Techno News

Warsaw’s newest imprint – Dom Trojga – launches with these
four acid-drenched, trance- inducing space-funk excursions by
Jaxe. Recorded in its entirety during an uneasy transitional
period in the summer of 2018, the EP plays out in a jittery void
between hope and despair. Employing his beloved vintage
electronic palette, Jaxe has created a record that combines
sincerity, elegance and depth, a vehicle for both introspection
and escapism. That being said, however, his tunes may also
simply cause you to wiggle, prance or trip the light fantastic.
The label art is by Sasha Zakrevska a.k.a. Poly Chain – look
out for her and other mavericks on forthcoming releases.
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Jay Lumen is in full force on his imprint Footwork and now has delivered “Rave Me”; an EP filled with startling, electrifying dance-floor weapons.

Juxta Position returns to his own Failsafe imprint with 4 post-modern techno pieces, exploring minimalist themes performed on more traditional sound sources, relying on pure sequencing rather than patch programming to convey moods and atmospheres.

Opener "Five Four Piano" recalls the work of modern classical composers such as Steve Reich, but reengineers the aesthetic to fit on techno dancefloors.

Likewise, "Orchestral Manouvers" continues this theme, whilst introducing a Millsian twist, and "Icicles" takes the idea even further into more looped techno territory.

E.P. Closer "Crisp Cold" concludes the record, with a cinematic and serious tone and almost gothic sensibility.

Four tracks which are a break from the usual, expected timbres of contemporary techno.

Leifur James released his debut album A Louder Silence in October 2018 on Late Night Tales original artist label Night Time Stories; home to Texan trio Khruangbin and the iconic Late Night Tales series. The record attracted immediate support from Pitchfork, KEXP, XLR8R, Mixmag 8/10, Future Music UK 9/10, Electronic Sound 9/10. In April 2019 ‘Wurlitzer’ was the first piece of music he revealed from a new creative period after those sessions. The video was created by animator/director Balázs Simon, premiering on Boiler Room and was nominated for the BMVA Berlin Music Video Awards in the experimental music category, airing at the British Film Insitute BFI Southbank London.

Now in September 2019 he has prepared a remix EP 12" of the debut album A Louder Silence, featuring a slew of the finest musicians in electronic music today. Blueberry Records founder FaltyDL aka Drew Lustman comes first with a deep, skipping 2-stepping reversion of Mumma Don’t Tell. Bruce coming off the back of his hugely well received debut album for Hessle Audio has a “resymph” of Osho in typical mind-bending austere electronic style. Whities producer and Tirzah/Mica Levi collaborator Coby Sey reconstructs Suns of Gold with his sampler, and also accompanying it, is Leifur’s own remix of suns of Gold.

Almost two years of holding the breathe is enough - EXHALE now, techno from the island is coming back on our label. The success of the previous - Inhale EP from Owen Offset speaks by itself: entering several sales charts as well as having the breakthrough and receiving attention because of stated as a brilliant artist from many sides. The new - Exhale EP boasts now with three originals and two remixes, among others by DJ Rush
No doubt, the original track - Exhale is the next amazing piece of quality techno. Raw beats and a subtle arrangement are made for slamming the floors. Layered and arpeggiated synths are generating a shaded but positive mood. Nobody less than DJ Rush, the colorful figure who has been in the techno movement since the early years, delivers an outstanding remix. And it comes differently as expected: deep out of jungle, the percussions hypnotizing the techno tribes and bring it on the Major-way with a heavy knocking beat - welcome to Rush's Jungle Love remix. A second one is provided by label head honcho Dominik Vaillant with reliable stomping techno, as we are used to.
On black wax too, Owen Offset's - Breathe steps up to another level until the red lights burn. With hooks turning into acidic-like sounds, the heat is fully on for a wild freak-out final. Digitally bonus, the track - Golden Cat exposes to be real rave monster. Bang on!

After making his initial mark with a grinding fog of slowed Techno on Sigha's Our Circula Sound label, Michael Jefford aka Positive Centre has traversed the electronic BPM scale with a sonic signature of ghostly synthetics that make the switch between industrial aesthetics and illusory sound-scaping.
Within this nucleus, Jefford's recorded history as a Live Performing Artist, DJ and Producer has always reflected what at once can be microscopic, whilst still being the largest object in view. Each track on Forever Optimum sets a different location and perspective on an active set of mechanics - like watching fragments in motion, reacting to different forces.
Having previously released for a range of Techno's more adventurous labels including SNTS, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Opal Tapes and not forgetting his own In Silent Series label. Positive Centre's 3rd Album 'Forever Optimum' stands as a beautiful anomaly in the 2018 HORO catalogue. Continuing the point of the HORO label: being open to the beguiling musical arcs that keep us redefining our sound.

UK based Tecwaas background is in the early Yorkshire rave scene, which makes you understand his music on a deeper level. His tasteful turning of knobs on the Roland 303 takes you back to in time to an early morning somewhere round 1990 with a diesel generator pushed to the limit roaring somewhere in the background. But Tecwaas music is a lot more than a trip in time: the sound is modern and extremely well produced where the few but exquisite sounds hook in to each other naturally and creates a round solid groove. The sound varies from airy and light in ”Xentaeh” to warmer and heavier in the other track ”Ci”. What goes for the sound overall is the somewhat surprising elements in how the songs develop, both in rhythm and sound wise. Teecwas music bare traces of trance, rave, early techno and so on but you could call it ”uplifting, psychedelic leftfield house” and this is his first release on Höga Nord Rekords.

(10th anniversary) (gold vinyl / full colour artwork)

Eternal is the new VA series that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the label and the city where it was born: Rome.

Many superlative artists and friends of the label will be involved... some of them already in our roster.

The first episode of the series is signed by Insolate, Abstract Division, Claudio PRC and Allen.

Ascetic Limited is shifting gears, focusing on solo EPs dedicated to the artists that form the collective. To kick it off they present an EP from renowned Milanese techno producer Wrong Assessment, who throughout his career in techno has proven himself to be one of the most interesting producers coming out of Italy. From his collaborative works with the late Max_M as Overall Severity to his solo works as Wrong Assessment, his tracks are always unique. Influences ranging from minimal to hard pounding techno bangers, through house grooves and ambient arrangements, he still is able to transmit his sound and vision with his music.

Wrong Assessment's 8th Floor EP is comprised by (A1) Asceta - an ambient downtempo immersion that washes over the listener in preparation for what's to come. (A2) Empire, is a clear example of the great sound that Wrong Assessment has developed throughout the years, winding synth lines and driving techno beats with a great minimalist approach to sound. The title track, (B1) 8th Floor - a bouncy, playful track filled with great ambiance that can fit into any DJ set and will drive the audience to the dance floor. Ending the EP on a heavy note, (B2) Radial brings heavy kicks and strong ambient works mixed with intense techno beats and brooding synth lines that will have the dance floor going insane.

Ascetic Limited presents Wrong Assessment's 8th Floor EP as their 5th release and second EP on the label

The Vault is opening with an ambitious 7 part series, carefully selected from enigmatic artist Karapapak. Since producing music for 20 years, this is the rst time his analog creations have been made available to the public! The rst of these vinyl only releases, begins with a techno tribute to the legendary Teddy Riley, who in the 90's invented a production style called 'The New Jack Swing'. The other side is a deep techno journey, named after an ironic salute to modern producing... Limited to 200 copies, pressed on white vinyl + maxi picture

Arriving unannounced in November of last year, Nocturnal Sunshine dropped her ‘Foundation’ EP; a bold move from an artist firmly front and center, in control of her own creative destiny. Premiered by Billboard, lead track ‘Foundation’ now receives two remixes from Canadian duo, UNDERHER and Trance Wax originator Ejeca

Curating an EP with a clear B-line for the dancefloor, Nocturnal Sunshine welcomes each remixer in such a way, that we see each exercise their own creative prowess to its fullest potential. Ejeca brings uncompromising, body-shuddering kicks with the initiation of his suspense-filled and in places, harrowing rework; this one is in the locker, destined for big rooms and warehouses worldwide.

Alongside Ejeca, from across the pond, Canada’s UNDERHER hit the sweet spot with a bumping house inspired retake, laced with attitude.

After Heading Up The First Three Releases Of His Akoya Circles Label, Look Like Brings A Brand New Name Into The Fold.

On The Motorsport Ep, New Swiss/ Serbian Talent Parco Palaz Takes Familiar Club Sounds And Reanimates Them Through His Own Prism Of Rhythm And Sound Design, Presenting An Unconventional And Sophisticated Debut Release. The Tracks Show A Mouth-watering Combination Of Heady Textures And Impulsive Movement That Mark The Young Producer As One To Watch For The Future.

The Lead Track, Motorsport Takes An Acid Trip Through An Imaginary, Nocturnal Landscape Of Hissing Percussion. Raw And Hypnotic, The Track Has A Looseness And Swing To It That Tempers A Tight Rhythmic Focus, Swelling And Pulsing For Sure Fire Dance Floor Heat.

On The Flip Side Palaz Steps Away From The Peak Time With A Pair Of Spacey, Ambient Leaning Electronic Pieces. Prelude To A Dream Is Wandering And Cinematic, Tinged With Psychedelic Melodrama. Slow Motion Is More Upbeat But Similarly Wide-eyed And Explorative. The Young Producer Experiments With Junglist Rhythms Against Soft Keys, Creating A Meditative Rave Homage To Round Off The Ep.

Returning for his third appearance on Frigio, Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ, Most Significant Beat and permanent member of Clock DVA since 2010) introduces one of his darkest works to date. Forged in his studio/lab in Amsterdam, the Italian artist casts three works of industrial paranoia with none other than Clock DVA delivering a very special remix.

The same intensity, the same fevered energy that permeated Dusk, is plain to hear in this production. Pulsating drums are pierced by metallic groans and choking voices for the alienating assault that is “Amna.” Clock DVA take on this factory floor demon, soothing and reworking the original. Keys cascade against throbbing basslines and stuttering rhythms, vocals by Adi Newton taking the form of a poem that circles and swoops in a track of brimming with a primal force. Stalking chords introduce “Dene.” A lancing beat lashes a lone string, static and resonance building as layers of machine noise make their inhuman presence known. The end comes from the hull of an abandoned ship, or so it sounds. Aquatic echo swirls around a spread of sunken snares, shrieks and slicing through the crash and squeal of wrought iron. Primordial music from the mind of Pragma.

Ferox brings you four of the UK and Ireland's finest on this 4 tracker.

The debut release from US label Perpetual Rhythms comes in the shape of an EP of collaborations and single drops entitled Secret Elements. Firecracker boss Linkwood provides some extra Chi-Town edge to the sombre melodies and science fiction synths of Specter & Chicagodeep's "Sonic Pulse" on his opening edit, whilst Chicagodeep's "Restless Nights" generates a mix of spacey, laid back vibes. The bleepy pulses of Taelue's "Social Anxiety" sounds close to what an Aphex Twin and Jerome Sydenham & Kerri Chandler house collaboration would result in, while the single rimshots and wallowing pads of "Rough Access Point" give the track a distinctly lonesome ambience.

Limited
The Hidden Figure, a mysterious new alter ego for a very much established and well respected Acid / Electro producer. A future classic!

This one has taken too long to lineup, but then again hasn't it arrived right on time? Unknown Mobile flies out of the gate with Clocktower, maintains momentum through Felled Birch, and cools down as Starstruck enters: a real whirlwind of a record for the main room and chill-out room alike. One could say that the artist is influenced by their location in place and time, but its feels as though UM's sound has been shaped by powers more distant. While the choral harmonies, low-end arps, and melodic meditation transport us through a late 90's discogs dig, the modernity in production guides us to the future. Long time friend, first time releaser, Unknown Mobile we are happy to have you.

VORTEX by Special Request remixed by Mall Grab and Sully.

Christian Engh is a character left out of the Lords Of Chaos movie.
They were the kids hanging around the infamous record store of Euronymous.

He wore black before it became techno...

It has been a long time coming, LDDLM is more than happy to welcome a house friend, Cosmo Vitelli.
This EP is a complement to the recent (and forthcoming) Malka Tuti releases, coherent fragments of a creative year. If Cosmo is known for his wavey-krautey (I have no other words) productions going back to the Bot’ox days, he also has a meaner side.The aptly titled “Un Episode Psychotique” is disco gone wrong, italo with neurosis, straying from polished clichés, musical yet strangely anxiogen.It is turned into an Eighties monster by GOTT aka Sneaker and Scannoir. Their Creatio Instrumentalis is a cold funk monster and their Creatio Continualis amps up the EBM factor.
How does one translate Giallo in Croat? “Tisja” may answer the question, the spoken words of Tanja Vežić burning through the celluloid.

Finally, “The Shy Dictator” is like an early Chemical Brothers breakbeat monster, powerful yet psychedelic, canalised fury of bells and drums.

Enotaktik proudly presents it's second release: Kitkatone's Pest City EP'.

It includes three original tracks from the rising nordic producer as well as a hot remix from Janice. This is for the dance floor!

We welcome Mode_1 to Knotweed.

Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, he made a name for himself playing on a regular basis in his home city for the last couple of years as a resident of the Subject.Dublin parties, District 8 and more.

After hearing his track 'Oiche' on the Fiedeltwo Various Artists last year and getting to know each other during a long party in a dark place, it was just a a matter of time to get him on board. Robert crafted a super effective, hypnotic and spacey four-tracker E.P. called 'Final Approach'. All the necessary ingredients are perfectly mixed together to make you dance: clean kicks, polished basslines, incisive hi-hats, killer snares, percussive toms, dreamy pads and more. Each track produces an irresistible tension that will make your body move!

Helmed by Cristiano Cellu and Simone M, Be Apart is an emerging Italian label with a penchant the more discerning side of house and techno. Based in Florence, the imprint kicked off only recently courtesy of an an auspicious V/A that saw the aforementioned label heads featured alongside the likes of Nadia Popoff, Marko Nastic and Peter Makto & Gregor S. For their latest installment, Cellu and Simone M team up once more on the electrifying sounds of the Phaconto EP.
A boisterous cut of peak-time techno, the title track is an evocative track that's without doubt been made with the night's most passionate moments in mind. Although it starts off on a relatively innocuous tip, it soon morphs into a baseline-led banger, the likes of which is yearning to be played on a vast soundsystem. A surefire call for dancefloor destruction, 'Phaconto' offers a fitting insight into two producers who clearly have a clear understanding in the studio.
On the flip side of the vinyl-only release is Federico Grazzini's remix. Ibiza regulars will be all too aware of Grazzini's talents, and aside from being a resident at Zoo, he's also a resident at Florence's best known nightspot, Tenax. Grazzini keeps the original's eerie vibe intact on his interpretation, but adds some clever drums and a heightened sense of suspense that elevates it to further levels still. Be Apart's latest release sure ain't subtle - but that my friend, is exactly the point. If you're after something that's sure to move the floor this weather, then look no further.

DJ Pierre’s legendary Jack Trax Records returns with a vinyl release from Malta’s Acidulant.

He made his smashing digital debut on Jack Trax last year with his “We Are Children of Acid” EP, and returned for more with “Attack of the 303” featured in Acid 88 Volume III.

This release features four new originals “Jack into House”, “The Makers of Sound”, “Dream Knowledge”, and “Surfing Nebulae 303”.

LumièresLaNuit is glad to welcome Istanbul-based duo Bärtaub (Mutlu San & Batuhan Güler) for the 6th release of the label. As
in most of the duos, each of the members has his speciality. Whereas Mutlu focuses primarely on the music production, Batu is
known by Istanbul's house/techno aficionados as a restless DJ.
On the A side, Entropy reveals a moveable techno feast marked by a distanced horn. On the B-side, Rhizome features a bubbly
feeling with insistent though indistinct voice-like cuts led by a determined bassline and a lifting synth melody which travels to
various undetermined directions, proposing a fair groove for unfair times. The EP concludes with Strata, an amalgam of spoken
words, synths and clear beats offering a solid and relaxing mood that leads to a satisfying exit from this groovy forest.
Bärtaub's debut EP is called Rhizome (type of plant root) not without reason. Beats, melodies and bassline jump over, crawl
under and draw apart from each other in unexpected and non-hierarchical ways. In the end, they all come together in a harmonious
manner that creates an overall of excitingly playful forest-like atmosphere.
Mutlu San is a techno producer & DJ, sound designer and soundtrack artist from Istanbul. In 2014, hw sounddesigned the movie
Watch My Soundtracks - Anarchic Harmony, which will be released as a soundtrack album on his imprint Polyfisch Musik. In 2015,
Mutlu released his Leidenfrost EP (PTR003) on Petra Digital/Vinyl that includes a remix by John Tejada.
Batuhan Güler is a well established DJ in Istanbul. As one of the guys who kickstarted Indigo Club (2004), Batu was - along with
his longtime associate Onur Özer - one of its resident DJs. He also used to play at Istanbul's finest clubs Wake Up Call as well and
Suma Beach, where he run his Hard Case Scenario partie series. Not long ago, he has begun operating as music director and
resident DJ at Istanbul's Hütte club.

The first volume of the new remixes series is up next on BLD Tape Recordings. Original tracks previously released have been revisited by artists that support the label since the early days and give shape to this varied and solid 3 remixes EP.

On side A, Eric Cloutier blurs the line between Deep House and Techno with a signature Theorem remix of The Transpose layered with acid basslines and scuffled Dub chords.

Stojche pops up on B1 with an advanced Power House-ish vision of Crawling showcasing drums, chords and leads precisely crafted.

And on B2, Copenhagen-based Anastasia Kristensen delivers her take on Bubble Games bringing us into a trippy and faster dark mood charged by repetition and enigmatic pads.

LumièresLaNuit is glad to introduce to you to its OFF release series with 1st EP 3 OSC (LLNOFF001) by Moscow-based duo BYPASS.

Lumièreslanuit (alias Lln) Is Glad To Welcome Back Moscow-based Duet Bypass On The Occasion Of The 6th Release Of Its Off Series.
With Paper Ball, Bypass Delivers Another Rolling Techno Ep That Oscillates Between Minimal (acid Break), Deep-techno (multistuff) And Dub-techno (paper Ball).
In July 2017, Victor Karzalov & Edward Davydov (aka Bypass) Released Their Debut Ep 3 Osc (llnoff001).

"Fiery the angels raved; deep thunder rolled around their shores... 90's chill-out zone revisited w' James Bernard & Isar L. Arnarsson"

Miami's Greg Beato rolling it out on his own Ni Un Pero label. 2 tough old school machine jams on this one. Up there with the best of his LIES & Apron output and certainly club ready! Limited edition 12". SICK TIP!

Emerging slowly from understated beginnings, 'Running Into The Sun' sees Komodo deliver the kind of expansive tones that easily establish a vibe on the dancefloor, nodding to progressive house's fundamentals while borrowing plenty from earthier, more organic-sounding ends of the four-four scene.

Eric Duncan does the business on the remix, taking it into tougher territory and throwing in a cacophony of drummy intersections that help build the atmosphere, placing the whole arrangement on a knife-edge. 'Slow Burning' does what it says on the tin, growing and grooving its way through spiralling synths and acidic inflections, adding some gentle chords to bring in some welcome melody.

Latrec evidently has a different understanding of the phrase given his remix, cutting back to throbbing kick drums while allowing just enough of the harmony to enter earshot, with trance-like results.

Trance-atlantic psychedelia from Michael Red (Souns/ Chambers) and Daniel Rincon (NAP/ Ambien Baby). Cavernous dubs of dembow-infused polyrhythms and tripped-out electronics. Made between the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver, British Columbia, Summer 2018.

Italian Techno inspiration Marco Faraone is finally back with a own release on his UNCAGE imprint after a four year solo release hiatus, he delivers another mighty offering, as expected. Next to his hard hitting new single, big remixes come from legends of the underground in Mark Broom, Efdemin and Mike Huckaby. 'Matter of Perspective' is the original single and is an urgent techno banger with heavy kick drums and wild, frazzled synth lines, industrial groans and textures add weight and darkness as this most unrelenting cut races into the night. Long time UK techno stalwart, Mark Broom then flips the track into something more stripped back and bouncy, but with a raved up energy that never lets up and keeps you on your toes. German studio wizard Efdemin then brings all his years of clever trickery to a remix which is said to be one of his last remixes for a while (so soak it up whilst you can), it is perfectly deep and hypnotic, with curious synth sounds and multi-layered keys bringing the intensity. Last of all, Detroit great Mike Huckaby layers in plenty of his trademark dub techno grit, smoky textures and catchy claps to finish off what is a standout EP on UNCAGE.

With Topping describing the EP’s title track as the “heaviest” thing he’s ever produced, ‘Dungeon Freak’ is an unrelenting slab of rave techno, with Daddy Dino’s deadpan, spoken-word vocals only adding to it’s dark aura. Similarly cold and heavy, ‘Snide’ is a chunky, metallic number that continues to build in intensity across its seven minutes. “This EP is more like the vibe of ‘Watch What Your Doing’ EP. The title track is so dark, with mad ravey synths but the bit I’m most excited about is the vocal!

“The phrase ‘the techno dungeon’ is really just a daft thing me and mates used to say years ago about when you are locked on the dancefloor and can’t leave because your so into the music. So it’s more a metaphorical place in your mind, than it is an actual dungeon or venue!”

Dutch powerhouses Parrish Smith and Interstellar Funk team up for their debut collaboration on L.I.E.S. with a new four track ep. Striking up the perfect balance of both their signature styles, this record hits the sweet spot between metallic synthwave, slow beat industrial, and clanging EBM hybrids. The duo effortlessly weave together a sonic narrative with nods to the past but unmistakable emphasis on their ever expanding foward thinking future sound. Recommended!

Voltage Festival is releasing a compilation of 4 EP's to celebrate five years of existence. The EP's are dedicated to four sub-genres of techno and represent the versatility in techno of Voltage Festival's line-up.

The series starts off with a classic techno EP called ‘Zener Diode’, followed by a deep techno one called ‘Wiring Harness’, an industrial release with the name ‘Circuit Breaker’ and closing with acid techno called ‘Resistor’. The artists featured on the releases already made their appearance at Voltage Festival, or are playing on this year’s edition.

Tagliabue provides the two original tracks from his AFRO SPAZIO EP released on COSMICA MUSIC in May 2019. With psychedelic atmospherics, deep melodic layers and tribal rhythmic formations, he sets a wonderful palette of cosmic frequencies, to stimulate the remixers visionary powers and creativity. DJ Rocca started to produce in the late 90s, working on some drum&bass and breakbeat singles as Maffia Soundsystem from the same name club in Italy, where he was the main resident DJ. In his career he
collaborated with Howie B, Pressure Drop, Zed Bias, Dimitri From Paris, Daniele Baldelli and Jazzanova producing singles, remixes and albums on some of the best european labels as Sonar Kollektiv, Compost, Classic, Rekids, Skint, Hell Yeah, Rebirth, Internasjonal, Futureboogie Recordings, !K7, Deep Freeze, Tirk,
International Feel, Defected, Skint, Gomma, Paper Recordings. As a producer, DJ Rocca is also part of Ajello (with Taver), Supersonic Lovers (with Marcello Giordani) and Crimea X (with Jukka Reverberi). He has remixed big names such as Oliver Koletzki, Luke Solomon, Blaze, Isolee, Pete Herbert, Bjorn Torske, Chris Coco, Dimitri From Paris, Andrew Weatherall, Justin Robertson, Soul Clap and now our very own Joseph Tagliabue. With the award-winning jazz musician Franco D’Andrea he has formed the Electric Tree Project, a contemporary music trio, hovering between jazz and electronics, with a double album released in April 2016 on Parco Della Musica Records, defined as record of the month for the magazine Musica Jazz (June 2016). The collaboration with such a great name of the jazz scene, moves on with the realisation of an octet and the production of a new album entitled “Intervals I”, recorded live at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome last March 2017. Mushrooms Project is Giorgio Giri and Marco Lentano, producers and serial collectors of vinyl with a common passion for dj’ing and for any type of music whatsoever. The project came into being in 2003 when Giorgio, a punk band drummer and vinyl collector with a strong preference for anything from psychedelic rock to Afro, meets Marco a deejay since 1994 who mixes every possible kind of dance music; from afro to house, passing through techno and progressive. 2013 saw their debut album ‘Undergrass’ released on Leng Records, which was a continuous evolution of their sound elaborated in close contact with other musicians.
In 2015, Ivan King, a talented guitarist who had collaborated many times with the Mushrooms Project, became an integral part of their productions. They have now dj’ed across the world and are known for their hallucinating and all encompassing music that is made using live instrumentation such as guitar, bass, synth and percussion to create a “dirty” but unique insight to the very long, deep, mesmerizing and unusual minds of the Mushrooms.
We are proud to showcase a pure Italian collaboration effort. The uprising talents of the new generation of progressive producers meet with the Masters of the Cosmic House genre for an epic production.

After inaugurating the label with a tape in 2015, our local friend Richard Brown (AKA Brown Irvin) returns to Motion Ward with an oblique two-track 12" entitled "Run Me That Soul". "Locution" flexes a wobbly equilibrium of dubbed dancefloor energy and amorphous acid while "Overcast" coats the B Side in a smeared gradient of ambient wash and shape-shifting stasis. A persuasive pair of parallel worlds for winding up and winding down.

Brooklyn based 369 Records returns with its second release, a split 12'' featuring artist Co La and Jeremy Hyman.
A side is laced with the freaky self extended edit of Co La's "Barricade". This track sculpts sound into a club ready fast pace tune sure to leave people intrigued and begging for more.
On the B side Jeremy Hyman introduces a hypnotic melody unlike many you have heard before. Building on this melody it slaps you with the clap, and beats you with the bass. Dance floor tested , this release is not your average twelve inch.
Both Co La and Jeremy Hyman have a rich discography and sick pedigree before their solo careers.Co La aka Matthew Papich played in Ecstatic Sunshine ( Carpark Records) before starting his solo project Co La (Software Records, Primary Information) , and also a key contributor to Lifted (Pan Records)
Jeremy Hyman is a rare breed. A classically trained drummer who has played for more legendary bands than one can name (Ponytail, Dan Deacon Boredoms, Animal Collective, Lifted) . He has recently started a wild independent self titled electronic solo career. He has already released tracks on Future Times Records

I am very happy to welcome Mario Ochoa on Terminal M with two melodic but banging tracks for every occasion. I hope you enjoy! (Monika Kruse)

The original freaks SES are back for another mind melting EP called “Saboteur”.

Completely tuned for a sweaty underground club system, the kicks in ‘Sounds Like’ hit deeper then your typical sound-boy bass lines of 2019.

Europa is on some dystopian Kraftwerk transeuropean express tip with all the attitude you’d hope to squeeze into four and a half minutes.

Hijacker kicks off the B side with continuing paranoid themes of the SES back catalog.

Flesh Tone simply jacks you in half and makes you throw shapes like it’s 1989. Only in Hi Def.

- all tracks blend with each other flawlessly, so buy two copies why don’t you.

00:AM are back with their third Various Artists 12” in as many years featuring friends from near and far. D. Tiffany, AceMo, Flørist, and Max Wyatt step into the fold for a well rounded release fit to stay in the DJ bag. The record starts with D. Tiffany’s off-kilter ‘Butterfly Foundation’ into AceMo’s 10 miles deep ‘A Dub 2 Toronto’, onto Flørist’s peak time ode-to-jack ‘Parametric’, and closes out with Max Wyatt’s breaky & euphoric ‘Nu World’. Road tested thoroughly over the last year, 003 is a gambit of refreshing productions carefully selected by 00:AM. We hope you enjoy.

No wools, no blerts. Jus’ smoov style. We are talking about scouserin´ and swervin’. And Leeds finest Antony Beardsley in perticular. A lone gunman producing analogue, slow paced dance music influenced by pioneers like Andrew Weatherall, Richard D. James and Danny Wolfers. Sometimes all you need is some service. And that’s exactly what Höga Nord will give you with this four track EP by the name The Last Ride’. Opening title track sounds like Mr Kowalski, top dressed’ in a white track suit, speeding away for the vanishing point. The Last Ride would be the soundtrack of choice for Mr. Kowalskis Requiem for the American Dream. The organic baselines seduces you like the bright side of the illusion of that sleazy dream. A-sides second track ’We Own The Night’ will chug you all nite long. And B-sides ’Black Dog’ will make your mornings velvet with evil heat. Straight acid approach. Magic Feet Recordings, Stripped Off and Clouded Vision Records has already released him. But in Gothenburg we stay Höga and only settles for the best. We mentioned service earlier. We are also a crew. And this time we’re really doing you. All night long. Some darker morning when we’re straight - lets open up... We do dat doe dont we doe. Friendly, witty, welcoming and all. But it isn't called dirty for no reason. All love, charm and bifter - get lifted!

'Eagles & Butterflies has taken storm in electronic wonderland' - Boiler Room Arpeggiator was originally titled '14 minutes of Arps' and its exactly that. Its one of the simplest tracks I'v ever made with probably only 8 layers that your weaves in and out the whole way through, really love the subtleness of this track where at the same time it is also a beast! Oyeme is maybe the E&B sound people are familiar with, big marimba melodies, fat sub and rolling hats with a big break, love this one Prophet was originally just an experiment when i purchased a prophet 6, its a little crazy and pretty full on, love the funky bass in the one from the SH 101. All the parts for this where recorded in a few takes live and two whole track was made in 2 hours!
U.K.-born, L.A.-based producer/DJ, Chris Barratt - aka - Eagles & Butterflies breaks all boundaries across the electronic music spectrum. His productions flow seamlessly through Downtempo, Techno, House and beyond, with releases on Innervisions, Bedrock, Exit Strategy, Sapiens and his own imprint Art Imitating Life. From remixing Underworld, RY X, Agoria, Moby, Andhim and Ludovico Einaudi, Eagles & Butterflies is the newest toast of the underground. His live sets have electrified stages around the world at events such as Circoloco, Awakenings, Mosaic By Maceo, Coachella, Junction 2, Lightning In A Bottle, Sacred Ground, Secret Garden Party, Tomorrowland and many more. With support from dance music heavyweights such as Dixon, Ame, DJ Tennis, John Digweed, Maceo Plex, E&B was also named one of Mixmag's Breakthrough Acts this year, was featured numerous times in DJ Magazine and was plucked for a guest mix on Pete Tong's BBC Radio show. Upcoming releases on Agoria's fresh imprint Sapiens, Art Imitating Life 003, features on Nic Fanculli's debut LP, a collab with John Digweed and a remix for RY X, the Eagle has most certainly landed.

Analogue is back with the fearless Endlec. The man from Thessaloniki is one of the best Greek techno exports and delivers 4 solid, aggresive tracks that make no compromises

For their second release Anopolis Records' presents a versatile V.A. compilation with 4 tracks ranging from breakbeat to lo-fi house and techno while acid vibes are evident throughout.

Staying true to those bottom heavy US house vibes, the Freak is back with a release even chunkier than the first on this imprint.

The mysterious and self proclaimed creator of 'concrete funk' ensures that all four tracks of this release deserve serious floor space.

Side A is a perfect merger off a Chicago v Detroit sound, with jacking drums overlapping deep but never dull chords and stabs. With stabs of vocals reminding the room that you are seriously 'Mackin tha Heat'.

The B-side shows a completely different sound to the freak with chunky acid house sounds accompanied by a track that has a hypnotic techno style groove from start to end.

Following his debut on Phantasy earlier in 2019, Joshua James returns to the label with ‘Journeys In Love’, complimented by a propulsive remix from Joe Goddard. Flipping the ruthless sleaze and hi-NRG of ‘Coarse’ on its head, the XOYO and Rinse FM resident presents a release that soundtracks the deeper, more vulnerable and always joyous aspects of London’s queer nightlife culture. ‘Journeys In Love’ lands with immediate effect, building steadily and confidently around a trippy sample and the hugely pleasurable push-and-pull of James’ synths. Breathing deeply and suspended in red-light, James’ new production tastefully recalls the late-hour, sensual attitude classic NYC deep house, while transmissions of a bottom-heavy bass weight anchor the track in the capital’s defiant after-hours scene. As a digital exclusive, the Super Drama remix utilises skittering percussion and cymbal rushes to drive things forward, dissolving with a playful acid coda.
Needing little introduction, Hot Chip and Two Bears co-founder Joe Goddard delivers a soaring and complementary reinterpretation of ‘Journeys In Love’, one built on halcyon, analogue sounds and further bathed in ecstasy and melancholy.

Noventa is a new label by ROD showcasing 90's Techno excursions through modern ears. vinyl only.

Berlin-based art collective Live From Earth presents its new Klub Musik vinyl series premiering the very first issue LFEK001. Proper acid-techno tools at booming 140bpm, simply crafted yet broad sounding by Julian McCarthy aka MCR-T. McCarthy has been delivering heavy trap and ghetto tunes now for several years. Always playful and experimental he has formed a unique sound combining different genres and styles which he constantly improves as part of the Live From Earth collective. With the vinyl release "KRAFT" on the LFE Klub Imprint he is taking it a step further now and making room for his alter ego MCR-T to initiate a new electronic chapter of his creative work.

Limited
The Hidden Figure, a mysterious new alter ego for a very much established and well respected Acid / Electro producer. A future classic!

The Maghreban aka Ayman Rostom is one of the most unique and respected beat makers working in house and techno today. His dusky grooves, heavy bass pressure and clanking drum breaks sound like they were dredged from the bottom of the river Nile, imbued with a maverick personality that shares kinship with the likes of Detroit's Andres and Waajed, making him a perfect fit on R&S's storied roster of pioneering outsiders.In the past four years, he has released a slew of hotly tipped 12's, mainly on his own label, Zoot, as well as French label Versatile and Bristolian beat mongers Black Acre. Also known as acclaimed hip-hop producer Dr Zygote (also one half of Eglo's Strange U) Rostom has gained a reputation as a producer's producer, garnering heavyweight tastemaker support from the likes of Benji B, Ben UFO, Nicolas Jaar, Trevor Jackson and many others.
After the extended clamour for a Maghreban long player, the wait is over as Rostom is finally ready to unleash his debut album '01DEAS'. "The 12' format is great for the club, but I wanted to go a bit deeper with it, and explore different moods and ideas,' Rostom explains. Packed with richly satisfying cuts, the album draws on the Maghreban's usual musical themes; 90s Home Counties rave, '93 dark jungle, 80s Steppers reggae, Broken Beat, dark modal jazz, colonial Afro Rock and psychedelia.
Despite this eclecticism however, it is the consistently seductive groove at the centre of his music that is the key to his music's ability to entrance the listener.
"Growing up, I remember long car journeys with my dad, he always played a bunch of arabic music, Mohammad Abdel Wahab, Om Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, as well as Paul Young, Dire Straits, Bob Marley, Otis Redding' Rostom explains. "He used to drum on the steering wheel like a tabla with his palms and fingers - I think that definitely helped me understand rhythm and syncopation." Rostom's love of analogue technology is another key feature of his music, his process often finds him sampling from cassette tapes, employing wheezing compressors, dusty mixing desks and antique effects devices to impart texture, warmth and weight, or as he has described it "The hypnotic sound of confusion'. Throughout 01DEAS a dark mood is evident; "I make heavy, dark music I think growing up with some arabic music allowed me to appreciate minor key stuff. And the Arabic music is big and dramatic. It's one reason I liked death metal and hip-hop in my early teens alongside old hardcore/rave and jungle. It's all heavy, head banging music. I'm usually trying to make the heaviest sounding thing that I can.'
Indeed it is a bit of teenage wish fulfilment for Rostom to be releasing on R&S 'When I was around 11-12 and my brother and I started buying records, the R&S stuff stood out. The Beltram 12's and EPs and Outlander Vamp were records we loved'.
For the first time, the album sees Rostom joined by a stellar cast of guests including Brighton based songstress Victoria Port of Anushka, Zimbabwean vocalist Rutendo Machiridza, rapper A-F-R-O, and best friend Gatto Fritto.

Two alternative mixes of album tracks by TRANS-4M . The A side being an unreleased mix, the flip once came out on a 1993 release on Buzz, a very much desired record!

Limited to 200 copies, Hand stamped.

Indigo aera's AEX series strikes again with a solid five track selection on AEX009. Curated by Jasper Wolff and Maarten Mittendorff they invited five like-minded friends with their take on techno and electronics.

Production duo D&S starts with a seven minutes of warm and moody grooves on 'The Invisible Workings'. Followed by the nostalgic dub tinged pads from De Lichting affiliate Kaap and Rotterdam based producer Ben Buitendijk showcasing his ambient side with 'Head In The Clouds' where he leads you to bright and dreamy territories. On the b-side ESHU's Tetelepta returns to the series with his trademark rhythmic and minimalistic approach and fresh debutant Human Space Machine closes things off with a melodic uplifting take for dance-floor ecstacy.

A new release written and produced by CNCPT an Italian born, Berlin based producer who has previously recorded on Brenda records Germany. CNCPT Delivers a straight up percussion and synth fused techno EP welding together live drum programming, complex synth sequences and cutting edge rhythms that are made for the warehouse or dance club. TIP!

A split venture of hypnotic polyrhythms and sequences from Employee and Delta Rain Dance, limited to 100 copies. Modulations included. HEAVY!

Some months after Joachim Spieth's Irradiance' album this 12' features the remixes from

Polar Inertia, Dino Sabatini, CHPTR and Evigt Mörker.

Special edition loud cut of the 6 best tracks from Pantser Fabriek - Du Bist So Jung. Manifesto: Ihr Panzerfaust oder Ihr Mephisto, 'avec la tristesse d'une certaine charactere Wagnerienne', 'amor fati', gleich wie die Liebestod von 'Tristan und Isolde', eine ganz ominose kognitive Dissonanz im ekelhaften schwarzen Wahnfried des Gesamtkunstwerks der Philharmonie, 'l'esprit de corps de la Belle Epoque sans mercee' Ich weiss, mein liebe Prinz, ganz schwarz bist du, aber auch... so jung bist du! Mesdames, messieurs, je vous presente 'Pantser Fabriek - Du bist so jung'! Liebe Reichsgenossen (und liebe Reichsgenossinnen!), Ihr unbeendeter Sturm und Drang nach Westen wird vielleicht diesmals ein bisschen verfleischt! Denn wie schon doch versenkt am heissen Blutmeridian das Rot der alten, tragisch-verzornten Sonnengottheid immer wieder im Boreas' kalten Toten Meer, aber heute gibt's am Ende wurklich etwas neues von der Westfront, am Ende der alten Niederstrheinischen 'Limes' der 'Pax Romana', das Grenzegebiet der Friesen und Kananefaten zwischen die antike Munder von 'Rhenus' und 'Mosa', die meist bloden Hollander Ihrer alten Westergau, im Graflichen Haag, das AbfluSschen Europas, ehemaliges Epizentrum der 'V2' Westwall eines alten Titanenkriegs voll Feiglinge, 'Dietsch Alemannische Feindschaft', das 'Alles ist gut' von heroisch verlorenen Atlantidensohnen oder sadistischen Marquisen, ja, meine lieben Freunde (und lieben Freundinnen!), am Ende kommt, aus dem Westland 'Martyrium' voll Rosen und Dornen, Ihre Neueste Deutsche Welle: 'Pantser Fabriek', mit einer neuen Langspielplatte 'Du bist so jung', von 'Bunker' naturlich, jetzt diesmals leider nicht mit Riesenfarbposter, aber, vielleicht, mit dem Riesenstahl von grossartig fleischgetonten Visionen, die neuesten Leiden des jungen Werthers oder soll sonst auch der Heilige Sebastian einfach ungeheuer herreisen und wieder mit uns leider Lieder singen, wie 'Der Tod in Venedig', 'comme si c'etait la derniere fois', das Bild und Ihre Bildung im schonen Abendlandischen Licht, so unheimisch heimlich Und, ja, Ihr habt das alles schon gewusst! Denn hatte 'Der Alte', Tacitus, schon so lange her nicht gesagt: 'Hic Barbarorum Germania Inferior est' Nachricht von einem fremden Stern, Ihr Lieblingspropagandaministerium, Guy Tavares Guerra Roque

Sam went into an almost psychotic state when making music. He wasn’t himself. He was immersed in the creativity to such an extent that it was almost like a psychotic trance. Here’s an example. He found all this giant kelp down at Western Port bay and he would bathe himself in it for weeks. He would replenish the water and put salt in the bath, but leave the kelp in there. I used to ask Julie, his partner and wife, “How’s everything going?” and she’d say, “Just go and have a look at the bath.” - Tony Rogers

Sam Mallet could have pursued a career as a French literature professor in Paris, but decided his true calling was to remain in Australia, dedicate himself to his music and find the plateau; a word he used to describe the sensory worlds residing in music. Under the influence of Eno, Jon Hassell, Arvo Pärt, John Coltrane and Robert Fripp, Sam explored a wide variety of musical styles and put them to service soundtracking the time based works of his peers. He crafted spatial ambience, somber jazz, and drum computer driven rockers for short films and experimental video works, television shows (including the original Australian Wilfred series), feature films and live theatre. The avant garde Anthill Theatre, known for its departure from conventional staging practices and having a keen eye for talent, enlisted Mallet to provide soundtracks for approximately 40 productions throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

Sadly, Sam passed away in 2014. A crucial piece of his legacy is undoubtedly the body of work he produced during his life, and the archive of recorded works is vast and deep. Sam seemingly saved everything, from fragments to finished pieces; and often repurposed previously released tracks by collaging them into new pieces. He self released a small number of cassettes and CDs from the mid 1980s onward, the contents of which were culled from soundtrack work and original pieces, but the majority of his music was experienced only within the ephemeral live performances.

Wetlands is the product of countless hours spent with this archive by Rowan Mason (Sanpo Disco/Recurring Dream) and Tony Remple (Musique Plastique), offering a dynamic survey of Sam’s work, and housed in a jacket evoking the minimal design and colour palette of his earliest cassette releases. Two selections of Sam Mallet’s music were featured on the compilation Midday Moon (also produced by Rowan), released last year by Bedroom Suck Records. Along with Left Ear Records’ Antipodean Anomalies, Midday Moon has served to highlight outlier musics and scenes from Australia and New Zealand, and Wetlands plunges deeper into the catalog of this obscure yet groundbreaking artist.

Silvia Trix is a DJ-producer grown up in Rome's underground scene, beginning her professional career in spring 2007.

In the last few years she started producing her own music which is now the backbone of her dj sets, Feb 2011 sees her first release for the roman label Stencil Recordings and from then on begins her journey into production for various labels,
including Black Sam Records of which she is the founder,
Her work as producer takes her around techno sound with progressive influences.

In her sets the powerful techno groove and the progressive contamination mix to generate a sound whose sole objective is that of setting the dancefloor on fire.

She played in the best clubs in Roma (Rashomon, Goa Club, radio londra, ex dogana etc. ) and international (Tresor, Mizk, Suicide Circus, About Blank, Kitkat). secret cinema Tough, melodic and fat! Big!!!!'
Petduo Altan 3 is a nice and hypnotic techno!'
Inxec crossings is super nice'
Bryan Zentz All really good here—Crossings is my fave! thanks'
LxS solid energy on this release,thanks for the music - L'
Dr. Motte Solid Techno package.'
Advamced Human Altan 3 for me, cheers !'
Paco Osuna Will try thanks ,)'
Dave Simon Intercity is a nice Track!'
Zakari&Blange Crossings is killa thx :)'
F.Akissi & M.Akissi Great tracks, love them !'
g-man akak gez varley nice big room techno ...full support from G_MAN/ LFO'
Superstrobe Solid Techno! Great EP'
wex10 Nice EP'
Dolby D full support by dolbyd'
Misoo nice ep, support!!'
Linus Quick Intercity for me... will play this for shure!'
Spec. cool !'
Loukas Pour-Hashemi Altan for me!'
Pascal Feos solid release, thx'
Pablo Discobar Amazing !!! Full Support !!!'
deKai Silvia Trix ist Wahnsinn!!'
Holgi Star solid Tracks..thnx for sending !'
marcel dettmann thx'
L.A.W. Crossings for us, support!'

Support by Nuria Ghia, Richie Hawtin, Danny Tenaglia, gabriele gilleri, Eddie Halliwell, Luciano, Marco Carola...

Decennium 1.1 is the first part of a 12' series celebrating Affin's 10th anniversary. Find 4 hypnotic deep techno cuts from Toki Fuko, Arnaud Le Texier, Cliche Morph & Svarog.

Decennium 1.2 is the second part of a 12' series celebrating Affin's 10th anniversary. Find 3 hypnotic deep techno cuts from Reggy Van Oers, Massa, Norbak and an ambient pearl by Markus Guentner.

When two dudes collide in a cosmic paradise, very special things happen. Black Spuma, otherwise known as regular transcendental misfits Phillip Lauer and Fabrizio Mammarella, come correct with a new EP of enchanted grooves for Futureboogie.
Breaking their run of EPs for the International Feel Recordings label, a trio of cuts are lined up on the ‘Crunch Level’ EP.
Title track, ‘Crunch Level’, is a throbbing, pulsating, bit-crunching beast of a track, a full mind and body workout that evokes the darker shades of early acid and new beat. ‘Agguato’ also packs a punch, with drums so big that Stock, Aitken & Waterman would most definitely approve, whilst a waves of hedonistic tones cut through feint melodicas and space invader tropes for a mind melting moment.
Never to end on a whimper, Adamantine goes out with a bang, with an ecstatically buoyant rhythm section and glacial melodies that’ll be transporting you back to the bright neon lights and dry ice of some long forgotten 80’s sweatbox.

NYC Synth master Steve Moore makes a welcome return to L.I.E.S. with his first ep on the label since 2012. Through these four tracks Moore creates a world with simplistic stripped down beauty, often using one synth and a drum machine to effectively construct alternate realities, as heard on the opener Broken Kills. This continues on the b-side opener Eigengrau, while Future 86 and Future 99 take a more dramatic komische influenced soaring arpeggiated approach. Unmissable.

Her polyrhythmic compositions integrate a wide array of musical genres, including Afrofuturistic electro and techno, classical solo piano and Detroit legacy house; all memorable journeys into deep, abstracted sound.
Hosting a monthly radio show on the renowned NTS, Afrodeutsche entrances listeners with her idiosyncratic combinations of dark electro, breaks, footwork, ghetto tech and jacking house.
Forever evolving a fully live hardware show, Afrodeutsche has already appeared alongside celebrated producers Dopplereffekt and Carl Craig, with many more to come.
Her remix of Montreal producer Marie Davidson’s ‘Day Dreaming’ was released earlier this year on Ninja Tune. 2019 sees her releasing genre-defying new material and touring across Europe, with appearances confirmed at Dekmantel (Amsterdam), SONAR (Barcelona), and Dimensions (Croatia).
Praised by the Guardian for enacting a new wave of club music, named by Dummy Mag as one of 2019’s most exciting artists, Afrodeutsche’s spectacular debut album ‘Break before Make’ will be released on all formats in the Autumn of 2019 on the legendary Skam label.

Another Cabarete Groove experiment that combines field recordings as the main source of sound design with analog Moog synthesis while keeping the intense Techno brutality defines their sound.

"The whole EP was inspired by this photography by Faisal Sultan: "It was the most incredible episode of synesthesia. I saw the picture and all the sounds immediately poured into my brain"

The tracks are accompanied by interpretations from The Automatic Message, Black Asteroid, Drumcell and Xhin!

After his successfull Internal Conversion LP on Polegroup, Christian Wunsch returns home to Tsunami Records with his third album Sadistic Rituals.

Wunsch has been an influential figure in the electronic music scene for over twenty years with an arsenal of unique sonic trademarks produced with high precision.

Sadistic Rituals is a mature labour from Wunsch's mesmerizing 11-track excursion into light and darkness, instantly recognizable as fitting with his own sonic identity.

The title hints at what to expect from the album.

Sadistic Rituals have been occurring for hundreds of years.
Allegations of sadistic rituals involved reports of physical and sexual abuse of people in the context of occult or satanic rituals. In their most extreme form, Sadistic Rituals and aspects of the occult involve a worldwide network organization within the world s most powerful and wealthy elite in which individuals are abducted for sacrifices, pornography and prostitution.

Hefty remix package of 'Carbone Master System' LP pressed on gold-coloured vinyl. Veterans and contemporary artists such as AnD, Ascion, CJ Bolland, Hypnoskull, and Umwelt have reshaped five different tracks of the infamous album.

Epic acidic intro version of 'Sonic is on Acid' by the hands of French electro master Umwelt, drives the blue hedgehog to an out-of-this-universe-acidic-experience. Obscure cinematic journey, flying in and out endless space battles, 'Astro Warrior' remix by Ascion is rich of attractive melodies and laser beams sequences on fine crafted heavy technoid rhythms. Powernoise legend Hypnoskull underlines 'Master Of Darkness' with his typical heavy signature. Destructive beats roll over the perfectly industrialized synths and screaming atmospheres.

AnD's version of 'Back To The Future' smells like an instant Techno Anthem. Bold kick, gritty voices, harsh rhythms and killer bassline ready to tear down any dancefloor. Closing the record there's one of the 90's techno gods CJ Bolland which revisits 'D. In a Miracle World'. It is Dark, Jumpy, Groovy and Noisy, an Absolute-Techno tune in a brilliant modern-key.

Being in a different place and a different studio context changed some things for Gilb’R. The Versatile boss and half of Château Flight selected these 8 tracks, some short, some longer, from his studio sessions in Amsterdam where he has been living for the past 5 years. Reflections of the mind of Gilb’R and thus exploring many sides, from late night techno to West Indies non sense vocals, from dubby/moody sounds to ambient scapes.

For the 12th installment of Jose Cabrera's self-titled imprint, Mario Castillo appears under his long running 'Kastil' moniker to deliver a four track EP of mechanical dance floor sounds. With 'Anemic Lust', the resident of Vitoria- Gasteiz, comes up with a worthy addition to his rapidly growing discography. After a period of DIY work through his own label STALE, Castillo returns to the imprint where he last released his collaboration album with J.C. in 2017.

Musically, Castillo's palette is ever expanding, threading into the murky waters of mechanical textures and balanced, hypnotic beats, Anemic Lust is showcasing Castillo's love for dubbed out chords, orchestrated string work and power driven drum programming. The opening track 'Submissive' is a firm work of dance floor techno which uses a drone-like scream as it's back bone. While the bass and drums alternate skillfully, the hats and percussive elements penetrate entire spectrum and act in a vanguard-like fashion.

'Omniscience' is a work of growling and low down dub chords that are supported by a vigorous kick drum, slabs of fx, and high spirited hi-hats that change throughout. 'Red River' is the first effort on the B side if Anemic Lust. Castillo changes the pace to introduce a more inky side to his music. The drum work and bass sounds are ominous but the mood is shifted by a more soothing ambiance around the two minute mark.

Also on the B side, label owner J.C. translates Red River into an experimental sounding work of wintry drums and notable sound additions.

Anemic Lust comes in a 12" vinyl package

Repressed !
We are very glad to welcome Mr. Lewis Fautzi to our team of producers. After having been part of our booking roster for a year, now it's time for this promising Portuguese producer to get physical on vinyl. Blood EP comprises two original tracks plus remixes by our very own duo Exium and our man Kwartz.
Four slices of futuristic, spacey, hypnotic techno, starting with 'Blood'. All the elements of this track are present from the beginning: synthetic bleeps, profound sub bass frequencies and percussive elements that come in and out of the arrangement subtly. Less than five minutes of mental therapy, and also a fabulous mixing tool.
Exium reinforces 'Blood', darkening the bleeps and modifying them, adding a fatter kick and a more dynamic arrangement.
On the B side, 'Skin' keeps the continuous sequences and a strong kick drum as a starting point, slowly adding hats and subtle drones that grow until taking more and more sonic frequencies. Hard and mental at the same time, it will explore the hidden territories of your mind, if played on the proper sound system.
Kwartz takes the obsessive elements of the original, filtering them to his own taste and giving more space to the bleeps, while putting the drones aside.
A great start in our label for this excellent studio wizard whose work has been previously released on labels like Soma Quality Recordings or Figure.

Max Duke's first LP “My Sins” is a journey between house and Techno via electronica, with a unique french house touch that forms an unusual and cohesive debut album. It’s the sound of the musical universe and the influences that have taken hold of the french artist. The album unfolds over the course of 11 tracks, each piece serving as a building block and the result of many months of Max’s work. It is the product of experimenting in the studio, seizing the mood of the moment and reflecting on life experiences. Each song has its own story and helps to complete and close the circle of this captivating musical journey. Guitar, piano and synths are his words in the story; the channel that perfectly transmits all the emotions and feelings bottled up in the album. The range of moods, tempos, impressions, sounds and rhythms oscillates between
downtempo and techno with hints of breaks and house.
Straight up dancefloor cuts like “Almost Done”, “Echoes” and title track “My Sins” rub shoulders with the closed-eye mind wandering soundtrack of “Covered”. “A New Reality” emerges as a tribute to 90s trance. The two sections of “Characters” explore an instrumental middle ground between almost orchestral and minimalism. “My Sins” is the work of an artist in constant movement and evolution who opens the door to his unique world in full. The album will be released 30th September on Redlight Music.

rRoxymore's long-anticipated debut album, Face To Phase, was born of her annual creative hibernation practice. Whereas her previous appearances for Don't Be Afraid - Thoughts Of An Introvert, Parts 1 & 2 - revealed inner worlds of saturated colour and natural expressiveness, she retreated into her studio at the turn of winter 2018 occupied with the idea of dismantling the dancefloor-centric pressure paradigm.


The resulting album, Face to Phase, finds rRoxymore methodically and mindfully stripping back to fundamentals: rumbling minimalist dub, sparse polymetric drums, boldy unpredictable melodic narratives and subtleties which hover out-of-reach or disappear into vapour. Forged by the spirit of club music cultures, Face To Phase favours deep listening; resisting the temptation to reflect on the past or project towards the future, it's an album that is firmly rooted in the contemporary.


Sparked by her own archive of field recordings, and produced primarily but not exclusively in the box, Face To Phase adds several facets to rRoxymore's already wide repertoire. The pensive and beatless opener "Home Is Where The Music Is" was inspired by her longtime friend Planningtorock, while "Forward Flamingo" is a spiraling dream-state of house music dissociation; elsewhere "Energy Points" remains anchored to the ocean floor, radiating heavy dub waves, "Passages" is a ghoulish skeleton of UK break beats, "What's The Plan" closes the album in a blissfully blunted fashion, while twisting, shape-shifting rhythms push and pulse "PPS21" into series of ever-evolving shapes and forms.


Through and in between the eight songs of Face To Phase, rRoxymore fortifies her status as a seasoned artist, grounded by over a decade of live performance and touring, collaboration, composition and experimentation. With a new live performance collaboration with a percussionist set to debut the LP at Atonal on 1st September, rRoxymore is primed to expand her reputation even further as one of the most vital and distinctive artists on the fringes of contemporary club culture.

Shkedul is back on his imprint NORD LTD with a powerful four track EP. Dynamic, intense and bleeping techno. 300 copies - no repress

Hand numbered and limited to 200 copies for the world
Once again Upwellings lead us into deepness with these four new tracks coming straight out his studio. As usual, all that music has been played live in the studio, convoking dub techniques to give life to an imaginary modular orchestra.
First track "Frozen" reminds old Rhythm & Sound grooves with extra low bassline and various delayed chords.
"Distant Lights" is more about a kind of journey into dub basics, playing with our perception of spaces and sounds, the illusion of a static loop, but it never sounds exactly the same...
"Dub Arena" shows us a more techno oriented dub with straight kicks and percussions. On top of that, sweet chords in constant evolution and finally the "real" bassline mash up the place.
And last but not least, "Blue Mountain" is a long walk between trees, a rough way to reach the top...

Fracture presents Turbo, a sound Astrophonica label boss has been pushing in his productions and sets over the last 18 months. 8 tracks of uncompromising dancefloor cuts that merge together the sounds of Techno, 160/Footwork, Jungle, Bass and Electro. Featuring Addison Groove, Sam Binga, Moresounds, Philip D Kick, Lewis James, Hyroglifics and ONHELL.

Future Times is very pleased to announce that our next release will be a 7" single from Oakland's Motoko & Myers! This duo is made up of Wonja & DJML, both of whom have blessed electronic music in numerous ways recently together and individually, via releases on Jacktone, DJing together for their Herzog Hideout radio transmissions, and their amazing album from 2018, Basis Key, released via Bass Clef's digital imprint Open Hand Real Flames.
M+M make music from a really special place, wild tones, drum-machine-breaths and weird, pitched synth space combine with a sense of rhythm that folds in on itself. B-Side "Whimbrel" represents this perhaps best of the two songs, with a loping, wandering-on-the-beach sense of synth space and not-quite-dancehall drums. "Plover", however, is a perfect set-starter for the techno freaks, with the lightest drums coming in halfway over a thick, shifting loop of perfect glass techno for the DJs. Tip!

Green Marbled Vinyl

AboutBlank produces here 3 magestic tunes...

Super positive state of mind style, not too happy through but really sunny and full of energy, with a repetitive serial music acid melody on the Cosmicology A side 45 RPM killer 180BPM harfloor track.

The flip open on a regular 160 BPM heavy kicker, trippy mental acid-pikes-of-ice more classic but bloody efficient...

Last track (same speed as A1) is a serious hard-kicker too... at the hardcore frontier with a crazy melody coming in, reminding the old school 90's transecore best-of...

This record was produced both by Brain Bending and Acid Night.

Visual by X.G.

Autre left the lab and brought his science to the people. This is his second offering for the ESP Institute. On side A we have a silky slice of electro aimed straight for our hearts, LA Funk, incorporating stanzas of jazz chords and Autre’s signature meandering string lines, all thickly layered atop an up-tempo more-bounce-to-the-ounce bassline that will receive the nod of approval from even the most serious funk heads. On the flip side, the artist uses a similar broad brush of synthetic strings, but ventures into an emotional sweet-spot built on glorious chord changes and cascading arpeggios, sprinkling delicate percussion throughout like a flurry of phosphorescent dust particles. Wig Teleportation is a complicated looping narrative that ebbs and flows, snaring the soul with melancholy yet keeping your interest piqued with intricate layers of rhythm. These two songs will heal through the power of bodywork.

measuring misery in importance
your silent reflection lingering
infected needs fading

truly yours
Janice

Detroit Acid master Jared Wilson with 4 fresh grooves that makes your ears melt...

Sawtooth Novel is a killer track, a special weapon intended for the dancefloor. The rest of the EP turns around powerful techno to more deeper and mysterious atmospheres. After his brilliant works on Token and Cocoon Records, Johannes Volk continues to impress us ! Some Johannes's words about his work for Artcub Records : "The title track Sawtooth Novel is my little hommage to the old Sägezahn sound. There was a Sägezahn renaissance in the Rhein Main area end of the 90's, which was a huge influence for me when I went to clubs during this time. Counterbalance has a rather subtle approach, the track lives from it's effects and filtering. For the others tracks I want to express the more darker and dramatic side of techno, which is also well-equipped for the more excessive dancefloor hours

The 7th Pi Electronics release hosts Chicago based producer, Jonathan Krohn, also known as Stave. It also includes a remix by Bristol based artist, known by the name Pessimist.
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Some might be familiar with Stave s music from his involvement with the collaborative project Talker . Here on this solo take, he delivers 4 original tracks to showcase his varied approach to Techno. From fast, drone oriented broken beats, to emotional synth melodies and industrial leaning hypnotic techno, PI07 shows the artist at his most expressive. The release is topped up by the remix of Drum and Bass affiliated artist Pessimist, who reworks track PI07.4 in his methodically dark style.

180g black vinyl + A5 insert
All Tracks: Jonathan Krohn, W+P 2019. 4053 Studio A, Chicago.
Pessimist Remix included

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Bontan makes an eagerly anticipated return to Crosstown Rebels with 10 days, a scintillating two track release that features a stunning remix from Osunlade.

10 Days begins things in an emotive fashion, as rustling hi hats pave the way for featured vocalist Bengle to state, “ten more days”. This echoes before a bleepy yet similarly driving kick wobbles along, as the sample plays out, to form an emotional, dance-ready cut. Osunlade’s Yoruba Soul remix is a similarly moving piece, as warm pads are coupled with a dubby kick, before the same poignant vocal calls upon us in a heartrending manner.

UK native ​Bontan has produced a number of the scene’s standout tracks. A regular on the likes of Hot Creations, Circus Recordings and Crosstown Rebels, his releases ‘Call You Back’ and ‘The First Time’ furthered his worldwide reputation as a breaking act. Such an ear for the perfect dancefloor record has not relented, as he continues to push his melodic, acid driven sound in an ever-growing direction, one that traverses the many forms of house and techno alike. ​Osunlade ​is a musician and producer, an artist who has been releasing records for a decade now. Someone with many strings to his bow, he has produced eight albums and debuted on Innervisions in 2012 with a three-track remix package of his esteemed Envision vinyl release.

‘Captured Entities’ is the debut album of deeply raw house and psycho-jit-jazz by Detroit producer
and DJ, Howard Thomas aka H-Fusion. Spanning the breadth of Howard’s hands-on, tracky style -
from beatless cosmic jazz audities to slamming 170bpm missiles and heart-grabbing house - it’s
arguably one of the most distinctive, dare-to-be-different albums from the 313 in recent memory
The fruit of more than 5 years of communication between Howard and The Death of Rave,
‘Captured Entities’ expands on the ruffneck, asymmetric slant of his killer 2005-2012 productions
for Sound Signature and Fit - as played by everyone from Kyle Hall to Kassem Mosse - across 11
unruly numbers united by an intuitive, jazz-wise approach to his synths and MPC2000. While
his sound may remind of many Detroit greats such as Omar-S, Damon Peterson/8088, and Urban
Tribe/DJ Stingray, Howard can’t help but sound like himself, and his debut album is best defined by
its classically driven yet singular Detroit soul clinamen.
Where too many producers’ lip-service to jazz is betrayed by their gridlocked uniformity,
Howard cuts the f*ck loose in real-time, improvised jams which have made it to the final
tracklist because of their unquantised cantankerousness and frictional quality. Sawn-off blasts
of hardcore warehouse rave give way to sultry, dream-away house jackers and a ruck of diesel-
fuelled bangers that sound like Nate Young doing Jit with DJ Stingray at a Detroit biker bar. When
combined with the curdled gob of beatless, cosmic noise and the cranky swaggering cyberpunk
on the LP’s closing side, ‘Captured Entities’ really comes into its own as a unique expression of
Michigan grit which, by design or chance, effectively splits the difference between Black Noise
and Wolf Eyes.
This kind of instinctively jazz-taught, stylistic and metric versatility is rare in Detroit-
manufactured techno albums beyond, say, the debut Omar-S album ‘Just Ask The Lonely’, or the
eponymous Urban Tribe LP for KDJ’s Mahogani Music, and the track sequencing of ‘Captured
Tracks’ aims to highlight the album’s strength in its diversity. Illuminated by an exceptional
mastering job from Anne at Berlin’s D&M which reveals all it’s dusty details and rewards cranked
volume in spades, ‘Captured Entities’ is a uniquely rude, thrilling and soulfully compelling album
from any angle, and a long overdue LP testament to one of Detroit’s most peculiar, instinctive, and
unsung artists.

With his ice-cold debut album Pessimist delivers a defining work which to us represents the culmination of nearly a decade of collective research and development in underground drum'n'bass. It is hard to think of any producer, past or present, who has so skilfully and successfully bridged the sonics and sensibilities of d'n'b and techno. In fact Pessimist makes drum 'n bass work as techno: combining the monotone, infinite-horizon quality of the latter with the rhythmic swerve and soundsystem heft of the former. The perfectly formed 'Balaklava' 12' for BEB's A14 sub-label in 2016 was his first work to attract serious attention outside of d'n'b circles, but the young Bristol producer's singular aesthetic had been honed across important records for the likes of Samurai and Ingredients, and as a member of the Ruffhouse crew, and since then the experimentation has continued across releases and remixes for UVB-76, Osiris Music and Ilian Tape. Cutting edge techno-dnb hybrids form the backbone of this, his first LP, but there's more to it than that. Out of its relentlessly noir, paranoid, smoked-out dubscape emerge fierce, Babylon-shall-fall jungle tear-outs ('Through The Fog'), zoned, acidic rave ('Peter Hitchens'), downtempo breakbeat excursions ('Glued'), sleek and rude 'Balaklava'-esque steppers ('Spirals'), and passages of bleak, bombed-out industrial ambience. At times it feels like the missing link between British Murder Boys and Source Direct, or what might have happened if late 90s UK junglists had listened more closely to Chain Reaction. But really, it sounds like Pessimist and Pessimist alone. The ruthless minimalism, and the tension which comes of that restraint, the swing and propulsion of the drum programming, the abyssal reverbs and long trails of delay, the deep and body-numbing sub-bass, the uncompromising palette of blacks and blues.

Radio Slave enlists two heavyweights remixes from Dixon and Underground Resistance, who reimagine 'Trans' - the twisted, bass-driven cut on Radio Slave's excellent inaugural album.

First up, Innervisions co-founder Dixon offers an inspired retouch containing an amalgamation of cosmic synth arpeggios, each one unfolding in a unique way as the track develops, supported by a prominent vacillating bassline.

On the flip, Detroit techno pioneers Underground Resistance provide a 'Hamtramck' remix features crunchy modulated synths and heavily delayed vocal slices that duck in and out before funk influenced guitar licks resonate alongside a plethora of dark effects.

Repress of long out of print Laurent Garnier 12” – originally released in 1992 on FNAC.

Repress of long out of print Laurent Garnier 12” – originally released in 19923 on FNAC.

“altering appearance, speed, location… formation, separation, unification… everything flows.”
Noctilucent delivers with four tracks filled deep, atmospheric soundscapes, combined with hypnotic driving percussions.

Delroy Edwards & Benedek team up on this fire 12"..

FJAAK back on FJAAK, full send!

King Of Kong Records, a new venture of Artur8, Anton Klint & Edvin E. presents it’s new release, the “World Museum” EP - a modern classic from Newborn Jr.

Warsaw-based producer Adam Brocki released a string of collaborative records - with Earth Trax (Bartosz Kruczynski) for Phonica, Dopeness Galore, Echovolt and Rhythm Section, or as Private Press for Rekids and Indigo Area. His mature, carefully crafted sound, stripped yet powerful, now finds its place on King Of Kong.

“What What What” starts the EP off on a right foot: broken rhythm, clever voice snippets, cosmic pads and heavy bassline reminds of some archetypal Shake productions, off-kilter yet somehow infectious. “World Museum” rolls out relentlessly on a steady kickdrum, and again the backbone is held firmly by bass. Swirling noises come and go, adding a dash of melancholy into this club-ready tool. “NJ Public Pool” again sounds like a long-lost timeless classic, with just right amount of melody and irresistible party vibe. It’s accompanied by a moodier and denser remix from Warehouse Preservation Society (aka TK Disco and Tavish (ESP Institute)), a druggy chugger for late night and dark corners. Rounding off the EP, Yourhighness of Rollerboys & Cocktail D'Amore Records fame straightens the beat and pushes up the tempo of “What What What” to deliver a proper party stomper. A classic sound of two decades of dance music underground updated for here and now.

Fast-forward Moving Tracks With An Engaging Mesmeric Sound.

To feel. Without it, without love, without anger, without sorrow, breath is just a clock... ticking.

The runic inscriptions of the ARP 2600's circuit boards foretold the coming of "three explorers" who will reveal the ancient truths that lie within the pulsations of its ever-shifting squarewaves. The result of weeks of intense exploratory sessions in an NYC celestial echo chamber, this record documents the efforts of Tim Wheeler, David Kitt, and Conor Creaney to fathom and harness the sounds emitted by the ARP, Minimoog, CS60, and Jupiter 4 in a strictly live fashion. No overdubs or editing took place, just the sound that filled the room as the jams emerged. The results are two extended, hypnotic synth odysseys that unfurl organically as their melodic layers reveal themselves over time.

Side A 'Locked In' opens with tranquil, sparkling synth chimes that give way to a pulsating (but largely beatless) Krautrock-meets-dub groove, anchored by an insistent bassline a
nd interlocking layers of synth lines that unfurl over its 15 minutes. Side B ‘Locked Out’ takes us to the outer reaches of the cosmos with its quavering, otherworldly arpeggios and tempestuous asteroidal outbursts.