Levon Vincent returns on his label Novel Sound. Two tracks of hypnotic house/techno hybird with the level of depth and groove that you always expect with his tracks.
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VA – 20in20c [KL-20IN20C]
Klakson celebrates its 20th birthday with a triple 12 inch various artists package. Number 3 of this series with tracks by Fastgraph, Privacy, Negroni Nails and Luxus Varta
VA – 20in20b [KL-20IN20B]
Klakson celebrates its 20th birthday with a strong triple 12 inch various artists package. Number 2 of this series with tracks by Sepehr, Hadone, Steffi & Stingray and Watching Airplanes.
VA – 20in20a [KL-20IN20A]
Klakson celebrates its 20th birthday with a strong triple 12 inch various artists package. Number 1 of this series with tracks by 214, D_roots, Mesak and Duplex.
Versalife – Present Shock EP [TRSD008]
Versalife returns to his home base Transcendent with four iconic electro space trips. The Transcendent imprint, run by Boris Bunnik himself, is the deep sea playground for for all sorts of experimentation by the prolific Dutch producer. Having released there as Conforce, Hexagon and Silent Harbour before, this four track EP as Versalife is another thoughtful addition to the catalogue. A well varied package of dancefloor friendly atmospheric electro drifters.
Sons Of Traders – Crollo Nervoso LP [BLF1C007]
“Crollo Nervoso” (Nervous Breakdown) is a collection of tracks recorded in Berlin Schönlein Strasse between 2018 and 2020 by Italian super-duo (and cousins) TANS & Mike Tansella Jr. as Sons Of Traders. This is their 2nd full album, with over 80 minutes of sonic mayhem from SOT mostly inspired by Genesis P. Orridge, 242, A.S.F., Esplendor Geometrico etc. in the Italian 80’s wave tradition. Additionally there are over 24 minutes of remixes by the likes of Chris Mitchell, Chupacabras, Elena Sizova, Jaundice, and Memory Clap Acid.
Rudiment – L.I.N.E.S [PHXS012]
PHXS012 release is coming from Rudiment based in St Petrsburg, Russia. This is the 3rd solo release of the artist called L.I.N.E.S. 6 extraordinary tracks ready to touch your psychosynthesis holding them each in symmetrical regard of 80/90’s synth-pop EBM and Electro.
VA – Transhumanism 4 [BA107]
The 4th in the Transhumanism series is here. These four now well established Dutch producers approach Electro from their own angles, resulting in four energetic cuts ranging from the haunting vocal laced work of TFHats to the swirling darkness of RXmode.
VA – Fuga II [TOKEN97]
Token returns with the second instalment of Fuga. Spread across eight tracks once more, the release continues in the same vein as its predecessor presenting a collection of reduced techno recordings in equal parts atmospheric as they are functional. Fuga II provides a continuation of the motifs and constructions explored in the first entry, advancing them to some degree and introducing new characters to Token, whilst maintaining a sense of cohesion within the series itself, and the label as a whole.
Aiken – Kognitive [KEY021]
The solid Spanish producer is back. He presents three tracks with his unique style that is clean and repetitive.
Unkle Fon – 47 Ronin EP [KORYU007]
The next release from Koryu Budo brings one of the pivotal figures of the Madrid underground techno scene on board, Unkle Fon. Musically speaking, Manuel started as a guitarist and soon evolved into studio engineer, label owner, club promoter, record shop owner (Ater Cosmo), social agitator… and adventurous character that reflects in his productions all his knowledge of the dancefloor.
DJ Overdose – Emulator Armour [LIES159]
Rotterdamn’s ever prolific DJ Overdose delivers his first full length for L.I.E.S., “Emulator Amour”. The well seasoned electro veteran gives us a 13 track master class workout in the genre, exploring all ends and styles. From the classic cowbell electro of “Razor”, to the West Coast boogie of “Bow to the Devourer” or the icy electro bass of “Turns Out Eddy Has No Friends” Overdose leaves no stone unturned. One of the artists most complete works in his vast catalog which ties all his influences together and presents them in true Overdose form. Not to be missed. A true classic from a Dutch master.
DAWL – Born Abstract LP [CHILDTWELVE]
UK Bleep & Breakbeat Sensei DAWL with his debut Album on Childhood intelligence. Ten Kubrick like Space Journeys. A Hypnotising mix of Graffiti Vibes & Old School Techno, Full of massive basslines & Trippy Atmospheres.
Kovyazin D – Last August EP [CKNOWEP28]
Kovyazin D returns to Craigie Knowes for the first time since 2017. ‘Last August’ is packed from start to finish with post-apocalyptic club-sludge, forged with the slap and kick that has been woven into Kovyazin’s productions for the best part of a decade. A long-overdue reunion between artist and label that does not fall short of expectations.
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VA – Aid EP II [MTRONAID2]
“Should you still have any additional good fortune left, we have put together a second Aid EP, to help support the artists in our community and on our label, currently under financial pressure due to the massive amount of DJ gig and live set cancellations within our scene – and to keep the lights on in our collective, which is heavily dependent on income from event production. All sales will be split 50/50 between the artists and ourselves, after production costs have been recouped.”
Umwelt – Escape The Future [NF24]
Umwelt returns to his own New Flesh Records imprint with his unique EP to date this year. ”Escape The Future” sees the French producer concluding his Future trilogy started in 2015 with ”When Future And Past Collapse” and pursued in 2017 with ”Encoding The Future” on Netherlands based Shipwrec. Fuelled by industrial and post-apocalyptic atmospheres, Umwelt’s brand new 12” gathers together all of the elements that made his dark sound so recognizable, a digest of complex yet dancefloor rhythms fused into insane synth oscillations and Rave influences. Melodic ”Escape The Future” is a much anticipating five tracker blending Umwelt’s unique aesthetic and style, obsessed by a pessimistic vision of the future.
Soft Crash – Spritzkrieg [BITE016.5]
Soft Crash is the new music collaboration formed by Hayden Payne, aka Berghain resident Phase Fatale and Pablo Bozzi of Imperial Black Unit. Attempting to throw off the dark and authoritative stereotypes of the current music scene they helped foster, Payne and Bozzi look to their core influences of synthwave, disco, and early techno to carve a new path as italo body music pioneers. Soft Crash brings melody back into the fold, creating intelligent, melancholic hooks combined with sensual, pulsating rhythm. It can convey the artists’ emotions in a picturesque way that just words themselves cannot. Music that would fit perfectly in the largest concrete techno halls as well as the sleaziest lab disco nights.
Dosis – Sombras EP [ISLA24]
**All proceed of this record will go to AFRORACK, a Chicago audio arts organization dedicated to providing modular synthesis education for African American youth.** The enclosure of night promises freedom of another kind. Subterranean fantasies are consecrated in flesh. The voice calls and is answered by a beating pulse. They swell and break in rapturous cycles. On Sombras, Dosis operates from this intimate space, conjuring electroid visions rooted in techno, zynth-pop and nuova-beat.
Leroy Se Meurt – Makine Kültürü [LXRC43]
COVID-19 pandemic infectiousness and the relative necessity to put hard distance between people has brought up a wide range of means to cope with it. For some it went by as nothing happened, some struggled with not being able to be social, some were overly social on social medias, some spent it in a total drugged-out haze. Some, like Leroy se Meurt, used it to actually create something. The 5 tracks presented in this EP are the result of that forced stay in, the push towards the outside and the realization that, in the end, there’s nowhere to go.
