Techno News

Hand-Numbered Edition of 200 black/white label, full colour folder sleeve in heavy PVC outer with download code.

Aurora Borealis is proud to unleash Orphan Swords' License To Desire Remixes' LP on limited edition vinyl on Aurora Borealis on May 15th, alongside the reissue of License To Desire'.

The sonic tangle and entheogenic orgy of the demonically inspired Asmoday' and the tranced-out Hooker', are given workovers by Helm, Icon Template, Black Rain, Prostitutes and Svengalisghost.

This is remix as rite of destruction, the tracks being disfigured rather than beautified for commodification. Awkward, uncomfortable listening rubs shoulders with pounding bass, post-techno hiss squall prevails. And then there's the superbly dirty fever-dream lope of the Black Rain remix.


Bio: Formed in 2013, Orphan Swords is a Belgian electronic duo. Their music, described as a brutal hypnosis' by Ransom Note, has been released on Desire Records, Clan Destine and Idiosyncratics. Idiosyncratic is indeed a description that perfectly fits both their releases and live performances. Recently back from the US, they have shared bills with acts as diverse as Oathbreaker, Andy Stott and Vatican Shadow.

Their new collaborative side project Black Swords with Stuart Argabright of Black Rain (Blackest Ever Black) was released on Vienna's Noiztank label. "The ten-minute Marchosias'...builds into a droning blur with surging drums, echoed, incomprehensible vocals and all sorts of sharp edges. "Asmoday" conjures its own mass of screeching, cackling distortion, but adds an icy sense of melody through a few sustained synth riffs, and fixes everything to a rolling kick. "Hooker" is the most subdued thing yet from Orphan Swords, but it's no less potent. Its steady bass thrums and light, hazy swirls of harmonized noise make for a supremely soothing comedown." - Resident Advisor

The new album of Toulouse based producer Verset Zero : a scary and tortured release with black metal influences. The original tracks are accompanied by three remixes (Blush Response, Violet Poison and Huren).

This is the first project of a series of vinyl, which aim is to explore the deep link between man and analogic machines. Every track is sampled by analogic hardware machines in order to keep the unique, distorted, boiling sound like only these instruments are able to do. This four-track release is the result of a dogged industrial groove fixed by the deepest techno side of the drum. It mesmerizes with the electric pulse of its eclectic riffs and the power of its raving sound.

* Khemia Records the new imprint from Kaos London announces its third limited edition split vinyl release:
'The Autumn Equinox Edition' featuring Volte-Face and 3.14

On the Solar Side prolific London based producer Volte-Face delivers The Otherwise Central Zone

noise opening
cathedral speeches
a bombing starting
cosmic bleeps punctuate static field
resonant reverberations
propulsive rhythms burn psychotropic tunnels
acid barb
entropic dissolution

On the Lunar side Berlin based Athenian producer 3.14 contributes Ironas

an industrial animal in the forest
ritual
alarm
destruction
seek and destroy
intense ballad of the beast
thunderbolt
mechanical scream
reflect, destroy, rebuild
nature
existence
rebirth

Mastered by Andrea Merlini
Produced by Khemia Records, London
Artwork; "The Transformation of Darkness Into Light" courtesy of Daniel Martin Diaz
Design by Jaime Gil Larios

Lucindo returns for his 2nd release on 3TH Records which he runs with Ascion and D. Carbone.
Alien Rebellion enters with atmospheric textures and strings rising from the abyss into a new world of deep tension and emotion. Once the dust has settled, we enter full out attack with industrial rhythms, ruffled percussion and acidic lazer beams. The journey continues along paths unknown, dark underlying elements of the alien attack is upon us, Insanity and anxiety enter the inner dimensions of the mind. The chase is on and battle commences as we feel the power and the energy of the sonic weaponry. As we make it through the other side we feel cosmic clouds of waveforms encapsulate us, as we make our homeward journey

Uncanny, fervid music from fire-walking rituals, recorded in the village of Agia Eleni, Serres, Greece, in 1979 (and originally released in a tiny edition by the redoubtable Editions Zero and Echomusic), alongside killer new invocations - excoriated, dread, ecstatic, driven - summoning the saints their own way.

This highly anticipated release by Los Angeles based artist, AXKAN, delivers a powerful message to the techno underground, letting everyone know this record hasn't come to this point by mistake. With powerful remixes by Luis Flores, Pinion and RolandoHödar to support, AXKAN delivers a strong statement with 'Tension', a techno masterpiece with broken industrial rhythms that is bound to shake floors, and crack the surface. He masterfully creates some true and raw emotion, with his dark, sinister and gritty sounds that is guaranteed to grab attention from the beginning. Axkan's self-confident creativity, however didn't come alone. Techno heavyweight Luis Flores provided a remix that is nothing short of spectacular. He encapsulates Axkan's raw, dark noises, and completely manipulates them into a gnarled and twisted rendition. Pinion's remix perfectly complements the release in a cohesive way to get the dance floor moving. His unique characteristics include a deadly vicious groove with glitchy vocals combined with deep melodies. Aerotek founder, RolandoHödar, had to get his hands in there, with his industrial techno breaks remix to add to this ferocious ride. With all tracks united together, this EP is rooted with serious energy and will undoubtedly tear speakers apart. It exploits experimental to traditional 4X4 percussion workouts and is definitely worth listening.

Roll the Dice are back with a new full length album, 'Born to Ruin'. The Swedish duo, consists of Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt, both established musicians in their own right.
Pardon's background producing scores for film and television is reflected in Roll The Dice's cinematic aesthetic., while Mannerfelt's acclaimed third solo album 'Controlling Body' landed in 2016 and follows on from his acclaimed work as producer for Fever Ray.
In 2013 the pair contributed to the Blanck Mass-curated score for the Belgian horror movie 'The Strange Colour ofYour Body's Tears', while last year they composed part of the score and end
credit theme for the drama series 'The Last Panthers'. The duo have performed live at Sonar,
Unsound, Primavera, ATP, Mutek, Norberg, Roskilde and Semibreve festivals as well as alongside an exclusive orchestral setting at Norrlands Opera.
Compared to the epic, sweeping compositions of the duo's earlier records, Born To Ruin is stripped to the bone - a collection of concise, sharply evocative, jazz-infused music that's more smoky
basement than orchestral hall.
Following the stately orchestral explorations of 2014's Until Silence, the music here is lithe, hollow and furious, evoking a fractured world of economic and political instability.

Perc (aka London based Ali Wells) returns with 'Bitter Music', his third album following 'Wicker & Steel' (2011) and 'The Power And The Glory' (2014). As before the album will see a release on his own Perc Trax imprint, giving Perc the complete creative control needed to realise his vision of what should be a milestone release for both himself and Perc Trax.

Originally a very inward looking album when work started on it in March 2016 the extensive political change happening in both the UK and around the world forced the album to widen its perspective. By the time the album was finished in December, it was clear that the sentiment of tracks such as 'Look What Your Love Has Done To Me' was as equally applicable to the micro-politics of person relationships as it was to concerns for the future of a country in a state of flux.

Pre-production for the album begun at Eve Studios, a residential studio just outside of Manchester, UK which specialises in collecting and restoring equipment salvaged from the sadly defunct BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The palette of sounds created during these sessions lends the album the sound of early electro-acoustic experimentation, especially evident on tracks such as 'Wax Apple'. Live instrumentation also plays a larger role on this album than on any previous Perc releases with Wells playing piano on many tracks and Ian East's flute playing featuring on 'Chatter'. The album also features a number of vocal collaborations including one with Gazelle Twin. Post-production, mixing and arranging was done at Perc's North London studio before the album was mastered by Perc Trax's regular mastering engineer Matt Colton.

Sonically the album takes in everything from strung out vocal treatments to the type of warehouse rabble rousers Perc has made his own since his very first releases. More dance floor focussed than his previous albums yet pulling from a wider range of sounds 'Bitter Music' shows a development and maturing of Wells' music that could not have been foreseen just a few years ago.

Delicately balancing the personal and the political, 'Bitter Music' stands apart from most recent techno albums as it continually pushes outwards rather than concerning itself with the microscopic refinement of already established sounds. It is an album unafraid to take chances from an artist continually looking for his next step forwards.

DJ feedback so far::

Ben Klock (Klockworks) - "The thought that counts for me 4/5"
Tommy Four Seven (47) - "I'm loving those fucked up soundscape moments. Classy album. Big up Ali!"
Dax J (EDLX) - "Whole album is fantastic!"
Logos (Different Circles) - "Raw!"
Paula Temple (R&S) - "Looking forward to playing a few of these this weekend."
Clouds (EDLX) - "Nice work Ali"
Ivan Smagghe (Blackstrobe) - "Absolutely love the more experimental tracks."
Xhin (Stroboscopic Artefacts) - "Nice one, thanks!"
2000 And One (100% Pure) - "Oh yes, superb sounds in here, thank you!"
Bas Mooy (Mord) - "Wicked! Great stuff Ali, really like it!"
Kwartz (Pole Group) - "Heavy stuff as always, love it. Thanks."
Exium (Pole Group) - "Good stuff, thanks"
Ansome (Mord /Perc Trax) - "Amazing work Ali'
Gary Beck (Bek Audio) - "Some outstanding tracks here, After Ball and Unelected in particular. Will give a good thorough listen over the weekend, thanks Ali!!"
Kriz (Token) - "Will give this some decent listening time thanks will def play 'The Thought'"
Lag (Mord) - "Loving this, especially Spit!
VSK (Power Vacumm / Planet Rhythm) - "It is just amazing, Spit and Unelected are dance floor killer, and love After Ball and Wax Apple also... Thank You very much for the Great Music!!!"
Thomas Heckmann (AFU) - "This time more into the experimental realm, but interesting and I like it"
Alex Bau (Credo) - "Strong album. Has got a clear focus but is still versatile. Really good!"
Mondkopf (In Paradisum) - "Ali's music is always a step ahead."
Kyle Geiger (Cubera / Drumcode) - " Great stuff! A true album that plays like an album instead of a collection of tracks! Gonna listen to this full through numerous times!"
Joe Farr (UX) - "Very engaging, but also banging. Lovely."
Mr Jones (Unsubscribe) - "I Have the honor the play this one for a while now, And "Look What Your Love Has Done To Me" just killed the floor every time ;-)"

Orphan Swords see the reissue of their License To Desire' LP on limited edition vinyl on Aurora Borealis on May 15th. The Belgian duo bring a heady, fog shrouded sonic maelstrom to the label, perfect for the post-truth era.

What sort of music is this What genre do we file it under Hard to say. It sounds like a record that Aurora Borealis should release. There's chaos, there's unhallowed chanting, there's some fierce rhythm and there's undeniably some abuse of electronic equipment. We'll leave the definitions up to the listener, but with titles referencing demons of Goetia and the world's oldest profession we'll let the good times roll.

Formed in 2013, Orphan Swords is a Belgian electronic duo. Their music, described as a brutal hypnosis' by Ransom Note, has been released on Desire Records, Clan Destine and Idiosyncratics. Idiosyncratic is indeed a description that perfectly fits both their releases and live performances. Recently back from the US, they have shared bills with acts as diverse as Oathbreaker, Andy Stott and Vatican Shadow.

Their new collaborative side project Black Swords with Stuart Argabright of Black Rain (Blackest Ever Black) was released on Vienna's Noiztank label. "The ten-minute Marchosias'...builds into a droning blur with surging drums, echoed, incomprehensible vocals and all sorts of sharp edges. "Asmoday" conjures its own mass of screeching, cackling distortion, but adds an icy sense of melody through a few sustained synth riffs, and fixes everything to a rolling kick. "Hooker" is the most subdued thing yet from Orphan Swords, but it's no less potent. Its steady bass thrums and light, hazy swirls of harmonized noise make for a supremely soothing comedown." - ResidentAdvisor

Ultra-rare D.I.Y minimal / synth-pop / industrial / darkwave album from 1986!

Kozmonaut was the personal project of a young & talented Canadian musician called Michael Gutierrez, who moved to San Francisco in the early 80s. Influenced by Kraftwerk and German culture / electronic music, Michael recorded the Flieg' album all by himself at his garage studio, using the pseudonym of Hans Schiller'.

1000 copies were pressed on his own label, Vier Productions Inc, but they were never distributed or sold at the time, with virtually the entire pressing being discarded, as Michael, a perfectionist, was not satisfied with the spelling mistakes on the cover, among other things. In 1989, Michael, along with Pieter Ziegelmeier, formed the famous industrial / electronic band Kode IV.

Sadly, Michael contracted AIDS and passed away in 1994. All the contents of his garage (tapes, albums, synths and recording equipment) were sold for cheap or ended up in the street.

Fast forward to 2010: An adventurous record hunter (Christian Peintner) finds a copy of the Flieg' album at a thrift shop in San Francisco. At first, he thinks it's a German album but after some investigation, he discovers the name of Michael Gutierrez which leads him to Kode IV and then to Peter Ziegelmeier. He visits Peter who tells him the real story of Michael Gutierrez aka Hans Schiller and Kozmonaut.

Flieg' is an excellent album, a crossover of a wide range of styles from early Industrial (paving the way for Michael's later sounds with Kode IV), to Synth-Pop, Experimental Electronics, ambient and Dark Wave. Michael uses the vocoder very effectively and in one of the songs, Tidal Meditation', he recorded the Golden Gate Bridge fog horn to use it as a sample.

*Original artwork with spelling mistakes corrected.

*Insert with liner notes

*Free digital download coupon.

Artik becomes the second artist involved in the COUMSC serie. Distorted crushed beats, rawness and some driving soundscapes behind this five track EP inspired on the Asimov's trilogy "Foundation".
Hand stamped and hand numbered black vinyl limited edition of 100 copies, lacquer mastering plus exclusive digital download.

In the CAST tradition, includes 4 far reaching and artist signature tracks from Axkan, Pinion, Dolgener and iFormat.

// Axkan delivers a highly experimental and punishing work for CAST. A dark environment is developed through the use of analog machines droning and screaming in the background whilst the beats tease the listener by never pushing over the edge of anticipation. Great builder to open with.

// Pinion delivers us back in time with his CAST. Classic sound, acid drenched, broken beat madness with a timeless approach. There isn't much more to say besides expect to find this tune popping up in a warehouse near you.

// Dolgener delivers a peak time floor smasher with his CAST. Relentless and unforgiving in every sense. Top notch distortion and noise atop heavy pummeling beats lead to a breakdown and build which will ensure the dance floor turns into a riot.

// iFormat delivers a dark brooding basement track for his CAST. This grungy piece contains syncopated hooks, dusty drums and stomping bass drums which create a type of hypnosis for the dance floor.

a megaphat record !!! already supported by oscar mulero, james ruskin, surgeon, jim jones, ...

Deconstructed EBM from the Nous affiliate Spoiled Drama kicks off the new Science Fiction compilation - 10 tracks of crazed machine grooves further diversifying the Science Fiction's exploration into synthetics. The opener driven simply by an obnoxiously saturated digital drum machine and a mechanical body music bass loop simultaneously hints to late 80s darkside Chicago roots with hard flanged hi-hats and a detuned string machine.

Across four bristling cuts, he is the first to represent the label's dedication to classic techno with a modernist twist. Human Image further refines Manni's flair for constructing hypnotic techno that surges with detail. The four tracks provide a vivid dip into the dancefloor, placing you firmly in front of the speakers, head first into a manic dance. With previous releases on Black Sun Records and Perc Trax, as well as support from the likes of Surgeon, himself an inspiration for the label, Manni is the perfect artist to launch Leyla into the world. From the blistering roll out of 'Symbiotic' to the hypnotic pound of 'Bring The Brave In', the swung rhythm of 'Pascal's Gambit' to the cavernous inferno of 'I Was Desire', Human Image is a reflection of the bodily pleasures of techno. It is what you'd see if you could hold a mirror up to dancing devotees at any rave worldwide. It is, like Leyla's own occult origins, both light and dark. Leyla is a brand new label dedicated to recapturing the authentic feeling of techno from a specific era while retaining a modern touch. It's a platform for the music to grow with inspiration from a wide range of styles - industrial, folk, electro. Leyla brings it all together for a new generation.

First lp release. Recorded live on 23th october 2015

3TH records is a Berlin based Techno and Electronic imprint founded in 2013 by Ascion, D. Carbone and Lucindo.

* The first vinyl of the year is the first step towards knowledge, after the last step we had moved into the darkness.
We've fallen many times and we reacted, we moved forward. For this reason the forthcoming release is called 'La Caduta Di Lucifero' ( The Fall of Lucifer) as homage to the white energy to come and the end of all evils.

* Produced by the acclaimed Codex Empire and the young, talented artist Unconscious.

* A dark and obscure texture with melodies to touch the inner places of the soul. A record designed for vinyl collectors as much as DJs

* The EP comes with a Codex Empire remix which gives the missing dance attitude to the vinyl.

* 'If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another'. Epicurius

Luciano Lamanna & Cosimo Damiano, known together as Assalti Industriali, release a split EP on Love Blast. Four tracks of heavy acid techno, an assault to the dancefloor on 4/4 to put your head into the speakers.

The 10th Modal Analysis release is the second full EP of the label's co-founder, ANFS. Mass EP demonstrates ANFS unique sound aesthetics, offering tracks to satisfy the most demanding music-heads. Mass#1 is a sadistic composition of distorted percussions and basslines hitting hard in a slow rhythmic groove , while Mass#2 stands closer to the dancefloor thinking norms, without though leaving behind any of the creepiness of Mass#1. On the flip side, Mass#3 brings back the mood of a horror movie soundtrack, with bleepy riffs on the leading sequence. Finally, Mass#4 is another rhythmic industrial composition, which connects Mass EP with the traditional eastern influences that can be found on ANFS debut release, Ground EP.

Cem Oral (jammin Unit) with Thomas Mahmoud and Gerald Mandel
Bitcrushed Noise, Experimental Beats, HipHop

For almost two decades Dave Paton has been dredging the recesses of his mind for electronic inspiration. The findings have been fantastical, freakish and formidable; all ways of describing his latest outing. "The Great Pretender" straddles electro and techno, staggers between ambient and IDM and swaggers to its own bawdy beat. Rasping rhythm patterns are rinsed in ragged roars, charcoal chords are conjured before being crunched as The Wee Djs has his fun across five tracks.

Debut release by Shredder on own label Tropical Goth. Limited to 200 copies.

Third chapter of the superb project run by Sciahri (Opal Tapes / Ilian Tape) and Emanuele Porcinai (on Contort as WSR)
Limited copies only

Third chapter of the project run by Sciahri (Opal Tapes / Ilian Tape) and Emanuele Porcinai (on Contort as WSR). UNKNOT03 features explorations of dense and warped rhythmical textures ('Strain', 'Vapor'), combined with fast-paced and propulsive pieces ('Lockt', 'Corrosion'). The sound palette remains consistent with the previous releases, where raw synthetic sequences are deployed to shape grooves and melodic lines and to ultimately create alienating artificial soundscapes.

* Inaugurating the New Magnus Opus series of limited edition vinyl EP's on Khemia Records are two dynamic producers at the vanguard of the future techno I Hate Models and Vittorio Di Mango.

* On the Solar Side I Hate Models delivers 'Cyanure Dance' an epic voyage of full emotional intensity with an insistent acid bass line, psychedelic punk wave distortion, stratospheric arpeggios and ethereal vocals courtesy of the artist himself.

* On the Lunar Side Vittorio Di Mango present 'Epilessia' aimed straight to the jugular, a peak-time dance-floor destroyer constructed with machine gun precision over crystalline snares and opiated vocal reverberations.

* Between them they form the Nigredo Edition.

ussell Haswell strikes bone on this 2-track, 20 minute follow-up to the napalm massage of 'Conceptual nO!se' for Poland's Bocian label, and his fearsome split with Pain Jerk for Editions
Mego. It also marks his return to the catalytic Diagonal imprint after the deviant blatz of his '37 Minute Workout' LP in early 2014, which was hailed at No.11 in The Quietus albums of the year so far. 'Double A' renders Russell at his slyest and most honest, presenting spasmodic, un-edited improvisations belying influence from the pivotal epoch of diamond-cut '80s freestyle, industrial and Detroit techno. Depending on your perspective, they're either splintered, tetchy DJ tools or skeletal nO!se inversions. Either way, they bristle and spark with a compulsive nervous energy and disciplined impulse control that's Haswell to the core: challenging, uncompromising and bloody crucial. On the A-side, 'Foxy' sparks manic hi-hat chatter and bruxist squall masticated with unpredictable intensity, angled and affective like a box of knock-off fireworks hoyed at the 'floor. Stand back and watch 'em scatter. On the flip, the mercurial sleight-of-hand at play in 'One Take Dub No Edit' gestures the hard-ass chops of 12' bonus beats and the show-off breakdown edits of Carlos Berrio or The Latin Rascals. A non-stop, one-shot flashback to a vital time when futurist Latin freestyle and industrial funk were the dancer's choice. The 12' vinyl is due to arrive on Diagonal around the same time as Russell's incredible collaboration with Philip Best's consumer Electronics for Dirter, all surely cementing his position as one of the world's most valued and necessary techno mutants.

Please note this is not a new studio album but a compilation of previously released Regis productions and remixes for BEB, plus three previously unreleased cuts.

Next on the cultish Editions Gravats, Low Jack slashes and burns thru a stack of choice french hardtek and dutch/ german gabber selected by his partner in crime, Jean Carval.
Dissecting and then stewing the crusty scally sound of late '90s continental Europe in its own juices, the results are cooked up into 42 minutes of oblique, pulsating savagery bound to leave bits in your teeth.
Swallowing the raver's spine whole and spitting out the marrow, Nation De La Boue is a severely warped take on an already severe sound, masticating the rotten entrails of classic Cavage and Hangars Liquids-associated acts - UHT, Saoulaterre, Yann Dub, Bambule, No Tek - and transforming them into a disfigured and contorted mind gurn laced with lysergic voices, mutated hyper-rhythms and K-holing trapdoors.
If you've never heard a 3m tall, 12m wide soundsystem play 200bpm hardcore at 7 in the morning,
you basically haven't lived. However , as that means 99% of folk are effectively just walking dead,
this tape offers scant opportunity to actually grasp life by the short and curlies, provided you have the required soundsystem and an abandoned airfield to run amok at daft O'Clock. Although your bedroom and a battered boombox with functioning tape deck will definitely suffice, too.

Rimini, Italy's Simbiosi rip out their first 12" proper on the Cosmo Rhythmatic label after leaving a wide berth since their debut 3LP shockout, Elements for Actress' Werk Discs imprint in 2015 and a subsequent appearance on Actress' DJ-Kicks mix. In a fiercely condensed session of hardcore techno thistle and knackered throbs, the Indastria EP slugs like a rusty Italian motor with a wonky cam shaft, constantly threatening to spin out of control with each gear shift but kept on course by way of backstreet-mechanic engineering
It's grim and remorselessly underground material, banking the escalating NPLGNN-style filtered noise of HRD90 at the front and cycling thru the bombed-out doom core trample of Indastria to the depressive collapse of Eve with its carmine horror pads on Side A, then spluttering out the tarry churn of Dicentra and chaotic inverted bass drum pressure of Teiwsjh to round out the B-side and leave no doubts behind their primitive intentions.

Berlin experimental techno duo These Hidden Hands recently teamed up with Lucrecia Dalt for a 12 on Hidden Hundred, These Moments Dismantled. The abstract sonic terrain plotted in the eponymous first track finds its logical conclusion on the B-side, where tension and release oscillate in a harrowing groove. The artwork, created by Jesse Draxler, adds another layer of apocalypticism to the package.
(Electronic Beats)

Shadows aka AnD remerge after their unforgettable debut on Shifted's Avian imprint in 2012. The long awaited return finds its home on Leyla Records, in the form of four diverse yet cohesive experimental cuts that take the listener on a journey through the oppressive, the rhythmic, the funky and abrasive.

Fear Of The Imagination commences with a paranoid piece of intense, evolving noise and rhythmic splattering. A spellbinding sense of woozy psychedelia entrances the listener with deconstructed drums punctuating the piece. The improvisational feel to 'Leaves In The Wind' sets the precedence for the non-conformity that flows throughout the EP.

Track two, 'What If They Are Watching You' sits somewhere between Nine Inch Nails and The Sprawl, with rhythmic intensity greeting the listener immediately at 120 BPM. Masked and ominous vocals creep in and out as metallic sound design washes over the track.

Track three 'On A Mad Train' is possibly the groups most experimental piece to date. Droned out guitars and ascending synth lines create an progressive palette that maintains masterful musicality dowsed with menace.

The closer 'Lights Out' bursts with slapping synth lines and a distorted kick which acts as the frame for the bed of noise. An ideal closer for an EP that exudes originality on a label that continues to push the boundaries.

Classic crushing industrial noise / power electronics from 1983!
A limited vinyl edition of legendary noise act RAMLEH's side of the classic split-album A Return To Slavery album, originally released in 1983 on Broken Flag. As the original record was a split, this reissue fills in the other side with Ramleh's The Hand Of Glory EP.

Poverty Is Violence kicks off 2017 with a 4 track EP written by a well known soldier of the house / techno scene, Having notched up releases on numerous go to labels, he has established himself as one of the most consistent and talented artists of the last decade.

Covariant (his pseudonym for Poverty Is Violence) takes the tougher driving elements of forward thinking techno and merges it with the house sensibilities of early Chicago and New York. He delivers 3 storming tracks that come with a killer remix from Poverty's other secret warrior of the dance, XXX.

A1 Hum, combines killer distorted synth lines with huge pounding kicks driving along at a rate of knots, and having been extensively road tested it's safe to say it kicks hard on the floor.

A2 Devils Drums is a psychedelic drum work out that sounds like it was produced by the dark lord himself. Rolling distorted hats, snares and kicks tear your face off like John Travolta on crystal meth. Proper food for the dance floor.

B1 Hum (XXX remix) XXX returns to Poverty with his killer synth antics. Waves of heaviness attack your senses like soldiers storming a beach -it's pure dance floor murder cultivated and designed to destroy the floor and your mind.

B2. Druggy Drum is a pounding melodic acid workout. A funked out backline and drugged out rolling beats keep the workout chugging whilst spacey atmospherics encompass you as the track rolls forward with an abstract, ever developing Mills-esque riff - killer stuff.

This ep is already supported by those in the know including, Delta Funktion , DJ Pete, john heckle, Bas Mooy, Ben Sims, Charlton, Shifted, 65D Mavericks, Kamikaze Space Program, James Ruskin, Simon Shreeve / Monic, Stranger, J.Tjin, Damcase, 138 and many more.

Limited to 300 hand-stamped white labels

* Comprised of Australian artists Mark Groves and David Coen, 'Go To Hell, You Bastards !' is Seeping's debut release on Resistance / Restraint. Sparse and crawling vocals layered against serrated rhythmic noise.
* Mastered by James Plotkin (KK Null/Khanate)

Deconstructed techno music. Massive sub bass drums echo as modular pistons squelch in dehumanized sufferance. Pensive visions of an industrialized planet too far gone. The third release on TEARS OF JOY (the label run by one of the members of PACIFIC HORIZONS) . Limited edition of 200.

One half of Scottish duo Clouds, Perth Drug Legend tear off a solo EP of rugged, apocalyptic bloke-techno. Stunners, all of them. Freak genius at work.
What more can be said about Clouds, young prodigies who have put out as much innovative techno in the past few years than anyone. The story takes a twist with a wealth of material being released by PDL, hot off a remix of Tiga's Bugatti and releases on Resin and Westend Communications. The sound is reminiscent of Ghost Systems Rave, but there's the feeling that things have gotten even more refined, something that smacks of a real subcultural movement.

Opener Balquhidder Ruins is a stomping gate-crasher, the tempo pulled back just enough to feel the grit of industrial funk, everything restrained to it's bare essentials. Monzievaird swings heavily around a few twinkling bleeps, sparse, chunky kicks that thunder through the greased hats. Pushing things even more into the dark corners with overdriven, haunting resonance is Clackmannanshire Crusaderz, which sounds like the soundtrack to being blacked out on the ground in a Berghain tunnel. Thisistullohnottibetpal adds a mystical, multi culti dimension with some mountain flute inexplicably soaring through the air before a bell breakdown zens things into a forceful yet tranquil climax.

If that madness weren't enough, there's a digital bonus track which is an absolute bomb if you're into lower tempos and hip hop inflected bangers.

Stunners, all of them. Freak genius at work.