Detroit techno from Erik Cronin as Codine. A dubbed out journey with intricate rhythms & mood. Alex Israel’s mix is a a more soulful approach while Derrick Plaslaiko brings a nice basement style mix
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Skudge – Phantom [SKUDGELP01]
JTC – Creep Acid [NAT010]
The 2nd album to be unveiled from Nation is called “Creep Acid” from JTC. He was driven by thoughts about the lifespan of many things. Creep Acid carries the resonance of future past.
Black Devil Disco Club – Circus [LCD086]
Bernard Fevre is back with his new album. Formerly known as Black Devil Disco Club he comes with an album full of deep, dark delicious thrills, his unique electronic sound, pulses through 10 tales from the underworld, 10 performances in a Circus like no other with Black Devil as ringmaster.
2562 – Fever [DOUBT001LP]
‘Fever’ is a concept album from 2562 aka Dave Huismans released on his fresh and new label When in Douby. The third long player coming from Dave is his disco album: a thorough reinterpretation of underground disco music from the mid seventies to the early eighties. All based on one simple rule: every single sound, from the smallest background shiver to the most obese sub bass, originates from a disco record – no additional synthesizers, drumcomputers or other samplesources involved – but this is genuinely new and retro-free music that respectfully flips its sources in a way nobody can recognize them.
A.P – Reincarnation [PXYCH.09]
A.P. aka Andreas Peterson released on his own label, Ghost Sounds, a very experimental album, based in (dark) ambience with rhythmic patterns oriented among idm, electro and triphop. Inspired by asian horror movies and by David Lynch’s films ”Lost highway” and ”Mulholland Drive”.
Exium – Roots Of Time LP [NH009]
The Spanish duo Exium will release their first full length album under the Nheoma records flag. A mature work that explores the darkest corners of electronic music creation, seriously and scientifically.
Lucy – Wordplay for Working Bees [SACD001]
With ‘Wordplay for Working Bees’ Lucy creates a blueprint, not just the departure point for the full length format according to Stroboscopic Artefacts, but he also lays down new possibilities for the techno album. Refusing the obvious 4/4 route, Lucy traverses the widest possibilities of electronic music. ‘Wordplay for Working Bees’ encompasses IDM that leans towards drone, puckering, dub-filled techno and ambient in its most oblique forms. The beloved character of Lucy’s DJ sets, the way he layers tracks to find unique timbre and tone, is reflected in his studio approach. Lucy’s debut album results in the most delicate and delicious juxtapositions, as the unexplained and unexpected tangle together in the ear.
In Flagranti – Worse For Wear [CRECD003]
Predictably jacked to the brim full of their signature no-gristle, no-glory aesthetic, In Flagranti introduces their new album, Worse for Wear. In Flagranti’s Sasa Crnobrnja and Alex Gloor have left behind their vintage porn-chic sensibilities and instead turn to yesterday’s trashed goods for inspiration.
CCCANDY – Lonesome Berlin LP [AV!007]
Lonesome Berlin is the long time coming first LP from this German guy solo project CCCANDY. After the debut 7’’ on Eat! and the tape on Neue Strassen, we now have a proper full-length featuring twelve dark minimal synth pop songs. This is the sounds of the old Europe during the Eighties, when the Berlin Wall was still real: cold and catchy at once, minimal yet groovy. Greyscale bedroom electronics.
Nagamatzu – Sacred Islands Of The Mad [DE009]
Dark Entries is honored to present the highly limited second cassette by British duo Nagamatzu for the first time ever on vinyl. “Sacred Islands of the Mad” is a collection of eleven tracks recorded between December 1984 and March 1986. agamatzu began in 1982 after messing around with old tape machines and drum boxes, making numerous contributions to international compilations and erratically releasing their own cassettes. Their name comes from a character in JG Ballard’s “Atrocity Exhibition” and their music reflects his influence and incorporates carefully chosen samples from the Challenger shuttle disaster, Gregorian chants and films including “Dawn of the Dead” and “The Omen.” All the songs were recorded onto a Ferrograph reel to reel in a small room at their parent’s house and some of the backing rhythms and sequencers were recorded first onto cassette and then the band played along live. Nagamatzu’s instrumentals combine stuttering bass, guitar bursts and funeral keyboards draped over a dragging drum machine beat, calling to mind Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire and early New Order or Cocteau Twins. “Sacred Islands of the Mad” is a complex, textured tapestry of sound full of dark electronics, fresh harmonies and danceable rhythms.
The Neon Judgement – Early Tapes [DE007]
Dark Entries has dug deep into the early days of the Belgian cassette scene to release two tapes by The Neon Judgment in the form of one vinyl LP for the first time ever! These pioneers of underground electronic music hail from the small town of Leuven near Brussels, Belgium and gave birth to the New Beat and EBM scenes worldwide in 1981/2 with the release of their first two cassettes–neatly compiled here as “Early Tapes”. Arriving just in time to celebrate the Neon Judgment’s 30th anniversary, “Early Tapes” showcases the band’s brash and seedy lyrics, with raw synth stabs and repetitive drum machine beats adding to this rhythmic discourse. The result is a combination of lo-fi technology and emotional sincerity to create a sound both warm yet alienating that has stood the test of time and 30 years later, still evokes the same magic.
The Exaltics – Irresistible [TRAJECTORY1008]
The Exaltics are back with a new album on Last Known Trajectory. Short, sharp, electro styles in the form of ‘Irresistible’ and ‘Calculate’ devised to strike the target head-on, while the brooding, soulful, even graceful, techno gloom of ‘Relentless’ warns of impending doom. Dark times… dark vibes.
Rick Wilhite – Analog Aquarium [STILLMCD004]
Still Music is proud to present “Analog Aquarium”, the debut album by legendary Detroit house producer Rick “The Godson” Wilhite. Rick is a longtime member of Detroit’s dance music scene, one of the epicenters of Detroit’s 1980’s techno music explosion. Rick has been around for almost two decades and has churned out a myriad of EPs, but never before did he release an actual full-length album. “Analog Aquarium” will feature a total of 10 tracks, of which most are previously unreleased, including a few collabos with Theo Parrish, Osunlade and Marcellus Pittman.
Rick Wilhite – City Bar Dancing (Basement Mix) download
Inward Content – Inward Content [MEAN021]
Meanwhile unveils Inward Content by Inward Content a collaboration between Niels Luinenberg (Delta Funktionen) and Samuel van Dijk (Mohlao). The album was recorded specially for the label by the two dutch producers over the course of a two year period.
RVDS – Moments [ITS005]
This is the first full-length album on the It’s label for Germany’s Richard von der Schulenburg aka RVDS. It’s deep, acid, fragile, party, lonely, and special. Inspired by classic deep and acid house, old instruments such as the TR-808, Roland JP-6, Wurlitzer E-Piano and some others are combined with new accents, but always with a special bent towards Detroit music.
Unknown – Known LP001 [KOLP001]
First Longplayer on Knowone with dub techno, downbeat, ambient tracks, each track got one side to tell his own story. Six tracks with more than 70 min playtime.
Desolate – The Invisible Insurrection [FAUXPASLP001]
Breathy, atmospheric and yet dynamic electronics on this debut LP byDesolate aka Sven Weisemann , celebrating Fauxpas Musik’s first anniversary. The dark but dynamic sounds of Burial and the spherical spacey atmosphere of Boards of Canada seem to be basic inspiration for Desolate. The album includes nine tracks in total ranging from deeper to more ambient compositions and as a bonus you get a CD version thrown in with two bonus tracks!
Morphosis – What Have We Learned [MMD001]
The next full length from Delsin, entitled “What Have We Learned” from the Lebanese-born producer Morphosis aka Ra.H aka Rabih Beaini, is co-released on his own Morphine Records, as well as by close associate M>O>S. Influences range from Krautrock via New Wave but, importantly, all are digested by Morphosis before being re-imagined as something wholly fresh and original which, in turn, stands up well to both dancefloor deployment and intense home listening.
Jay Haze – Love = Evolution LP [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Jay Haze gives new album away for free and asks that if you download it, to listen to it all the way through at least once.
“Love = Evolution” is rumored to be Haze’s last artist album. It features a number of collaborations and as well as the expected soulful and techy house sounds, there are numerous diversions into dub and more laid back listening experiences.
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