Techno News

2 more delicious PLEDITS from the most wanted hard drive in Hackney. B-boy classics, New Romantic bonus beats & Detroitisms all get the PL treatment here.

Outstanding, flawless Electro and Acid influenced Techno jams made by a well regarded Spanish producer under his mysterious moniker.Not to be missed.

Once again... Acid, this time again with a very rave to transcore sound... at a more Hardtek speed...

MAD STUFF !

For the first time, these exclusive extended versions of NJOI's seminal tracks are available as a 3 coloured disc vinyl-only release. Carefully lifted from their original early 90's live sets, these tracks have been re-crafted, extended and mastered to todays sonic standards and we're very proud to present 'Collected' on Food Music.

This project is much more than simply re-issuing the cream of NJOI's catalogue. As we enter 2022, we begin a year long journey with the duo, eventually unveiling 30 year old unreleased sought-after material for the first time ever, together with remixes from some of the todays finest electronic artists. It’s a privilege to complete the circle with NJOI and their timeless music.

Anniversary time for NPR !
Inviting all the artists they've been working with through the ages and offering a crazy printed sleeve for a massive double pack !

Don't miss !!!

Live in Ravolution is the third chapter of the rave trilogy from Gauthier and his first vinyl release.

Gauthier is a French producer who propose a heavy melodic techno with old school influences, he designed this EP as a reflexion of the rave movement.

« Rave is fleeting like a dream and liberating like a cry »

The time has come for our Secret Weapons Part 12. This series represents a mix of various soundscapes and moods, taking you on a trip from peaktime to afterhour; as Âme & Dixon have proven during their shows around the universe. It marks the beginning to the new decade and draws a bridge for creative areas to flourish.

The time has come for our Secret Weapons Part 12. This series represents a mix of various soundscapes and moods, taking you on a trip from peaktime to afterhour; as Âme & Dixon have proven during their shows around the universe. It marks the beginning to the new decade and draws a bridge for creative areas to flourish.

A superb first EP, bringing mental techno, "never too mutch" sound.
And an acid finisher.

Limited and autoprod.

Enjoy :)

Superb acid mental sounds... Another dimension... Swinging and progressive, with new ideas (like this echo on the flip side reminding me the echo in that subversive wicked movie "Don't Look Up")...

Also to notice... Played at 33 RPM the A & B side tunes are absolutly great too (check our 2 last previews)... Someone at the shop were asking me for some 120 BPM mental acid techno... I think maybe the answer is here : play the 45 at 33... Like the Hardtek french movement was playing records 45 in the early 90's... But now playing 33 instead of 45... Turntablism is all about that I suppose :)

Anniversary time for NPR !
Inviting all the artists they've been working with through the ages and offering a crazy printed sleeve for a massive double pack !

Don't miss !!!

Repress

Chris Liberator and Darc Marc with some classic Acid Techno over 3 trax, with "Acid Music Has Come To Set You Free" already causing mayhem in the acid community with it's subversive anti-system mantra. "Heart Of The Underground" is pill-popping fizzy Acid Techno, whilst "Something Dark This Way Comes" goes for a more atmospheric and menacing vibe.

We are proud to welcome Fear-E for his Dark Entries debut ‘Grey Skies In A Dear Green Place’ out February 28th. Fear-E is the moniker of Scott McKay a Glasgow based DJ and producer. Scott has already made a name for himself as one of Glasgow’s most technically-gifted and diverse selectors over the past decade. Then a slew of releases on the home-grown Dixon Avenue Basement Jams and Super Rhythm Trax introduced Fear-E, equally skilled studio operator, to the world.

‘Grey Skies In A Dear Green Place’ contains six club-ready tracks to “smash sound systems and illuminate sweaty warehouses.” The title is a reference to a nickname that Glasgow has, coming from Cumbric, means 'green hollow' or (dear) 'green place'. Layering cut-up vocals with warm thumping beats, Scott creates a stripped-back yet deeply jackin’ vibe. Call these tracks what you will, “acid attacks”, “club destroyers”, “pickle ticklers?!” All songs have been mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. For the cover, Scott commissioned legendary Detroit illustrator Alan Oldham, who’s artwork has graced established an identity for Transmat and DJAX-UP-BEATS, to create a futuristic portrait of Glasgow in black & white and with green kryptonite flourishes by Eloise Leigh.d

'The Mystery Of Dark Energy' is the result of a deep scfi exercise, worthy of musicalizing a space expedition in some distant galaxy. Enigmatic atmospheres, soft 808 & 909 drums, spatial and hypnotic leads accompany this musical work, which develops progressively, seeking to convey the artist's thoughts during his creative processes, inspired by the mystery, in hidden and dark places.
Planes defined by deep reverberations, and the presence of incisive cymbals, accompanied by syncopated melodic lines with changes, exploring the dark corners of sound design, all relaying on a linear and mental arrangement.

VA: various artists, various styles. Six artists tell six different stories. Music is not uniformity.

Deep tripping acid tracks on the new Interdimensional Transmissions. Pervocet is the brand name of the psychedelic music project from Patrick Russell and Jasen Loveland and is used to induce moderate to severe psychosis. The short-term effects of Pervocet last approximately 5-7 minutes and include PH 1, PH 2, 8R41N, 10AMKM and -- in some people -- a pleasant euphoria. Manufactured in Detroit.

Acid Steve's Avinit label delivers 4 more warm and throbbing London squat party Acid Techno anthems from the heart of the London Acid Techno underground. Featuring some of the major players of the scene - Geezer/Secret Hero etc. - and newer producers like Acid Steve himself, Benji 303, and Rats On Acid, this release is already being championed by the likes of Chris and Aaron Liberator.

Producer and DJ from Strasbourg, France - Itako's anachronistic influences combine a wide range of sounds from the 80's to the early 00', from industrial to disco & trance to new beat. He signed tracks and EP's on various labels such as Reach Another System, Artificial Horizon, Bella Ursa, Samo Records, Worst Record, Meta Moto and more…

5 track EP of raw and unadulterated Electro by ITAKO for his debut on Lone Romantic titled 'Ligotage EP'

Mike has been producing techno since the early nineties, they return with a powerfull techno & acid ep

Collecting orders for another Repress, be fast to secure your copy.

Klasse Wrecks co-boss and Hong Kong citizen Mr. Ho links up with South Korean and Seoul based producer Mogwaa over international waters for the '??' EP. Baile Funk drums mix with moody deepness on 'Bail-E!' whilst vivid and dreamy 909 electro is captured on 'Hustler's Billiard', demented acid breaks on 'Conquest' and angry and distorted funk lets loose 'DistFreestyle'. The four tracker makes for a varied and sonically diverse EP that conjures and distills the two producers various influences perfectly.

Wave-jumping, sunken coast electro weapons.

AVA. Records celebrates its 10th anniversary with 52 artists. “10 Yahre” is a 4LP compilation housing 22 tracks, a printed 30 pages magazin and a mixed CD. All wrapped in a custom made silkscreen sleeve, also including a textile keychain and stickers. Sonically spanning from ambient to techno, 10 Yahre carries new and exclusive material, all woven around the label’s decade focus on dance floor culture, started 2011 in Cologne, Germany.

The 4LP vinyl includes music by: Am Kinem, Andy Hart, Axel Boman, Cinthie, Damiano von Erckert, Dman, Dogpatrol, форм, Jürgen Ratan, Jus-Ed, Lauer, Lowtec, Move D, Paingel, Paradise Grey, Retrogott, Robi, Ron Trent, Sinoesin, Tito Wun, U-I, Will Saul and Wolfey.

The mixed version of the entire compilation is contributed by Sally C.

The full color magazin and video includes works by: Alina Bader, Andy Kassier, Angel, Anna Beil, Ata Macias, Bailey Keogh, Damiano von Erckert, Dirk Jeans & Lou de Bètoly, Funkycan, Guido, Jana Marei, Jana Maria Dohmann, Joana Pratschke, Johannes Wohnseifer, Juri Bader, Kuchenbaum, Manuel Fischer, Maria Sécio, Martin Fengel & Public Possession, Mathias Schmitt, Maximilian Schweizer, Michael Satter, Naum Hirsl, Nicolas Wenz, Peter Wolff, Rein Vollenga, Rucksack Leer, Stelan Mergenthaler, Suzanne Caroline de Carrasco, Twit One and Yves Taron Harouche.

Compiled by Juri Bader and Damiano von Erckert, mastered by Enyang Urbiks. Design and concept by DVE 1989.

An absolute Banger of a kind. Pumpin !

Big up !

Multi explorations mood on Neimad's debut EP for his crew label.

Rise Black returns to Fill-Lex Records to close his Olympus Anthology. 7 tracks of visceral Electro that were forged in the pre pandemic era and that will blow you away to his conceptual world. Hard, direct and uncompromising, these songs continue the saga of this Zar who has made Olympus his own.

Repress

As one might expect from a record called 303 101 EP, this is a collection of Acidic techno cuts made with the legendary TB303 and the SH101 machines. This time around it's an unknown artist(s) affair.

A banger of a kind with Guigoo in a new acid style !

Pyramid of Knowledge presents K.O.P. 32 “Broken Bridges”

Pyramid of knowledge is back on his own Beyond the Bridge imprint with a new project as K.O.P. 32.

Broken Bridges is a haunted listening trip, a crossover between hypnotic Italian deep techno and tribal frenchcore, bringing you in a dark hole of synthetic atmosphere, acid motifs and twisted drums.
Additional to the single tracks available digitally, the 6 track mixtape will accompany your car journey to the next warehouse or forest party.

Limited edition of 100.
The audio cassette is coming with Bandcamp download code.

Repress

Channeling that classic playful braindance feel of early AFX, U-Ziq and fellow acid-connoissuer Luke Vibert, Pearl River Sound (real name Roberto Semeraro) has quietly builded up his own profile in the last 5 years with releases on R&S Records's own Meda Fury, Further Records, Seagrave and X-Kalay. Not another average idm/breakbeat throwback tough: here PRS delivers 'Train With No Name', a 6-tracker of razor-like rephlexian science, taking inspiration from his ambivalent work with laptop & old hardware machines; yet, the magic lays down in arrangements and spaces, builded around jacking bassline swings and detuned, lush pads all melted together in powerful u-turn rhythms and genius sampling, from the moody opener 'Elek41' to the demented vocals of 'Cccc2' and 'Mr Continue' or the straight-up acid of 'Mono Sequencer Bass'. Occasional walls of white noise and distorted tones emerge in 'Train 2', possibly his most tense track ever but also one that reveals new sonic solutions for a forthcoming full length that should see the light anytime next year on the label. Sharing the same sensibility of fellow Roman institutions like Lory D or Leo Anibaldi to keep the acid legacy of the city alive, Mixed Up is proud to start a new beginning with this release. Full sleeved and cut at 45.

Tapage Nocturne Itinérant has launched their first release TNI-001. Together with top notch artists coming from the Acid and Techno scene this is a splendid kick off of this new label.

1NC1N produced the main track of the release with a solid statement vocalized by Melisa. Pure dancefloor bomb!
Pozek and Ling Ling did a great job building a funky, deep and Acid rave song.
D.A.V.E. The Drummer and Chris Liberator are representing their own UK Acid Techno to you alongside with Phil Kershaw and SamDFL.

All tracks are high energetic tunes, ready to be played by you!

Collision EP brings 4 acid banging tunes, dark and insane as expected, with one superb tune, called Supernova (A2), playing the acid break pressure leading to the beat… A superb new release we are proud to issue, in the same time as we organise Collision's venue in Paris for a set at Glaz'Art on 13th of september.

At last, a vinyl re-press of the hard-to-find Classic New Beat tracks from N9 !

For years, the vinyl 12 inches from the French Techno-house & New Beat label N9 were nearly impossible to find, and devoted Oldschool Fans kept asking for represses.
Thanks to a joint venture with fellow Belgian label Fenix Fire Records, the wait is over!

Here’s a deluxe 2x12' compilation, on 180g marbled red vinyl in a beautiful gatefold package.

With 11 tracks spanning from the origins in 1990 to the rebirth since 2005, N9's most wanted releases are here, remastered by French sonic wizard André Dalcan, ready to get turntables at the right 33+8 mood, and get the white glove raised again!

2x12"

Winthorpe Electronics kicks off 2020 in fine style. Frosty Dancefloor action from the mysterious Melchester Ace who is out for revenge.. A tale of two halves this double 12 is high end Acid, electro with a slab of bass.

2x12" 180 grams / white vinyl

"The universe,
purity, simplicity and deceits,
profundity, solitude and hardness.
A brilliant yet dark setting.

A place of fleeting ephemeral encounters, real and intense nonetheless, where the forces sustaining it all are neither dark matter nor dark energy, but rather the outcome of the explosion of infinite ancestral love between the creation and its creator, in an era where one was still everything.

Gravity Darkening is an astronomic phenomenon, in which the light emanating from a star is distorted to the eyes of the beholder. A bridge of playful mirrors between reality and its perception in a binary code world, where man can dream unconditionally when reflecting himself in the absence of light.

This album is an expression of the allegorical essence of my lived experience and its resulting analysis, projected into another timeline, parallel to ours".
- Specialivery

The return of…KiNK. His first original record after the latest album and a few bits here and there, is an ode to the miraculous grip that a piano still holds over almost any dance floor. Unmistakably titled „Piano Power Ep“, the Bulgarian hit factory does what it does best: infectious melodies, moving bass and gnarly acid lines as well as the ill beats around. Born out of studio rehearsals for live sets, „2 love U“ is a freestyle jam with regular collaborator Rachel Row (see Hand Made EP or „Follow The Step“): KiNK on keys and Rachel in the vocal booth results in pure positivism, energetic hooks and a certain pop magic. Think Rozalla, Bizarre Inc. or any other sign long and you are almost there. Instrumental included for the faint at heart.
„I Remember“ on the other hand, which is also available as one of KiNK’s beloved video workouts, is presented here as a „303 Mix“ that loses the classic house sample of the first version, in favor of - well, another classic dance music ingredient - the squelchy sound that DJ Pierre invented.
Last, but not least. „Raw“ is the kind of happy-go-lucky piano-bazooka that revokes the spirit of Baltimore’s production outfit Basement Boys in todays’ pagan parties. Using the minimum amount of music tools (lack of effects, volume changes creating dynamics and no more than four instruments), it als feels like KiNK’s reply to Herbert’s infamous dogma. If the ingredients are good enough, you don’t need any spices.

Erika Glück is a producer and musician currently based in Chicago but grew up in the country in Tennessee without electricity and water until she was a teenager. She is closely affiliated with the Tram Planet label and party organizers. Her live sets are always evolving drawing inspiration from 1950-60s and 2000s samples. Erika started making music in 2013 starting “in the box” with Ableton. She wanted to expand out from her computer and subsequently bought an Electribe ESX. Since then her setup has changed quite a bit. However, she uses the same ethos keeping her set-up scaled back to focus more thoroughly on a smaller number of machines.

After a short and reflective hiatus for Danse Club, Nobody Home a.k.a Minilogue re-opens the catalogue with a very special vinyl-only EP 'Remains Of Earlier Temples', including remixes from Skudge and label owners Austen/Scott.The EP reflects a maturing of the label into something more considered and spacious yet still effective and aimed primarily at the dance floor. It's all house and techno.