Due out shortly on Manchester’s Natural Sciences, Brenecki’s new four-tracker finds him melding a dashing techno stomp with deep dubby moves, ankle-twisting breaks and Detroit-style electroid pulsations. If the Serbian-born, New York-based producer’s previous instalments drew a dynamic and coherent, although sometimes monochromatic picture of him as a producer, ‘Esoteric Body Music’ reveals an artist at his most diverse and versatile.
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Results2386Premiere: Ground Tactics – Eternal Now
Watching the development of Midgar over the years has been a real pleasure. From humble beginnings, it has blossomed into a label with a distinct aural
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SMX & Koehler: Whities Blue 02
Following up to the first instalment of their newly launched Blue series, courtesy of Tessela and Lanark Artefax, eclectic Young Turks offshoot Whities return with another split two-track extended player from Koehler and SMX.
Premiere: Nummer – The Magic City
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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In The Studio with Efdemin
Following the release of Efdemin’s ‘Naïf’ mix CD on Curle Recordings, our editor-in-chief Tom Durston met up with Phillip Sollmann at his studio in Berlin for a one-on-one discussion about his new mix and the subsequent seven-part series of vinyl that are seeing release through his own imprint Naïf. We also reflect back on his early DJ career, learning the ropes at Pudel Club in Hamburg and his current relationship with Berghain.
Eltron grooves and soothes for Newtype Rhythms
When it comes to twisting and turning a dancefloor, no one does it quite like Poland’s very own Eltron. Maneuvering between the worlds of disco, funk,
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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: SSTROM – Tornet
Swedish DJ/producer Hannes Stenstrom, aka SSTROM, one half of duo Shxcxchcxsh, is set to release his first full-length this May. ‘Otider’ loosely translated as “un-times” or “non-times”
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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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Win two pairs of tickets to HER DAMIT 2018
** COMPETITION CLOSED** For those looking to escape this summer and find hedonistic musical transcendence in a disused bunker complex straight out of GDR-era Germany – then
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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: 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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