Techno News

It has been few years since MD2.6, but after a long hiatus techno dj and producer Mike Dehnert continues his exploration on MD2 with a new EP filled with straight and destructive techno tracks!

Everybody knows Umek as the Techno legend from Slovenia but having reprised his Zeta Reticula moniker in 2015 (after a hiatus of more than a decade) on his own 1605, Electrix and more recently Berlin label, Mechatronica, it's fast become apparent that he's also a major force to be reckoned with in the Electro universe.

Returning to Billy Nasty's Electrix with his seventh Zeta Reticula instalment for the label we get four new tracks this autumn that prove his credentials even further.

Whether he's laying down the future funk sounds of opener '13000 AU From Our Sun', the robotic melodics of 'A Common Motion Through Space', the retro drive of 'Chromospheric Activity' or the twanging groove of 'Southern Skies', his razor sharp production, creative synth work and deep basslines shine through on this essential release.

Louis captures the secret life of techno in all his compositions. On Metronomik, his stripped 808 grooves emulate the harsh time keeping of life',s metronome. Warm, gentle washes and
thoughtful melodies remind us of who we are in this time/space. Ideal for home listening or inspired movement.

Roots In Heaven is a Berlin-based act that could very easily capitalize on his past accomplishments within the world of intrepid electronic music. As a label owner, resident DJ at cutting-edge clubs, and accomplished solo artist behind a number of conceptually unique full-length albums, the conceiver of this project won't likely need any introduction to the intrepid fans of electronic music. As an extension of this artist's already solid commitment to deep sound, Roots in Heaven represents a new voyage without the help of biographical cues to his listeners: hidden behind an evocative mesh mask lined with obsidian feathers, Roots in Heaven ignores the need to provide 'social proof' or self-justification. He communicates purely through the language of concentrated sensory impression, for which reason he has titled his debut, 'Petites Madeleines,' after one of the most memorable descriptive sequences in literary history (the famous meditation on the madeleine from Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu). As a prelude to the first full-length, Roots In Heaven has issued an untitled EP as a resounding 'shot across the bow'. However, this record is no half-conceived experiment to see what works and what doesn't, nor does it even feel like an 'EP' (in the traditional meaning of being a précis whose full report is available elsewhere). Attentive listening to its contents can cause a kind of time dilation, and a mysterious feeling of entering a world where familiar dualities (nature vs. technology, action vs. contemplation) are replaced by a feeling of total immanence. The A-side, 'Sang des Betes", accomplishes this with cascading, viscous layers of electronic tones that narrow and widen, rise and fall like the breath of some ancient entity. Periodically, bright flashes of tone arc across the horizon of the sound space, emphatically present but also elusive.

A new chapter for CREDO begins with Stefan Weise`s eight track album "The Tales We Tell Our Children" on its new sublabel CREDO.WHITE. Following the classic longplayer tradition of vinyl records these eight tracks on pure white vinyl deliver a facette of the CREDO sound being indicated by some single EP or album contributions already in the past, but now coming into full effect by this outstanding work of italy-born, germany-raised and meanwhile U.S. based Stefan Weise who made his name in the Dubtechno cosmos with his definition of deep, chordish and atmospheric technomusic. the rough playtime of around 20 minutes per side guarantees club-compatibility going hand in hand with extended listening pleasure for the living-room based turntable- and vinyl lovers.

The Idealist has a lifelong background in out there electronic music and has been suffering just as long from a deep dub passion, which has been present in his works with outfits as Saturn and the Sun, The Skull Defekts, Orchestra of Constant Distress, and numerous collabs. But the dub has never been in full focus. Not until now. Two cuts recorded at the Gothenburg Sound Experiment; "Inner Space Dub" which is a sick, capturing thing and the flipside, "The Fire of Moses Dub" which features vocal by the legendary Genesis Breyer P-Orridge of Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle. Dub music as close to the late 70's industrial music scene as classic Jamaican stuff which the Idealist loves to the bone. Passionate, honest music which pays tribute to its influences but also succeeds to look forward into the eternal future.

Tucked away in a shed in Portland, Best Available Technology continues to cultivate an unmistakable sound grown around a seemingly untiring exploration of the machines that he works with. Across 'Enginetics & Plasmalterations' his densely layered sonic design agglutinates with a healthy appreciation for the unplanned or unexpected, forming a polymorphic collection of tracks for the 6th release from 12th Isle. While more traditional means of classification have become increasingly insufficient, it wouldn't be unfair to suggest that the music on this record bears a mutated resemblance to stuttered Downtempo or the dubbier side of Techno and Bass, connected by way of tonal plasticity through drone-jams and intermittently skewed synth loops.

Despite the frustrating limits of language surrounding music, we're incredibly happy to welcome B.A.T. to the label with this release and would be well enough compacting the overview of it to the near molecular level by borrowing a phrase from the artist himself - Sonics Proper!

On A side, electronic music wizards Kompozyt team up with a Dub Legend Lee 'Scratch' Perry to bring you a heavy-hitting and instant bounce-inducing Dub Techno track 'Hidden Force'. Lee Scratch Perry's amazing and charismatic Dub poetry blends superbly with the neat fusion of spacey and subterranean sounds of Kompozyt productions. The single is not to be missed this summer.

On B side, Kompozyt brings you a 7' version of 'Homesick' - Dub and Trip-hop inspired Experimental Electronica with Olgierd Dokalski on the trumpet. Olgierd's incredible performances of real haunting beauty further reinforce the analog, live and improvisational aspect of Kompozyt's music.

Both tracks come from Kompozyt's debut album: 'Synchronicity' - out everywhere now on CD and DL.


Selected Reviews of Kompozyt's Debut Album and the Single

5/5 Decoded Magazine: 'Incredible album 10/10'

4/5 Lars Berhenrot (Deepershades): 'LOVE THIS .. never-ending deepness ..'

5/5 Pierre Ravan: 'Amazing work from the heart'

5/5 Queensradio.org: 'I'll definitely be playing these guys on air'

4/5 Garth Trinidad (KSRW Radio) 'Exquisite score without a film'

5/5 Hoxton FM (London): 'Incredible release!'

4/5 Stereo MCs: 'Nice vibes refreshing'

4/5 Robert Babicz: 'I love dub. in all forms'
5/5 Adam Hannibal (Balanced) : 'Neat fusion of spacey and subterranean sounds. Reminiscent of the Beyond Recs Ambient Dub compilations with some freshness... Well done'
5/5 Al Bradley (3amrecordings): 'This needs full love because it's excellent :) I can really picture myself just letting this play from the first sound to the last & becoming utterly immersed as it flows through! Gorgeous.'
5/5 Bartlomiej Blesznowski- 'One of the best electronic music albums this year'
4/5 Neil Brown (RMFM; Pro Mobile Magazine): 'Some nice tunes to get your head in gear to.'

5/5 Jorn Kirk (DJ Jay Kay) (Faith Sundays): 'very nice album !!! a joy to listen to'

Welcome to Another Picture. After two decades of releasing music and much longer time being involved with music and production Losoul introduces a series of fine yet outstanding pieces of music. Being based on classic sound production this release opens a space for a wide range of musical exposure. You know the high times - you know low life. You can't deny both ways can't really exist without each other. There is the raw energy of 'BZA' consisting of rolling beats and basslines with sounds from the acidic realm being presented to the restless dancefloors by true originators' poetry. Believe that. This is counterparted by 'Sediments', a jam from nowhere else but the deep. Down here many things you might have taken for being lost remain in the abstract vibe and the groove. It's all in there. Let's go full circle.

Limited-edition, hand-stamped, white label. ÆX006 is kicking off strong and counts five tracks. On the a-side it's the debut by Selfsoul and ESHU member Tetelepta. Followed on the bside by Taupe and D&S, known for their vision on warm Detroitesque techno and Russian producer Ivan Erofeev with a punchy dubtechno roller.

Following a seventeen year hiatus since the release of Symbiotics on Mille Plateaux in 1999, Porter Ricks returns with a new EP on Tresor with plans for another release this coming year. The duo comprises of sound artist Thomas Köner and music producer Andy Mellwig.

During the duo's silence, Köner has been working extensively as a sound designer and artist - exhibiting at among other places the Centre Georges Pompidou and The Louvre. Mellwig's other projects include collaborations with Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, Pete Kember of Spacemen 3 and former Monolake member Gehrard Behles. Porter Ricks is undoubtedly the central item in their musical careers, setting a high-water mark for experimentally tinged pulsating techno.

Shadow Boat is deeply nuanced in its perception of space, using complex layers to add depth, detail, and density to non-formulaic techno compositions: buoyant dub, hazy ambience, and colorful sound design renders the project a diving platform at the intersection of club music and art. Though perhaps more focused on rhythm and melody than their experimental touchstone Biokinetics released 20 years ago on Chain Reaction in 1996, this most recent installment employs equally subtle artistic sensibilities that transcend the styles that typify contemporary electronic music.

Köner and Mellwig reveal the EP on the heels of a recent performance at Berlin Atonal festival, marking a new tide in their pace of output. The gap between Porter Ricks' releases, however, has proven that extended periods in the studio devoid of the pressure for consistent delivery permit the time to craft a very sophisticated sonic fabric. Shadow Boat, as if carried by a current, drifts in cadence with Porter Ricks' earlier releases as though pulled by a gravitational force spanning the stroke of time.

This marks the first new vinyl release from Echospace (Detroit) this year with all the content lovingly re-mastered in Echospace, Detroit, USA & cut @ Deepgrooves. An unreleased classic from the vaults emerges with newly remastered content from Radius's celebrated "Obsolete Machines" double album & two of the most epic creations featured on the "Interpolation Tapes" CD series, available for the first time ever on vinyl format. Many of the songs featured in this project were initially sent to Rod Modell & Mike Schommer shortly after they launched their brilliant deepchord label in 2001. (Recorded from 1993-2000) They were incredibly kind in saying it was the best demo they had ever heard and passed it on to Octal records for release, sadly, that didn't materialize and since then these masters have been collecting dust in our cassette rack for nearly 20 years now. We've spent months doing our best to restore the old tapes from our Tascam 688, an 8 track cassette recorder purchased and abused since 1992 and to our ears still sounds quite impressive even by modern standards. We've had nearly every component replaced and re-calibrated to bring this obsolete machine back to life, it's been a truly nostalgic experience re-visiting and redesigning these masters.

We truly hope you enjoy reliving these magical times of music, very inspired by all that was happening in those years, there was just something in the air, an undeniable energy, long may it live on...

On the second TRULE release Al Wootton (AKA Deadboy) drops his first ever record under his own name. Traces of dub, UK garage and techno inform the forward leaning, club-focused sound.
On SELAH, Al creates a driving steppers rhythm shot through with dub manipulations and UK swing.
OMEGA and UNTITLED on the B side continue in the percussive, tracky, swung techno vein of the first TRULE record.

The following electronic soundscape features music from Eduardo De La Calle, Brendon Moeller, Tobias. and Mike Dehnert. All profits generated from this record will be donated to the Oceanic Preservation Society.

Eva Be has been a key figure on the development of Berlin underground club culture, going back to the 90s and her involvement with the Sonar Kollektiv crew that included the likes of Dixon, Ame and Jazzanova, to name a few. A highly talented producer and DJ, this EP on Poker Flat Wax showcases her skillful mastery of house music.

'Delight' kicks things off on the A side, a low slung groove wirth Chicago-esque percussion that pops out of the speakers. Some of Eva's love for dub and reggae is also present - vocals and chord stabs echo and shimmer across the track.

'Breathe' is a little more floor focussed - a hard knocking kick starts this off and the track develops into one of those deep, emotional and driving tracks that get dancefloors into a serious states of ecstasy.

Flip the wax and 'Pills' is the third offering for this release - precise-yet-wonky drums, breakbeats, deep pads and synth lines that gel together into a perfect, hedonistic whole.

It's 1977. There's A Chill In The Air, Like On A Usual December Evening. It's Cold, But The Night Is Fraught With A Strange Ferment, A Mysterious Energy That Seems To Announce A Revolution.

Myles Sergé aka TRANSLATE's Calder City Development Corp. is back with its 4th release from the legendary FEROX records owner Russ Gabriel. The Relief Ep' is a 3 track exploration into the mind and soul of Mr. Gabriel. Deep cords and driving melodies guide the listener along the way... This one is not to be missed!

Born Marian Himburg, Causa has been on the rise for several years now, with a tight and impressive discography on labels including Crucial Recordings, Infernal Sounds, and J:Kenzo's Artikal Music UK. Known for carefully focused cuts that marry dub sensibilities with dubstep weight, his debut for ZamZam is exactly what you'd hope: heavy 140 wares for deep dances.

'Space Dub' is an orbiting station of decaying delays and insistent bleeps that resolve into an absolutely massive riddim that causes pure murderation on the floor. Machine sounds and lasers spar over dread, lurching bass, while thick snares cut through the reverb haze to reveal the cold, starry cosmos beyond.
'Concrete Dub' works with a similarly industrial sound palette in the service of a minimalist, skanking steppers that drives hard into the heart of sound system. Disembodied voices, growling-deep horn stabs, a single piercing flute note, and a myriad of other sonic signifiers emerge and retreat, as if being pulled under by the unrelenting force of the primordial sub & kick attack. You've been warned!

Informa Records comes with the 8th release of the series, Symbiosis EP by Deepbass (Edit Select, Dynamic Reflection) and Reggy Van Oers (Af fin, Several Reasons).
The release consists of two original tracks, A side 'Deepbass - Symbiont' is an ever evolving progression that lures you from the outset growing continuously before reaching a climatic peak staying within the hypnosis
throughout.
B side 'Reggy Van Oers - Tunnel Dweller' is a darker affair which focuses on the purity of each individual element within the track. With a sinister constant flow, seductive escalating atmosphere and subtle creative effects.
The tracks complement each other nicely while showcasing the signature sounds of each artist.

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J:kenzo Is A Certified Don Of Contemporary Sound System Music, Whether Dubwise Or Otherwise, 140 To 160 And Beyond. Kenzo Is A Highly Respected Label Head (artikal Music Uk & Lion Charge Records), Heavyweight Producer, Master Disc Jockey And Host Of One Of The Most Passionately-followed Radio Shows In All Of Dubstep On Rinse.fm. Needless To Say We Are Thrilled To Build With Him Once Again. Absolute Control Over Sound Design, Timing, Tension And Dynamics Mark All Of Kenzo's Productions, And The Pair He Delivered For His Second Zamzam Are No Exception. Where His First Release Was A More Meditative Affair, kingston Hot' And concrete Jungle' Both Revel In A Harder, Darker Vibe.

"kingston Hot' Enters Rocking A Sleigh Bell Riddim And Builds Quickly Into A Stormer That Has Been Pummeling Crowds Worldwide On Dubplate With Support From The Likes Of J.sparrow, Mala, And Headland To Name Just A Few. At Once Spacey, Sultry, Heady, And Menacing It's Both Eyes-down And Hands-in-the-air Material, All Bass Weight And Reverb Space, With Every Flick Of The Wrist In The Mix Another Reason To Recognize That The Man's Stature In The World Of Bass Music Is Well-earned.

Concrete Jungle's Thinned Intro Kick, Spare Hand Drums, And Paranoid Minimalist Melody Set The Stage For A Hard 140 Stepper Composed Of A Sidewinding, Distorted Bassline, Smeared Snares And Panned Percussion That Drives Deep Into Primal Sound System Territory. Frequent Sparring Partner In The Live Arena Sun Of Selah Makes A Guest Appearance On The Mic With A Single Dread Declamation That Perfectly Captures The Tone Of The Tune, A Gritty Vibe That Feels Like Swaggering Through A Near-future Urban Wasteland On The Way To A Dance That May Not Be Much Safer Than The Streets.

vinyl only!

Echocord sub-label Echo Echo continues this July with Orbite's 'Interstellar' EP, a threetracker from the Berlin- based producer. Orbite is a brand new project founded in Berlin, Germany with a nod towards the raw, dubby sounds often heard across the clubs in the city, and where better to inaugurate things than the recently launched sub-label of Copenhagen's Echocord, one of the leading imprints in the realms of Dub Techno, home to pioneering acts like Rod Modell/Deepchord, Pole and Fluxion who have paved the way for Orbite's own twist on the genre. The ethereal pad textures of 'Skylar' lead on the package, deftly evolving alongside bubbling synth tones, swelling chords and shuffled percussion to create a create dynamically unfolding six and a half minute cut. 'Moment' follows, edging things further into dubbed-out territories with heavily delayed dub echoes and mesmeric spoken word poetry intertwining to create a, hypnotic beatless soundscape. 'Organi' closes the record with emotive, billowing pads, warm bell like tones and vocal murmurs running alongside swinging shakers and stripped-back micro-house percussion.

All things come from and return to the same source - such is the theory of Monism; an ancient philosophy, but also accounting for the music of Jeroen Search. Dictated by an ethos of exclusively recording live takes and the only ever editing happening while a tune is being created, each finished track is imbued with that unique magic of the moment. Such too is the nature of Monism, Search's first LP in over two decades of electronic explorations and personal as well as artistic growth. As with any of his music that has been released so far, the tracks on here hold a timeless quality, existing within their own frame of reference than - that is their immediate experience. Across a carefully arranged course, the album naturally unravels its many ideas, ranging from moments of pensive ambient pieces to thick washes of dub echo and layers of modulated synths, all while providing an endless array of hypnotizing bare-bone grooves in the process. A true Figure mainstay, Jeroen Search upholds his artistic relevancy without any reinventing or switching up the formula - rather by simply keeping true to his accomplished craft.

A real Techno / House / Electrosynth Stomper!! "Patrik Book has being in our knowledge since we were kids and listening to his early project AUSGANG VERBOTEN "Entertainment", a real underground synth tape released back in 84 and later re-released as LP by Genetic Music 2004." Enough said, 100% POWER! This wont slip!

Abdulla all of a sudden appeared on the scene with his label... and a couple months later he pops by again with this 2nd twelve. Trippy deep gritty techno tracks from this guy thats clearly not aiming to be the next most popular producer in the Resident Advisor poll.

Sven Weisemann is set to release his 'Bilateral Relations' EP via Copenhagen's Echocord this September, comprising four originals from the German producer.
Sven Weisemann has been immersed in the underground House and Techno scene for quite some time now having started DJing in 1997 during the rise of the scene on his home turf of Berlin and going on to release material via the likes of Amsterdam's Delsin, Mojuba, Telrae and liebe.detail amongst many more.
Here though we see Sven joining the roster of Echocord, a perfect fit for his more dubbed out compositions with artists like Fluxion, Rod Modell and STL on the roster.
'Lunation' opens the release and sees Weisemann fuse emotive string melodies and cavernous vocal echoes with off- kilter rhythms and rounded sub hits before title-track 'Bilateral Relations' embraces a more direct four-four approach via sparse percussion and tumbling toms alongside choppy bass stabs and ever-unfolding, echoing dub chords.
Opening the flip is 'Monistic', an airy ethereal number employing billowing pads, bright synth chimes and a dropped tempo dubbed out feel to create something truly stunning and thought provoking before the 'Decimation (Valvle tR9 Mix) closes things on a darker tip with looming stab swells, heavily swung drums and sporadic growling bass drones.
Sven Weisemann's 'Bilateral Relations' EP is out on Echocord 8th September 2017.

Nomo 005 With Four More Analog Sessions Straight From The Ocean Floor ! Blue marbled vinyl with handmade stamps and free sticker, inspired by Jules Verne's '20.000 leagues under the sea' ... deap-sea monsters and fear of the dark side ! vinyl only - no digital release or promo !no-mo

Spondylolisthesis' is the forward displacement of a vertebra, especially the fifth lumbar vertebra, most commonly occurring after a fracture. Backward displacement is referred to as retrolisthesis."

{Four songs in autobiographical sequence}
- Abandonded
Abandonment through Tibetan eyes
- Kataniksis
From death to life again!
- Cortisone
Cortisone who restored hope when it seemed lost.
- Endorphins
Endorphins are one of three main groups of endogenous opioids produced in the brain, with representative beta-endorphin, which has the strongest analgesic action.
Marked worldwide as the anti-stress hormones and natural analgesia and happiness..

Following releases on Guy J's Lost & Found Records and Gorje Hewek & Izhevski's Shanti Moscow Radio, Cornucopia makes his debut on the much loved Canadian imprint microCastle with 'Pursuit Of The Orange Butterfly'. The stunningly beautiful 'The Day You Got Older and Stronger' immediately got people talking, earning support from Lee Burridge, John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo and more. There's a pretty strong suspicion that Cornucopia isn't really a new face, and a release on Lost & Found is unlikely to put those suspicions to rest.

Still pushing the boundaries, Sandwell District's David Sumner a.k.a Function announces his first 12'' on Ostgut Ton. A regular at Berghain and Panorama Bar, is was only a matter of time before the infectious, hypnotic and psychedelic work of Function would find its way into the Ostgut catalogue. Opening with the mood-setting 'Gradient (Intro)', with it's spacial ambience and Sci-Fi dramatics, we are launched into the earthy, modulating 'Gradent I'. Tripping 808 patterns revolve around a dense inner core, taking us far out into the ether. Fortified with tougher percussion, 'Gradient II' snakes it's way through a filtering sequence, building on strong foundations to take us further into the abstract, yet heavily addictive Function mindset.

'Incubation (Prologue)', brings this bold EP to a conclusion, its pulsing acid bass and foreboding strings offering a suggestion of what might lie ahead. A dramatic and exciting development in Function's dextrous sound.
Als jemand, der gern seine Grenzen erweitert, präsentiert Sandwell Districts David Sumner aka Function hiermit seine erste 12" für Ostgut Ton. Als regelmäßig gebuchter Gast im Berghain und der Panorama Bar war es nur eine Frage der Zeit, bevor seine ansteckend-hypnotischen und psychedelischen Arbeiten eine Heimat bei Ostgut Ton finden würden. Der Opener "Gradient (Intro)" stimmt atmosphärisch auf das Folgende ein: Mit seiner weit aufgefächerten Raum und SciFi-Dramaturgie bereitet der Track den Pfad zum erdig-modulierenden "Gradient I". Hier drehen sich trippige 808-Pattern um einen dichten, inneren Kern und nehmen uns mit weit hinaus in den Äther.

Mit robuster Percussion ausgestattet schlängelt sich "Gradient II" durch Filter-Sequenzen, die auf kräftigen Fundamenten fußen und die abstrakteren und trotzdem süchtig machenden Ecken von Functions musikalischer Vorstellungskraft ausleuchten. "Incubation (Prologue)" schließt diese kühne EP dann ab. Sein pulsierender Acid-Bass und die ahnungsvollen Strings deuten dabei an, was noch vor uns liegen könnte - eine dramatische und aufregende Entwicklung in Functions gewandtem Sound!

DEMENT3D is proud to welcome Valentino Mora on board, and share with you a part of his spiritual journey. Slow Hyper-controlled Motion has been inspired by Butoh moves, but also is a homage to early New York spiritual house. In creating this record he also took field recordings in the forests of Japan. The concept of Slow Hyper-controlled Motion is to recreate this 90's spiritual house vibe, but in a more experimental way.

Mystik dons the helmet and descends into the unknown, crafting sounds tailored for the denizens of sound system culture.

Making unstoppable waves within the electronic music world over the last few years, Greek artist Argy's expertly produced and hypnotic productions are combined with an innate ability to create seductive and highly strung soundscapes during his DJ performances.

In ode to the endless research of the life apart. Sensed and produced by Edanticonf in Amsterdam. Vinyl only.

Submersion and Mon0 team up for the first time to bring you the Unison // Einklang album. Both artists have previous releases on Silent Season independently so this collaboration feels natural. Both known for their deep dub techno this album takes their sound to new depths.

Seven years into its celebrated journey, Life and Death assembles its third and most adventurous compilation to date - Displaced Soundtracks. For the first instalment in a new series, DJ Tennis has given free rein to some of his most trusted contemporaries, enabling many of today's most respected dance music producers to display their hidden talents as composers. Gathering music from a long-aborted film, the collection stands as another bastion of Life and Death's perpetual evolution. Duncan Gray embraces dissonance, Black Merlin, Appleblim and Artefakt go interstellar and Fango channels post-punk squat music. Hades Rocket showcases the expertly-sequenced synth work that has graced Simian Mobile Disco's illustrious career, while Redshape revisits all the right sides of 80's Wave and Library music. Danny Daze and synth-savant KINK embrace non-standard tempi with great success, while Axel Boman delivers sitar-laced gospelhouse without a bass drum. Elsewhere, your favourite producer's favourite producer, Stimming, team's up with pianist Lambert and the pair learn to fly. Inspired and challenging, Life and Death ventures into their eighth year confidently, constantly evolving without compromise.