No laurel-resting for Marco Rodrigues aka Photonz, one of the most constant boundary-pushers and clever tune makers to have graced the often unvarying techno game in recent
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Results2017Premiere: astvaldur – Mother
Experimental club music, forward-thinking vision, fine arts hybridisation, and strong links with digital and internet culture – Berlin-based label and collective oqko has it all. At
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Premiere: SMBD – Nuwhat
If SMBD doesn’t ring a bell, the name of Simbad Stanislas shall do. A staple of London’s underground scene, the French expatriate has seen his profile raise across
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Luke Abbott announces new Earlham Mystics project and EP for NOTOWN
Today Luke Abbott lifts the veil on his new alias ‘Earlham Mystics‘ with the announcement of his forthcoming extended player, scheduled for release on 24th March 2017
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Smallville Records announce new sub-label ‘Down By The Lake’
Two years after the launch of Fuck Reality, Smallville co-founder Julius Steinhoff is about to start a new sub-label. Down By The Lake will first emerge in April with the release of ‘In The End’ EP, courtesy of Berlin-based producer Saile.
Maoupa Mazzocchetti and Beau Wanzer talk up ‘De-Bons-En-Pierre’
Gathered under the enigmatic name of De-Bons-En-Pierre with an exciting off-axis debut for Josh Cheon’s Dark Entries, L.I.E.S. very own analogue fiddler Beau Wanzer and French techno experimentalist Maoupa Mazzocchetti unite in a twopronged attack towards senseless standards and calibrated boredom on the weirdly mouth-watering ‘Crepes’.
Premiere: Viers – Wasting Time
Sitting on a well-furnished back catalogue that compiles some solid contributions to Church, Naked Naked, Shall Not Fade and more, Jordon Saxton and his shape-shifting blends of
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Black Merlin: Phase One
Needless to say George Thompson has been on fire as of late. If you check in on a regular basis at your local record store you’ll have noticed his omnipresence both on the shelves and in a flurry of DJ bags altogether. After a host of compelling transmissions on Island Of The Gods, Berceuse Heroique and Jealous God, Black Merlin takes back his magic wand for a two-track brain melter on Rotterdam’s finest Pinkman.
Premiere: Riccardo Schirò – Cashmere Complex
After solid debuts last year on Periodica Records and the launch of his imprint Gravity Graffiti, we’re confident 2017 will be just as prolific for Italian producer Riccardo Schirò. In addition to a
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Premiere: DJ OK – Moving East
So there’s a constant and two variables in the new equation submitted by Dublin’s First Second Label. Part of both projects gathered on the Irish label’s third 12″
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Private Eyes: Mirror Image/Anasazi
Following a similar path to Interstellar Funk’s recent gem ‘Caves Of Steel’ as remixed by Convextion, Olf’s newest venture as Private Eyes – featuring Jeroen – is a matter of cosmic, analogue-heavy greatness tailored for full-scope space vistas.
Premiere: Voiski – 205 Colorline
Remember Marble Madness? This game where the player had to move an onscreen marble across isometric landscapes and reliefs to the finish within a limited time frame. Back in
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Look Like: Mistress 09
It is fair to say that the ninth Mistress Recordings release is their most laid back to date. This isn’t to say there isn’t heft to it, that there is, but it is certainly a lot more considered in its approach and part of this is that it comes from Zurich’s Club Zunkunft resident Look Like.
Premiere: Real D – Reality
There’s chances you haven’t heard of French producer Real D yet but he is slowly but surely emerging as a name to follow this year. A busy start
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Tessela and Truss return as Overmono
Following up to their debut joint effort released a couple of months ago via XL Recordings, Tessela and Truss return as Overmono with ‘Arla II‘, a six-track EP scheduled
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Premiere: PeteMartell – Allenby Portrayal
Back a few months ago, we had the pleasure to introduce you to new French imprint Raw Sounds District with a full cut taken from their debut VA, courtesy
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