Fraktion Schwarz-Weiss is a synthimental Wave Duo from Berlin, founded in 2019. This is their debut released on the Kernkrach sublabel Hertz-Schrittmacher.
Fraktion Schwarz-Weiss – Einfach nichts [HERTZ064]
Karl Kave – Zeit der Unschuld [DR117]
Detriti Records presents a next cassette release from Swiss artist Karl Kave.
Corp – Paranoid Visions [HVN060]
Madrid based producer Corp debut on Hivern Discs after releases on Libertine and his own imprint, Unusual Systems. “Paranoid Visions” is a collection of four hardware-based jams that navigate through electro, techno and trance.
Dos Ritmos – Materia EP [WRECKS038]
Luca Lozano and Phran’s ‘Dos Ritmos’ project released its first record back in 2018, the Antropophony EP was a result of the duo’s shared appreciation for heavy percussion and worldly drums, sampled and mashed together to create a pan-national representation of polyrhythms and atmospherics. The second release from the duo sees Phran direct the project and expand the collaborative nature of the working process, contributors Ribes, Ivy Barkakati, Jonathan Sirit, and Hidden Memory all bring their own influences and flavors to the table. The ‘Materia’ EP steers the ship in a simliar direction to the first EP but the resulting tracks are more stripped down, driving and focus directly on whats makes a groove a groove.
Gesloten Cirkel – 185 [SOM54]
Powerful Ep from Gesloten Cirkel. Comes with banging The Exaltics remix. Cult techno maverick Gesloten Circle sure knows how to rewire brains with his fizzing, caustic concoctions. This new one on Solar One Music is another case in point. Right from the off on ‘Halfman’ he is laying down jacked up drums, coruscated baselines and flashes of metallic synth that bristle with energy. ‘185’ is a twitchy, acid laced electro workout with robot vocals bring the cyborg funk and The Exaltics remix then hits harder and deeper on stiffer bass. There is still time for two more jams on the flip – the dystopian acid-electro of ‘Quiker’ and stark industrial electro of ‘Sequence Slip.’
Robyrt Hecht – Type EF EP [CLEAR007]
Another day at Clear Memory’s ElectroFunk office: Robyrt Hecht is typesetting manuals for dancefloor-ready redesigns of historic Detroitian artifacts.
Smackos – Fables From a Silent Wave [NW032] [FREE DOWNLOAD]
New Danny Wolfers AKA Legowelt album under the Smackos alias on his Nightwind Records. Most of this album was recorded around 2017 at the North Sea Institute for the Overmind. As usual heavy tripped out raw melodic Smackos synth compositions for all your deep listening hobbies. Instruments used: Novation Supernova, Akai S900, Waldorf Blofeld, Waldorf Pulse 2, Roland JP08 & JV2080 and probably lots more.
Beard In Dust – Señor Paraíso [CR001]
Initially slated for release in 2019, in the innocent days before the pandemic, the debut release from new label Crudo Ricordi is finally ready for the streets. Three formidable edits from Beard In Dust (AKA Lipelis), all aimed at peaktime dancefloor action. The title track “Señor Paraíso” might sound familiar to some hardcore Italo fans, but this pumped up and extended version hits much harder in the club. The two b-side tracks “Kirkorovmoroder” and “Coconut Paradise” could be recognised by only the most seasoned of USSR synth-pop connoisseurs, both tracks featuring totally addictive and ecstatic melodies.
VA – Occupants v1 [SCOCV1]
Science Cult’s Occupants series is now on Vinyl for the first time and with version 1, assembling a global array of artists, presented as a double 12” Orange Color Vinyl LP. Astute observers may notice that there is more to the artwork than meets the eye. We find ourselves in a distant future where the remaining population of Earth is ruled by a mysterious A.I. that calls itself EVA. EVA has sent human-piloted research vessels to the farthest reaches of the galaxy to scout for potentially habitable planets and report any findings. These are the Occupants and they’re slowly awakening as EVA’s grip on their minds erodes.
Drvg Cvltvre – Dark Omen [NNY006]
Vincent Koreman a.k.a. Drvg Cvltvre has been cultivating its perfect mix of Techno, Electro and Acid for a few decades, varying speed as his gusto, but without removing an iota of intensity or darkness. In this new release through NNY Records, he again stands out from the rest of the producers thanks to four great tracks that move between slow, dense and epic Techno with acid touches and hazy environments (A Lion Sinester, Dead and Gone); the dirtiest and leatheriest Electro (Serbian Ballerinas) and the most abrasive and serious Acid you can find on the dance floor (You Smell Like Cheetos And Sadness).
Vitamine – CTW163
Rotciv – Nocturne Series 019
Traxx – Studio Insert 5: Compass – An Obsolete Musical Voyage
“we celebrate Black History Month as an annual observance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora presenting the 5th studio insert series entitled: Compass- An Obsolete Musical Voyage.”
VA – Tracks From The Alley Vol. II EP [ALV008]
Jamal Moss, Takeshi Kouzuki, FLML and Mituo Shiomi take part in “Tracks From The Alley Vol. II”, a Various Artists four-tracker E.P. which follows the imprint of the previous release of the Bologna based underground music label Alley Version. Here the jackin’ and acid house/techno sonic palette is diverted in a raw, immersive and screwy signature. Rough vibes for freaky minds.
Nikolay Sunak – Home Video [ANS001]
Nikolay Sunak launches his own imprint to release lost or previously unreleased music. Russian blizzard, Orthodoxy and existential torment.
Djedjotronic – Galactic Funk Podcast 074
Low Tape – Escape From Road Valley [EUDEMONIA011]
Low Tape returns to eudemonia with his second EP for the label. This time the talented Russian produces shows again his craft to produce energetic club-ready emotive electronic music. The EP consists of four tracks which can shine at any moment.
E.L.I – Smile Through the Sorrow [SOTA056]
Mike Smith aka Crossover Network returns with his project E.L.I. on Soil Records with an EP of 4 tracks full of acid, and electro with EBM notes. These bombs in the form of songs will not let you shake their melodies leaving your neurons pushed to dance in an unconscious way, immersing you in an acid darkness from which you will not want to wake up.
Kovyazin D – Dark Shades Of Moscow EP [S108-006]
‘Dark Shades Of Moscow’ EP is a new thriller by Kovyazin D. The track list is headed by a remix of the French hero of electroclash and EBM music – David Carretta. As Dima describes, this release is dedicated to work in solitude, analog synthesizers, secrets and the secret places in Moscow, as well as the utopianism and psychedelicity of everything going on in the world today. Many years of meticulously studying different genres of electronic music, from acid house, electro and new beat to Birmingham techno, industrial and Rotterdam hardcore, have allowed Kovyazin D to form his own unique sound, that you can witness in his live shows and DJ sets. According to the Inverted Audio publication Kovyazin D’s music is so universal it can be easily heard in the culmination points of Helena Hauff and Nicolas Lutz sets. His bangers ‘Close The Distance’ and ‘Tales From The Bottle’ are a clear example of that.
The Hipodrome Of Music 