Techno News

Established as one of the most representative and prolific producers of recent years in the EBM, Synthwave, Electro realms… Filmmaker doesn’t disappoint when putting together new energetic and yet dense tunes.

His spectrum within sound exploration gets tastefully wider as times goes by and his latest release on South American imprint Disidencia Records is a testament to that.

Code Breakers is a 5 track EP that marks a strong second vinyl release on the label’s catalog and open wider doors to exciting new things on the coming months for them.

Jon Hopkins war lange ein Phantom der internationalen Elektronik- und Produzentenszene: Während seiner oft unbemerkten Zusammenarbeiten mit Künstlern wie Coldplay, Brian Eno und King Creosote sammelte er in den letzten zehn Jahren Ideen, die er 2013 endlich in Form seines vierten Soloalbums "Immunity" veröffentlicht, welches Ende Mai auf Domino erscheint. Vom ersten Moment, in dem die Bässe leise aus den Boxen blubbern, es aus allen Ecken britzelt, gluckst, zirpt, blingt, schlurft, schleift und atmet, entwickelt sich "Immunity" zu einem starken und vielschichtigen Album, vollgepackt mit den besten Sounds, die Hopkins je produziert hat. Tipp!

‘It Takes Grit’ is the 4th release on Kerrie’s Dark Machine Funk label. 4 tracks that were initially ideas from her ever changing Live Set performed in clubs and festivals such as Freerotation, Freedom Medellin, Tresor & FOLD and have made the cut to finished tracks. All tracks have elements of Kerrie’s signature gritty machine funk sound, and carry her notable influences from Detroit / UK techno especially the Birmingham sound. Gnarly sci-fi infused sound design meets a raw stomping groove, the ‘It Takes Grit’ EP is aimed directly at the dancefloor. This one bangs!

Early DJ support from James Ruskin, Daniel Avery, Kwartz, Tensal, Casual Treatment.

repressed !

The second album from 2007 with great guest features by Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Siriusmo, TTC (Big Dada), Otto Von Schirach, Puppetmastaz, the group Maximo Park and the song "Let Your Love Grow" by Moderat feat. Paul St. Hilaire (from Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman fame)!

Original info from 2007:
After their homage to their moms and the digestion of piled up experiences of their musical freshmen years, the artsand-crafts duo Modeselektor will now release their second album “Happy Birthday”. The record is once again a description of the state of mind of the little buggers from Berlin-Wedding. The constant state of mind is definately clear: hanging out together all the time. Not only professionally (tours, studio ...), but now even more in their privat lives too. Because, smart asses will have reasoned already, both will become fathers very soon, almost simultaneously. Happy Birthday! But back to their labor-pains: After 111 slashings and burnings of the dancefloor from Sydney to Iceland last year and driven by the ungovernable spirit of gold-diggers, Gernot and Szary holed up at their mobile airstream caravan recording studio in order to give birth to “Happy Birthday”. The conditions of production were - and no flattering here - adverse. But thanks to digital transfer technology and a mild winter in Berlin, all came together nicely in the end. Thank God, because the album is supposed to release Modeselektor’s Monkey of Success, its joy and energy and was supposed to also be a celebration of themselves - yeah!

Limited expanded 4 x LP Boxset edition, including 2 double gatefold records; one of the original album and one of remixes and rarities
Includes an exclusive 60 page hardback 12” x 12” book, documenting Orbital’s story and history Also features a 12” Slipmat, and 3 printed repro A6 flyers, randomly placed throughout the book

Scheermann's return on SAMMLER's second catalogue release is a testament to his skill in crafting dancefloor-ready techno. The four tracks, available both physically and digitally, promise a tantalising sonic journey.

The A-side is bursting with energy: A1 ''Bracy'' features modulated chords and distorted drums, while A2 ''Fuck Me'' hypnotises with its bells, making it perfect for peak time. On the B-side, B1 ''Drummer Next Door'' enhances any warm-up set with a catchy drum loop, while B2 ''UFO" features stellar percussions and pads for a mellow vibe with stunning sound design. Scheermann's latest release brings a fresh and invigorating touch to the scene, making it a must-have for enthusiasts and DJs in search of innovative tracks.

SMR002 Support:
Ben Klock
DVS1
Kr!z
Marron
Shlomi Aber
Mark Broom
Lea Occhi
Kaiser
And few more

Tom Wax & Rico Puestel team up as ROMPAX on this special double vinyl bundle to showcase their unique teamwork and avantgarde Techno sound!

– Well, is it working?
– Shh, I almost got it.
– If we don't open the damn safe in three tries, we're screwed. The mutagens will be released immediately, turning us into useless, drooling brats.
– Ew, I can't stand zombies!


Carefully moving the stethoscope along the cold thickness of metal, Cat was listening attentively in an attempt to analyse the clicks. The multiple amplification effect helped to ease the haste that hung in the air and hid between the lines even when one wanted to calm down. The dangerous scam with the intergalactic monetary fund had long matured and was finally executed. There, in the heart of the vault stuffed to the brim with bills and gold, the only feasible option was to guess the code.


– It seems that the lock connects to the opening mechanism, which can be anywhere on the door, via a system of gears.
– Yeah, that leaves us with either the plasma cutting or C-4.


Spacelunch was awkwardly pulling an inverter out of his suitcase, anticipating a big boom in the same breath. It is hard to know which solution would have come first if the sensor on the smartwatch had not gone off. A squad of stormtroopers was already heading towards them…

Die Hamburger Produzentin und DJ Helena Hauff revolutioniert seit Anfang der 2010er Jahre den Sound von Techno und Elektro. Ihr zukunftsorientierter Produktions- und Mixstil, der auf analogen Klängen beider Genres basiert, spricht eine populäre Szene von Musikliebhabern an, die ihre Sounds kantig, hypnotisch und berauschend bevorzugen. Hauffs Fabric-Mix folgt diesen Regeln und umfasst Techno, Elektro und Industrial-Electronica von den frühen 90ern wie D-Breeze im coolen Autechre-Remix bis zu derzeit heissen Szene-Produzenten wie Magda Rots exklusivem 'Alter Simus' Track. Für die grafische Gestaltung der Kampagne samt der weltweiten Festivalstrecke 2023 zeichnet sich die Berliner Künstlerin Riya Hollings verantwortlich, die Hauffs düsteren Futurismus perfekt einfängt.

2024 Reissue

Limited coloured repress of 100 copies!

The 2018 Meakusma Festival in eastern Belgium saw the first
ever joint live performance by Dman and Roger 23. »222« sees
the recorded rehearsal takes for that performance edited and
enhanced, conjuring up an album that consciously swerves in
and out of concrete and dreamlike states, updating 90s-like
ambient house and techno with a cavernous and conceptual
stance. Over the course of twelve tracks and two locked
grooves, »222« brings concrete ideas to conclusions that are
as coincidental as they are intentional. It is this dichotomy that
drives the album, its experimental nature touching upon
simplicity and complexity in equal measure. Infused by a
desire to fully execute ideas or have the ideas reach their own
conclusion, »222« has an explicit album structure, giving
space to long stretches of echo-laden experimental
soundscapes and beats that are introspective yet forward,
while its short tracks break open the mold and reset attention.
This is an album made by two forces of underground club
music in Germany. Their shared knowledge informs it with a
sense of history while at the same time updating and
commenting on that same history. It uses house and techno
as a portal into more experimental terrain. The album’s cover
image is taken from the book »Das Hohe Venn - Bilder einer
Landschaft« by Willi Filz. All track titles make explicit reference
to villages and towns in the Eifel region in western Germany
and eastern Belgium. All rehearsals and recordings took place
in Saarbruecken, exactly 222 km from Eupen. Roger 23 has
been carving out his own particular club music niche since
1998. In recent years, his production work has shown an everexpanding interest in ambient and experimental music. Dman
used to run the legendary HD800 club in Mannheim, Germany,
a catalyst for electronic club music in the south of Germany

Nobu welcomes Japanese sound artist Doltz to his Bitta imprint for a full pack of hypnotic techno. Doltz started his musical career in 1998 as a drummer in a hardcore punk band, and had a fateful encounter with DJ Nobu, who shares the same musical roots, when they were billed alongside each other at a party called 'Broad' in Fukuoka-city in the winter of 2022. Impressed by Doltz's live performance, DJ Nobu immediately booked him for his residency party 'reprise' at Womb Tokyo. Set the stage for Doltz's sensational debut in Tokyo. The two hit it off and began exchanging tracks, with DJ Nobu actively playing out Doltz's tracks while touring across the world and receiving a good response. This first EP on Bitta consists of four of such tracks that were tested and proven. Doltz has already released several deeper techno and ambient works under the alias, but his encounter with DJ Nobu has allowed him to show his new potential on trippy and powerful tracks that are more dancefloor-oriented, and he has made rapid progress as an electronic music producer over the past year. More to come.

Dying & Barakat are back on Knotweed, developing further their vision of contemporary techno. A very dynamic release, with relentless beats and a clear hint to the D.

The echologist, aka Brendon Moeller, delivers 4 delicious cuts aimed at making you vibrate from inside! This is one for the lovers of dub, low-end focused, minimalistic, reverberated, drone techno

The German saying 'Ist der Ruf erst ruiniert, lebt man voellig ungeniert.', meaning once your reputation is ruined, your life gets easy, sums up a lot about Furfriend's artistic doing.
'Freedom of Filth' lives tightly along those lines and throws its full force of lushness at you, growing into an empowering industrial monster that makes you want you to rip all clothes off your body. If JFK did it, so can you.
If big room sound is too much for you and you miss the simplicity and pervy voice of Dingo Tush that made the duo famous, you'll wanna follow their instructions for self appreciation and have a listen to 'Touch Myself', A trainlike fuckfest for the dancefloor. Make sure to bring some lube!
Following is a short live recording from the 'Fuck Olympics' .... we are just going to leave this uncommented here.

Curtis Electronix is proud to present "Destroy Your Future", the new LP from the one and only Galaxian. In the last years Mark Kastner aka Galaxian has become a prominent figure in the underground scene because of his high quality productions and his unique take on electro. We all know electro started with futurism and well, this work is pure futurism. Each cut is a trip into his restless creativity. Each track is a mind altering exploration of a deeply cinematic soundscape with a massive number of elements perfectly fused together with his "one of a kind" sci-fi aestethic that immediately pulls you out of the schemes. Caustic distortions, post industrial environments, mind expanding electronics and primitive drum patterns are only the main elements of this sci-fi masterpiece. There is no "Detroit Nostalgia" in it. This is sonic militance. The same that inspired the originators back in the days. When you play it, time runs faster and future looks closer. We are on board, but Galaxian is the only pilot of the ship.

Patterns of Perception returns with a snapshot of the Finnish scene: a collection of fast psychedelic techno from Helsinki artist HOMI with a slow-burning remix from VC-118A. Recorded at his studio space in Helsinki, HOMI's V?litila EP begins with three tracks of percussive, acid-tinged techno, primed for peak time. The B-side features a remix of the title track V?litila from Dutch-born and now Finland-based VC-118A, delivering a winding, slow-burning counterweight to Homi's dancefloor-oriented original. The digital edition includes a bonus fifth track of quirky breakbeat techno from HOMI titled SmallBisnes. Inspired by fast '90s techno in the vein of Detroit legend Rod Modell, the record is at turns delicate yet powerful, high energy yet melancholic. It also marks a turning point for the artist, coinciding with a shift away from a pure jamming approach and an expansion of his music-making techniques in studio, adding greater depth and complexity to his output.

Exactly one year a er its release, finally also available on vinyl "Passi" by the duo IO and PALMIERI with the remix by the queen of techno DEBORAH DE LUCA

Jack Bags returns to La Sabbia with Panorama Groove Volume 2. An intense flight through dark electro sounds and hypnotic techno grooves, expressing his true acid love.

Senoid returns with a new EP with 4 powerful cuts.Kike Pravda and Tensal join forces to make a strong release.


In the A side, Tensal opens the record remixing the original "Dimensional", with more energy and an extended version adding a pair of sequences that holds the tension of the track till the end playng with the sequences to make it more dynamic.A bomb for the dancefloor.
The second cut "Altair" is cosmical, spacey and an atemporal track.


In the B side the original version of ¨Dimensional" gives the tittle to the EP, and we find again the unique style by Kike Pravda, dense, deep, hypnotc and solid sound with only a few elements well processed with a strong sub in the background.
Ending with ¨Protone" , Kike delivers an energetic and raw synth sequence with a reverb layer in the background to add more depth to the sound.


4 solid cuts for your sets.

No doubt, Komakino´s „Outface“ has co-written the history of rave, trance and techno in the early 90s. Originally released in 1993 and produced by Detleff Hastik and Ralph Fritsch this tune was played by any DJ at any festival like Mayday, Love Parade and Tribal Gathering big time.


After 30 years it´s for sure time for a re-release and this package comes along with the remastered original G60-Mix plus next versions by the "creme de la creme" of techno universe, saying Egbert (Cocoon), Petar Dundov (Music Man) and Robert Babicz (Systematic Recordings). Enter the time machine and enjoy the good old days and futuristic sounds at the same time.

A necessary agitator in the city, Bruno Trigo Gonçalves signs, while Phoebe, some of the most desirable sound infusions of the moment. The founder of Troublemaker Records, collaborator of Rádio Quântica, resident DJ at the “mina” party and also one of the faces behind the Planeta Manas space, has multiplied himself in live performances and brought a handful of news in recent years. “If I was simple in my mind, everything would be fine”, under Rotten Fresh label and “Love is Patient, Love is Kind, Love Will Make you Lose your Mind” by Sweet Love Making, a label that he jointly owns with Bleid , demonstrate Phoebe's bird's-eye view. This vision includes allusions to different languages of dance music, ambient music and other personal cosmologies that define him as an absolutely free producer.

- Horse Meat Disco “BOOOOOOM”
- Alison Swing - “hot tracks!”
- FYI Chris - “bangin - love all these tunes <3”
- Nikola Baytala - “JENSEN INTERCEPTOR REMIX !!! AFTERNOON BLAZE !!!HYPEZONE 5000 !!! BASS IN YOUR FACE !!! DISCOS EXTENDES KILLIN IT !!! SUBWOOFER ALERT !!! ”
- Turbojazz - “Supa cool EP!”
- Daniel ( Happy Endings) “Simply brilliant, every single track.”
- Nita Aviance“oof, Go is just naaaassssttttyyyy! very excited to bring this one to the floor. the whole EP goes off, really, FAB release. thank you for sending!”

Synth enchantress Poly Chain returns to Dom Trojga for a smashing full EP release! Hailing from Kiev, she first made a name for herself during the years she spent in Warsaw, releasing her debut LP and becoming a fixture on Poland's underground scene. After returning to Ukraine, she spread her wings further, with exciting releases and regular international appearances only briefly thwarted by the pan-demic. Her long-anticipated EP for Dom Trojga is a treat in her signature style - filled to the brim with incessant, psychedelic arpeggios racing over raw and direct beats. The opener "Kie?" is an unfor-giving electro tune with a huge snare (we like) and tight, unsettling synthwork. "Visa" offers some much-needed hypnotic comfort, and on the flipside, "Acid Regular" hits the floor again with a serious groove, while "Visa Reprise" closes off in a deep, echo-laden fashion. The cover is a drawing by the inimitable Bartosz Zaskórski - an illustrator, sculptor and sound artist, whose uncanny, twisted bio-mechanical visions have been haunting us for years. Take a bite of Dom Trojga!

We are very happy to present our twentieth vinyl release.

It is a double vinyl album with 12 tracks plus 4 digital bonus tracks produced by Somatic Responses.

This album perfectly represents the music of the brothers from Wales. In this double vinyl you will find tracks that go from IDM to breaks or glitches through the rave sound."

New EP by Anders Ilar & John H with four 90s flavoured acid tracks on orange translucent vinyl.

Shortly after the great Envision EP (Xistence 001) Dublin based Phil Robertson DJ/Producer alias Arbilla back with it’s second release on his own imprint Xistence Records. This 4 tracker EP brings some dark Detroit Techno where classic meets the modern sound. The title track “Moving Forward” is from the deeper side of techno, futuristic synth melodies with heavy claps and bleeps.

Detroit’s techno legend, lifetime member of Underground Resistance, master of the darkness James Pennington aka Suburban Knight on remix duty... pure Detroit machine funk, more groove oriented version with filthy bass. Flip side track called Windjana is solid but with a classic claps/hihats which driving by a massive bassline.

Life Scenario with dark melodies,heavy percussions, and killer bassline inspired by James’ sound and shows mad respect & much love for Motor City underground.

Fully sonic, percussive & heavily dubbed skeletal tribal-acid-techno with hints of industry as well as digital insects fills DJ Sotofett's A-side. Juxtaposing rumble and lightness the drone landscapes of Vera Dvale features Merel Laine on vocals travelling through the mix & narration of the B-side's entire 13 min. Rather than flabbergasting this split 12" presents the core Wania sound!

With “Sandstones” Insect O. presents a new 3 track release of his craftfull dub techno sound. But there is always more to discover.

For the opening track “Sandstones” he used field recordings that he took at the sandstone mountains of Saxony Switzerland National Park while hiking during the pandemic. Back in the studio he layered it on top of spicy chords, beautiful pads and a shuffling groove. But it is this melancholic organ that gives big emotions to the track.

The second track is named after a famous little bass synthesizer. “Volca Dub” was recorded 10 years ago.

It was sitting on the hard drive, waiting for the perfect moment to get finished
and released. The chords of the Korg Volca Bass are heavily modulated and tranched into swirling tape delays with a rumbling sub bass underneath. Just like dub should sound.
The final track “Everlasting” he recorded live in one take on his modular synthesizer.

It starts with the rolling bassline by a Buchla inspired dual oscillator. A dreamy melody and melancholic chords are fading in. Filter pings are providing clicky drums while white noise from the Moog DFAM is playing a polyrhythmic snare.

Pitch shifting echoes and a dreamy reverb are gluing the sounds together. It makes you remember the past and think about the
future. Just like memories do.

Headless Horseman is the second release on Phonopsia's new Horse Category label. The music was created entirely in 2006 during a period of intense focus and renewed energy. Headless Horseman gathers four of the five tracks from this period, which are only now being published for the first time. When the tracks were created in 2006, they set out the clearest idea of what Phonopsia's house and techno would sound like. Phonopsia has been making and playing music for a good number of years and was Sud Electronic resident from 2007-2009 and regular guest for Bleep43 from 2002-2010.

Producer Pieter Kock, active also as a DJ under his DJ Peacock guise, is known for being one of the people behind the legendary O Tannenbaum bar and club, a haven of sorts in Berlin nightlife for years, and the newly opened second O Tannenbaum called Schankwirtschafft O Tannenbaum. He has released some of his own music on labels such as Musikii, RIO, Full Body Massage, Fantasy Fiction Records, Moonwalk X, and Invisible Inc, and has extensively collaborated with people and projects such as Meeuw and De Fabriek.

His new Bright Bars From The Stars album on Meakusma is a dizzying amalgam of moods and influences. From ghostly and contemplative tracks to spaced-out and dubbed-out dark dancefloor psychedelia infused with melodics, phrasing, and percussive patterns reminiscent of pop and avant-garde alike, Bright Bars From The Stars features a full album on vinyl, with an extra CD included. Kock is a versatile chronicler of the night, capturing the beauty, loneliness, and endless possibilities of wide avenues pining for neon lights, futuristic descents into past moods and modes, and all.

14 tracks in total, Bright Bars From The Stars is a cosmic, at times gentle, at times confrontational affair that brims with ideas and influences. Combining sounds, rhythms, melodies, and textures from a wide variety of sources and meanings, Pieter Kock brings all of his influences together, intent on finding new paths of thinking and feeling. His pictures printed in the CD booklet give some kind of indication of his artistic process, without ever wanting to push things in any kind of direction. Cocktail bars of a dystopian future, unite! Bright Bars From The Stars is the soundtrack to a very encompassing and transformative night out.

All compositions by Pieter Kock except Bright Bars From The Stars by Pieter Kock and Dominik Peacho Noé
Mastering & Cut by Rashad Becker
Art by Pieter Kock and Meeuw

"Hearts Utd." (suction052) is an addendum to RX-101’s recent 2LP “Serenity”, featuring 5 additional caustic braindance assaults from the archive, alongside a brand new remix of Serenity standout cut “Hearts Utd.” by the mysterious IDM producer Brainwaltzera.

On “Hearts Utd.”, RX-101 delivers more scorched, crunchy jackhammer beats, combined with emotional, plaintive pads, delivering a classic set of vintage-Rephlex-style bliss, à la AFX, Caustic Window, and Cylob.

Comes housed in a reverse-board jacket with full-colour-picture inner-sleeve

LIMITED BLUE TRANSPARENT 10" / HAND-STAMPED / NUMBERED / NO REPRESS

We all agree that our next release is long overdue. Good news: up next is an EP by the infamous Bill & Ben duo from the UK. Having released heavy material under various monikers, the two are a dreamteam for our 003. We selected four rare cuts that match the Rota Bene vibe most and restored them from DATS for you. Our third release ranges from punchy dancefloor-orientated stuff, to music simply for the mind.