Techno
Recondite announces upcoming new ‘Taum’ LP on his Plangent Records label with first single ‘Naif’
Recondite returns to his Plangent label in January 2022 with a hugely personal seventh studio album, Taum. The 11 expansive tracks were written between his Berlin home and the Lower Bavaria hinterland of his youth. In capturing the array of emotions he was feeling during the pandemic and mixing up both pastoral and urban influences,... Read more »
Premiere: Drown gets remix treatment by Radio Slave
Radio Slave and Nuiton remix Drown‘s track ‘Yeti’ on Ribbon Recordings. Featuring the vocals of Mari Kvien Brunvoll, the Norwegian singer famed for ‘Everywhere You Go’ featuring that Ricardo Villalobos Remix, Drown’s ‘Yeti’ combines afro-house and electro influences and enchanting vocals, creating a memorable melodic house cut. The ‘Dub Mix’ (mixed down by Donato Dozzy)... Read more »
Premiere: Damon Jee on remix duty for Sian via Octopus Recordings
In the second instalment of Sian’s Future Primitive remix pack on Octopus Recordings, we see the stellar talents of Damon Jee, Rafael Cerato and Steve Darko create their own vision of these extraordinary tracks. Damon Jee has masterfully warped his version into a fever-pitch club weapon, loaded with dynamic synth lines and powerful rhythm. Rafael Cerato... Read more »
Finding Light: An Interview with Tony y Not
German native Tony y Not is a rising talent that has been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic since her emergence a couple of years ago. Her dynamic, synth-laden sound is an enticing blend that fuses her European roots with years living in Brooklyn. With releases and remixes on the likes of Trampoliner,... Read more »
UMEK drops his new EP ‘Frequency Differ’ on his label 1605
Frequency DifferUMEK returns to his label 1605 with a two-track techno release that also features his electro focused alter ego, Zeta Reticula. 2021 has been another big year for UMEK who’s had numerous No.1 selling tracks on Beatport in addition to many others inside the Top 10, and he closes out the year with what’s... Read more »
Soma Records techno titans Slam join forces with Amelie Lens for ‘Louder Than Chaos Vol. 4’
The penultimate Louder Than Chaos has Soma’s techno titans Slam join forces with Belgium’s finest export, Amelie Lens. A collaboration a long time in the making, the Glasgow duo of Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle bring their trademark crafts, melding it perfectly with Amelie’s driving synth lines. The output is three outstanding dancefloor killers combining... Read more »
Premiere: Josh Wink joins force with Truncate to unveil his new track ‘Be Aware’
Josh Wink is as iconic as it gets in electronic music. The Philly artist crafted several of the genre’s most enduring hits early in his career and has continued to remain at the forefront of the scene ever since. His Ovum label is part of the reason for that, as are superb new tunes like... Read more »
Premiere: Dense & Pika unveil a new remix for OXIA on Diversions
Following the critically acclaimed release of his beautiful summer single Shadows on Lee Burridge’s All Day I Dream, a number of impressive remixes for the likes of Joseph Capriati, Agoria, John Digweed and Black Circle, and several remixes on Diversions including the latest for Julian Millan’s Kamelhyn EP, Diversions Music label boss OXIA now returns to his much-loved imprint for his... Read more »
Premiere: New school techno pioneer Avision releases his debut album ‘In My Mind’ on Ellum
New school techno pioneer Avision will release his debut album ‘In My Mind’ on Ellum Audio this December. Avision grew up around the rich club culture of New York City and is now part of a new wave of artists defining the contemporary techno landscape. In just a couple of years, the American has become... Read more »
Breaking Boundaries: An interview with modular synthesist David Castellani
David Castellani is an unrelenting Italian-born, Los-Angeles based producer that is taking the techno underworld by storm. Castellani first grabbed our attention with the thrilling ‘Alpha Gamma’ EP, which dropped on his Noetic imprint in July with a remix from the illustrious Redshape (Delsin, Monkeytown). The release was swiftly followed by the acid-infused ‘Solaris’ EP, 2... Read more »