First release of 2020 for Auxiliary comes in the form of a six-track EP of slower grooves by ASC. The emphasis is purely on analog synth sequences and drum machines. Cryogenic opens proceedings, with a heavy kick drum, backed with a weighty bass for maximum effect. Monomachine arpeggios are the order of the day here and are used to devastating effect. Following on is the laid back synth swells of Erosion Of Time, which leads into the more pronounced hits of Anthe, which tops off side A with a heavier crescendo. Meridian starts off the flip side in melancholic fashion, with it's half-time beats and pads that pluck at the heart strings. The final two excursions up the sci-fi notch a little, while ASC demonstrates his prowess with film score-like textures and sound design.
Ste Roberts sets himself up for release 00005 with three original tracks, and a sublime remix from the ever impressive London Modular Alliance.
The stripped back percussive grooves of the lead track ‘Mangrove Nine’ set the tempo here, with mutated FM synthesis, old voice box recordings and heavy basslines to get things started. Moving onto the acid builder that is ‘The Voices of Spring’ taking on world chants, crisp synths, and rolling 909 drums. Flip to the B side where LMA step up to drop their trademark electro stamp on the lead track, and twist it inside out. Finishing of the EP with the hypnotic roller that is ‘Tribe Records’, a track inspired from the days of Roberts as a clerk in one of Leeds’s finest haunts.
Limited to 150 pressings.
a1. Ste Roberts - Mangrove Nine
a2. Ste Roberts - The Voices Of Spring
b1. Ste Roberts - Mangrove Nine (London Modular Alliance Remix)
Nathan Micay is elated to present the third reissue on Eternal Schvitz: Earthlink - Spectral EP. Originally released on cult Australian label Thunk Recordings in 1996, Spectral was a milestone release for the Syndey scene, garnering international acclaim among tastemakers of the time such as John Digweed. The EP was written by label cofounders Brett Mitchell (of Boxcar) and noted international DJ Phil Smart. It remains electrifying today. Four tracks of genre-hopping hybrids, sonic gymnastics and stupidly fed back guitars. Lovingly remastered and restored on vinyl.
As always, Schvitz gives back. To fight the evil no-ID-DJ forces currently at work, every Eternal Schvitz release will be providing 60% of the cut to the artists and ensuring their credits are front and centre. The remaining 40% of profits will go to aequa, a Berlin-based collective with a focus on empowerment of women, trans and non- binary folks through gatherings for interpersonal exchange. Schvitz is Love. Schvitz is Communal.
786 Recordings launch another series from a new roster addition: ISKELETOR ]. The 78666 is a series born with the idea of having NO RULES AT ALL. Every BPM / Track Length / Structures is admitted. What’s important? Music have to come directly from your worst nightmares.
A fresh collection of 6 anthems from Iskeletor available soon on Vinyl and Digital. One Side 180gr / White Vinyl LP with screen printed artwork on the B Side. Including some of his most waited beats such as ¥0UN93R and Melt.
The first Exit Records release of 2020 sees borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a join forces for an EP that traverses through different shades without compromising on identity. The collaboration between the pairing came to being very organically according to Borderland State: "Me and The Best Kisser in LA started messing about in the studio a few years back. No intention to finish anything, let alone play it to anyone."
dBridge then heard the tracks and the result is EXIT088, a debut on the label and a great way to start the new decade. The label owner picked ‘Hello Mainframe’ out as his key track from his recent Essential Mix.
The guys go on to shed more light on the creative process:
"Our music develops chaotically. We add things and add things and throw most of them away. We use synths, pedals, and delay units and record them into a laptop which, against all odds, continues to struggle on. tracks live across three or four project files because the layering of sounds is dense. we sample ourselves back and forth, not knowing where things will end up, looking for the right texture"
The significance of dBridge, Exit and Autonomic shouldn't be underestimated for Borderland State and The Best Kisser in LA, we're told that "Our influences are disparate but Autonomic was a constant. without him (dBridge) and Instra:mental, these tracks would not exist."
EXIT088 is a new interpretation of the Exit sound by borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a, the branches have stretched further and the roots have become stronger as the label continues its unstoppable growth.
a1. borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a - The Happy Goose (And Friends)
a2. borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a - SE17
a3. borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a - Pattern Collapse
b1. borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a - Interlinked
b2. borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a - Hello Mainframe
It’s been a little while since I’ve put an EP out on Holding Hands. It’s been super fun working with On Loop, Touch From A Distance and Futureboogie but it definitely feels great to be back at home on my own label.
For my first release of the new decade I have whipped up four club focussed bangers with a nice bit of variety. A smattering of electro, breaks, 2-step and dark UK funky. They are all relatively fast paced but you should hopefully be able to find at least one track for a set at any time, early, middle or late.
OK enough of my blather. Go and listen to the damn things yourself and decide if you like them, rather than trying to work it out from reading a bloody press release you weirdos. All four tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms.
Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space Delight...
Unveiled near the close of the first decade of the new millennium, Clubroot entered the canon of the Dub-reflective-arts at a time when the genre had just begun its eventual shift from underground to overground music in terms of character, influence, and intention, which for a time signaled the curtain call on depth, musicality, and subtlety in the genre. Nevertheless, Clubroot made its mark. A trilogy of purpose-built, pulse driving (yet deep listening) full-lengths and a handful of ep's followed, and in their wake came affectionate recognition, from pitchfork with a “best new music” rating and review, to a series of exclusive mixes on Mary Anne Hobbs' bbc1 radio program. In the succession of as many years, the three Trilogy albums marked the time period, and continue to be fan favourites to this day, outperforming many of the largest names in dubstep by many analytic metrics. With the trilogy at a close, Clubroot set his sights on other areas of illumination, from photography to travel, with the occasional exclusive DJ gig in places such as Scotland, Poland, and Russia. New compositions would be a regular feature of these rare appearances, and for Clubroot's more fervent fans these events became a once in a lifetime experience.
As such, and near the close of the second decade, influences, inspiration, and cause have all once again converged, and from that will follow the Surface Tension series of ep's. Seasoned listeners will notice the signature sound of an artist they know and love, but with a pace that is somehow more immediate in its delivery and percussive elements, yet more based in the founding roots of classic UK garage. New listeners will find a perfectly form-filled sound which seems to inform all eras of the hardcore continuum, from its 90's roots to the future, all expressed with a signature which cannot be directly compared outside of perhaps the use of extensive multi-genre analogs.
Soft Computing the latest sub label from Unknown To The Unknown dedicated to computer generated IDM and modulated dance floor kutz present a new 4 track EP from HAMMER, previously spotted on Feel My Bicep, Sulta Selects & Correspondant - here HAMMER debuts on Soft Computing with 4 tracks of sublime club ready progressive house & techno gems.
The debut release of Be Told Lies has finally landed, featuring various Liars doing what they do best. Heavy on atmospherics, this EP ranges from lethal dancefloor fillers to laidback soul-soothers. Be Told Lies, because no one’s keeping record.
First up to the plate, Adam Pits delivers an absolutely lethal dancefloor-filler that has to be heard to be believed. Urulu then cranks up the spook-o-meter with a hauntingly infectious earworm of a track. On the flip, Anderson serves up a luscious house number guaranteed to soothe the soul, before Yushh rounds things off with an eerie minimal garage piece that packs a hefty low-end kick.
Hypercolour opens its 2020 account with the diverse and sprawling ‘Orphin Spill’ EP from Georgian electronic wizard, HVL.
With two albums and a series of singles for labels like Organic Analogue, Bassiani and Rough House Rosie, HVL reaches out across a broad sound spectrum, encompassing gnarly breakbeats, spacey synthwork and IDM tropes.
Inner Surface Music is proud to present the next release from Endlec.
The talented Greek producer has been cementing his name in the techno scene over the past 6 years with his own take of raw sounding techno.
`Stronger Than Fear´ kicks the EP off with its tough and infectious groove. This is classic techno with a modern touch, sharp stripped percussion plays with the syncopated stab and melodic sequence for pure dance floor tension. `Strictly Havoc´ is a more distorted affair the distorted kick plays with the percussion feeling loose and scatty to create swing against the twisted and demented melodies of the synth line.
`SKG Electrik´ - this is Endlec showing how simplicity can destroy any dance floor. Tight rhythmic percussion and heavy kick drum meander and slip along the surface while the stab is only adding to the momentum and pressure of this steam train.
`SKG Electrik´ (Makaton Cordyceps Remix) - to close the ep we have a remix from one of the original UK techno innovators, Makaton. The remix starts with a hypnotic passage of endlec´s original stabs rearranged into something more psychedelic and spaced out. In true Makaton form we drop into a deep and dark driving section of stripped back drums before melting into the hypnotic stabs to crescendo as we slowly dissolve away into the darkness.
UPFRONT HEAT A short story soundtracked by Consulate: Track 1 - skipping into the rave, reefer on the go, and you're just about to hit a tab...! Track 2 - you stumble into the blue room, gun shots going off!!! locking and loading all over the place..? f*!! Track 3 - huh? sounds like the DJ is playing a lost Photek production at half speed - oh wait...I'm tripping, good sh*t though! Track 4 - you're out the other side, pure rave/ euphoria..."I love my m8's, now where did I leave them?!"
A short description: 4 dubbed-out cuts in deep rave mode...
The Accidental Jnr label welcomes a true stalwart of the UK rave scene to its fold in the form of hardened DJ and producer Jerome Hill. The frontman for club nights / labels Don’t, Super Rhythm Trax and Fat Hop presents four tracks that straddle the house techno divide but sit firmly within the wobbly and wonky hinterlands of the dancefloor that Herbert’s imprint has made its habitat. Opener Pob Routine’s bleepingly good time feel is as frantic as it is hypnotic, Tranmissions and RZ Thing both occupy the darker techno edge of Hill’s output, whilst More Whiffle is a vortex of sub-bass and wonderfully swinging samples that sound like they are in need of a good oiling.
Having made his debut with the track ‘Sky Stepping’ on ‘Of Paradise Vol. 2’, Will Lister now cements his status as a full time family member with the release of his ‘Glow EP’, a masterful four-tracker that firmly establishes this young talent as one to watch in 2020 and beyond.
Kicking off the A-side is ‘Glow’ a cinematic and expansive slice of deftly produced electronica. Pattering synths and glistening melodies work in unison with full-bodied drums and intricate percussion to create an atmospheric and intoxicating journey through sound and rhythm. Following this is ‘Pleasant Air’ a deconstructed and slightly frantic house number. Playful melodies, stumbling drums and urgent percussion all work together to build a wonderfully colourful yet sinister landscape of sound.
The flipside launches with ‘Patience’, a spiralling and constantly building breaks affair that pushes the release into darker territory and showcases a rich new layer to Lister’s dynamic and expansive sound. Closing out the EP is ‘Forth’ an expertly crafted piece of electronic music that sits somewhere between deconstructed house, techno and breaks. Jagged drums, razor sharp percussion and sentient synths cut through the smoke like the distress signal from a long lost starship, as Lister pushes things into uncharted territory and brings the lights down on a breathtaking collection of future music.
Electro elegance from the masterful Carl Finlow on his third outing on Craigie Knowes with 4 deep and unique electro tracks. 'Descent' bringing us below he waterline while 'Undertones' drags us down on a colourful journey to the uncertain deep, turbulent currents roll through 'Cascade' before reaching the twilight zone for the fantastic 'Displaced'. Carl Finlow has built a reputation on taking listeners to the stars and the future, but this record beckons us to the icy deep and the distant past. Third time is the charm it seems.
Nite Fleit debuts on Dance Trax with 2 high octane rides through futuristic electro and high NRG techno house fusions. Backed with remixes from D. Tiffany & Jensen Interceptor this kicks of the first Dance Trax release of 2020!
a1. Nite Fleit - Usual Suspects
a2. Nite Fleit - Usual Suspects (D. Tiffany Remix)
b1. Nite Fleit - Folie A Dreamland
b2. Nite Fleit - Folie A Dreamland (Jensen Interceptor Remix)
The lead track on the EP "Fallen", is a multi-genere, one of a kind of track. It's wide spread influences and unique sound make it hard to place in a box. Its pitched vocals along with heavy rises and reverberated claps make for high tension and emotive music. A truly exciting piece of music the entire way through. 'Wasp' this slow intense build makes way for heavy distorted disjointed emotional drops. 'Snow' is an ode to British beat making. Hip-hop/grime/garage influences put this a very hard to categorise piece of music. Again, Emotional melodies and harmonies along side solid knocking drums make this a remarkable piece of modern electronic music.
417th January, 20019. Szabi just arrived home from his 240 hour flight from X. He was lying in bed for a couple of days, too lazy to dress, talk or feel terrible. Also, he realized something weird. As if his presence was only physical and a crucial part of him was missing. As if his consciousness was being faked and his real self was stuck back there, in that strange underwater galaxy. He still felt that cold, damp sensation on his inner skin, and his mind was trapped in a stream of looping music that felt really alien but desperately familiar at the same time.
Introducing Earth Plates’ second pressing, Gnork’s latest EP, Lost in X. The Budapest based producer takes his signiture sound further, deeper, and more refined. Wonder how that would sound like? Imagine underwater infused with outer space, chunky electro beats with dusty organs, dark wharehouse vibes with soul wrenching satellite bleeps, 707 drums with cheesy synth solos. Or just listen to the previews and secure a copy for yourself. If you do, you’ll get a plate that might be very useful, either when playing to some lost souls in a dark club or curing your jetlag while sipping bwokando.
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