought after album 'Trance Mutation', which found him playing all the sounds himself on a wide array of instruments. 'Fantasia' is physical, dance-able music but crafted from unfamiliar sound sources that make it as suited to a campfire gathering as an experimental club setting. It's expertly assembled and utterly unique.

Try Unity are an electronic music band (composed of Francesca Purcell, Sammy Purcell and James Ewins) who produce breakbeat rave inspired music. They combine old skool influences with a contemporary musical sensibility to produce music that’s exciting and explosive to both the dancefloors and personal listening. At the time of writing this, Try Unity have released 10 vinyl EP’s across 3 different labels (Rave Radio Records, Remix Records and Jedi Recordings) within a 3 year time period. They have performed many LIVE PA’s in nightclub venues (e.g The Volks) across the south coast of England. The trio have had significant radio airplay across underground radio stations including: Kool FM, Eruption Radio UK and Codesouth FM to name a few. Sammy from Try Unity is the sole promoter of the very popular club night promotion Calling The Hardcore that attracts 1000’s of ravers to attend from across the country.

This compilation features music from artists who perform regularly at the Diane's Hunting Club annual gatherings. Heavily inspired by and indebted to the influence of the natural world and open spaces, this is music for motivation, movement, and meditation. Conoley Ospovat (Kimochi Sound) begins with a breezy slow-house theme, followed by some similarly slow but a much more tangled webs by sug (Hausu Mountain). Lokua contributes a melodic deep-space techno roller, Area (Kimochi Sound) offers gentle ambient rhythms, Mukqs (Hausu Mountain) produces a shimmering sunshine beat, and K-rAd closes out with an vast dub house journey. Enter the zone.

Over the last 10 years Token Records has grown steadily, both in size and stylistic breadth. The aptly-titled Momentum comes as a celebration of the close-knit family of artists amassed throughout the label's running. The record is a fitting collaborative project, with every track on the album produced by two longstanding and well-respected artists from the label's roster and especially commissioned for the release. This type of collaboration is intended to showcase the specific sound of the label, developed through 10 years of careful curation, as well as bringing out the individual identities of the artists involved.On the development of the label's sound, Token founder Kr!z comments, "Inigo delivered quite the statement with the first release Identify Yourself. I think identity was and still is key in the development of the label and the artists."Inigo Kennedy's involvement in Token has been profoundly influential and spans its very existence; with three collaborative tracks on the record, it's easy to hear his trademark cinematic sound throughout. One such offering, Amalgam, is co-produced by Kr!z himself, which is a first step for the label head into releasing his own music after years of taking the back seat, focusing instead on DJing while keeping the label ticking over and the releases coming out.

Token's identity has been clarified through its curation over the years as each new artist has joined the label family. Ø Phase has been a staple since 2007, providing cerebral sustenance for the most discerning of listeners. To date, he has produced two successful albums and a string of notable EPs for Token, Binary Opposition being perhaps the best-known; a pulsating, mesmerising project on both sides that played a serious role in pushing the label to a larger audience. Rødhåd's trademark composure was a similarly early addition, and although his Spomeniks release was a step aside from his own ongoing Dystopian project, he has remained an important member of the Token collective.

Ctrls was a Token affiliate from early in his career, and has to date provided nine solo EPs. His class of jarring, inorganic techno adds an atypical feel to the label's output, while Antigone's 2015 double EP Cantor Dust paved the way for another strong artist/label relationship. This bond has resulted series of adventurous releases over past two years, with the most recent Ostinato EP esteemed as a tasteful antidote to the techno status quo.

Spanish techno master Reeko makes his mark on Detroit Underground with a release exploring the darker facets of humanity in mesmerizing fashion, with rhythm and drone taking equal importance. "Lovers and Bandits" sets side A off with a brutal broken march, hard kicks building slowly into caverns of sonic noise. "BDSM" twists the sounds of pleasure and pain into an endless dark delay, leading you to the edge and right into "Hard Sex Club", roiling with indecipherable voices and a hovering synth build that teases but never quite strikes.


Side B straightens the beat with "Slaughter", a searing background noise underpinning an evolving rotation of menace that pushes the beats forward into a pit of noise and sludge. "Sex With God" is a fierce techno rhythm, wet, crunchy, and percussive without the ubiquitous kick drum, building to a crescendo of heat and buzz. Finally, "Submissive Behavior" is a massive paranoid drone, prickly with hunger and menace. On "We Are Bandits", Reeko strips down his explorations of sound and texture to the barest essences, making for an unsettling and intriguing listen. Graphic design from The Designers Republic. This is the first release in a collaboration with tDR called DU-TDR/GRD with a grid font designed for 2016 - 2017 DU releases.

Special Edition limited copies white label in Support of Maceo Plex's Mutant tour. This LP holds 8 tracks of released and unreleased Music from Maceo Plex's Mutant series.

Tresor Records is delighted to welcome Rod Modell to its catalogue, with the release of his new album Captagon.
Rod Modell needs no introduction, his various projects render him a master of techno. In repetition and barely noticeable change, Modell resculptures perceptions. His sound-design echoes cinematic ethereality, where ferric artefacts slam against percussion, rusty delays filter observation - the resulting web is a complex, radiating ambience that etches a natural ebb and flow.

Transformative sounds alight from the outset, “Triangulation” recalls flickering harmonies and grains, a tectonic swipe. Fast-paced dub techno emerges in “Reiki”, the disorienting clangs suggesting a step away from his recent ambient excursions. “Ito” crunches the pulse further with insistent noise, into soaring epiphanies of darkened transmissions.
Modell singularly uproots standard sonic hierarchies of techno production, crisp static as forceful as his beats, a provocation of rhythm and noise. Unceasing in its fast tempo, “Jade” is trademark Tresor business - the seismic sub-sonics underpin a momentous drive, with reverberated vocal inflections disfiguring warped, dancing materials. “Scrawler” is upfront and direct, a slamming groove and swaying chords di using ethereality. Enter vast chambers of smeared minimalism.
Where Modell’s recent releases had indicated a priority for ambient sounds, this new album extends Modell’s essential vision within techno. Closing track “Air-Port” shows Modell at his most crucial best - an ethereal colossus of sub-bass weight and morphing geometry.

* Mirae Arts (founded By Elbert Choi) Is A New Label Based In The Suburban Bowels Of El Cerrito, California, Usa. Elbert Choi, Originally From South Korea, Is Inspired By The Mountainous Landscapes Of Northern California And Is Focused Primarily On Releasing Music With Blissful & Natural Soundscapes.

* The Debut 12' Ep On Mirae Arts Is Called Prayers By The Lake, Produced By Seraphim Rytm. Seraphim Rytm, Based In Belgium, Is The Alias Of Damaskin, The Veteran Master Of Dark Hypnotic Techno Who Has Releases On Esteemed Labels Such As Unknown Precept, Noiztank, And 10 Label (japan). Damaskin Debuted As Seraphim Rytm With A Celestial Album Called Aeterna On Vancouver's Silent Season, Which Was Reviewed By Resident Advisor As Being 'deeper-than-deep Techno Shrouded In The Damp Atmospherics Of The Rainforest'. Prayers By The Lake Continues The Sonic Journey Into The Beautiful Complexities Of Nature And This Time Invoking Images Of An Isolated Lake Surrounded By Mountains In Seasonal Transition. The Ep Consists Of Three High-powered Ceremonious Tracks And Concludes With A Beautiful Ambient Closure.

* The Artwork Is By Landscape Photographer Cody Cobb Who Is Responsible For The Artwork On Haxan Cloak's Breakthrough Album, Excavation (tri Angle). Cody Has Also Worked For Labels Such As Permanent Vacation And 10 Label.

* 180g Vinyl Pressed At The Highly Reputable Gotta Groove Records, Cleveland, Ohio.

The sixth release on our imprint slowly starts to reveal the nature of the label’s sound signature. While simultaneously bending through various genres, the aim is to highlight what we see to be some of the most interesting corners and avenues of electronic dance music. For this reason its with great pleasure we present these four tracks bringing us into somewhat darker areas yet keeping an uplifting energy. One genre achieves this feat perfectly: Techno-Trance, and that’s what it’s all about with this one. Two tunes taken from Wolfgang S’ 1995 Album released only on cassette as well as two original, unreleased tunes from around the same time to complete this magnificent EP.

Back once again. This one is coming live and direct from Baltimore in the mid 90s. It is the second and final part of the Gargoyle Classics reissues and it’s packed full of juicy juicy dance floor goodness. As with the previous Gargoyle record it is raw as they come. Hitting hard whilst feeling totally impromptu and freestyled as well.

Two of the tracks are reissues from Tony & Don’s Gargoyle imprint and two of them, just like last time are never before released tracks written during the same period. Ten After 3 and Do You Believe (Space Evader Mix) are both ridiculously huge and I’m gassed outta my miiiiiind to bring them to the table for public consumption for the first time.

OK enough of my blather. Go and listen to the damn things yourself and decide if you like them, rather than trying to work it out from reading a bloody press release you weirdos.

All four tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms.

Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space flight...

Harrison BDP returns to Lost Palms with the monstrous ‘Cathedrals’ EP. His latest is made for the club, featuring epic breakdowns, dubbed out synth patterns and crisp drum sequences

The Virgo label boss Ilario Alicante presents the first in a series of
collaboration EP's with many recognised artists of the Electronic music scene.

The first episode consists of two collab-tracks with Kevin De Vries, who is well known for his releases on Afterlife. The track “Dystopia” merges a driving bass-synth line with mysterious melodies, the second is “Lotus” recognised with retro-wave arpeggios and pads, orchestrated by a refined techno groove making a unique adrenaline rush.

Kevin himself includes two of his own solo-tracks, including the noteworthy “Dragon of Eden”, that is already known in many of Ilario’s DJ sets. The track takes the listener on a voyage through charming melodies accompanied by the unmistakable groove of the Berlin-based artist.

On the A-side shines the clubs longtime friend Iron Curtis (who is up to release a wonderful album on Rippertons label Tamed Music) with a classic 909-driven house track and the sympathetic title Relaxer.
The B-side is opened by Daniela La Luz, who follows a similar timeless and classic approach and has often convinced us with her rousing live sets.
B2 comes from Christian S, who gets a bit more psychedelic and weird in his musical style —just the way we like it.
House is a feeling!

"Kragehul" is a full-length album by Carlos Suero, with almost 60 minutes in 9 tracks of dense music, with very dark soundscapes, of polyhedral rhythm, capable of paralyzing the turning of a concrete mixer. MDI of the XXI century, post industrial techno. Essential.
Almost 1 hour of electronic music, IDM, very dark industrial techno.







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Shanti Celeste is a vibe. She’s got that magic lightness of touch even when things are getting Jacques Cousteau deep or panel beating heavy. This makes her the perfect candidate for the Sound of Love International 3, channelling the spirit of both those after-hours sessions and the more frivolous daytime boat parties. This is serious music for serious music heads but, after all, everyone is still on holiday. It’s linear and cohesive but plays with the emotions -carnivalesque fun, psychedelic flow-states, heads-down rhythm trax, playful skipping garage, and more abstract moments. Deep joy to deep space and back, often in the space of 3 or 4 well-selected records.

There’s a deep musical and personal connection to the festival - as she says of her first time playing at the Beach Bar, “there’s a heavy Bristol crew there and it all feels easy and nice. It was just good
vibes all round”. And she does make it sound easy too, which belies a DJ with some very serious skills and an ear for a killer tune that others might well overlook. And it’s this that makes the 3rd instalment of the Sound of Love International such a joy - a welcome panacea to all of us suffering from the Croatian blues this year.

To which end, we get a cheeky exclusive collaboration between Shanti and her sister-in-arms Saoirse in the shape of ‘Solid Mass’. Persian’s uniquely British paean to the post-rave Sunrise ‘Morning Sun’, cavernous dub runnings outta the Bokeh camp from Seekers International. These are the lift- off tunes, setting the mind-state for the journey ahead.

Things tighten up with cult underground hero Lucas Rodenbush under his E.B.E alias giving us the taught, grooving, dubby tech-house and Gideon Jackson’s ‘Taj Mahal’, crisp, spatial, mystical and criminally slept-on. We go deeper into the night with Perpetual’s Awakenings’, one of those records that is so much more than the sum of its parts. And who knew that Mark Seven was such a dab hand with the dank machine funk? Check 1998’s ‘Crank’ for the skinny. By the time Paco Pack’s rubberised ghetto house reimagining bounces into play it’s GAME OVER.

The final side leaves us with the soft landing - Cari Lekebusch ‘Output 2’ is both pacey and drifting and Pauline Anna Strom’s ‘In-Flight Suspension’ does what it says, whips away the drums and leaves us floating in space. Will we ever touch down?

To overuse a phrase, this compilation arrives in strange times but is a glorious reminder of what brought us all together and will again. The music and dancing under the stars. See you in 2021.

* New E.P. from The Fear Ratio (Mark Broom & James Ruskin) featuring exclusive versions of tracks taken from the album Refuge of A Twisted Soul' made in preparation for live sets.

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Affinity is a collaboration project from Claudio PRC, Ness, Reggy Van Oers & Deepbass. Find 4 hypnotic deep techno cuts on this 12".

My Little Dog turns 10 years old and celebrates it with this massive vinyl only ep. This record perfectly defines the eclectic style of the label, always fluctuating between the different sides of tech house, but keeping a very genuine and particular sound. Kicking things off there is Mollono.Bass with his deep techno masterpiece Purple Fog. This track is called to be one of the hits that will be played at any good open air party during this summer.

The next track comes by the label owner, Oscar Barila, who delights us with "Push The Button", a song 100% true to his style. A powerful base, hot percussions, a fat bassline punching you in the chest and catchy vocals that won't get out of your head during several months.

When we flip the vinyl we find the vato loco Pinto. The Mexican house master really got the groove and "Motion" is not an exception. A sweet and hypnotic catharsis of synths and strings that will keep your crowd dancing like there is not tomorrow during its 7 minutes length.

Finally, the also label owner, Sergio Parrado, has teamed-up with his usual production partner Chinonegro to build "Enjoy The Night". Tribal, deep and hypnotic tech house with psychedelic synths. What else do you need? Just the perfect icing on the cake to celebrate that the little dog has been wagging the tale and barking loud during 10 years.

Die neue EP auf Elements Records, dem Label der international renommierten DJ, Produzentin und Labelbetreiberin Rebekah aus Birmingham, kommt von JoeFarr. Der gelernte Toningenieur aus Bristol überzeugt dabei - nach Releases auf Soma, Origami Sound, South London Analogue Material, Turbo oder Arts Collective - mit seinem intensiven und irregulären Banger-Techno vollends.

Zusätzlichen Uplift geben die Remixes des Franzosen Axel Picodot mit seinem einzigartigen Mix aus Industrial und 1990er Rave und des mysteriösen, deutschen Künstlers Buried Secrets (aus dem Green Fetish- und Monnom Black-Labelumfeld), der einen unüberwindbaren Techno-Juggernauten abliefert.

Acid electro rave flying over from down under! Bang Bam Bum.

Oall Hates returns to Of Paradise with Tranceporter, a ferocious 5-tracker that pushes the artists music into new and intoxicating waters, showcasing a truly innovative sound; one that this Austrian producer has honed and crafted meticulously over recent years.

AKMÊ is now called RODMIN, nothing else is changing.
We’re delighted to present the first full artist-ep release of our resident. With good reason, of course, it could be asserted that this is a great, deep and timeless techno record, which never loses sight of the dancefloor but still is sophisticated enough to listen it outside the clubs.
The first track love has a good acid drive, which—because of it’s echo chamber—will feel more at home at larger floors. The second track of the A-side reflect is a rather introvert and very hypnotic one and according to really lives to its name.
Coins opens the B-side with a heavy peak time breaker, which gives and demands everything! With his riot version, ALEX.DO puts the pressure even higher.
Rave on, ravers!

Almost three years after their first EP on Tripalium Rave Series, 14anger & Dep Affect strike back! For their new EP, the French/Australian duo mixed a lot of their essential influences, including hardcore, techno, and of course rave. The result is a 4 track killer EP, including an insane remix from Codex Empire.

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2011 is set to be a huge year for Yousef, and arguably his strongest yet in the production field. After spending much of 2010 recording remixes and productions for other leading labels Yousef has come back super-strong on his own seminal Circus Recordings proven here if needed by his latest vinyl production.

It is centered on a very simple premise; taking 2 pieces of music and recreating them with Yousef's indiscernibly brilliant club night in mind. A resolutely dance floor-focused EP, that combine to create a unique aural tapestry representative of the Circus and Yousef's own musical evolution. Each is an intricate and heartfelt paean of love to Circus and the huge impact it has had on both clubland and Yousef's career for the last almost nine years, with the clubs birthday approaching this September. Yousef says that, 'The EP is a special project for me and one that is indicative of the way I am progressing. Getting to re-shape these tracks from some of my most respected peers has been a great opportunity to craft them with that special Circus sound'

It was a casual conversation with Sven Vath at the Circus presents Cocoon event in Liverpool where the pair DJed together led to the transformation of Ballet Romance from one 45 second album interlude into a chugging display of Teutonic elegance, whilst on the flip Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) was instantly enamoured with the idea of Yousef remixing his Love Cry, and with the result a gorgeous slab of melodic tech house that reverberates brilliantly around the haunting female vocal you can understand his immediacy in sending the parts over as soon as Yousef requested them.

Circus is back - and what a way to announce it!

A stream of time and space is surrounding the latest Deeptrax release of versatile and mysterious artist The Jaffa Kid.

Carefully compiled, long awaited 'Tone Poetry' takes you on a journey into the mind of the talented producer. Longing for rave afters and acid sunsets, all in a misty Braindance Rephlex landscape.

Kaleidoscopic deep pads, jungle- rhythms, IDM-moods, robotic drums and aquatic bleeps as well as dramatic ambient tracks are creating a one-of-a-kind album that reflects the influence and passion of the Newcastle- based talent. His very own sound is reflected in every single of the 12 tracks on this remarkable 2xLP that is about to crack homes and clubs alike.

After releasing under labels such as Gated Recordings, La Beauté Du Négatif and Brokntoys, Deeptrax Records is proud to share one of their favourite artist’s work on their own imprint and is excited to share this immense stepping stone with its fans and friends.

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A four-track acid EP by veteran producer Warlock, out on Kalbata's Brush & Broom label. Ex-amount of jaw-grind action from the London underground legend. "Violent Rays" and "Swearings" are both straight-up warehouse workouts, comfortably placed next to reflective after-hour gushers "Run DC" and "Cave Tone". Once again, Warlock demonstrates stunning crisp production, touched by old-school heritage, dating back to pre-94 legislation times. Essential.

Analogue, one of the main techno projects in Athens (Greece), steps up into the vinyl world in order to offer quality dancefloor techno music. The debut release is taking place with one of France's fresh & hot producers, Birth Of Frequency. Three driving, hypnotic, full of bass tracks that will work on any dancefloor. Early support from Oscar Mullero, Christian Wunsch, Zadig, Dimi Angelis, Kwartz, Keith Carnal & Manni Dee.

Arts Gallery keep scratching the surface of the emotional part of our soul with a brand new Geinst record. With no need of introduction with his other two appareances on the label this artist keeps delivering beauty in his unique way translated into electronic music. "Mantra" is a work of art, that takes the listener to the deepest part part of techno, the artist keep delivering literally "rooms" in where the user can get lost and get inspired with.

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Dancefloor killer from the underground Milano connection !

new Milanese label (conceived by old DJs from the Italian underground scene, MNT & Qirex) dedicated to industrial and tribal sick techno, the first release is on 180 gr vinyl and the mastering is from the London transition studio

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Solid kicker. Hadfloor sound on the A Side and something in the Tekabloc state of mind on the flip. Fat !

Played and Supported by Chris Liebing, DVS1, Marcel Fengler, Inigo Kennedy, Bas Mooy, Oscar Mulero, Truncate, Markus Suckut and more. Kike Pravda presents his first release on his own label called 'Senoid Recordings', including a remix of Ben Sims. The vinyl starts with the track 'Exalt' .It includes a Roland 909 very processed, aggressive and distorted sound until the end, accompanied by a sequence of a dark bassline and dynamic,which Kike Pravda takes it to the limit of its frequencies in constant evolution.A track that makes it the letter of introduction of Senoid. In B side, Ben Sims remix 'Scared' to the most pure style of Mr Ben. Hi-hats unstoppable, unmistakable grooves, giving back to the sounds of the original, essential for its most faithful followers. Closes the record the original version of 'Scared', a continuous arpeggio with an accompaniment of a 909 ride pure, brilliant, subtle.Scared evolves from beginning to end, with touches of dark, analogic, atmospheres and glitches, which turns it into a space trip.

CRG012 welcomes back French artist Kmyle. After a successful debut with Bell Departures (CRG008) Samy returns with 4 originals and a hammering remix from Reflec.

Starting with the A1 we have 'Hypnosis'. A track that comes to life with the beautiful introduction to the pads giving the perfect balance to the distorted synth work. Following this we have 'Walker Valley' that leans more towards the hypnotic side yet still keeping the drive from the A1.

Across to the B side where we feature both the original and remix of 'Rising'. This track takes us on more of a melodic journey slowly building up to a higher view across Samys production skills. Then on to Sean Dodd aka Reflecs remix where he does what he does best. Sean slams his foot down hard to create a typical Reflec sounding low end that slightly features the melodic synth work from Kmyle.

There is also a fine digital bonus track featuring on this release. 'Distant Rave' is something that can stand alone on any platform. Keeping this a bonus or secret track is something that suits this very unique production.