In life everything is cyclic. It’s said, the wave is the most essential form of creation existing in nature. People, moments, come and go…it’s the law of life. But, in reality, the cycles of our life are all linked together, while one is closing another is opening. 012 (twelve) is a new cycle, a new space dedicated to sounds and art.
a1. SaffronKeira & Claudio PRC - Mare Tranquillitatis I
b1. SaffronKeira & Claudio PRC - Mare Tranquillitatis II
b2. SaffronKeira & Claudio PRC - Mare Tranquillitatis III
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.
Al Wootton continues pushing the Trule sound with the Operator EP. Spanning from the Ragga Garage of Levi, the UK Techno Breaks of Teresa, the UK Funky/dubwise stepper of the title track Operator and the minimal 2 step techno of Franz. All primed for the sound system and the dance floor.
The Canadian duo M.S.L. debuts on the Clone Dub Series with a heady 4 track ep. Tracks that walk the fine line between classic headphone IDM and tripped out early morning dance floor cuts with bleepy arpeggios, soaring strings and shards of melodies. Very reminiscent of early F-com releases and our own harbour city duo Duplex's early works on Dub and Clone Records.
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)
Tracey’s ‘Microdancer’ is the follow up to last years critically acclaimed ‘Metamorphosis’ EP. 2019 saw Tracey release his debut LP on Dial plus spin at Amsterdam’s finest club De School for the first time, The ‘Microdancer’ EP shows Tracey’s contemporary take on IDM + Electro, a timeless sound that’s helped shape him as an artist.
Sascha Funke strikes back with the second part of the Genex series. Expect four more genre bending tracks from the versatile Berlin producer, that are building bridges between Italo House, Cosmic Trance and otherworldly Techno.
Something a bit special here! New label Syntax Error, kicks off with a rip roaring four tracker! Featuring tracks from globally championed Progression (UK), Michael Wells aka G.T.O. who also brought us the awesome Church Of Extacy tunes, Monnom Black and Pitch Dark's very own Aahan, and X-Trax, Wunderblock and Hard Electronic production wunderkinds Boglin.
DJ Support on this one from Dax J, Sunil Sharpe, Jerome Hill, SHDW & Obscure Shape, Luca Agnelli, Stranger, Remco Beekwilder, Stephanie Sykes, Gijensu, Endlec, Dez Williams and many more!
Three bass heavy tracks from the Australian producer Pugilist on Nous'klaer Audio. After amazing releases on labels like Whities, Modern Hypnosis and Trusik he lands on the Rotterdam based label. Starting with the deep trip called Horizon to the brighter Shimmer and ending with an untitled anthemic rave jam on the flip.
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.
Following his first release on Vanila few years ago, one of our Athenian favourites, Morah, returns to the label with an even more menacing and filthy release, with VNL010 he delivers four tracks that clearly show his appetite for chaotic and dirty grooves. Once again slow and steady!
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.
Assembler Code makes his solo debut on CE. 3 tracks of crunchy, fast paced electro for the floor with a Sync 24 & Jensen Interceptor remix to round off the package.
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)
Sharif Laffrey is something of an unheralded hero of the underground Detroit scene. Active since the halcyon days of the early-90s Motor City rave movement, his sporadic releases are rarely less than superb. Sharif Laffrey has been playing records and making music for over 20 years. Born in Detroit, Michigan – he’s worked on the line checking camshafts for Chryslers & as an operative for Underground Resistance (UR) at Submerge for Mike Banks, at the same time. Currently releasing music on his own label SPECIAL FORCES.
Championed by DJ Harvey, Carl Craig, Dixon, Andrew Weatherall, Ivan Smagghe, Seth Troxler, The Juan Maclean, Optimo, Trevor Jackson, Hunee, Manfredas, Solar, The Chemical Brothers...
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” The steadily brilliant French producer Nathan Melja – who’s made the rounds between choice outlets over the past half decade, from Mister Saturday Nights to Antinote, via Ninja Tune offshoot Technicolour and Opal Tapes, seems to have learnt Bruce Lee’s lesson by heart, and his seamlessly fluid, no-nonsense debut foray on K.O.C. is here to potently cement his status as one of Europe’s number one club trailblazers, and one that knows all too well how to turn any dancefloor into an infinity pool of pure liquid euphoria.
Drawing its name from the physiological and psychological process that results in a confusion of one’s sensory perceptions, ‘Synesthesia’ is indeed the kind of club single that shall trigger off massive reaction amongst right-minded bipeds and chromakey house suckers. Straightforward club business done right, Melja’s original is a vivid kaleidoscope of skittish drums, swampy bass stabs and a well-rounded, supremely curvy synthwork, tailored to take ravers on a flash journey through space and time without the help of Richard Branson or Elon Tusk (pun intended).
Called in on remix duty, TTT affiliate and Incienso co-founder Anthony Naples delivers a more fragmented and ambientish variation, though functional and club-ready in its own right. Brushing even wider verbed-out pad tapestries for your brain to wander in, the track expands to deeper organic horizons with a field-depth that can not but recall that of the KLF and Bochum Welt’s emotional soundscaping. Meanwhile, Karenn half Pariah takes care of whelming us deep into more techno-friendly terrains, true to his ever masterly touch for epic buildups and multi-level textural innovation, bringing up the acidic phlegm of Melja’s original as he treats us to a carefully orchestrated ballet of synthetic whorls, contemplative chords and propulsive drum programming.
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