Black Light Smoke drops his first EP on Tiga’s Turbo Recordings. The Chicago born producer’s top-flight mix of EBM, electro and Benadryl-soaked vocals has all the right people dancing.
Black Light Smoke – Control [TURBO243]
Another Body Found – Scooterboys From The Pool LP [CITI033]
Cititrax presents ‘Scooterboys From The Pool’, the debut LP from Another Body Found, the latest project from A//, best known for his pioneering work as Le Syndicat Électronique. Emerging from the depths of the French underground, ABF fuses dark electro, industrial, minimal synth, and wave into a sound that is both stark and visceral. With a focus on raw energy and haunting atmospheres, the project strips electronic music down to its essence – mechanical, hypnotic, and unrelentingly evocative. Blending commanding rhythms with melancholic undertones, ‘Scooterboys From The Pool’ is a descent into shadowy textures and dystopian landscapes, where driving basslines meet icy, mechanical beats in a pulsing haze of underground spirit.
Plague Pits – Escalator To The Abattoir LP [YCR204]
Swiss coldwave DIY collective Plague Pits deliver their third full-length ‘Escalator to the Abattoir’ on Young & Cold Records. “One skill that you master while working at an abattoir is disassociation. You learn to become numb to death and to suffering. Instead of thinking about cows as entire beings, you separate them into their saleable, edible body parts. It doesn’t just make the job easier – it’s necessary for survival.”
Ascending – Guanto nero [DR-049]
“Guanto nero” is the long-awaited new album by Ascending, including six great new Synthpop songs.
Grauzone – Eisbær [WRWTFWW041]
The official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single with timeless classic ”Eisbär”, proto-techno beast ”FILM 2”, and romantic synth ballad ”Ich Lieb Sie”, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Swiss band’s formation. The three-track vinyl is sourced from the original reels, cut at 45rpm, and comes with its iconic artwork on a 350gsm sleeve.
Orphia – Beau Discours LP [LDMLP9]
With ‘Beau Discours’, Orphia dives deeper into the shadows, crafting a sound where cold wave and electro collide in a saturated whirlwind. Darker, more organic, this six-track EP marks a major shift in his approach, designed as much for introspection as for the club. Far from a mere stylistic exercise, Orphia records on tape, pushes saturation to the limit, and lets the raw material breathe, capturing rough, grainy textures. The vocals, buried under distortion, remain minimal and sharp. Balancing tension and nostalgia, Beau Discours captures a sense of urgency, reflecting a chaotic era where analog and digital intertwine in a relentless dance. Dancing on ruins, embracing sonic violence, channeling rage into razor-sharp beats—that’s what Beau Discours is about. A record that seeks not clarity, but impact – between synthetic coldness and dancefloor fever.
Facets – Party Edits [BUMP-E001]
Blkmarket Underground Music Party Edits is a sub-label to the influential Blkmarket, an esteemed label and event series in New York. Contrary to what that catalogue number might indicate, this is actaully their second release and has Facets at the controls. First up is ‘Computers’ with its raw and snappy analogue drum sounds and late-night synth details. ‘Time Of War’ is another full-fat blend of analogue drum thump and driving synth motifs, ‘Talk To Me’ has crashing cold-wave synths and deadpan vocals and ‘Paranoia’ has loopy vocals and moody atmospheres for freaky dancing. ‘Lies’ and ‘Dub To Destruct’ shut down this varied and retro-tinged EP with jerking rhythms that will do plenty of damage.
NNHMN – Opera of Lust & The Art of Sorrow I EP [KDR]
“Opera of Lust & The Art of Sorrow” is envisioned as a multipart journey – Part 1 is here, with the next part to follow. This EP takes you deep into a world of cinematic soundscapes, a haunting symphony of desire and despair, hypnotic rhythms, and ethereal vocals. Blending dark wave, and gothic electronic elements, it unfolds like a forgotten opera—sensual, melancholic, and strangely tragic.
Synths Versus Me – So Far [22-226-001]
22Recordings aka Veintidos from Barcelona is building on the city’s popular new beat, dark synth and EBM scene with this release from the ingeniously conceived and christened Synths Vs Me. “So Far” (2015), “Ballet Dancer” (2018) “Monotony” (2016) And “Bye Bye Tom” (2017) originally written, composed and recorded by Vanessa Asbert and Nico Cabañas. “Fahrenheit 451” (2016) recorded by Vanessa Asbert and Nico Cabañas is an adaptation from “Fahrenheit 451” By Scortilla. “Sei Morto” (2023) was recorded by Nico Cabañas and India Nardone and remixed by Dark Vektor. “In Loving Memory of Vanessa”.
Roy Of The Ravers – White Line Sunrise III (Part 1 / Part 2) [ERS061/ERS062]
The return of Roy Of The Ravers is always a moment for Emotional Response. Alongside, the infinitely heralded debut that was the 2 Late 4 Love EP in 2016 and the later Emotinium ’23 remixes, there has been the While Line Sunrise series examining the ambient, experimental electronics meets braindance techno releases that showcased lost archives from the late 90s to today, here reaching the 3rd installment with 2 EPs of more machine-driven acid funk. Following the grand expanse of double LP White Line Sunrise II and its subsequent double pack follow up White Line Sunrise II.I (Le Roy Soliel), III (3) aims predominantly for the dance floor.
Sweater On Polo – Mechanical Confusion [SGNL01]
NYC’s underground producer Sweater On Polo back on the machines for the first release on Signal Route. “Mechanical Confusion” favors the techno and basement house approach of early 90’s Chicago innovators found on labels such as Dance Mania, Relief Records, and Saber Records. His style and approach carry a familiar old school angst, creating an intergenerational dialogue between the now and then. Going from acid house, to techno, and then synth punk, this 6 track EP captures the relentless range of the young artist.
Sean Dixon – Connection E.P. [MASSAREAL01]
Swedish producer Sean Dixon is back with a new 4 track EP, this time on brazilian label Massa. Inspired by the sounds of Chicago and Detroit, Sean delivers a four-track EP filled with raw grooves and warm analog synths. Blending classic house elements with a modern touch, the release captures the spirit of the genre while showcasing Dixon’s refined production style.
Idris Ackamoor Ankhestra, Rhodessa Jones, Danny Glover – Artistic Being [STRUT483D]
In honour of fifty years in the performing arts—dating back to the founding of the legendary band The Pyramids in 1972—Idris Ackamoor proudly presents “Artistic Being” for Record Store Day 2025. This special recording features celebrated San Francisco actor, activist, and author Danny Glover, alongside renowned stage actress Rhodessa Jones.
Yunis – Ninety Nine Eyes [DBL33LP]
Egyptian composer YUNIS’ Ninety Nine Eyes is a work that exists outside time—equally at home in the temples of antiquity and the neon-lit voids of speculative futures. This double-sided LP (Part I and Part II, 15:14 / 16:03) merges ceremonial percussion, interstellar synthwaves, and wordless incantations into a 31-minute ritual for the infinite. Born from a three-year metamorphosis between studio and stage, and rooted in a Takhmira (a Zar ritual poem), Ninety Nine Eyes channels the archetypal quest—a search for the “land where light is seated.” Its soundscapes evoke the grandeur of forgotten civilizations and the hum of celestial machinery: droning mizmar lines and drowning tombak and duff rhythms dissolve into maximalist synth storms; choirs of phantom voices rise like starlight through the static of ages. Structured like a Sufi Hadra, the LP’s undulating peaks pull at old ways of communing with the divine—Part I builds tension, a breath before the storm, while Part II erupts into unfettered synth-drenched trance, gates flung open—only the listener can close the circle through their own interpretation.
Members Only – The Worst Edits Vol. 14 [MO-34]
Members Only is back with the 14th volume of The Worst Edits featuring 8 previously unreleased edits pulled from the archives for experimental artistical purposes.
Beartrax – Opaque [MELOD018]
The birthday candles are barely out, and Melodize is already back with their 18th release! Label boss Beartrax is in the driver’s seat, with remixes from Massimiliano Pagliara and Eliott Litrowski.
Marcello Giordani – Synthetic Music Pt. 2 [DIRT_PLAYER008]
Re-press of this classic Disco EP by Marcello Giordani. This one was originally released on vinyl back in 2006 on the now defunct sub-label ”Players Paradise” and was one of the first ever releases by Marcello Giordani who went on to become a household name in the scene.
Jentlemen – Primitive Objects LP
Reaching deeper into poetic vocals and textured sound, Jentlemen invites you into a rich, intimate darkness with their second album, Primitive Objects. Drawing from a background in poetry and influenced by Detroit and Den Haag techno/electro, Primitive Objects is a brain dance for those desiring something between dark ambient and techno-adjacent. Spoken word vocals float on top of deconstructed percussion and delicate melodies, and ask to be savored at the speed of a monologue while in deep space hypersleep. Lyrics hone in on personal experiences with impermanence, change, and the spiritual, calling on listeners to increase their capacity not only for grief, but also for stories of how to be remembered and how to remember. An apocalyptic journey, Primitive Objects offers hope that what we lose will compost into something beautiful. Two remixes from M Parent and Scotia bring Primitive Objects from brain dance to body dance—first, with a guttural and slithery acid experimentation of “Starting Over,” then ending with a cocktail of expansive femme acid and elegant vocals.
Arnaud Rebotini – Winter Sequences [LAXBLACK01]
Skylax Records presents “Winter Sequences”, the debut EP by Arnaud Rebotini on the label and the launch of the Skylax Black series, dedicated to bold, sophisticated electronic productions.
Hieroglyphic Being – The 4th Dimension Of A Nubian Mystic Vol. 1 [+++-074]
Hieroglyphic Being presents The 4th Dimension Of A Nubian Mystic Vol. 1 on Mathematics Plus.
The Hipodrome Of Music 