VA – My Heart is Dust Before Him: 21st Century Gasba from Algeria [HMRLP044]
Hive Mind worked with the iconic Oran based label and production house Édition Ahlem to bring this compilation of modern Gasba music. Across western Algeria, the gasba, a reed flute central to Bedouin folk traditions and ceremonial music, continues to appear in new forms. Once associated primarily with saint festivals and trance rituals, its distinctive hypnotic sound now sits alongside the drum machines, synths and electronic textures of contemporary raï. The recordings collected here come from Oran, the port city of Western Algeria widely regarded as the birthplace of raï. Before raï became an international pop phenomenon, its foundations were rooted in older Bedouin musical traditions from the surrounding countryside: gasba flute melodies, guellal drum rhythms, improvised folk poetry and songs performed at weddings, zerdas and informal gatherings. Many of the musical and emotional qualities later associated with raï, repetition, directness, ecstatic intensity and the use of everyday language, emerged from these rural forms.
Baba Zula – XXX [GBLP188]
Three decades into their extraordinary journey, the legendary Istanbul-based collective BaBa ZuLa return with XXX – a hypnotic, uncompromising and undeniably vital statement of artistic freedom. Weaving together shapeshifting rhythms, hypnotic saz-driven atmospherics, and deep sonic rituals, the new album celebrates a band that has spent the past thirty years continuously redefining the possibilities of Turkish psychedelic music.
The Observers – Zorro [ROOTS68]
Tommy McCook leads the swingeing horns, galloping east of the River Nile. Sounds like Dennis Emmanuel Brown, wailing six feet under. A jaw-dropping, no-prisoners Tubbys dub.
Afrobot – Rough Disco Edits [Afrobotic Musicology]
The Fifth Batch in this series: Rough Disco Edits. After years of lighting up dance floors around Europe and beyond, Afrobot it’s finally opening the vault. Dozens of unreleased edits – tested in sweaty rooms, peak-time moments, and long nights between 2009 and 2020 – are coming out at last. This new compilation series will travel through Africa, Disco, New Wave, Pop, Bollywood and electronic mutations. Raw cuts. Heavy grooves. Dance-floor weapons.
Kid Machine – Originator LP
Kid Machine flies deep into the unreleased vortex and discovers ten heavily spaced-out Italo, Electro, EBM, New Beat edged chuggers.
Nasdrowie – A New World To Cry [SHI012]
S H I S H I presents ‘A New World To Cry’ EP by French artist Nasdrowie. The EP features four tracks focusing on Industrial Techno, EBM and Dark Wave.
VA – Electronic Civilisation [UTR008]
Strong Techno & Electro compilation feat. DJ SCSI, Bohm, Wildplanet and D-UFO. Electronic Civilisation part. 1 is represented from the cities of Detroit, Utrecht, Stockholm and Barcelona.
Krypton 81 – Syntax Overclock LP [STILLEBEN127]
Stilleben Records presents ‘Syntax Overclock’ a new album by Krypton 81.
C.C.O. – Gravitational Matter EP [CT022]
Cosmic Tribe presents the third edition of the Artist Series featuring C.C.O. (Contra Communem Opinionem), the project of Swiss artist Florian Büchel. The original material selected here explores a more direct and linear side of his music, combining atmospheric structures, subtle acid elements and elegant melodic progression. The remixes come from Raakel Bloody Raakel and Romphea.
VA – From Minimal Wave With Love 2 [MW085]
Minimal Wave announces the second volume in their cassette compilation series, From Minimal Wave With Love. 45 minutes of rare material spanning minimal synth, cold wave, synth-pop, and experimental electronics. Featuring Jyl, Martin Dupont, Oppenheimer Analysis, Crash Course In Science, Ruins, Moderne, Vicious Pink, Twilight Ritual, Tomo Akikawabaya, In Aeternam Vale, and In Trance 95.
Mystery Friend – 80’s Mystery House Edits
Mystery Friend with a new collection of edits of classic 80’s house tracks.
Hieroglyphic Being – Battlefield Of The Mind Vol. 1 [+++-091]
Hieroglyphic Being presents Battlefield Of The Mind Vol. 1 on Mathematics Plus.
Type-303 – Enigmatic Dreams [BLOW24]
Type-303 makes his first appearance on Cold Blow with ‘Enigmatic Dreams’, a six-track 12″ that balances acid with the softer, more melodic end of early-’90s Italian house. ‘Enigmatic Dreams’ doesn’t sit still for long, offering acid one minute, Balearic drift the next, then straight into something that could’ve come off an early-90s house white label. The big story here is ‘Atlantic Dreams,’ a collaboration with Dr. Rhythm aka Mark Woollard, whose old material got a second life through a previous reissue. Turns out Woollard kept composing for music libraries long after those original records, and buried in that archive was something with the exact same warmth. Type-303 picked it up and ran with it, turning a decades-old idea into something new. The rest of the record features ‘Paradise’ and ‘Morning (Ambient Mix)’, which both drift toward that dreamy, sun-bleached Italian sound that’s perfect this time of year.
Artefakt – Flow Tide EP [165DSR]
With Flow Tide, Artefakt returns to their trusted Delsin homebase and continues where they left off with their last Brain Dripper EP from 2022; a flawless fusion of melancholic electronica and impeccable techno grooves. The A-Side emphasizes organic and mysterious atmospheres, strengthened by the rippling rhythms of the sea. The B-Side picks up the pace and presents two excellent, reverberating techno trips. It’s a well-rounded package from Artefakt, as we know it, comprising many moods and sounds, molding them into its own unique universe. Flow Tide also also marks a significant change in their long-standing recording career. Having produced and performed as a duo since 2012, this is the first EP produced solely by Nick Lapien, marking a new chapter for the project as he continues Artefakt’s live performances as a solo artist.
DJ Agitated – Archive of Disappearing Now [DOLLYTS17]
DJ Agitated, the secret techno moniker of a longstanding Belgian electronic music producer, returns to Steffi’s popular dolly TS series with his 3rd release: Archive of Disappearing Now. Stepping out of his usual sonic territory to challenge the underground, this latest release delivers a powerful blend of melodic, high-quality, and deeply meaningful techno. Crafted for both the body and the soul, it is a timeless sonic journey that demands your attention.
Ignacio – Virton [MM077]
Originally released on Music Man Records in 2001 and repressed in 2007, Virton stands as one of the defining recordings from Steve Rachmad’s Ignacio project. The release also features a remix by Chris Liebing, bringing a tougher and more driving interpretation while preserving the hypnotic essence of the original composition.
Modern Artifacts – Thinking the Same Thoughts [CALL001]
‘Thinking the Same Thoughts’ is the debut single from Modern Artifacts, the new project of Budapest-based artist and musician Imre Kiss. The track features British producer, songwriter, and vocalist Rich File, formerly of UNKLE, and offers the first introduction to the forthcoming Modern Artifacts album. Blending trip hop, shoegaze, and electronica, the track pairs hazy synths and hypnotic rhythms with Rich File’s distinctive vocals. The release is completed by a characteristically off-kilter remix from legendary Dutch producer Legowelt, who takes the track into a rawer, more dubby space, with swirling echoes, sporadic vocal fragments, and an overdriven 808 groove. Think shoegaze meeting Memphis rap and old-school Aphex Twin.
Fly Insect – Pet Shopping / Up For Air [RYDM220]
Non Stop Rhythm reissues this Fly Insect EP, previously released in 2020 on now defunct L&T Recordings, founded also by Tom Carruthers.
Ticco Ross – The Depths of Radneau [RYDM219]
Ticco Ross with a re-release of ‘The Depths of Radneau’ EP on Non Stop Rhythm. Tracks 1,2 & 4 were previously released in 2020 on now defunct L&T Recordings, founded also by Tom Carruthers.
