‘Do You Know We Exist?’ doesnt stray too much from Shinoby’s couple of previous outings, diving head first into a pool of heavy-battered melodies and ferocious drum-driven grooves in equal measure. Intense.
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Results2407Dorisburg On Irrbloss
Finally landing on John Talabot’s Hivern Discs with his eagerly-awaited debut album ‘Irrbloss’, Berg delivers a compelling eight-track loitering through chiaroscuro sceneries, melding halftone percussions and forward-moving grooves drowned in dubby ripples amidst an ultra-sleek sound design. We caught up with Alex to find out more behind ‘Irrbloss’ and what he’s got lined up next.
Ondo Fudd: Blue Dot
Flippant as it sounds, Seaton’s accomplishment in production keeps on growing to the extent where every release now comes with a “must have” status.
Farr Festival x Inverted Audio: Into The Woods with Heathered Pearls
Following the release of Heathered Pearls exquisite album “Body Complex” on Ghostly International last year, we summoned Jakub Alexander to explore the deeper realms of electronic music in this hour-long mix recorded for our Farr Festival podcast series.
Low Jack: Lighthouse Stories
Low Jack’s albums have never been meant for easy listening or straight up club use, instead unchaining from any pre-conceived system or unwanted labelling. This debut outing for the highly-esteemed Modern Love does not only keep its promises music-wise, it also confirms the French producer as one of the most innovative techno producers out there.
Premiere: Photonz ‘My Orion’
Hot off the press, ‘Lotus Wheel On My Orion’ marks the exciting debuts of One Eyed Jacks honcho Photonz on Ali Renault’s Vivod imprint. An opening four-track blast unleashing a hellfire of fast-breaking ravey rollers and floor-squashing leviathans.
C-Rau lands on Die Orakel with ‘Orakel X-Files 2’
For their second instalment in the ‘Orakel X-Files’ trilogy, Die Orakel continue their exploration of dusky, pulsating techno material with a fresh three-tracker from Smallville affiliate Christopher Rau under abbreviated guise.
Neubau announce Karamika EP
Picking up where they left off, London-via-Düsseldorf duo George Thompson (Black Merlin) and Gordon Pohl (Musiccargo) team up again as Karamika on Vienna-based label Neubau.
Q3A: Space Chamber
Hungarian producer Route 8 makes his debut appearance on Dutch imprint Delsin under his Q3A guise, serving up a solid, aptly-titled four-tracker that put on a fine mixture of house, techno and electro.
Skee Mask On Shred
After the much-anticipated release, we caught up with Skee Mask to talk synths, studio time and choice records on Basic Channel’s classic imprint Chain Reaction.
UN.T.O. announce Marcello Napoletano ‘Destroyed Ass EP’
Milan-based imprint UN.T.O. follow up with the announcement of their second installment, Marcello Napoletano’s ‘Destroyed Ass EP’, scheduled for release on April 29.
Smashing Tape Records launch with Antonio ‘Breeze EP’
Antonio aka Raw Ambassador kicks off new lo-fi house and techno label Smashing Tape Records with ‘Breeze EP’, a solid four-track 12″ featuring a remix from L.A. Club Resource affiliate Innsyter.
Kris Wadsworth
Detroit-via-Berlin techno operator Kris Wadsworth serves up a deep and moody one-hour-long cocktail of helicoid grooves for warehouse-scale dancefloors.
Premiere: CoastDream ‘ABC Theme (Annanan’s Dirt Mixx)’
Freshly-launched off their eponymous crew of promoters, French label Renascence present a solid debut outing courtesy of emerging dusty house and techno producer CoastDream, plus Annanan on remix duty.
ASOK debuts on Crème Organization with ‘A Mind Forever Voyaging’
Liverpool-based producer Stu Robinson aka ASOK has announced his debut full-length ‘A Mind Forever Voyaging’ for Crème Organization arriving in March.
Avalon Emerson debuts on Whities
Young Turks sub-label Whities return with a three-track platter from San-Francisco born producer Avalon Emerson. Watch the official music video for ‘The Frontier’ within.