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CCO / Narco Marco – Doubts Are Traitors EP [STRD-II]

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For its second installment Subject To Restrictions Discs presents a split EP by two of Switzerland’s most underrated producers. First there is CCO. A modular wizard known from his involvement in groups such as Wavetest and Savage Grounds. He presents two Techno cuts that are bound in organic sounds and filled with driving energy. The three mellow cosmic wave tracks on the back are coming from Narco Marco. He’s active in Bern’s music and nightlife scene for almost 30 years. His music knowledge is legendary and shows itselfs in his productions which are filled with sparkling details.

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CCO / Narco Marco – Doubts Are Traitors EP [STRD-II]

Konstruktivists – Glennascaul [DE258]

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Konstruktivists is the Industrial project of Glenn Michael Wallis from Kent, England. In the late ’70s Wallis was a “control agent” for Throbbing Gristle and the Industrial Records crew. Glenn began to record his own material and after several cassette releases, Konstruktivists’ first LP ‘A Dissembly’ was released in 1982, followed by ‘Psykho Genetika’ in 1983 and ‘Black December’ in 1984. In 1985, Glenn spent a week at Chris and Cosey’s studio recording 11 tracks that would become the ’Glennascaul’ album originally released on Nigel Ayers’ Sterile Records. Produced and mixed by Chris Carter, it marked a complete change in style for the band towards a beat-orientated rhythmic sound. ‘Glennascaul’ is proto electro at its very best, with Glenn’s hallucinogenic vocals on top. A musical collage designed to invoke images in the mind. The back cover clearly states “No guitars. No Fairlights.” For this deluxe reissue we’ve added two bonus tracks recorded around the same time, now vinyl for the first time ever. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley.

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Konstruktivists – Glennascaul [DE258]

Frust – Stone I EP [OR61SE]

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Oraculo Records presents the new side project of Blind Delon featuring and a special remix of Antoni Maiovvi of Giallo Disco Records. Dark Italo or minimal synthpop could perfectly define what FRUST is; hypnotic glacial synths and mesmerizing cavernous sad voices for darkwave lovers.

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Frust – Stone I EP [OR61SE]

Unknown Artist ‎– TOPP007/TOPP008/TOPP009 [TOPP007/TOPP008/TOPP009]

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Very special and highly limited electro / electronics project (tributed to James Stinson) from the Fundamental Records camp, produced by different artists that will remain anonymous, if they choose to…

TOPP007 / TOPP008 / TOPP009

Unknown Artist ‎– TOPP007/TOPP008/TOPP009 [TOPP007/TOPP008/TOPP009]

David Carretta – Nuit Panic [BSR032]

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David Carretta is the author of a modern techno that paradoxically draws its roots in the best of the 1980s. On Nuit Panic, his first solo album for ten years, the incisive and hypnotic melodies of “Face” and “Prince of the Cook”, interpreted by David, or “Dark Candies” sung by the Berlin artist Aga Wilk, evoke his obsession for disco italo and the seductive tones of the synth-pop of New Order or Depeche Mode. The martial beats and hypnotic synth lines of “Come Here Come Down”, “Destination love” or “In case of emergency”, recall the sound of the cold and percussive electronics of the EBM, a music nourished by the nihilism of punk and the metallic sounds of the industrial current, which had then invented Front 242 or Nitzer Ebb.

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David Carretta – Nuit Panic [BSR032]

Norwell – Fúzió EP [MTRON014]

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Norwell returns to Mechatronica with a haunting set of electro driven sounds, fusing acid-soaked electro for the floor, atmospheric breaks and ethereal jungle styles into a versatile EP, further intensified by Solid Blake’s relentless hi-octane remix on the flip.

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Norwell – Fúzió EP [MTRON014]

Years Of Denial – Body Map [PBD18]

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Years of Denial joins Pinkman Broken Dreams and deliver an EP with four devilish and cataclysmic electronic body tracks. The duo’s sound combines influences of deranged experimental music with vocals surrounding themes of isolationism and dark romanticism. The outcome is stunning in its very own way, as the music creates a deeply immersive atmosphere, and is abundantly vigorous to keep dancers on their toes and moving from the night’s darkest corners to the dawn of day.

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Years Of Denial – Body Map [PBD18]

Le Chocolat Noir – Crna Ruža [SLK009]

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Five cuts of obsessive electro/ebm from the cold heart of Croatia that will make you sweat. Unchaste vocals on brash basslines and slicing snares are melted with acid sounds and thumping beats. These tracks tie together a journey beginning in the 80s Yugoslavia, among rituals and lies, leading to the relation with sexuality and eroticism within the collective consciousness of mankind. How do you deal with your purely physical desires?

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Le Chocolat Noir – Crna Ruža [SLK009]

Mr TC & Lo Kindre – PHASE001 [PHASE01]

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“It’s not easy to transform a jam into a proper tune that haunts forever. The two Glaswegian friends MR TC and Lo Kindre are in possession of that special skill that can transform spontaneous tuned-in music into something significant without losing the gut feeling along the way. As solo artists they have released on labels like Optimo Music, 12th Isle and Against Fascism Trax, and together released ‘The Storm EP’ in late 2018 on Vienna’s Neubau. Now they continue their collaborative work on PHASE001 – an EP that also marks the launch of their own label that listens to the same name. The start-up brings four analogue tracks that courageously link cold waving synth-shocks, neon-light nonchalance and haunted spoken words; deep hypnotic musical witchcraft that peels itself out of the history of dark electronic music with a pulsating and haunting atmosphere.” Words by ML

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Mr TC & Lo Kindre – PHASE001 [PHASE01]

Bejenec – Ruslan Tislenko EP [S108-001]

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Moscow community System 108 representing new vinyl series, showcasing the sound of label residents. First to go is Kyiv-based producer Daniil Syenichkin aka Bejenec. The EP “Ruslan Tislenko” includes 4 tracks balancing on the verge of Uk Garage aesthetics and Detroit melodism .

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Bejenec – Ruslan Tislenko EP [S108-001]

5713 – Gewelddadige Realiteit [CHEMC006]

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Amsterdam based artist 5713 creates a sound that is inspired by sci-fi and can be described as a mixture of Techno, EBM, Electro, Wave or whatever lies between those movements and genres. Gewelddadige Realiteit EP, translating to Aggressive or Violent Reality, feels like an appropriate name for this collection of slow motion compositions of vigorously overdriven Industrial sounds. Whether its abrasive hats like on A1 Geen God, classic EBM on A2 Digitale Programma 7 or pitched basslines on A3 Ongezellig, all three tracks offer up cleverly distinct heavy hitters for your tweaked out dance floors. The B side with B1 Nodig and B2 Wakker a Mattie? are consistent in that they share broken kick patterns to offer a healthy dose of distorted swing. 5713’s style across the entire EP demonstrates his technical sleight of hand with such dense frequencies. This record shows how impactful and functional these elements can be when used with good measure.

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5713 – Gewelddadige Realiteit [CHEMC006]