Nite Fleit – The Film Just Breaks, scid electro rave flying over from down under on Helena Hauff’s label.
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Absolut Unity – Persistence [TREAT02]
Absolute Unity is the new Dance Music project from Ryan Grieve, a cofounder of Hole In The Sky Records. Ryan has produced as one half of bands Canyons, Fred Cherry and Heart People, among others, with releases on labels DFA Records, Modular Recordings, Universal Music, Warner Music, Hole in the Sky & I’m A Cliche. Returning from the haze of major record label obscurity and confusion, Absolute Unity is a return to roots with a focus on simple, raw sounds aimed for DJs to play to dance floors.
Gesloten Cirkel LIVE @ HÖR (Berlin) 01.07.2020
Scientific Dreamz Of U – Self Assembly Of Myriad Heterostructures [PBD16]
Scientific Dreamz Of U debuts on Pinkman’s Broken Dreams white label series. Merging elements of punk-tinged industrial and atmospheric mutant techno, Self Assembly Of Myriad Heterostructures spins the listener into a swarming vortex, where a blistering array of harsh tones oscillate between deteriorating vocals. On the flip, the record includes a remix by Pinkman favorite Mick Wills and a forward driving Dance Mix. Limited to 100 copies, for the true night-wanderers out there.
Basic Soul Unit – Unbound [DOLLY034]
Basic Soul Unit has become one of Dolly’s regulars over the years. He is wel known for his perfect blend of stepping Chicago house, Detroit techno and UK broken beat. Every release is guaranteed party material with a deep elegant twist that makes his music stand out like no other. Beautiful basslines, breaks and bleeps make this new Unbound EP a super powerful three tracker for serious dance floor workouts!
BLNDR – Spine EP [NONPLUS052]
BLNDR debuts on Boddika’s Nonplus Records imprint with four deep driving cuts for the clubs, and for your mind.
Function – Subject F (Transcendence) [EAUX1491]
Seven years after its inception, Eaux is announces the first solo release by an artist other than Rrose. As a member of the Sandwell District collective, David Sumner aka Function was instrumental incultivating the Rrose project. After releasing the first three EPs and album by Rrose between 2012 and 2013, Sandwell District terminated their mission abruptly, prompting Rrose to start a new label (Eaux) for solo projects andcollaborations. This EP brings history full circle.
Takaaki Itoh – KBLV-009 [KBLV-009]
Takaaki Itoh returns to Kin-Ben and his latest EP for the label is an outstanding piece of mesmerizing techno, accompanied with two remixes by Svarog and Kvest.
Eric Cloutier @ HÖR (Berlin) 20.06.2020
Shawn Rudiman – TRO-3 [TRO-3]
Pittsburgh resident Shawn Rudiman makes his debut on TRO. TRO, no compromise quality elecTRO and techno, mastered by 6-BIT DEEP in Copenhagen and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl.
Hattori Hanzō – The Sword [MODULARZ047]
Modularz presents a new release by Japanese producer Hattori Hanzō. Hattori delivers a great body of work focused on Extremely functional tracks with lots of driving rhythms, space influenced hypnotic grooves with the right amount of tension and drama.
Peter Van Hoesen – Chapter for the Agnostic [C91.003]
Peter Van Hoesen presents the third release on his Center 91 imprint. Chapter for the Agnostic features three cuts which have been tried and tested in various venues since late 2019 by PVH himself. Tune in for fresh contemporary techno, PVH style.
VA – Apophenia [BAREC012]
If you can feel a chill in the air it must mean there’s more arcane sorcery being cooked up in the Blind Allies labs. This Latvian label are surely providing some of the strongest strains of pitch-black underground electro from lesser known operators in the machine funk catacombs. On this new various artists 12″, White Mane Horse and Deputy Bender fire off sleek and sinister rhythms while UHU has a little tongue in cheek fun behind the veil of icy whispered vocals and nervy bleeps on “No Body Knows Electro”. Theory Of Noise sound taut and robotic, Olloy keeps things plush but noirish, Rnbws fires off a high-definition sound and Theory Of Noise returns for the simply brilliant “Mission”.
Helena Hauff – Kern Vol. 5: Exclusives & Rarities [KERN005LP]
Switching within digital binaries, analogue flux, and all forms of degradation in between, a creature is kickstarted to life, as if awoken with locomotion’s full might. Helena Hauff delivers a mix for Tresor’s Kern series, lashing together a sound world with a potent barrage of industrial dance music. Helena Hauff and Morah, Umwelt, Machino, Galaxian and L.F.T. all contribute with five previously unreleased tracks, exclusive to the compilation. Rare titles are also featured, such as the late Curley Schoop’s “Mayhem” under the name Esoterik, “City Of Boom” by DJ Godfather & DJ Starski, Nasenbluten’s “Intellectual Killer“ and “After Dark” produced collaboratively by Andrea Parker and David Morley.
VA – DDC02 [DDC02]
The world is shocked by the current COVID-19 situation, especially our scene worldwide. We spent the past few months like this and who knows when it will be back to normal.
So we decided to join this struggle and release this 16-track fundraising compilation in collaboration with old and new producers, who belong to our label across Europe and Hungary. All of us worked and participated in order to support one of the last community spaces in Budapest, called Gólya. With purchasing the V/A, all income goes directly to this place. Gólya is really important in the Budapest scene with its several different community profiles. One of them is a venue, that they operate with a really open-minded attitude, fair deals and welcome various musical genres, like ours. They are still closed, so every kind of funds are a big help for them to survive these weird times.
VA – Ecdisis Vol.3 [FRV033]
Ecdisis Vol 3 is fresh and ready to wreak some havoc. Up first is Vinilette’s rework of Flux of Pink Indians’ “Nothing Is Not Done.” A brood of beats, this rhythmic romp is inspired by the 1986 piece on Uncarved Block. Layers of kick drums, bongos and toms echo and judder as a cold line circles and closes ever tighter. Following we have the head honcho, Juanpablo with his extended edit of Mac Blackout’s “Do The Dance In Your Head”. The intro is given room, adopting a doom disco march, before the fearsome crash of strings. The lyrics, a lurid tale brimming with menace, are sweetened with twirling notes in this grisly stomper. The final attack sequence comes care of Mick Wills with his amazing cut of an unreleased track by Argentina’s great producer NGLY. Dark and looming this distortion streaked encounter will leave bodies and speaker cones raw.
Poperttelli – Exotic Matter [BT42MNC03]
Poperttelli lands on brokntoys with a 5 track EP. Exotic Matter presents a collage of found sounds, weirded-out slow tempos, and rollicking grooves. On his first appearance on the label, the French producer and DJ continues to carve his unique path as previously heard on his Maturre and Lost Dogs releases.
VA – TRUST XX – Silver Future [TRUST-XX]
Charity compilation from the Viennese electro label TRUST. All proceeds will support ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit – zara.or.at
Tracks from Alex Cortex, Biepang, Clatterbox, DJ Glow, Epy, Kamikaze Space Programme, Lok44, M_Step, Microthol, ph03, Second Storey, Stingray313, The Exaltics, Urban Tribe, Versalife , VC-118A and /DL/MS/.
Luxus Varta – Addictive Synthesis [KL-NR5]
Luxus Varta rolls out his new Addictive Synthesis EP on Klakson. Four super strong, driving yet melodic electro slammers with a powerful distinctive modern sound.
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