Characterised by its whelming, hypnotic appeal, the music of French-born, Berlin-based duo Nummer plays on various scales and depths. Exploring a wide range of styles and
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Results2582GAS: Rausch
If new album Rausch is music of the forest, it’s a forest existing in the laws of time, physics and narrative found in a Christopher Nolan movie. Where earlier GAS records tethered beats and orchestral samples to a dub techno groove, here the instrumentation often feels like it has been cut away from gravity to orbit erratically through and over the beat.
Premiere: Shy Layers – 15 and 4
From modular improvisation to vocalists recruited through Craigslist, Shy Layers ‘Midnight Marker‘, released May 25th on Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space, had an unusual creation. The record is
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Premiere: Valentino Mora + Yoshitake EXPE – Trans Format Eurotica (Underwater Rephase)
Since he relocated to Berlin and set up his own imprint IDO, French producer Valentino Mora operated a radical artistic shift, taking a step back and making a
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Premiere: Throwing Snow – Minotaurs
The work of UK-born and based producer Ross Tones, best known as Throwing Snow, is one of deadly precision and poisonous charm. Cultivating a self-disciplined tension between
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Onyx: Complete Works 1981-1983
With the defunct Boston-based duo’s originals trading at indecent prices on the second-hand market, the long-overdue publication of Onyx ‘Complete Works 1981-1983’ fills a gaping hole as much as it unlatches a comprehensive view into Judd Stone and Beveur’s definitely unique mutant punk-wave universe. Stream ‘SOS’ within.
Premiere: Barker – Filter Bubbles
Sam Barker of Barker & Baumecker is making his solo debut on Ostgut Ton this June with a new experimental dancefloor EP. “Debiasing” is said to
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re:ni
Ahead of her performance at Orbits festival this summer, London-based deejay re:ni opens up about her musical background and the influence of her fathers musical heritage, plus her time experiencing music at London-based clubs Plastic People and Fabric. She also offers up some advice to aspiring female DJs.
Premiere: Farron – Spring Break Ya Neck (Leibniz Remix)
An early flag-bearer of Munich’s Ilian Tape for which he’s released a pair of digital EPs in 2009 and 2012, Bavarian producer Farron (then mostly active under
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VA: Molten Moods 4
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.
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: DJ Whipr Snipr – My Queen Adelene (ft. Amela)
Anchored in the beautiful city of the same name – nestled just south of Brisbane on the Gold Coast, Christopher McIvor’s imprint Nerang Recordings is slowly but
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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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