After two promising VAs and a debut solo instalment courtesy of Yamer partner in crime Jonas Friedlich two years ago, Munich-based imprint Molten Moods recently landed their fourth outing, featuring local staples Jonas Yamer, Skee Mask, Konrad Wehrmeister and Kessel Vale. All in all a fine-tuned tour de force, strongly cohesive and impeccably curated.
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Premiere: In Aeternam Vale – 180 GeV (2000)
Set up in Lyons in 1983 alongside Pascal Aubert and Chrystelle Marin, the main project of boundless electronic pioneer and innovator Laurent Prot – In Aeternam Vale,
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Premiere: Locked Club – Sluchilos’
Whilst renowned democracy champions Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin bend muscles across diverse theatres of operations worldwide, artistic collabs between Russian musicians and US outlets keep
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Jungle Fever & Frenzied Polyrhythms: Bambounou goes wild and steely on ‘Parametr Perkusja’
Back after a three-year hiatus, French producer Bambounou resurfaces with ‘Parametr Perkusja’, a three-track effort that cross-fertilises hypnotic gamelan motifs with complex polyrhythmic patterns and impactful tribal-tech bursts. We caught up with Jéremy to discuss his longed-for return, studio matters and the new orientation his music has taken over the years.
Premiere: Vactrol Park – Don’t Speak Its Name
Under their many names and guises, sound experimentalists Kyle Martin and Guido Zen have been pushing for new forms of expression and creativity for over two
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Premiere: Empire State – Moonfucker
Whilst Paris and Lyon hogged the forestage of French electronic music over the last few years, Marseilles secretly sharpened its weapons. Quite clearly behind the other
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Premiere: Betonkust & Innershades – Forever In Boccaccio
A declaration of love to legendary Belgian dance temple Boccaccio, widely considered as the hotbed of the New Beat revolution, Betonkust and Innershades’ debut joint effort on
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Ryan Fall aka uon up next on Huerco S.’ imprint, West Mineral Ltd.
Earlier this year, Brian Leeds – more widely known as Huerco S. – inaugurated his own imprint West Mineral Ltd. with his debut full-length as Pendant,
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Still Life / Moving Sounds: A look into Michael Vallera’s sense-awakening music and photography
Draped in ominous atmospheres and rumbling echoes, the work of multi-talented musician Michael Vallera is one of subtle detailing and slow-drip obsessiveness. We caught up with Mike to talk his new full-length on Denovali, living in Chicago and his approach to music and photography.
Premiere: Peder Mannerfelt – Every Day Had A Number
LazyTapes has made quite an impression over the past few months with an intriguing pair of releases that saw label founder Cera Khin split two cassettes
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Premiere: BNJMN – Neurocity
Since their inception in 2013, Berlin’s Bright Sounds have firmly established themselves as a label that aims to bridge the gap between the dancefloor and more
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Buttechno: ZCAPRI
From self-published experiments to an EP on Will Bankhead’s always one step-ahead Trilogy Tapes label last year, Moscow’s Buttechno moved mountains to establish a sound both odd and familiar. On his latest for Zodiac 44, the misfit techno alchemist wakes up Luca Lozano and Johanna Knutsson’s dormant offshoot from its deep slumber with some apposite greasy 4/4 mechanics and off-axis acid drives.
Premiere: Pépe – Quicksand
Even though the city’s best known for the leading edge quality of its ’90s techno legacy, Valencia also happens to shelter a new generation of chillax
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Premiere: Tristan Arp – Web
We last heard from Brooklyn-based imprint Human Pitch earlier this year, with the release of GALTFaculty’s gritty, ramshackle house debut “E B O W”. Returning two
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Premiere: Portable – Sheltered Light
Since the turn of the millennium, South African-born producer Alan Abrahams aka Portable has been making records for esteemed labels such as Perlon, Live At Robert
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Premiere: Kevin Arnemann – Czaar
Today’s premiere is a carefully-crafted soother with cinematic elements courtesy of Taped Artifact founder Kevin Arnemann. Lifted from his upcoming EP on Glass Talk Records, the enigmatic techno
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