Transparent Sound – Potent Mystery LP [XRDLP008]

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.

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Transparent Sound – Potent Mystery LP [XRDLP008]

Detroit in Effect & Alden Tyrell present: The Greys II [CWCS030]

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…

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Detroit in Effect & Alden Tyrell present: The Greys II [CWCS030]

VA – AFM004 [AFM004]

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.

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VA – AFM004 [AFM004]

TLXCO – Did You Smoke? [SLVMNCR013]

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.

TLXCO – Did You Smoke? [SLVMNCR013]

Modem – Your Fun / Valérie [BST-X112]

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.

Modem – Your Fun / Valérie [BST-X112]

Dynamic Forces – Metal Space [DOLLYTS15]

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.

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Dynamic Forces – Metal Space [DOLLYTS15]

G-Man – Moonbase Alpha LP [NEXUS001]

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.

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G-Man – Moonbase Alpha LP [NEXUS001]

Patricia – Y Try LP [ATLP19]

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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Patricia – Y Try LP [ATLP19]

Sinitsin –  Temporal Paradox EP [ABSTRCTRTM013]

Sinitsin is back on Abstract Rhythm, this time with a full EP of six strong and versatile Electro tracks, called “A Temporal Paradox”. A Temporal Paradox is a hypothetical contradiction of cause-and-effect within a timeline. The tracks contain everything from deep and subby to higher frequency driving basslines, subtle to distorted acid sequences, warm pads and melodies to harsh percussion sounds, from smooth floating grooves to energetic, dancefloor ready gems, while overall having the ability to make you travel through time and space, bringing you closer to the Temporal Paradox.

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Sinitsin –  Temporal Paradox EP [ABSTRCTRTM013]