Techno News

After releasing their first two releases on one disc, the third release on Amsterdam imprint Working Titles is a release on its own. Label founders Scott Franka & Kaap are behind the label's third release that features two epic tracks from the Dutch pair and again finds them exploring new and exciting techno territory with their lively machine jams.

First track 'Poise I' is a deep and dubbed out techno track with deft synths slowly shapeshifting and bringing sombreness to the quickened groove. It's late night music to zone you out with sparse but rich detailing to keep your mind occupied and it gets ever-busier over the course of thirteen enthralling minutes. Then 'Poise II' is a 16 minute masterpiece that is watery and dubby. It has undulating synth currents and increasingly textured snares. Building to a peak then pulling back, with occasional freaky vocal sounds and sci-fi motifs, it is a truly cinematic piece that closes out an ambitious EP.

4 melodic & dub inlfuenced techno gems. 200 copies limited edition blue ink hand stamped white label 12"

This third disc introduces Amsterdam local 543FF, the second contribution from Taupe who brings another very warm Detroit techno groover. Label owners Jasper Wolff & Maarten Mittendorff show their love for dub techno and the talented duo D&S strike again with a broken, melodic techno trip.

Amsterdam based label Indigo aera is branching out with a new sub-label after establishing itself over the last six years. The label will now launch a new chapter called ÆX. It will put out hand stamped, various artist EPs from a mixture of befriended artists.
The main focus for ÆX is to create a place for exploration and experimentation in the genre of analogue classic sounding techno music. Every release is done by various artists and pressed in one limited run of 200 copies

In recent years Moiré has become an integral figure in re-imagining club music. The enigmatic artist has travelled a note-perfect path and in just a few years has collaborated with fundamental record labels such as R&S, Werk Discs and Rush Hour. After his second and long awaited album "No Future" (Ghostly International, 2017), Moiré's "BBOY EDITS 01" is the first signing on C.E.E. The four track EP is comprised of unreleased material designed for the dance floor and provides continuity to his much prized Neversleep series. Club Excursionista de l'Electrònica (C.E.E.) is a moral, spiritual and cultural entity founded in 1875 in Vall de Camprodon. C.E.E. includes thousands of anonymous members who are organized into subdivisions and enjoy Sunday excursions into nature to end the weekend, where the joys of nightlife give way to clean air and mountain pursuits. C.E.E. can be described as "electronica folklorists", with a select catalogue of sounds from across the continent and beyond that represent an ethnographical journey through the most modern treatments of songs and popular dances practiced in clubs and tents all over the region.

4 melodic killer techno gems. 200 copies limited edition purple ink hand stamped white label 12"200 copies, no repress. Purple ink hand stamped white label 12". The second EP on the new ÆX imprint includes 4 tracks from Mistress alumnus Daniel Jacques, production duo's D&S and Farah, and the Dutch talented Denote.Main focus for ÆX is to create a place for exploration and experimentation in the genre of analogue classic sounding techno music.

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Detroit isn't just a place. Sure, it IS a place, and those who physically live there know its triumphs and its tragedies far better than anyone else. But Detroit is also a feeling, a sound, a philosophical home for those who connect with the futuristic, dystopian sounds of Detroit techno and electro on a deep level.

Those tendrils of connection reach far and wide, bringing people from all over the world into orbit with the people and sounds of the city, connecting through the snap of a snare, the wiggly groove winding its way through the beat, the beauty in the sound of strings, the anger in a bubbling bassline.

On this label collaboration between two modern purveyors of techno and electro, Detroit Underground and Detroit Techno Militia have brought their game face and also connected Detroit with producers from elsewhere who've long been tapped into the techno and electro zeitgeist.Activating legendary techno mystery collective Scan 7 for the leadoff title track Direct Effect, they take us on a high speed chase, a desperately frenetic percussion jam crunching its way through the bass bedrock for maximum damage. DTM's T.Linder then slams down the accelerator on a brutal remix, kicking up the stomp and reversing the bass for a subtle melodic turn, while the ride cymbals cut deep enough to draw blood. Romania's Andrew Red Hand, known for his fierce electro production, does not disappoint with his remix. He drops down into the classic low slung bass and snare rhythm, letting the metallic bass bubble up like a submariner surfacing with soundsystem intact.

Rounding out with a cave dwelling minimalist stomper are extant techno legends Teste. Originally from Hamilton, now based in Berlin, Teste bring their hypnotic sensibility to a hammer beat to end the remix lineup with a bang.

Packing much sonic variety into four tracks, Direct Effect shows that Detroit's heart is still beating strong, collecting people in the path of its sound, mapping out a line between techno soldiers far and wide. It's what made the city great, and why it remains the spiritual home of techno.

The inaugural release of recently established Copenhagen-based label Petrola 80, is a fresh 12" EP produced by the danish producer and dj duo Lyra. The EP consists of three sample-based tracks, all equally different in sound and dynamics, while still contributing to the same framework. The characterizing energy and playful experiments in sound are sustained throughout the entire record, of which the three tracks vary from gritty, hard-hitting techno to obscure and evolving ambient.

Out with a bang, 'Blitz Magic' is the final release in the Jose Padilla 'Too Many Colours' campaign from International Feel. A carefully curated project, from the selection of producers working on the album (Mark Barrott, Wolf Müller, Tornado Wallace, Telephones, I:Cube and Dream 2 Science), superior productions and remixes to boot, through to the beautiful artwork. Now it draws to a beautiful close. 'Blitz Magic' a Telephones production is the perfect club track to follow the wondrous 'Lollipop'. The original of 'Blitz Magic' is a lovely balearic ride that feels the influence of the all time classic 'E2E4' or in turn 'Sueno Latino'. It has now been placed in the hands of Tambien and Deetron for remix duties. Tambien are a trio from Munich. They are the Bartellow and Public Possession pair Marvin & Valentino who have released on various labels but in recent times ESP Institute and their own Public Possession. They create that intriguing mix where intelligent meets club music such as their Jil Thunder Light Remix. Deetron is an awardwinning Swiss producer and DJ that keeps his soul in Detroit and his heart in warm techno. This sound is perfectly shown in his stripped down remix cleaning out the drums and taking it back to pure club values. As Autumn arrives it feels the perfect time to release this third single from Padilla, the last in a beautiful string of releases that for International Feel have perfectly encompassed the Balearic sound as it is now. Play loud and you'll get the benefits.

José P adilla is loved by many for his work soundtracking sunsets at the Café Del Mar and compiling the seminal Café Del Mar compilations which sold over six million copies. His fans are wide and varied, on one end of the spectrum you have Madonna or Karl Lagerfeld, and on the other DJ legends such as Harvey and Andrew Weatherall. His new album ' So Many Colours' was released on International Feel earlier this summer to great acclaim and is regarded as the most forwardthinking Balearic album of the year.
FEEDBACK
I played it loud, Tambien mix is beautifully bizarre. - Mark E
Deetron mix is magical - a organic knights of the jaguar .. - Terry Farley
Simply brilliant. Loooove both mixes. Thanks a lot - Laurent Garnier

Very limited repress of his ace re-issue of a ltd Aussie techno/house 12" from 1997. Be quick...
In 1997 Tim Jackiw emerged on the scene with his very first release on the short-lived Aussie imprint, Offworld Records. The release was limited to 500 copies and went virtually unnoticed. A few music journalists at the time of the release dubbed it as one of the greatest electronic records to come out of Australia. The A-side begins with a long deep technosoul journey. The B-side continues with more recombinant classic Detroit and Chicago sounds of the golden era. Recondite is proud to re-issue this long lost introduction to Tim's music with new sounds to come in the near future!

Label boss Matthew Oh! is back for Outlaw 005.

300 copies vinyl only!!! Hand made stamped.

Distopic Utopia Records will serve as a platform for multidisciplinary artists, DAR aka BROHN aka Brohn Smith - a DJ, producer, remixer and designer who was a former partner in No19 music - and DULUM aka Dave Roberts - a DJ, producer and mixing engineer - who alchemise all manners of experimental techno. Their productions infuse an interpretation of heavy rock inspired techno with subsonic grooves and industrial cinematic scores. After years of playing major festivals and clubs globally and more recently forward-thinking spaces in Paris and Berlin including installation experiments and runway shows, they are celebrated for their infinitely evolving and infectious style.

Phantom Limb is excited to launch its new imprint - Visitant - a new series of split 12"s acting as a meeting point between electronic producers from across the globe, specially invited to collaborate on one side each on vinyl.

Its inaugural release, VISITANT001 is the tense, powerful marriage of South Korea's Enyang Ha and Mexico's Luz González Torres aka Demian Licht, two producers crafting thrilling, boundary-pushing experimental dance music that calls equally to the head, heart and body.

From Mexico City's vibrant, heady underground dance scene - Demian Licht emerged in 2016 as an electrifying new voice in techno with the self-released debut Female Criminals vol. 1 through her own label Motus Records. A brooding, fiercely intellectual, floor-orientated call to feminist arms, the record coincided with Demian's qualification as an Ableton Certified Trainer, making her the first (and as yet only) woman in Latin America to hold such a certification. Her stark abilities as a producer - those skills that attracted Ableton - are evident throughout her Visitant side. Opening cut "Ankaa" weaves broken vocal samples through a skittering beat and quasi-industrial, abandoned-factory reverbs. It ebbs and flutters by, grabbing at the senses until the 4m30s mark, when it true dark heart is revealed, bursting into a deep 4/4 charge. It is foiled perfectly by "Heyanajo", a more subtle and deceptively creeping exploration of the same vocal samples, now reduced to a melting-machine babble. More recently Demian Licht has also collaborated with Eomac (one half of Lakker) on a crucial 12" released by Eomac on his Eotrax label last year.

Lake District producer Sierre is releasing his new EP ‘Artisan Jams’ on 14 August via Practise Music. The EP is inspired by his time as a factory worker, a job from which he was made redundant just before the Covid-19 crisis. With a mixture of fear and relief, he quickly used his free time to channel his energy into some demos that he had been working on. The rhythm section represents the monotony of his work, there are no “drops” or any real let ups, whilst the music that surrounds this is all designed to make the most out of very little, eschewing complex chord structures and melodies for a more subtle growth. ‘Artisan Jams’ opens with ‘The River’, a House track that skirts convention, ‘Captain French’ is Sierre’s take on Ghetto House, but with its edges smoothed, whilst ‘Wavefunc’ is a disco-inflected dance track. The 12” Vinyl also comes with an exclusive track, ‘Perseid’, a more experimental turn, full of white noise, ambient foley and sparse piano. Born and raised in Kendal, Cumbria, Sierre has quietly spent his free time working on his production skills, initially inspired by heavier club music, he has developed his own take on electronic music, partly inspired by the foothills of Lakeland it has taken a more playful, exploratory route. After leaving his studies in Mathematics in London a couple of years ago, Sierre returned to the Lake District to work out his next steps. During this period of reflection, alongside taking his music more seriously and working in a factory, he began to develop a keen interest in two seemingly disparate pursuits: chess and rock climbing. When looked at in more detail, the similarities between all of these disciplines reveal themselves - in rock climbing, even the smallest twist of a finger can be the difference between success and failure, whilst a single incorrect chess move can unravel a whole strategy.