techno
Cirkle – Infinity Drift [FUSE13]
Fuse leans further into its proposed aesthetic of biting club tracks with a brand new release by Cirkle. ‘Infinity Drift’ balances powerful sound system sound design with lush ambiance, creating standout moments on a dancefloor with a taste of nostalgia. These tracks explore the richness in themes that techno can have when made by someone who’s spent years meticulously crafting it.
Gavelman – Orb Age [LF019/LF020]
“Orb Age” is a new electronic music release by Gavelman, released on Lifeforms.
Im Kellar – Amoniac EP [MST055]
Im Kellar ‘Amoniac’ is the fourth release of the band on Moustache records. Four tight EBM newave techno electro tracks made in a concrete bunker in Rotterdam by the infamous Im Kellar. This time with a rave feel, high energy dark and total underground.
Geistform / Half Mute – D91LINKSERIES_01 [D91LINKSERIES_01]
D91 LINK SERIES is a new split-record series by Distrito 91 focused on connecting artists, sounds and visions through the classic 12” format. Each release features two artists sharing one record, one side per artist, creating a dialogue between different approaches to electro and machine-driven electronic music. The first release bring together Geistform aka Univac and Half Mute aka Groof.
Betonkust – Tropicana Tracks Two [ALT025]
On the 2024 Altered Circuits release ‘Tropicana Tracks’ Rotterdam-based artist Betonkust paid tribute to the former subtropical pool (now a circular entrepreneurship hub) Tropicana of his hometown. ALT025 ‘Tropicana Tracks Two’ is the follow-up: the fallen-from-grace swimming paradise again fuels a club-oriented selection, inspired by, in the artist’s words, “the electronic music from 1988 up until now”, more specifically “the Benelux-sound”.
Planetary Assault Systems – Planetary People LP [OSTGUTLP39]
One of Berghain’s longest-serving residents, Luke Slater has been defining bleepy, polyrhythmic, industrial-strength techno as Planetary Assault Systems since the mid-nineties.His new album, ‘Planetary People’ has the deliberate imagination and depth of a record that took its time, shaped as much by live rooms and crowds as by the studio.
Marco Passarani – Digipack Vol. 2 [STUDIOMST004]
Studiomaster Digipack Vol. 2 sees Marco Passarani back with another serving of unique club sounds straight from Rome. Following the vibe of the first volume, this new edition delivers his unmistakable blend of house pressure and pure techno. No nostalgia trip here, just functional futurism with character. Whether you know these tunes from online drops or the first 12”, Vol. 2 delivers real deal dancefloor tools ready for heavy rotation. No fillers, just groove for dancers who still believe the floor is a testing ground for what comes next.
Auto Sound City vs Iron Blu – Twice Wi’ Scraps For Me And Mi’ Mate Please [WOD032]
Weapons Of Desire label is back with its first vinyl release in three years. WOD032 sees label misfits Auto Sound City and Iron Blu collaborate once again with a four tracker kick ass release that turns music upside down.
Friese Ruiters – Jams From The Trenches Vol. 2 [JACKPLAYMOBIL14]
Friese Ruiters (also know as Redray), brings us 2 new volumes of heavy jams from the trenches.
Friese Ruiters – Jams From The Trenches Vol. 1 [JACKPLAYMOBIL11]
Friese Ruiters (also know as Redray), brings us 2 new volumes of heavy jams from the trenches.
Drivetrain / Rennie Foster – Introspect [SRT191]
An uncontrolled awakening of the inner intelligent groove… This is the third gargantuan installment for this unassailable vanguard. Four tracks of the undiluted, high-tech energy you would expect from these storied creators.
Mike Dehnert – Slimsun EP [FW050]
Heavy grooving modern techno tracks with some dubby influences by Mike Dehnert on his own Fachwerk label.
Böhm – Infinity is Over [SKKB029]
Sakskobing’s tenth anniversary celebrations are cut across by a dispiriting declaration: ‘Infinity Is Over’. Not one to play too many away games, local Netherlands DJ and producer-abstruser Jeroen Böhm makes the fatigable fashionable again, snubbing the extended mix, invariable techno form for rationed, baggy FM house and electro with ‘Optimistic’ and ‘The Lodge’, A-side track titles which seem to laugh in the face of hope. Meanwhile, a sweeping staredown with ambient electro is pulled off with grace on ‘Countryside’, an understandably much-needed escape after such a grave realisation.
VA – You Can Trust A Man With A Moustache Vol. 6 [MST054]
Some 17 years after the first missive landed in record stores, Moustache Records popular multi-artist EP series, ‘You Can Trust a Man With a Moustache’, returns for its sixth instalment. Doctr gets us going with the spiralling Hi-NRG-meets-acid thrills of ‘Our Minds Belong Together’, before Theo Scuera joins the dots between rave-igniting early 90s house and the more muscular, sweat-soaked end of mid 90s progressive house on the colossal ‘Your Virus’. David Vunk and Ben La Desh join forces on B-side opener ‘Unrealized Prophet’, a veritable whirlwind of muscular techno drums, buzzing riffs and broken modem electronics, while Patricio Diaz’s ‘Welcome To My Hell’ is a bouncy and mind-mangling slab of peak-time acid nostalgia tailor-made for dark basements and flagging dancefloors. This release is a tribute to Bob the Landlord, who became known in Rotterdam after appearing in a documentary about the harbor cafe Willems Kantine.
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Andrew Red Hand – Memento Mori EP [GIGOLO370]
Andrew Red Hand returns to Gigolo Records with a sharp follow-up to his breakout cut “Gritty Bass”. Stripped, driving and unapologetically raw, the new release pushes deeper into Red Hand’s signature territory: heavy low-end pressure, hypnotic loops, and late-night intensity. No compromises – just pure floor functionality. Gigolo style. No filler. Only impact.
Kerrie – Waves of Reverie PT1 [CE049]
Kerrie makes a return to Sync 24’s Cultivated Electronics camp. On her new EP, ”Waves of Reverie PT1” Kerrie once again channels a distinctive electro aesthetic rooted in acid and electro traditions but filtered through her own raw, industrial-leaning production style. A staple for fans of analogue hardware-driven electro and forward-thinking electronic music.
H.E.I.M. Elektronik & MAS 2008 – Electronic Corporation 1998–2006 [MNQ165]
Mannequin Records present “Electronic Corporation 1998–2006”, a compilation bringing together rare and long unavailable recordings by the German electronic projects heimelektronik and MAS 2008. Active around the turn of the millennium, both projects share the involvement of producer Ive Müller while developing distinct collaborations and approaches to electronic music. H.E.I.M. Elektronik was founded in 1996 by Holger Erlenwein and Ive Müller (after the two artists split in 1999, Müller continued using the name), while MAS 2008 is the project of Ive Müller together with René Kirchner. Though separate entities, the two projects explored a similar sonic territory: stripped-down electro, minimal electronics and machine-driven body music shaped by analog hardware and a raw DIY production ethos. The roots of Müller’s work go back to the final years of the DDR. As a teenager he worked as a licensed DJ — officially known as a “Schallplattenunterhalter” — operating a travelling disco across Saxony. With limited access to official Western releases, music circulated through cassette recordings taped from West German radio stations such as RIAS Berlin, NDR2 and Bayern3. Together with friends he travelled between youth clubs and discos around Leipzig with a “rolling discotheque”: a Russian Wolga pulling a trailer loaded with Electro-Voice sound systems sourced through the black market. At the turn of the 2000s this background in underground electronic culture resurfaced in a series of recordings rooted in electro, EBM and minimal machine music. The tracks collected here capture this moment: cold sequences, driving rhythms and stark synthetic textures produced with a direct and uncompromising approach.
Scope – Die Zukunft [Mecanica]
At the dawn of European techno, before the genre had fully taken shape, a small number of records hinted at what was to come—stripped-down, machine-driven and forward-looking. One of those records was “Die Zukunft” by Scope, a project formed by André Fischer (Recall IV) and Holger Wick (Konzept). Originally released in 1989 on the now cult Suck Me Plasma label—founded by Talla 2XLC—”Die Zukunft” holds a special place in history as the label’s first release, marking a key moment in the transition from EBM and New Beat into early techno. This reissue of “Die Zukunft” brings together all original tracks alongside the iconic Cybotron Mix, offering a complete snapshot of Scope’s output at a pivotal moment in electronic music history.
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