Techno News

From Detroit and passing thru Chicago on the Soul Research train, comes Titonton Duvante', a multi-faceted artist who has been in the US scene for over 15 years, and has been making the Motor City music scene proud ever since.
Recapitulate, EP vol1 is new and a pot of inspiration. Two tracks which mix Detroit grooves and sounds with a Chicago style rhythm. Recapitulate, produced with Christofer Rau, is experimental and ethereal. The EP ends with a Yotam Avni, a young and talented artist from Israel, who takes Recapitulate into
techno with no compromises.Russ Gabriel : Total
quality. Love it.Claude Young : Really nice EP!
Impasse is my fav ! Duvante is on fine form as always!
Gel Abril : nice yotam mix ! Jeff Derringer : Titonton forever!
Joseph Capriati : Downloaded for Joseph Capriati, thanks.
Donnel Knox : Good tracks Titonton is the man
Danny Tenaglia : thanks!!!!
Norman Nodge : Beautyful and rough at the same time, good stuff. Many thanks!
Richie Hawtin : downloaded for r hawtin
Maurizio Vitiello : Yotam Avni Remix thx!
Luke Slater : like it
Pfirter : Yotam Avni remix is my pick here, Thanks.
Terry : High level music, classy & sexy, loving the whole release ! Support & thks
Jeroen Search : yeah very cool stuff!!
Dj Hyperactive : dope.....!! Love it
Andrew Duke : Superb stuff, Titonton can do no wrong in my books.
Magda : downloaded for magda, thank you!
Anderson Noise : thanks for the music
Plural : Hot release! My favorites are impasse and Recapitulate ft. Chistofer Rau (Yotam Avni rmx)
Unbalance : Cool release!
Angel Molina : Ill play Yotam Avni rmx, but 'Entre Temps' is a nice classic / timeless tracks as well. Good to hear Titonton stuff again, thanks.
Par Grindvik : sweet one! thanks
Bleak : Really smashing release! Yep!
Electric Indigo : impasse is my favorite here
Exium : i will test Yotam rmx,thx
Jorge Savoretti : entre temps is my pick here! quality
Lee Holman : Recapitulate both versions, are great. The original has nice baleric vibes but still a raw underground quality. Will play these. Thanks!

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Legendary UK outfit Future Sound Of London kicks off with a trippy head jam to soothe the mind of electronic dreamers. Berlin's Monolake aka Robert Henke follows with a beat-driven and heavy industrial piece of clattering sounds and whirring rhythm mechanics. David Morley completes this sixth EP of the 10 years series in style: "Traytor" brims with depth and floaty atmospherics pushed further by low range beat parts. Real endorphin material.

Kevin Foakes (Openmind, DJ Food, Ninja Tune) created all the graphic work. Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, pressed on 180 grams vinyl and a separate digital version will be available from the usual digital shops. Stay tuned!

''In these darks days where clubs are closed, we feel the urge even more, to keep on pushing inspiring electronic music. Supporting artists as much as possible with our 13th ÆX chapter. This time we've collected music from 9 artists which effectively makes this our broadest mini compilation so far.

First of all, we are welcoming the Warsaw-based duo Private Press (which already did 2 full EP’s on our Indigo sister label). Second, we are very excited to welcome Emeline (Also known as the Parisian artist' Molly, announcing a more techno exploring alter-ego) and two Dutch artists: Ignez (also known for his stunning debut in his own Somov imprint) and Daniel van Loenen under the name of DVL.

Next to these debuts, expect more fire from ÆX household names. Kicking off with Jasper Wolff & Ivano Tetelepta who teamed creating a 7 minute wobbly Detroit bomb. And Kaap showing off his skills with his 1-take track ''Relic''. While Human Space Machine set's the right mood with his stunning contribution.''

We’re putting out the first Mister Saturday Night Records release in a long while. It’s by Russell E.L. Butler, and it’s called “Blah Blah”. The record comes out on Friday, September 4, and it contains three tracks made in Prague at the Synthesizer Library and one track made in Russell’s pre-New York home in Oakland.

On the EP’s release date Sept 4th, which is Bandcamp Day, all of the Mister Saturday Night Records share of Bandcamp proceeds from the release will go to Princess Janae Place, an organization that provides referrals to housing for chronically homeless LGBTQ adults in the New York Tri-state area, with direct emphasis on Trans/GNC people of color.

The vinyl release, designed by Boot Boyz Biz, includes a poster featuring these words from Russell:

What are my dreams when they are spoken into real space? Are they statements centering my desires? Are they indictments to hold myself accountable to my vision of life?

My consciousness is meandering and at times I celebrate this drone of words. Stripped of meaning, to reveal what’s beneath. Not an answer, but further questions. The purpose of the mantra is to quiet the conscious mind until the spirit takes over.

Place is important. It grounds the abstract in our humanity. These things came from somewhere. Many places. To culminate into one. Connecting them all. And creating something entirely new. Not an answer, but more questions.
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Julien Chaptal is an electronic assembly — part French electronics, part Detroit synth machine, and part Dutch minimal robot (as part of MFD, Le Clic and Amsterdam661). Purpose built with a modular brain, Julien’s performances are switched on, live, utterly groovy, and while pulsating with machine wiring, undeniably human.
Chaptal's newest record, The Way, was conceived after a few too many knobs were turned on his Octatrack, sending Julien tumbling through time and space to capture decades worth of dance floor musical influence before returning home. Recorded live along the journey — on stage, by boat, and in a camper van — The Way’s hypnotic tracks are an intimate look at the intricate circuitry composing the logic behind electronic music, showcasing where it has come, where it is now, and where it will travel to in the future.

With the 5th installment of Etui Winter Camp, the label brings back a musically fireplace for the cold moments. The vinyl editions incl. 8 massive ambient and dub techno tunes by Federsen, Van Bonn, Monomood, Insect O., Frank Hellmond, Salzinger, 3voice & Cynic_Al and Infinitedub. It comes on snow white 2 x 12” vinyl in snow white gatefold cover. Special Edition limited to 200 copies.

Christine Benz presents the record (PIRAT003 ‘Schöneweide’) on her label.
A timeless record that you learn to love.
Musical legend Steve O ’Sullivan (Mosaic) serves it up Bluetrain style .
And as if that wasn't enough, Roger Gerressen (Irenic) makes everything shake with an intoxicating, emotional number.

This label focuses on quality, passion in sound design and mastering.

All of the tracks have been mastered thoroughly and with dedication by Stefan Betke

Dubtechno at its best! Grad_U as driving force behind the sixth instalment of Redscale. Vinyl Only! Music speaks for itself.

Greyscale gains momentum with its second vinyl chapter. Two bass-heavy cuts by grad_u with amazing remix by Resoe, beautiful black 180gr. vinyl. 

• Artwork credit– Medium format analogue photography by Rima Prusakova

Gunnar Haslam returns to Delsin with his third EP on the label. 'Cacique De Poyais' counts thirteen intriguing minutes of rumbling low key grooves. It's dark and shadowy, full of menace and the sort of elongated bit of deep techno hypnosis to take you in on yourself. Backed with dance floor jams 'Port Sommeil' and 'Azote Du Guano' that both bring spangled synths and wonky drums for a perfectly loose sense of rugged and abstract rhythms.

Hydergine's musical roots and influences are going back to the classic sound of the 90's dub techno pioneers. His pseudonym is taken from the name of a smart drug used to improve the metabolism of brain cells and cognitive abilities.

With it's dark and atmospheric soundscapes, the A-side track 'Grid' follows that root in a perfectly manner and shows his love for tape and tube sounds. On the flip-side the title track 'Static Frame' offers sparkling synth lines and shuffling hi hats. The modulated echoes go straight from your ear to your brain.

The reduced drums and driven synths in 'Sweep' will finally beam you into a basement techno party full of fog and strobe lights.
After releases on his own Ranges imprint, Separate Skills Recordings or Tiefenrausch we finally welcome the italian producer on Etui.

Played by: Jonas Kopp, Dubfire, Gel Abril, Slam, Subjected, Agaric, Electric Indigo ... and many more.

Orlando Voorn Comes Through With A Hi-tech Soul Future Classic. Original Mix Is A Prince-in-detroit Tinged Electro Floor Filler. Two Remixes From Gary Gritness, One A Full-on Assault Of West Coast Electro Funk And A Djax-inspired Cut Of Speaker-busting Bonus Beats. Hidden Away On B2 Is An Otherworldly, Dub Techno Masterpiece, Reworked By Cv313.

Ritmos is the alias of L.A. via Honduras music producer Roberto Espinosa. The Ritmos EP features the magic touch of Detroit keyboardist Jon Dixon on “Finding Who You Are”. The second track “Starseed” takes us on an abstract journey where polyrhythms and moody chords collide. “Words of Fire” �nds the legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry contributing vocals to a primal body mover with it’s fusion of original dub riddims and style over a 4/4 �oor �ller. Finally, Yaxteq’s own Nomadico strips down “Words of Fire” for a retro-futuristic Dub Techno remix .

Mint Tea proudly presents Dansolos Jungle. A deliciously velvet blend of tracks sourced from the UK and Georgia, nurtured and crafted by producers WD41, Toke and El Choop.

As we head into Dansolso's Jungle we first encounter a slurry of dub-techno, infused with WD41's love for tape these giant sounds represent his debut on the label. Next we encounter Toke, based in Tbilisi he has mastered the subtitles of the dance floor developing his own unique flavour of a classic style, for MT004 he supplies perfect twilight accompaniments. El Choop based in the UK has been honing his craft relentlessly since his introduction to the scene, Skeleton Crew reflecting this with its polished hard hitting style sure to satisfy many a dance floor.

Amsterdam based imprint Taped Artifact welcomes Erik Anthony to their label. With only one contribution to the Dynamic Reflection label back in 2017, very less is known about the young Amsterdam producer. But here he makes a stellar techno debut with his first solo EP backed with a Vril remix.

On the a-side things kick off with 'Board Walk', haunting vocal chops combined with droning kick drums combined making it a serious big-room techno jam. 'Oclose' brings more soul to the game, subtle basslines and dreamy synths create an uplifting and joyful playground for endless dancing. Vril then stirs things up, his take on 'Oclose' has more punch, a different energy and his trademark hazy dub-techno twist. Last track 'Separate' is an emotive yet powerful techno workout that closes the four track affair that can be seen as a promising allround debut release.

Rickard Jäverlings music can deservedly be described as playful and searching but for that sake not fumbling or too loose around the edges. On Album 4, the second album release from Jäverling on Höga Nord Rekords, he dwells more in dub than on his prior album release, and Jäverlings skillful songwriting is carried smoothly by the soft and fluffy production: the rhythm section sounds as if resting upon a sun warm bed of moss and elements flows in and out of the production like a freshly rippling stream of water deep in the summer forest. Echoes shoots through the pines, the hills and the valleys and makes the album a premium dub experience which dominates large parts of the album.

Aside the obvious references to nature that comes in mind listening to Jäverlings music, this album is more than a romantic view on the Swedish wilderness. It flirts, like all quality dub from the seventies and eighties with science fiction and space with broad synthesizer sweeps and delay drenched clouds like imploding and exploding stars somewhere in the outskirts of the Milky way, spreading dust over the Swedish forest. On the final three tracks, Ganjaman_72 takes the album out of the galaxy with spaced out-remixes on some of the songs.

With his feet steadily grounded in jamaican music tradition whit a non sentimental and curious view on production, Rickard Jäverling have together with Johan Holmegård (Dungen, Goran Kajfes), Andreas Söderström (ASS, Goran Kajfes) och Ganjaman_72 created the natural follow up to Album 3.

LumièresLaNuit is glad to welcome back French Berlin-based music producer and live performer Roisner. One year after his Piano
Roll EP (LLN003) that was released on the occasion of LumièresLaNuit's I anniversary, Roisner delivers this time a more dance floor-
driven EP while keeping some basic components that make his Piano Roll release so poignant and touching.
On the A side, Interstellar is a collaboration between Roisner and the French artist Sibéri. Interstellar is a journey that starts as
an invitation into a meditation state of mind, then slowly the rhythm takeover the pad, the kick and an other layer of percussions
bring you "back to earth".
Then, the B-side opens with Comet that proposes here a more dance floor mood with strong linear rhythms and dreamy melodies.
The gripping sub-bass line is the result of experimenting a patch of the modular system. Finally, the EP concludes with Shooting
Star, a rather mind-blowing and rocking song with a soft melody. Shooting Star remembers us directly of Roisner's Piano Rool, a
poignant and gut-wrenching track.

LumièresLaNuit is glad to introduce to you to Capacitance (LLNOFF002), second release of its OFF series by Brazilian music composer Tala.

Benjamin Vigneron, also known as Vronsky, was born in 1991 in Aix-en-Provence, France.
As a Teenager, drawn simultaneously to Visual Arts, Cinema and Musiproduction, he made his first contact with Techno by working for a local club as a graphic designer. During his 20s, while living between Montreal, Canada and Marseille, France, it was revealed to Benjamin he suffered from a heavy bipolar disorder. As a reaction, he started losing himself in free parties and increasingly dangerous habits.

Gradually learning to love himself despite his flaws, he kicked his risk-taking after he realized the love of music prevailed over anything else.
Equipped with a strong desire to share his vision despite not being able to perform as a DJ, Benjamin started a youtube channel and a collective named Listening Blue.

Limited to 150 numbered copies in total.

Hugo (Mobilee, Gruuv, Systematic), Aidan Lavelle (Crosstown Rebels, Rebellion, Culprit) and Bvoice & Anrilov (Arma 17) join JCB and Highway Records on a perfect dark and rolling tech house Uppsala EP.

Sascha Borchardt aka Monoloc is a dystopic atmospheres fanatic that has dedicated his life to the dance floor from an early age. The Frankfurt-born artist's raw yet sleek take on techno and ambient has evolved to characterise his own musical style in his productions. Monoloc's sound is a mixture between techno, dub and ambient, nurturing a tone that is driving, groovy and low-slung, but with greater emotional range. He acquires most of his inspiration from old movies and likes to work mostly with field recordings in his productions.
'The Untold Way' on Dystopian is his second album, following his first in 2012, and shows a notably matured development in the artist's style. Sascha explores the distant realms between the pillars of genres, presenting a 12 track album of techno but not as we know it - left field, keeping a foot in ambient, with elements outside of the dancefloor. He brings together the concept of an album written in his own language of atmospheric patterns, melodies and fragments of words and voices. Instead of functional four to the floor tracks he explores the meaning and depths of dark, melancholic music.
The album unfolds into a 12 chapter story of his musical style with many surprises and twists along the way. 'The Untold Way' starts with the ambient 'Revive', slow and gentle yet apprehensive. As the listener moves through the album they catch glimpses of almost formed club tracks, in 'The Untold Way', 'Michigan Lights', 'Gravity Growl' and 'Alighting'. These have remnants of a dancefloor impression, a prominent beat is there, but not much more.
At other points you see Monoloc's more experimental side. 'No GHSTS' featuring Tijana T evokes a resounding beat filling an empty space, with the occasional piano melody and eerie vocal. 'Cloning Society' is beatless, driven merely by a consistent bass and echoing voice. The album is interspersed with short ambient interludes, each just a few minutes long: 'Lowa' and 'Gently Falls', serene and reflective, give the listener time to breathe. And bringing you back to familiarity are more the dancefloor focussed tracks of the LP, 'Momentum' and 'Muted'. The twelfth and last track is 'Ground Disorder', which brings the album to a halt with an air of nostalgia.
The result is a story, a history in twelve chapters that the listener is guided through like the landscapes of a gothic horror film, with a new twist on the percussion or surprising effect hidden behind every bass sound, waiting to excite and delight.

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2018 Konduku took everyone by surprise with his debut called Kiran. It doesn't happen all too often a new artist emerges with such a developed and distinctive sound, delivering an album as debut. Now, a year and three EPs later, Nous'klaer Audio is thrilled to present his followup: White Heron. His singular sound of odd-groove based techno has aged into a sound that's more mature yet still very playful. Konduku further refined his sound of snappy polyrhythmic blips by using a controlled sound palette focusing on the tensions in-between. Starting with the mesmerizing depth of Kenar to the stripped down halfstepper Hermitage, and from the synthetic beat patterns of Kobalt to the colorful dream fields of Belki - White Heron is an album designed to listen from start to finish, but more than anything else meant for the club

Smooth deep space techno four track ep with Detroit inspired sounds. The EP kicks off with "Last Nite" - a beautiful and melodic techno track, revolving around a hypnotizing lead. "New Beginnings" meanwhile is a deep and mysterious affair, magically combining soulful techno with more experimental leftfield sounds. The B-side starts with "track 13", a finely crafted groover that grows into a melodic gem with an old-school Detroit flavour to it. The EP ends with the deep yet euphoric "So Far", perfect for those early morning DJ-sets. Offering a perfect combination of deepness and driving energy, the EP is a versatile release guaranteed to get the dance floor moving. An impressive vinyl debut by Lioness and a must have for all heads interested in deep, soulful and intelligent techno.

Tado's cut of Zion Gates, the Yabby You classic, with a hard dub. Backed with No More Heartache, 'an original Harry J Beltones classic

A superb live set from 1994. Meeting between talents and experiences... Deep dansefloor sweet Live set exploring sounds... Masterpiece !!

The new ORNAMENTS presents 2 legends from New York and Tokyo. Pal Joey Music was created by
Joseph Longo III (aka Pal Joey / Earth People / French Touch) and it is one of the most important
genre defining house labels from New York. Takeshi Fukushima took some of his favourites from the
catalog, retouched it and did his own interpretations. You can expect a well balanced excursion into
deep & soulful house, downbeats and electronica.

Ian Tocor is a smiling ambiance man, into ambient ,deep, dub and techno, half of « Outlander Wax Theory » and « Drnchd » bands, he signed his first vinyl on the American label Love What You Feel in 2014. Played by Fred P, this Ep oscillates between a dub House in lace and a deep and colorful deep house. It has been found on the first compilation of Simple Music Experience with a dreamlike journey called "Blue" or on Label Vastechoses, the latest project built with his friends Sevyce and Lostsoundbytes, adventurous music, intrepid grooves and editions of all kinds are on This platform with evocative name.In short, music is for Ian an outlet, deeply anxious to provoke in various forms links between moving bodies, his dj sets are as rough and strong as they are surrounded by sensitivity.

Trule drops its 9th release and the second in its 10” white label series with a collaboration between label boss Al Wootton and Montreal’s Priori. Al Wootton heads up the A-side with JL, a deep, dubby and minimal house/techno number. Priori reworks it into a ‘Sharp Tool Mix’ for the B-side, a rolling, drum heavy techno workout primed for dancefloors. Priori co-runs the labels Naff and Garmo with Ex-Terrestrial and is one half of the Jump Source project with Patrick Holland.

Hypnus are pleased to present the second edition of their Serum series which is intended as a hub of collaborations. Every record will be some sort of joint effort with one or more of the Hypnus artists and they're hoping to push a more eclectic bouquet of musical styles in tandem with the regular Hypnus series.

The first year they launched the series by inviting rising talents Primal Code to release two tracks with interpretations by Feral and Luigi Tozzi. For the second edition we are now introduced to the amazingly deep dubs of Illuvia (real name Ludvig Cimbrelius, aka. Purl), interpreted by the before-mentioned Primal Code as well as label head Ntogn under his paradisaical pseudonym Blomkraft. Released as a sampler vinyl as well as a full-length digital album.

The music of Ludvig Cimbrelius comes in many shapes and forms with a handful of monikers making up a vast sea of ethereal and mesmerizing electronic music. His works range from classical piano excursions and evolving ambient music to drum & bass and dub techno. With that said, we easily get a sensation of taking part of a state of mind rather than listening to a set of musical compositions. Now, please bathe yourselves in the lush vibes of Illuvia.

Early support from Cio D'Or, Claudio PRC, Ness, TM404 and Etapp Kyle to name a few.

In honor of the September full moon, 2017.

Early support from Cassegrain, Cio D'Or, Deepbass, Ness, Svreca, Patrick Siech, Antonio de Angelis, Arnaud le Texier, Exium, Iori, Kwartz, Nima Khak, Rasmus Hedlund, Retina.IT, Samuli Kemppi, Takaaki Itoh, Eric Cloutier, Wata Igarashi, Attemporal, Brando Lupi, Lewis Fautzi, Nobody Home, Sam KDC, Ovend and more.

Marvelous re-issue of this classic Dutch techno album from 1997

Livity Sound present the 'Magnetic Service' EP from Azu Tiwaline exploring the intersections of Berber music, dub culture and techno hypnosis across four mesmerising tracks.
Fresh from the acclaimed Draw Me a Silence LP on IOT Records and collaborating with musician and sound artist Cinna Peyghamy, this new record further explores the hypnotic percussion and mystique of the Tunisian Sahara, a hybrid sound playing on contrasts and nuances, light and dark with echoes of techno minimalism and modern dub.

Livity Sound is a label set up by Peverelist in 2011 as a vehicle for a raw and exploratory strain of UK techno, rooted in the heritage of UK dance music and sound system culture. It has since become one of the UK's foremost protagonists for cutting edge underground music.