Techno Новости

Phreak is a party and label based in Tokyo.First release “UTAKATA EP” is written and produced by Takashi Himeoka.

Balkon, the best place for relaxing in the spring and the summer time.

Tom Almex takes up this theme musically and serves a great four track ep.

Fat kickdrums and atmospheric fx sounds in best minimalistic techno manner.

200STK // LIMITED // VINYL ONLY // NO REPRESS

"STAUB" is a project that came to life in Berlin around 2013. It aimed to detach itself from the hype and business from techno. The idea was simply to not announce a lineup and treat everyone the same without separating headliners from the rest. This strictly equalitarian but also very familial and friendly concept allowed to give chances to newcomers on a regular basis and to build a tight-knit community. As time passed it also became an outlet to release music staying true to these ethos. Everyone is paid the same, doesn't matter who you are, it's all about music and respect.

With the 5th installment of Etui Winter Camp, the label brings back a musically fireplace for the cold moments. The vinyl editions incl. 8 massive ambient and dub techno tunes by Federsen, Van Bonn, Monomood, Insect O., Frank Hellmond, Salzinger, 3voice & Cynic_Al and Infinitedub. It comes on snow white 2 x 12” vinyl in snow white gatefold cover. Special Edition limited to 200 copies.

Breaks/Bleep bombs, limited pressing of 200 copies.

EOD returns to bbbbbb with a fresh EP entitled ‘Zone’, perfectly demonstrating the producers buzzing and lush signature sound. On Zone EOD debuts brand new material, continuing to blur the lines between genres with a hard-hitting five-track release complete with complex drum arrangements, ethereal soundscapes, enchanting melodies and dystopian brushed sequences.

The seventh Idealistmusic instalment and debut album by the Swiss artist

Repress

Joe Farr appears on SLAM as early as SLAM002 with a remix for Ansome and has also contributed two singles to the SLAM digital series. 'Death Becomes Us' is Joe Farr's first EP on SLAM, two original tracks are presented. Tight drums coupled with warped and rhythmic synths keep tension throughout the EP both tracks are driving dance floor stompers. Ansome appears again on his label with a moody, rolling remix of 'Death & Hope' and Danilo Incorvaia is welcomed to the label for the first time, giving his take on 'Loss & Agony'.

Tyler Friedman returns to Kontra-Musik with Epiphytic, an improvisational vortex of psychedelic modular synthesizer lines, made in one continuous take. A stylistic shift from Friedman's previous releases on Kontra, the album eschews percussion in favor of an intense pulsing spectrality, situating the music both on the fringes of club culture and in the concert hall. The title - Epiphytic - which refers to a type of plant that grows on the surface of another, non-parasitically, is a metaphor for the way the interlacing and divergent arpeggiations co-exist, forming a larger harmonic structure. The system used in the production of the album acts as a seed to be built upon in a live setting, where the piece can evolve into more esoteric tonalities and rhythms. While Epiphytic is an exploration of 7 limit Just Intonantion, future releases and performances will grow into different tunings and tempos, shifting the genre between fourth world fm, microtonal abstraction and clouds of noise bliss, generating a work in permanent flux.

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Paris-based DJ and producer Anetha’s enigmatic label Mama Told Ya is a collaborative venture. Pushing artists out of their comfort zone to new heights of experimentation and creativity, yielding progressive results that challenge and intrigue.

The next instalment comes in the form of a kaleidoscopic debut release as a two vinyl pack from French producer and A/V artist UFO95, titled “Popularity is overrated”. This will be the first double EP on the label, with previous records released as split EP four-tracker collaborations with artists and Anetha herself, including Niki Istrefi, Hadone, ABSL and Sugar.

UFO95 is a French electronic music producer, who finds his roots in 90’s techno, UK jungle and also through IDM, creating a unique tribal sound. His lives ( live ; live A/V ) are like his music, dynamic and really hypnotizing. He releases his debut LP “Popularity is overrated” on Anetha’s label, Mama Told Ya.


As well, Anetha collaborates with a different visual artist on each project; Recsoverto takes center stage on the cover for this release, who combines ethereal visuals parodying Japanese video games and hyper-real typography.

The record is beautifully eclectic and has the effortless feel of a live set from a promising new producer. Opener ‘Sun S4lutation’ is a silky melodic affair, diving into a runaway breakbeat with a hypnotic edge crafting an effortlessly colorful trip. ‘2am’ is a tense nosedive into techno’s heady mutations, harnessing a prevailing kick and wormhole synths.

Up next is the masterful collaborative track with Anetha ‘On/Offline’. The track starts with an infectious energy, before vocal inflections and a dreamy hyper-real synth melody blend to hypnotic heights, transporting the listener to a open-air rave. ‘Should I Go’ is heady and bold in its brutal drum work and twisting synths, ‘Enchanted Forest’ is playful and addictive, ‘Rrkja’ starts wild until heavenly synths glow around the edges, and ‘OE’ carries the sentiment of amalgamation with a fierce kick drum and a symphonic chorus. Ending on a rough edged high, closer ‘Volcano’ takes an IDM approach with glitchy drums, weaving synths and groovy vocal inflections.

Some of these tracks date back to the Berlin days, but ended up being finished in The Hague. A sort of melancholic electro-disco trip with post-goth-punk-wave guitars and a guest appearance from AC Meadows. Super happy to have the first Maiovvi dance album out since 'Driftmusic' - The masters sound great and I'm sure the vinyl will sound equally as good.

Electronic centipede George Thompson aka Black Merlin debuts on DJ Nobu's Bitta label. The British producer delivers four expertly warped techno trips with his typical genre-bending approach. After his recent trip to Japan for Rural Festival 2019, Thompson was introduced to Nobu on the Iiyama train station for their ride back to Tokyo. Inspired by the festival itself and Nobu's approach to techno the two felt an immediate connection and stayed in touch for exchanging their ideas. A few months later Thompson sent his music, visualizing a bridge to connect his music closer to Japan and the inspiration he got from his Rural visit. Nobu: "I was immediately convinced it was a great match, and I could tell he had been following the previous Bitta releases and understood the label's aesthetics. To me, this EP demonstrates his new vision of dynamic techno thats so thrilling as if you were watching a movie, all illuminated in gorgeous pastel-coloured sound effects!"

New Boddika EP on Nonplus Records

"New York based Brazilian artist FadeFace is set to release his debut vinyl record on his very own imprint, Lemos.


Versatile 4 track EP that has been circulating around his live set for sometime now.


Recorded fully off his modular synthesizer, FadeFace’s exploration of hypnotic sounds mixed over an intense progression of 90s styled percussion sits well at a peak time slot at any New York rave.


“Basimilus”, named after a eurorack module, is set at a powerful 147 BPM. Layered with a repetitive, heavily modulated synth that dances around a relentless kick drum.”


A versatile 4 track EP by label head FadeFace

Ryan James Ford kicks off IDA's newly launched Savy Records with a versatile and banging four track release. A sign of what's to come from Savy in the future, the Canadian-born, Berlin-based producer's 'Six Stair' EP is a dynamic, commanding take on break beat infused emotive techno, a flawless blend of old and new.

A Credible Eye Witness & Ghost Ride jump on the dancefloor again to deliver the label’s fourteenth excursion into the unknown! With genius “Elektrik Dancefloor”, you’ll feel like boarding the Enterprise starship in search of new worlds, lifeforms and civilizations. As an introduction, feverish “Back To The Roots” From the first notes contrasting musical textures, ascending the EP to a higher place thanks to brainwashing sequences, some evolving modulations adding three dimension to a song colored with crystal clear synth waves over alienating lyrics and pounding beats. Absolutely stunning! Surrounded by a furiously positive atmosphere, funky “Kinematiks” instantly following tele-transports us at light speed into a ecstatic trip through time and space. Acidic loops combined with retro discoish drums, eerie vocals and haunting melodies characterize a gem that will create a real drama on the dancefloor. Ace! Much anticipating “Future & Future” opens the flipside with hypnotic percussions enhanced by intricate vocals taken from B-movies fused into delayed arpeggios and eerie filters. Final song “Cycle Event” signs a bewitching drum workout laced with dystopian pads and sonic frequencies while some hot modular swirls dilute into a tense bass line. You may definitively loose your mind in this vast and strange universe. Top notch! At a rhythm of one EP every two months, the Italian imprint has never been as much prolific as this year. Here are four fresh outer space and deliciously creepy transmissions in typical A.C.E.W musical standards. Don’t miss them!

Radio Slave and Bushwacka! remix ‘Eye Of The Storm’ featuring vocalist and
drum ’n bass royalty Onallee, with label boss Archie Hamilton serving up a fresh VIP mix.

Taken from Hamilton’s debut album ‘Archive Fiction’, which dropped earlier this year on Moscow Records, ‘Eye Of The Storm’ featuring Reprazent artist Onallee, gets the remix treatment from two renowned producers with a reimagined garage inspired mix from the boss himself. Two acclaimed British artists, Rekids boss and esteemed remixer Radio Slave leads the release with Hamilton’s VIP mix alongside Olmeto and Plank Records owner and artist Bushwacka!

Radio Slave’s remix of ‘Eye Of The Storm feat. Onallee’ opens with a thundering kick, haunting effects, rolling vox-cuts and rattling hats with an ecstasy inducing breakdown. Archie Hamilton’s VIP mix then goes down a classic bubbling bassline route, featuring crunchy cymbals and phasing synths when Bushwacka! then goes on to close the release with break styled drum programming, rumbling toms, zapping flute like samples and jungle shakers on his remix.

Tresor's newest release features BNJMN on Body Reflections Pt. 1.

The four track EP captures a uniquely subdued mood that resides at the nexus of ambient dance music, and that integrates seamlessly with Tresor's penchant for restrained and dub-inflected techno.

Each track on the EP introduces symmetry and rhythm in the form of organic percussion. "Overskies" and "Enceladus" are more lethargic and ethereal, each blanketed with discordant melodies and arcing synth lines. "Hadal Zone" is more dance-oriented - here, a sophisticated interplay of percussive elements loop over plaintive vocals and soft harmonies. "Syzygy" then brings the EP to a techno-focused close with driving kicks, oscillating synths, and repeating minor chords.

Body Reflections Pt. 1 is deeply illustrative of BNJMN's affinity for creating nuanced and delicately balanced layers, and a culmination of his vast experience.

Christine Benz presents the record (PIRAT003 ‘Schöneweide’) on her label.
A timeless record that you learn to love.
Musical legend Steve O ’Sullivan (Mosaic) serves it up Bluetrain style .
And as if that wasn't enough, Roger Gerressen (Irenic) makes everything shake with an intoxicating, emotional number.

This label focuses on quality, passion in sound design and mastering.

All of the tracks have been mastered thoroughly and with dedication by Stefan Betke

Citizen:Kane (Marco Guerra) is a producer based in Lisbon. He is member of Fungo's label and artist collective that performs mostly in the Portuguese capital city and its surrounding scene. His influences are diverse, but acid is probably the one that stands out the most in his productions. Here we have four intense and focused techno burners that result in a marriage of old-school acid and modern elements sure to fit snugly into the intricate DJ set of those with discriminating taste. Transfusions work horse right here.

DJCJ returns to his home on West End Communications, after a solid 4-tracker released on the the SMS digital series earlier this year. Powerful and energetic tracks to start, balanced with electro/ambient cuts on the flip."

DJCJ (real name Craig Johnston, CJ) (22 years young) has also released with my friends over at Craigie Knowes, both solo and under the Highfield Casuals alias as a collab project with our very own The Burrell Connection.

Some more semi live machine tickling by DSG, this time 6 rough & ready tracks.

Occassional duo Pjotr G & Dubiosity have become household PRRUK names within short time. A couple of months after the well received ''A Man Is No Island EP'' a new submission to the ever extended PRRUKBLK catalog was provided in the form of ''Savant'' a 4 track spanning work of staggering techno with the significant filmic elements that Pjotr G and Dubiosity cleverly incorporate into their hazy works of techno. Whereas the A side is based on these elements, on the B side darker elements are introduced. ''Savant'' is a ferm but uplifting techno record.

When the world slipped into madness last month, the ESP Institute put most releases on the back-burner to await brighter days, but then we thought again; why not approach these odd circumstances the way we do most realities, positively and head-on? We’re committed to a community that builds new worlds — this is fundamental to our creative and spiritual relationship with Osaka-born, cosmos-straggling artist, Ground — and while temporarily we can’t physically congregate to uplift each other, its our responsibility as an institution to maintain a platform for prolific creative pioneers, our cherished cartographers of cognitive escape. 'Wakusei' is wonderfully confusing and disorienting music, a follow-up EP to 2018’s critically acclaimed album 'Sunizm', not created specifically for life under lockdown, but nonetheless aptly suited to help release angst, guide meditation, and assist in making this moment in history more interesting if not transcendental. Whereas 'Sunizm' relied on field recordings gathered from rainforests, percussions learned from imaginary ancient civilizations, and the somehow organic freneticism of a mission control meltdown, the aesthetic of 'Wakusei' reduces this abstract instrumentation one step further to a more base-level array of gurgling synth scraps, accelerating engine friction and static-bound phonetic mistakes, all scrubbed into dust by a Brillo pad of white noise. The cliché of “great art is born out of hard times” is not lost upon us — of course the world will look back to this turmoil and its residual contributions to culture — but we see today's art as an immediate coping mechanism, and artists like Ground helping to unlock and navigate internal utopias. We’re already indoors, let’s delve inside.

Gunnar Haslam returns to Delsin with his third EP on the label. 'Cacique De Poyais' counts thirteen intriguing minutes of rumbling low key grooves. It's dark and shadowy, full of menace and the sort of elongated bit of deep techno hypnosis to take you in on yourself. Backed with dance floor jams 'Port Sommeil' and 'Azote Du Guano' that both bring spangled synths and wonky drums for a perfectly loose sense of rugged and abstract rhythms.

"Memoire du Present' is the first record I am releasing under my real name, Hendrik van Boetzelaer, and presents an introspection of my various musical influences, as well as a look at my Egyptian and Dutch origins and my passion for Russia. Moreover, it is a way for me to take stock of how I juggle family responsibilities with the work of an artist and how I have learnt to achieve the best of the present moment." - Hendrik van Boetzelaer aka Opuswerk. Following several collaborations as Opuswerk on Francois Xs label Dement3d, both under their joint HISS:1292 project and on his debut album 'Irregular Passion', this is the first project that Hendrik is putting out under his real name, coinciding with the imprint's objective to present a form of 'Musique de Banc d'essai', where emotions and feelings are at the heart of the music chosen with no pre-defined boundaries to limit artist experimentation. Sailing between techno, house and minimal pulsatile music, the EP presents four tracks that will be released in the form of a limited edition 12" vinyl of 300 copies.

Hydergine's musical roots and influences are going back to the classic sound of the 90's dub techno pioneers. His pseudonym is taken from the name of a smart drug used to improve the metabolism of brain cells and cognitive abilities.

With it's dark and atmospheric soundscapes, the A-side track 'Grid' follows that root in a perfectly manner and shows his love for tape and tube sounds. On the flip-side the title track 'Static Frame' offers sparkling synth lines and shuffling hi hats. The modulated echoes go straight from your ear to your brain.

The reduced drums and driven synths in 'Sweep' will finally beam you into a basement techno party full of fog and strobe lights.
After releases on his own Ranges imprint, Separate Skills Recordings or Tiefenrausch we finally welcome the italian producer on Etui.

Played by: Jonas Kopp, Dubfire, Gel Abril, Slam, Subjected, Agaric, Electric Indigo ... and many more.

Taipei Taiwans brand new label Jin 禁 makes a strong impression with compilation like debut. Kick starting with Initials B.B. On A1 - A Trancy house classic layered with floating melody reminiscent of traveling through the wilderness with breeze, while Tokyo's one n only Gonno's A2 remix puts 909 into full force. Stomping kick drum makes this cut a lethal weapon for late night utopia on any dance floors. B1 takes a drastic turn to the other spectrum of Taipei underground. Up & coming local talent Lujiachi sucks you to the dim light of Taipei darkness, night-crawling the way with Industrial drum pattern, spooky East Asian horn and swaggy bassline that's as unpredictable and addictive as there is. B2 & B3 sees stockholms wizard Samo DJ remixes; showcasing his trademark weirdo slow motion electro / dubby stamps strictly made out of MPC.

LTD repress !

A - side:

This is a premiere for this Century. It's the 5th solo release of the labelboss 'Jens Lissat', who created more than 1000 Productions in his career so far.He choosed a one bar love of a disco anthem and combind it with a Roland 303 Acid Line. The result is a massive techno blockbuster. Premiered already on the STREETPARADE in Zurich/Swiss, this track was absolutely killin' it!

B-side:

We present Christoph Pauly's first solo release!
This EP contains two Techno – WERKZEUGE. The first 'Werkzeug' is raving power, while the second one hits you with acid flashes.

Straight from the depths of the burgeoning Austin, Texas weirdo scene, JT Whitfield delivers a six track mini-lp for L.I.E.S. after an impressive run of releases for Chondritic Sound. Whitfield follows suit where he left off on his cut from last years Eminent Domain comp. with absolutely punishing slow beatdriven industrial electronics. This is for true fans of metal on metal music as these tracks desperately plod and grind, ripping apart everything in sight. The appropriate soundtrack to endtimes.

Featuring a cover photo by the cult NYC street photographer, Richard Sandler - the first in a series.

200 copies LTD
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Ass kicking deep and acid tracks straight from archives of Paul Mac. Mastered by Beau and well selected to make your body move.

Qnete brings four Power House bangers to the dance floor. The four tracks came to his mind during a Segway tour through Leipzig's problem districts. The two-part anthem "Alone Together" is a stirring field study in the ancient art of underwater rave. It will hit you like drops in a stalactite cave. "Segway City Tour" on the other hand feels like a trip to the fair of your dreams. All your favorite attractions in one place. After all, the no-nonsense Techno track "Gaze" winds its way through brain twists that you haven't even known before.

Blocaus series is back with it's 8th release, "Gods & Robots" EP by rising French artist Ruhbarb for his debut EP on the label. Involved with labels such as Materia and Odd Oven, Ruhbarb's sound is a mixture between techno, dub and ambient, nurturing a tone that is driving, groovy and dark, but always loaded with great emotional depth. Part of a promising new generation of French producers and DJ's, Ruhbarb delivers 4 fantastic cuts in his own personal style including on the B side two killer remixes from Answer Code Request and Antigone.

Of indisputable +313 vintage, Scan 7 with deep roots in the rich musical heritage of Detroit techno, announce their new triple vinyl album since 20 years on Deeptrax Records.

Scan 7 which is very close related to Underground Resistance, forms a mysterious Detroit underground collective and with this triple album, Scan 7 is back at the front with a varied style from Metroplex reminisced electro to stringing, banging techno and from deeper Detroit house to epic rooted galaxian jazzy vibes, bringing back the heydays of techno's most influential period ever. Starting with the energetic 'Stringing me along' with thick Deja-Vu UR/ DJ Rolando flashes, towards the political tinged nu-classic electro 'It's time' and from Berghain/ Tresor bangers like 'I'm covered' with the frightening words 'no weapons formed against me shall prosper' until deep vibin' floating house sounds from the Motor city, this album is full of energetic tracks with undeniable deeply rooted futuristic funk and experimental Motown vibrations.

SCAN 7`s name (originating from the word DETROIT, which consists of 7 letters, and its area code, 313 (which, added up, equals 7)) will forever remain definitively techno and wholeheartedly Detroit and is here with this 3xLP to infiltrate and knock out!

Welcome To Unreality Records Has The Pleasure To Presents For The First Release Dean Dennis Aka Sector.
Selected Tracks From The Sector Debut. Made In Sheffield During 1993-1994, Having Finally Left Clock Dva In Late 1992, Guy Fawkes Night To Be Exact.
A Mix Of Techno, Downtempo And Drum'n'bass That Makes This Ep A Trip Into The Uk Electronic Music Scene Of The 90's.

Society of Silence is a duo that became involved in the French electronic scene for a few years. They are already known for the wide range of style explored on several French labels and the power and spontaneity of their lives. Too Many Daddies is the ninth release in Activities Record's catalogue, following some previous releases by The Acid Mercenaries, Silicon Vallée, LL321 and two VA's. It is also the eleventh EP of Society of Silence.

Too Many Daddies is a like-minded electronic space saga with strong emotional textures, between hard key sweeps and dark harmony. This record kicks of with A1 Hormone Database, which is a strong funky electro track with a powerful ongoing groove. A2 Iron Penis is a hard hitting acid and hypnotic driven techno track. Undoubtedly another dance floor friendly stomper. B1 Octomom is at the edge between electro and techno. This track sounds paranoid in a very good way. A great nasty dark track with some of freaky vocals in the background. B2 Baby Cluster is a true electro track which demonstrate SOS's penchant for experimentations or No Future, or both...

Too Many Daddies is the evidence that the French duo adeptly understands the language of the machines.

Against a Dark Background – the full-length studio album from long-standing British techno duo, Spektre – will be released in early 2020 on Pleasurekraft’s esteemed Kraftek imprint.

Following their critically-acclaimed debut album Casting Shadows Without Light in 2010 and their sophomore outing Cyclic Operations in 2013, Against a Dark Background will be the third studio long-player from partners Paul Maddox and Rich Wakley, who have been producing together under the Spektre moniker since 2006.

Currently in the top five-selling techno artists worldwide and with over 500,000 streams per month on Spotify, Spektre have taken the electronic music world by storm over the past few years, with their forward-thinking productions and high-intensity live performances resonating with legions of loyal techno fans across all corners of the globe.

Now key ambassadors for British dance music on a global level, Spektre’s chart-topping productions have received high praise from the likes of Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Pleasurekraft, and Alan Fitzpatrick - and the duo are often hailed as one of the most exciting acts to emerge onto the UK techno scene over the past decade.

Talking about the forthcoming album, Spektre commented:
It had been over 5 years since the release of "Cyclic Operations" when we first started work on the new album in earnest, so we wanted it to be a representation of how our music has evolved in that intervening period. The writing process itself was a lot more reductive than the previous two albums. We holed ourselves up for a few months and hammered out loads and loads of ideas, then filtered and refined the pool through playing them out and getting feedback from a few trusted pairs of ears, until Against a Dark Background began to crystallise into its final form.

Scand resident Steve Allman brings together the fast-paced sounds of Detroit and London electro in his debut EP on EON Records.
A key part of London’s longest running electro night Scand for ten years, the south London producer has played alongside the genre’s most important figures The Advent, Detroit in Effect
and Andrea Parker included - delivering consistently high velocity all vinyl sets. Allman’s approach to the dancefloor comes out in its full majesty here on Brainwave. Driven with analogue bass from the Novation Bass Station 2 that’s central to his studio set up, the EP is an uptempo booty moving selection of tracks. Sonically the EP is an expression of Allman’s ear for fast-paced 90s era Detroit electro and the UK’s rave edged take on the sound calling upon freaky synth work, heavy bass patterns and eerie rave stabs to colour the release. What we hear on Brainwaves across the three original tracks is pacey, buoyant and sub-weighted - a record ready to be played loud when the systems are turned back on. Closest influence and mentor Sync 24 drops a bomb of a remix for the title track Brainwave, weaponising it a step further adding a deadly acid scrawl.

Nested Structure is the first Great Circles release from artists outside of Philadelphia. THRIVE are Tetsuya Yoshida and Hitoshi Kojima. They both grew up in the North Kanto area of Japan. They first met at the club run by Tetsuya Yoshida called SOUND A BASE NEST, which is known as having the best sound system in the North Kanto area. In 2007, the duo started their DJ / Producing unit THRIVE. Previous releases have included a split 12' with Keia Yano for Japanese label Struct, and recent solo releases by Hitoshi for Always Human Tapes and for his own label Ambivalent Deviation. This record almost didn't happen! --- Tetsuya and Hitoshi were picking up Great Circles records in Japan and, having periodically communicated with each other about music, they sent us the Struct 12' to check out. While
cleaning out the back of the car a few months later, the presumably empty record mailer was about to land in
the recycle bin when we fortunately discovered a demo CD of unreleased THRIVE material inside. We drove
around listening to it and week later we agreed to release a 12'. The music on the Nested Structure 12' is dark, foreboding, even outwardly threatening. It's hypnotic, textural and rhythmically complex.

Mangue welcomes Toby Montana - 100% latin flavoured tech house with Remixes from KlangTherapeuten and Fabian Schumann & Black Vel.

Newest Episode On Cdt & La Chinerie's "nation Techno" Special Series. Like It Was Done On Sister "nation House", It'was Time To Focus On Italy.

This Compilation Of 8 Tracks By 8 Artists Gives Us An Overview Of The Italian Scene And Its Different Components.

From The Finest "italian" Techno With It's Atmospheric Pads, Repetitive, Progressive And Mental Sequences To More Audacious Stuff Between Techno, Idm, Electro, Breakbeat & Breakcore.

First release by new southswedish experimental dancelabel Brutal B Records from Helsingborg started by Nimam Spregleda who is associated with Borft and other swedish labels and a long time underground DJ and exeprimentalist. This debut contains a parade of local artists such as DinSync who runs the nearby RE-303 label, here contributing with a funky wobbly minimal techno track. Also featured is local Synth/Ebm act Goz Mongo Allicance with a unusually funky midtempo driver with the labelboss himself on vocals. The B-side continues with a psychotic yet straight forward Karlskrona style track from Villa bo followed by Nimam Spregleda with a out of sync chicago style acidy track that will challenge and amaze both DJs and dancefloors with its magnificent jacky wobbliness. From Helltown with love.

An essential four track EP that covers plenty of cinematic Electro styles.

Four Ghetto UK bangers including a featuring with the king of the Chicago ghetto house Paul Johnson. Fucking bass in your face. Hard twerk & cantona kick in your club.

Johannes Volks career began in 2006 with a real bang. "The Mysteries Of Tharsis Montes" 12 inchdebut from the vinyl collector was released by none other than techno virtuoso Jeff Mills on his Purpose of Mission 6277 label. A special accolade indeed, which proves Volks aesthetic connection to Detroit Techno, something he also demonstrates regularly on his own label Exploration Records.
Following on from the "Tears and Walls" EP, his second release on Cocoon Recordings continues the tonal reference to the origins of techno in a highly unique style. "Nevergreen", with its driving sequencer synth, is a furious and mechanical workout with a harsh industrial vibe and unbelievable string textures that will shake the dance floor to its foundations. On the B-side "Awareness", Volk conjures up an unforgettably romantic soundscape without sacrificing any energy. After a solid minute,
the foggy horizon opens up to one of those rare yet incredibly valuable moments, when you suddenly want to embrace the whole world from inside the club. With "Nevergreen" Cocoon Recordings presents an outstanding new 12" release to usher in 2019 and in doing so, sets a high standard for the coming year.

Lina & Gwen Wayne have become notorious for their techno sets throughout Germany and Europe, maneuvering from insider to headliner depending on the premises. We are pleased to announce their first EP "Genug gelabert" will be released on 4th September 2020 via Hold Your Ground on 12" vinyl and digitally.

Worm & brutal, like falling face first onto the concrete floor on a warm summer night, is the first track "Palaber" by Lina & Gwen Wayne. For six minutes, the ground feels like the sky, lying feels like falling, dancing feels like breathing and beyond your immediate surrounding there is nothing. This is techno and for the moment these two producers from Hamburg and Berlin are your new horizon.

The two DJs started producing together in late 2019, with their no frills & dark, but fun style translating effortlessly into their own productions. "Genug gelabert" ist the title of their first EP, meaning Enough said, and we are gonna keep it at that. Come marvel at the beautiful brutalism. Incl. Remixes by Moog Conspiracy and Innacircle & Metatext.

Vital Sales Points:
DJ promo by Cutthenoize, German print & online by Audiolith Inhouse, UK/international online

Entering into a new year, Priori and Ex-Terrestrial announce the birth of a techno-focused sub-label, Garmo. Launching on 6th March, the pair come together under new alias, Ntel, to release ‘Dilution Effect’ EP. Garmo is music of the microbiome, uncompromising rhythms of the Natural-process. Artwork by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.

Barcelona-based multifaceted artist Raven joins Radio Slave’s Rekids with an incredibly imaginative five-track debut release.

Born in Canada, Raven is a talented nomad who’s been cutting her teeth as a DJ, producer, singer and songwriter whilst living in Los Angeles, Chicago, Berlin, Toronto, and Mexico City. As a performer, she joins the dots between Techno, Acid, Electro and early Rave: a genre-spanning approach she applies to her productions too, making her a difficult artist to pigeonhole. Discovered by Matt Edwards, Raven now joins Rekids - a label responsible for introducing some of electronic music’s most incendiary names to the scene, including the likes of Nina Kraviz and Peggy Gou.

Opening gently with ethereal atmospherics, ‘Flames’ springs into action with galloping percussion, echoing effects, metallic nuances and Raven’s poignant singing. Following on, ‘Saint’ bangs from the word go courtesy of its convoluted rhythm, piercing claps and soaring background synths whilst rave sounds and murky lyrics operate throughout.

Thudding kicks and crystalline pads then pair up beautifully with her serene voice in the lively ‘In2U’, leading into the more downtempo ‘BBGRL’ that employs purring sub-bass, emotional melodies and acid squelches. Tying everything together, ‘Insomnia’ inaugurates with sweet chords and re-pitched vocals before robust drums drive it onwards into the distance.

Ritmos is the alias of L.A. via Honduras music producer Roberto Espinosa. The Ritmos EP features the magic touch of Detroit keyboardist Jon Dixon on “Finding Who You Are”. The second track “Starseed” takes us on an abstract journey where polyrhythms and moody chords collide. “Words of Fire” �nds the legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry contributing vocals to a primal body mover with it’s fusion of original dub riddims and style over a 4/4 �oor �ller. Finally, Yaxteq’s own Nomadico strips down “Words of Fire” for a retro-futuristic Dub Techno remix .

Cymatique Records is back with a second Various E.P.

3 real different tracks from Steve Marie, between Techno, breaks and Trance, the face B from Strasbourg’s guys Rukka, HiLo and Arlanoa with Electro and Acid House stuff.

Myths and legends have served as a tool of cultural roots for Latin American peoples, they evoke the ancestral wisdom of the old men of in village, who gathered small groups of children to captivate them with the stories and that served as guidelines for the development and growth of their cultures. In illegal alien, we have decided to pay homage to popular Mexican stories that in the form of myths and legends have managed to transcend through generations and generations. We have invited Mexican artists of at highest level to participate for the first time, who have been in charge of musicalizing these small drops of crystalline water that make up the gigantic cultural ocean of which we are composed. At the image level, we have worked on the representation and tribute to Huichol art that represents the purest and most real Mexicanity, far from nationalisms but with the intention of disseminating the art and culture of a sacred region like Mexico.
Given to the great graphic and musical work, we decided to make a limited run of high quality Cassette Edition and Digital format, which will be available in stores on Friday, September 25th of 2020.

Featuring exclusive tracks from Art Uro, Binary Phase, Damian Vargas, Daniel Romero, Daryl, Dig-it, Fixon, Fixeer, Jnks, Jörg Rodriguez, Leon XIV, LFB & Technicism, Ricardo Garduno and Sintoma.

BLIQ unveil a debut release by Greek producer Aphelion aka George Konstantoulakis (member of Equations Collective). "Volatile Radiance" sets the pace with otherworldly futurism, while "Cosmic Vibrations" completes the A-side with addictive bass notes & crystallised melodics. On the flip, legendary electro producer Silicon Scally (Carl Finlow) follows a menacing cyberfunk route, while Aphelion's original, concludes the release with an interplanetary rhythm track interpretation.

Tribal Pulse is 5 years old, and we're celebrating with a special series of vinyl and compilation releases, and parties in some really insane locations, including a unique birthday celebration in the beautiful highlands of Scotland.
First up we have Boom Merchant's 'I See The Future' available on 180g vinyl and containing contributions from Italian slammin' techno kingpin Johnny Kaos and Maltese 303 sniper Acidulant.
The title track is a morphing, energetic futurist techno cut. A powerful, bass-driven groove works alongside complex analogue percussion sequencing and growling distortion before Detroit-style chords and atmospherics move in to take you higher, before slamming you back into the dark groove once again. This one is a real bomb waiting to go off.
For 'Sub Mission' Boom Merchant combines forces once again with Johnny Kaos, and in keeping with the theme of the EP, the results are dark, distorted and full of flavor. The track roars through lashings of sub and relentless machine bleeps, drums and noises, jumping in and out of breakbeats with a monster Reese bass chasing you down from start to finish.
To round off the EP, Acidulant does what he does best, stripping the original back to it's bare elements, looping the vocal and creating a Roland-heavy roller full of squelchy goodness.
We see the future, and we are bringing it to you on wax. We hope these tracks put a smile on your face

Re-press in plain paper sleeve.

The second volume of previously unreleased material from cloak-and-dagger Swedish electronics project Civilistjävel!. Until last year's 1 LP their work - created mostly in the 1990s, using Juno60 and Korg MS20 - had never been officially documented or disseminated. The tracks assembled on 2 pivot away from the lonesome, levitating kosmische themes of 1, and into a dronal, dubwise, heavily psychoactive minimal techno realm. We've never heard anything quite like the steamrolling, monolithic, kickdrum-centered epic that spans all twelve icy minutes of Side 1 - never, that is, outside of a recurring dream we've had since childhood about a recommissioned Northern Rail train smuggling munitions behind enemy lines in a future rural Yorkshire as part of humanity's guerilla war effort against shadowy, possibly entirely imaginary Mysteron-like oppressors. Erm...The other two pieces that constitute this LP are paranoid, broken, sub-heavy constructions that have echoes in Jan Jelinek's Gramm or latterday stuff from Hidden Hawaii, but always with that reserve and austere, out-of-time feel peculiar to the true European mutant/drone underworld. Seriously, how had this stuff not come to light before now?!

Influential Spanish artist Coyu is stepping out on his own Suara label with a long overdue debut album entitled ‘You Don’t Know’ that is going to shatter all conceptions about him. Due for release this September 23rd, the 16 track affair showcases his broad range and takes in collaborators like Moby, Lazarusman, The Horrorist, Thomas Gandey and many more.

Coyu quickly rose through the ranks to become one of the most prominent names in underground dance music. The Spanish man famous for his love of cats has established his Suara label as a go-to outlet for the most essential house and tech tracks, as well as releasing his own expressive grooves on Cocoon Recordings, Diynamic, Bedrock Records, Turbo Recordings and MORE. Now he really stretches his legs across a fantastic full length album that goes way beyond the dance floor and shows many new sides to his sound. The artist has been working on it since 2012 and aims to show people that whatever they think about him is wrong.

Says the artist himself, “the album is named ‘You Don't Know’ because many people have a preconceived idea of who I am. Until now, maybe I wasn't smart enough to show them my roots, what I love and what I can offer to the music. I'm not just a DJ or a producer who can play or make grooves – I love many different genres and many different kinds of music. With this album I want to change that preconception.”

The album kicks off with a dramatic spoken word from legendary vocalist Lazarusman before exploring low slung and sleazy grooves on ‘The Three Chimney’, floaty light melodic and dreamy house on ‘Out of The Pain’ and more club focussed but just as dreamy fair on ‘We All Try’ with Mike Leary.

Proving he can do everything from poolside gems to peak time techno, ‘Fear Is Gunna Be A Player In Your Life’ is one to get you in a trance with its sonar like synths and rolling deep space drums. Thomas Gandey aka Cagedbaby then steps up to guest on ‘1+1’ which is a hands in the air piano anthem to pump the party, and ‘Wanna Do Right, Wanna Do Wrong’ is a techno cut with brilliantly energetic drum programming and a big, perfectly placed vocal sample.

Switching up the vibe is ‘I May Be Dead, But One Day The World Will Be Beautiful Again’ with none other than dance legend Moby. It is a heavenly track with break beats, angelic melodies and a celestial feel that leaves you refreshed. The second half touches on raved-up drum & bass, gurgling minimal techno and harder techno with mind melting acid synths. The Horrorist contributes to the banging ‘My First Pill’, while the techno journey continues with ‘Unite’ featuring Gabriella Vergilov before the album finishes on the fluttering ambient track ‘Insania’, with mad church bells and manic percussion all bringing things to a close in style.

This is a broad, adventurous album that covers plenty of music ground and takes you on a true electronic trip from one of dance music’s most accomplished names.

...in the moment of death: "I have deserved my present fate; for what had I to do with wings and clouds, who can with difficulty move about on the earth?"
- Aesop

Rabe drops it's fourth release right before summer with a fresh combinations of sounds and artists that inspire Denise in one way or another. For this installment she's compiled remixes by Insolate, Kwartz, Sstrom and Belief Defect. The resulting EP "The Tortoise And The Eagle", explores the spectrum between hallucination and function, industrial soundscape and dance floor drive.

For the second vinyl release on DNA_rec, Emiel Zwart hit the road again with a brand new EP "Counterattack". The package includes 2 original cuts and remixes from Ritzi Lee & Remco Beekwilder. As a result they've managed to create a distinctive EP which has a variety of tracks that suits everybody's needs for every club moment. Counterattack opens up with constantly driven synths and sturdy basslines and Ritzi Lee made perfect use of these elements for his remix. Church is the more minimalistic approach compared to Counterattack but when that vocal gets in your head and combined with some hard hitting claps and hihats this track can be played at any time of the evening. And to top things off Remco Beekwilder has made a hard banging remix from this cut as you can expect from the talented producer.

Amsterdam based imprint Taped Artifact welcomes Erik Anthony to their label. With only one contribution to the Dynamic Reflection label back in 2017, very less is known about the young Amsterdam producer. But here he makes a stellar techno debut with his first solo EP backed with a Vril remix.

On the a-side things kick off with 'Board Walk', haunting vocal chops combined with droning kick drums combined making it a serious big-room techno jam. 'Oclose' brings more soul to the game, subtle basslines and dreamy synths create an uplifting and joyful playground for endless dancing. Vril then stirs things up, his take on 'Oclose' has more punch, a different energy and his trademark hazy dub-techno twist. Last track 'Separate' is an emotive yet powerful techno workout that closes the four track affair that can be seen as a promising allround debut release.

Super high quality techno cuts from John Heckle under his HFP guise. Intense, atmospheric, bass heavy, percussive, raw techno gems for the dancefloor. Includes beautifully crafted + absorbing ambient interludes. A definite nod to Jeff Mills 90's Axis / Waveform Transmissions.

We've finally got round to putting out a new HFP record.

This will be John Heckle's 13th full release as Head Front Panel, an alias that has developed from a covert project on our first sub-label to an unstoppable force of his own.

Another limited 12" vinyl, housed in a tidy emBOSSed sleeve.

* Mirae Arts presents Hush Residence. We are joined by old friends and new comrades from the Kantō underground.

* C-Kay is co-founder of the Tokyo-based collective Space Baghdad and resident DJ of Constant Value. C-Kay is typically busy shaking dance floors with her hypnotic DJ sets, but also producing music for experimental labels such as Subsist Records and Constant Value Records.

* Saraam is a Tokyo-based sound artist, performer, and DJ under the Constant Value banner. Saraam is also a resident of the yearly Tokyo Festival of Modular.

* Katsunori Sawa and Damaskin return to Mirae Arts in their usual noisy disguises.

* Hush Residence is a compilation featuring four experimental techno tracks from Katsunori Sawa, C-Kay, Damaskin, and Saraam. Mastered by James Plotkin.

* Artwork illustration is done by Sydney based architect, Patti Bai.

* Vinyl pressed at the highly reputable Gotta Groove Records, Cleveland, Ohio.

* Comes with polybag packaging

Senoid Recordings introduces a new vinyl signed by its owner Kike Pravda, and a remix of a very special artist, Svreca. Four solid, wraparound cuts.

The record begins with Ground, a high voltage electrified loop. Dirty hi hats, distorted, hypnotic and energetic sequences that gain intensity until the end of the track.

Velocity is the second weapon in this release, a continuous pattern of warm and aggressive synth, filling the modulated space by sine waves that invites a stellar journey.

With Depth on the B side we find thick, constantly changing analog frequencies creating a deep and dynamic groove accompanied by futuristic bleeps.

Svreca, owner of Semantica label, finalizes this work with his own vision of Velocity, a raw and more hypnotic version, perfect for this record.

Written produced and mixed by Kike Pravda.
Remix by Svreca.
Mastered by Koschitzky Mastering.

Early supports by: Oscar Mulero, Ben Sims, Orde Meikle (SLAM), Lewis Fautzi, Kwartz, P.E.A.R.L., Kriz - Token, Takaaki Itoh, Arnaud Le Texier, Dimi Angelis, Angel Molina, Developer, Tensal.

Klas Isaksson is back with his second release on EVIGHETEN with a booming Techno EP

Brazilian born and based Marcal to release new EP on Sam Paganini's JAM.

Marco Shuttle is very much part of the Spazio Disponibile label family: he's put out his Systhema album and various EPs with Donato Dozzy and Neel in the last couple of years, and now the Eerie boss serves up more of his immersive techno excellence. He starts off in slow motion, with the roomy ambiance and slightly spooky dub of 'Ritmo Elegante.' Of course it's a track carefully filled with little sonic details that make it a very real place to be. 'Arpex' then switches things up with a super urgent, super supple acidic techno rhythm thats overlaid with a widescreen arp that sapiens space and time, and 'Stairway To The Milky Way' is a half time stepper though some trippy sci-fi jungle before 'Qatarsi' rides on a floating groove as sound effects pan all around you and traps you in a state of trance. These are expressive, hard to define and excellent electronics once again from Marco Shuttle.

Electronic Emergencies celebrates its fifth anniversary with 'After The Fall', by Croatian dark electro queen and style icon Popsimonova. Cult classic 'Drive' was remastered especially for the clubs by Rude 66, who also made a DJ edit of 'Dark Star Crashes', the collaboration of La Popsimonova with Italian queer heroes Hard Ton. Bosnian producer Borgie remixed 'Break and Enter' and 'Delete Yourself' into energizing, pounding dance floor killers.

Following the release of Priori's 2019 full length 'On A Nimbus', NAFF presents 5 reinterpretations by some of their favorite artists.

Re-lease

Following last year's 'Vitriol' EP and 'Otider' album, SSTROM is back on Rosten with 'Drenched', 12 tracks for the floor, divided on 3 EPs, each to be released three weeks apart. SSTROM is the project of Hannes Stenstrom, once part of Swedish band Slagsmalsklubben, and one half of enigmatic techno duo SHXCXCHCXSH (SHX). SSTROM's output is explicitly immersive, relying on tense immediacy and spontaneity. The subtle 4x4 pulsations frame vivid narratives, rich layers of texture with lush harmonies surfacing from the warm and alien flow. On his 'Otider' LP SSTROM manifested a sonic diversity relating to his personal experiences and incorporated a diversity of genres and elements ranging from '90s rave to hints of minimal synth or outsider house melodic sensibility, yet everything carefully merged into a coherent whole. On 'Drenched' SSTROM concretizes his ideas even further. The EP's came to life after he broke his computer by spilling a drink on it. It forced him to try out different techniques of composing and recording. With limited ways of working, a more minimalistic form of expression emerged, based on very short but mind-bending harmonic structures and layered pulsations. The process proved to be very creative and resulted in these twelve tracks whose magic will work best on EP format and for the floor.

Svreca and Neel unique collaboration 'Tangara' reinterpreted by Reeko, Acronym, ENA and Ryo Murakami.

LumièresLaNuit is glad to introduce to you to Capacitance (LLNOFF002), second release of its OFF series by Brazilian music composer Tala.

The third release on this Frankfurt based imprint features three locals throwing down an intense banger and acidic hypno train on the A side, followed up by darker and jellyfishlike escape pods on the flip side.

The Remixs:
Pointsman - we dont know who he is but he provide a deep big room monster.
Tripmastaz - Probably the only funky Russian you will ever meet. The only Russian artist with releases on Cocoon, Minus, Desolat, Cadenza. The only Russian artist with 4 vinyl labels. Hes funky housey remix is the most faithful of the four.
bpmf - Schmer label head provides a grimey and noisey big bottom Soviet style jam.
Steve Stoll - NYC Acid legend made a hard banging acid tracer.

In 1996 Serotonin label heads Selway and Szostek went to Moscow to perform at the invitation of Magazine. Synapse performed at the Waterclub' and met the legendary DJ Compass Vrubell. They went to his studio' where he had perfected the art of making entire tracks out patterns on the Yamaha DX-5. Szostek brought a DAT of these jams back to NYC and Schmer-003 DJ RX-5 A Taste for Crap' was released as a small run white label in 97. The run sold out and disappeared to be forgotten forever...

Until 2016 Szostek casually mentions its existence to Techno Uber-Nerd Nina Kraviz who just had to have it for her Fabric 91' CD. So DJ RX-5 was back from the ash heap of history and Schmer got a NEW release from him on Schmer07.

Then Schmer got the word out far and wide that they'd like a remix EP for two of the originals: Compass provided stems because like a miracle he still had the patterns after 20 years. Heeding the call were Pointsman, Tripmastaz, Steve Stoll and Schmer's own BPMF. So this is what you get: A Taste for Remix'. It will leave your lips wanting more, for sure!

Superb Pumpin tribe EP !!!

Written in Toronto and Montreal between 2017-2018, this debut LP from ex-terrestrial is in part the residue of long drives through Belgian countryside listening to shadow music. Gamma Infolded is a reflection of the fractured self, a culmination of distractions erected into intricate edifices. Dense foundations of dissonance support quirky, smile-inducing melodies in curious and odd states of being.
All that can break is broken and all that is amplified is nullified.

KLIRRFAKTOR is Berlin-based producer Hanno Leichtmann's second release as GESETZ DER OKTAVEN, once again on Third Ear. Gesetz Dr Oktavn is strongly influenced by '80s bands Liaisons Dangereuses, CH BB, and sporadically DAF but goes more in the direction of Techno and Electro. As before, the musical instruments and equipment define the project and the sound. Hanno used a drum machine, a MiniMoog sequenced by a TB 303, a vintage Drum Synth and six effect combinations for the delay / reverb tracks, all though a large Soundtracs desk from the 1980s with 16 channels and 6 Aux Sends for effects. Once again, all the track titles are old or obsolete studio/audio terms.

Strong and hypnotic techno from the mysterious Swedish artist Lakej.

We wanted to put out an album for quite some time but were waiting for something really special.

Entitled "Aslant Sand LP" these works are the first time these two producers have come together.
Although I'm sure that you will find out who is behind this......for the moment we want to keep this secret so that you can listen without bias and with fresh ears.

As dangerous as this is to say...For us, this is reminiscent of early Warp releases with multiple influences that have stood the test of time.
There is lots to digest here.......and we really hope you like this as much as we do.

Timeless cuts to suit all intimate dancefloors.

Format: Gatefold Double 12" LP
Artwork By Philip Mitton.

The Attic Music label strives to keep us dancing in these difficult times with a new EP from red hot young Portuguese talent Norbak featuring a remix from the label's owner Fabrizio Lapiana.

Over the last four years, Artur Moreira has quickly established his avant-garde techno sound on labels like Semantica, Soma, Warm Up Recordings and his own label, Hayes. Always exploring the deep and dark end of the spectrum, he has picked up props from the likes of Oscar Mulero and Dasha Rush while going on to establish his name around Europe with killer sets at places like Tresor in Berlin.

The excellent 'Pledge I' opens up with a menacing groove that burrows late into an underground cavern. It sounds earthy and organic and the rock solid kick drums get you into a state of hypnosis while the scurrying synths add more details in which to get lost. 'Pledge II' is another masterfully heady and journeying track that layers up more rubbery, propulsive kick drums with fizzing, electrified synth sounds and pads that encircle you and get you into a state of trance. It's hugely warm and atmospheric.

Over the last decade, Lapiana and his label have become synonymous with evocative techno soundscapes on the finest labels around. Here he serves up a remix of 'Pledge III' that is perfectly smooth and seductive, with soft, looping melodic phrases slowly shapeshifting and melting your mind as they do so. The drums burrow deep into the night and make this a timeless minimal techno classic. Last of all, 'Pledge IV' is a silky techno track that rolls to infinity, with cosmic pads and subtle melodies all weaving around each other and tying your brain in knots.

This is another tasteful EP of high grade techno that works mind, body and soul.

Mint Unplayed Warehouse Find. Phuture 303 Was Formed In 1996 Out Of The Ashes Of Phuture By Earl Smith Jr. Aka Dj Spank Spank And Has Had, At Various Times, Different Members Over The Years Such As Roy Davis, Jr., Damon Neloms (aka Professor Trax), L.a. Williams, Ron Maney Aka Dj Skull And Most Recently Rio the Musician Lee.

Killer acid techno tracks that reminds us of early Bunker releases from the mid nineties! Planet Underground drops his first release for Lockertmatik. Produced by Dresden's DJ Smiley aka Planet Underground these tracks are coming raw, dirty and sour... with a little sweat after taste! (small edition of 200 copies.... dont sleep!) Recommended!!

Shinedoe drops her second release on her own Music That Moves label, following on from last year's outstanding Mutant Frequencies EP.

Razor is a four track release that cements the label boss’s role as one of the most important producers in the scene, highlighting her powerful, refined sound throughout the different versions included here.
The original of Razor is as sharp and deadly as the title suggests - a taut, edgy production built around a propulsive rhythm, great swarths of razor-sharp synths and fizzing, popping percussion. The Dub Version strips away the metallic synths and focuses in on the rhythmic interplay of drums, bass and percussion, resulting is a spacy, dubbed out techno weapon.

The remixes come courtesy of Rob Kirkaldy, aka Roberto - the London based techno producer whose exciting, direct sound shows influences from Detroit as well as his hometown. The first remix is a rolling, deep banger - that seems to develop in intensity as waves of sounds merge and meld, guided by laser like percussion. Roberto’s second remix strips away some of the additional layers, and reveals a sleek, rhythmic structure that takes it cues from some of the lords of Detroit techno.

The Bombtists are back with another EP full of dark & driving Techno

Rave Or Die is delighted to welcome another techno Rave pioneer into the fold. Neil Landstrumm (Tresor, Peacefrog) has been the key figure of the Scottish experimental sound for more than two decades now, multiplying nasty cuts under numerous disguises including Die Fly Die, Navario Sauro or Polaris whilst spearheading future funk on his well known Scandinavia Records.

On ROD number nine, Neil teams up with Edinburg producer and Sativae founder Dave Tarrida to deliver a banging Morocco' tune made of pumpin' basslines and crunching breaks! These guys are no joke when it comes to set fire on the dancefloor.

On the flipside, ROD mastermind Umwelt strikes back with (U=E-RL)', an enigmatic equation and most probably the secret formula to smoke warehouses! Old schoolish grooves with some extra muscle acid lines fused into heavy kicks turn this mental track a la The Mover into an ode to Rave music. A perfect combo of 4/4 anthems in their purest and primitive form, a 10' that melds disparate sounds with scary intends!

Includes tracks from Aleja Sanchez, Baall, Bas Mooy, Cabarete Groove (Feat. Josefono L Telefono), Deepbass &
Ness, Dig-it, Dimi Angélis, DJ Saint Pierre, Echologist, Fabrizio Lapiana, Fixeer, Fixon, Flug, Isolated Lines,
Maccaaria, Mari Mattham, Modal Bank, NX1, P.E.A.R.L., Rebekah, Ricardo Garduno, Stanislav Tolkachev, Vices
And Violence and Xpansul (Feat. STEEL5000).

Supported by Abstract Division, Alderaan, Alex Dolby, Amotik, Antonio De Angelis, Arnaud Le Texier, Ben Sims,
Bodyscrub, Boston 168, Cari Lekebusch, Charlotte de Witte, D'Jamency, D. Carbone, Dax J, Denise Rabe,
Developer, DJ Emerson, DJ Hi-Shock, Drumcomplex, DVS1, Exium, Gotshell, HD Substance, Henning Baer,
Hydrangea, Ilario Alicante, James Ruskin, Jeroen Search, Jose Pouj, Joseph Capriati, Joton, Kas:st, Kwartz, Kyle
Geiger, Leiras, Luigi Madonna, Mental Resonance, Oscar Mulero, Paco Osuna, Pacou, Perc, Par Grindvik, Positive
Centre, Samuli Kemppi, Sam Paganini, Samuel L Session, Shlømo, Slam, Someone Else, Speedy J, Stephanie
Sykes, Steve Parker, Synthek, Takaaki Itoh, Tensal, Tommy Four Seven, Wrong Assessment.

Red Vinyl

quiet old school Hardctechno Hardcore on Carbone records. Home label from D. Carbone.... enjoy the very Carpenter last track from David Asko

We are very proud to present THIS IS TECHNO JAZZ. VOL 1, a genre defining collection of music from artists coming from the jazz and techno scenes like Distant Echoes, TUN, Tensal, Mattia Prete, VSK, Fabrizio Rat, Gianluca Petrella, Flat Maze, Luigi Ranghino, Wrong Assessment, Irakli, Key Clef and more. Together, these contemporary innovators perfectly define the label's vision for jazz and techno fusions.

This label is all about drawing on the rich heritage of two of the most visionary and experimental genes in music: jazz and techno. Taking inspiration from the freeform creative nature of those two musical worlds, artists on the label mix tradition with modernity, improvisation with experimentation, and create a new sound known as techno-jazz. THIS IS TECHNO JAZZ. VOL I will showcase these ideas across 11 tracks (10 tracks in vinyl limited edition to be released in September).

Dystopian label associate and Out-er co-owner Distant Echoes opens up with 'Faction 200' featuring Gianni Denitto on sax. It is a cosmic adventure with freeform sax lines driving above rippling synths and broken beats. Milan based Wrong Assessment has built up a fine discography over the last five years, releasing his moody techno on the likes of Planet Rhythm and Dynamic Reflection. His deeply hypnotic sounds here feature the experimental jazz quartet Gamapawa, with swirling pads drifting about to make a mysterious atmosphere as distant trumpets bleed in and out of the mix and walking bass recalls the atmosphere of 70's jazz fusion. Heavy and industrial sound designer and audio engineer VSK then remixes the Torino Unlimited Noise trio's 'Jason' into a loopy, glitchy, unresolved bit of deep techno with thoughtful jazz chords and plenty of dubby bass weight.

Tensal is next and links with Torino Unlimited Noise for 'Devourer of Senses', a straight-ahead slice of linear techno that is powerful but also intriguing thanks to the off-grid keys, increasingly intense synths and dark sax motifs. Lecce's techno dreamer and forward thinking DJ, promoter and producer Mattia Prete offers 'Burning Man' Ft. Israeli pianist Uri Gincel and Berlin based experimental guitar player Daniel Calvi. It's a cavernous and absorbing track with freeform jazz drums and heavy drones that zones you out. Dreamy and abstract techno man Chevel can make all forms of techno, and here remixes Antares Mates's 'Movimento 2' into an experimental track with bright synths, sharp sax phrases and melodic rain over a jittery beat that suspends you in the cosmos. Producer and piano player Fabrizio Rat and brilliant trombone player Gianluca Petrella are another accomplished Italian pair and their 'Turn' is an elastic deep techno track designed to melt your mind with its dancing hi hats and increasingly manic trombone hits.





Irakli & Daniel Calvi's contribution is a dark and menacing piece with sci-fi synths that make for a turbulent intergalactic soundtrack, and 'Petardo Boy' by producer Stefano Mori and pianist Uri Gincel aka Flat Maze (who released their Dick Dunker EP on this label last year) is a tender and intimate techno cut with gentle keys and a sense of playfulness in the wonky chords. Last of all, synth magician Key Clef and piano legend Luigi Ranghino are label regulars who close things out with 'Piano Movimento 1', which layers up intricate phrases of jazz piano, evolving echos of drum machines and surging bass. It's poetic, intense, and thrilling.

The digital edition of the release includes also a bonus tracks by Finnish duo Aki Himanen on trumpet and electronics, and Aleksi Kinnunen on drums. “Dystopian morning jam” is an hypnotic progression of tight drum textures and dreamy trumpet phrases which slowly build up to a powerful final musical catharsis.

This is a collection of avant-garde music that breathes new life into both jazz, and techno, with fantastic results.

Wrong Assessment is back on Planet Rhythm. He delivers a powerful yet mesmerizing 4-tracker, that fits very well in the vein of Planet Rhythm previous outlets.

Following a stellar run of recent releases including best-of-year EPs from the likes of DJ Plead and DJ JM, Nervous Horizon are back with their first record of 2020 — a unique new collaborative EP by object blue and label co-head, TSVI. Out on September 25th, ‘Hyperaesthesia’ details four sweltering new club tracks — described by the pair as “body music” — that mesh together object blue’s widescreen, experimental club tones and TSVI’s borderless percussive styles. “I was curious to see how TSVI and I could merge our sounds, whether we could supplement each other without eclipsing one another, and I'm so happy with the result”, explains object blue. “I never thought I could write with somebody else but this happened so easily. It's been a liberating process, just a pure pursuit of fun, yelling in our chairs when we dropped the beat.” Inspired by ‘ever-present conversations about machines and sentience’, the EP’s mechanical crux plays out in the narrative of the tracks too; from a sense of machines ‘waking up’ on near 8-minute opener ‘Thought Experiment’ to the frantic, processing energy of ‘Turing Machine’. The record also comes complete with a special remix by Loraine James and vinyl-only bonus track, ‘Syntax’. ‘Hyperaesthesia’ follows a fruitful 12 months for both object blue and TSVI: Following the release of her breakthrough debut EP, ‘Do You Plan To End A Siege?’, for Tobago Tracks back in 2018, object blue has since become one of dance music’s most crucial new artists. As well as releasing her third, critically acclaimed EP last summer (‘FIGURE BESIDE ME’), she’s turned in remixes for everyone from Murlo to Seb Wildblood, been invited to record a BBC R1 guest mix for Benji B and performed live at Paris Fashion Week, after composing the music for Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood SS20. object blue was also announced a SHAPE artist for 2020 earlier this year, alongside artists like Afrodeutsche, Rian Treanor, Jay Glass Dubs, Oli XL and more. TSVI’s upward trajectory shows no sign of slowing down either. From the release of his enchanting debut album ‘Inner Worlds’ in 2018, he’s since gone on to put out a series of game-changing records under his Anunaku moniker for both Nic Tasker’s AD93 label and Martyn’s 3024 imprint, including July’s ‘032’ — a joint EP written with DJ Plead. Alongside fellow co-heads Wallwork and Federico Ciampolini, he’s also overseen the rise of Nervous Horizon since the label’s inception in 2015, moulding it into of the UK’s trailblazing new-school dance labels.

Short repress of the beuns HS 01

MST 09 repress 1 one track... A big classic is back on the decks !

Following their work compiling last year's hugely well-received Ten Years of Jaunt EP, Blackhall & Bookless return to their label with four varied, equally confident shades of their distinct, versatile dancefloor vision. 'Forward' is an instantly enveloping slice of big-room techno that's entirely club ready and yet focused on atmosphere and tension, taking no prisoners and yet unfolding on it's own terms. That same ecstatic and almost ethereal club pressure reemerges on 'Voyager', under which gently unleashes a skittering landscape of blissful breakbeats and Vangelisesque synths. Inspired by the unforgiving sea that borders their hometown in the North East of England, 'Ocean' is perhaps the most intense moment on the EP, dragging listeners into wave after wave of undulating dub chords, always underpinned by driving, raw and percussive drums. Ending in forgiving ambience, this moment of respite leads to the conclusion, 'Occupy'. A beatless send-off, it nonetheless remains equally compelling and vast in it's filmic and complex sound design, showcasing Blackhall & Bookless' finely tuned meld of the substantial and the subtle. Tinged with the North Sea air and the pulse of Detroit, Blackhall & Bookless continue to master the sound of agile, accessible yet uncompromising club music.

Conrad Van Orton and Jheal sign the third release for Eyes Have It, 30D sub-label that, as usual, explores the darkest, coldest and even suffocating side of the techno spectrum.

As it happened in the second release (‘Sei Tracce In Nero EP’ by Reeko & Group), the high contrast between both sides gives sense to the album, giving it a strange but perfect balance, this time quite more oriented to the dance floor. It’s for sure that some people will think that CVO and Jheal might use elements that at first sight might be familiar but, let’s be honest, both have the ability to make everything sound very original.

On the A side Conrad Van Orton, an Italian producer with a lot of experience in techno and the most experimental electronics, elevates the listening to a sonic musical experience, literally. The three tracks, although ‘Dysfunctional Organic Device’ is probably the best example, are pure techno brutality, as highly raw, energetic and obsessive as they are obviously functional. Three true ‘monsters’.

On the B side Jheal, a face already known to the label thanks to his brilliant participation in ‘Close Encounters 002’, brings melancholy (‘150 Wreaths’) and tons of introspection (‘Our Fathers’) to the record. It is not easy for industrial techno to sound as emotional as when Alejandro manipulates it, something especially remarkable for such a young producer. Congratulations.

Limited to 150 numbered copies in total.

A special collection of unreleased music by I:Cube, recorded live in Paris.

During recent years and after spending some time in the studio rehearsing for his live shows, I:Cube has been recording numerous improvised live sessions on his live rig. Arranged and mixed on the fly, as Nicolas says, it's all about capturing THAT moment, playing with your instinct, and letting yourself go. It's all what making techno is about really. Interacting live with the sound, feeling and responding to what the machines offer you, and having a good time. Something quite hard to replicate while sitting in front of a computer. I:Cube has been digging through these live recordings and presents you Cubo Live Sessions (Volume One). Expect more to come!

Hugo (Mobilee, Gruuv, Systematic), Aidan Lavelle (Crosstown Rebels, Rebellion, Culprit) and Bvoice & Anrilov (Arma 17) join JCB and Highway Records on a perfect dark and rolling tech house Uppsala EP.

An enchanting Legowelt LP for his long time acquaintance Mystic & Quantum records, the first one of a new series called ''SpellWeaver.'' 7 ethereal compositions gleaming with poetic synthesis. Artwork by Danny Wolfers himself.

Enough! Music´s 11th work is a especially release by our lovely Marc Miroir with a soulfood remix series from AMAM labelowner Alessio Mereu & Dakpa and Enough! Music head Danilo Schneider. Two wonderful tracks with the name "Skillz" and "Skusy" is the sound of our time. Turn the volume button loud- here comes Marc Miroir. The hypnotic groove, passion and the right sounds in the arrangement are the full craft in this ep.
Both remixes of the track " Skillz " from Danilo Schneider and Alessio Mereu & Dakpa are so excellent, powerful and in the right direction in to your heart.This EP reflects the spirit of good music. Enjoy!

2011 SYSTEM was started as a platform for underground music in Minneapolis. After many club, warehouse, and livestream events SYSTEM is now launching a record label for 2014.

Behind You is the debut release from SYSTEM records, due out late May / early June on vinyl with digital to follow soon after. There will be a small 250 piece run of white vinyl inside record jackets designed and hand printed by local Minneapolis artists.

Label boss Mike Gervais selected three well tested tracks for SYSTEM01. Two functional techno tracks (Behind You, Slip In) and a softer third composition (Push).

System boss Mike Gervais is back at it, and he's bringing a crew of talented conspirators to surround you on four sides with an original cut and three distinctly different interpretations.

Surrounded drops in with a thumping kick following a relentlessly rolling synth through taut drum programming, sizzling ride cymbals, and crisp claps to build tension on the dance floor.

Annie Hall takes the suspense of the original deep underground, for a subterranean journey through throbbing bass, corroded synths and filthy atmospherics, straight to the nucleus of the netherworld.

Jesse Jakob pumps up the kick for a jacking reinterpretation laden with warehouse synths and a barrage of claps for big rooms.

Project 313 slips into a shadowy maze of smoke and mirrors to bend their remix into a lithe and rubbery low­down groove, perfect for heating things up early or when it's time to stay long and get weird.

Sascha Borchardt aka Monoloc is a dystopic atmospheres fanatic that has dedicated his life to the dance floor from an early age. The Frankfurt-born artist's raw yet sleek take on techno and ambient has evolved to characterise his own musical style in his productions. Monoloc's sound is a mixture between techno, dub and ambient, nurturing a tone that is driving, groovy and low-slung, but with greater emotional range. He acquires most of his inspiration from old movies and likes to work mostly with field recordings in his productions.
'The Untold Way' on Dystopian is his second album, following his first in 2012, and shows a notably matured development in the artist's style. Sascha explores the distant realms between the pillars of genres, presenting a 12 track album of techno but not as we know it - left field, keeping a foot in ambient, with elements outside of the dancefloor. He brings together the concept of an album written in his own language of atmospheric patterns, melodies and fragments of words and voices. Instead of functional four to the floor tracks he explores the meaning and depths of dark, melancholic music.
The album unfolds into a 12 chapter story of his musical style with many surprises and twists along the way. 'The Untold Way' starts with the ambient 'Revive', slow and gentle yet apprehensive. As the listener moves through the album they catch glimpses of almost formed club tracks, in 'The Untold Way', 'Michigan Lights', 'Gravity Growl' and 'Alighting'. These have remnants of a dancefloor impression, a prominent beat is there, but not much more.
At other points you see Monoloc's more experimental side. 'No GHSTS' featuring Tijana T evokes a resounding beat filling an empty space, with the occasional piano melody and eerie vocal. 'Cloning Society' is beatless, driven merely by a consistent bass and echoing voice. The album is interspersed with short ambient interludes, each just a few minutes long: 'Lowa' and 'Gently Falls', serene and reflective, give the listener time to breathe. And bringing you back to familiarity are more the dancefloor focussed tracks of the LP, 'Momentum' and 'Muted'. The twelfth and last track is 'Ground Disorder', which brings the album to a halt with an air of nostalgia.
The result is a story, a history in twelve chapters that the listener is guided through like the landscapes of a gothic horror film, with a new twist on the percussion or surprising effect hidden behind every bass sound, waiting to excite and delight.

Following up his recently-released remixes of Scuba's single 'The Hope' on Hotflush, Plagent Records boss Recondite returns to the label, this time with a solo 12" titled DRGN / Wist 365. Recalling some of the moodiest moments from 'On Acid', his recent LP devoted to the sounds of the 303, this debut shows Recondite stay true to his sombre and tension-inducing roots. 'DRGN', the sonic equivalent to traversing a bleak end-of-times landscape, is a journey replete with a relentless, melodic sib-bass and vibrating synth; on the flip Recondite gives the 9-minute long 'Wist 365' a drum workout, resulting in a progressive, menacing groove, awash with wind chimes and 808 claps.

Collabs Records is back with this second release ! This time with 2 major tracks from Rene Reiter and 2 excellent remixers, from Germany. "Defqon 4" is a hard percussive techno-monster and comes with a dark techno remix from Markus Weigelt.
"I love my gameboy" is a funtrack including 8 bit samples and comes with a dark deep techno remix from M.A.R.L.O.N.
This promo-vinyl is specially pressed for the Halloween party at the Sakog Club in Austria !

Before you can remember anything you are about to say to me I will tell you it's time for a second round! Why even bother searching for questions if ANCIENT FUTURE already has the answers to them Delivered again in the form of four tracks by four different artists, this is number two! Is there a difference between eternity and nothingness ALMA & MATER trace that disparity on first track "Forever Never", and could not be more
haunting in the way they do it. Their search is fueled by raw 808 power and inducing saw-tooth synths, so you better watch for your shoes, for you could've already lost'em dancing too hard. Next track "Time Zone Adjustment" makes it all too easy for you to just keep on going, manufactured by the 106ERs, a tag team of future bois Philipp Fein & Johannes Klingebiel. As you probably will have already lost your sense of time, readjustments of your local time zone won't bother you anyway... Flip to the f-side and RHYTCH will take you to another place, although his "Lenoir" might not exactly be what they call reality. It's way too enigmatic for that, all you see is flickering lights and some weird machinery - but exciting, that's what it is! Find your way through the fog and enter the realms of "Okuruwo", reigned by the impeccable DREEMS & MAX SCHMITT. With a little help from their
friend JOHANNES KLINGEBIEL they created this world of wonder, of jungles and oceans, of plains and deserts. There is more to find in here than you could possibly search for. But you will have all the time in the world.
Played & support by Peter Kruder, Booka Shade, Larse, Ed Ed, Kiki, Andre Crom, Rainer Trueby, Vanilla Ace and many more