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What's up
Delta Funktionen starts his own label! What Another artist starting a label Yes!
After several years of dropping 12 inches on Ann Aimee, and the well received album 'Traces' on Delsin, he felt it was the right time to launch his own imprint: Radio Matrix.

What is it about
Radio Matrix will represent the sound of Friesland and the city of Leeuwarden.
The core of the label will be based around producers from the city of Leeuwarden (The Netherlands). So far, releases have been scheduled from VC-118A, Area Forty One and of course the man himself. Next to that, EP's are lined up from guys who haven't had a release yet, but who are fuelling the local scene of Friesland for more than a decade now. But as Radio Matrix is not strictly limited to the borders of Friesland, befriended and like-minded producers will contribute as well.
As dedicated record junkies, everything will of course be pressed on vinyl. However, digital files will be made available as well, so you don't need to visit dodgy torrent sites.

How does that sound like
Drumcomputers and synthesizers. Somewhere on the borders of (classic) techno, house and electro, without sounding too retro.

Delta Funktionen with the first release on his own imprint. Four times 808 power combined with deep Moog basses. Riding a thin line between techno and house with a touch of electro.

Giorgio Gigli achieves his debut album after a personal path grown with his work on Zooloft Records. In the same way his dj sets reflect the spirit of that evolution. He explores sophisticated ambient layers as much as obsessive and hypnotic techno landscapes. The Right Place Where Not To Be' is the title of this first full-length sonic movie', a work emerging from the depth of his soul that filters, in a proper way, every musical input he developed over the years. A scenario where human and animal life-form perished and only plants and minerals survived. Giorgio performs that concept writing an ultra-detailed soundtrack, using rich textures that hide secret acoustics, nhanced by alienating atmosphere that captivate the listener. The album is focused on obsessive rhythmics cut on low frequency, a persistent motion, a stable tremor, world exclaiming its life-forms in so far as details the missing ones. Sky is darkened by dub clouds and stratified sonics that electrify space around. Blooming sensations that cover a wide spectrum, alternating feverish tension to lights of trust. Confines are dejected, techno meets ambient, throwing up an amniotic fluid which is immersed our unconscious. A sonic bubble from a faraway era, a timeless atmosphere that describes a vision that seems to answer to most important question: why Giorgio brilliantly manages the hard task of creating an album that describes in a cinematic manner a surreal concept with no loss of tension. LP is enhanced by a stylish Triple Gatefold with evocative artwork that expresses Giorgio's thoughts. A sequence of mountains dominated by clouds of a clear sky, depths of flowers, the tinged memory of a wonderful past. Photography by Marcello and Alessandro Gianvenuti was created with B/N poses from an old Hasselblad, somewhere in the Dolomites, and enhanced by watercolour-painted textures at a later stage. Whole graphical project is curated by Studio Lord Z.

Dutch producer Mohlao is next up on Shipwreck offshoot Deep Sound Channel with a four track EP that showcases his specialist dub techno style. It follows on from top releases by Albert Van Abbe and Mike Parker, and means the label starts 2015 in style. Before now the Dutchman has released on labels like Meanwhile and Other Heights, as well as working as VC-118A on Lunar Disko Records and Tabernacle. This four track EP kicks off with 'Cladistic Mutation', a sparse underwater soundtrack with only the gentlest suggestion of rhythm, lots of reverb and tiny little details that float by like micro-bacterial debris. 'M2' is a more beat driven dub track but is still way below the surface: the kicks are smooth and hunched over, the chords are smeared out in all directions and the atmosphere is lo-fi and grainy. On the flip, 'Grain' gets even more energetic, with firm techno kick drums setting a stern tempo as all sorts of aqueous details and spacious effects pepper the groove. There's a heavenly nature to the pads and an industrial texture to the percussion that makes this a cerebral but physical affair from start to finish. Lastly, 'Neurowaves' closes things down in blissfully dubbed out and horizontal fashion, with large sweeping pads, tweaked filters and evocative little details all placing you firmly under water. Just like the label name suggests, this is seriously deep, comforting and escapist music for the heads.
FEEDBACK:

Breach (Naked Naked, Aus)
LOVE this record.

Josh Wink (Ovum)
Grain and M2 for me. Heady techno! Likey!

Roman Lindau (Fachwerk)
Cladistic mutation for me!

Antigone (Indigo Aera)
Grain is great thanks a lot !

Bambounou (50Weapons, ClekClekBoom)
Dope, thank you very much

Bryan Kasenic (The Bunker NY)
Grain sounds great

AnD (Horizontal Ground, Inner Surface Music)
Lovely spaced out dub techno!

Tommy Four Seven (CLR)
Cladistic Mutation is dope

Bleak (Skudge, Delsin)
Get me trippin!

Carlos Valdes (Studio Soulrock)
Hotness!!!

GoldFFinch (Turbo, Dirty Bird)
Lovely !

Electric Indigo (indigo:inc)
Wow, cladistic mutation is really beautiful!

Danny Howells (Dig Deeper)
M2 is perfect warm up .. thanks!

Dax J (Monnom Black)
Very nice deep stuff to listen to here, thanks!

Daniel Avery (Phantasy Sound)
Really love Neurowaves

Solenoid (Graphene, Belief System)
M2 is deep

James Kumo (Metamorphic Rec)
Nice dubbed out grooves! thanks!

Clara Moto (InFiné)
Super, love M2!

Matrixxman (Dekmantel, Ghostly)
Solid dub explorations.

Laurent Garnier (Puyvert)
Another lovely release on the label

Sebastian Weiß (Groove)
DSC never disappoints!

Christereo (istanbul)
Excellent atmosphere, full support!

Stenny (Ilian Tape)
Classy and solid! M2

Mosca (Ann Aimee, Not So Much, Prime Numbers)
Cladistic Mutation for me, cheers!

James Fox / Severn Beach (Audio Culture)
Right up my street this - top tracks all round.

Dimi Angélis (A&S, ANGLS, Traut Muzik)
Deep stuff! Love it!

Artefakt (Field, Prologue)
Great work, always quality from Samuel

Jean Pierre Enfant (Les Enfants Terribles, Trouw)
This is a great EP, especially Cladistic mutation and M2 suits me. Nice deep and moody

Truncate / Audio Injection (Truncate)
These will work at the right moments thanks!

Jonas Kopp (Traut, Manzel)
Thanks.

Giles Armstrong
M2 4 Me!

Albert van Abbe (VANABBE)
Cladistic Mutation & Neurowaves are great! Big fan of Samuel! Ace!

Dense & Pika (Hypercolour)
Nice

Eric Cloutier (The Bunker NYC, TANSTAAFL)
all four of these are simply divine - which i'm not surprised by when you Know its mohlao's music. great one!!

Divided (Resin)
Cladistic mutation is niiicee

Zadig (Construct Re-Form)
Cladistic Mutation is really beautiful. Love it. Thanks

Slam (Soma Records)
Deep and moody - perfect thank you

Roland Appel
Cool dubby stuff...thx a lot..

Thaddeus Herrmann (Das Filter)
Sounding great!

Karim Sahraoui (Transmat records, MIRAKLES Music)
Cool EP

When you listen to this EP you cannot keep yourself stable. Your heart pulsates like a bat out of the hell, your blood boils for the rhythm, your soul lingers on one side to the other of the room where your body tries to check the discharge of adrenaline as it emerges.
It reminds me of a film or a video set in the years 90' where a human being, without the effect of drugs, succeeded in penetrating the depths of their own intimacy.
This EP, constructed of 3 tracks, is the antidote to the pain of the day. It's the apotheosis of the night time, it's for the people that don't ask anything else other than to live a true trip riding the boundaries of their own conscience.
These 3 tracks give you this type of emotion or maybe it's just me. Are you able to feel it Where there is a will, there is a way.
Words by Lorenzo Salmi

Atmospheric, darkness, emotional, deep and organic, Architectural returns with a very special album. A musical piece with a soundtrack essence that transport to the darker and disturbing forests. The cd edition has a second cd with a previous tracks compilation released on Architectural recs.

next rawax bomb - limited handstamped on yellow marbled vinyl!

EarToGround Records 3rd consecutive vinyl only release, once again features as a limited pressing on high quality black wax and is likely to be seen by techno purists as ready to go dj ammunition for a variety of dance floors, as each track & remix carries its own identity. Aptly titled the 'Kommand EP' after it's strikingly powerful A Side, ETG002 see's the return of resident label artists and firmly rooted crew members, 'Chris Stanford & Dax J' after their well respected debut e.p 'Programm' on ETG001. The hard-hitting rumble of Kommand, is traditionally industrial with a memorable hypnotic lead. Which during its journey falls into a misty pad of resembling a dark chamber. The 'Demented Drums remix of the title song comes from the mysterious duo 'AnD'. Hailing from Manchester in the North of England their destructive pounding distortive bass rides sweetly on it's driving broken beats, shortly after it's filtered intro, a chiming of well crafted cowbells join forces with a re-arranged version of the mind teasing lead of the original track.

3rs part of unbalance remixes comes around with peter van hoesen and roman lindau. very strong remix package!

We are back with the second vinyl edition Solid ep this time we have Istanbul's finest techno dub master and co-founder of Sublime Porte,Ismail Genc (Havantepe,Raw,Devante) he provides us with 2 original track and we have two amazing remixes from Saso Recyd and S.Eelzi .
The original tracks Solid and East are a perfect mixture for, ranging between gently moving sounds, pulsating structures, deeply touching melodies, playful minimalism, and proper dub techno ....the remixes maintained their focus on the dancefloor,every version has it's own special touch Recyd's version could be described as harmonious tech-house, creating a special mood with lots of Synths and strings..Headhoncho Elezi created a rhythmic Remix with shuffle beats melodic baseline wicked groove that will work in any peak time.

Supported by: Cassegrain, Chris Page, Cio D'Or, Claudio PRC, Deepbass, Eomac, Hector Sandoval (Exium), Ness, Samuli Kemppi, Svreca, Takaaki Itoh, Valentin Corujo (Exium), Artefakt, Edit/Select, Kwartz, Refracted, Reggy van Oers, Rraph, Subsist, Adriana Lopez, Felix Lorusso, Hector Oaks, Juho Kahilainen, Xhin, DJ Sandrien, Eric Cloutier, Invite, Johanna Knutsson, Giorgio Gigli, MTD, Nima Khak among quite a few others.

Giorgio Gigli (Zooloft) : "The whole ep is great! I'll play and chart for sure, can't wait to play the vinyl. Thanks"
Deepbass (Informa) : "So cool, all of these for me :)"
Ness (Dynamic Reflection) : "wonderful one again..."
Samuli Kemppi (Mote Evolver) : "Strong release. Ultra deep and smooth. I like!"
Svreca (Semantica) : "Another Hypnus in my collection."
Artefakt (Prologue) : "Nice selection, will play Function 303 and Wsjr for sure"
MTD (Sonntag Morgen) : "Nice release!!!"
Invite: "Nice ep. It's useful for my early sets!"

We have no info on this new artist Velvit. Limited pressing 10' Vinyl.

First release on Sun Cat Recordings / Ancient Sound From Outer Space is by Italian obscure electronic producer named Healing Force Project, that means freedom of the soul.


Inspired by space jazz and experimental techno, Antonio Marini reconnects distant horizons until the sky falls away, sonorizing the last ancient astronaut landing on Earth in five hypnotic tracks.


Mastered by Andrea Merlini and illustrated by Fernanda Veron, "Last Journey To Heliopolis EP" pictures early dawns and aching nights, combining different analog and digital elements.


A cosmic trip without return only makes sense if has no stops or boundaries.

Fifth single from the duo Altarboy. Side A: 'The marathon thing' is slow and esoteric track with a long break in which the roman producers rise and fall of bpm. The song takes you on a world reminiscent of memory lane's horror movies. The B-side 'Blackmail' is a techno bomb with references to the early 90s. Wonder Wet could not be more clear than that. The sound of this label is solid as marble.

Through dense layers of noise, brittle beats, found sounds and a general haze, Francis Harris returns to his own Scissor and Thread imprint, with the aid of frequent collaborator, and longtime friend, guitarist Gabe Hedrick, under the guise Aris Kindt. Following Harris' 2014 sophomore solo album, Minutes of Sleep,' (named Electronic Album of the Year by Mojo Magazine,) the duo's quintessential album debut, Floods,' takes as its focus, the late author W.G. Sebald's profound interpretation of Rembrandt's 1632 master work, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. Floods' is a sonic journey into the heart of the body, a bold rejuvenation of Adriaan Adriaanszoon (Aris Kindt), once a mere cadaver on a cold metal slab, now a living breathing human at the heart of a creative shift in vantage point from object to active subject. Much in the same way Rembrandt intended with the painting itself, Floods' attempts to subvert the listeners memory of a moment. Written within a span of over a year using an 808, a modular eurorack and two guitars, Floods' was mixed at Keyclub Recording Company in late August with Engineer Bill Skibbe. The album charts new territory for both Harris and Hedrick, melding a long history with electronic music and youthful love for indie noise, weaving in and out of near silence and sheering walls of sound with a gentle and constant heartbeat at its core. The dream-like murk of album opener Now Grey' sets the tone with thick pads, distant, ghostly guitar work and fragmented drums. On the title track, dubby chords set the tone, as subdued toms amble forward, with a crackling of fire nearby, as a dense sounds echo and swirl around into a climactic frenzy. Blue Sky Shoes' hypnotizes with its submerged strings and subaquatic patterning, as synths rain down like streaks breaking the surface.

Oolong atmosphere and pirate broadcast vibes collide on what Juno Plus calls "a strange borderland between ambient dub listening and functional rhythmic content." 200 copies.

The second WRLTD vinyl is from the collaboration between Wunderblock and Michael Chernev a.k.a Arcuation. The EP starts with the amazing remix from Darren Roberts a.k.a. Deepbass. It presents his unique dark hypnotic sound combined with the effective driven techno groove. Samuele Costa a.k.a. Scam. delivers the second remix, which is also dark and atmospheric with some propulsive jacking dubbed out drums. On the B-side, there are 2 remixes from Wunderblock: Mikroplexmix, with its mesmerising swirling atmosphere and punching rhythm, and more relaxing, deep and spaced-out remix with co-production of Vladimir Kochenov a.k.a. Acrob, also the member of Wunderblock crew.

Limited Clear Vinyl Pressing!
Granulart Recordings, with the first three releases, is slowly winning the recognition of Techno industry and this new release is no difference, with label owner Valentin Corujo aka Kessell and Juan Rico under his Architectural moniker.

Three of the deepest, freshest instrumentals from the imminent album — featuring the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble on the opener. Sound-wise, this is doubly lethal, as alive and present as vinyl gets: mixed by Mark Ernestus, mastered and cut at D&M, manufactured at Pallas.
In a silvered, silk-screened sleeve; a limited one-off.

Michal Wolski returns to Blank Slate to deliver another EP. Blank Slate 011 is a continuation of Wolski's signature dubby minimalist strain of techno. The Warsaw veteran's ability to summon
thick hypnotic ambience makes his compositions instantly recognizable. Wolski's patience and subtlety summons a nuanced version of power. The EP begins with Midnight Train, which was released originally on cassette on Wolski's own
label Minicromusic. An airy mystique evolves into a melodic bliss, garnished with ride cymbals that seem to rain down from the sky. Magnitude is a return to Woslki's proclivity for the psychodramatic. Broken percussion lays the foundation for a journey into the expansiveness of space. Sporadic harmonic jabs and eerie vapors bubble up from the earth itself. No Mind
summons the power and density of an engine. Built on a foundation of chugging percussion, it commands a mirage of mechanical layers which ow in and out of focus. The EP closes with Eightfold Path; a hypnotic drum line propels the track through an atmosphere lush with the tension of pressurized air. Thunderous stabs roll in from afar until they're right overhead —
claps and groans provide only momentary relief from the storm.

·180g vinyl
·Edition of 300 with silk-screened sleeve

Hanfry Martinez & Javier Carballo present Overall Music Limited Series (Vinyl Only). For the first release OVLLMLTD001,label owners get together with their good friend HECTOR to bring us The Daggers Track.A trip threw the lower,dark hipnotic House,taking us back to the golden days of this sound during the first years of the decade of 2000,reminding us of the works of legends like Peace Division or Terry Francis.This release is completed with 2 remixes,the first of Rumanian duet Livio & Robi aproaching a Detroit sound in focus,where the chords and a strong bassline are the remix's leading rol,techno for the tough minds.Guti is the chosen for the second version of The Daggers,a mix of techno & house deepnes where Guti plays with the original sounds, adding percusive elements,pads and distorted voices,giving the track some tension and mysticism.

One of the most underground Dub techno producers around. He started producing around 1997 and he released a number of EP's on legendary labels such as Thule Records and sublabels, Mosaic and two full length albums and two ep's on Force Inc. Arnvidur can create refined stripped down Dub techno. Every so called "underground" DJ must have at least one Exos record.

"This record is dedicated to my good friend Oskar Logason who left us to soon"

The new bomb on Echocord Colour comes from Brendon Moeller. Brendon already did releases on Echocord and Echocord Colour before, also on his monikers Echologist and Beat Pharmacy.
Words from the artist:Much in line with the label aesthetic, I set out with these trax to explore the dubbier hypnotic side of techno music. My goal was to present 3 trax that could be played at different times of the evening because there's nothing like giving a DJ who has to carry a bag of vinyl around the world a record where each track can be played in one night! of course, the question remains, are you a DJ that wants to play 3 trax like
this if yes, buy this now.

New on the Delsin X-Series is My Home is Sonic, a standout techno, dub and minimal album originally released in 2001 by Icelandic producer Arnvidur Snorrason aka Exos on AE Recordings. Exos is the son of dub techno producer Octal and released three albums in his career, as well as a swathe of fine EPs on labels like Thule, Mosaic, Slow to Speak and has recently being picked up by Nina Kraviz. His ability to build great atmospheres and heady soundscapes was unrivalled, and though they bottle up influences, they are always fresh, wintry and compelling. Few have done minimal dub techno better before or since this masterpiece album, so it's right that 2015 sees it revisited by fans old and new alike.

Part 2 of this very special series by SWAYZAK. After the magnificent success of Part 1 Swayzaks David Brown is back with another 2 tracker which shows why he is still the brilliant master craftman of pure deepness and previously unattainable quality.

2 Tunes with more than 25 minutes playtime.
Inside out cut. RARE.
180 gramm vinyl.
Shrink-wraped.
All songs are written and produced by David Brown.

Return of the Swayzak label. Richard Davis 'The Blue', Ben Vedren 'In' and Blufarm 'Not Poor'

If you venture out of your own way and endlessly walk between Deep and Techno then maybe, at the crossroads with a cinematic landscape filled with emotions, you will find Swap White Ltd....

The first vinyl release on Abandoned Audio, the new sub-label from 31337 Records, Ezekiel Honig's 'A Film of String & Wood' continues his form of refracted, geographically oriented, electroacoustics. Sitting in a background of field recordings and incidental real-world objects, textured piano and horns act as cement for chunky, yet subdued rhythms that fall over themselves and snap back into place. Warm, looming tonal progressions remain incredibly intimate and focused while retaining an expansiveness of space, a perfect metaphor for Honig's music on the whole - personal and specific while intersecting with something more universal.

Throughout its five tracks, 'A Film of String & Wood' stretches and pulls its melodies, weaving them through each blocky snare, each bassy kick drum phrase, with a heart and mind that hearkens to a different time, memory-tinged with a nostalgia for a moment that is yet to pass. Pressed on sturdy 180 gram vinyl and featuring artwork/design by Ezekiel Honig.

DJ support so far from key players including: Murf (Subterrain), Russ Gabriel (Ferox).
Following the first 2 sell out releases, the mysterious Silver Ash returns with Tallow, the 3rd in a series of super limited 10" vinyl, handstamped, and lovingly mastered with a superb warm tape qualities. The original mix carries beautifully structured shuffling beats, and a wall of stunning reverbed stabs, dubby chords and cut through bass. Fellow dub techno producers, hailing from Australia, The Echo Inspectors provide a deeper reshape, soaked in warm dub soundscapes!

Little Hill goes dark!

A mysterious artist on the hill for this release named Vasco serving us, on Roman label, an ep with deep and glacial techno sounds; the two original tracks take us to the universe of the artist, cold and dark.

On other side the first remix is produced by Agazzi and follow the musicline of the originals so pulling out a paranoid march, other remix on bside is made by Valent and it's a peaktime modern techno percussive device.

Mastered by Rashad Backer at Dubplates&Mastering

Photo made by Valerio Gorga

Obsession Recordings presents their second release - a killer split EP between Primitive World and Yør.

Primitive World's 'Purple Caps' opens proceedings - a PCP laced exercise in paranoia, a jerking filtered loop oscilates around a thumping kick and intermittent percussive bursts, while looming minor chords offer the only brief respite from the heavily swung and distorted bassline. 'Tides Of Lust'' 's protean techno ups the urgency with the phantom punch of its caustic toms, skittering percussion and low-res tones that ride the steady pulse of the 808 subs.

'Rites Of Passage Pts. 1& 2' see Yør delivering steady neo-equatorial rhythms - pt1. finds A constant throbbing bass and ritualistic percussion cut through w/ suggestive whispers and breaths that weave throughout as the track vibrates with intensity, capped off by a restrained acid line and rolling snares. Pt 2. rounds out the package with a cut both jacking and haunting in equal measure - just below the surface of the rolling 909 and post-detroit chords, are the rogue cry of the abstracted re rendered voices and whistling that swim through its duration.

Third chapter of the "all in all" album project.

Deadbeat presents the second vinyl only release leading up to his forth coming album, Walls and Dimensions. While the first installment featured a lucious extended ambient drone piece over 2 sides, part 2 features extended dubs of 2 of the albums dance floor cuts filled to the brim with the space age dub effects, mournful melodies and rumbling bass lines Deadbeat fans have come to expect.

Another exciting indication of things to come with the soon to be released 10th Deadbeat album.

After "Trawler Crossing" in 2013, CVBox teams up with long time companion and musical soul mate Micha Freier for his next record. "Transparency" is CVBox through and through with long meandering bass lines and spacey synth climaxes. Techno jams that you can dance to with closed eyes. The first track "Blinking Lights" rides on a warm bass line, which is accompanied by perky synth swirls before a subtle but ultra effective snare comes in halfway through. "Bad Gate Way" is less straightforward but with its stuttering beats and spooky pads it recalls a time when Techno was all about trying out new things and creating ambiances that you can literally dive into. "Playwatch" comes with delay-driven synths and grasping rhythms and builds up to a majestic Techno track that is heavy on the dance floor. Finally, "XOXO" lurks around at first before it gets you with irresistible pads that bring things to a peaceful end. This is machine music with soul. The cover artwork was created by photographer Felix Adler from Leipzig.

Shadowy duo 'Arcing Seas' take the helm for the 8th release on Sigha's Our Circula Sound imprint. Loopy disjointed rhythms and thundering bottom end call to mind the label's earlier output. Full support from the OCS / Avian camp...

Limited White Vinyl Pressing!

Colour Vinyl!
The A-side, Spiral 7, is a pensive, evolving slow motion deep techno voyage across rolling waves of exhausted dancers while on the flip side Spiral 4 dives beneath the surface with broken submarine bleeps and acoustic depth charges before Spiral 3 finally drops anchor into a bottomless ocean of downbeat pulses.

Debut release from the Melbourne, Australia musician.