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A new musical melodic electronic excursion long overdue from Noom (the alter go of XSPANCE) and a track entitled The Dying Light and Singularity. Totally Inspired by the movie Interstellar and coinciding with its tenth anniversary, Noom takes us on a majestic melodic electronic journey. Mastered by Rob Small Mastering. Leeds. England

Noom (UK)

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2024-12-06 Plus 8 Records

Plastikman, Richie Hawtin

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2024-11-29 Erased Tapes

Ben Lukas Boysen, Tom Adams

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2024-11-29 Sneaker Social Club

Etch, J-SHADOW, Lee Scott, E.m.m.a, Killa P, EMZ

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2024-12-06 Clone Jack For Daze Serie

Legowelt

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Guy J, a prominent figure in underground dance music, is known for his energetic productions that resonate with dance floors worldwide, making them essential in DJ charts. However, with his label Armadillo Records, Guy prioritizes artistic freedom over powerful rhythmic sections, repetitive structures, hooks, and drops. Based in Malta, his label consistently features innovative and experimental electronic music, showcasing his peers and personal works. Guy Js latest release, The Story They Never Told You, is a thirteen-minute composition that explores new studio techniques and creatively transcends conventional expectations of the Electronica genre. With its abstract and immersive soundscapes, The Story They Never Told You takes listeners through expansive sonic landscapes, encouraging them to discover depth within themselves without explicit guidance or lyrics. Guy adeptly merges improvisation with structure, and the grand finale addresses questions raised throughout the arrangement, delivering a sense of calm and genuine emotion. This harmonically rich interpretation concludes an innovative work tailored for discerning listeners who appreciate the depth and complexity of electronic music.

Guy J

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Taking inspiration from films, personal experiences, and nature Penryns Angel Wing EP comprises of 5 tracks that range from textural garage rhythms with atmospheric melodies to sweeping ambient soundscapes. With influences from across the spectrum of electronic music such as Burial, Tom VR, William Basinski, Ross From Friends and Eluvium, Angel Wing takes an introspective approach for a more meditative and headphone-oriented experience.

Penryn

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Chapter 3 of the successful compilation series. 14 modern kraut-electronic tracks (3 of them exclusive and previously unreleased) inspired by Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Cluster, Klaus Schulze and many more. Curated and compiled by Compost artist Fred und Luna. As on Vol. 1 and 2, the collage on the cover was designed exclusively by the fantastic artist Norika Nienstedt from the Kraut metropolis of Düsseldorf. Rainer Buchmüller aka Fred und Luna sadly passed away in January 2024 after a long illness. He was a kind-hearted person, gifted artist, friend and companion. We mourn him deeply. A few days before his death, Rainer Buchmüller had sent us the track listing for Vol. 3 (and already ideas for Vol. 4), with the request to publish this posthumously, he would be very happy if his fans and all those who will be would receive a sign of life from him.

Fred und Luna, Philipp Johann Thimm, Niklas Wandt, Christian Nainggolan, Von Spar, Harmonious Thelonious, Benoit B, Salvage Art, Die Orangen, Haley Morgan, Puma & The Dolphin, Twoonky, Sula Bassana, Organza Ray, Die Wilde Jagd

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We are excited to welcome the new vocal single Samael (Take Me Now) by Moonbeam. It comes highly recommended for all music lovers. Samael (Take Me Now) is the fifth single in Moonbeams Archangels series, named after Archangel Samael.

Moonbeam

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2024-12-06 PAN

Hesaitix

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2024-11-26 all my thoughts

Sakura Tsuruta

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Noir weaves a dark romantic narrative reminiscent of classic film noir. Across ten haunting tracks, it tells the story of a detective caught in a perilous web of love and betrayal, plunging listeners into a richly atmospheric 1940s landscape where every secret threatens to tear apart lives. Building on the first two singles, There in the Garden and Finders, the album follows the detective through a city pulsing with danger, tension, and allure. As he unravels the mystery of his Chief Inspectors affair with the elusive femme fatale, he discovers that the Chief Inspector, haunted by guilt, desperately wants to end the affair to keep his wife from finding out about his betrayal. This fraught dynamic propels the detective deeper into a story far darker than he anticipated. In a last, desperate move, the Chief Inspector invites the femme fatale to his beach house, intending to sever ties once and for all. What begins as a heated exchange soon spirals into a final, devastating confrontation. Cornered and betrayed, the femme fatale pulls the Inspectors own gun in a moment of desperation-sealing his fate and leaving the detective with a haunting reminder that all beginnings have ends. Each track immerses the listener in the detectives journey, as he navigates the treacherous waters of trust and obsession, blurring the lines between right and wrong, truth and deception. Lush soundscapes born from drawn out, haunted nights lend each chapter a timeless feel, creating a sonic experience built for late night drives and private listening.

Monkeys&Demons

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2024-12-02 Erased Tapes

Rival Consoles

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2024-12-06 Lapsus

Pye Corner Audio

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Nadia Struiwigh Unveils New Ambient EP: TREES Nadia Struiwigh returns with a captivating new ambient release, TREES, featuring a more cinematic approach that blends heavy basslines, mystical rhythms, and evolving arpeggios. The EP invites listeners on a transformative journey, evoking deep emotions through immersive soundscapes. Tracklist* 1. Apple Tree 2. Lemon Tree Artists Insight: As I navigate a significant life shift, I felt inspired to dive deep into heavier frequencies that gradually evolve into a euphoric state. The music represents a transformation for melike a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. Life brings challenges, but also magic, and thats what these tracks are all about. Nadia Struiwigh Tech Talk: For this EP, Nadia utilized the Torso Electronics T-1 to craft intricate polyrhythms, pairing them with layered synths to create rich textures. The synth work features the Arturia Minifreak, one of her go-to instruments, adding a distinct character to the evolving soundscape. Upcoming Releases: Stay tuned for more music, as Nadia continues to release new material crafted with the finest music hardware. Your support means the world! Catch Nadias latest work here or at upcoming events. Hugs x DW ---- Release Date: November 26, 2024 All tracks written and produced by: Nadia Struiwigh Mastered by: Maspaventi Mastering Artwork by: Nadia Struiwigh

Nadia Struiwigh

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2024-11-29 Lumière Noire Records

CHLOE (Thévenin)

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2024-12-06 Of Paradise

POD, Pugilist

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2024-12-06 Leycend

oddchapters

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2024-12-06 City Slang

Waleed, Martina Camargo

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2024-12-06 Erased Tapes

Daniel Brandt, Hatis Noit

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Bakk Heias schuttle lands on Third Place with Noisome Pools! Newcastle-via-Manchester artist schuttle co-founded Bakk Heia with Jorg Kuning, Bitzer Malo, and Samuel Tomsky, stemming from Bitzers now 8-year-running Bakk Heia party at Salfords The White Hotel, where the four regularly deliver their signature mix of swampy euphoria. schuttles releases effortlessly blur the lines between club and home listening and have received support from Ben UFO, Joe Delon, Jane Fitz, Kiernan Laveaux, Barker, Pariah, and more. Dive in!

Schuttle

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Indian born, UK artist Michael Diamond, co-founder of Vasuki Sound label and club night, announces new EP Placid Wakefulness, featuring single Reverse Entropy. available on all platforms 5th December via Vasuki Sound. A uniquely multifaceted talent, Michael Diamonds unforgettable jazzed electronic sound is informed by a spectrum of influences, not least by intersection of the scientific and practical worlds of electronic music. From the music scholarship he won to read Medicine at Oxford where he quickly discovered new ways in which the two worlds can co-exist, his days were spent immersed in academic studies of music perception and cognition, while his nights were spent alongside the likes of Ben UFO, Batu & Ross From Friends, playing at one of UKs most long-established nights Simple. A chance encounter there also led him to connect with musical collaborator Alex Wilson – the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year semi-finalist and then musical director of Oxfords Jazz Orchestra – who appears frequently across Diamonds compositions and on Placid Wakefulness. No stranger to a concept piece, Diamonds previous project, the highly personal and critically acclaimed exploration of culture and identity, Third Culture (album of the month/year acknowledgments from Stamp The Wax, Juno and Phonica Records, also earning him a DJ Mag One To Watch, a Youth Music Awards Rising Star nomination and a Gilles Petersons Future Bubbler accolade) explored the experience of being a third culture kid born in Kerala, India and growing up in the UK with a sense of fractured identity. On Placid Wakefulness, Diamond honours his academic research working alongside world-renowned musicologist Professor Eric Clarke and conducting interviews with some of the worlds most influential electronic music artists, including Objekt, Object Blue, Mr Bongo, and Call Super on the relationship between music and the human psyche. Specifically how music may affect our sleepfulness and wakefulness, how instinctively we are soothed by some sounds and energised by others - what it is about dance music that makes people go hard all night long? and what is it about ambient music that makes people feel the opposite way - to lull them into this sense of calmness or rest?, mindful of the unconscious ways his findings were already manifesting in his work as an artist. And while his research provides a framework for some of the ideas within the piece, Placid Wakefulness can be viewed as more of an unintentional byproduct, or case-in-point of his findings, rather than a piece consciously constructed in their image. Across Placid Wakefulnesss four tracks we find the artist unpacking a range of sonic ideas on this theme, from ambient calm to club-adjacent rhythms. The EP opens with hypnotic lullaby of A Way of Listening complete with transcendent flutes provided by Alex Wilson, cello by George Lloyd-Own and a mellow groove. On the more energised Reverse Entropy, rhythmic ambiguity moves to rhythmic disambiguation with a four-to-the-floor beat as the track progresses, releasing tension and inviting an urge to dance as a jazz sax moment transmutes into glorious techno percussiveness. On Turning and Turning the bpm shifts down a gear, a sonic dreamstate where tough textural rhythms create a kind of liminal state tension. Closing out the EP we return to a sense of restfulness with the EPs title track, where a gorgeous picked guitar loop interplays with vibrating ambient pads and a slow and steady beat. The Placid Wakefulness EP is a captivating testament to Diamonds singular artistic talent and the fascinating interplay of neuroscience and how we experience and enjoy music. Essential and unmissable! Michael Diamond says : This EP was a byproduct of the past couple of years, in particular my last year of study when I became interested in the (previously new to me) field of the neuropsychology behind music perception and why it makes us feel a certain way. This meeting point of science and music captivated me, and felt like the perfect intersection between my two interests: that there are certain features that seem to work on the brain to create a captivating emotional musical experience. Working closely with Prof. Clarke has been truly enlightening for me. When I was making these tunes I noticed how Id inadvertently made use of some of the brain mechanisms / techniques wed been researching / discussing. I was more aware of what was happening in my music as a result. What became apparent to me is that my own music seems to possess features which are simultaneously conducive to both sleep and wakefulness - I tend to enjoy energising drums / bass combined with more spacious calming atmospheric instrumentation and percussion. This combination is also apparent in a lot of the music I enjoy listening to. The EP combines these elements across its course with placid sleepy qualities but at the same time some of the energising elements of dance music too. Making music takes me in between these two states of consciousness. I loved working with Alex again, an incredible flautist and saxophonist, as well as G-lo whos cello cameos really elevated the piece for me. My long-term hopes are that this project and some of the other bits Ive been doing in the NHS will lead to new ways in which we can use music for therapeutic purposes. There is a growing amount of evidence to show that these kinds of soft interventions like music / arts therapy have a massive physical and psychological benefit - I find it very interesting to find out why they have an effect and how we can all derive benefit from it.

Alex Wilson, Michael Diamond, George Lloyd-Owen

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Control Freak is delighted to present Medici Daughters 113 - an exercise in expansive musical worldbuilding from a uniquely talented and multifaceted artist. Medici Daughter has been a close CF collaborator since the very earliest days of the label. Now, the new album length continuous piece 113 sees them expanding their musical focus, exploding the constraints of any boundaries set by the eponymous BPM into a myriad of possibilities. With a sound palette influenced by dub techno, minimalism and outsider house, the release is anchored in a series of continuously evolving rhythmic motifs, washed out in a sea of hazy texture - engineered for deep home listening & late night ambient room sessions. The digital release of 113 is accompanied by a highly limited run of tapes - presented in a clear case & sealed with a custom made holographic RFID sticker. For Fans Of: Actress, Huerco S, Loraine James

Medici Daughter

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DORIAN CONCEPT - ?MUSIC FROM A ROOM FULL OF SYNTHS Marshall McLuhan said: Knowledge gets in the way. It is only the very ignorant person who can get past that problem because he is not fogged over by knowledge. When youre looking for new answers to new questions, it is knowledge itself that blocks progress. It is knowledge that creates rear currents just as wealth creates poverty. Knowledge creates ignorance. ?We are very happy to announce the second instalment in our collaboration with SMEM. Dorian Concept spent 10 days at the Swiss Museum for Electronic Music Instruments to record Music From A Room Full of Synths. Even though he doesnt consider himself a gear-guy, his unique approach led to a record defined by its playful curiosity and free-form arrangements. The entire album was recorded live, with no sequencing or programming involved. Thus, capturing the rawness of the moment, while celebrating the quirks and imperfections of older electronic-music gear, became the core of this project. ?Dorian Concept is a highly respected electronic musician who has been releasing music for close to two decades. As a cross-genre synthesizer virtuoso, he mixes experimental electronic sounds with jazz, ambient, and club music. Due to his unmistakable sound and singular live show, he has become a sought-after performer. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with musicians and producers such as Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and Kenny Beats.

Dorian Concept

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2024-12-06 Best Intentions

gyrofield

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2024-12-06 Airwave Music

Airwave

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2024-11-29 LAYER Records

Ben Klock, Coby Sey, Fadi Mohem, Flowdan

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2024-11-27 Heavenly Recordings / Co-op

Tapir!

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2024-12-06 Grid

Tammo Hesselink, Plebeian, K Wata, Nico, Tristan Arp, Basile3, Clara!, Jonny from Space, Yilan, Doline, Seekersinternational, Ronan, LTD Colours, E-Unity

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2024-12-06 Latinambient

Populous, San Ignacio

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2024-12-06 Binary Acoustics

BT

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2024-12-06 AP Musik

Aleksi Perala

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2024-12-06 Magazine

Maria Wildeis

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2024-12-06 Be Your Own Studio Label

ena b.

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2024-11-29 Omnidisc

Vril, ZDBT

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2024-12-06 Denovali Records

LTO

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The God In Hackney get cut, spliced, dubbed and subbed by two of their favorite UK electronics producers - Etch and Al Wootton - handing over the masters of their 2023 album The World in Air Quotes for fresh digestion and regurgitation. The Etch Amalgamix is a masterful meta-mix which quotes freely from The World in Air Quotes, layering a spectral vocal loop from Broken Pets over a space-invader half-speed funk hook with a monster sub undercarriage. Al Wootton takes apart the albums peak jazz outbreak Bardo! layering and splintering sections of Ashley Marlowe and Kelly Pratts percussion and brass interplay over deep bass and a fresh, latin-inflected groove to invoke some new mode of Balearic transcendence at 140 bpm. Expansive, often brilliant music which could be seen as a digital-era update of the whirling, uncategorizable, and often brilliant late 1970s experiments by This Heat...in scope and sound its closer to the heralded contemporary works of Sault, with a strong David Axelrod fetish in the mix...The World in Air Quotes explodes with the genre-fucking energy of the best collaborations between Carla Bley and Michael Mantler, with the political and sonic acumen of Charlie Hadens Liberation Jazz Orchestra. But again its dubbed-out and broken and frozen as Tortoise assuming the role of a band ion the Crass Records label The World in Air Quotes - Mike McGonigal, Maggot Brain The God In Hackney has delivered an antidote to this musical mire, a truly fascinating piece of work drenched in mysterious musical styles and veiled lyrical abstractions which, without ever careening to pompous intellectual luxuriation, serve as a necessary counterweight to the rot of incuriosity and holds a light towards new avenues of discovery. The World in Air Quotes - Heads on Sticks

The God in Hackney

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Start from yourself. From your organs, your whole body, then the social environment, streets, cities—everything your mind can understand, human-made or natural, constructive or destructive, working only for somes benefit or aimlessly drifting—all are systems within systems. Systems are made for their function, each important and valid while they serve change. Growth is inevitable; its not a system but greater than that. Its meaning cannot be understood by thought, and therefore any system, ultimately locked in its limitations, is destined to fail. There is no system to hold on to! If you pursue this diligently enough, realizing with clear resistance that all concepts will dissolve only to mutate into the next one, you acknowledge that all systems fail. This EP is the fusion of poet Ulaş Ekin Toprak and electronic producer Julia Häller, aka Chewlie. Heavy on bass and poetry, this piece is a debut statement of our project. All Systems Fail is an elegy that illuminates the failure of all systems of separation, identity, exploitation, authority, and oppression! —STREIKTHROUGH

Chewlie, STREIKTHROUGH

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Back on Upon You with his eagerly anticipated new number, label co-founder Marco Resmann treats us to a sizzling hot slice of buzzing machine funk and fractured techno rhythms with the Algorithm. Featuring LAs one-and-only Cari Golden on vocals, this new EP has us soaked in a world of encrypted paranoia, data-wazzing clouds and AI-fuelled menace, where every signal could be the last and every backdoor a trompe-loeil. Though offered as a quartet of distinct versions, VotA is more than just a single and remix package and each piece of work contains the elements to its own expanding universe. The original mix serves up a fine combination of left-of-centre electronics - wistfully atmospheric and dynamic in equal measure, bridging the gap between its intrinsic nature as a piece of no-nonsense dance music but also as a slab of boundary-pushing analogue techno, breaksy house and IDM-ish hybrid. All in depth-plumbing layers of rolling sub-bass and loop-heavy tectonics, the Arp mix folds out into a hypnotic, post French touch-style facelift of barely recognizable stems, whereas the Eleven mix lays it further thick on the electroid / breaksy profile; like a sharp, distant, dystopia-infused nod to Detroit, initiating a remote dialogue with Arpanets 2002 classic, Wireless Internet. Closing the EP, the Anniversary mix is pure peak-time deep rave material. Heavily dubbed-out and inch-precisely engineered to trigger off maximal response from the dancers, this one is the closest youll get to a typical floor roller. Let go of the persona, its time to hack your true self back into the system.

Marco Resmann, Cari Golden

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2024-11-22 Circus Company

The Mole

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The long-awaited collaboration between Nikola Melnikov and Max Sorokin, anticipated by fans for three years, has finally come to life with the release of Train to Enoshima. This electronic EP is a unique musical journey, with each track opening worlds seen and felt by the producers during their travels across different corners of the globe. The release features two standout tracks - Train to Enoshima and Ritual Loop. These pieces highlight the contrasting aspects of Nikola and Maxs creative approaches, emphasized through distinct genre stylings, which have become Nikola Melnikovs signature - a master at bridging genres and weaving them into a unified musical tapestry. Max Sorokins unique perspective on sound elevates these tracks to new heights. As a go-to for top electronic producers seeking that final touch on their tracks, Max showcases his top-tier skills here, bringing out the layered richness and depth of the sound. Train to Enoshima captures the mood of a journey, filled with quiet anticipation and a gentle melancholy, reminiscent of Japanese landscapes. Meanwhile, Ritual Loop draws listeners into a ritualistic trance, evoking a sense of mystical connection with the surrounding world, as if in an exotic location in another part of the world. This release is more than just music; its an invitation into the worlds of two masters, where every melody and beat tells the story of their travels and experiences.

Nikola Melnikov, Max Sorokin

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The second chapter of Maxim Lanys Hoogeloon EP, in collaboration with The Plugins, builds on the innovative producers expanding story with two profound new cuts. Hard Is Just An Illusion builds on Maxims evocative style, pulsing with bass-driven rhythms and unexpected guitar riffs. Mario Hit The Stairs brings introspective energy with its piano-led house vibe, pulling the listener inward as percussive accents keep them moving. Together, the EP invites listeners to experience the imagination of a musician in his element, conjuring a journey into both the mind and the groove.

Maxim Lany

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2024-11-29 NOTON

Alva Noto

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2024-12-06 Golin

Golin, Ssaliva

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2024-11-22 Warp Records

Bibio

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Aksel&Aino are back. Secretly they have prepared their new Album Akvatisk Beredskap, out on 06. December, 2024 via Public Possession. No big fuzz, but big feelings! Not so secretly Aksel&Aino have gained a following of devoted fans since the release of their debut LP in 2020. The warm analog sounds paired with Ainos poetical lyrics have hit a soft spot with many. Sounds that work on and off the dance floor alike. The new Album again showcases multi layered musik full of bubbly synths, lively drum machines and soft, sometimes fragile vocals. Deep, emotional electroniks, engineered for your heart.

Aksel & Aino

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Digital dance experiments of the following kind. All basic components are combined from a variety of styles that are relevant in the avant-garde and underground scene. Noise gradients are woven from hexd and surge, wave and synthgaze, electroacoustics and harshnoise. The central focus is the melodic elixir of utopian virtual, synthesized from the sounds of various forms of trance and folktronica. All of this is held together by an abundance of interwoven polyrhythmic foundations from deconstructed club, berite club, hard drum, weightless, juke, gqom, and neoperreo, occasionally transitioning into outright tribal techno and hardcore. Its the kind of sound that can only emerge when you walk less-trodden paths, full of colors and combinations hidden from the eyes of the crowd. All this music was born from the desire to find something different in whats happening now and transform it into a probable form of the future-the very thing that is so lacking in our time.

el_mundo_azurico

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2024-11-22 Houndstooth

Djrum

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2024-11-19 AD 93

James K

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2024-12-06 Scarlet Tiger (LG105)

Ross from Friends, Bubble Love, Jeshi, Cameo Blush

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2024-11-29 NOREMIXES

Starkey

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With over 30 years of studio experience under his belt, pivotal British techno producer Kirk Degiorgio once again lands on De:tuned with the mesmerizing eight-track album Requiem. The trademark As One sonic signature shines through and beautifully expands with a more melodic touch as Catherine Siofra Prendergast joins the As One line-up. Nourishing your body and soul, the progressed As One soundscapes result in a coherent production of the highest order. Stay tuned! Kevin Foakes (Openmind, DJ Food, Ninja Tune) created all the graphic work. Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis. A separate digital release will also be available at the usual digital shops. Stay tuned!

As One

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2024-11-28 99CHANTS Rec

David August, Aho Ssan, Ulla, Marina Herlop, Ludwig Wandinger

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Civilistjavel! returns with Brodfoda, the successor to 2022s Jarnnatter and his fourth release for FELT. The record features collaborations with Laila Sakini, Mayssa Jallad, Thommy Wahlstrom, ELDON, and Withdrawn. Tomas Boden is a revered figure of the aural murk, known primarily for his work as Civilistjavel. Its an alias that has spawned a catalogue of self-released peculiarities, featuring music that scorns traditional form, instead opting for unfussed symphonies of ice-hued minimalism; soft murmurs that emanate from his studio in the High Coast of Sweden. On Brodfoda, his latest album for Fergus Joness FELT imprint, subtle new developments in mood prevail. Across its 75 minutes, Civilistjavel! unveils a breadth of emotions that on previous releases seemed distant. He also invites collaborators on record for the first time: Beirut-based singer Mayssa Jallad mournfully croons on IV, VIII hosts Coldlights ELDON & Withdrawn for an abstracted session of dub-hop murk, Laila Sakini offers a hallucinogenic monologue amidst melodica, sticks & bells playing on IX, and Thommy Wahlstrom floats scant acid dub stylings on VI. These additions and developments bring a forlorn intimacy to the music, and suggest an ambition that few artists of his ilk strive for. FELTs (un)reliable cast of audio ghouls routinely summon the odd, with Civilistjavel! often its primary culprit; Brodfoda gently modifies this path to pursue some of his and the labels most quaintly beautiful music yet.

Civilistjavel!, Mayssa Jallad, Thommy Wahlström, WithDrawn, ELDON, Laila Sakini

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2024-11-28 Strid Records

James Adrian Brown, James Welsh

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2024-12-06 Dust Science

The Black Dog

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2024-09-13 Lapsus

Bedouin Ascent

#17 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-09-06 Erased Tapes

Masayoshi Fujita, Moor Mother, Hatis Noit

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Research Records teams up with organist and synthesist E. Bobby G. to release his sophomore album, Bobby Business. Once again, the album is primarily centered around the 1982 Kawai DX900, but it masterfully explores more genres than his debut, Giving You M.O.R.E. Bobby Business was recorded in 2022 after E. Bobby G. received an eviction notice from his beloved sharehouse of 12 years. After moving out, he stored the organ at his workplace, Bakehouse Studios, where his boss let him use the space overnight to record until the early hours. The remainder of the album was recorded in his old studio space, NGBE. The first track, Ha-Ha, is as meditative as it is glittery, with floating sustained chords. Big Boy and Disco Shift bring back a slightly more polished E. Bobby G. sound--lo-fi library music with bright tones that will appeal to fans of proto-electronic icons like Brian Bennett. Tracks like Lucky Strike and Tropical Dino Ride are video game music dreams, featuring West Coast lead lines and strutting percussion. The second half of the album explores spaced-out 90s downtempo and dub elements, with a distinctive refinement that hides the fact it was created primarily using the Kawai DX900. Bobby Business closes with Lillian, a sonic dedication to the artists Grandmother, with a more traditional song structure that hints at what Bobby has planned next.

E. Bobby G.

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2024-12-06 Downwards

Rosa Damask

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2024-12-06 VinDig

Open Timbz

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2024-11-29 Planisphère

Kmru, Thea Soti, Youmna Saba, QOW, Protokol, necrotrance, Aho Ssan, Amelie Nilles, Enzym, Fichon, Mélodie Blaison, Trypheme, Frederic D. Oberland, Alley Catss, Vic Bang, Aelred Nils, Oreijän, le désert mauve

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2024-09-13 Cabdriver

Hendrik Meyer

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For the third LP of the Lyfseill series, we are proud to present Slow Down, the latest album from Felix Leifur. Known for his BROT series, Felix leans into slower tempos on this release, creating a collection of brooding, left-field electro/breaks tracks. His modular synths are front and center, crafting soundscapes with rhythms and deep, textured basslines. While it retains the aesthetic Felix is known for, the slower pace allows each track to unfold more gradually, drawing the listener into hypnotic and immersive atmospheres.

Felix Leifur

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2024-12-06 Anjunadeep

Jody Wisternoff, PROFF, James Grant, Siobhan Wilson, Takeshi Furukawa, Natascha Polké, Nox Vahn, ALLKNIGHT, RYTERBAND, Liu Bei, Sian Evans, Bailey, Mimi Page

#19 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-09-11 Touching Bass

d'monk

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2024-11-08 NOTON

Alva Noto

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2024-11-29 Lo Recordings

Francis Morning

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2024-12-06 Uno NYC

Will August Park

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Raphael Mader and BIBSN are the power team behind With Her, a double A-side that includes a superb breaks mix of the title track.

Raphael Mader, BIBSN

#21 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Medlar returns to Riverette with a very special one! His debut album under his actual name N. Pegler. SCRIBBLES are some highlights of many hundreds of sketches from various hard drives & computers of the past 15 years. Tracks which never ended up on any releases, due to them feeling underproduced, or not being complex enough in some way or another. Many were born from testing out a new bit of equipment for the first time, or from quickly getting down an idea before doing something more important. Often in these moments, when less focused on composition and making a track, a playful quality presents itself. Ned Pegler explores themes of nature, time, and consciousness, encapsulating the essence of ambient music in this wonderful album.

N. Pegler

#21 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-08 Smalltown Supersound

Perila

#22 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Cotenius X is the duo that stops making sense. Its an exploratory improvisational project of the Ukrainian sound artist Daria Redkina and the Russian experimental vocalist Varya Pavlova aka Lisokot. Improvising together since 2017 they incorporate folk, electronic and musique concrète elements into their spontaneous compositions. Their theatrical performances involve impersonation or adoption of different characters and are informed by social, historical, and site-specific narratives. Both Redkina and Pavlova work with loops, synths and effects, reshaping various samples into novel forms. Oceans In Flames, for example, evokes a slowly evolving sound field that sprouts, collapses and decays under flickering fluorescent bulbs. The effect is not dissimilar to the epic catastrophic landscape paintings, but remixed for our own AI-saturated end times. Most of the tracks on Plastic Bag are recordings of live shows. Burunduk is taken from the duos first ever performance and sees Pavlova impersonating animal spirits - forest sprites and haunted chipmunks abound. Meanwhile Fukushima Tuna and the albums title track employ the talents of avant-garde saxophonist Sergey Letov who sows seeds of optimism onto the scorched plastic soil tilled by Cotenius X. Plastic Bag coalesced during the four years that Redkina and Pavlova improvised together. Being based in different countries and despite the challenges of the global pandemic and the rising geopolitical tensions of subsequent years, the album is a testament to collaboration; an archival reflection of the time the duo spent experimenting together. The albums artwork was created by Pavel Pepperstein, a conceptual graphic artist, whose interpretation of the music manifested in an impossibly surreal group portrait that nods towards Nikolai Gogol, Salvador Dalí and The Residents. The duo have, in fact, been compared to The Residents and see themselves carrying the psychedelic absurdity of the US group forward by giving it a feminine twist.

Cotenius X, Sergey Letov

#22 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

Looks like it was yesterday, but we are now celebrating 100 releases at the Warm Up headquarters, and who better to put the celebration at the proper level than the label boss and curator Oscar Mulero. In a solid career spanning across more than 30 years, Oscar Mulero has developed his own signature in the global techno scene. These 22 songs are the culmination of a personal sonic journey and makes the seventh full album in his discography. Across this extended tracklist Oscar explores the most scientific side of techno, where abstraction and alien sounds collide with precise rhythms and ultra mental arrangements, diving deep into sound design and studio mixing techniques. On this voyage, the machine starts slowly, almost beatless on the first cut Aquí y ahora, slowly growing in intensity and groove on Percepción y conciencia and En un círculo vicioso. The fourth track Diálogo con la realidad pushes the BPM rate and goes into danceable areas yet preserving the bleepy pulses and precise drum programming. The tension stops in the middle of the tracklists with Laberinto, resetting the spacecraft before going again into hyperspace for three more upbeat songs. On a journey under your skin things go mental again introducing the listener into some ethereal atmosphere before the last quarter of this extensive alien opera. This album is a reflection of a timeless approach to techno, to the roots of this sound that was meant to represent futurism and undiscovered sound territories through minimalism and electronic funk. To give a written description of every piece included here would not give justice to the sounds encapsulated inside, we give you, the listener, the freedom to experience it in your own way, listening to this composition in its integrity as an abstract film soundtrack, to escape from current state of things and enhance your mind and body into another level of perception. Viaje interior will be brought to you in a limited edition four vinyl pack and also in digital format in the labels bandcamp.

Oscar Mulero

#22 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

We are very happy to announce the second instalment in our collaboration with SMEM.Dorian Conceptspent 10 days at the Swiss Museum for Electronic Music Instruments to recordMusic From A Room Full of Synths. Even though he doesnt consider himself a gear- guy, his unique approach led to a record defined by its playful curiosity and free-form arrangements. The entire album was recorded live, with no sequencing or programming involved. Thus, capturing the rawness of the moment, while celebrating the quirks and imperfections of older electronic-music gear, became the core of this project. Dorian Concept is a highly respected electronic musician who has been releasing music for close to two decades. As a cross-genre synthesizer virtuoso, he mixes experimental electronic sounds with jazz, ambient, and club music. Due to his unmistakable sound and singular live show, he has become a sought- after performer. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with musicians and producers such as Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and Kenny Beats.

Dorian Concept

#23 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-15 Kranky

Earthen Sea

#23 Feat. Hype in Electronica

— Look, how weird! — Cat brushed away the top layer of ash with his paw, revealing snow-white ice. — As if hell and winter had merged. — This is Motown. Once a major mining town, now just ruins after an eruption. — I didnt think wed end up in a hole like this... Especially with Nomad missing. — And you know what the worst part is? Nomad didnt just disappear. The portal absorbed him. But who opened it, that is the real question. A massive tower was looming up ahead. Its antennas were sticking out like broken claws. Below, shattered adamantium slabs intertwined with charred tree roots. A sign, covered in ash, was barely legible: SL75 Experimental Center. Once inside, they were greeted by an oppressive silence and icy air that chilled to the bone. The corridors seemed endless in the light of flickering lamps, and the floor was strewn with rusty wreckage of robots and instruments. The control room, once bustling with life, was now filled with empty workstations and displays that were broadcasting only static noise. — What a creepy place. — A man once worked here, — Spacelunch ran his palm over the panel. — Kujo. If anyone knows anything about the portal, its him. A metallic creak echoed down the corridor. An android appeared in the faint light of the lamps, staggering and dragging a damaged leg. A short stump where his arm used to be exposed tattered wires sparking in time with his footsteps. Empty eyes wandered through space as if trying to focus on the strangers. — Looking for Kujo? — The mechanical voice was slightly distorted. — Youre not the first... — Do you know anything about him? I can give something in exchange for this information. An implant, for example. The android made a rattling sound like a short laugh. — I dont need an arm, but the brain module is another matter. It was stolen and pawned. — And you didnt try to get it back? — I tried, but it cost me my arm. If you get the module, Ill tell you where to find him. The friends looked at each other. The road to answers was not going to be easy, but they were ready to do anything to save Nomad.

Shannon Davin

#23 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

Multi Culti World Records venture deeper into the new new age with the release of Ocean of Beauty - Meditations for Synthesizer and Bansuri Flute, a collaboration between California-based artist/DJ Earthtones and Indian classical musician Sheela Bringi. Earthtones, fresh off his genre-defying debut album on Wonderwheel, here dives into the deep end of the ocean of ambient. With music that traverses cultures, hes known for bridging influences from Cumbia to hip hop and house music. Here he presents his most consciousness-expanding work yet, no doubt influenced by his involvement in Ojai new age culture, years living in ashrams, practicing Shaktism, + spending as much time curating sounds suitable for aural healing and meditation as for dance-floors. Hes found a perfect muse in Boulder-based Sheela Bringi, whose virtuosity in Indian classical music sets the tone of the record with her bansuri (Indian bamboo flute) & harp, blending traditional instrumentation with more contemporary influences. Bringi was a direct disciple of bansuri master GS Sachdev, and represents a devotional musical lineage.  She has released two solo albums, Shakti Sutra and Incantations, and her work has been featured on over 50 world and ambient records, plus publicly on outlets from NPR to NBC News, & more. Ocean of Beauty is the English translation of an ancient Sanskrit text devoted to the divine mother, the Śri Saundarya Lahari,  The song titles are taken from verses in that text, and the album is in fact a dedication to the goddess Lalitā Devī.  It creates a serene, meditative space which seamlessly blends traditions; synth-driven ragas with a spirit of tranquility that nurtures Multi Cultis philosophical bent towards music without borders.

Earthtones, Sheela Bringi

#24 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-18 Hexagonal Music

Kaisser Bouzriba

#24 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-06 Future Classic

Seekae

#24 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Second single from forthcoming album 113 Control Freak is delighted to present Medici Daughters 113 - an exercise in expansive musical worldbuilding from a uniquely talented and multifaceted artist. Medici Daughter has been a close CF collaborator since the very earliest days of the label. Now, the new album length continuous piece 113 sees them expanding their musical focus, exploding the constraints of any boundaries set by the eponymous BPM into a myriad of possibilities. With a sound palette influenced by dub techno, minimalism and outsider house, the release is anchored in a series of continuously evolving rhythmic motifs, washed out in a sea of hazy texture - engineered for deep home listening & late night ambient room sessions. The digital release of 113 is accompanied by a highly limited run of tapes - presented in a clear case & sealed with a custom made holographic RFID sticker. For Fans Of: Actress, Huerco S, Loraine James

Medici Daughter

#25 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

RETURN PATH EP Antagonist & Sequenced_memories The seventh EP from Discipline Records, Manchester UK. Another selection of cutting edge electronic exploration from label boss Antagonst, with a ambient feature from a new artist on the label , Sequenced_memories. 5 tracks of electronic loops and groove with hints of techstep d&b, autonomic, chillout, halftime and lofi ambient. Mastering by ResoundSound Distributed by LABELWORX Written & Produced by M Taylor @disciplinerecordsuk@gmail.com released December 6, 2024

Antagonist, Sequenced_memories

#25 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Theory Therapys debut release is now available on streaming for the first time. It comes from Concave Reflection aka Tommy Paslaski, one-third of Chicago-based group Purelink. Calm but rarely completely beatless, The Best People Are Like Water hovers in the interstice between the club and the comedown. The tape consists of 11 immersive tracks that split the difference between atmospheric downtempo and hypnagogic ambient. Side A is predominantly beat-based, channeling the best elements of 90s chillout room music, while side B is a more celestial affair the aural equivalent of noctilucent clouds swirling slowly in the sky. The album displays many of the qualities found in Purelinks music syncopated breakbeats, pristinely mixed drums and airy atmospherics but an added sense of intimacy runs across its 11 tracks. Paslaski has described his process as layering and layering until I have a cohesive thought, then sometimes playing my loop pedal cello stuff over it and seeing where it takes me. This improvisational approach translates into an album that feels aleatory, organic and extremely personal, as though it was produced by some arcane and abstract method, like wind roiling midnight air or slowly crystallising water. The Best People Are Like Water was mastered by Joseph Buchan aka Other Joe. Ben (kindtree) consulted on mixing for the A side. All tracks were written and produced by Tommy Paslaski.

Concave Reflection

#25 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-01 Warp Records

Oneohtrix Point Never

#26 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Colombian artist Kabinett brings a soul and harmonic proposal in the many forms of alternative disco and house through embellished productions and DJ sets finding himself every time as medium for all possibilities. Involved in music from an early age through classical music, while being exposed and inspired by his older brothers in the many forms of what electronic music was developing, Nicolás, his given name, knew that his future and purpose was only going to be around what matters him the most, music. After learning different instruments in the early years and through a mix of self-education and formal education in contemporary music and music production, as well his first steps as a DJ, at age 20 he was ready to get involved in Colombias capital electronic music scene as curator, DJ, label owner and music producer. Founder of vinyl house label Nómada Records next to established artist such as Felipe Gordon & Joint4nine, his mentors, Kabinett have been fed enough to developed a full curation career working.

Kabinett

#26 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-15 Agogo Records

krajenski.

#26 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-04 Intercept

Baril, Coloray, Evernew

#27 Feat. Hype in Electronica

UNMISSABLE first LP of 4 in Diagonals new compilation series spanning 20 tracks from some of the worlds most influential experimental artists. LP1 features Autechre, Russell Haswell, Turner-Prize winning visual artist Wolfgang Tillmans, Powell and NHK and spans hyper-acoustic computer music, future-techno a la Cybotron from the year 2048 and twisted pop. The kind of elastic multiplicity that only Diagonal would ever dream of putting on wax. Essential.

Russell Haswell, Viviankrist, Powell, Wolfgang Tillmans, Powell Tillmans, NHK

#27 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-06 J. Albert Productions

MAXAMBIENT

#27 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-01 Mood Hut

Jack J

#28 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-15 YEAR0001

Malibu, Merely

#28 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-06 Southern Fried Records

SOBSTORY

#28 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-01 Kompakt

Michael Mayer

#29 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-29 MUTE

Sunroof

#29 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-15 Glossy Mistakes

Felinto

#29 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

Iron Curtis and Johannes Albert return to orbit with their highly anticipated Moon IV, the next chapter in their acclaimed lunar album series. Building on over a decade of collaboration and the cosmic groundwork in Moon I, II, and III, this fourth instalment is a testament to their ever-evolving artistry and expansive vision. Released on their beloved Frank Music imprint, Moon IV sees the duo starring an 11-track journey that once again defies genres, challenges conventions, and charts a vivid course through the electronic cosmos. From the warm opener Void Gathering and wistful melodies of Silverclub to the driving rhythms of Sounds (The Feels), which echoes the relentless pulse of NYC Post-Disco, Moon IV encapsulates the duos signature blend of moods and eras. Club LAvenir & Daso serve up euphoric moments with a nod to the French Touch, while the ambient vignette Into Somethin (Interlude) calms you down again. Electro cuts like Pipeline are reminiscent of earlier works in the Moon album series, and new paths are forged when the two are exploring Balearic Pop Music (BPM) territory in Ohne Dich. Returning from space with the elegant deepness of Bliss (The Short Finale), the duo gets you home safe and sound. Their unique studio alchemy shines brighter on this moonlit, flaring long-player than ever. So, buckle up and off we go.

Iron Curtis, Johannes Albert

#30 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-06 Cambria Instruments

Nathan Fake

#30 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Larmes Du Temps Present (translated as Tears of the Present Time) is the latest release from French electronic artist Lord Jalapenos. This 6-track EP fuses modern electro with the creativity and intensity of IDM. From pulsating rhythms to contemplative moments, Larmes Du Temps Present invites listeners to reflect on the chaos, pain and beauty of the era we live in.

Lord Jalapenos

#30 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Superb collaborative effort between Irish ambient master and WRWTFWWs favorite Gareth Quinn Redmond (Laistigh den Ghleo, Umcheol, Ar Ais Arís) and Polish producer, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Albert Karch. Experimental sessions inspired by Mark Hollis and Satoshi Ashikawa featuring piano, drums, synthesizers, and strings. For fans of ambient, minimalism, environmental music, Talk Talk, and Still Way (Wave Notation 2).

Gareth Quinn Redmond, Albert Karch

#31 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

https://www.facebook.com/NuNorthernSoul This collection features reinterpretations of City Gate, Rumble, Time Track, and Hymn of the Heart from the Chick Corea Elektric Band, as well as Return to Forevers classic Romantic Warrior. These vibrant renditions celebrate Coreas enduring legacy in the jazz world. Chick Corea played a crucial role in shaping Miles Daviss electric fusion era and was a key member of his Lost Quintet. He was also a founding force behind Return to Forever and many other influential groups. Bangkok-based Maarten Goetheer collaborates with top Thai drummer Pong Nakornchai, blending Wurlitzer chords, Moog basslines, ARP leads, and signature Rhodes phasings. Nakornchai, a Masters graduate in Jazz Studies from Mahidol University, leads his own quartet and embodies the progressive spirit of modern jazz in Thailand. Maartens inspiration stems from his musical upbringing; his father, Gerard Goetheer, was a jazz pianist. This environment fostered his deep appreciation for music. A pivotal moment came when he heard Masters at Work remixing Tania Maria, igniting his vision to merge genres and create something new. With Suite for Chick Maarten wanted to incorporate a wider range of Modern influences that he became infatuated with throughout his Musical career such as Techno, Italo, Cosmic Disco, Dub, Acid, Boogie, Proto-House & Ambient Music. To Maarten bringing these genres together is his current and unique interpretation of the JAZZ FUSION moniker. Distributed by Strikeforce 360 Media http://www.instagram.com/strikeforce360/ http://www.facebook.com/Strikeforce360 http://twitter.com/STRIKEFORCE360

Pong Nakornchai, Maarten Goetheer

#31 Feat. Hype in Electronica

O.O.Orifice is the fourth album by Vienna-based Iranian sound artist and composer Rojin Sharafi. This work explores the space of in-between — the distance of before and after as it pertains to a life-altering event - the moment that creates a cut. This cut, this fracture, this wound is something that reopens now and then. It calls to you, asking to be heard, smelled, and felt. The cut creates a new space. An in-between space that disrupts the unity of order. A space with an origin all to its own—not inside, not outside; neither full nor empty. It is nameless until you discover it and give it a name. It creates coordinates that challenge your perception, and this is what this work strives to do. O.O.Orifice follows a common thread, allowing for different stories to be told with a focus on the cut. Analog synthesizers, microtonal acoustic and digital instruments, scattering rhythms and poetry converge to form a narrative about love and attraction, psychoanalysis, internalized shame, language and its complexities, loss of home, and rejection. 
 Each track has characters that shape its subplot through color and texture, with events and atmospheres that either complete the story or alter its initial direction. And what ties all these stories together is orifice—the space in between, the gateway, an opening that is both pain and, simultaneously, a channel flowing into depth—the part beyond the pain. Each cut left a mark on your body, on my body, and screams not to be forgotten.

Rojin Sharafi

#31 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-23 Kompakt

Sebastian Mullaert, Tamarma

#32 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

This morning, while waking up and questioning all including us, we thought about writing. Writing a letter. To you, us, the universe. Just to start writing again, addressed to the loved ones, physical, spiritual, visionary. A highway slides forward, out there, where the Swiss Alps erupt. Soon we dive into the world of chancers, the realm of opportunities. Are you an opportunity? Are we? Affection isnt we believe. It just erupts without a target. Why do we need to talk so much? We look out at the concrete landscape, trading itself for nature. Your strong mind on our side. Tiny huge we are. Not sure if all can be again. Letting it go, repeating, eating. You long for physics, we aim for spirits, lets meet the mystics. We feel close to you, you feel close to you, the world is close to us, yet there is distance in the attic, that needs matter for suspicion.

ML

#32 Feat. Hype in Electronica

J.Wiltshire returns to MUSAR with Sunflower At Day EP - a deep, atmospheric excursion across four tightly woven dance-floor tracks.
Marking MUSARs 20th release, this EP showcases some of Wiltshires most clubready work yet, blending outsider house, ambient trance, and Cornish electronic influences. The title track Sunflower At Day is a shoegaze-infused chugger that nods to the ethereal haze of My Bloody Valentine and has a rave energy reminiscent of the Future Sound of London. Track two, Cosmic Slap takes over with its deep, dubheavy sounds and off-kilter rhythms, playing to Wiltshires more experimental side under a techno beat. On the B side, we dive deeper into Wiltshires intricate melodic world. Traversing unfolds with enveloping, pastoral harmonic patterns, balancing surging intensity with an organic flow.
Finally, the EP closes with the cinematic Rush Point 9, a late-night noir groove that offers a perfect, reflective finale to this sonic journey.
With Sunflower At Day, Wiltshire fuses intricate textures and melodies with dancefloor intensity, offering another great soundscape from the artist for both club and home listeners.

J.Wiltshire

#32 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-06 NOREMIXES

Alex Burkat, Erik Hinton

#33 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-06 Posh Isolation

Kamil Dossar, Soho Rezanejad, CTM

#33 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-31 YEAR0001

Malibu, Merely

#33 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-07 Banoffee Pies Records

Xades

#34 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-12-05 Numero

Karl Schaffner

#34 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Single from forthcoming album 113 Control Freak is delighted to present Medici Daughters 113 - an exercise in expansive musical worldbuilding from a uniquely talented and multifaceted artist. Medici Daughter has been a close CF collaborator since the very earliest days of the label. Now, the new album length continuous piece 113 sees them expanding their musical focus, exploding the constraints of any boundaries set by the eponymous BPM into a myriad of possibilities. With a sound palette influenced by dub techno, minimalism and outsider house, the release is anchored in a series of continuously evolving rhythmic motifs, washed out in a sea of hazy texture - engineered for deep home listening & late night ambient room sessions. The digital release of 113 is accompanied by a highly limited run of tapes - presented in a clear case & sealed with a custom made holographic RFID sticker. For Fans Of: Actress, Huerco S, Loraine James

Medici Daughter

#34 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-08 InFine

Kaito

#35 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-01 Timedance

Daisy Moon

#35 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-08 5 GATE TEMPLE

Nova Varnrable, Authentically Plastic

#35 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-29 Kompakt

Leandro Fresco, Thore Pfeiffer, Pass Into Silence, Sebastian Mullaert, Tamarma, Sono Kollektiv, Nathalie Brum, Andrew Thomas, Julia Parr, Segensklang, Ümit Han, Max Würden, Schäfer, Blank Gloss, Hendrik Meyer, Triola, Jens-Uwe Beyer

#36 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-29 Banoffee Pies Records

Xades

#36 Feat. Hype in Electronica

10 years after their debut, City of All Times, audio-visual enquirers John B McKenna and Richard Greenan re-appear as Devonanon, to share the findings of a decade-long sonic experiment. Like its predecessor, Richard & John is a living, breathing collection of field recordings and compositions, gathered gradually from remote corners of the pairs lives. Familiar waypoints - interwoven microtonal synths, regurgitated live performances, polite whispering, and the gurgling hum of vehicles (land and sea) - all fold into the perpetual stew. Where City read like a crumpled postcard account of fraternal reportage, Richard & John is a tone poem on something more amorphous, and out of time - a garbled history of human closeness, upheaval and pastoral technology, that seems to warp and flex like a tapestry with no beginning or end. No two spoonfuls are the same, as the story reels through kosmische library stylings (Wilderness Engine), to cortex-quieting free association (Generate Countryside), and baroque instrumentation (Blood Laughing, featuring Masayoshi Fujita on vibraphone, and Rosa Juritz on bassoon). Recommended if you like CS + Kreme, Pierre Marietan, Kirk Barley. Richard & John was created in conversation with the visual artist David Huang.

Devonanon

#36 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Keep your friends close, Bas Dobbelaer must have thought when he asked a few gifted producers to remix his recent ambient work. Five tracks from his beautiful and intimate Binding Elements-album (2023) were pushed in new directions by befriended producers and colleagues such as Moon Patrol, Will Oirson and Leif. The latter turns Submerge into a melodic minimalist piece which pays homage to both Susumo Yokota and Steve Reich. Swiss-born producer Ben Kaczor goes 4x4 on Irregular, pushing the dreamy original towards Giegling territory in a good and meditative way. Dwaalgast extrapolates the dub elements in the title track Binding Elements while Brooklyn duo Moon Patrol takes things even deeper on their bass heavy remix of Rise. Closing track Ray gets a wonderful sun-bleached ambient treatment by the talented Will Oirson. All five remixes breathe new life in the original versions while retaining their unique magic. Thats what friends are for.

Bas Dobbelaer

#37 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

With their debut album Pointed Frequencies, Ben Kaczor and Niculin Barandun explore the therapeutic potential of binaural beats and solfeggio frequencies, aiming to provide listeners with a healing experience. However, rather than being prominently featured, these elements are subtly integrated into the background, creating tracks that lean towards a freeform blend of experimental and ambient music.

Ben Kaczor, Niculin Barandun

#37 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Belgian independent label De:tuned, founded by Ruben Boons and Bert Hermans, celebrates its 50th release with the long-awaited 10-track studio album Analog Days by Swedish electronic music pioneer Robert Leiner. During the first years of De:tuned, Robert Leiner (aka The Source Experience) played a vital part in kick-starting the label. He also graced the De:tuned parties with his outstanding dj sets and captivating live acts. Continuing the labels 15th anniversary celebrations, De:tuned and Robert Leiner mark the occasion with an extraordinary collection of mostly hardware productions recorded between 2005 and 2015. These diverse jams have now been mixed and completed for this momentous milestone. On offer a unique interplay of rhythmic movement and soothing sounds, each presenting Roberts distinct characteristics. Enjoy the trip. It has always been there, you just have to discover it! Kevin Foakes (Openmind, DJ Food, Ninja Tune) created all the graphic work. Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis. Stay tuned!

Robert Leiner

#37 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-08 Cabdriver

myr.

#38 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Painting My Thoughts is a special collaborative release from Aman Anand who is no starnger to us here at Stripped and Futura City which is the an unique side project that has emerged from the creative depths of Maze 28. This is a five track journey of beautiful timeless futuristic soundscapes and melodies taking you away from the dance floor and into a chilled euphoric state. Mastered by Rob Small Mastering. Leeds. England

Aman Anand, Futura City

#38 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-11-06 Valley View Records

dxcember

#38 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-29 Studio Barnhus

Mayurashka

#39 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-29 Samurai Music

Dom & Roland, Eusebeia, Presha, Hoji, ASC, Reeko, Sam Kdc, Torn, Brendon Moeller, The Untouchables, Mako, Ancestral Voices, Last Life

#39 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-01 Balmat

Luke Wyland

#39 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-25 Smalltown Supersound

Carmen Villain

#40 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-29 Walk Don't Walk Limited

Crazy P

#40 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-25 K7 Records

Roni Size, Alex Reece, Count Basic, Rockers Hi-Fi, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Bomb The Bass, Aphrodelics, Depeche Mode, Peter Kruder, Rainer Truby Trio, Lamb, David Holmes, Sofa Surfers, Mama Oliver, Dorfmeister, Kruder, Sin, Bone Thugs 'N Harmony, Knowtoryus, Strange Cargo, Lewis Taylor, Madonna, United Future Organisation

#40 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-25 Public Possession

Piotr, Zellmani

#41 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-08-30 Affin

Joachim Spieth, Markus Guentner

#41 Feat. Hype in Electronica

First LP from Toma Kami on his own label mb studio.

Toma Kami

#41 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-21 Warp Records

Bibio

#42 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-28 Balmat

DOVS

#42 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-25 Permanent Vacation

Gallegos

#42 Feat. Hype in Electronica

N/A.

Mosam Howieson

#43 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

New SEMANTICA Compilation is about to bright and reflect on already well known directions explored by Svrecas imprint. Despite the label efforts to hide from any sonic etiquette, still existing a core which will be the SEMANTICA sound identity for a time. Iridescent twist and modulate this heritage which moves gradually from ambient / electronics to techno and set the release directly to S++ category into the SEMANTICA catalogue.

Launaea, Civilistjavel!, Vera Logdanidi, MTRL, Svreca, Core, PRG/M, Polygonia, Irakli, Rrose, Joachim Spieth, Ryo Murakami, Edanticonf

#43 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Fleck E.S.C. returns with Mauvais Presage, a mesmerizing IDM album that defies easy categorization. Each track is a unique mosaic of sonic fragmentsglitchy pulses, melancholic melodies, and expansive atmosphereswoven into a tapestry that is both peculiar and strikingly beautiful. Its a restless journey through shifting textures and moods, where every moment flows into the next with the precision of a masters brush, painting a complex and evolving sonic landscape. As a follow-up to a series of innovative releases on the Science Cult label, Mauvais Presage delves deeper into uncharted sonic territories, showcasing Fleck E.S.C.s distinctive sound. www.sciencecult.com

Fleck E.S.C

#43 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Things take the time they take, wrote poet Mary Oliver, revealing so much about life with only a few simple words. When we think about art, we often focus on results: a song, a theatre piece, a painting... but if we listen to the artists, they mostly talk about the process that led to those results. Like the baker with baking, or the gardener with gardening, the bread and flowers take time to come through. Focusing on practice seems radical in a world obsessed with outcomes, mainly because results can be consumed and owned. A musician searching to encounter sound, rather than chasing the songs, strives, as Duchamp said, to make visible the invisible, or in this case, to turn silence into music, and thats how Sketches 1-17 came to be. In winter 2021, artist Christopher Colm Morrin, stuck at home alone for the holidays, coped by focusing entirely on creating sound, using a guitar and a few pedals, storing the recordings in a folder called sketches. The music flowed raw and sincere, like a river with high and low tidessometimes barely there, other times overflowing. A sketch is a witness to stillness and attention, a rupturing beam of light through the storm of distraction. Sketches 1-17, with its colourful and sincere lines and its earnest delivery, draw, with devotion, a chant to time and place, to the here and the now, and to allow things to take the time they take. Sketches 1-17 is released by the Berlin-based label Stray Signals.

Christopher Colm Morrin

#44 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-22 YEAR0001

Cotton Mouth

#44 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Minimal wave legend Das Ding is back on Electronic Emergencies after 10 years with a stunning selection of archival tracks from retrieved tape recordings. In the early eighties, Danny Bosten got together with his friends after school in his bedroom studio, somewhere in the bleak Dutch countryside. They experimented with cheap analogue gear and made music to kill time. The sound is raunchy and slightly experimental, but already unmistakable Das Ding. New wave, early EBM and proto techno are found this album, pressed on clear vinyl. To preserve the original atmosphere and sound, the tapes received the Ruud Lekx mastering treatment. Digital and streaming formats include three bonus tracks.

Das Ding

#44 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-29 Method 808

Stum

#45 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

2024-11-29 Exit Records

Madison Willing, dBridge

#45 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Hush Hush Records is thrilled to team-up once again with IKSRE – the alias of Melbourne/Naarm-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and professional sound healer Phoebe Dubar – to help present Refurl. An expansive reimagining of IKSREs debut album Unfurl that she independently released in September 2019, Refurl celebrates Phoebes 5-year anniversary as IKSRE with a communal gathering of the friends, collaborators, and labelmates thats she made along her journey who contribute their own sublime interpretations of IKSREs earliest solo material. A classically-trained viola player who studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and was lead viola in Melbourne Youth Orchestra for years, Phoebe sang and played in different pop, rock, and funk bands throughout her 20s before launching her solo project IKSRE, an acronym for I Keep Seeing Rainbows Everywhere. The shift was a sonic response to her evolving lifestyle following the birth of her daughter and an increased focus on her daily yoga and meditation practice. Quietly self-released onto digital platforms in September 2019, IKSREs debut album Unfurl showcased her atmospheric and soothing ambient sound and found an early fan in KEXP DJ and Hush Hush Records founder/curator Alex Ruder. Alexs early radio support birthed a friendship and eventual partnership that soon led to Transmission, IKSREs label debut for Hush Hush that featured 10 remixes of songs originally found on IKSREs self-released 2020 sophomore album Intermission. Since the release of Transmission, Phoebes IKSRE project has blossomed in blissful fashion. Her third solo album III found a home once again on Hush Hush, and shes gone on to release subsequent solo albums on Londons Lo Recordings and Oaklands Constellation Tatsu Records. Her enthusiastic communal spirit has also led to collaborative releases with marine eyes (Past Inside the Present), anthéne (Polar Seas), Party Store (Stereoscenic), and Shelf Nunny (Hush Hush). Each release has furthered Phoebes organic mission to bring calming, healing, and restorative sounds into the world, leading to an impressive catalog and an evolving network of supportive like-minded artists from all over the globe. Refurl is a bit of a full circle moment between IKSRE and Hush Hush. In similar fashion to IKSREs label debut Transmission, Refurl finds the artist and label connecting to help present Phoebes music in a new light, this time through the vision of talented musician friends thats she made over the past few years, as each are now connected through direct collaborations, shared live performances, and/or label affiliations. Torontos anthéne kicks off the release, adding his slow-burning blissful touch to ISKREs debut single Black and Purple. Fellow Melbourne-based artist Willebrant delivers a lush and glacial take on 7min 6sec that stretches Phoebes ethereal vocals across a vast windswept landscape. Seattle-based artist Shelf Nunnys woozy, whimsical beats tap into a more pronounced atmospheric and lightly psychedelic realm on his remix of Tall Roads. Melbournes Clariloops composes a sweeping version of Crimson, placing Phoebes evocative viola into the forefront and accenting it with her gorgeous clarinet playing. Los Angeles duo awakened souls, aka Cynthia (aka marine eyes) and James Bernard, capture a delicately beautiful balance between chiming ambiance and pulsating arpeggios on ALONE. AT PARADISE that surprisingly yields the collections most concise rework. Hush Hush labelmates Tewksbury and Zoltan Fecso kick off the records back-half. Tewksbury bleeds together an enveloping wash of heavenly vocals, lonely strings, and the textural layers of a field recording on his hypnotic take of Black and Purple. Nearby Melbourne-based artist Zoltan Fecso explores a lightly percolating soundscape that delightfully refuses to stand still. Seattles Party Store supplies the albums most epic offering, laying out an immersive instrumental spell before summoning Phoebes vocals over a transfixing final third. Indianapolis-based musician and Past Inside the Present Records founder zaké closes out the release with an absorbing spin on way up there I see everything (guuguubarra), his washed-out droning paint strokes concluding the collection with an air of melancholy, mystery, and beauty. In addition to Refurl being released digitally on October 25th, the album will be released as a special double-cassette alongside Unfurl. This 2xCS release marks the first time IKSREs debut album Unfurl has been released on a physical format.

IKSRE

#45 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-18 TRULE

Committee

#46 Feat. Hype in Electronica

TTT110 - A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE Mastered by Amir Shoat

A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE

#46 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Asymmetric boss Inigo Kennedy returns to his label with an intriguing five track EP Calm In The Storm. The title track Calm In The Storm sets the mood with a mournful yet calming pad that rises and falls against a solid four-to-the-floor driving rhythm. Peculiar Turns follows in quirky fashion; off kilter beats and mysterious sonic fragments coming and going. Rumble Strip centres the release; a booming rhythm, undulating percussion and waves of arpeggio. Next up is Scotch Mist, an altogether darker affair setting tinges of drum and bass against a playful melody. To finish is Pulse Dialing, an organic toe-tapper of pure techno minimalism; sonic solace if ever there was a better way of putting it.

Inigo Kennedy

#47 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-22 Acid Camp

Dar Embarks

#47 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Secondos awaited return comes in the form of Unlikely Companions a growling, alien rhythm from the warmer tropics of technofunk. Marco Passaraniswild take flips the mood with some skittering Aphex-style darkness, primed for the late, after hours dancefloor.

Secondo

#48 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Sergey Komarov, Vlad Dobrovolski, Ilya Sadovsky, and Alexey Grachev, an improvisational quartet known as kurvenschreiber, fuel their vintage synthesizers with homemade solar batteries and record their sessions on reel-to-reel tapes before they can turn to dust. In their performances, they utilize generators, radios, meteorological equipment, and pre-recorded tape loops. This niche approach allows them to create an illusion of cinematic force in sound, where the sound itself becomes the main character. The power of their sonic interpretation stems from the virtuosity of juggling resonant images, offering the audience a chance to immerse in a unique audio-visual space. The most compelling aspect of Licht Ausgang is not the quartets technological tricks or references to their deep archive of tapes, but rather its restrained emotional undertone. The precise mood is as elusive as the autumn smell of leaves, yet it is simultaneously euphoric, whimsical, and grotesquely sweet. Nonetheless, the album can hardly be labeled as mere pastoral nostalgia, as theres a mystic current present in these tracks, constantly leading kurvenschreiber down strange and unexpected paths.

Kurvenschreiber

#48 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-01 Dust Science

The Black Dog

#49 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-25 Gizeh Records

Snowdrops

#49 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-16 Night Slugs

Ronnie Loko, Karen Nyame KG

#50 Feat. Hype in Electronica

VIOLET BLUE, ACTING LISTENING TO VARIOUS FILMS - IN NIGHTCLUBS DINNER AT SWAN.

John Roberts

#50 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-11 Harthouse

Sikora, Drea Perlon

#51 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-25 Wandering Astray

Tomlaan

#51 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-15 Warp Records

Kelly Moran, Loraine James, Fyn Dobson

#52 Feat. Hype in Electronica

we would like to share this beautiful mini LP with you at the end of the summer. we were very surprised when we received this demo and knew immediately that we would like to release it on vinyl. The artist is from near the Karparten, we dont know much about him, but hes a nice guy and we like the tracks a lot. You will certainly hear a lot more from him.

St. Andrew

#52 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-25 Warp Records

Squarepusher

#53 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-15 Mesh

Pleizel

#53 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-18 Music From Memory

DUB SQUAD, Akio / Okihide, Palomatic, Virgo, Ambient 7, Web, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Katsuya Hironaka, Riow Arai, Modern Living, Missing Project, DRAWING FUTURE LIFE, Something In The Air, Buddhastick Transparent

#54 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-18 Avenue 66

SW.

#54 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-18 Emika Records

Emika

#55 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-16 Bytes

Minotaur Shock

#55 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-11-01 Downwards

Eros, Rosa Anschütz

#56 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-04 Accidental

Graham Dunning, Sam Underwood

#56 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Watkins Group is a new project from one half of infamous Crust House vagrants Watkins & Almodovar, taking inspiration from the landscapes, myths and legends of ancient Scottish & Celtic culture. The title of this debut album on the newborn Frequency Consortium label, Beanntan a Bhroin (Mountains of Sorrow), might already give an indication as to where were headed here; evoking Nan Shepards meditations on the Cairngorms at their most isolationist & uncompromising as much as it does the creatures that occupy the crags, gullies & glens of old Caledonia. Watkins Group dive deep into fx-drenched grot and expansive somnambulant driftworks over six tracks, as spacious as they claustrophobic, recalling the works of Deathprod, early-90s Lustmord and at times even the stark soundtracks of Mica Levi.

Watkins Group

#57 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

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Architectural

#57 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-10-18 Magic Toast Recordings

Foamplate

#58 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Rossano Snels upcoming EP, It Feels Like An Accident, showcases his ability to traverse genres and emotions, offering listeners a journey through dreamy soundscapes, intricate rhythms, and evocative atmospheres. This opening track sets the tone with its dreamy, spacey, and filmic ambiance. It flirts with neo-classical and post-classical vibes, reminiscent of Brian Enos *An Ending (Ascent)* and the works of Hania Rani, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Jon Hopkins, and Hildur Guðnadóttir. Oxygen serves as a continuation of the theme explored in Snels previous EP CARBON. A shift into electronica, downtempo, and leftfield sounds, Polar Dances evokes a modern, cinematic feel. The track carries echoes of Henry Mancini, reimagined for a 2024 audience. Its a piece that blends rhythmic complexity with a laid-back groove, perfect for those who appreciate sophisticated electronica. Closing the EP, Changes are coming returns to the ambient and neo-classical realms. With a filmic quality, this track is a reflective, atmospheric piece that encapsulates the overall tone of the EP. Its a fitting conclusion, leaving the listener in a contemplative state. It Feels Like An Accident is a testament to Rossano Snels versatility and his deep understanding of musical storytelling. Each track offers a different facet of his artistry, making this EP a must-listen for those who appreciate music that transcends boundaries and evokes powerful emotions.

Rossano Snel

#58 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Daughters of water, clouds live in the magical world of the sky, Flying and watching over the earth from above. Swollen and candid they float capturing the looks and the thoughts of those who live below. Soft and delicate, the sunlight redraws the edges and gives the clouds colors of different shades, accompanying them on their aimless journey dragged by the wind, until evening when a gray veil covers the wanderers of the sky. Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com

Vidění

#59 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-07-24 Brainfeeder

Hakushi Hasegawa, Kid Fresino

#60 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

The release "Even If I Ask You To Stay" by Soela consists of 1 track.

Soela

#61 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-08-02 Blank Dust

sue:ann

#62 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-11 R&S Records

Paul White

#63 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-09 Numbers

Birthmark, WithDrawn, ELDON, Perko, Fergus Jones, James K, Huerco S.

#64 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-18 Music From Memory

DUB SQUAD, Akio / Okihide, Palomatic, Virgo, Ambient 7, Web, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Katsuya Hironaka, Riow Arai, Modern Living, Missing Project, DRAWING FUTURE LIFE, Something In The Air, Buddhastick Transparent

#65 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

we would like to share this beautiful mini LP with you at the end of the summer. we were very surprised when we received this demo and knew immediately that we would like to release it on vinyl. The artist is from near the Karparten, we dont know much about him, but hes a nice guy and we like the tracks a lot. You will certainly hear a lot more from him.

St. Andrew

#66 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-18 Avenue 66

SW.

#67 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-18 Numbers

Perko, Fergus Jones, James K, Huerco S., Birthmark, WithDrawn, ELDON, Laila Sakini, Lia T, Koreless

#68 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-10 Nocturnal Technology

Diana Chiaki

#69 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-18 Lapsus

Suzanne Ciani, Marina Herlop, Lord Of The Isles, Le Motel, Pepe, Kettel, Wordcolour, Plaid, Seph, Kode9, Simo Cell, Nueen, GAZZI, µ-Ziq, naemi, CLARAGUILAR

#70 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Another immersive track by VELVE, produced with analogue synthesizers only.

Velve

#71 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-10 Sonar Kollektiv

Leon Raum

#72 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-11 Tartelet Records

Glenn Astro, Delta Rain Dance, Nelson of the East

#73 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-04 Affin

Joachim Spieth

#74 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Velvet May's opening single for the following debut album on Berlin/Milan based Veyl label.

Velvet May

#75 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-07-11 YEAR0001

ESP

#76 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-07-03 UMAY

rRoxymore, ASAAS أساس

#77 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-07-10 Höga Nord Rekords

Jesse

#78 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Intended to be performed live, on muscular and multi-channel soundsystems whether gallery or club, this computer music is not only meant to be heard but felt by the listener: its brutalist vibrational polyrhythms make it impossible to stand still, its directive to move standing in contrast with the more academically rooted computer music and sound art that has explored the same sound synthesis techniques used on the album. It's not for the faint hearted. Strap yourselves in!

Sote

#79 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-11 Vision Recordings

Sorza

#80 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

For AI-38 Italian duo LF58 (Giuseppe Tillieci and Filippo Scorcucchi) present Radials. A site-specific concept piece that was recorded live on location in Venice, Radials showcases the powerful and transportive sound world which LF58 have become known for. Radials takes its name from the homonymous exhibition created by the Roman artist group Sbagliato, for the 2023 Biennale Architettura of Venice. Following a landmark renovation of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, Sbagliato proposed the spatial transformation of the historic sixteenth-century building that would blur the lines between fiction and the real. The concept, to create unexpected voids within the fixed order of architecture, prompts the observer to question the fleeting and subjective nature of the reality that surrounds us. The buildings main loggia - a series of five archways exposed to the Canal Grande - take on a theme of reproduction and multiplication, giving rise to infinite perspectives in a dizzying mise en abyme. Through the portal-like potentialities of the loggia, the visitor enters the gateway to a fluid realm of distorted time and space. LF58 arose to translate the visual concept of Radials into sound, delivered through a special quadraphonic concert performed at the Fondacio dei Tedeschi in October 2023. Quadraphonics, with its four distinct audio channels, were used in direct correlation with the visual elements of the installation to immerse the audience in a dreamlike, multisensory experience. The opening scene of running waters and the cacophony of the bustling city streets quickly dissolves under the chiming of nearby bells, as hidden liminal spaces become revealed. Its not long before all remnants of the ordinary are left behind, as the listener is submerged into the shimmering frequencies of parallel dimensions. A spatial soundscape of ever-moving forms and colours, Radials descends into ever-deeper waters. As the facade of what was once known falls away, a transportive journey of mind-body alterations begins.

LF58

#81 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Contexture is another classic example of a true friends & family gathering. The Nijmegen based imprint, running for over 12 years was born out of a tight group of friends with the same passion. 12 years later, their strongest releases are still based on this exact same principle, collect and release music from the inner circle. Julien Fuentes, Dorcas label head, starts things easy with his Klaridub ambient mix. Its quickly followed by familiar ESHU faces Jocelyn and Yasin Engwer, classic dub techno beats from the ESHU vaults. Theres also room for new faces, the recently launched collaborative project between Vand and Shoal as Voal dropping their Eight Ball as their ESHU label debut. Flawless minimalistic grooves that make a perfect fit for their long awaited contribution. Label head Ivano Tetelepta teams up with Pirat Records own Christine Benz. After sharing the DJ booth together multiple times they also joined forces in the studio recently and crafted this squeeky techno drifter. Theres also an additional 10, exclusive to the ESHU Bandcamp, includes two beats from Klaridub, bringing some excellent smoke ready, head steady dub-techno cuts.

Julien Fuentes, Jocelyn, Yasin Engwer, Voal, Ivano Tetelepta, Christine Benz, Kopstuk, Klaridub

#82 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-02 Ran$om Note

Azu Tiwaline, Wave Arising

#83 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

a pool, a portal an exploration of possible futures from life after humans to ecosystems in regrowth reworlding and rewilding androids with memories of being human searching for meaning in new myths accessing alternate timelines while de-centering humans from the narrative grappling with who we are as hybrid creatures learning from other forms of intelligence in search of new ways of being ~ Tristan Arp returns to Wisdom Teeth with his sophomore LP: a pool, a portal - a vast, multi-dimensional record of pin-drop rhythms, hushed vocals and swirling ambience that maps out a vivid limbic space between the natural and the digital worlds. The LP began life while Tristan was still living in Mexico City, and was subsequently finished in New York. Carrying on from where his acclaimed debut Sculpturegardening left off, the record marries hallucinatory modular synths with cello, found sound and spoken word, creating a rich sonic world in which machines mimic nature and acoustic instruments merge with their digital counterparts. Across the records narrative arc, listeners are invited to imagine a future world in which nature and machines collaborate to rewild and search for new modes of being. Far from apocalyptic, the artists vision is yearning and hopeful - a reflection on how we might evolve to overcome our very human limitations. Hopefully we can all open a little portal into another world and integrate what we learn into our own, Tristan offers. True to his word, Tristan shared much of the creative process with his machines, using modular generative processes to create randomised, improvisatory moments that he could collaborate on as artist and observer. Most of the tracks were captured in single takes as live performances and improvisations that were subsequently edited and cut down. Speaking of Life After Humans - the records beguiling 10-minute centrepiece - Tristan recalls: I neglected to record multi-track outs, but it was actually super empowering to be left with just a stereo track: I couldnt mix individual elements even if I wanted to after the recording, but Im happy I inadvertently limited myself in that way. Alongside his own voice, the record features a stunning appearance from fast-rising Guatemalan cellist and vocalist, Mabe Fratti. The pair met in Mexico City in 2020, where she helped Tristan to learn cello - an encounter that ultimately went on to inform the recordings that made up Sculpturegardening. Her appearance on a pool, a portal marks a full-circle moment in their creative relationship. The albums artwork features photography by Zhang An - a photographer based in Nanjing, China. Despite their appearances, these are unmanipulated photos of real-world ice formations. As is the case throughout a pool, a portal, the lines between the natural and the artificial are playfully indistinct. –––––––––––––– Tristan Arp will tour Asia in October 2024. Wisdom Teeth is currently celebrating its 10th year with a global run of tour dates and festival takeovers as well as special releases and merch drops.

Tristan Arp, Mabe Fratti

#84 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-10 Balmat

Luke Wyland

#85 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Decimation Of I is the fifth album by Brighton-based electronic musician Meemo Comma. Its a work based on the Strugatsky brothers 1971 novel Roadside Picnic, a book that was also turned into the Russian cult classic Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky. The inspiration came from reading the book alongside the backdrop of global climate disasters where an environment is rapidly becoming less habitable, all while powerful nations occupy and commit genocide. The rough story of both film and novel is about a select group of characters exploring a land that has been transformed by alien visitors. We never meet the extraterrestrials, nor is it important to, we only have the artefacts left behind. The environment itself becomes the character, neither wholly Earth-like nor alien, but a surreal blend of both, inviting introspection on our insignificance amidst profound change. Within this lands rebirth, our characters confront ego death, a necessary step towards the profound revelation, the discovery of ones true desire in the absence of ego. The album opens with the innocent flutes of They, spoke, and the disorienting electronica of The Soldier building towards the Terry Riley like undulating clarinets of The Poet, whose intertwining synth organ drones set the scene. Nods to the seventies electronica of Wendy Carlos and Eduard Artemyev can be heard with the use of Bach melodies in P3Alpha Exotoxin and Area X, however each of these songs draw the listener to primal noise undercurrents, their disintegrating melodies hinting at humanitys gradual dissolution, unveiling profound revelations beyond our comprehension. As the album reaches its midpoint, Spectral Alignment paints a hazy morning prairie scene with Aaron Copland style French horn, restful woodwinds, spatial arpeggios and a warm drone culminating in an emotional pitstop as the soldiers wake in the dewy morning of this alien landscape, unaware the last of their humanity remains. The last sentence in Roadside Picnic HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND MAY NO ONE BE LEFT BEHIND! is the inspiration for As It Is Written. We can either take from this the total annihilation of self has been filled with propaganda from their homeland, or the epiphany of their own autonomy in the war against a land and its inhabitants.

Meemo Comma

#86 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-09-27 Aus Music

Quantic, Laura Roy

#87 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-09 Warp Records

Bibio

#88 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-18 AD 93

El Hardwick, Sasha Wilde, Memory Play, Alex McKenzie, Laura Misch, Marysia Osu

#89 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-06-28 Side Chick Records

Tomu DJ

#90 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-04 Warp Records

Aphex Twin

#91 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Udacha family band Zdehvedo Gob channel the lysergic energies of their summer just passed with this debut release from the project. Employing an organic music approach to instrumentation combined with subtle electronics, the group go wild for various combinations of off-kilter percussion, organ, chant and birdsong in full ceremonial swing. Tracing a path through the various branches of 20th century minimalism, pan-global folk-ism's and the harmonious collective consciousness that My Life In A Bush Of Ghosts encapsulated, these Moscow studio sessions add further to the vision of the city's contemporary underground Udacha & associates are championing. Zdehvedo Gob consists of label boss A5, Anton Dvoenko and Stas Mitrofanov from Gamayun and Roman Shestaev, a newcomer to the physical world of Udacha. The group blend multiple layers of cosmic space synth and funk bass on 'Harp Phantasma', each member intuitively understanding their position in the alchemy. Roles are fixed but not strict, much like their approach to tempo and rhythm across the LP. Things get properly freaky on 'Alliluya to Love', which sits somewhere between the dissonance of Moondog and the experimental future jazz / downtempo grooves of Jimi Tenor. A real head-scrambler and another example of the creativity of the modern day Russian scene away from the Instagram business techno.

Zdehvedo Gob

#92 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-09-26 Ilian Tape

Jichael Mackson

#93 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-02 Smalltown Supersound

Perila

#94 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-09-21 NOTON

Noto

#95 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-09-27 Pi Electronics

Stave, Lycurgus, Kondaktor, Elements of Joy

#96 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-04 Avenue 66

SW.

#97 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Our close friend and fellow Scot, now Ibiza resident, Pikes resident DJ and island favourite, For Mankind (Russ Forman) had talked about doing a studio collaboration for some time. Last winter, we finally managed to get in the studio and make some music. Drawn upon our mutual loves of house music, dub and weirdo dance music by the likes of African Head Charge, Larry Heard and Sun Ra. We also added sprinkles of influence from other oddball tracks that make up our more interesting sets. We spent hours just pulling and listening to records from all our collections and talking about music before hitting the studio. What resulted from the session is a beautiful and exciting blend of everyones taste - dreamy, minimal, almost techno synthscapes, New York oddball house that sounds like some lost Sleeping Bag test press to almost Musica Popular Brasileira. At one point Russ, (For Mankind) grabbed the mic and hit us with his best pidgin Spanish, this snowballed onto a few more tracks, so we felt it only right the LP should also bear his name. Russ vocal came as a surprise to us all, loose, funky, wild and carefree, (like the man himself), with positivity and a message: This music is for everyone. We should all work together, help and contribute. Our good friend Hanna (Philomenah) also brings her giant talent on Brazilian influenced I Cant wait, expect to hear a lot more from this Shetland-born singer on Athens of the North and elsewhere.

East Coast Love Affair, For Mankind, Philomenah

#98 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

2024-10-04 The Bunker New York

Sarah Wreath