Berlin-based italo-disco record label Slow Motion mark their return with the full-length release ‘Cafe Futuro‘, the sophomore album from label boss Franz Scala.
Spanning nine tracks, the album feels like a nocturnal séance, where proto-electronic synthesis, heat-soaked new wave and percussive alchemy melt into one disorienting italo-disco fever dream. For the occasion, Scala invites collaborators including Furotica, Local Suicide, Acid Gymnastics and Scala’s studio partner Charlie.
Each track unfurl like neon-lit vignettes, where towering arpeggios spiral skyward, punctured by thundering snares and dubbed-out swirls. Beneath the surface lies an unspoken homage to Neukölln’s Café Futuro – a legendary Berlin outpost where Scala’s cosmic mania found fertile ground.
Our pick is the fifth track ‘Saxon Rebel’ – a sleek, hyper stylised descent into the nocturnal undercurrents of Northern Germany. Featuring Local Suicide, the track operates at a steady 120 BPM, maintaining an unflinching tension without ever rushing. Acid-washed synth lines snake through layers of gleaming new beat arpeggios, while Vamparela’s Greek spoken-word passages lend an air of ritualistic mystique. The result is a seductive time-warp, where fragments of ancient rites and sci-fi futures converge into an hallucinatory dancefloor reverie.
‘Cafe Futuro‘ is scheduled for release 20th August via Slow Motion. Order a copy.
TRACKLIST
1. New Look (Feat. Furotica)
2. Echoes Of Love
3. Telephone Boy
4. Light Year Run
5. Saxon Rebel (Feat. Local Suicide)
6. Crush Test (Feat. Charlie)
7. BIT99
8. Fantasy Bazar
9. Fase Lunare (Feat. Acid Gymnastics)