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RAVIN / BUDDHA BAR PRESENTS - BUDDHA BAR - SUMMER SESSIONS IBIZA LP 2x12"
  • 1: Bajazo - My Soul Is From Elsewhere
  • 1: 2Arodrios - Children Of Light
  • 1: 3Bakean - Ripples
  • 1: 4Vs Prjct - Garden
  • 1: 5Tomdagua - Slow Burn
  • 1: 6Dole & Kom - Feels Like
  • 1: 7Dj Phellix / Zero Contact / Eyenaz - Sama
  • 1: 8Idin Gorji - Sterla
  • 2: 1Rameff - Divine Lullaby
  • 2: Max Tenrom - Bossa Lova
  • 2: 3Michelle Bench - Oriental Psyche
  • 2: 4Fausto Messina - Zula Chill
  • 2: 5Sobhan - Tehran
  • 2: 6Sorä / Munaylayt / Zeina Aftimos - Leila
  • 2: 7Xrust - Ecstatic Nomad Feat Devia Dev & Wozhd

Mit der neuen Sommerausgabe taucht Buddha-Bar tief in die vibrierende Atmosphäre Ibizas ein - einem der weltweit prägendsten Hotspots elektronischer Musik. Als sorgfältig kuratierte 2CD-Compilation konzipiert, begleitet diese Edition den musikalischen Fluss eines perfekten Tages: vom entspannten Sonnenuntergang bis in die pulsierende Nacht. CD1 Sunset vereint warme, organische und melodische Klangwelten aus Chillout, Downtempo und Deep Electronic - ideal für Strand, Terrasse und Aperitivo. CD2 After Dark steigert die Intensität mit hypnotischem Melodic House und Ethno-inspirierten Grooves für DJ-Sets und Dancefloor-Momente. Gemixt von Ravin entsteht ein eleganter Spannungsbogen mit hohem Wiedererkennungswert. Über 50 % unveröffentlichte Tracks verleihen der Edition exklusiven Charakter.

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VARIOUS - KUBORAUM SOUND RESIDENCY 2 LP 2x12"
  • 1: Bela - Mouton And Blade
  • 2: Cosimo Damiano - Copper Disk
  • 3: Marina Herlop - Alas
  • 4: Lord Spikeheart Ft. Talpah - Silence In The C-Dral
  • 5: Estrella Del Sol & Luisa Almaguer - Deseo
  • 6: Low Jack Feat. Le Diouck - Tlc
  • 7: Romain Azzaro - Fusion
  • 8: Richie Culver - C Side
  • 9: Lucrecia Dalt & Alex Lazaro - Synonym Mask
  • 10: Significant Other Feat. Rosabella Allen - Lust On Your
  • 11: Mun Sing - Fluffy
  • 1: Eros - Burnt Crossing
  • 2: Ziúr - Home (Cello Version)
  • 3: Paul St. Hilaire - Ice
  • 4: Bambounou Feat. Sadandsolo - Sweet Sixteen
  • 5: Lee Gamble - Spray Spray
  • 6: Rainy Miller - My Wings, Never Clipped / But They Began
  • 7: Emiliano Maggi - Fury
  • 8: Julija Castellucci - Lullaby

Berlin"s Kuboraum Editions celebrates another round of its ongoing Kuboraum Sound Residency with a bumper 19-track volume of exclusive tracks from its vibrant creative community, music that challenges contemporary logic and prioritizes what really matters: experimentation, exchange and evolution. Like its predecessor, that was described by Boomkat as flowing like a "well-curated mixtape", "Kuboraum Sound Residency Vol. 2" is assembled like a proper album in the classic sense, something that"s supposed to be absorbed from start to finish.

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ONDANACONDA - ONDANACONDA
  • 1: La Comida Del Hambre
  • 2: Les Lois De La Distraction
  • 3: Le Petit Endroit
  • 4: Arengas De Orangutanes
  • 5: Du Bout De La Langue
  • 6: Gratitud
  • 7: Synthèses Substractives
  • 8: Lé Love

Ondanaconda does not compose with the jaw harp, but through it. For their self-titled debut album, the quartet turns this lamellophone, often perceived as archaic, into the record"s sole sound source. Found for centuries across continents, from Asia to Europe, the jaw harp is played against the teeth, using the mouth as a resonating chamber, shaping sound through breath and bodily movement. Here, amplified, prepared and sometimes pushed to its limits, it becomes percussion, bass, drone and texture - a true mouth synthesizer with vast possibilities. Between performance and trance, Ondanaconda crafts an unidentified sonic object, somewhere between collective ritual and raw electroacoustic experiment. Each piece emerges from specific combinations of instruments, exploring timbral affinities and rhythmic or harmonic potentials, while leaving room for drift and improvisation. Repetition acts as an unstable engine, bending patterns until they morph into something else. Together, Laurent Bruttin, Antoine Läng, John Menoud and Daniel Zea weave a dense, shifting mass where individual voices dissolve into an organic, almost hallucinatory polyphony. Conceived as a continuum, the album unfolds as a hypnotic flow, a physical and immersive music that moves from mouths to bodies, saturating the surrounding space. A radical UFO, at the crossroads of concert, performance and sound installation.

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LEENALCHI - HERE COMES THAT CROW

LEENALCHI

HERE COMES THAT CROW

12inchEPLBOP5054
LUAKA BOP
03.07.2026
  • Hihi Haha
  • Bird
  • Here Comes That Crow
  • Let's Live For Today
  • Look At Me Look At Me
  • Ultimate Prescription

"Here Comes That Crow" is the Korean psych-pop band Leenalchi"s first worldwide release (on Luaka Bop). Like much of their music, many of these songs are chopped and screwed pansori tales (a traditional form of storytelling that dates back to Korea"s Joseon Dynasty). But really, it"s just good dance music. "Leenalchi has changed the way I think about music, dancing and Korea. I have never heard anything quite like this". Brian Eno

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Motörhead - Kiss of Death (20th Anniversary Edition) LP 2x12"

Das 2006 erstmals erschienene Album „Kiss of Death“ ist Motörheads 18. Studioalbum und der Nachfolger
von „Inferno“ aus dem Jahr 2004. Unverkennbar Motörhead: Die Band knüpft nahtlos an ihren früheren Stil
an und präsentiert mit herausragenden Titeln wie „Sucker“, „God Was Never On Your Side“ und anderen die
härtere Seite des Genres. Gastauftritte von Mike Inez (Alice in Chains) und C.C. DeVille (Poison) runden
das Album ab. Die Jubiläumsausgabe zum 20-jährigen Bestehen wurde neu in halber Geschwindigkeit
von den Originalbändern gemastert und enthält Liner Notes von Dave Ling (Classic Rock). Zusätzlich
bietet sie eine exklusive Live-LP mit dem Auftritt der Band beim Lowlands Festival 2007 in Biddinghuizen,
Niederlande – erstmals auf Vinyl erhältlich. Die CD enthält drei weitere Bonustracks.

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SIENNA SPIRO - Visitor

SIENNA SPIRO

Visitor

12inch5747477
Frontline Records
03.07.2026

Ein phänomenales neues Gesangstalent mit kompromissloser Vision: SIENNA SPIRO präsentiert ihr Debü-
talbum Visitor – ein eindrucksvolles erstes Statement einer Künstlerin mit unverkennbarem Langzeitpotenzial. Visitor enthält die Billboard-Chart-Hits sowie die von der RIAA mit Platin und Gold ausgezeichneten
Singles „Die On This Hill“ und „You Stole The Show“ sowie die neue Hit-Single „The Visitor“. Bereits vor
Veröffentlichung ihres Debütalbums verzeichnete SIENNA über 1,3 Milliarden Streams und verbindet ihre
beeindruckende Musikalität mit einem kompromisslosen Anspruch, Musik mit echter Tiefe und Bedeutung
zu schaffen.

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Michel Petrucciani - Power of Three

Mit gemeinsamen Aufnahmen mit den beiden amerikanischen Jazzlegenden Lee Konitz und Charles Lloyd
hatte sich der außergewöhnliche französische Pianist Michel Petrucciani in den frühen 1980er Jahren in die
internationalen Schlagzeilen gespielt. Auf “Power of Three”, seinem zweiten Album für Blue Note Records,
präsentierte sich der 23-jährige Pianovirtuose mal im Duo, mal im Trio mit zwei weiteren amerikanischen
Jazzgrößen: dem Gitarristen Jim Hall und dem Saxofonisten Wayne Shorter. Das 1986 beim Montreux
Jazz Festival live aufgenommene Album dokumentierte einen geradezu magischen Abend, an dem drei
Ausnahmemusiker aufeinandertrafen.

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Stephen Hough - Stephen Hough’s Piano Postcards

Auf seinem neuen Solo-Klavieralbum „Stephen Hough’s Piano Postcards“ erkundet Sir Stephen Hough die
Welt aus der Perspektive eines reisenden Pianisten, der musikalische Botschaften nach Hause schickt. Er
wählt beliebte Lieder und Melodien aus aller Welt aus und interpretiert sie auf raffnierte Weise neu. Diese
neuen Arrangements sind eine Hommage an die Länder, die er im Laufe seines Lebens auf Reisen und bei
Auftritten lieben gelernt hat – musikalische Souvenirs, die er seinem Publikum mitbringt.
Die asiatische Musik ist vertreten durch „Spring Breeze Prelude“ des taiwanesischen Komponisten Deng
Yu-Hsien sowie durch eine zarte Klavierversion von „Aka Tombo“, einem in Japan sehr beliebten Kinderlied,
das sogar im landesweiten „5-Uhr-Glockenspiel“ zu hören ist. Folklore und populäre Traditionen kommen in
„Cielito lindo” und „Nature boy” zum Ausdruck, während sich die letzte Gruppe von Stücken mit Werken
von MacDowell, Schumann und Sinding der Natur zuwendet. Neben diesen musikalischen Reisetagebüchern
streut Stephen Hough funkelnde neue Transkriptionen von Liedern aus beliebten Filmen ein.
„Piano Postcards“ spiegelt vor allem die Tradition der Pianisten-Komponisten wider: Musiker, die ihr
eigenes Repertoire mit Freiheit und Individualität aufführten, arrangierten und kuratierten. Hough fasst
den Geist des Albums so zusammen: „Der musikalische Appetizer kann tiefgründige Poesie oder Witz und
Laune enthalten, ob subtil oder laut. Alles auf einer handlichen Speisekarte.“

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Sam Shure - Belinda EP

Sam Shure

Belinda EP

12inchREKIDS292
Rekids
03.07.2026

Sam Shure debuts on Rekids with the ‘Belinda’ EP. The Berlin-based DJ and producer is joined by Deer Jade for one of its three tracks.

Berlin’s Sam Shure arrives on Rekids 3rd July 2026 with the ‘Belinda’ EP, a three-tracker including a collaboration with Swiss French DJ and producer and I AM YOU label boss Deer Jade. Since his debut release in 2016, Shure has been backed by a long list of supporters, including Pete Tong and Âme, racking up over 66 million streams via music on the likes of HABITAT and Cercle, as well as releasing Tomorrowland’s CORE label’s best-selling track.

Sam Shure’s ‘Belinda’ EP opens with the title track, where a robust, organic rhythm playfully underpins the fidgety, bit crushed sounds and stabs above, all while the titular vocal is evenly dotted throughout the arrangement. Shure then teams up with Innervisions, Diynamic and Kompakt artist Deer Jade for the aptly named ‘String Theory’, a strong and steady groove shot through with uplifting strings and synth work. Closing the offering, Sam Shure returns solo with ‘No Time To Play’, squelchy sequences winding through rich melodies that steadily build the pressure for a strobe-lit dancefloor adventure.

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KinAhau - Cicek EP

KinAhau

Cicek EP

12inchCRM355
Crosstown Rebels
03.07.2026

KinAhau returns to Crosstown Rebels with his introspective three-tracker, ‘Cicek’ EP.

Out on 3rd July 2026, the young producer delivers a deeply personal excursion, featuring Mahmut Orhan, exploring themes of identity, independence, and creative freedom.

Few artists have arrived on the electronic scene quite like KinAhau. First entering the spotlight through a chance encounter that led to his breakout collaboration with Solid Grooves founder Michael Bibi, the exciting DJ/producer quickly found himself moving through some of the world's most respected clubs and festivals. Yet while early attention centred on an unlikely origin story, the years since have revealed a more nuanced artistic voice, one increasingly focused on reflection rather than reaction, and expression rather than expectation. That perspective sits at the heart of his return to Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels imprint as he lands on the label with his latest EP, ‘Cicek’.

Opening title track ‘Cicek’, created alongside Mahmut Orhan, unfolds through emotive melodies, organic textures, and a sense of quiet tension that feels deliberately removed from conventional club formulas. It's a record that prioritises atmosphere and feeling over immediacy, setting the tone for the wider release.

Across the EP, that idea takes different forms, shapes and directions. ‘Plane Jane leans’ is a stripped-back, hazy journey through vibrant keys and woozy textures, while ‘Danza De La Pau’ flips the script and tunnels into trippy, ping-pong synths, cascading tones and off -kilter pockets of sound. Together, the three tracks feel less like individual records and more like snapshots from a broader creative conversation, one shaped by a growing distance from formula and a desire to explore something more personal and unique.

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Monsieur Van Pratt / Rob Castillo - Illegal Disco Limited 004

The irreversible Monsieur Van Pratt is back with more edit magic on a new 12" that offers up a sharp transatlantic pairing aimed squarely at late-night selectors. He begins with 'What You Got', which is all tight groove science and polished uplift, before 'Disco Woman' retools a rare source into driving, peak-time tackle laden with soul. On the flip, Rob Castillo brings Afro-leaning firepower as 'Zig Zag Eoh' rides hypnotic percussion and loose funk swagger, while 'Good Time Woman' signs off with an irresistible strut. Potent weaponry as ever from this always naughty but nice label.

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Philipp Priebe - Movements In An Empty Department Store

Stólar label boss Philipp Priebe delivers the inaugural long player on his own imprint this December, entitled ‘Movements In An Empty Department Store’ and comprising eight original compositions from the German artist. This LP is about a kid’s dream - one night alone in an empty department store. A dream come true for lots of children and adults, as it gives you the opportunity to do what you want, try everything without the side eye of employees, snack through the entire food and sweets section and have a night off without thinking about consequences. This can become great, a nightmare or a feverish dream these eight tracks are your soundtrack to this adventure. Throughout the ‘Movements In An Empty Department Store’ album, Priebe further showcases his ability to craft, raw, cinematic and often mystical deep house music that acts as a cosseting sonic blanket for the listener throughout. From the swelling bass lines, dubby echoes and ethereal textures found in tracks like ‘Marble’, ‘Porcelain’, ‘Drenched In Dust’ and ‘Fever Dreams’, through to more rugged percussion driven dance floor tools like title-cut ‘Movements In An Empty Department Store’, ‘Cedar’ and ‘Clouds Floating In A Haze Of Light’ or the pensive, haunting closer ‘On The Way Out’, Philipp Priebe once again proves himself as a remarkable composer with a striking ear for detail and depth.

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LOVEGOD - RENDEZVOUS

LOVEGOD

RENDEZVOUS

12inchKYN022
KYNANT RECORDS
03.07.2026

Originally released in 2006, Rendezvous is a rare, dub techno track released by Nao AKA DJ Compufunk from Compufunk Records in Osaka. Working under the name Lovegod for the first and only time, he created a timeless epic for a live set at the legendary, short-lived underground club "United Underground ??? (Tsurunoma)".

Now revived 20 years later by Richard Akingbehin’s Kynant Records, Priori contributes a dreamy rework and Janeret slows it down into a crisp dub version to complete the EP.

Written & produced by Naoyuki Yamakawa
Additional production by Francis Latreille and Mickael Jeanneret
Mastering by Anne Taegert @ Dubplates & Mastering
Artwork by Grant Gibson
Distributed by N.E.W.S

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OST - Thunderbirds

OST

Thunderbirds

2x12inchSILLP1622
SILVA SCREEN
03.07.2026
  • A1: Thunderbirds Main Titles
  • A2: The Hood And London Airport - Trapped In The Sky
  • A3: Tracy Island And Thunderbirds Are Go!
  • A4: Fireflash Landing - Trapped In The Sky
  • A5: Tracy Lounge Piano - Trapped In The Sky
  • A6: Penny In Paris - The Perils Of Penelope
  • A7: International Rescue To The Rescue - The Perils Of Penelope
  • A8: Monorail Drama - The Perils Of Penelope
  • B1: Espionage On The French Riviera - The Man From Mi5
  • B2: Sidewinder - Pit Of Peril
  • B3: The Pit - Pit Of Peril
  • B4: Recovery - Pit Of Peril
  • B5: A Night In Spoke City - 30 Minutes After Noon
  • B6: Expedition - Desperate Intruder
  • B7: The Hood Vs International Rescue - Desperate Intruder
  • B8: Evil Plan - Edge Of Impact
  • B9: Tower Of Terror - Edge Of Impact
  • C1: Avalanche - End Of The Road
  • C2: Eddie On Tracy Island - End Of The Road
  • C3: The Rescue - End Of The Road
  • C4: Christmas With The Tracy Family - Give Or Take A Million
  • C5: San Miguel Bridge - Move And You're Dead
  • C6: Finding The Fireflash- Operation Crash Dive
  • C7: Kla Collision - Ricochet
  • C8: The Launch - Sun Probe
  • C9: Heading For The Sun - Sun Probe
  • D1: The Cass Carnaby Set - The Cham-Cham
  • D2: Dangerous Game - The Cham-Cham
  • D3: Jeremiah - The Impostors
  • D4: The Pyramid Of Khamandides - The Uninvited
  • D5: The Vault - Vault Of Death
  • D6: Light-Fingered Fred - Vault Of Death
  • D7: San Martino - Path Of Destruction
  • D8: World Exclusive Foiled - Terror In New York City
  • D9: Ned Cook In Trouble - Terror In New York City
  • D10: Thunderbird 4 - Terror In New York City
  • D11: Thunderbirds End Titles

Following releases of the UFO and Supercar soundtracks, Thunderbirds is the third in the series from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s iconic TV shows. It is newly compiled, mastered and designed by the creative team at Fanderson (The Official Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Appreciation Society), who have access to Barry Gray's original studio tapes.

The album features 37 tracks from 19 episodes (series 1 and 2), including the Thunderbirds main theme and closing titles. The tracks were not programmed to follow the episode order but to achieve an integrated listening experience. The best bits of the sixties’ soundscapes are here. The Thunderbirds soundtrack is an effective time capsule as Gray’s music veers into British spy genre, Latin pop, exotica, urban jazz and military marches. Beautifully composed and conducted, the score reflects the moods of the scenes, from dangerous to romantic and no-nonsense to silly.

Barry Gray was a classically trained composer and a versatile musician, and was amongst the first composers to use electronic instruments in music for television. Best known for creating the music for most of the Gerry & Sylvia Anderson television series in the 1960's and 70's (Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, UFO, Space:1999), Barry Gray’s complete musical opus is still not commercially available in its entirety.

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Kevin Richard Martin - Sub Zero - Refractions (The Bug / Ghost Dubs Remixes)
  • 1: When I'm Gone (Ghost Dubs Remix)
  • 2: Sorrow (Ghost Dubs Remix)
  • 3: Screwed (The Bug Remix)
  • 4: Too Human (The Bug Remix)

The Bug and Ghost Dubs relentlessly probe and atomize original material culled from Kevin Richard Martin's critically acclaimed 'Sub Zero' album. ("Monolithic and unforgiving, even by the Bug’s standards, representing his most suffocating take on ambient dub yet." Pitchfork)

Remixed to punish sound systems and freeze up the dance, both Fiedler and Martin trade fresh, contrasting blows, after their recent IMPLOSION face off album on PRESSURE last year. (Dub/Reggae album of the year, 2025, in 'The Wire')

The resulting 4 remixes are every bit as hypnotic and persuasive as you would hope for from productions fresh out the soundlabs of Michael Fiedler aka GHOST DUBS and Kevin Richard Martin under his dancefloor destroying Bug alias. Both producers intensify the desolate mood of the originals but introduce demolition inducing beats which provide the literally irresistible momentum. Echoes of the originals are respected and heard throughout, but the extra gear shifts pay off brilliantly.

Guaranteed to push serious air, and test the most powerful of sub woofers, these 4 remixes vary from heavy to superheavyweight. i.e. GHOST DUBS outputs a deliriously stoned headnod with his zonal refix of 'When I'm Gone', which miraculously sounds both subtley mysterious, but monolithically huge, whilst The Bug prowls ice cold, on the noirish, narcotic, instrumental hip hop of 'Too Human', which sounds like prime Mobb Deep mixed by Rhythm & Sound' at 16 bpm.

Essential remixes of an already very special album, the original atmosphere is not only captured expertly, it is categorically amplified. LARGE.

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PROA Ft. Sandy Nuni - Incondicional

Test Pressing Tracks is back with a new release from Barcelona original PAU. It’s a another club cut this time landing somewhere between early Chicago house at its most sensual, dark, and emotional and a modern day balearic track.

PROA is a new collaborative project by Pau Roca and Orion Agassi, two well-known figures in the Spanish electronic music scene, who have come together for first time to release ‘Incondicional’.

The original version features the vocals of Sandy Nuni and also comes in instrumental form. The B side gets a remix from Tepper & Apiento and goes pure heavy club dub. More soon…

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Wave Catchers - Electric Pressure

For their third release, Sarturan Records immerses you in the electrifying and captivating world of Wave Catchers (aka Baldov & Lazer Man).

The duo delivers a truly immersive sonic experience with their debut vinyl. Electric Pressure captures the essence of electronic music, where saturated bass meets retro sounds with tracks like Aerosmith and 80’ Spirit. Then comes a plunge into introspection, all tinged with haunting melodies and hypnotic rhythms, with Secret Emotion and The Russian Nightmare. A bold EP, at the crossroads of eras and emotions.

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PETER F. SPIESS - LUNAR SPECIMEN 1

2024 Repress

PLEASURE ZONE PRESENTS ANOTHER TREASURE FROM THE PAST: IT'S PETER F. SPIESS - LUNAR SPECIMEN PART1 - ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1998 ON ALPHA! BACK IN SOLID BLACK VINYL END OF SEPTEMBER. DON'T MISS!

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Function - Existenz 4x12"

Function

Existenz 4x12"

4x12inchTRESOR315
Tresor
03.07.2026

H- side is etched
The American cable-television industry exploded in the 1980s, pushing broadcasts of diverse programming and emissions of low-laying cultures into homes. Community stations piggybacked on the digital developments of the time, extending their existence through telephony and broadcast a iliates. For those growing up in this time, in locations such as New York City, the localized communications beamed into their homes exposed them to an impressionable array of disparate sounds and visions.
Move into the 1990s and New York was filled to the brim of emergent cultures drawing from this ebullition of communication. From Rammellzee’s shapeshifting to the late Judy Russell and Frank and Karen Mendez’s Nu Groove imprint fusing reggae, poetry and house, nascent ideas emanated from the city walls, from within stores such as Sonic Groove store and on VHS releases such as Stakker’s The Evil Acid Baron Show, a legendary technicolor psychedelic trip along the wildest frontiers of acid house. As scenes expanded and identities developed, such individuals weather the events of the visceral now, expressing themselves right into an unpredictable future.
Function’s long career has seen him uncover a vast range of sonic identities, a mainstay through house, techno and industrial with collaborations with the likes of Regis, Damon Wild alongside his highly influential Infrastructure imprint. With influences deeply tied to pop art, rave and gay scenes, and early memories of block-parties emitting Kraftwerk and Strafe, he found himself seeking out the undercover illegal nights of the 90s on a quest of sexual unearthing, mixing the ever-yearning escapology mission of disco with the influential DJ sets of Jeff Mills.
For his new album Existenz, he marks a clear step away from the corporeal techno of his recent releases. Pivoting around themes of religion, sexuality, trauma and healing, it is a work expansive and celebratory, a clear liberation from a deeply internalized past. Formed from a collection of recordings made in a period from late 2016 to mid 2019, Existenz takes the form of a creative outburst in reaction to a number of traumas - recent, childhood and throughout Function’s life. Life partner Stefanie Parnow assisted the production process in its entirety, providing inspiration, spiritual healing and featuring vocal contributions.
Cosmic synths soar and swoop in ‘Pleasure Discipline’ through towering stacks of rhythm that stutter and creak to a halt before rebooting, a firm robotic response to human intervention. ‘Zahlensender’ reflects a spatial tetris of urban life, as digitalization set within an XYZ matrix confronts the sprawling city. Constant arpeggiated meditations echo synaptic transmissions, e ecting a dissolution of boundaries. ’The Approach’ recalls the unification of the self, a state of delirium non-subjective and smooth, as all connections and functions give way to simple intensities of feeling, crossing the threshold into spirituality. ’Golden Dawn’, featuring Stefanie Parnow, marks a further elevation of dubbed-out euphoria, as once more positive rays emerge. His ode to the effortless short-trip urban navigation 'Kurzstrecke' finds Function in motion, upfront and bold, snapshots of conversation and flickers of light. 'Ertrinken' finds metallic bass jabs swamping snipped synthetic voices, with hidden stores of emotion set as a nod to the history of vocoders as a tool for encrypted military communication. House icon Robert Owens features on 'Growth Cycle' and 'Be', entrenching a celebratory atmosphere over Function's clubwise leanings. Closing track 'Downtown 161' reflects the unmistakeable filtered and squashed interjections of television, and sampled dance vocals - a sound for the curious, dreamers and dancers.
With Existenz, Function reveals an essential body of work, spread over 4LP - thought experiments on the role of identity and spirituality after a lifetime of upheaval and trauma. Leading up until the release date, Function will undertake an album promo tour with select dates - A/V shows at Berlin Atonal and Rural festival in Japan, and three dates as part of his Bassiani residency.

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