The 10th release on Dungeon Module is ‘Bunco Trax’ by Timothy “J” Fairplay a double length collection of raw House and beat tracks produced in anger at the Dungeon Module studio. 16 tracks of Chicago influenced proto jak box jams, disjointed rhythms and metal on metal. Made with TR808, TR707, TR727, Casio RZ-1, Casio CT-510, Korg SR-120, Juno 106, JX-3P, Poly Six, SH-09, SH-5, Syncussion, Pro One, A/DA Flanger, RE-201, EP-100, CE-2, DD-3, Soundcraft 200B, Boss KM-60, Teac 2A.
In 1991, Rome, Francesco Chicco Furlotti founded Male Productions, an independent record label – small, determined, and far removed from the commercial logic that dominated at the time. Male was not a label like any other: it was a workshop, a gathering point, a creative hub where DJs, producers, friends, and wanderers converged. Within that environment, an artistic core took shape – Stefano Di Carlo, Leo Young, and Mauro Tannino, along with other collaborators orbiting around Furlotti. From their synergy emerged a project whose very name declared its mission: The True Underground Sound of Rome. The collective did not simply aim to release music; it sought to tell a story of Rome through sounds that defied categorization: house, techno, ambient, electronic mysticism, psychedelic visions… a unique blend, instantly recognizable, emotional, and experimental. Space Echoes presents – at last in a complete and faithful form – the first two mixes created for Male Productions, now released on a double vinyl that brings back into the present the exact moment when it all began: the nomadic nights of the raves, Furlotti’s vision, the creativity of Di Carlo, Young and Tannino, and the sonic identity of a Rome in the midst of transformation.
Rarely-seen Delsin alumn Sentomea resurfaces on the M>O>S label with the Wonderment EP, brandishing a blissful quintet of tracks in his trademark style. Inspired by organic textures in sound and image, this release merges distinctive sound-design with raw improvisation and hardware-based live performance. A carefully selected set of tracks takes you along clunky Chicago house sounds, far away echoes from the NWAQ universe and lo-fi Detroit oriented journeys.
Anatolian Weapons offers for name-your-price download on his bandcamp page 4 Asian-inspired edits.
The fifth transmission in the Xtrictly Elektro series connects the past and future of the genre in one powerful statement. Side A channels the sharp, forward-driven pulse of the new school — EC13, ElektroTechnik, and Parand deliver cutting-edge vibes built for the modern floor. Side B pays tribute to the roots with Calagad 13, DJ Overdose, and Motorobot — a legendary alliance between Bass Junkie and Dynamik Bass System, returning for only their second-ever collaboration. A bridge between eras: classic heritage meets futuristic sound design — timeless, synthetic, and deeply interconnected.
The eight long play on the Exarde label comes from none other than UK electro royalty – Transparent Sound. If you have been following the music world for a while, then you would know this name as it’s been on the radars since the 1994. From the beginning it was a synergy between two artists Orson Bramley and Martin Brown, now the project solely run by Orson and he is presenting us Potent Mystery, an electro album in the best possible execution of this genre filled with melody and mystery. For the remix duties stepped up Acidulant the Maltese based hardware guru and the master of live sets from Bristol – Ben Pest. Each of these men and stellar artists have spent numerous years perfecting the craft of the electronic music which have resulted of this album being born as we can hear it now.
Detroit meets the West Coast. DJ Maaco (Detroit in Effect) and Alden Tyrell moving people the old way, part 2. Resistance is futile against the Grays…
Bogota-Berlin collective Activity FM presents their fourth release bring together a cross-continental network of artists who share their passion for high-intensity, rave-driven sounds. AFM004 sees California’s Annika Wolfe, London’s Alex Jann, Shanghai talent Ma Haiping and Buenos Aries’ Zoras features new works on this EP, covering a heady mix of techno and electro sounds.
Ekman’s ‘Into the Den’ stays locked into his sound: raw, dark, direct. Electro-driven tracks with heavy 303 pressure, built for the floor.
Italian producer TLXCO returns with “Did You Smoke?”, a raw, industrial journey through acid and electro. Four live-recorded tracks pulse with the mechanical energy, distorted textures, and unfiltered intensity that we love from TLXCO, as he turns the machines up and unleashes the chaos.
Among the Italian discos of ’70s and ’80s, that represented a cultural phenomenon that has remained in the collective imagination, stands out the Picchio Rosso discotheque from Formigine (Modena). Besides serving as a meeting place and entertainment venue for thousands of young people, it also served as a bridge between its DJs and many talented young musicians from the region. Picchio Rosso was the laboratory for Italo-Disco productions recorded at the Amin-Peck studios in Bologna. Amin-Peck are also the musical architects of Peecker Melody label. “Your Fun” and the instrumental “Valérie” by Modem are two simple, slightly hypnotic, well-constructed, and catchy songs, released in 1984 at Peecker Melody. Now, 40 years later, Best Record has reissued them for the young generation.
Bruno Di Berardino + Bruno Ruggieri = Dynamic Forces and are back on the Dolly TS series with their new EP ‘Metal Space’ Metal it is and in space we fly with these 4 sinister, visceral, floor-shaking smashers. Yet another great selection of stark rhythms and brooding atmospheres, designed for the nocturnal gravity of the warehouse straight from the Italian techno soil.
Circuitry Electronic launches with a release that stands as a statement of intent – an artist with few true peers within English electronic music, with an album that jumps out of the speakers and slaps you around the chops. G-Man is Gez Varley – one half of Sheffield pioneers LFO, and thirty years into his solo career, with his first vinyl album release since Avanti on Force Inc way back in 2002.
Patricia clocks back in at Acid Test with ‘Y Try’, a six-track Mini-LP, neatly packed, no detours. The brief was never complicated. Big room Patty business, plain and simple. The A-side aims straight for the main room, the flip takes things deeper.
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