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GIL talks up ‘Orchids & Wasps’

Following the release of Gil Schneider’s ‘Orchids & Wasps’ EP on Aïsha Devi’s record label Danse Noire, Mitch Strashnov caught up with the Berlin based producer to discuss his craft and the makings of his debut release.

Oliver Hafenbauer

Oliver Hafenbauer is a busy man. Artistic director of Live At Robert Johnson, resident DJ at the Frankfurt club and label boss of the ever gratifying Die Orakel, his agenda is pretty full to say the least. So when he dedicates some of his time to record a podcast, you know the series is in safe hands.

Rave In The Blood: Jamie Russell reflects on 10 years of Hypercolour

To celebrate Hypercolour’s ten years of cheerful dance activism, Jamie Russell and his crew gathered the cream of the crop of their collaborators for a very special compilation. We seized the occasion to have a chat with Jamie and discuss the label’s past, present and future.

Peder Mannerfelt: Transmissions From A Drainpipe

Over a few years in the production game, fact is Stockholm’s offbeat techno warlock Peder Mannerfelt has been one of the few out there to consistently question the nature of stomping mechanics and its subsequent functional use. Picking up where ‘Controlling Body’ left off, Mannerfelt dishes out a four-track EP that works on alternating current voltage.

Variant

Part of the exciting new wave of talents that’s been unfurling over Montreal as of late and more notably the up-and-coming Temple label which they set up alongside Adam Feingold and R. Wong, Variant step up to deliver a ferocious mix of hard-nosed techno, industrial rhythms and dubby flexions.

Premiere: Togethrs – RawDawg

Hailing from Chicago via Philadelphia, up-and coming record label These Things Take Time line up ‘Compilation Vol.001’ featuring contributions from an international network of young, emerging talents. Our premiere Togethrs ‘RawDawg’ is a massive mojito-flavoured thermal weapon. Give up on your ski-suit, it’s time to grab the surfboard.

Aybee talks up ‘The Odyssey’

With just a few days to go until Aybee drops his new album ‘The Odyssey’ via Deepblak, we caught up with Armon to discuss the conception of his LP, keeping things off balance and techno’s angry status quo.

S.O.N.S: Shinjuku One Night Stand

After making quite a splash with the widely praised inaugural transmission of the T.O.K.Y.O series, released via his own eponymous imprint two years ago, mysterious producer S.O.N.S is back with the just as massive ‘Shinjuku One Night Stand’ – a six-track double pack larded with acidic salvos, augmented jungle moves and irruptive laser-battle gunnery.

DFX: Relax Your Body

Trotting in at a brief twenty minutes, Ricardo Villalobos’ reworking of DFX ‘Relax Your Body’ is a perfect microcosm to demonstrate why he is one of the best executioners of minimal principles.

Unsound Festival 2016

Unsound has made Krakow the crown jewel of an experience that only adds to walking, driving, taking a tram to seeing someone like Senyawa spook their audience to their very core, or seeing Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein bring out one’s inner-child when they played their works from Netflix’s Stranger Things.