Techno News

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Suction Records is excited to unleash the first in a series of extensive archival releases by a new artist, bedroom producer RX-101. This previously unreleased material dates from 1997 -1999, recorded live to cassette in a feverish burst of creativity, utilizing a small arsenal of classic techno tools inc uding the Roland TR-808, TB-303, Juno-106, and his beloved SH-1 01. What's astonishing about RX-101 is the sheer volume of diverse and stunning material recorded in just 2 years. Fans of Aphex Twin's Analogue Bubblebath and Caustic Window series will rejoice in the authentic early-90s Rephlex-ian burst of "EP 1.' From the eerie, isolationist-rave stomp of opener 'Tunnel,' to the emotive, primitive electronica of 'Bloom(pt.1),' through to the majestic, ambient melodicism of closer 'If I Could Ever Get...,' the 6 tracks found on 'EP 1' serve as an exciting introduction to RX-101' s treasure-trove of vintage Rephlex-style electronics.

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Re-issue of the legendary Polarius on Bunker. 8 The Hague smack trax! Comes with whitelabels.

UK Acid Techno Label Run By Benji303.

4 tracks of pounding dark Acid Techno that will light up any hard dancefloor with precision beats and strident 303's - with 2 phat trax from UK's Secret Hero and Rats On Acid, plus an acid builder from France's David Asko, and tough beats from France's Krismix.

During the last 5 years Herrensauna has become one of the most esteemed spaces of Berlin's queer underground. Showcasing a sound between experimental sonics and heavy techno in an open and intimate club setting, the collective has launched a batch with some of the most influential artists of the new generation of techno such as residents SPFDJ, Héctor Oaks and co-founders CEM and MCMLXXXV. With Tresor as their main home in a monthly basis, they have expanded their vision internationally with showcases at clubs around Europe and key appearances on Boiler Room as well as an upcoming Herrensauna Takeover with the 4 residents B2B to close the UFO1 stage of Dekmantel 2021.

Now Herrensauna are set to kick off their record label presenting music by the underground talents they have been supporting in a series of vinyl EPs. The first installment includes tracks by in-house resident Cadency aka Héctor Oaks, Copenhagen's Fast Forward member Sugar on the A side, and the duo of Peder Mannerfelt & Pär Grindvik aka Aasthma featuring London's Dale Cornish as well as Historical Repeater, the collaborative project of Copenhagen-based producers Ctrls and Solid Blake, on the B side. While on artwork duties is Berlin-via-Porto multidisciplinary artist Mauro Ventura who will create a painting for each release.

Introducing new London label Premature Recordings, founded by Ben Galyas, focussing on 'progressive electronic music'.Obuscule is the debut release from South London based artist, homas9000. Two tracks, produced in early 2017 using modular synthesizers and DIY recording techniques: the meandering Veolia, all hazy reverberation and distortion; and the industrial Droid, with defunct drum machines, screeching pads and twisted breakdowns.

Kick off 2019 with In The Dark Again 11! This latest installment brings together 5 great tracks. The Bleak Engineers from St. Petersburg (Svetlana Zombierella and Alexander Moralez), lead the way with their irresistible groove and melancholic synth melodies on - Scientific Science'. Next up with a heavy hitter called - PTP' is Synkronized, the specialist in dark electronic sounds out of Russia. Coming in third on the A Side is a fascinating sinister baseline with a hypnotic build-up titled - Electronic Humming', produced by Pablo Dissko (born in Greece, living in Amsterdam).

The B-side keeps it rolling with Greek artist KSTS' wicked Electro on his vocoder-driven tune: - Three Hundred Dark Times'. Closing out the collection is Alavux (born in Serbia, living in Macedonia), another true Electro master delivering a banger called - Bender', that leaves absolutely no questions.

Betonkust on BAR Records, defining his love for acid, electro and cinematic melodies on this 4 track EP.

The first imprint on SHERELLE and NAINA’s label Hooversound brings together Surrey based DJ /producer Hyroglifics and Detroit DJ/ producer Sinistarr for an exciting dancefloor-ready EP.

‘BS6’ sees two of the most consistent and exciting names in the underground electronic music scene joining forces on Hooversound’s highly anticipated debut release.

Having both released on iconic labels in the past (Sinistarr with Exit Records, Hospital, Metalheadz whilst Hyroglifics with Critical, Astrophonica, 1985 Music - to name a few), the two producers shine in this new collaborative EP which merges together elements of footwork, jungle and techno.

The EP has two collaborative tracks that stand by two solo tracks from each producer. Electronic pioneer and legend Scratcha DVA brings his GQOM and moody percussion on the official remix.

We are excited to release a 6-track EP from San Francisco based DJ, producer, and remixer Sepehr Alimagham. The San Jose native has been a fixture in the Bay Area house and techno scene for quite awhile now — on the dance-floor, behind the decks, in the studio, or all of the above. Early influences like Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and post-hardcore bands later in high school started his affinity for off-kilter, underground music. In 2017 he began performing live PA sets, utilizing his immense production backlog to perform vivid and electric sets, from potent dance music to psychedelic and esoteric soundscapes.

"Body Mechanics" is six tracks of acid drenched dance music that ebb and flow from floor filling club thumpers to more cerebral soundscapes. Inspired by the new wave of the acid sound as well as nostalgia from his formative years in the San Francisco music scene, 'Body Mechanics' takes a functional, yet psychedelic approach to 303 styled techno and electronica. Attention demanding basslines, indiosyncratic structures and hallucinatory atmospheres provide an effective framework for Sepehr's vision. The themes of the track titles take root from a series of dreams Sepehr had with a common atmosphere of strange characters and textures, akin to scenes from David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks'. All songs have been mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a jacket featuring a dark and inviting cyborg hand holding a rose designed by Nicole Ginelli.

LTD release

Collabs and acid labs !

Progressives bangers on the A-side... digging more mental on the flip...

Superb second release on this label, with a solid kick and blasting sound... Great stuff ! Enjoy the last tune : a masterpiece of a raving acid tribe sound !

Blintmusik is releasing its next fresh two-tracker: Blint005. The A-side starts with a stroll down a dark alley on a hot summer night which quickly turns into an acid mayhem with wild bleeps shooting across the sky like flares. 'Chauncey Street' creates an in-depth dancefloor moment that makes you want to immerse in the crowd and completely loose yourself. On the B-side there is 'Mondphase_2' a Blintonian smasher that combines a bassline reminiscent of 90's Drum'n'Bass with an armada of sharp bleeps and a bouncy electro beat driving all the way through the track only stopping for a massive breakdown of earthshaking bass and screaming noises. Blint005 comes on hand stamped 12“ Vinyl limited to 300 pcs.

Side A you'll get an Enfants Sages long hypnotic track... With kick changes and sounds magesty. Very live-set state of minde !

The flip brings 2 early tribe tunes, sweet storytellings !

Braindance hardware don Chevron arrives on Posthuman’s I Love Acid series. Five tracks of 303-infused breakbeats and playful electro awash with bleepy melodies and daft samples of politicians and cookery TV shows. Cut by Radioactive Man.
12” vinyl. No digital. No represses.

We proudly welcome back the pioneer collective of South America born and raise in Buenos Aires, Argentina ‘Urban Groove’ (Luis Nieva, Miguel Silver, Omar Amo, Eduardo Criado, Diego Cid) they have been active since 1994 and they are a fundamental piece of Argentinian Electronic Music scene history. Back in 2018 they released ‘Notice Legalizer’ on the label and now two years after they are back to present us, another outstanding EP titled ‘Devastated Earth’, a seven track EP that will be release on a limited special Cassette Edition and digital format. One again, another fantastic work from Urban Groove, showcasing interesting sounds going from Acid, Electro, Industrial to Techno of course, showing us how decades of knowledge can be portray in a EP.

11 dark tracks by Freakthemachine (Hellboii en Goerge Manuschki) on The Hague's Panzerkreuz.

Black/white riso printed Jcard, black tapes screen printed w/ white ink

Trippy Electronix from Shitcluster on Panzerkreuz.

Cassette + DL + Stickers

7am. Tilburg. Black room. Strobe light. Dutch Soundsystem Wirwar. "Party Like It's '96" celebrates 23 years of musical debauchery, rinsing BPMs and battering bodies in forests, squats or wherever a PA system could be plugged in. Five tracks from five different aliases make up this descent into drum beat battery. Noses are up against sweat drenched wall from the needle drop, the thundering pace of Trippy D's maniacal offering being elbowed in the ribs by Bart Bral's nosebleed inducing "No Shit, Sherlock!" Distortion slices into squalid acid lines in the blazing "Water On Mars" by RAF before broken beats are blended and blitzed by Just So Nah. The night, or morning, comes to an end in Roel's nightmarish fairground ride. "Wurlitzer Express" minces chiptune cuteness with splintered snares, cracked kicks and mutated percussion to leave hearts, minds and souls thoroughly stained.

GEN-Y debuts on BAKK with a release that hits every corner. Four refreshing tracks that dabble in familiar styles without a single concern for tradition. Packed with three tracks by GEN-Y solo and one as G.F. together with Paule Perrier. Whether you like acid breaks, snappy electro, dreamy psychedelica or ghetto house with a twist, GEN-Y got you covered. Comes freshly served in screen printed comicly radiant artwork by the BAKK Catharsis Company.

Phyzikal Flex delivers four absolute bombs from the vaults on this colabo EP from Doom Chakra and Parallax. The 12" features two revised and polished versions from his 2017 Doom Chakra Tapes album, “Keeping It Real Since 92”, plus two unreleased tracks - available for the first time now on vinyl.

Parallax & Doom Chakra joined forces on this PARADOOM 0001 release in order to finally release these four long-awaited gems on wax. The release will be delivered in a unique hand-sprayed sleeve, each record will be hand-stamped and will also include a batch of collectible stickers from both labels. The record was mastered by Norman Nitzsche @ Calyx Mastering and cut by Phyzikal Flex himself and will be pressed at Optimal Media.

The Analogue Cops' "Zigulí" E.P. for Vitamina is an earthshaking four trackers dancefloor banger which melts old- school roughness and cutting-edge spectral enhancement.

"Climate Exchange" and "Take your vitamina" wisely blend Chicago fuelled drums with ballistic delays, toward a frantic peak-time climax.

"Passage to the door" and "The green door" instill romantic acid madness from emerging minimalistic tight rhythms incautiously driving to a late-night daydream.

Superb tunes from Brosda and Collision. Fat 1 track a side sound ! Ols:cur new cycle paradise !

Our number 17 comes in the hands of P.E.A.R.L. himself, with three slices of modern properly distorted technoes plus a Drum & Bass infused cut. As P.E.A.R.L.'s sound signature, a few elements make things move an evolve without super breaks or mega reverb washes, dry, raw and precise. Shuffled rhythms and sequences, complex arrangements, cold in essence but warm for the most advanced dancefloors.

Artwork curated by Silent Editions.

Raw Culture renews its love with France by carving it on the wax.

The Parisian Security Dj, honorary member of the Knick Knack Yoda squad, returns, after the success of "Fucking DJ", in collaboration with Sophia De Jong released on our t last VA, this time with two whole sides dedicated to his weirdness.

Resident of Rinse France, in his sound, converge endless cues from his musical research, expressed through his already proven skills as a producer in his infamous Aubervilliers Studios. Roughness and overwhelming grooves are his characteristic traits.

Within the EP a collaboration with his snack dude Rawmance, Parisian by birth, Italian by adoption, with whom he shares also the Drew C. Mance project.

Asymmetrical , boss of the label, did the role of Celine Dion in “Ramp Age” with his magic voice.
Finally, to complete the work, we have the pleasure to have in our infamous stables tha guy Cardopusher, who cooks his version of "domestic xs" with his unmistakable groove and sound that makes even the stones move from the ground.

The release as always will be available in a limited series of 300 hand stamped vinyl.
Mastered at Sensorium

Pink Vinyl

The first of a series of releases celebrating The Fallen Entertainers - each record featuring music from established artists under a nom de plome in order to let the music do the talking.

Through the Gate of Hell a Wild Savage Forest of Wretched Souls had let me Frozen and Faint. Now all is heard. Lux Rec presents the second appearance of Echo 106 on the label.
The two brothers descended into Infernal Regions to witness torturing flames, black magic woods, seas of damned souls and ice cold bodies. So brave, although not without any fear, they went close enough to sense such pains themselves. Carving five songs that depict their gloomy journey to an extent that, as the last song says, all is heard indeed.

The EP comes in a double 12" outfit with a gatefold sleeve. The front picture is a work of Giandomenico Carpentieri. The production has been curated by D Cosmo.
Free download included.

'We Attack Before Dawn' is the 3rd instalment in the 'Sonar Base Transmissions' series on Deeptrax created by the long standing Dutch Electro pioneer Frank De Groodt under his Sonar Base alias. After the Deeptrax reissue of the legendary first album 'Sonar Bases 4-10' and the first vinyl issue of the mini album 'Dark Matter', this next chapter is yet another collection of savage, clever and spooky electro tracks.

First issued on vinyl by Cultivated Electronics in 2012, this reissue of 'We Attack Before Dawn' features a somewhat different tracklisting.

It opens with the full bodied, TB-303-smeared electro of 'The Deadly Storms of Uranus'. Slices of snare tear through an acrid acid line with shadows stalking the backdrop - a turgid and terrific opener. The second one, 'The Soul Of e1-Q42z' was only available as digital download before, but this track with pitch-dark haunted synth sounds and rolling beats would perfectly fit in a horror movie soundtrack and fully deserves a vinyl release.

The 303 is once again employed for 'The Journey Home'. But the aggression of 'Deadly Storms...' is pared back, with Sonar Base lowering the BPM for a meandering work of dereliction. 'The Swarm' is a hardy piece of raw electro too, but in comparison to the first trio of mechanized militia 'The Swarm' is sheathed. Last one, 'Photon Filers' is also on vinyl for the first time, and much like 'The Soul...', it sends you severe shivers up and down your spine. Don't say we didn't warn you!

Frank de Groodt started releasing in the early 1990s, on Djax-Up-Beats (as The Operator, Optic Crux, Urban Electro) and on U-Trax (Sonar Base, Pieces of a Pensive State of Mind). Two of his later releases as FastGraph (on Klakson) got reissued in 2018. He is also involved in projects like Ultradyne and Random XS and one anonymous project...

A retrospective of the Defective Records catalog, from 1994-1998. This release marks the reemergence of this acclaimed label from the "golden age" of techno, and which was the original home for several featured artists who went on to garner significant accolades (e.g. Mike Parker, Solar X, Glitch, DJ Who, etc…). All tracks, now long out of print, have been remastered by Schnittstelle, and beautifully released in double vinyl gatefold package.

My Way or Highway. Baba Osman presents the 6th installament while Dj Discipline is taking care of business.

Citizen:Kane (Marco Guerra) is a producer based in Lisbon. He is member of Fungo's label and artist collective that performs mostly in the Portuguese capital city and its surrounding scene. His influences are diverse, but acid is probably the one that stands out the most in his productions. Here we have four intense and focused techno burners that result in a marriage of old-school acid and modern elements sure to fit snugly into the intricate DJ set of those with discriminating taste. Transfusions work horse right here.

LTD repress !

A - side:

This is a premiere for this Century. It's the 5th solo release of the labelboss 'Jens Lissat', who created more than 1000 Productions in his career so far.He choosed a one bar love of a disco anthem and combind it with a Roland 303 Acid Line. The result is a massive techno blockbuster. Premiered already on the STREETPARADE in Zurich/Swiss, this track was absolutely killin' it!

B-side:

We present Christoph Pauly's first solo release!
This EP contains two Techno – WERKZEUGE. The first 'Werkzeug' is raving power, while the second one hits you with acid flashes.

Qnete brings four Power House bangers to the dance floor. The four tracks came to his mind during a Segway tour through Leipzig's problem districts. The two-part anthem "Alone Together" is a stirring field study in the ancient art of underwater rave. It will hit you like drops in a stalactite cave. "Segway City Tour" on the other hand feels like a trip to the fair of your dreams. All your favorite attractions in one place. After all, the no-nonsense Techno track "Gaze" winds its way through brain twists that you haven't even known before.

Cymatique Records is back with a second Various E.P.

3 real different tracks from Steve Marie, between Techno, breaks and Trance, the face B from Strasbourg’s guys Rukka, HiLo and Arlanoa with Electro and Acid House stuff.