Techno News

2529KM Records is a new dub techno label created by two friends and artists - Piotr Bejnar aka N1KT (Warsaw, PL) and Leon Lolishvili aka Boyd Schidt (Tbilisi, GE). 2529 KM stands for the distance between Warsaw and Tbilisi. The idea of the label to release compilations with artists from different countries and nationalities. Through music the label wants to unite different cultures and to create a group of friends all over the world, who support themselves in music and life.

The first release 2529KM 001 is the compilation from Idealist (Switzerland) - producer, DJ and label owner of Idealistmusic, Stojche ( Macedonia) - Berlin-based artist who's primarily inspired of the local electronic scene in Skopje, Boyd Schidt (Georgia) - one of the leading techno artists in Georgia and N1KT (Poland) - new techno alias from the owner of 2529 KM and Otake Records.

Dorisburg's first missive since his debut album, Irrbloss, is the most deadly distillation of his talents yet. Hypnotic basslines ripple out into grand atmospheric journeys, "Venom" for the black of night, "Serum" with a hint of light on the horizon.Dorisburg journeys further into the night on Venom, his first record of 2017, and it quickly found its way to Kalawila's label Mountain Explosion Device, due to the two artists having a long standing friendship that developed into a joint view of texture and sonic emotion. Having found its home, Venom burrows deep into an underground cavern, bass pulses dripping like stalactites into endless black pools of atmosphere. You journey for hours and end up in the same place. And then, just when you've resigned yourself to endless night, "Serum" is a glint of sunlight in the dark, a hint of Dorisburg's reserved optimism. You can heal yourself as long as you keep moving.

Inter Gritty follows his debut album up with another EP, going down a slightly more abstract path here. Void offers plenty of depth with warm pads and subtle breaks, while Blurred edges takes your mind for a spin with its cycles of bleeps and ever changing bass line. On the B-side, Cure For Madness is a gradually unfolding, moody techno builder with crisp beats and lush drones.

Classic rare The Timewriter track with faboulus Sascha Dive Cosmic Dub Remix

Innocent Music presents their 9th vinyl only release called Vinyl Only Tools vol.5! This time our label boss Aney F. invites Giuseppe Cennamo, 12 Tones & F.eht!

Innocent Music presents their 8 vinyl only release! We welcome Sonarte, they delivered us 2 original productions and release is supported with Aney F. + Dubbtone & Tileff remixes!
Follow our innocence!

Fabian Winkels and Ben Balance's Ho Do Ri project has been responsible for some of the best minimal house workouts of the last two years. Hopes are naturally high, then, for this first appearance on Mariano Mateljan's Split-based u.dig imprint. Happily, they hit the ground running with A-side "Fu Giunta 007", where fluttering, dream house style synth melodies and becalmed ambient chords wind their way around a chunky, bass-heavy tech-house groove rich in bustling bass and outer-space electronics. Their minimal instincts come further to the fore on heads-down flipside "Flood Shella", which peppers a hypnotic, locked-on groove with Villalobos style electronics and mind-altering electronic effects.

The anonymous entity CHPTR derived from undefined controlled sequences progressing into endless alienated narratives, all live recorded and captured on the eponymous label, CHPTR.

Outway a duo of DJ/Producers based in London, formed by Mattia Lotta and Siro Pertile officially launches their debut EP for Cellaa Music.

They appeared on labels like Deeperfect, Basswalk, Noexcuse, High Pressure, Undertechnical, Pild records, Makossa,Beat It Music, Jekos Lab and so on ...
In their usual nonchalant style, you can expect deep driving arrangements. Through the precisely applied sub-basses and the unobtrusive synth pads, a first class sound-performance is guaranteed.

The EP contains A New Age,The Weapon, Ignorance and Ice Bell, four smashing tracks you will never get bored of. Put your sunglasses on for this after, and say goodbye to the last stars of the night.

Keep your eyes on this one!!!!

Re_Grad is the new collaboration between Resoe and Grad_U of Redscale fame. The two of them talked about making a project together, so they started sending soundfiles back and forth between their studios. This is the result of the first two tracks they made together, pure Dub Techno deepness, but what else is there to expect!

New EP of Peur Bleue's boss, Gohan, straight from the mystical heights of Mount Athos. Haunted celestial techno with a tinge kosmische electro, melancholic cold wave and hazy ambient. 4 tracks into Gohan's spooky journey.

Son of an owl and a clouded leopard, Gohan is a London-based producer and Peur Bleue Records' boss.

We've been super excited about releasing this record, especially after the success of the first release on 4Plae's Blanc series.

Welsh producer Kye has been producing for some time now, and has built a solid reputation for himself through playing out and running Dogruff with a group of likeminded friends - which has seen the likes of Barac, Rossko, Praslea and many other selectors work the crowd.

'Hopscotch Days EP' is both Kye's debut solo release, as well as being the first time his music has featured on wax - and features remixes from Rowlanz (RLZ Music) and IULY.B (Infuse/Visionquest).

Support From: Fabe / Archie Hamilton / Rossko / Loopdeville / Koko / cally / Brett Jacobs / Daylomar / Barac / Arapu / Alex & Digby / faster / Wax On Mare St / Funk E / Romar / Nu Zau / Alexandra

Producer and dj from Cantabria Pablo Bolívar signs the new release in his very own Seven Villas, in which he takes the chance to interpret -'remixwise'- the tracks on the album 'Traverse' -by Sensual Physics which was originally released in 7V in 2016.

We are facing a very special project for Pablo Bolívar this time. His admiration for the veteran german producer Joerg Schuster -one of Pablo's musical heroes- gets highly reflected in each one of the eight revisions which form this 'Traverse (Reprise)'. What Pablo exactly does is to respect the original escapist, dubby and ambient spirit of the original trip proposed by 'Traverse', by means of adding a soft, deep and sophisticated club aura. He turn that the album Sensual Physics takes into the most characteristic 'Bolívar' style is tasteful and subtle, therefore it seems a sequel of the original one. No crashes, no harshness. Here everything flows simply in a natural way, especially that ambient-deep and tech fog which just adds a punch in any case. Tunes as 'Mondragon', 'Málaga' or 'Miracle' -among others- acquire a new dimension when touched by Pablo Bolívar's hands: always looking to their origin with respect to the original producer and the delicacy of a revised piece of work.

Repress of out of print Theme EP in all new marble colour.
Hailing from Berlin, Germany, Theme provided one of our most popular vinyl onlyHoro releases of 2013.
To follow up we have moved Theme onto Red Seal to provide a digital release and satisfy the growing demand for his music. A sublime take on the blending of dub techno elements with half time DnB signatures, Scenes 1-4 refines the approach laid out on Theme's Horo release.Scenes 1-4 has already featured in the sets of Doc Scott, Om Unit, ASC, Amit and more.

3 John Tejada produced tracks for Just Another Beat.

(white vinyl with green splatter) This is the sound of Detroit meets Copenhagen, the collaboration between Luke Hess of Deep Labs fame & Resoe the label owner.This release has been on the way for more than two years, but finally it´s here. You know the deal!

This is the sound of Detroit meets Copenhagen, the collaboration between Luke Hess of Deep Labs fame & Resoe the label owner. This release has been on the way for more than two years, but finally it´s here. You know the deal!

New Space Of Variants release is pure bliss of 70 minute ambient/dub techno meditation. Album great for your new experience and the charm of awareness of being and the world around us with all living beings. Ltd to 100!

Fresh off the back of a contribution to the V/A 12' 'EXCURSIONS' # 3 via Phuture Shock Excursions, and a release on Talahachi earlier this year, Nottingham producer Cyclonix returns to the fold with his debut EP for Phuture Shock Musik entitled 'Alien Drug Store' EP.

As with his previous offerings - that have found a home on the likes of Red Rack'ems Smugglers Inn, Horn Wax, Ruff Draft, plus his co-owned End of Label Boss imprint - Cyclonix continues to explore the deeper and more leftfield spectrum of underground dance music with a futuristic vision. Made up of two original tracks, 'Alien Drug Store' EP draws on a host of electronic influences ranging from deep house to Detroit beatdown, alongside subtle hints of acid house and dub techno, whilst both retain the producers trademark sci-fi aesthetic. The release is completed with a sterling remix of 'You'd Better Not' from a pioneering legend of the UK underground - 4Hero's Marc Mac, under his Nu Era guise.

Heading up the A side is 'You'd Better Not', a slow-grooving techno cut bolstered by punchy kicks and a rubbery bassline, where foreboding sci-fi vox samples are interspersed with dubbed out chords and crunchy offbeat snares, as the arrangement shifts from one mood to another. The sub-aquatic vibes of 'Two Face' follows, which is set to a hypnotic two chord pattern, 4/4 kicks and a lashing of moody synths that gradually entices you into deeper realms through the aid of rippling hi-hats and rhythmic percussion with a submersed quality. On the flip is Marc Mac's Nu Era take on the 12's lead cut 'You'd Better Not', who transforms the menacing original into a blast of uplifting broken techno, where the soulful musicality of sustained strings and piano chords complement snippets of the original's vocal sample that drifts atop adept drum programming, bouncy synth bass and a flurry of glistening synth melodies.

Gonzalo MD is back on DMT. He delivers four new stripped down no-nonsense techno, aimed directly at the dance floor

Beautiful and hypnotic techno with a mind blowing remix from
2030.

First Various Artists Vinyl only for Hangover, Italian based label. For this vinyl the label presents Giuseppe Cennamo (owner of the label) with his Vademcum, then Yanee, already known producer from Argentina, and then on the B side we have Alessio Viggiano, one of the most talented minimal producers from Italy, and the newcomer Dub Capsule with his pure classy tune No Certain.

Recorded in Melbourne and Berlin 2015-17 by Samuel Karmel, Carla dal Forno and Tarquin Manek, its title is instructive...the spiky eldritch song-spells of previous album Hide Before Dinner have become more dubwise, immersive and potently psychedelic. Euphoric even, but paranoid and laden with self-doubt.

Wolfskuil Ltd returns after a hiatus of a year with a heavy hitter from Italian sound designer Edanticonf. This vinyl only release is a very personal statement from an artist known for his deep, dreamy and dare we say trancey take on electronic music. He made his mark in the music scene through pivotal releases on Silent Season and M_Rec Ltd.

His profile fits perfectly as Wolfskuil's Limited sublabel is dedicated to left of centre releases aimed at leftfield dancefloors. 1989.1 is a perfect setbuilder or afterhour anthem with it's lush string arrangements and offbeat groove. It's counterpart 1989.2 is more meaty especially in the sub domain and could offer a brilliant peaktime relieve for more experienced floors.

Following Rhythm Bu¨ro's debut release last year, the Kiev-based label has returned with a successive RB002. In a similar vein to their first release, this release features Vero and Na Nich as well as a welcome addition from an up-and-coming Ukrainian producer, Lobanov K. A2 finds a remix from the notable and much-applauded 'DJ's DJ,' Eric Cloutier. Sonically, the record ranges from deeper, housey motifs and dubbed-out techno ventures on the A-side to electro-esque and slightly weirder break-beat expositions on the B-side. 'Salute' is Vero's debut as a solo artist and to commemorate the occasion, the track gets a proper rework by one of techno's prominent underground heroes, Eric Cloutier. The A-side represents the deeper side of what RB002 has to offer, and both its tunes prove that the record could become a long-living staple of a house DJ's record bag as well as a techno head's. The B-side takes a different turn: Na Nich's offering is a track reminiscent of his drum and bass roots, with similar ethos of space and break, yet paced to appeal to the contemporary techno dance floor. Rhythm Bu¨ro newcomer Lobanov K. gives a fine example of an explosive and spaced out electro-bomb, the old- school homage here is clear yet the tempo and final touches are indeed contemporary. Gate146 is a future classic, it won't come as any surprise when we hear this one in the sets of some of the most notorious diggers as well as some of techno's top selectors.

Pleasure Zone welcomes Costin Rp to the family!
This young talent from Romania showed already his potential on the "What You Want" imprint. His "Mamaia Noth Beach" EP was a first big step and landed in many dj bags around the globe. We're happy to present you his "Deep Red" EP!" - of course on deep red vinyl!

Two wicked, old school rollers from the ever excellent Ishio Dai, who works the frequencies in both of these woofer-wrecking bass cuts. Killer!

A brace of strong bass excursions from the the huge talent they call, Ishio Dai! Jamming on the 808, 'Coco Dub' & 'BS' bounce around some proper system-testing bass weight!

Figurehead of the Japanese jungle scene, Ishio Dai releases 'Mirage / Island Dub' on his own Effective label. Working around a lick from Skatalite legend, Johnny Moore these two steppers roll with ferocious bass frequencies and snappy percussive sequences. Ace!

A Strangely Isolated Place was responsible for releasing some of the most beguiling and magical music of 2016, including superb full-length excursions from 36 and Merrin Karras. Predictably, this full-length from regular collaborators Christopher 'Lav' Landin and Ludvig "Purl" Cimbrelius is rather good. It was inspired by a large number of field recordings Landin made while holidaying in Greece back in 2014, which Cimbrelius combined with his own pianos, beats and electronic textures. After some to-ing and fro-ing, they ended up with a set packed full of evocative ambient and electronica pieces that match melodies and chords to the gentle rhythms of nature.

This grouping of audio recordings is for aural use only. Any emotional content perceived herein is borne of its listener, and is in no way intended by its author. Any sounds resembling speech are not intended to convey meaning.

Several Shades Of The Same Color is Patricia's first album for Spectral Sound — produced in conjunction with his own label Active Cultures.

Tips for listeners: consider the moment in which you exist; pay attention to how these sounds evoke physiological (rather than cognitive) responses. Listeners may find themselves deriving immense physical pleasure from exposure to these sounds. Inability to achieve such pleasure is likely attributable to over-analysis of the aforementioned audio content — or to improper amplification.

Each of Shades' three LPs features suites of tracks that, considered alone, comprise their own distinct, unique worlds. Disc One opens with "I Know The Face, But Not The Name," an unabashedly plaintive trip through classic electro rhythms; flip it over for "The Words Are Only Sounds," a haunting affair for synthesizer and voice. Disc Two's "The Electric Eye is Upon Me" swirls endlessly, while "Shiba Inu Dub" is cut for the floor and coy as its namesake. Disc Three's jackin' "Feel Your Body" will cause you to do just that; "German Friendship" sounds like D.A.F. on dissociatives.

Any emotional associations incurred while listening come at the listener's discretion. Furthermore, the identity of the author and/or their passions regarding the recordings herein shall bear no weight on the listener's experience. This body of work is not intended to generate ideas; rather, its goal is to produce physical sensations in the listener.   
Taken altogether, Several Shades Of The Same Color is kaleidoscopic, a multi-faceted techno trip. Listen in full, or listen in part. And if you consider only one of these intermittent listening notes, make it this one: Don't think; just hear.

FIRST FULL-LENGTH IN SEVENTEEN YEARS FROM CHAIN REACTION /FORCE INC. LEGENDS.

Ever since their initial singles were released in the mid-1990s and became international calling cards for the Chain Reaction label, the Porter Ricks duo of Thomas Köner and Andy Mellwig have represented that crucible point in which techno music leaked into new social environments and became the background music for cutting-edge cultural critique.

Their submerged 'scuba' sound, presented in dark tone colors and reverberating to infinity, is now instantly identifiable as one of the 'soundmarks' of Berlin club culture. Just as importantly, it is still a palpable aftershock of a pre-millenial genre explosion that saw deep dub, shimmering post-rock, abstract hip-hop and art-damaged noise all drinking from the same well of inspiration.

For proof of Porter Ricks' enduring legacy, look no further than the fact that 'dub techno' is now a stylistic movement that has expanded far beyond the confines of Berlin and the Basic Channel / Chain Reaction label alliance (where Mellwig's mastering skills also played a starring role). Lurid traces of PR's aesthetic can now be found in the work of producers like Andy Stott and Miles Whittaker, showing the potential for the duo's unique 'aquatic' techniques to be applied to a variety of different musical contexts.

Their new LP on Tresor, Anguilla Electrica, may be their first full-length release in seventeen full years, but it radiates with confidence and with a clarity and intensity rarely seen in a world so oversaturated with communications noise. It's made clear at once that it's a continuation of a sonic ideal rather than a tribute to what has already been achieved: the duo is not idly sitting back while their newer acolytes do their talking for them.

This new LP is well worth the wait and is a life-affirming one in an uncertain and perilous time, drowning out daily anxieties like a rush of incoming surf - yet it is far more invigorating than relaxing. True to the Porter Ricks tradition, it will be just as exciting hearing this music as it will be to experience what new cultural mutations it leaves in its wake.

repressed !

Based in Bucharest and studying audio engineering at the SAE Institute, Groovesh has already achieved numerous milestones in his career as a DJ and producer. During his residency at Answer Iasi he played alongside artists such as Valentino Kanzyani, Vera, Praslea, Priku or Vid aka Egal 3.

Following his 2015 stand out release on FarFromNormal Groovesh joins the Leftback roster with his soon to be signature groovy deep minimal across 4 tracks on vinyl only.

Optimo Music is delighted to present the debut EP from Glasgow-based Lo Kindre.
Lo Kindre is Luxembourg-born and raised Irishman Daniel Magee's personal dub interpretation, the result of a year of On U indulgence and Tuff Dub encounters, and time spent honing a live show across venues in Glasgow.
Debut EP 'Plant Up' presents a cosmic blend of swirling synth and low-slung bass offering Magee's own version of dub to the public for the very first time.

on limited clear vinyl !!

Vinyl Only 180G !

Soulful house music w/an electronic edge f/ the vocals of Raneen, from a promising young talent from Bordeaux, who met PTA when they played at the legendary Bootleg Club in 2013. Upon hearing the sketches of these tracks they signed them immediately.