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

Cristian Vogel reprises his NEL alias for his sixth outing on EPM as he presents NEL and The Instrument of Shapes, an EP featuring two new tracks from the electronic maverick. Cristian Vogel is a long-term innovator in the composition, mixing and performance of electronic sounds. Spanning over 30 years in the vanguard of international electronic music, his work has been acknowledged as an outstanding influence in the fields of composition for stage, club culture and studio. His numerous album releases have graced such esteemed labels as Tresor, Mille Plateaux, novamute, Shitkatapult, Sub Rosa and more recently his own Endless Process label. His studio work as NEL is a departure from his more experimental album and sound design compositions and while these will continue, NEL tracks bear a closer resemblance to Cristians earlier production style, delivering tougher beats and rhythmic textures primarily using Modular synths in a hands on, improvised live-to-tape process. The Instrument of Shapes sees Cristian bury himself back into the deep grooves of dub techno with wonderful subtlety and sound craft to create a slow burning cavern of sound whilst Stepping Stones is a more carefree and loose modular affair that flits across bass and dark electronica with scant regard for a regular beat.

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