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VA – Fresh, Rare & Classic Dalmatas [DDC09]

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Fresh, Rare & Classic Dalmatas, as the title suggests, this compilation brings together 26 tracks selected from demos received over the past period, featuring promising emerging artists and fresh faces in the Dalmata Daniel story alongside familiar producers from the label’s roster. The selection spans both Hungarian and international artists, covering a broad range of sounds from electro, acid and IDM to breaks, house, techno, EBM, industrial, dark disco and beyond. Includes tracks from artists like Analogous Doom, Cybernetic Research Unit, Hadron Lundgren, Harold Helman, Hayter, Imre Kiss, J. Mono, LVRIN, Mule Driver, Pleasure Model, Rapha, Roberto Auser, Shokh, SILF or VLR.

VA – Fresh, Rare & Classic Dalmatas [DDC09]

Transparent Sound – The Lost Tapes EP [NSA015]

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Transparent Sound (Orson Bramley) is a true cult architect of the UK electro scene. Since 1992, he’s been bridging the gap between Detroit techno, acid, and rave futurism. He now lands on No Static / Automatic for a very special release, The Lost Tapes — a new EP of lost recordings from the early 2000s London era. Dug out of DAT tapes and CDRs, recorded in Orson’s home studio with borrowed and loaned gear and car boot sale finds. Raw, unpolished, and proper electro history. The EP features 3 original tracks and a remix from NS/A label boss ARA-U .

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Transparent Sound – The Lost Tapes EP [NSA015]

Chino – The Chase [BT87]

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Chino, AKA Artur Oles, makes his debut on brokntoys with The Chase, a new EP drawing on new beat, electro and acid influences. Across three tracks, the Polish producer builds a slow, tense atmosphere where nothing is hurried and the pressure only tightens. Closing the record, Not Waving cuts loose with a driving acid trance rework, pure propulsive 90s rave.

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Chino – The Chase [BT87]

Hackney Electronica – Feedback Memory [DE-358]

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Hackney Electronica come to Dark Entries with the Feedback Memory EP, featuring 5 cuts of acidic rave-inflected wave. Quinn Whalley (Paranoid London), Unai Trotti (Cartulis Music), and Margo Broom (Hermitage Working Studios) formed Hackney Electronica during COVID era. Trotti and Whalley were spending countless hours digging through records and making music during lockdown. As their sound took shape – heavy and hypnotic – they invited Broom to join, cementing the motley trio. Following their debut EP, Synaptic Shadows, the five pieces on Feedback Memory muse on the loss of self in the digital era and the fine line between pleasure and paranoia. Each track pulses like a memory from the backstreets of Hackney, where the night transforms the city into an electrified maze of fleeting highs and inevitable crashes. Their hard-hitting dancefloor indulgences shine on “Trapped in the Circuit” and “Six Foot Seven,” which features Mutado Pintado on vocals, while tweaked-out wave sounds blossom on “Feedback Memory” and “Lost Trip – Destino.” Things close out with “Compressed Air,” a lush, breakbeat-laced affair that veers into trip-hop territory. Housed in a sleeve designed by Germán Bardo, Feedback Memory continues Hackney Electronica’s tumultuous journey through the flickering alleys of the mind, where tension and transcendence intertwine.

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Hackney Electronica – Feedback Memory [DE-358]

A-Eno-Acid – The Last Jack LP [CB1988-09]

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Mark Churcher aka A-Eno-Acid returns with his debut LP, “The Last Jack” on Chicago Bee Records. A raw transmission from the underground — deep, hypnotic and unapologetically acid. Rooted in the late-1980s sound of warehouse parties, pirate radio and underground dancefloors, this is an album built for DJs, dancers and heads who know. 808s, squelching 303s and hypnotic grooves — pure acid house energy.

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A-Eno-Acid – The Last Jack LP [CB1988-09]

L.F.T. – Sonic Boom EP [BAP258]

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Step into the backroom of the Bordello, the lights dim and the soundtrack adopts a different tone. L.F.T. leans against the wall. Nestled under his arm, Sonic Boom: four tracks of acid-inflected electro disruption. Love, Fist, Tears is no stranger to the more gnarled side of the machines, and that unadulterated rawness is evident from the needle drop of “Locked in My Head.” From its bent and buckled intro, the track launches a beat that punches before drawing the listener in for more. Vocoder lyrics are mangled with distortion, static soaked chords blighted by corrosive chemicals and industrial decay as the knives are drawn from the outset (and this is only the beginning). Blistered and cracked beats are doused in a pestilent haze for “Las Plagas” and a message of intent is firmly stated: there will be no let up on Sonic Boom, no reprieve. “Ningen” opens the flip. Grisly, petrol smeared beats splutter below a juddering synthline that coils and twists with serpentine menace. A probing tom is lanced before being set alight in the finale. Sinister and unsettling, “Schmutzig Personality” is as physically powerful as it is psychologically gripping. Barrages of drums rain down, barbed snares and sharpened claps, as an assault of acid is further weaponised by machined vocals.

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L.F.T. – Sonic Boom EP [BAP258]

Drvg Cvltvre – Body Muzique [NYH413]

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Drvg Cvltvre returns to the mothership. Body Muzique is five tracks of raw, old school Chicago acid house, made the way it was when the sound first took shape in the warehouses and basement clubs of the Windy City. Drvg Cvltvre keeps things stripped back and hardware-driven: squelching, resonant 303 lines that twist and climb, punchy 909 and 707 kicks and claps, and rough, hypnotic grooves that lock in and let the machines do the talking. Each cut is built around repetition and tension, designed to build slowly, hit hard, and keep the floor moving for hours. It’s a direct nod to the pioneers who turned a misbehaving bassline box into a movement, and a reminder that the best dance music is felt in the body before the head catches up. Raw, functional and unapologetically analogue in spirit, Body Muzique is made for loud systems, dark rooms and long nights filled with sweat.

Drvg Cvltvre – Body Muzique [NYH413]

C.C.O. – Gravitational Matter EP [CT022]

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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.

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C.C.O. – Gravitational Matter EP [CT022]

Arnaud Rebotini & Acid Washed – Vision Quest (V) [LAXBLACK04]

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Skylax Records presents the fourth chapter in a landmark 4-part saga — a secretive and conceptual series uniting two titans of French electronic music: Arnaud Rebotini & Acid Washed. “Vision Quest” pushes even deeper into the roots and futures of the underground. On the A-side, Vision Quest opens the EP with a pulsating journey of progressive electronics — cinematic and sleek, evoking the robotic spirituality of Kraftwerk and the expansive textures of early kosmische music. Next, TOI 700-d channels the golden age of acid house with infectious 303 lines and jacking grooves. Think DJ Pierre, Phuture, and Ron Hardy at their most transcendental — raw, euphoric, and timeless. Flip to the B-side and dive into Black Star Liners — a dub techno masterclass in the lineage of Maurizio, Basic Channel, and Chain Reaction. Deep, minimal, and full of ghostly delay, it’s a meditative immersion in pure sound system hypnosis. Closing the EP, Trojan Asteroids fires into classic Metroplex territory — icy, futuristic, and funk-laced. A perfect nod to Cybotron and Model 500, this is hi-tech soul with a razor’s edge.

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Arnaud Rebotini & Acid Washed – Vision Quest (V) [LAXBLACK04]

Drvg Cvltvre – Nepotism As A Compositional Tool [NYH408]

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Drvg Cvltvre is back on New York Haunted. The three sludgy house cuts on this EP that pull together the best the genre has to offer, now with added vocals styled after house music’s own origins.

Drvg Cvltvre – Nepotism As A Compositional Tool [NYH408]

Zorlok Compressor – Zorlok Compressor II [NW058] FREE DOWNLOAD

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Further explorations in Legowelt’s Electro Rave Acid Digidub Octamed Jungle tap. Zorlok Compressor is Legowelt’s latest project, forged from dark wave rave – acidhall – dubstep (not the drop-bro EDM trash), electro – oldschool jungle – digidub – bass and whatever flies with that. Pushing the sound back into underground territories with a raw live energy.

Zorlok Compressor – Zorlok Compressor II [NW058] FREE DOWNLOAD

VA – Cold Voltage Vol. 1 [MTRONW012]

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Introducing Cold Voltage – a new series wired for tension, circuitry, and raw machine emotion. This first volume sets the tone: cold, direct, and built for dark rooms. On the A-side, Elena Sizova opens with “The Balls”, an experimental descent of bouncing basslines and cavernous synth textures. Filmmaker follows, delivering his unmistakable dark wave electro signature – sharp, shadowed, and hypnotic. Violet Poison & Echo Protocol close the A side with “Into the Silent Blue”, an electro vocal cut designed to ignite the floor. Flip to the B-side: Jennifer Touch strikes with “Don’t”, a rolling, snare-driven machine track that hits without warning. Mr. Funghi pushes further into EBM/Techno territory with “Off for the Weekend”, a relentless piece built to tear down walls. Closing the release, The Spy delivers “Track Reaper”, a dramatic Italo wave finale that lingers long after the last note fades.

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VA – Cold Voltage Vol. 1 [MTRONW012]

Ingo Hammer – Hammer to Fall [INDUSTRIALLIES005]

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Ingo Hammer lands again on Industrial Lies with ‘Hammer to Fall’, the ultimate record for tough times. As the apocalypse approaches, the mysterious European producer drops the hypnotic techno of ‘Lucky’ and the pulsating, bass heavy ‘Tenth Gen’. Shifting focus, he delivers dubbed out sleazy disco on ‘Dirty Glow’ and explores gnarly, sewer electro with ‘Mind Control’. The world is burning and ‘Hammer to Fall’ is the soundtrack to the party at the end of the universe.

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Ingo Hammer – Hammer to Fall [INDUSTRIALLIES005]

Andy Toth – Mind Lock EP [IT055]

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For the second Interdimensional Transmissions record from Detroit’s Andy Toth, he explores a sci fi fusion of electro and acid, with a remix by BMG of Ectomorph fame. Andy Toth has a long history in Detroit Techno, from an engineering and mixing background where he mixed records for the likes of Mike Huckaby and many others, to co-authoring “Sandwiches”. For this record, Andy had the songs mixed on hardware by BMG in his studio, to give them an even more 3 dimensional sound and an even greater weight. The result for the “Mind Lock EP” is simultaneously hypnotic, acid, sci fi, and electro. The depth of tone, density of sound and maturity of concept come through the 4 deeply compelling tracks that you can just get lost in.

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Andy Toth – Mind Lock EP [IT055]

Unsighted – Bodywreck [KRI015]

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Unsighted lands on KRI with Bodywreck – a four-track descent into shadowed electro, where fractured rhythms and cold synth work carve out a bleak, dystopian zone. Brooklyn-based Nicolás Sierra pairs sharp vocoder cuts with icy synths and heavyweight low-end across Bodywreck, Mental Models and Transfigured Time, while the aptly titled 1984 locks into a rigid 4×4 stride laced with bleep-driven paranoia. New York mainstay and electro OG Alonzo reworks 1984, tightening the screws with his unmistakable, hard-bouncing signature.

Unsighted – Bodywreck [KRI015]

Luis Malon – Dr. Pain [OTH012]

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Luis Malon returns to Overthink Records with a 4-track EP. Four cuts rooted in his distinctive, functional sound. Driven by raw drum machines, acidic lines and precise sequencing, the release moves between techno and electro with a direct, dancefloor-focused approach — tight, hypnotic and built for late hours.

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Luis Malon – Dr. Pain [OTH012]

Raw Takes – House Of Phreaks EP [NICE006]

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All Nice Records returns with the 006 instalment, welcoming Raw Takes to the roster for a self-titled six-tracker that lives up to its name. No frills, no fuss, just pure, unfiltered club music pressed on wax. Side A kicks off with House of Phreaks, a dense Chicago house sledgehammer built around a heavyweight bassline that sets the pace from the first bar, no introduction needed. Last Figure pulls the tension tighter before One For Gehm closes the first side as a heartfelt nod to Andreas Gehm – the legendary German acid pioneer whose influence continues to ripple through the underground. Flip it over and Piano Jam brings an unexpected melodic warmth to the centre of the record, while AECD wears its influences proudly, a 303-drenched acid workout rooted deep in the classic Chicago house tradition, the kind of track that feels like it could have come straight out of the Warehouse era. Crime Times seals the deal… gritty, atmospheric, and built for the late hours.

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Raw Takes – House Of Phreaks EP [NICE006]