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Kassem Mosse: Workshop 32

“Dive deep and Workshop 32 is a stripped-back boundary-pushing affair, paired with a melancholic twist” As the stonks flew over the Pudgy Penguins nest, and the
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Topdown Dialectic: S/T 2013

“S/T 2013 offers an introduction to new listeners, as well as a reminder to fans of how Topdown Dialectic expertly get the most mileage from a
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Mogwaa: A Garden Inside

“Mogwaa’s top notch production instincts and sensibilities are on full display from start to finish” Five years since his inaugural release, South Korean producer Seungyoung Lee
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Marcel Dettmann: Fear Of Programming

“Dettmann seems unconcerned about creating a strictly cohesive project and proving his talent with his usual strain of techno” After nearly a decade, Marcel Dettmann makes
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SW.: okALGORYTHM

“Stefan Wust uses this album to invite you to step out of the algorithm and let his human-curated experience bring you deeper into his psychedelic blend
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Ben Kaczor: Petrovo Uho

“Petrovo Uho isn’t rigid, it is taut” ‘Petrovo Uho’ – the second album by Swiss talent Ben Kaczor – is all about tension. In particular, there
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Eversines: New Place

“Undulating waves of synths, acidic crests, twinkling arpeggios, an urging bassline – everything here works in harmony” Observing evolving trends over the course of the months
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Ludwig A.F.: Air

“The approachability of ‘Air’ begs you to form your own personal connection. You may not find yourself in the mountain range of Taunus as you do
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Lunchmeat Festival 2022

Impetus is one of the most important forces in dance music in the Eastern European music scene. Denied almost all of the media attention given to
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MPU101: MPU102

“While the intrigue around the artist continues, so does the quality of their output” We were big fans of last year’s release from MPU101 on Ilian
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Eusebeia: Cosmos EP

“Cosmos packs an incredibly varied amount of sounds into an EP to the point where you feel like you’re absorbing the deftly sequenced and deeply textured
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Patricia: Less Than 7

Hardware maestro Max Ravitz aka Patricia steps onto the unerring Acid Test imprint for a 4 track EP that, unsurprisingly, centres around the Roland TB-303. In
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Deepchord: Functional Designs

“Functional Designs is the very epitome of the Deepchord project, to the extent that it marks his best album to date” American dub techno sound architect
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Elevate Festival 2022

In its 18th year, Graz’s Elevate Festival seems to be comfortably in-stride. While taking on the challenges of the pandemic and coming out on top has
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“Sone Glo captures that echoes-of-the-rave, drifting-home-in-the-thin-morning-light vibe perfectly” I should probably start by admitting to a slight degree of apathy in regard to the particular strain
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Intonal Festival 2022

Spring seems to have settled more slowly and reluctantly this year: in 2021, life and events seemed to surge into existence in a rapid flourish, bringing
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