#65 Feat. Staff Picks in Electro (Classic / Detroit / Modern)

Bristol-based producer Zobol lands on Brooklyn imprint Melodize with Killing Culture - a bold, four-track statement that fuses electro, breaks, and electronica into something raw, physical, and emotionally charged. Known as one half of the label Distorted Sensory Perception and as curator of the UK underground event series d3pth_p3rc3pti0n, Zobol brings a fiercely independent, hands-on ethos to his productions. Built entirely on hardware - including the Korg MS20, Roland JX-3P, Prophet Rev2, Acidlab Drumatix, Behringer TD-3, Elektron Octatrack, Soundcraft Signature MTK12 console, and finished in Ableton Live - the EP captures a live-wire energy that feels both urgent and immersive. The EP opens with Uprising, a track that sets a hopeful tone with flickers of brightness woven through its punchy rhythms - like the first sparks of something much bigger. Extrawelt reshapes the track with warm bass and swirling atmospheres, lending a more introspective, drifting character. Known for their decade-spanning contribution to electronic music - from their iconic debut on Border Community to defining live performances worldwide - the German duo once again deliver with a remix steeped in depth and analog soul. The B-side turns heavier. Weapon of Mass Distraction unfolds from a looping synth fragment, slowly ramping into a tense, bass-driven groove that hits like controlled bursts of energy - Relentless, exacting & distractingly armored with acidity. Closing track Oppression dives deeper into emotional terrain: the weight of distorted low-end channels the presence of authoritarian force, while fragile melodic elements flicker like voices struggling to be heard - eventually weakening, fading, and falling into silence. As shattered cultures bleed beneath a technocratic sky, the silenced cries of Palestine, Sudan, Yemen and other forgotten lands echo a world where humanitys dawn is cruelly denied; a stark testament to faltering global systems, demanding urgent change before the irreversible erosion of our shared future

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