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Infiniti – Infiniti Collection LP [TRESOR048X]
Continuing its mission to bring classic records to a modern audience, Tresor Records celebrates the 30th anniversary of The Infiniti Collection with a remastered & expanded edition of this classic compilation from Infiniti, an alias of Detroit originator Juan Atkins, available on vinyl for the very first time. First gathered together in the mid-’90s, The Infiniti Collection draws together tracks Atkins cut under the Infiniti name across a number of labels into a single, cohesive listen. Where his Model 500 work pushed toward the electro-funk that built Detroit techno’s foundation, Infiniti was always the deeper, more playful persona concentrated on what was then a nascent yet burgeoning techno sound. The collection stands as a document of Atkins at his most exploratory: futurist, hypnotic, and unmistakably human despite its machine architecture. This collection brings together some of Atkins’ most essential work with tracks like “Sunlight”, “Flash Flood”, fan favourite “Game One” (written with Orlando Voorn), and the deep dub of the Moritz von Oswald remix of “Think Quick”.
Obergman – Periodic Motion EP [CYPHN23]
Obergman operates somewhere in the space between deep electronics, Detroit-influenced machine music and late-night dancefloor hypnosis. Since the mid 90’s, his unique explorations in sound and groove has seen him release on such esteemed labels as Skam, Börft, Abstract Forms and most recently Craigie Knowes and Orson Records. For his debut release on Cyphon Recordings, Obergman delivers four cuts of atmospheric, machine-driven music under the suitably cosmic title Periodic Motion.
VA – Fresh, Rare & Classic Dalmatas [DDC09]
Fresh, Rare & Classic Dalmatas, as the title suggests, this compilation brings together 26 tracks selected from demos received over the past period, featuring promising emerging artists and fresh faces in the Dalmata Daniel story alongside familiar producers from the label’s roster. The selection spans both Hungarian and international artists, covering a broad range of sounds from electro, acid and IDM to breaks, house, techno, EBM, industrial, dark disco and beyond. Includes tracks from artists like Analogous Doom, Cybernetic Research Unit, Hadron Lundgren, Harold Helman, Hayter, Imre Kiss, J. Mono, LVRIN, Mule Driver, Pleasure Model, Rapha, Roberto Auser, Shokh, SILF or VLR.
Transparent Sound – The Lost Tapes EP [NSA015]
Transparent Sound (Orson Bramley) is a true cult architect of the UK electro scene. Since 1992, he’s been bridging the gap between Detroit techno, acid, and rave futurism. He now lands on No Static / Automatic for a very special release, The Lost Tapes — a new EP of lost recordings from the early 2000s London era. Dug out of DAT tapes and CDRs, recorded in Orson’s home studio with borrowed and loaned gear and car boot sale finds. Raw, unpolished, and proper electro history. The EP features 3 original tracks and a remix from NS/A label boss ARA-U .
Filmmaker – Slammer Weapons EP [BRT014]
Bruto Industries presents Slammer Weapons EP by Colombian producer Filmmaker, the label’s third 12-inch release. Five original tracks built on EBM, industrial, and electro, infused with elements of dungeon synth and centered around a raw, dark, and distinctive sonic identity. The tracks explore a range of tempos and have been conceived as club tools: sonic weapons designed to work at varying levels of intensity. Dob41 closes out the EP with a remix of “Swordmaster,” reimagining the original track with a more extreme and direct approach.
Chino – The Chase [BT87]
Chino, AKA Artur Oles, makes his debut on brokntoys with The Chase, a new EP drawing on new beat, electro and acid influences. Across three tracks, the Polish producer builds a slow, tense atmosphere where nothing is hurried and the pressure only tightens. Closing the record, Not Waving cuts loose with a driving acid trance rework, pure propulsive 90s rave.
Mystery Friend – House Trax LP
Mystery Friend is a DJ from Argentina who lives in the west of Buenos Aires. His search and musical selection delves into the origins of House, Techno and Synthpop music, reviving the nostalgia of the club sound of the 80’s and early 90’s, but maintaining that youthful freshness of the new generation. Mystery Friend with a new collection of classic house tracks.
Computer Crypt – Grid Glory [PER004]
Pure Essence Raw Records present “Grid Glory”, a four-track EP from French producer Computer Crypt. Raw underground sounds built around dirty synth lines, punchy drum machines and deep, hypnotic grooves. Gritty textures meet driving rhythms, bringing together a distinctive electronic sound with a strong underground identity. Four tracks full of energy, rough edges and machine-driven rhythms, made for those who appreciate the deeper side of underground house.
Tom Carruthers – Release It [RET019]
UK enigma Tom Carruthers joins Rotterdam Electronix with a fresh sounding vintage House and Techno release. Detroit to Chicago flavored tracks ready to dance your socks off.
DocuNights – Summer of Rave
DocuNights is a series of documentary screenings organized in Sibiu by The Hipodrome of Music, celebrating the vast history of electronic music. We bring you captivating films that explore the genre’s origins more than 50 years ago, evolution, and cultural influence, featuring legendary artists, groundbreaking innovations, and pivotal moments that have shaped the electronic sound.
An essential event for music enthusiasts and curious minds alike to discover the powerful story of electronic music.
Screening: The Summer of Rave, 1989 (2006)
Synaptic Voyager – Spiritual Reflection EP [7SR039]
Sheffield-based electronic duo Synaptic Voyager arrive on Seventh Sign Recordings in a fresh phase of the label’s ongoing legacy with an EP that blends classic Detroit-rooted machine soul with a crisp, modern production touch. With a catalogue already spanning respected imprints including Cyphon and Frame of Mind, their sound here leans into rich atmospherics, deep synths and tightly crafted rhythms. The release is complemented by a remix from label owner Graham Wilson, who reshapes the original into a groovy late night cut while keeping its melody intact. A strong addition to the Synaptic Voyager story and the Seventh Sign catalogue, this EP offers a truly timeless electronic sound.
Stereotype – Caramelo [RYDM225]
Stereotype aka Gabo Rio with a new acid house / bleep techno release on Tom Carruthers’ Non Stop Rhythm.
VA – Djax-Up-Beats 1990-2005: Volume 2 – The NL Connection LP [DSR-DJAX-LP2]
Delsin announces the second volume of their extensive compilation series combing through the catalogue of landmark Dutch techno label Djax-Up-Beats. The series, curated by Rush Hour co-founder Christiaan Macdonald, continues with a look at the label’s legacy in the development of Dutch techno through the early 90s. This second volume in the Djax-Up-Beats 1990-2005 series comprises 25 tracks, presented again as a main triple-vinyl album plus three additional 12″ EPs. The compilation also features again all-new illustration from Alan Oldham, design by Lost Communication and liner notes from music journalist Oli Warwick. Crucially, every track featured on the series has been carefully mastered by Johanz Westerman, bringing the best out of tracks that often had very little post-production treatment before they were originally pressed to wax. Volume 2 – The NL Connection takes a deep dive in the development of Dutch techno. Saskia Slegers didn’t run her label with a specific focus on any one place, but she naturally connected with artists close to home. Emergent producers from across the Netherlands found a vital outlet in Djax-Up whether they were short-lived dabblers or dance music devotees on their way to lifelong careers. Volume 2 – The NL Connection looks at the first outings in Dutch techno by originators such as Stefan Robbers as Terrace, Dylan Hermelijn as Planet Gong and Edge Of Motion (with Gert-Jan Schonewille) and Sander Friedeman as Random XS. Whether it was sensitive, melodious machine dreaming, gnarly acid tweaking, jackhammer techno or oddball outliers, you could count on Slegers’ label to point you to the best underground club music coming out of the Netherlands. With four more, equally extensive, volumes to come in this series, Djax-Up-Beats 1990-2005 is a thorough exploration of a true totem of techno culture — a renegade label that operated on its own terms and carried surprises and slammers in equal measure.
Jeff Mills – Gamma Rays (c.1995) [AX131]
These rare unreleased tracks were a part of collection of recordings made specifically for the Jeff Mills Live At Liquid Room DJ Mix film/audio recording in 1995. Finalized and mastered only to reel to reel tapes, these recordings sat undisturbed and never heard since those infamous two nights in Tokyo. Created along with the most notable track ”i9”, in this time period, Mills was also composing music for releases such as Waveform Transmission 5 (that was never released) and the initial tracks for the first release of the label Purpose Maker.
Robert Hood – Red Passion I [MPM055]
Robert Hood released ”Red Passion I” in 1999 on his Duet label featuring three tracks of Minimal Techno at its most hypnotic and effective, stripped back to the essentials. It layers taut rhythms, subtle modulation and deep Detroit groove. Hood’s mastery lies in making tiny shifts feel monumental, creating sustained tension and movement without excess. A timeless example of minimalism achieving maximum impact, which is now remastered for 2026 by Thomas P. Heckmann.
Larry Manteca – Erotica 70 (Soundtrack) [FLIES86]
Plush shag carpeting, jazz flutes, analogue synths, funk grooves, exotica, and sultry, Italian-style vocalising: Erotica 70 is the new album from Larry Manteca, known for their inventive, tongue-in-cheek reimaginings of classic Italian soundtrack aesthetics. This time around, the Milanese collective sets its sights on the distinct sonic landscape of 1970s commedia sexy—a film genre that, for better or worse, defined an era and fed richly into the cinematic education of Larry Manteca’s members.
Black Bones & Miles J Paralysis – Black Cross [CO004]
Belfast meets Bradford for a showcase of haunted tribal trances, whirring drum-machine ragas and subsonic ambience. A monolithic face-off on wax. A speaker-troubling duel to the sonic death. Black Bones and Miles J Paralysis delve into the foundations of Crying Outcast’s fourth transmission: the split EP Black Cross. A release that’s sure to worm its way deep into your musical psyche.
Nicolas Balmer – Leben LP [STRD-XXVIII]
Nicolas releases his album “Leben” on Zürich based Subject To Restrictions Discs. While moving between New Wave, Kraut and Electronics, his intuition for ambient oozes from each composition, fast-paced or slow. As Nicolas Balmer lays bare his most intimate sources of inspiration with Leben. He holds nothing back. The album is shaped by a sense of optimistic melancholy: restless and contradictory, yet full of hope. The music is not about arriving, but about the journey: loss and finding oneself; despair, love, guilt and forgiveness. This is an album that does not seek to explain life, but rather embraces it in all its contradictions.
Hackney Electronica – Feedback Memory [DE-358]
Hackney Electronica come to Dark Entries with the Feedback Memory EP, featuring 5 cuts of acidic rave-inflected wave. Quinn Whalley (Paranoid London), Unai Trotti (Cartulis Music), and Margo Broom (Hermitage Working Studios) formed Hackney Electronica during COVID era. Trotti and Whalley were spending countless hours digging through records and making music during lockdown. As their sound took shape – heavy and hypnotic – they invited Broom to join, cementing the motley trio. Following their debut EP, Synaptic Shadows, the five pieces on Feedback Memory muse on the loss of self in the digital era and the fine line between pleasure and paranoia. Each track pulses like a memory from the backstreets of Hackney, where the night transforms the city into an electrified maze of fleeting highs and inevitable crashes. Their hard-hitting dancefloor indulgences shine on “Trapped in the Circuit” and “Six Foot Seven,” which features Mutado Pintado on vocals, while tweaked-out wave sounds blossom on “Feedback Memory” and “Lost Trip – Destino.” Things close out with “Compressed Air,” a lush, breakbeat-laced affair that veers into trip-hop territory. Housed in a sleeve designed by Germán Bardo, Feedback Memory continues Hackney Electronica’s tumultuous journey through the flickering alleys of the mind, where tension and transcendence intertwine.
