Dutch producer Nachtwald (aka Johnny Hoorneboeg) returns with his “BioStabil 2000” EP. This six-track release explores the strange legacy of the famed BioStabil 2000 necklace, sold on Dutch teleshopping 25 years ago with claims of magnetic healing powers. Channeling the raw energy of the ’90s/’00s West Coast Sound of Holland scene, the EP traces BioStabil’s journey from miracle cure to pop-cultural myth, blurring the lines between authentic remedy and snake-oil spectacle.
The Black Lodge presents Elena Sizova’s new full-length digital album entitled “Muza” – an assemblage of dancefloor tracks, heady ambience and otherworldly experiments rooted deep in tradition yet expressed in fundamentally new ways, crossing over and dissolving any defined boundaries. As soon as you find yourself in familiar territory, Elena will surely take you in a new and undiscovered direction. A scientist from Belarus, Elena contributed earlier to our “Pestilent Expressions” Benefit Comp Series, though she’s best known for her earlier collaborations with Heinrich Muller aka Gerald Donald (Drexciya/Dopplereffekt) in Der Zyklus and Daughter Produkt. Remixes and remodeling provided by the legendary Heinrich Muller and Douglas Lee (An-i).
“Well, well, well. Look who’s back and creeping around your abandoned basement – eating rats and headcheese with a smile on his face. Chicago veteran, Beau Wanzer, heading straight for the jugular on his own imprint. Essential splatter-techno for the tweakers and fumbling freakers.”
Moustache labelboss David Vunk is back on his own imprint with the “Backdoor EP” A 12inch 4 tracker, electro, EBM, acid, techno 4×4 bunker style. Tracks called: “Purple light”, K2″, “Tornado Acid” and “Stop the insanity” All written and produced in his analog basement somewhere in the harbour city.
Loop of Life is presenting the diverse palette of analog synthesizers and drum machines of Kuiper Belt. A wide range of tracks kicking off with a harsh and heavy 808 slow burner filled with 303 acid. ‘Prg Select’ and ‘Two Voice’ both drawing inspiration from the underground techno scene with pulsating beats and bleeps that truly resonates. An melancholic analog machine soul electro track with vocoder vocals closing off the EP in style.
Original Chicago house music hero Ron Hardy used to make and break tracks with ease. Decades on, we’re still getting treated to them with this ongoing series and the latest opens up with a familiar sound. ‘Love’ is fairly stripped of its original vocals and is a casuistic, textured and intense electronic disco cut for peak times. ‘The Night’ slows down with some freaky vocals and heavy dub disco drums then ‘1-5-1’ brings some jacked up acid house with monstrous 303 lines ripping up the groove and ice cold hi-hats keeping time. ‘The Bass’ is a raw drum track with moody Windy City vocals and dark energy.
Four monstrous tracks straight from the basement featuring one of the original house music creator Ron Hardy.
Slow Motion affiliate Radondo returns to the “A UFO” free edit series with his high-octane rework of Mac Jr.’s “Elephant Song.” The vibrant energy of the original track is enhanced by Radondo’s signature percussive instrumentation and metallic flair. By sacrificing the original vocals, he creates a version that focuses more on the instrumental elements, capturing the captivating, energetic essence of the 1984 ZYX gem.
Eduardo de la Calle and DJ Surgeles meet Fabio Giachino, David Strike, and Manu Melero Amaya in Telmaco Xavier Quintet, a project where jazz and electronics engage in a real-time exchange rather than a controlled experiment. “Time Pawn” is built on interaction – musicians and machines reacting to each other, shifting between structure and instinct. Eduardo and Surgeles don’t frame jazz within an electronic grid, nor do they treat electronic textures as a decorative layer. Instead, they allow both elements to retain their full character, pushing and pulling in ways that never settle into easy resolutions. Fabio Giachino’s piano moves freely, alternately threading through and cutting across the pulse. David Strike and Manu Melero Amaya bring movement that resists the obvious, allowing groove to exist without being locked in place. The result isn’t about merging styles but letting them exist in the same space–sometimes in harmony, sometimes in friction, always in motion.
A classy new Format release, 30 years after the previous one. Three genre defying club grooves continuing where #3 left of. It opens with ”The Session Continues”, a track that captures the playful spirit of the ’91 Solid Session. Followed by the off kilter ‘Tjirp’ with a hook that will be with you for a while… closing out the EP with the introverted Detroit style deepness of ‘Safe Haven’.
A new collaborative release by labels Transmigration and Sound Migration, featuring a reissue of Italian sonic polymath J.P Energy. ‘Prima Dell’ Alba / Forbidden Planet’ are two sophisticated and sinister percussive tracks from 1997 that sit at the boundaries of Techno & Trance, indicative of the fruitfulness of creativity in underground dance music from Italy during this time. The release is completed with with a modern revision of Forbidden Planet by J.P Energy himself.
The next chapter in Axis Expressionist Series, a collection of vinyl and limited digital releases, curated by Millsart, an alias of Jeff Mills, of his most eclectic and transcendent compositions that derive from his Every Dog Has Its Day project as well as new unreleased works.
Tresor resident DJs LNS and DJ Sotofett have for some years been developing a style at the club‘s Globus floor, and their new EP is a die cut of exactly the classic techno, electro, and house music they play. Here are no productions drenched in reverb, no hi-fi obsessions or generic algorithmic patterns – this is Globus Trax, the duo’s third release on Tresor Records, four tracks consisting of real TR-909 workouts, rude and driving basslines, live runs through the mixing desk, and a Blake Baxter cover version with LNS on vocals.
Ba.Dido & David Böning with ‘Second City Thoughts’ on Indulgence Records, a division of Non Stop Rhythm.
Hotmix Records presents Obscure Underground Dreams Vol. IX, a 9 track compilation featuring obscure underground house tracks from the end of the 80’s – beginning of the 90’s.
Rawax welcomes Mystic Bill to the artist Family with a release on Chiwax. „Chicago School Of Jazz Vol. 1“ is beautiful Hommage to the artists and music of the Windy City.
A Benumbed Waiting is a ruthless odyssey where reality bends and the rhythm of chaos takes hold. This Limited Edition Cassette album contains 15 tracks featuring an unholy marriage of Barcelona’s underground stew and international artists who somehow know exactly how to make pulsating noise feel like liberation. The compilation oozes grit and mad creativity, from deep acid basslines to harsh industrial textures, wonky bass explosions and driving electro rhythms.
E-bony joins the Industrias Mekanikas family to present ‘Digital Dawn’, an album that defines his identity as an artist. Twelve tracks in which electro and techno intertwine to create a unique and personal sound. A sonic manifesto composed of twelve tracks that explore the darkest textures and the most hypnotic rhythms of underground electronic. In this work, E-bony is not alone. The talent of Noamm is woven into four of the tracks, adding an additional layer of complexity and experimentation.
New release from the Another Perpective, the electronic music label based in Seville run by Rise Black. This one comes from Curtis Electronix founder with his latest project Leite Dos Santos.
The Hipodrome Of Music 