VA – Ravexistence [ROD16]

Rave Or Die’s sixteenth release signs a 100% frenchies masterpiece that will leave you breathless. As an absolute must-have for anyone who loves old-school music, this collectible double 10″ features tracks from techno pioneers The Hacker, David Carretta, Terence Fixmer, and Umwelt.

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VA – Ravexistence [ROD16]

Kalcagni – Mute Mode EP [CMB002]

Label owner Kalcagni returns with another 4 tracker of vibey electro and breaks for the second Cosmoba release. Kicking off with ‘Mute Mode’, which channels deep house and acid influences, laced over chunky breaks and a warm analog bass. ‘Up Here (In The Head)’ follows up with another 303 workout, layered with infectious bass hooks and effected synth trills. On the flip side, ’System Addict’ ups the BPM’s and flexes a more upfront electro groove, with beefy drums, gnarly melodic stabs and a twisted, resonant bassline. Whilst ‘Worn Out Version’ provides a more mellow and alternative vibe to close

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Kalcagni – Mute Mode EP [CMB002]

DJ Surgeles – Triglav [TECH-UM313003]

The exploration craft Isis001, a spaceship sent by humanity, has crashed into the unknown world of Triglav, with one of the most important discoveries in galactic history. Below, a handful of humans fight an armed group of outsiders and the entire hostile planet to protect the secret – the fate of the Triglavs, the legendary first species to show wisdom in the stars. Over time, the group of astronauts begins to understand what is going on on the planet,and begins to understand Triglav’s secret, but will they be able to return to our planet and share the secret about Triglav? Triglav’s heads were believed to represent Sky, Earth and the Underworld. It was believed that Triglav has three heads because he ruled these three kingdoms and had a golden binding over his eyes and lips so he could not see people’s sins nor speak about them.

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DJ Surgeles – Triglav [TECH-UM313003]

Terrace – Perks [DSR/EEVO010]

Robbers was at the flying centre of Dutch techno in the early 1990s. “Perks” is Robbers’ fifth EP for Delsin in a relatively short time. On the one hand, it contains his signature sound: melancholic melodies and complex drum patterns wrapped in outstanding production; on the other, Perks surprises on many fronts. For starters, the overall vibe is a lot more sombre, the chosen route much more experimental. Take ‘Model A’, a dreamy, 12 minute-long meandering epic that nods to the kraut-infused electronica of Tangerine Dream and Cluster but at the same time proudly carries the techno DNA.

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Terrace – Perks [DSR/EEVO010]

James Ruskin – From The Ashes [TOKEN116]

Offering a three track EP on Token, emblematic UK producer James Ruskin proves his capability and linear focus once again through ”From the Ashes”, bringing a dosed dissonance between the qualities of vintage techno and today’s capabilities and arrangement. Looking past trends to create a lasting record rich in texture and thick with impact, the project affirms what the scene has already known to be true about his work for the past 25 years.

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James Ruskin – From The Ashes [TOKEN116]

Robotic AF – Psychotic Rave Tapes [PM11]

Deep in the vaults of AM Records this album was rediscovered. When recorded back in the days, this album felt too doomy and depressing for the light hearted era in which everybody was on the unifying love drug ecstacy. But for this moment in time, with an increasing popularity of the anesthetic ketamine and introspective psychedelics, the album feels more appropriate. Has togetherness or collectiveness lost out to individualistic painkilling, or are we healing?

Robotic AF – Psychotic Rave Tapes [PM11]

Mark Seven – Vibes [PKWY14]

Mark Seven gets closer to defining the sound of Parkway with the latest release ‘Vibes’. The influences are clear and present, but the sound is modern, with crisp drums, synth lines and judicious use of the handclap. Vibes come in three flavors: Sunsplash has the feel of summer heat, heavy synth bass and bouncing leads from New York to Negril. Original Vibe adds sharp synths over an electro bassline á la Freeez and Body rounds off with a smoother soul vibe.

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Mark Seven – Vibes [PKWY14]

Simoncino – Cosmic Warrior Remixes [HM029]

Given that Nick Anthony Simoncino’s take on house has always been nostalgic and retro-futurist in nature, frequently paying tribute to the ’80s and ’90s work of key American producers, it seems fitting that his latest 12″ boasts rubs of catalogue tracks from two deep house icons, Larry Heard and Ron Trent.

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Simoncino – Cosmic Warrior Remixes [HM029]

Hidden Spheres – Tanzen [RS056]

Hidden Spheres returns to Rhythm Section International with ‘Tanzen’. The Manchester producer brings a pleasingly nostalgic, warehouse-ready house affair. The EP is rounded up by Paula Tape who opts for hands-raised acid house nostalgia on her fine revision of ‘Tanzen’.

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Hidden Spheres – Tanzen [RS056]

Nakibembe Embaire Group – Nakibembe Embaire Group [NNT045]

In Nakibembe, a small village in Uganda’s Busoga kingdom (one of the country’s four remaining constitutional monarchies), locals have long reserved a communal area for musical performances and social events. In the middle of this space lies a deep pit that serves a single purpose: to amplify the embaire, an immense xylophone made up of between 15 and 25 wooden keys that stretches across the trench. Log xylophones are common throughout East Africa, but the way the music is played by the Basoga – an Eastern Bantu ethnic group – is specific and unique, with its own tuning, dances and supplemental instrumentation. Up to eight players can surround the embaire and play simultaneously, overlaying hypnotic polyrhythms while additional members of the ensemble add vocals or play shakers and drums. Nakibembe Xylophone Group are one of the last remaining groups that perform with the embaire, and as anyone who’s caught their live performances will know, they create a complex and layered wall of sound that’s completely transfixing wherever it’s presented. The band are a regular fixture at Nyege Nyege festival, and in 2020 appeared in Berlin at the legendary Berghain nightclub alongside Jakarta-based vanguards Gabber Modus Operandi and Harsya Wahono. On the group’s debut album, they present five tracks as an ensemble and three tracks in collaboration with Indonesian trio. Heard together the music demonstrates not only the remarkable sound of Nakibembe’s own kinetic interaction, but sonic ripples that correlate with more distant forms, from Indonesia’s metallophone-led gamelan music to the heady digital processes of the sound art sphere.

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Nakibembe Embaire Group – Nakibembe Embaire Group [NNT045]

Nu Genea – Bar Mediterraneo [NG005LP]

Four years after Nuova Napoli, Nu Genea are back with Bar Mediterraneo, a new album and journey, which projects the sounds of the Neapolitan duo formed by Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina even further. Nu Genea’s Bar Mediterraneo is an idea of a shared place where people meet and fuse together; a space that leaves its doors open to travellers and their lives, always exposed to the whims of fate. Some of this can be experienced through the multitude of sounds that come together in the tracks, layers of different acoustic instruments, voices and synthesizers merging in a unique musical blend. Opening up to the voices of many different people, separated by languages but united by the sea and the music, Nu Genea’s hometown, Napoli, becomes a true place of encounter.

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Nu Genea – Bar Mediterraneo [NG005LP]