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Van Bonn is opening a new chapter for Van Bonn Records in presenting collaborations with like minded artists on his label. ‚Dual' is a travel through foggy, reverberating and echoing landscapes by the long time friends Van Bonn and Tim Kossmann, known from his releases on e.g. Greyscale and Telrae. The opener is a bass heavy dub techno vibe that contrasts the rhythmical bass stabs and harmonious chords with a dubbed out melody. ‚Adrift' is all about the continous ride on the moment of flow and depth, yet it is a little personal refer-ence to the vibes of the mid 2000s. No one less than Mosaic and Bluetrain founder and dub techno monolith Steve O'Sullivan took on the remix duties. Steve O' Sullivan transformed ‚Adrift' into a trippy and dubby dance floor version that is the combination of UK and Berlin dub vibes. Resilience enters ambient and electronica waters with feel for attention to detail.

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Fans of UK Techno and Electronic music should need little introduction to Steven Rutter.

Widely regarded as one of the originators who helped spawn an entire scene in the early 90s, there’s no mistaking his place as one half of the legendary Warp Records act B12. Or that of his other guises such as 2001, Cmetric, Infamix, Musicology and Redcell, which all made up part of the rich tapestry of the hugely influential B12 Recordings.

In 2016, Steven started a whole new chapter by launching Firescope Records. Over the past few years, the label has gone from strength to strength - releasing music from the likes of Morphology, Derek Carr, John Shima, Russ Gabriel, Darren Nye as well as plenty of new material by Steve himself.

‘Light From The Dark’ EP is a two sided Limited Edition 7” that captures Rutter’s innate ability to knit deeply spatial sonic tapestries. Side A track ‘In The Darkness’ delves into the depths of semi-consciousness and all that we can feel in the half lit hours. Like an impression taken from a half woke sleepy state, he moulds cyclical low end rumbling with fluid rhythmical pulses that in turn give way to brief moments of light and melody. Mirroring the moments we pass in and out of consciousness.

Accompanied by the “The Sands of Time” on Side B, the music takes a gentler path as Rutter leans towards the light, soft rhythms swaying among delicate FM pulsations and patches of airy melody. The warm aesthetics furrow straight from his soul and leave you in doubt that more than two decades on, Rutter continues to be a musical inspiration to generations of Electronic music lovers across the globe.

First release of 2022 on the label is a solid deep techno split EP by italian artist Hoedus and Japanese Iori.

Leipzig's Freund der Familie has established itself as a driving force in the world of contemporary dub techno over the past decade, releasing material from the likes of Sven Weisemann, YWF, S.Channel and label bosses FDF amongst others. Here the imprint continues its Grau series with more dub leaning electronic cuts.
'Margin' opens the release and lays down pulsating subs, cavernous hats and expansive chords across six minutes with processed dub vocals ebbing and flowing throughout. 'Scope' follows next and embraces a more off-killer feel with choppy stab sequences, menacing bass flutters and spiralling, dubbed-out spoken word.
'Limbic' opens the second part of the package, bringing ethereal atmospherics and shuffled percussion into focus atop weighty muted kicks and snaking subs. Last up to round out the release is 'Utils', bringing a bumpy broken beat and swaying dub chords into the mix while intricate delays and hypnotic vocal chants unfold within.
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A repress here of 2019's under the radar 'Box EP by The enigmatic British producer JS Zeiter, who executed more greyscale dub techno excursions of a typically high caliber on this one. After some spookily sensual ASMR action on intro 'The Code' he continues to build the suspense on the beatless Subarctic Soundscape of 'Darkness Falls' before dropping the power on the cavernous and glacial beats of 'On The Moor'. Flip over and take on more of the frozen seascape on the deeply hypnotic groove of "Empty" before one more emotional ambient outro in the form of 'Endgame'.

Yuki Takasaki put his point in our second reference with this Deep in Dub four masterpieces.

Listen Feel & Dance...

The debut album of Zasky & Smith, producers of New Blade Runners Of Dub. Built on the legacy of Zasky' s internationally known Dub Reggae Band Dubblestandart, New Blade Runners Of Dub blend Jed Smith's, LA native, composer/producer's new school visions of sound & Zasky's European shaped Dub Reggae background in a unique way. Call it Europe & America in a unity reconfiguring rhythm driven music for new generations: The Los Angeles based music group, combining cutting edge rhythm productions and up 2 the time sonic visions. It is a collaboration of international known musicians from the US, Europe, England & Jamaica. Altered concepts for new generations who identify through a new understanding of art, communication and therefor ultimately for the politics, that will shape their world. This is music for the 21st century. Decoding what lays ahead.

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Huerco S' West Mineral Label Follow Pendant's Sublime Make Me Know You Sweet Album With Uon's Wholly Absorbing Study In Brownian Motion And Isolation Tank Ambience. It's The 2nd Release From The Enigmatic Project Whose Debut 12's In 2017 Was Among The Year's Finest.
On This Extended Player, Uon Poetically Describes Three Different Behaviours Of Water And Its Amorphous States Through A Gently Elemental Push-and-pull Of Forces Best Considered In The Vein Of Basic Channel, Wolfgang Voigt's Gas Or The Shimmering Convections Of Ross 154. Beautifully Elusive But Crucially Watermarked With A Sense Of Originality In Personalized Style, Solaris Opens With The 17 Minute Title Cut - A Seemingly Infinite Journey Through Swells Of Diffracted Chords And Silty Filters, Simultaneously Connoting Sensations Of Opiated Amniotic Safety And Oceanic Infinity.
Where The A-side Feels Like Floating In A Lush Mass, The Bass-heavy Articulation Of His B-side's J May Well Urge Listeners Onto The 'floor With The Same, Inexorable Traction Of Classic Vainqueur Records, And In A Way Smartly Reflects Uon's Mutable Dj Style, Before The Aqueous Qualities Of His Final Track Bus Soothes To A Deeper Blue State Of Loved-up Introspection Which, Like Solaris, Could Have Have Easily Taken Up A Side To Itself.
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15 Year Anniversary Edition • vinyl only release • triple 180g vinyl • heavy gatefold sleev • DIN A2 poster of the album artwork

2006 – 2021: 15 years Bondage-Music - it is about harnessing those great moments and spiritual experiences from the dance floor.

This compilation features music from artists like Nima Gorji, James Dexter, NTFO, Politics Of Dancing, Steve Bug, Markus Homm, Mihai Popoviciu, Dilby & Pornbugs, Dejbali, Dust Yard, Alex Ranerro and Sascha Dive.

Zwen makes a strong impression as they circumnavigate the stars to impart their strain of machine music. This first release on Trapid has little to no reference point, placing all the focus on the tunes contained within. "Space Zone" aptly launches this mission in a muscular fashion with a hefty kick and some strafing synth blasts, while "Etching" gets tangled up in a more tightly wound loop with a raw, deliciously early 90s finish. "Restriction" keeps things stripped back, but it's certainly still orbiting the same quadrant as the other tracks. "Trapid" switches focus by embracing a more dub techno-informed approach, and Zwen does a masterful job of capturing that vibe too.

"The deep techno wonder When Is Deep by Anton Kubikov gets a remix job from stalwarts within the dub techno scene today. On the A side we have the Swiss techno sensation Idealist delivering an after-hours dancefloor essential, while Ben Buitendijk bring the tempo down into a meditative chillout extravaganza. On the B side the Israeli producer Dot offers an engaging atmospheric dub version of the track, while Thule/ae Recordings regulars Thor & Octal Industries join hands in deliver a no-nonsense Icelandic dub techno banger.

ae Recordings LTD is an offshot from its legendary Thule Records motherhub - under the strict control of veteran Thule members: Ohm, Octal Industries & Thor The offshot will ensure quality techno for the mind and soul from Thule members and friends - wherever they might be."

Om Unit's highly-praised best-selling Album 'Acid Dub Studies' gets the remix treatment from some of his favourite artists working the left-field side of the dub stratosphere.

This is rare meeting of minds with the double LP featuring 2 mixes from Bristol's legendary Dubkasm, a remix from Seekersinternational (A former collaborator via Berceuse Heroique) evergreen Canadian dub techno stalwart (and recent collaborator via Midnight Shift) namely Deadbeat and top it off we have Echospace Detroit co-founder Stephen Hitchell stepping up with 2 mixes as CV313 as well as 1 much more hazed out version under his Variant alias.

Acid Dub Versions is the next step on a journey of exploring the endless possibilities available when forces combine inside the echo chamber.

Conforce returns to Bright Sounds for this second outing on the label. The ever prolific Boris Bunnik finds on Bright Sounds the perfect homebase for his more drifting dub techno sounds. Four powerful works aimed for the late night floors, atmospheric as ever but this time more energy arises from propelling deep driving grooves with a jacking touch. It's the first outing of his Conforce guise in the year 2022 and it shows an exciting wild side that's ready to dance.

Long running Techno label Don’t kicks off their 22nd year with a really big one!

Serbian Techno artist LAG has always had a very distinctive style and here he makes his Don’t debut with a 4 track EP that builds impressively on that existing sound resulting in an inspired whirlwind of colour!
Sounds like: Explosive 2-Step Techno with dub flourishes topped by a wicked energy.

These tracks have been tearing up discerning dance floors in the hands of LAG and label owner Jerome Hill, with ‘Znoj’ also being featured on OBJEKT’s much lauded 2020 Essential Mix. So, with testing completed it's time for a deserved release on Vinyl and Digital with full artwork sleeve by Atact.uk!

You have reached the Infolines. Tonight, you will be given links to preview a reverence to the venues that helped shape an industry and generations of musical technological wizardry. ‘Packard’ features a compilation of cuts fitting to the experiences by those who once frequented the halls of Detroit’s urban decay.
Bendersnatch, kicks things off with a ‘Homage’ fitting of the mainstay venue paying reverence to the classic Detroit Techno sound. ADMN’s Machine 8 shows a lust for a bass grind synonymous with the engines machined in the halls of its urban decay. Remote Viewing Party’s minimal break ‘fuxwiddit’ whistles echo to us through the warehouse former machine shops. Maxlow makes sure you ‘heard’ what they must say pushing air from the subs ensuring you feel the room.
Keep an eye on this space and be sure to call in for the waypoint to the party.

OHM Series continues to round up some of the best and the brightest within the dub techno scene.
Side A begins with Federsen, a renowned American dub techno producer. He delivers a fragile deep techno journey with hazy dub influence, which is both meditative and intriguing. Following up is the Dutch techno producer extraordinaire Roger Gerressen with his signature raw and stripped hypnotic dub techno.
The flipside begins with grad_u, label owner at Greyscale/Redscale Records. His contribution is atmosphering, yet thumping at the same time. It‘s a dub techno experience, reminiscing of Basic Channel & Chain Reaction. Merv, the well-established Danish techno duo, brings the release through the finishing line with a powerful homage to Detroit techno. It‘s an enigmatic and energy-driven voyage – solidifying the label‘s second offering. OHM Series is the brainchild of the establised Copenhagen-based techno artist OHM (Bjarnar Jónsson) and was founded in 2021.

The follow-up compilation from the 10-year celebration back in 2017 continues along with the same energy that Smokin' Sessions are so well known for, offering floaty and uplifting productions with detailed beat work, along with that all-important heavy serving of lower frequencies.


We hear some absolute classics from names such as Djrum, Geode, Versa & Rowl, Escapism Refuge, Occult, Mercy, and some newcomers to the label in the form of Marenn Sukie & Synpal. There are 5 exclusive, unreleased tracks in total. 2 stunners from Synkro, 1 from Biome, and another 2 from Synpal. Some seriously impressive productions throughout.

A limited edition 12" blue and white mixed with black colored vinyl record.

"Organic textures and industrial experiments."

Supporters of HYPNUS003 by BLNDR:
Alessio Pili, Antonio de Angelis, Astronomical Telegram, Cassegrain, Chris Page, Cio D'Or, Deepbass, Eomac, Gianluca Meloni (Modern Heads), Hector Sandoval (Exium), Mattias Fridell, Samuli Kemppi, Subforms, Takaaki Itoh, Unam Zetineb, Reggy van Oers, Xhin, Yuka, DJ Sandrien, Eric Cloutier, Echologist, Slam, Dubfire, Arnaud le Texier, Adriana Lopez, Ness, Kriz, Surgeon, Speedy J, Tadeo, Attemporal, Chris Leibing, CTRLS and many others.

Canadian Berlin based producers Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat and Colin de la Plante aka the Mole are please to announce the release of their debut collaborative album, simply titled Deadbeat meets the Mole.

While the two have performed and toured extensively together over the years particularly via their shared association with the Mutek festival and the Cynosure and Wagon Repair labels, this is the first time they've worked in the studio as a duo.

Composed over the lock down period in Berlin, the album's ten tracks traverse the full range of their shared bonkers musical interests, taking in low slung house, dub, hip hop, and smoked out sound collages. When asked about the albums motivations they had this to say:

“I guess Capital H Hosers is a badge we could both wear pretty honestly. Perpetual tweakers of knobs and pushers of buttons both literal and personal might be another. Stay at home dads. Tellers of untold incredibly bad jokes. Yet miraculously, some 20 years on, still somehow on the same weird page, and counting our lucky stars for all you kind folks who still care to listen. We finally got around to making an album during this little unscheduled vacation from normal life, and we hope you'll have as much fun listening to it as we did making the stuff.”

Mark Archer

A1 is a deadly downtempo number with distant clinks providing the melody underpinning, accompanied by some beautifully dreamy pads and wobbly 303 line, absolute eyes closed head nodded. A2 continues on the downtempo vibe but with a more electro style, slowly rising drippy acid and spacey vocal effects, despite the tempo it’s proper screw-face material.

B1 is another laid back groove with ethereal pads and sparse, crisp drums. Another track on this twelve that you can completely lose yourself in. B2 rounds up the release in a completely no nonsense, head down hi-res(sonance) 303 and 909 box-clash.

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Take a second glance into the mirror for another reflection of yesterday.

Dircsen hits you with 'Mono Operator' with its subtle acid switch ups and haunting melodies coupled with the bounciest of beats and thunderous claps ensues 303 nirvana. Heartfelt.
Scott Hallam offers up the stretchy acid meets dub reggae meets hip hop influenced 'Saturday night drop' Low slung, wigged out Sabresque acidic goodness.

'Slow float' With its groove building capabilities and intricate beat work married with an acid line that unfurls and caresses the mind, body and soul. Winner winner, acid for dinner. Biblical!
Next up totally going for the jugular in a +8 Hawtin kinda style is 'Distorted Reality' 3 am dance floor/club night decimation from this brutally lovely 303 jam. Banger!

Placid

Four tracks of 303 laced Machine funk. Made with soul. Absolutely essential. That aside. That’s really nice Scott. All 4 should keep the acid enthusiasts happy.

Derek Carr

Dircsen - Mono Operator and your Distorted Reality tracks are the pick here - Mono Operator has that deep underlying dirty funk but the Detroit soul, a beautiful combination.
Distorted Reality is like getting hit by a steamroller driven by an acid smiley face.
Wonderful EP.

Al Bradley

That EP is ridiculous haha! Outstanding!
"After being hugely honoured to offer up some acid-house-infused cuts for ROY 001, label boss Scott Hallam brings in the ace Dircsen for four more acid workouts & fuck me, do the two artists deliver! Taking what was introduced on 001 & upping the squelch ante, the flow of acid on these tracks is phenomenal. Ranging from slo-mo deepness, to full-on headfuckery twistedness, this is, to put it mildly, an absolute killer of a release."

Sascha Dive is back on minimood with a simultaneously implosive as well as explosive record. His minimal/tech-ish smashing original is complemented on the flip side by a super stripped-back BLACK MERLIN remix and an uplifting dark-disco ZOMBIES IN MIAMI banger. vinyl only, one love!

Balmat’s second release comes from Hoavi, aka Kirill Vasin, a Russian electronic musician whose work approaches what might be familiar reference points—deepest dub techno, atmospheric ambient, liquid drum’n’bass—with a singular and refreshing point of view.

We first became aware of Hoavi after coming across one of his tracks in a DJ mix by Leech, aka Peak Oil label founder Brian Foote; we began corresponding, which led to a massive zip file of unreleased tracks turning up in Balmat’s inbox. Music for Six Rooms has been culled down from that bounty, its disparate moods distilled into 10 profoundly immersive tracks that touch upon dream pop, dub techno, and new age, all swirled together into the headiest of ambient dreamscapes.

Active since the early 2010s, when he founded his Shells Rattle label, Hoavi has released on a number of labels including floe, Snare Tapes, Fauxpas, and Minor Notes. In October, Peak Oil will finally release his album Invariant, recorded in 2019 and intended for release in 2020, then tied up in pressing-plant backlogs for over a year. Balmat’s Music for Six Rooms follows roughly a month later; we think that the two albums offer a wonderfully complementary view of Hoavi’s talents—one rhythmic, the other largely beatless, yet both of them sensuous in the extreme.

Music for Six Rooms appears in two slightly different editions. The vinyl edition appears on a single piece of vinyl upon which some tracks have been subtly edited in length, to ensure maximum audio fidelity; the digital version features extended edits and runs some 18 minutes longer, in total, for a maximally immersive experience. All vinyl purchases include a download of the full digital album.

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Planet Rhythm travels into deeper territory with this V/A. VII-RE and Simone Tavazzi both produced a more direct sound while the B-side by Lenny San and Planet Rhythm mainstay Steve Parker serve up even more dubby sounds.

Fourth release from the much sought after Funk E's own imprint, featuring a debut release from Bhikkhu.

Defiance is a collection of tracks constructed while experimentation was underway in the ASC studio between 170BPM Techno and the creation of the Grey Area sound. Upon revision, the vitality and strength of these tunes as a collection became apparent. Leaving these unreleased would be a travesty in our mission to be part of documenting the evolution of the voluminous ASC production legacy. While heavy on effective floor tunes that ASC utilised in his last tour of Europe, Defiance is given an ethereal LP narrative with tunes like opener Exulansis, Tensile, and Sarif. Defiance helps to complete the story of the development of the ASC sound as we know it today.

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In honor of the November full moon.
Supported by
Deepbass, Svreca, Antonio de Angelis, Arnaud le Texier, Exium, Kwartz, Takaaki Itoh, The Noisemaker, Unam Zetineb, Valentin , Oscar Mulero, Eric Cloutier, Acronym, Ben Buitendijk, Dimi Angelis, Juho Kahilainen, Etapp Kyle, Jonas Kopp, Nima Khak, Rasmus Hedlund, Reggy van Oers, Periskop, Antonio Vazquez, BLNDR, Elle, Jana Sleep, Luigi Tozzi, Modvs, Ntogn and more.

Malin Genie's post-corona label for quality music and an optimistic future.

When the great mystic Meister Eckhart went out from Gotha into the world to investigate the states of the souls of the clergy, the faithful and mankind in general, he soon ended up in the desert regions. A flash of lightning quickly passed through him, one of insight: the desert is us, it is within us. It is the place of total contemplation, a fortress of solitude. The real desert, whether Gobi, Sahara or Atacama, on the other hand, is populated: by animals, small and large, crawling and flying; by plants, prickly, green, brown or in permanent sleep; by billions of micro and macro-organisms. PAWEL, your insights are like those of the mystic: THE DESERT IS ALIVE!



PAWEL'S BAR is the alias of Leipzig based Marvin Uhde aka QNETE. While as the latter he’s known for sophisticated house and shows a preference for breakbeats, Pawel's Bar is much more reserved and subtle. Its dub and downbeat structures that build the foundation on »Pawel’s Desert Trip«. Instead of facing the dancefloor head-on, tracks like the shimmering WELWITSCHIA, the mellow MANY BIRDS or the nature-dubby PHARAOHS work excellently as companions for any life situation. Rather soundtracks of withdrawal than mere ecstatic escapism. Big feelings. Meanwhile, on RECYCLE, REFRESH and BEACH NIGHTS you can hear why QNETE is such a sought-after DJ and producer (X-Kalay, Shtum or 777): a deep knowledge of what a party might need, although nobody expects it - as Pawel's Bar he can prove this knowledge as well, even if he tries to disguise it.
 With this, he also follows the rumor that has been around for a few years about the Kame House Records: This is where great producers come to think outside the box and deliver their unexpectedly best records.

Trap Techno Hybrid Dub. For your Safety, please remove all ashtrays around before listening. It's not a game ! #QUELAFIF

Alessandro Crimi returns to Etui Records with his Wandering EP. The release includes 2 original tracks by the Swiss artist and 2 remixes by Federsen and Insect O.

The EP starts with the title track Wandering. Beautiful layered pad sounds and spacious percussion giving you the feeling of wandering around in a meadow. With some punchy drums San Francisco dub techno master Federsen turned the track into a dub heavy groover.

The flip side starts with the mystic sounds of Jericho. Be prepared for some bass heavy vibes layered underneath deeply processed synth chords. For his remix Insect O. spiced up the synths with some effects and laid it on a forward pushing groove.

Number three in Prins Thomas Rett if Fletta excursion welcomes our good friends from Full Pupp Trulz&Robin with Change, a 10 minute deep techno buildup piece in a somewhat classic, almost trentemolleresque, soundscape + tradition. Minimalistic but huge in a motoric wall of sound style long not heard. Large! Dunjon sets the counterpoint on B, bassdridden, sparse, bubbling sturdy grooving techno Is Dub comes back to the richer atmosphere of Change for another hallcinating deep and dubby piece. Written&produced by Trulz&Robin (Truls Kvam,Robin Crafoord).

Orion Records is all about freedom. Techno freedom. The Milan based label is an open space for club and non-club music.

SPECIALE_01 is the first chapter of a new series of featuring between Orion and various artists close to their circle.

For the opening record the guest is Skyra, regular dj and sound engineer of the infamous Bassiani club in Tbilisi.

“New Beginnings” and “Unite” are two live jams recorded last year in his own studio. Floating pads, repetitive percussions and straight kick drums will take you into a deep and endless techno journey.

At the same time the Italian duo present their softer and deeper side with two new original tracks.

Strong and melodic basslines are the main elements inside OP 07 and OP 04, together with timeless acoustic drums and layered pads.

Welcome to Orion’s special place.

The Dub Communication label boss Frenk Dublin have prepared a very special 4-track EP that blends dub, jazz and dub techno for his Moonshine Recordings first solo release.