
Head Front Panel Live @ Tresor (Unterwegs Records Party) 13.06.2025



Dark Machine Funk welcomes the first guest producer into the fold, Head Front Panel aka John Heckle, with a superb well rounded 4 track EP titled ‘Tactile’ for DMF’s 5th release.

Sonic Transmutations is an extended compilation album celebrating over three decades of Clone Records. Marking the 31 years – which is coincidentally the national Dutch telephone code – the 8×12 inch box set draws together veteran talent and emerging iconoclasts, transmitting a frequency rooted the imprint’s signature blend of essential dance music while journeying off into territories unknown. In a constant state of unfolding, morphing across phases of matter, Sonic Transmutations purveys an elemental energy that stands in testament to Clone’s enduring legacy and explorations of sounds and structures.


Glasgow and Liverpool collide for the 5th release on Posh End Music. Label boss Fear-E is joined by one of Liverpool’s finest in John Heckle under his Head Front Panel guise. The result is 4 slightly contrasting, but energetic techno tracks.

Four raw cuts of uncompromising grooves from Head Front Panel, unprotected by walls of learning & confines of style.

Head Front Panel signs on for the second ‘Repetitive Rhythm Research’ with his ‘Phonetic’ EP. Relentless, heady, analogue techno. Rooted firmly in 90’s dark basements, updated for the 2020’s.

Proper banging techno by Head Front Panel aka John Heckle. Relentless analogue techno tracks rooted in the early and mid 90’s styles. Intense, atmospheric, bass heavy, percussive, raw techno gems for the dancefloor. Includes beautifully crafted + absorbing ambient interludes. A definite nod to Jeff Mills 90’s Axis / Waveform Transmissions.

Killer 13th EP release as Head Front Panel aka John Heckle with some relentless techno tracks in the best tradition.




HFP010.5 is a group of tracks taken from the HFP005 recording session, rescued from the cutting room floor and transferred to a very limited 10” pressing 100 copies only.

Brilliant energetic techno tracks with 90’s aesthetics. Last one in the Head Front Panel series according the label. Head Front Panel has demonstrated the sheer diversity one can achieve within techno if you are as talented as Merseysider John Heckle.