Since establishing his label back in 2012, Bintus has ushered Power Vacuum to a position of strength in the often very normative techno game. Using the platform as
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DJ Normal 4 + Luca Lozano
DJ Normal 4 + Luca Lozano unleash gusty hails of fast-hitting drums, catchy hooks and shredding breaks all wrapped in one, geared to smashing up the most milk-warm dancefloors out there.
Demdike Stare: Wonderland
More than anything in their catalogue, Wonderland is rooted in the history of dance music, taking rhythms, grooves and structures from across the club spectrum. These beats however, have been mangled, tangled and twisted into weird new shapes.
Premiere: Alphonse – Smokey (The Pilotwings’ Future Sound Of Lyon Remix)
After a first incursion on Stuart Leath’s [Emotional] Especial last year, the mysterious Alphonse returns with ‘Smokey‘, a four-track transmission featuring reworks from in-fashion French duo The Pilotwings and
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The Pilotwings: Les Portes Du Brionnais
After an adulterous excursion on Macadam Mambo, Lyon-based duo The Pilotwings return to BFDM with ‘Les Portes Du Brionnais’, an eleven-track debut LP exploring a wide range of styles including syncopated weed-stank grooves, zouk and Japanese exotica motifs as well as other cosmic oddities.
Luca Lozano / Ruf Dug: Massive 1
For the first number of Junglish Massive, Klasse Recordings boss Luca Lozano summons Rüf Kutz honcho Ruf Dug. A lethal combo on paper that reveals just as satisfying when the needle hits the groove. We’re not quite sure whether Junglish Massive will be exclusively coming in the form of such collaborations but one thing’s sure, ‘Massive 1’ sets exemplary standards.
Premiere: 2 Bad Mice – Limit Of Paradise
Over a decade after their last outing, UK hardcore dons 2 Bad Mice are finally back in business with ‘Gone Too Soon‘ EP on Sneaker Social
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Various Artists: A Fiction Universe (EP Stream)
On 4th November Dutch imprint Taped Artifact will inaugurate their debut VA compilation, which we’re no short of excited to share with you in full. The four-track ‘A Fiction Universe‘ gathers contributions from Allergy Season’s Physical Therapy, Italian duo Hiver, Arnemann and Elmer – the techno project of Bepotel members Sagat and Walrus.
Premiere: Lastrack – Zdry Connexion
Over the last few years, the Lyon scene has entered a pretty impressive phase of expansion. With underground labels such as Macadam Mambo, CLFT, Palma, Groovedge and obviously Brothers
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Video Premiere: DJ bwin – Mit Bonus ins Casino
OOUKFunkyOO adorns DJ bwin’s lead track ‘Mit Bonus ins Casino’ with a kaleidoscopic mishmash of thermal camera visions, acid-induced hallucinations and geometric patterns breaking out in brightly-hued digital origamis.
Roman Flügel announces “All The Right Noises” album for Dial
“All The Right Noises” is Roman Flügel‘s third album for Dial and this time around the Frankfurt based producer presents ten tracks made up of ambient soundscapes, downtempo breakbeat and psychedelic experimentalism. Since
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Benedikt Frey
Benedikt Frey pays tribute to the past, present and future of dance music in this weeks mix through an enticing mosaic of 90s-infused breakbeat, industrial, acid and grim techno. We also had a chat to discuss production methods, influences and releases.
Premiere: G-23 + Rivet – Loose Dogs Brexperiment
G-23’s label art-aud resurface with the second instalment to their praised Secret Rave series. Stream G-23 + Rivet’s ‘Loose Dogs Brexperiment’ – a sanctioned rave-invoker, throbbing to the iterative attacks of rewinding snares, sliced-and-diced vox hooks and three-note bleeping drips. Massive.
Premiere: Liquid City Motors – Untitled 2
Hailing from Milwaukee, cutting-edge club focused label Close Up Of The Serene make their return with the second delivery from local producer Liquid City Motors, a three-tracker veering off on much more of a UK sound tangent. Stream ‘Untitled 2’ in full within.
Premiere: D. Futers – Never Givin’ Up
Inaugurating a new branch to Natural Sciences ever expanding family tree – the yet again cetacean-emblazoned Dolphin Traxx subdivision, UK-based producer D. Futers takes over with a catchy two-tracker fusing the best of garage-bass, breakbeat and house. Stream ‘Never Givin’ Up’ within.
Premiere: Leonardo Martelli – Il Registro
Menacing like JAWS’ main theme at first – a sinister bass strumming in a desperately shark-less ocean, ‘Il Registro’ offers what certainly counts as one of Leonardo Martelli’s most compelling slabs to date, combining the immersive impact of wistful pads with the galvanic crunch of a stealth breakbeat lilt. Straight up killer.