Theiz returns to EPM in their 25th year with his sixth release on the label. A heartfelt EP of emotional electronics, dedicated to his late father in law. Dutch producer Mathijs Schippers (aka Theiz), now Belgium-based, while honouring his early 90s roots, has gained steady traction through the 2020s with releases on Belgium's Crossfadesounds, Iceland's Moatun7, Canada's Stasis Recordings and a steady home at EPM Music. He continues crafting evocative music blending soulful techno with ambient, dub and broken beat influences. The EP starts with the uncoiling, dappled warmth of Sunrise Dub before Play The Game takes us even deeper into the calming embrace of Theizs machines. Then we up the tempo with the more dancefloor focussed Its Raining Stars and finally the title track When The Machines Are Unplugged: Finally Rest injects a sharper edge into the glowing sonic palette. When The Machines Are Unplugged; Finally Rest is my way of processing the passing of my father in law, who found peace after decades of psychological suffering and a final coma. My music often transforms what happens around me into soundnot to impose that emotion on the listener but to offer a space where others might find something they need, just as I did while creating it.