May 9 to 12 it is that time of the year again: The Intergalactic FM Festival of 2024 in The Hague. Mad DJ and Live action @ PIP and Panama Racing Club with about 100 artists standing by to rock the place.
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Mystery Friend is a DJ from Argentina who lives in the west of Buenos Aires. His search and musical selection delves into the origins of House, Techno and Synthpop music, reviving the nostalgia of the club sound of the 80’s and early 90’s, but maintaining that youthful freshness of the new generation. This is a collection of edits from Mystery Friend. Jack Your Body To The Beat.
The fourth installment of the ‘Tracks From The Alley’ series continues to explore the oblique edges of the jackin zone, dragging recognizable primitive elements of dance music through narcotic madness; a possible soundtrack for sleepless nights at the skate park. Involved in this 4 tracker mini-compilation are the Greek dj/producer DimDj, the Berlin-based Italian producer and part of Sons Of Traders, TANS, the Portugal-based Brazilian Unrealistic Expectations label owner Nothing Was There, and the Alley Version’s brothers FLML.
For the sixteenth output, Marguerite Records presents a new compilation. The A side marks the eclectic label shadow: ‘Condizione Umana’ by Italian Massacres, the duo composed by Violet Poison and Davide Pestillo, opens the release with an enigmatic VHS-tinged composition, sci-fi b-movie soundtracks inspired. A2 ’Zezuru’, a giant cinematic drone wrapped in distorted percussion by LIES affiliated German Army followed up by ‘Drone Thugs & Harmonies’, a slow tempo psychedelic-dub from Dutch’s Galactic Funk owner Bertram. Closing up the first side is ‘Solar’, an authentic electro full speed track by the Croatian musician and sound engineer Zarkoff. ‘Lies in Disguise’ has an obscure synth bass sequence and textured vocals by KRI affiliated the duo Black Dot and opens up the second side, followed up by ‘Cage’, produced by the Italian New-Beat master Unconscious. After that, Florence’s Synth-Punk band Zona Utopica Garantita maintains the old-school vein with ‘Lifetime Shock’. The release is closed by the firework-ish beats of ‘Tory Gloryhole’ by Autumns.
An interesting insight into some of the diverse dancefloor oriented sounds going on in Canada during the 80s sitting somewhere between electro, italo disco and proto house. A-side starts off on a slow paced 80 bpm pop/rock italo-disco crossover track featuring lyrics in english with an unidentifiable accent, very much reminiscent of Italian local neighbourhood private press ventures featuring someone’s sister on the vocal. 3 versions later, on the B side, things step up a notch coming in at 130 bpm with “Heat In Africa’s” drum machine propelled rhythmic mayhem pulling out all the latest studio bells and whistles of the time. Big electric guitar solo build up on the “Dance Mix” and additional Bonus Beats mix by Castro.
Pablo Bozzi drops a second compilation on his new label, Second Sight, with the various artists ”Unknown Prospect Vol. 2”. The title says it all: boundless and vast, Second Sight’s intent is to promote the talents of innovative producers who defy genres in the pursuit of their own idyllic aesthetic. Tracks from Port Manteau, Chinaski, Alen Skanner, Miguel De Bois, My Boy Roy and Pablo Bozzi.
Dive into the sonic waves of SMFORMA’s latest release, “It’s a Weird Place”. This 4-track EP unleashed by Soil Records, is a captivating journey through sound, blending the energetic technoid-EBM with sensual, bewitching vocals. Drawing rich inspiration from the old-school EBM sound of the late ’90s and early 2000s, SMFORMA breathes new life into a classic genre.
An Italo Disco rarity from 1984 now available again on colore 12“ Maxi Single: Fokewulf 190 – Body Heat. Enjoy the rare original version on side A and two new exclusive remixes by Flemming Dalum and DJ TinTin on side B.
Dresden’s very own Sneaker is an Italo, Chicago and synth-house aficionado. His Deep Cover series flaunts this as such, focusing on atmospheric yet respectful remix-edits and originals, often blurring the lines between them.
Dripping with the allure of the 1985 Flexi Cowboys original, Italian native DayVentura tightens things up and broadens horizons in the next edition of Slow Motion’s ‘A UFO’ free edit series. Building to the unforgettable bass hook of ‘Domination’ DayVentura elegantly captivates the ears, keeping us hungry for more with sophisticated flair. The vocals are beautifully washed out, providing a clear space for excitement to build and fill the floor. Nodding to sun-kissed sets in future summers, DayVentura creates a timeless reimagining of this seminal classic.
Classic west coast electro by Romanian dj and producer Andrew Red Hand who drops his final part of The Cemetery series on Rotterdam Electronix. The title track gets a stunning melodramatic remix by Electro overlord The Exaltics. Killer electro cuts for the dark & cold days that lie ahead.
This record explores the second verification of the origins of rotation in tornadoes experiment, VORTEX2. This sonic experiment is designed to explore the mechanisms of tornadogenesis, maintenance, and demise, the wind field near the ground in tornadoes, the relationship between tornadoes and their parent thunderstorms and the relationship among tornadoes, tornadic storms and the larger scale environment.
“Cold Light Wave” sees Censor Music’s main man, Alex Jann, landing on Brokntoys with four tracks straight from the lab. Unbridled machine funk primed for the dancefloor.
The Source Material Various Artist series is back with a monster record for its second instalment once again featuring some of the realest heads on the underground – YTP, Raw Takes, Ole Mic Odd & Alonzo, and Chupacabras.
Swedish duo producers based in Gothenburg and founders of Stilleben Records, Dataintrång & Luke Eargoggle, land on Pareidolia Recordings with a complete pure analog ep which postpone the superior sound of the legendary Dopplereffekt and the unique electro Drexciyan music.
The enigmatic French producer KafkaCtrl is responsible for ‘The Lost Intruder’, the new release from Madrid’s beloved electro label Distrito 91. The EP is composed by five analogue bombs, perfectly structured in a synthetic storytelling that opens with the instrumental ‘Hidden Light’, followed by ‘Cell Echoes’ and its electro discharge of haunting synth lines. These are followed by ‘Tokyo Combat’ and ‘Morphing Blood’, which strike the perfect balance between depth and intensity, while the closure is reserved for the superb 4×4 electro performance that is ‘It Escaped’. Written and produced by KafkaCtrl in the french Alps, 2023.
Sound Synthesis is back with another fine 4 tracker of dark, acidic and futuristic electro on his label Orbital Mechanics.
The next We’re Going Deep solo series edition brings on a true pioneer of Electro. Carl Finlow is renown for seamlessly blending the rhythmic intricacies of Electro with the hypnotic allure of Techno: creating a unique sonic identity that resonates deep down to this day.
The Hipodrome Of Music 