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En Direct – No More Spectacles [OR161]
En Direct presents “No More Spectacles”, the fourth release from one of the finest electro EBM projects worldwide. With this new work, En Direct leans further into a sharper and more emotionally charged EBM sound while making clear they do not renounce their roots as the driving force behind the influential electro imprint Clear Memory. The record is infused with strong post-punk overtones, somewhere between the cold intensity of classic body music and the melancholic tension of post-punk reimagined through EBM structures. No More Spectacles delivers a sound that feels both immediate and deeply atmospheric. Drill-like kicks hammer through the mix while distorted basslines split the tracks wide open, locking into martial and commanding vocal lines that push the energy forward with relentless precision. Mechanical yet deeply human, the record balances darkness, groove, and emotional weight with remarkable control. Built for strobe-lit floors and restless bodies, “No More Spectacles” confirms En Direct as masters of a sound where post- punk sensibility and EBM functionality collide at full force.
Black Meteoric Star – Wet LP [DE-339]
‘Wet’ is the fifth full length album by Black Meteoric Star and the 10th release. Black Meteoric Star is a project Rayna started in 2006 when she was living in Berlin that brought together her life long love of dance music culture with spiritual themes, drag, and her formative experiences of S/M culture Black Meteoric Star has always had an avenger quality in Rayna’s life and creative work, and this iteration plays that role in response to the current political landscape. Wet celebrates the long standing shared history of electronic music and queer leather/SM culture and imagines a future where these two cultural expressions are re-connected.
THE NE21 – No Zone EP [OR162]
The NE21 stands as one of the most mysterious and elusive projects within the contemporary post-punk and minimal wave landscape. With only two previous releases – through Domestica and She Lost Kontrol – the project has already secured an unquestionable place among the essential names of the genre. After five years of complete silence on the release front, “No Zone” marks their long-awaited return. The record expands the project’s unmistakable universe: cold synth lines, suspended atmospheres, hypnotic rhythms, and a haunting sense of isolation that moves between Trisomie 21 minimal wave austerity and Neon’s emotionally charged post-punk tension, aligned with other Italian wave visionaries such as DsorDNE while connecting with newer tendencies in electronic krautrock and proto-experimental music. Everything in “No Zone” feels deliberate and restrained, unfolding a ghostly elegance, balancing shadowy electronics with sharp melodic instinct. With “No Zone”, The NE21 not only return—they reaffirm their singular position as one of the most distinctive and enigmatic voices operating in the darker edges of underground electronic music.
Zorlok Compressor – Zorlok Compressor II [NW058] FREE DOWNLOAD
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.
Carl Finlow – The Rawax Trilogy Part One [RX-CF-01R]
Rawax welcomes Mr. Carl Finlow to the artist Family with a trilogy series by the legendary producer.
Plant43 – Mycelium Network [PLANT43018]
For the 18th release on Plant43 Recordings, Emile Facey returns to a source of inspiration to which he’s no stranger, the fascinating world of Fungi. On ‘Mycelium Network’ Plant43 explore this fascinating life form in four new spatial electro tracks.
VA – Micro Driver III [DCOM022]
Micro Driver III is here back again after a long hibernation period. As previous targets, the combination from several electronic music producers are shown in this series to enhance and spread the sonic spectrum of the label. The electronic music veterans from Madrid, Roberto Gemelin with his aka Groof and Luis Rozalén with his HD Substance moniker show their most electro side. They are accompanied by Spectrum Data Forces the Electro alias of the well established techno producer C-System, with his high-energy, powerfull and tight Electro and Emulador with a minimal and futuristic Düsseldorf/Detroit vibes to accomplish this compilation.
Nachtlinie – Chasing The Signal EP [ABSTRCTRTM014]
Plant43 LIVE @ System Revival x Iklectik (London) 06.06.2026
VA – Documents Of Different Reality [BLOW23]
Across eight carefully selected slices of starry-eyed machine soul, Cold Blow presents an exquisite tour through backroom techno and downtempo electro. With a focus on thematic flow and an immersive listening experience, the London-based label explores works from leading lights of the 1990s and previously unreleased cuts that celebrate the human heart that can be discovered in synthetic sound practices.
Dario Rossi – 07Sep83 [BAP250]
Dario Rossi approaches electronic music like few others. His work as a percussionist has brought his unique rhythmic abilities to audiences around the globe. Born in Italy, Rossi combined percussion with samplers and synthesizers. His energy and talent have allowed these machines to be incorporated into his distinctive palette with very special results. 07Sep83 is his Bordello debut, with the title piece opening the four tracker. Beats cascade as analogue warmth laps the shore. Slow with a magnetic groove, elements of italo, wave and synth-pop intertwine to create a clean, bright sound that is at once familiar and totally unique. Vocals arrive with “We’ll Meet Again.” Tempos rise while keys are emboldened by rich guitar strings. Lyrics counter with a melancholic tone that shifts into hope and fortified belief as melodies rise ever higher. The flip is “Lost.” Sharp drum patterns support notes that hark back to the majesty of Bobby O, the live sax by Augusto Pallocca and disco glory combining in this journey through genres. “Beat the Devil” closes. Sizzling from the outset, snares roll and snap. Rossi’s percussive prowess is on full display as synthlines flow over rhythmic ripples to the subtle and soulful strings that bring down the curtain.
Tyrell Corporation – Midnight Machines [BAP249]
For thirty years, Alden Tyrell has been at the forefront of electronic music. This analogue alchemist has concocted heady grooves that transmute genres: acid, disco, electro, house, italo and techno; no style left unturned. Under his Tyrell Corporation moniker, he returns to the Bordello with a sound forged for dancefloors. Midnight Machines is a warm embrace that melts electro‑disco with star‑gazing synthlines. “Midnight Machines Pt. 1” balances robust melodies and incising snares with soulful undercurrents and joyous breaks. Past energies are re‑channelled. Arpeggiators rumble as beats throb. Beneath it all, there is a greater consideration of the interplay of elements. This focus pulsates through speaker cones on the needle‑drop of “Love in Decay.” Elated key changes and bright shifts are tempered by bittersweet moments, early‑morning light piercing fresh mists of grey. Tempos rise on the flip with “Midnight Machines Pt. 2.” Sci‑fi‑scored disco lifts ever higher as scaling notes untether themselves from the floor and soar above vibrant rhythms. Coy and alluring, the bright “Romance Obscura” closes the record. Cowbells and bending wavelengths open into an expansive, intoxicating melody where keys search the horizon as arms fold around celestial bodies.
Naks – Intergalactic FM Festival 2026
Cestrian – Southview Community Center EP [VIVOD027]
Vivod presents ‘Southview Community Center’ EP from Cestrian. The release features five essential tracks pressed to vinyl, with all eight tracks available digitally. A collection of dystopian electro workouts designed to clear the mind, fuel the imagination, and offer just the faintest glimmer of hope—though not too much. Dark, driving, and unmistakably Cestrian, this is a soundtrack for uncertain times.
CT Kidobó – Life of Crime [RET018]
Hungarian based CT Kidobó debuts on Rotterdam Electronix with ”Life of Crime” EP, a functional and highly effective 4 tracker inspired the French Electro sound.
Dopplereffekt – Eonfield [SKYNETT.6]
With skynet T.6, the time has come for Robotron to expand the network of Skynet Cybersonix. From the signal zones emerges Dopplereffekt – with a conceptual transmission between time-fields, entropic resonance, and asymptotic states – entitled ‘Eonfield’.
Umwelt & Boris Divider – A New God / Digital Ruins [NF34]
New Flesh Records returns with its 34th release, bringing together two long-time affiliates: Boris Divider and label mastermind Umwelt. On the A-side, Boris Divider delivers “A New God”, a hypnotic slice of stripped-back electro built around his signature robotic vocoder work and a tightly coiled arpeggiated loop that borders on obsession. Umwelt’s remix sharpens the edges, injecting a cold, metallic sheen that amplifies its physicality, engineered for peak-time impact without sacrificing the original tension. Flip to the B-side and Umwelt steps forward with “Digital Ruins”, a dystopian song that thrives on contrast: powerful, driving rhythms collide with soaring, almost melancholic synthwave textures, giving the track its emotional charge. Boris Divider’s reinterpretation leans further into austerity, reinforcing the rhythmic framework while steering the piece into colder, more abstract territory that privileges atmosphere and textural nuance over immediacy, yet remaining firmly anchored in his established sonic identity.
The Exaltics – A New Chapter [CWCS033]
New chapter unlocked. The Exaltics deliver their most sophisticated work yet, Five extraterrestrial transmissions of precision electro and techno. Alienating melodies, robotic basslines, and a burning planet in the rearview mirror. Space, sound, and imagination…
Der Zyklus – … [CAL020]
Four definitive Der Zyklus tracks on the Clone Aqualung Series. Featuring the aquatic funk of ”Mxyzptlk” and the rigid, robotic pulse of ”Formenverwandler.” Included are the Dopplereffekt-esque tracks ”Der Tonimpulstest” and ”Die Dämmerung Von Nanotech.” Essential Detroit-rooted electro-techno that has been out of print for far too long. Absolute must have masterpiece by Heinrich Mueller (Dopplereffekt / Arpanet).
The Hipodrome Of Music 