Trance News

Italian club culture pioneer Beppe Loda, has played more parties and mixed more genres than Jesus (according to Vice Magazine) and his contribution to dance music cannot be underestimated (thanks DJ Harvey). He refined his unique sound and skills, during his long residency at the mythical Typhoon club in Italy from 1980-1987, hypnotising thousands of dancers every week and recording some of the greatest mixtapes ever made (thanks Vice Magazine again!).

New Berlin Based label Protofuture, with its “Typhoon Tapes” series, decided to bring back to life, some of this these mixtapes. probably Focussing on the lesser-known and not non on Youtube'd (yet) between tapes from more than 200 available that were recorded, with the goal being to expose showcase them as, what we consider to be, an important reference heritage, for the present and the future generations of deejays, diggers and music lovers.

“The Experimental Music Program 01/94 was recorded around may '94 at the Sound Music Room club in the north of Italy. Which was the club opened by the same owner of Typhoon, after the that legendary club closed in 1987. It is a very little-known or heard tape, a mix of space rock, trip-hop, break beats and trance, that didn’t see the light, except for less then 100 copies dealt passed between a small circle of clubbers in the north of Italy at the time.”

**We have dug the original covers from 1994 and all the original stamps from the Typhoon era, also a good dose splash of leftover ink, that has been used to stamp all the tapes, from the 80’s till until this release. **So that means that it comes with the original cassette cover from 1994, hand-stamped using the original stamp and the ink from the Typhoon era.......authentic!

Schvitz Edits returns for its third release with two of the most sought after edits of the last year. Having hit the jackpot with contributions from his friends on 002, Nathan Micay returns to provide the heat with two smashers that have been lighting it up in mixes and sets from OR:LA, Roi Perez and many others.

On Side-A we get an unexpectedly heavy spin on ‘Koi Jaye To Le Aaye’ from the film Ghatak. Side-B finally sees the release of Micay’s tranced out take on cult outfit Cam Am Des Puig. After an appearance in Avalon Emerson’s BBC R1 Essential Mix last year, this is finally available for everyone. Act fast as always. No re-press.

To celebrate the third release, 100% of proceeds will be going to the Humsafar Trust, India’s largest LGTBQ advocacy organization!

Redimension welcomes newcomers Richey V & Simone Zino to the label with an exclusive collaboration from the young Italian duo.

Hailing from Milan, the pair cut their teeth performing regularly at the cities best known techno clubs and events, leading to Simone gaining a spot as resident DJ at famed Italian venue Bolgia, and Richey launching his own weekly techno event, VOID. With further support on their releases from well-known DJs such as Joseph Capriati, Tale Of Us and Adam Beyer, they have built a strong and growing fan base.

“Hysteria” is the first collaborative EP to come from the couple, and it does not disappoint. The eponymous track creates tension with a stripped back groove, and uses hypnotic synths and an arpeggiated lead synth to generate an extra wave of intensity, resulting in a brutal workout, worthy of its namesake.

Track two, simply titled “Action” lifts the Ep’s energy even further. With a sinister lead vocal throughout, the hard-hitting drums and warning sirens give a taste of what’s to come.

Next up, “Rave On” is a nonstop workout that takes the EP deeper using unique vocal chants, and a buzzing lead synth. Keeping the spirit of the rave alive, “Rave On” is a throwback to the origins of techno, and is set to damage dance floors from warehouse raves to intimate clubs.

The fourth track on the EP, “Empire” uses a thick and driving bassline, and the accompanying melodic synths to create moments of euphoria. The driving techno track is relentless in its dramatic suspense, and leaves the Dancefloor wanting more.

Last up is the EP’s digital exclusive. “Meteora” is an epic slice of melodic techno, using snare rolls and swelling synth pulses to create waves of sonic energy, the track is a welcome finale to the EP and rounds of a truly unique and powerful EP from the young Italians.

Reissue of this rave classic - Indians & Aliens and Great Spirit - 2 tracks packed with tribal rhythms, breaks and acid lines by West Coast pioneers DJ Trance & Darwin Chamber.
Straight from the DATS, remastered by Alden Tyrell and cut at The Exchange London, what else could you ask for 2 fire remixes by D. Tiffany & Roza Terenzi, you say

Reissue Des Trance-klassikers "the Milky Way" (1994, F Communications) Von Aurora Borealis, Dem Trance-projekt Des Französischen Produzenten Shazz, Der Damit Eine Längere Reissue-reihe Auf Dem Neuen Label Shazzer Project Startet. Dazu Giobt Es Einen Neuen Remix Von Humantronic. Limitierte Auflage.

A strong desire to propel music into the next sonic century leads Ae:ther, gifting us with the futuristic 'Stardancer' on Crosstown Rebels.

The EP opens with Stardancer - an emotive and deeply mesmeric track that weaves together a twinkling and trance-like rhythm with a driving techno beat. On the flip, Ultravox builds with intensity, creating a cinematic ambience, balancing ethereal synths with a pounding beat.

Ae:ther has been an explorer of sound for many years. His study of sound design whilst living in Milan, enables him to add an extra layer of depth to his productions - experimental and ambient, yet still able to entice dancers to the floor. He's had music signed to Tale Of Us' Afterlife imprint and his productions have attracted the attention of Damian Lazarus who commissioned him to remix his single All I Need with the Ancient Moons. Lazarus has also signed Ae:ther's debut album. 2019 is shaping up to be a big year for the Berlin-based producer with a new release on Afterlife in the pipeline as well as plans to unveil his spectacular live-show to the world.

With 2018 marking a quarter of a century for Positiva being at the summit of the dance industry, the label have enlisted the work of both Paul Morrell, and Latroit, to sprinkle modern magic on the timeless record.


British producer and XXL resident DJ Paul Morrell laces his own mix with euphoric, high-tempo chords and a floorfilling breakdown, a stark contrast to the deeper, gritty interpretation offered by 2018 Grammy Award winning American producer and composer, Latroit, who added:

'As The Rush Comes' was obviously one of the stand-out tracks of the decade, and it was amazing to get my hands on that vocal. I've also known Dave Dresden (one third of Motorcycle) for years before this came out and it was great to reconnect and finally work with him creatively after all this time.'

Jumanjí is the joint persona of RAMZi and Priori. This eponymous album is a deep adventure in Houti Kindom, featuring a cast of colorful characters practicing interspecific altruism in communion with the invisible world. All songs written and produced by Francis Latreille and Phoebé Guillemot at Jump Source Studios in Montreal, Canada.

For that new split EP, we welcome two producers who like to surpass the usual frames of electronic music's styles. Melancholic jungle, gloomy electro, slo-mo hardcore, revolutionary trance, emphatic breakbeat... AAAA and Soul Edifice invite you to a direct trip from Mexico to Paris - welcome on board !

NTS mainstay Kasra V joins Firehouse Records with a sublime 6 track EP. Featuring a remix from Mike Servito and Justin Cudmore, and a collaboration with Dopplereffekt's Rudolf Klorzeiger and To Nhan.

'I've always admired Dopplereffekt's work, which is monumental to techno, so to have them on board for a collaboration is immense. I like to think of this EP as new millennium post proto trance/IDM.'- Kasra V

A common thread weaves through Kasra's thoughtful Akasa EP, each track adding an extra element to the journey. The EP opens up with the collaboration with Motor City group Dopplereffekt. Atropa Belladonna is a beatless beauty that flows effortlessly into the breakbeat rhythm of Bloom. Akasa follows with its dreamy synths. On the flipside Otaku delves delicately into IDM territory and Inferno finishes off the EP with its techno leanings, glitchy bleeps and blips that spill into lilting synths. Servito and Cudmore provide their own take on Bloom, stripping it back and creating an intergalactic track with a deeper bassline.
Iranian-born London-based producer Kasra V has been steadily rising through the ranks. His show on London station NTS and his DJ sets showcase his broad musical taste and his ability to seamlessly blend genres- from old school beats to middle-eastern grooves to acid and trance and beyond. His productions are equally diverse, releasing on Make Love In Public Spaces and Feelings.

Second Release for La Chinerie's Comic Sans imprint. For this one we invited two brothers Antoine & Matthieu for a split work dedicated to the famous Tekken game.

First side is Antoine's which only ability at the game was to spam his opponent with the now very famous "dragon kick" technique

Second side is Matthieu's (aka $turmtruppen 1917) who has always been fascinated by Yoshimitsu's hability to commit suicide during a fight.

It gives me the greatest honour to finally be able to announce the release of this amazing triple vinyl masterpiece by log(m) and Laraaji on Invisible, Inc.

It's been over a decade since Laraaji first joined forces with log(m) in their Canadian studio in early 2007. In those ten years the trio recorded many hours of music. Over time these recordings, beginning essentially as live jams, were polished, dissected, processed, re-arranged and then finely and painstakingly distilled down to the 105 minutes of music that now form this album, which finally reached completion just earlier this year. The wait has been more than worth it.

The Onrush Of Eternity is a melding of minds like no other. Ever the pioneer of experimental ambience, Laraaji's signature hammered dulcimer, zither, mbira, auto harp, sruthi drone box and of course his exceedingly positive vibes are here combined with log(m)'s unique vision of gronky hi-tech psychedelic space dub. The resultant voyage into deeply meditative ambience and trance-inducing dub is as unexpected an outcome as it is a bona fide "Eureka" moment. It sounds neither like log(m) OR Laraaji....but of course like both. It is one of those rare collaborations that is, without a doubt, even greater than the sum of its already great parts.

Log(m) started making waves in the early '90s as Legion Of Green Men with their visually striking 12"s, complete with eternal opuscules (locked grooves) and mathematically inspired titles, all lovingly issued on their own Post Contemporary imprint. These deservedly got the attention of Richie Hawtin who promptly asked the duo for an album on his own classic Plus 8 Records. 20+ years later and the music (much like their name) has morphed into something more sophisticated: even more complex, atmospheric and deeper than ever.

Laraaji's reputation of course precedes him: he first came to wider attention when Brian Eno released his "Day Of Radiance" as part 3 of his Ambient Series in 1980. Since then, Laraaji has released over 40 albums, yet his stellar path seems still to be on the ascendant - a recent landmark being the 2017 "Sun" series of albums for the wonderful All Saints' Records.

This unique triple LP in tri-fold sleeve is limited to 200 copies on coloured vinyl and 300 copies on black vinyl featuring ten of log(m)'s signature eternal opuscules and cryptic engravings on all three discs.

Jacques Greene kehrt mit seiner ersten offiziellen Musik seit seinem Debütalbum "Feel Infinite" (2017) zurück - eine Platte, die mit zahlreichen Auszeichnungen und Nachahmungen den Zeitgeist eingefangen hat. "Fever/Focus" ist eine brandneue 6-Track-EP, aufgeteilt auf zwei 12" Vinyle, die seine bisher beste Musik enthält: eine Fusion aus analogem und digitalem House und Techno mit einer verstärkten melodischen Sensibilität. Auf der Lead-Single 'Avatar Beach' hören wir schimmernden gebrochenen Trance und das frühe Tech-House der späten 90er Jahre gestreckt und zurückgedreht in eine brandneue Electronica.

Jacques Greene kehrt mit seiner ersten offiziellen Musik seit seinem Debütalbum "Feel Infinite" (2017) zurück - eine Platte, die mit zahlreichen Auszeichnungen und Nachahmungen den Zeitgeist eingefangen hat. "Fever/Focus" ist eine brandneue 6-Track-EP, aufgeteilt auf zwei 12" Vinyle, die seine bisher beste Musik enthält: eine Fusion aus analogem und digitalem House und Techno mit einer verstärkten melodischen Sensibilität. Auf der Lead-Single 'Avatar Beach' hören wir schimmernden gebrochenen Trance und das frühe Tech-House der späten 90er Jahre gestreckt und zurückgedreht in eine brandneue Electronica.

Taking on a true trance classic and a personal favorite of his, Len Faki takes us back to the golden era of big melodies and early raves, sharing two very distinct interpretations of Firedance by Odyssee of Noises, the prolific production outfit helmed by Ralf Hildenbeutel. Originally released in 1994 on legendary label Eye Q, this track marked a special period for Faki, when he was fully immersing himself into the scene, and accompanied him through his most formative times as a dancer and a becoming DJ.Brimming with the iconic elation of those nights, side A keeps with the emotive theme of the original's Sunrise version, tweeking only slightly to cater for the needs of these days' dancers. Re-shaping the classic to match modern productions for it to be mixed with current bangers, Faki packs the tune's anthemic appeal into a propulsive ride down memory lane...

The Lyon imprint Hard Fist strikes again with the collaborative Princes of Abzu EP, federating producers hailing from multiple horizons.

Although they may belong to different geographical spaces (London, Moscow, Amman, Tokyo, Paris...), the artists gathered in the EP share a common love for middle-eastern sounds and their transcendantal powers, which they mix with cosmic industrial beats, creating mystical imaginary landscapes, as if beduins were organising a pagan rave in a Düsseldorf factory. In addition with the producers, many musicians took part in this project, like for instance Mejwez's player Abu Sayah and Hervé Carvalho from Acid Arab who play in Semsemeh.

A hedonist move, caring more about vibes and feelings than borders and nationalities. Referring to a mythological source that is the sea to every river, Princes of Abzu is a drop in a global culture expanding its currents to infinity.

The opening track Place du Pont made by the two label heads Cornelius Doctor and Tushen Raï is built on a heavy hypnotic / electro bassline heightened with voices samples & oriental Oud sounds giving it a trippy flavor.

Halay is the fruit of a collaboration between Parisians Ko-Shi-Moon and Moscovites Simple Symmetry. The track (remixed by Cornelius Doctor) tells the tale of the Halay dancers reveling in circle, exhilarated by an industrial groove while strange synthetic voices whisper.

In the middle of the EP, J.A.K.A.M releases the tension and brings a meditative note. Jazzy yet exhilarating, Tribes sounds like a road trip in the desert while the sun is rising.

Producer and percussionist Shadi Khries is also inspired by the desert, one place in particular : Wadi Rum, in his home country Jordan. He mixes traditional instruments like semsemeh (which gives its name to the track) bouzouki and oud, with electronic acid textures that makes it perfect for the club.

Finally, Timothy Clerkin's track is a meeting of two his favourite worlds : guitar-based psychedelic music & dark, mechanical acid - all covered with a film of Eastern smoke, hypnotized by the tablas running relentlessly. Listening to the track is supposed to feel a bit like you're trying to wade through drying cement, somewhere in a dystopian future, industrial factory in the Middle East, obviously.

Vocal trance
Yes.
But probably not as you would imagine.
Here is Friday Dunard from Cologne.

Reworkings of classic tracks just wouldn't be the same without an accompanying vinyl release.
On this 12" we've selected three sublime cuts to fill out the grooves and deliver the ultimate listening experience.

Side A features Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth (Charlotte de Witte Remix) which offers a raid on the senses thanks to Charlotte's contemporary take. Expect sizzling melodies and a driving Techno groove. Side B1 holds Lefto's remix of Thunderball - Bonzai Channel One which dishes out a pumping tech fuelled vibe full of scathing synths and that iconic vocal we all know and love, one for the big events here. B2 features probably the most unique of all the reworkings. Stuff gives us their Bonzai Tribute Mix which is a sublime mash-up between Blue Alphabet - Cybertrance and Cherrymoon Trax - The House Of House. Mostly done with live instruments, this quintet have certainly captured the essence of those early tracks.
A seminal track that personifies Bonzai's stance in the electronic music world.

A melt of techno trance/transcore and Psychedelic Tribe...

5LP BOXSET, LIMITED NUMBERED! EAN: 0602567004530

All the classics from this legendary Belgian label combined on this Limited 5LP boxset! A one time offer!!!!

After 20 years of onset record of Robert Miles Self and Smilax Publishing have no exclusive for the World "Dreamland" in a special double LP "Deluxe Edition" which includes the most successful singles like CHILDREN, FABLE, ANE AND ONE and FREEDOM with the old so-called "Dreamland" in homage. unique debut album that holds the record as the most Italian dance 'album sold in the World of all time, but also as a representative of the only Italian manufacturer to have won the prestigious British award !!!!!!

A touch over two years since his last Rielism mix-comp hit, Sied van Riel returns with a trackpacked fourth edition in his esteemed series. Expanding the program, 'Rielism 4' has grown for the first time to include a third disc/mix. Featuring 55 of the latest and greatest from the trance underground, it includes tracks and mixes from many a known-name: Richard Durand, Misja Helsloot, Midway, Cold Blue, Robert Nickson, Arctic Moon among them. Also on board are the latest blazers to emerge from Sied's own studio (including fresh takes on some of his classics), alongside a wealth of forthcomings from his Rielism Recordings imprint.

Absolutely rare & massive RAVE masterpiece produced in 1993 by the legendary Bad Kreuznach-based producer Martin Damm, better known to all Hardcore headz as The Speed Freak, Necronomicon, DJ Fistfuck or Wendy Milan as well as to followers of electronic music in general as Anodyne, Biochip C, Phase IV and millions of others pseudonyms.

With these four tracks on pink vinyl he explores the realms of massive early 90s Rave Techno and Oldskool Breakbeats whilst offering anthemic, tongue-in-cheek sample madness. RAVE alert and XTC!

Hardwell's Revealed Vol. 6 on 180 gram vinyl! 2 LP's - mixed!

New DJ SELECTION 2CD edition incl. 20 new hits such as ARMIN VAN BUUREN vs VINI VICI, MARTIN SOLVEIG, DAVID GUETTA & CEDRIC GERVAIS & CHRIS WILLIS, BASTILLE , LP, and many more..... !!!!

ZZA CD3-13 | Aurora - Ordinary World
[ZZB] CD3-14 | Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes
[ZZC] CD3-15 | Sasha - Xpander
[ZZD] CD3-16 | Reflekt Feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved
[ZZE] CD3-17 | 4 Strings - (Take Me Away) Into The Night
[ZZF] CD3-18 | Lange Feat. Skye - Drifting Away
[ZZG] CD3-19 | Above & Beyond Presents OceanLab - Satellite
[ZZH] CD3-20 | Ayla - Ayla (DJ Taucher Radio Edit)

After 20 years recording the onset of Robert Miles Self and Smilax Publishing have no exclusive to the World the original reissue of "Dreamland" which includes the most successful singles like CHILDREN, FABLE, ANE AND ONE. Unique debut album that holds the record as the most Italian dance 'album sold in the World of all time, but also as a representative of the only Italian manufacturer to have won the prestigious British award !!!!!!

Few people in the world of Electronic Music have been around for as long as Chicane has been, and even fewer hit the studio with such tireless dedication and diligence. The result of this has been laid out in front of us year after year as his full-fledged Trance classics remained Trance's top picks and fresh cuts from the British DJ and producer kept working their magic time and time again. But he is not done yet! Bundling his best works of the last twenty years with mint tune 'Dandelion' and a few fresh, eye-popping remixes in a two-disc marvel, Chicane proves once again that he remains a Trance legend on top of his game. Enabling you to explore every inch of his legacy through a selection of his finest originals and remixes from the likes of Thomas Datt, Jody Wisternoff, Philip George, Grum, Kryder and more, 'Twenty' is what's sure to get you clued up on all that Chicane is about. Don't you think for a second that this is where his journey ends, though.The story of Chicane hasn't even began to truly unfold itself. How 'bout twenty more years, huh

When faced with the decision to take a different direction at the risk of getting lost in a synthetic sound or to further explore the same musical path, Vaudou Game didn't need to consult the oracle for very long when putting together their new album. Since their first acclaimed album, Apiafo and its irresistible single "Pas Contente", these Lyon natives never turned down the heat on over 130 stages across Europe, Africa, America and Asia. Peter Solo has displayed his amulets, charisma and yellow pants around the globe.

When time came for them to harness their Afro-Funk sound for the second time, they turned their attention once again to their analog strengths. Vintage material, instruments produced in the 70's and cassette tapes were the "grigris" (or lucky charms) which proved most effective to ward off digital corruption of their music and return them to a tight-knit group with a solid groove.

This unbeatable trance rhythm, inherited from James Brown and Fela, icons of Funk and Afrobeat, becomes trident when joined by Mawu, the creative voodoo divinity hidden in each of the group's notes. This inspiration transcends their spirit of communion, plunges them deeply into Mother Earth and results in the telepathic trance which is directly connected to Togo Peter's native Togo.

Each song then becomes a celebration where the listener becomes the group's voodoo doll, embraced by the rhythm, submitting itself to the mercilessly metronomic cutting of guitars, struck by the copper-colored flashes of lightning forged by the African voodoo deity Hevioso, pierced by the psychedelic visions generated by the organs and a six-string guitar, cheerful songs, and hypnotic incantations.

KIDAYU means "sharing" in Kabye, the language spoken in northern Togo. Sharing, is the philosophy of Vaudou Game - both in their recorded music and on stage.

"Vintage African funk tinged with voodoo chanting: Togolese Peter Solo and his fellow musicians from Lyon electrify us in a frenzied ceremony" - Télérama

Trance Session mit den heißesten und größten Trance Hymnen, die das Genre
zu bieten hat. 2 CDs mit insgesamt 30 Stücken!!!
Darf man sich als Trance Fan nicht entgehen lassen!


AUSZUG TRACKLIST
DJ DAG & MATTHEW KRAMER - FOLLOW ME (Club Mix)
MASON - EXCEEDER (Corderoy Remix)
ANDY DUGUID & JAREN - BATTLECRY (Original Mix)
DASH BERLIN & 3LAU FEAT. BRIGH - SOMEHOW (Club Mix)
DENNIS SHEPERD & SYLVIA TOSUN - WE ARE (Extended Version)
GABRIEL & DRESDEN - NEW GROUND (Original Mix)
ROGER SHAH PRESENTS SUNLOUNGE - GLITTER AND GOLD (Roger Shah Rework)
YORK WITH MOHAMED BAHI - MAARIF 71 (Extended Version)
ELECTRICA - BLACKLIGHT (DJ Vega vs. The Gathering Remix)
DAVID GRAVELL - KAIJU (Original Mix)
SLAZY FEAT. J-SUN - ENEMY (AXEL F) (Mason Tyler Remix)
VAN SNYDER - YOU (Enyo & Mario Ayuda Remix)
KYAU & ALBERT - RELEVANT ANGEL (Original Mix)
SHAOLIN MASTER - IMAGINATION (DJ Madwave's Progressive Mix)
PAULINA GRIFFITH & THE STEREO - IT'S NOT THE SAME (David Noakes Remix)
ADRIMA MEETS VINYLSHAKERZ - IN MY DREAMS (Adrima Mix)
SHOGUN FEAT. ADARA - DRAGON (Original Mix)
PAWEL MELLER - SAGURO (Original Mix)

Trance-Experten wissen Bescheid, was sie erwartet. Für alle, die jetzt nicht so
recht verstehen, was das soll:
Uplifting Trance (gelegentlich auch Anthem Trance oder Epic Trance genannt)
ist ein Sub-Genre der Trance Musik, dass sich durch seinen hymnenhaften
Charakter und durch das höhere Tempo, das bei ca. 138 bpm liegt,
auszeichnet.
Trance - The Uplifting Sessions - treibende Beats, epische Melodien, der
perfekte Sound um sich darin zu verlieren!

14 Jahre nach dem ersten Monstermix und pünktlich zu seinem 30-jährigen DJ-Jubiläum, haucht der
Berliner DJ, Produzent und Labelbetreiber Dr. Motte dem Projekt wieder neues Leben ein:
Dr. Motte Monster Mix Vol.2
Bekannt für seine Ideen, lud der Loveparade-Erfinder dafür alte Hasen, junge wilde DJ-Kollegen und
Produzentenfreunde ein.
Heraus kam eine facettenreiche Sammlung von 24 Tracks wohlbekannter Namen der internationalen
elektronischen Musikszene.
Funkiger Techno aus den USA von Octave One, AUX 88 und DJ Rush. Techno aus Frankreich mit
The Hacker. Holland ist mit Secret Cinema und Miss Djax vertreten, für Japan ist Ken Ishii dabei.
Acid ist ein Muss und so kommen Robert Babicz, Hardfloor, sowie Jam & Motte hinzu.
Berliner Sound mit spanischem Akzent steuerten Monika Kruse meets Pig&Dan bei. Weitere
Hauptstadtjünger: Joachim Spieth, DJ Emerson und Daniel Boon.
Getreu dem Motto - remember the roots wird auch die Berlin-Frankfurt-Connection weitergeführt,
mit Gabriel Le Mar und Thomas P Heckmann sowie Eric Sneo und Sven Schaller.
Eine erstklassige Compilation aus dem Techno-Kosmos von Dr. Motte.
Magazine wie Faze, Mixmag, Groove und andere haben bereits jetzt eine massive redaktionell
Unterstützung angekündigt... stay tuned

Chew From the Mind is a raw yet elegant synthesizer album that is surreal, beautiful and evocative of previous horror-score theme work, while expanding his sound toward more raw electronic influences. The album draws from a heady mixture of early new wave and synth-pop, '70s-era Miles Davis, science fiction literature and the past 15 years of the American underground. Within its thematic unity, Chew From the Mind paints a variety of scenarios, ranging from claustrophobic to vast, ethereal to rawly physical. The tracks were recorded and mixed in his home studio, employing a diverse set of drum machines and synthesizers in various states of functionality or development. Chew From the Mind is not only a defining statement for Alex Barnett, but for the Midwich and the midwestern electronic underground. It is an alluring and addictive listen.

Flesh For the Living is HIDE's vinyl debut. This 3-track EP contains 3 soon-to-be anthems. Showcasing top-notch production values, these tracks have a physicality that matches their live show. The title track provides a bracing adrenaline rush that will have listeners on their feet, fists in the air. The remix of that track by WATTS (for American Primitive) slows the pace, evoking a cinematic, dreamlike atmosphere. Limb From Limb' is a sinister side-long stomper that menaces with ethereal vocals, ghostlike percussion and a gut-wrenching low-end hook. Flesh For the Living was mastered by Ruud Lekx and cut by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering in New York. It comes housed in a full-color UV gloss jacket featuring retina-burning artwork by renowned sci-fi illustrator and painter, Mark Salwowski with uniform Midwich layout by Beth Hall.