ASSS – 100 EP [DTLSND006]

At first sight, ‘100 EP’ is the most abrasive techno output of Portland duo ASSS. Alex Smith and Sean Sumler have crafted an excellent four-track assault of propulsive drum sounds filled with industrial textures. Across the frequencies of ‘101’ to ‘104’, dense dynamics and unpredictable manipulation of modules reflect their own spontaneous, improvisational style into a new highly destructive release.

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ASSS – 100 EP [DTLSND006]

Delta Funktionen – Wasteland [RAM-X-CD01]

Delta Funktionen presents the compilation cd of the Wasteland Chapters. Spread over 4 EP’s, from which the first two have been released on Rado Matrix in June 2015 and the other two in September and October 2015, it tells the story about an intergalactic journey towards the planet Wasteland, somewhere deep into the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Delta Funktionen – Wasteland [RAM-X-CD01]

Jerry Riggs – A Cut Against EP [RUNOR1008]

Residing in Toronto and making up one half of Hermans, Jerry Riggs debuts on Run Out Run with four diverse tracks all bringing their own identity to the equation from the knee jerking ‘Sick Sense’ to the heads down ‘Everybody Clap’. Mike Davis, the man behind the newly inaugurated Brenda project, weighs in with two collaborations with Riggs. ‘Beiruth’ is an early hours club excursion moulding strains of dub techno and some hypnotic synth work effortlessly while ‘Come Home (Police Militar)’ is peak time and made to be played loud!

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Jerry Riggs – A Cut Against EP [RUNOR1008]

Not Waving – Get Serious [DIAG026]

Not Waving aka Alessio Natalizia lands his Diagonal debut in rowdy fashion with this one track 12″ Get Serious, ahead of a full album next year. There’s been a sense of continual shift in sound across all of Natalizia’s work as Not Waving, and he seems increasingly seduced by the idea of making people lose their shit on the dancefloor with this pummelling cut.

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Not Waving – Get Serious [DIAG026]

Operator – Elastic Minds EP [SINGR008]

Singular Records welcomes Rich Jones aka Operator for this new release, the Sing-R 8. Energy is the word that comes to my mind for this one, it’s an EP full of intensity, perfectly produced and dosed, crafted for the floor, that allies quality and efficiency, with a full range of sororities.

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Operator – Elastic Minds EP [SINGR008]

Legowelt – Institute Of The Overmind [UTTUFACT]

The Dutch artist releases music at a rate of knots – there’s been at least nine albums under the Legowelt name alone now, and he has over 30 different aliases, all of which interact in weird, wonderful ways. His music has appeared on labels as Creme, Clone and Bunker bringing that original Dutch West Coast Flavour. Here Institute Of The Overmind, which was made live in a session filmed for FACT TV,gets the vinyl treatment backed with a monster 90s trance re-work from Photonz.

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Legowelt – Institute Of The Overmind [UTTUFACT]

VA – Legacy [SFRLP001]

Great techno/electro compilation on Science Fiction Recordings featuring Spoiled Drama, Chris Mitchell, Dj Nephil, Hinode, Moonknight, Jaymond, Arcarsenal, Rawmance, Jared Wilson & Dj Richard.

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VA – Legacy [SFRLP001]

An Ultimate DJ – An Ultimate DJ? [PRR002]

A fusion between Maoupa Mazzocchetti, DJ Coquelin and PD Cloarec.Dark, guttural, noxious analogue filth and noise experiments here loosely held together with some kind of nod to the dancefloor.

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An Ultimate DJ – An Ultimate DJ? [PRR002]

Kobosil – 91 [OTON091]

Berlin’s Kobosil made his debut on the Ostgut Ton off-shoot, Unterton, back in 2013 and the 12″ was received with mighty praise both within our headquarters, and from the techno community as a whole. He has now earned a spot on Ostgut’s main catalogue with the 91 EP – surely named after his year of birth. On the A-side, “Avernian” grumbles and punches its way through heavy kick drums and a sea of distortion, but “Athtar” ditches the beats and heads down the inevitable ambient-drone wormhole. Flip onto the B-side and you’ll find the alien-like sounds of “Konvergent”, alongside the more straight-laced slice-and-dice techno of “Per”.

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Kobosil – 91 [OTON091]