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Serwed: Serwed II

‘Serwed II’ is tactile without ever being overly aggressive or unlistenable and its vivid rhythmic contours propel you in every direction.

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Malcolm: Baptem EP

Biologic Records welcome Malcolm to the fold with the release of ‘Baptem’ EP featuring Nathan Micay, Marc Mélia and Moroccan singerليثرGlitter٥٥.

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Chevel: Elvine Unlocked

‘Elvine Unlocked’ is a bold statement from Chevel, forging an experiential approach to modern bass, grime and experimental production.

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Earth Trax: LP1

Earth Trax debut album ‘LP1’ on Shall Not Fade is a sizeable effort, often hypnotising, sometimes stellar, but mostly thought-inducing.

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Blue Hour: Devotion

Luke Standing’s imprint Blue Hour Music is known to release sturdy techno records that pay homage to seminal releases from the past, yet his latest output is his most nostalgic yet.

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Mars89: 2020

Mars89 returns with ‘2020’ – the producer first outing on Natural Sciences, delivering a darkly reinforcing political message through harsh electronics.

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Vladislav Delay: Rakka

With an array of powerful, physical samples, Vladislav Delay depicts his intense emotional experiences of a landscape he once described as ‘raw and brutal’.

Impossible Forms: Beatrice Dillon

Impossible Forms: Beatrice Dillon

Beatrice Dillon radiates a fascination with the way that that music works and a reverence for the raw and inexplicable power of sound itself.

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Best Albums 2019

Best Albums of 2019

Over the past 12 months we have overindulged in a vast array of consistently on-point long players from artists both new and old. As with tradition we have compiled what we believe to be the best albums of 2019.

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In Perspective: Teebs opens up about ‘Anicca’

Following the release of Teebs fourth album on Brainfeeder, we caught up with the producer to discuss ‘Anicca’, seeking a deeper understanding of its conceptual and philosophical inspirations while exploring various aspects of his creative process, artistic perspective, and the revelatory interconnection between visual art, music, and sound.

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David Elimelech

David Elimelech steps to the IA MIX Series with a podcast drenched in much required good vibes and house obscurities ready to put your Discogs skills to the test.

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Minos

Don’t Be Afraid newcomer Minos steps up to deliver IA MIX 328, weaving together a deft mix of dubstep, techno and electro.

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Eliott Litrowski

French producer Eliott Litrowski delivers a hustlin’ and bustlin’ mix of hi-NRG moves and swift octave-shifting skills. Close your eyes and let the feels flow.

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Jamaica Suk

Berlin-based producer, sound engineer and Pornceptual resident Jamaica Suk contributes an hour-long mix of hardline, tough and psychedelic techno.

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Perko

Perko delivers an agile mix of atmospheric electronics and opens up about how his adopted home of Copenhagen has weaved itself into his sophomore release on Numbers – ‘The City Rings’ EP.

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His Master’s Voice

Ahead of our sixth residency at Zur Klappe, we lift the veil on His Master’s Voice, inviting the mysterious German producer to speak out for the first time and deliver a deft mix intricately weaving through IDM, breakbeat and ambient electronics.

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Diamin

Argentina-based deejay Diamin delivers a trademark mix, deftly navigating the off-piste trails of techno, house and further introspectively immersive strains of dance music. Log off from the faux-organic, ad-filled purgatorio and tune in to a world of pure-minded sound exploration.

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Mutant Joe

Anyone who enjoyed scouring the murky depths of ‘Home Invasion Anthems’ last year – one of our Best Albums of 2019 – will find plenty to like here. Australian producer Mutant Joe delivers an hour of hard, fast and freaky beats – traversing acid techno, electro, doom-laced hip-hop, jungle and ghetto house.

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Scott Young

Ahead of the release of his upcoming extended player on Hugo Capablanca’s imprint, Hong-Kong born producer Scott Young delivers an hour-long treat of mid-tempo goodness, blurring the lines betwixt IDM, DnB, bass, broken beat and other electronic oddities.

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Rupert Marnie

Rupert Marnie steps up with a widescreen sample of his deep, hyper-modern signature sound and answers questions on the genesis of The Press Group, the impact of Hamburg and its club scene as well as the roots of his love for electronic music.

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Anthony Rother

Electro pioneer Anthony Rother serves up a rare live recording for IA MIX 319 and unveils the intricacies of his monumental studio and live setup in our in-depth interview.

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S Ruston & Voicedrone

S Ruston and Voicedrone take control of IA MIX 318, serving up a warm up mix for the paced-up techno and breakbeat heads out there. The mix features a back-to-back set recorded at FOLD in London, from when FOLD hosted UVB and December back in September.

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Rey Colino

Proudly flying the flag of vibey dance music, Kalahari Oyster Cult label boss Rey Colino steps up to our mix series with a total melter of a mix, filling the gaps between fractalized acid, heavy-lidded garage house, future exotica and wee hours tear-jerkers.

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Gacha Bakradze

True to his love for multi-sensory dynamics and retro-futuristic techno hybrids, Gacha Bakradze’s mix will have you transported to another dimension.

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Myn

Myn lays down a gutsy hour-long audio trip, enveloping us in a pitch-black nightly scenario where hammering techno rubs shoulders with droney acid whorls, unhinged industrial, trap-infused hardcore and freewheeling Italo out the fiercest Giallo club sequence.

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Maelstrom

Maelstrom drops the hammer down badman style, gracing us with a helluva hour-long sonic trip. Spanning from old-school classics (Dopplereffekt, The Hacker…) to present-time sweat-inducers (Norwell, Morphology, Hermeth…), it’s an angry tsunami of paced up electro madness, untamed acid and wild machine funk that’s heading over. Prepare for impact.

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Desert Rave - A film by Rebecca Salvadori

Desert Rave - A film by Rebecca Salvadori

Desert Rave is a film by London-based video artist Rebecca Salvadori capturing the one-off electronic music festival Under The Desert Stars, which took place in the Moroccan desert over the last weekend of September 2019.

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Films

Selectors: Sassy J

We travelled to Switzerland to film Sassy J in Bern to find out more about her formative years absorbing from a music-loving family. Made for Dekmantel and Grolsch.

Selectors: Red Light Radio

We travelled to Amsterdam to find out how an unstoppable shared passion for music resulted in a crew of friends establishing Red Light Radio.

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SUMS live at Electropark Exchanges

With just three live performances under their belt, zero release and a few low-quality recordings of their gigs, we went to Italy to see SUMS (Kangding Ray​ & Barry Burns of Mogwai​) perform their debut appearance in Milan for the opening night of Electropark Exchanges​.

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Young Male: Directed by Jaroslav Moravec

A short film made for Inverted Audio’s rave in Peckham (13 November 2015) with White Material’s co-founder ‘Young Male’ playing live at Bussey Building.

Selectors: Joy Orbison

We are proud to present the second of our films produced for the Warsteiner & Dekmantel Sole Selectors series with London based producer Joy Orbison.

Selectors: Steve Rachmad

We shine light on the techno veteran who has had a great influence on Dutch electronic music in general, and has been an inspiration for the Dekmantel crew in particular.

Dauwd on Kindlinn

We met up with Dauwd in his studio in Nunhead to find out more about his Welsh roots, approach to producing music and how he sees his music career progressing. Watch the film >

Francis Harris On Minutes Of Sleep

In our latest film we speak to the American producer Francis Harris about his new album “Minutes Of Sleep” released last month via Scissor & Thread.

Live Session: Connan Mockasin

Connan Mockasin discusses his new album “Caramel” and gives us an exclusive performance of “I’m The Man, That Will Find You”.

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Inside Fold - A film by Rebecca Salvadori

Inside Fold - A film by Rebecca Salvadori

London-based video artist Rebecca Salvadori offers a unique vision into contemporary club culture, exploring the intimacy between ravers and the invaluable team behind FOLD. Film produced by Inverted Audio.

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Music Video: HTRK – Venus In Leo

HTRK have released a mesmerising music video, directed by Nathan Corbin and Tony Lowe, for the title track of their fourth studio album ‘Venus In Leo’.

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Music Video: DJ これからの緊急災害 – K-Hole with Fergie

Inaugurating his cryptic new DJ これからの緊急災害 moniker with a much awaited debut tape for Barcelona’s Planetaria Soundsystem, Julian treats us to a drastic change of pace and style, which you can get a glimpse of with today’s premiere of ‘K-Hole with Fergie’, a bonus cut coming with a vividly-coloured, fun-loving video.

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Music Video: Private Agenda – Aura

Just a few days away from the release of their much anticipated debut full-length for Lo Recordings, ‘Île de Reve’, we’re proud to present the premiere of the music video for the equally elegant and catchy single ‘Aura’.

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Music Video: Cosmo Vitelli – Kuldip

A longstanding figure of the French underground, Cosmo Vitelli pays tribute to the 1970’s BBC series “Gangsters” in his music video for ‘Kuldip’ directed by Marco Dos Santos.

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Music Video: Objekt – Dazzle Anew

Following the release of Objekt’s second album ‘Cocoon Crush’ in November, which we ranked #4 in our Best Albums Of 2018, today TJ Hertz shares a music video for ‘Dazzle Anew’ directed by Joji Koyama.

Apron TV with Kyle Hall and Max Graef aka Ratgrave

Dean Blunt collaborator Lord Tusk gets up close and hazy with Max Greaf, who talks up his recent album and collaboration with Julius Conrad as Ratgrave – Graef also presents the music video for ‘El Schnorro’. Kyle Hall steps up next to discuss selfies, laptop DJ’s, MySpace and Star Wars.

Music Video: Eliott Litrowski – Schmock Machine

Enter a world of digital madness and learn to dissolve your real-world fleshly carcass in Camille Doussy’s hyper-deep pool of pixelated FX layers, faux-organic laces and screwed-up 3D rendering. Next level mind-bender.

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Nachtdigital Mint

After 21 years of hard graft and non-stop determination, 2019 marked the last ever edition of Nachtdigital. We took the opportunity to visually capture some of the key moments and commemorate Nachtdigital Mint.

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Inside Fold – A film by Rebecca Salvadori

Rebecca Salvadori offers a unique vision into contemporary club culture, exploring the intimacy between ravers and the invaluable team behind FOLD. Film produced by Inverted Audio.

The Trilogy Tapes Store NYC

Spaces is a new series in which we visit the clubs, record shops and cultural spaces that are making waves in our scene. First up, we take a look back at the now closed pop-up The Trilogy Tapes Store in New York. Click on for a video and photos of the store.