For Number 6 on his Label Kluentah recrutes this mysterious guy called Kafkactrl. Six brain-throttling cuts of pure, ice-cold machine funk with melancholic pads and gut-punching basslines.
Kafkactrl – ZMNT006 [ZMNT006]
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SOUR – Reactor LP [ZC026LP]
This double LP showcases the talent of Sour once again. The Florence based underground BuioClub owner has squeezed more acid juices out of of his analog gear collection. Eight excellent acid tracks carefully crafted to serve the dancefloor. Hypnotizing 303 basslines and solid kickdrums, driving hats, spicy percussion and captivating atmospheres.
Mascarpone – Structures EP [FREE DOWNLOAD]
“Mascarpone return with a new EP entitled ‘Structures’. The record encompasses five tracks of dark EBM industrial music with dirty synths and machine drums. The main goal of this EP is to pay homage to artists such as Dopplereffekt or Kraftwerk, which are very important to me, but in my own way.”
Filmmaker – Sonidos Subterraneos Episode 115
Angel – Eufonic Podcast #3
Corp – Paranoid Visions [HVN060]
Madrid based producer Corp debut on Hivern Discs after releases on Libertine and his own imprint, Unusual Systems. “Paranoid Visions” is a collection of four hardware-based jams that navigate through electro, techno and trance.
Dos Ritmos – Materia EP [WRECKS038]
Luca Lozano and Phran’s ‘Dos Ritmos’ project released its first record back in 2018, the Antropophony EP was a result of the duo’s shared appreciation for heavy percussion and worldly drums, sampled and mashed together to create a pan-national representation of polyrhythms and atmospherics. The second release from the duo sees Phran direct the project and expand the collaborative nature of the working process, contributors Ribes, Ivy Barkakati, Jonathan Sirit, and Hidden Memory all bring their own influences and flavors to the table. The ‘Materia’ EP steers the ship in a simliar direction to the first EP but the resulting tracks are more stripped down, driving and focus directly on whats makes a groove a groove.
Gesloten Cirkel – 185 [SOM54]
Powerful Ep from Gesloten Cirkel. Comes with banging The Exaltics remix. Cult techno maverick Gesloten Circle sure knows how to rewire brains with his fizzing, caustic concoctions. This new one on Solar One Music is another case in point. Right from the off on ‘Halfman’ he is laying down jacked up drums, coruscated baselines and flashes of metallic synth that bristle with energy. ‘185’ is a twitchy, acid laced electro workout with robot vocals bring the cyborg funk and The Exaltics remix then hits harder and deeper on stiffer bass. There is still time for two more jams on the flip – the dystopian acid-electro of ‘Quiker’ and stark industrial electro of ‘Sequence Slip.’
VA – Occupants v1 [SCOCV1]
Science Cult’s Occupants series is now on Vinyl for the first time and with version 1, assembling a global array of artists, presented as a double 12” Orange Color Vinyl LP. Astute observers may notice that there is more to the artwork than meets the eye. We find ourselves in a distant future where the remaining population of Earth is ruled by a mysterious A.I. that calls itself EVA. EVA has sent human-piloted research vessels to the farthest reaches of the galaxy to scout for potentially habitable planets and report any findings. These are the Occupants and they’re slowly awakening as EVA’s grip on their minds erodes.
Drvg Cvltvre – Dark Omen [NNY006]
Vincent Koreman a.k.a. Drvg Cvltvre has been cultivating its perfect mix of Techno, Electro and Acid for a few decades, varying speed as his gusto, but without removing an iota of intensity or darkness. In this new release through NNY Records, he again stands out from the rest of the producers thanks to four great tracks that move between slow, dense and epic Techno with acid touches and hazy environments (A Lion Sinester, Dead and Gone); the dirtiest and leatheriest Electro (Serbian Ballerinas) and the most abrasive and serious Acid you can find on the dance floor (You Smell Like Cheetos And Sadness).
Giri – Cauldron Rho [NOSIGNAL002]
The next chapter of Nosignal Records comes from Giri, Neapolitan DJ and producer, owner of Antiterra Records. Giri delivers three perfect tracks of extreme quality, ranging from vibes between space and forest. Following the remix of the Spanish techno master Tadeo, with a superb work.
Ruskin & DVS1 – Chapter One [BP062]
The next EP in Blueprint’s 25th birthday series sees another collaboration for label head, James Ruskin. This time Ruskin teams up with DVS1 for ‘Chapter One’.
Dust Devices VS Johnfaustus – The Earth Portal [ZC-ELEC005]
With the fifth release (ZC-ELEC005) of our Electro Acid Series the Earth Portal is reached. Will Dust Devices succeed in sucking you into the Portal and will John Faustus be welcoming you deep down underground? You will find out soon… Dust devices: Coming from Porto, Portugal this talented musician creates dark but transparant EBM, Techno, Ambient and Electro with a timeless quality. John Faustus: Pianolessons in the 80’s, rocking the guitar in the 90’s, pacing free party since the end of the millennium (followed by a hardware addiction), johnfaustus still making noise. Versatile producer, he navigates fromdub, awesome electro to death metal with of course some mental acidcore in between.
Max Sinclair – Comme des Larmes Podcast #68
System 01 – 1990-1994 [MNQ150]
Mannequin Records presents a 2xLP compilation of System 01, the legendary techno project of Johnny Klimek & Paul Browse. Moving from acid basslines, 808/909 minimalistic reminiscences and hidden movie samples, the core of the compilation is covering Johnny and Paul whole activity as System 01, spanning from their 1990 debut EP “From Psychodelics To Cybernetics” on Interfisch with Timothy Leary, father of the LSD generation, to 1994, with the release of their most acclaimed album “Drugs Work” on Tresor, naturally placing them in the “Der Klang Der Familie”.
Genetic Factor – Sampler 12″ [AD015]
Artificial Dance spent a wealth of time going through the archived recordings of Richard Zeilstra, AKA Genetic Factor. Richard was a pivotal figure in the Amsterdam new wave and avant-garde pop music circles. Besides hosting the ever-influential Spleen and Radionome radio shows on the VPRO he also found time to conduct his own audible experiments. As a firm believer of music by non-musicians Richard has made the effort throughout the last decades to keep on recording in a variety of different guises on different parts of the planet. In these different times and places, the genetic factor was always there. The sampler contains 2 songs from a forthcoming 2×12″ full-length archival compilation and 2 exclusives. The archival compilation will see the day of light in 2022. Fully endorsed and in collaboration with Richard, compiled by Olf van Elden & Robert Bergman.
ADMX-71 – The Aging Process [LIES174]
Adam X returns to L.I.E.S. under his slowbeat industrial guise as ADMX-71.Through this nine track 2xLP we get a master class in hi-def bleep infused psychedelic industrial. Made for urban terrain, this is the definition of cyber war gear grinding street techno…head directly for the absolutely tense rhythmic noise track “Catch Me If You Can” and have your head explode. More end of the world anthems from a master on this long player.
Dustmite – Glowing [SPRVD008]
Dustmite returns to his vinyl imprint with 4 techno tools on this latest Supervoid Records EP. Dark and subterranian techno tools.
Mick Wills @ Mutabor (Moscow) 02.01.2022
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