Techno

Adam Beyer begins the year with a new solo EP, following on from an impressive 2021 that saw a collaboration with DJ Rush and a landmark compilation with Kevin Saunderson’s E-Dancer project to mark 250 Drumcode releases. The title track ‘Dirty Lagoon’ is a masterclass of kaleidoscopic techno; both colorful and jacking, it is a... Read more »

Swedish electronic post-punk artist REIN teams up with French DJ / producer Djedjotronic (Jérémy Cottereau) for an all-out relentless assault on our senses with the arrival of the brand new ‘Transmutation EP’, out this March through Boysnoize Records. The EP features two original tracks ‘Transmutation’, ‘Automation’, and remixes by Unklevon and Pablo Bozzi. They say:... Read more »

First time on Adam Beyer’s younger imprint for friends and frequent collaborators, Toronto’s Carlo Lio and NYC kingpin DJ Boris link for a driving techno two-tracker, out now. Carlo’s mesmeric grooves and Boris’ drum-punishing sound produce the kind of infectious techno you can get lost in until before you know it it’s Monday morning. Linking... Read more »

Markantonio’s AnalyticTrail presents a hard-hitting techno release featuring an original track by Sisko Electrofanatik plus a remix from Hanubis. Italy’s Sisko Electrofanatik has started to become a regular feature inside the sales charts of Beatport’s techno section. Known for his own label Gain Records, he has also featured music on other imprints such as Codex,... Read more »

The Redimension label makes a welcome return here with a new EP from Italian techno titan Markantonio. The label has been on a brief hiatus to focus on building a platform that can champion forward-thinking sounds, while encouraging a productive and fertile environment for artists to flourish. This powerful new three-tracker does just that and... Read more »

Seasoned techno producer/DJ Harvey McKay drops his second studio album ‘Anatomy Of A Drum Machine’ on Kneaded Pains in April. Preceding this highly anticipated long player, Italian maestro Marco Faraone delivers a deadly remix of one of the album’s many highlights, ‘Milk Snatcher’. Faraone’s ascendency to the higher tiers of techno’s A list has been... Read more »

Back in his native Australia for the first time in over two decades following a twenty-five-year stint living in the USA, Antipodean producer, DJ, and label boss Barbuto is a man on a mission. Boasting a slew of hugely successful releases on the likes of Octopus Recordings, Tronic, Phobiq, Unity, OFF Recordings, Transmit Recordings, and... Read more »

Following a collection of critically acclaimed releases dropped over the course of 2021, the in-demand Spanish duo Dok & Martin now looks to continue their prolific run of form well into the New Year as they announce their debut release ‘Catalepsia’ on Kuukou Records, the label of Simina Grigoriu. Widely recognized as one of the... Read more »

Amazingblaze is the latest red-hot new talent to be signed up by Charlotte de Witte’s KNTXT label. The Russian artist serves up four fierce techno weapons on his Venture EP, due for release on 25th February 2022. Though a relative newcomer, Amazingblaze is already making big moves mixing up heavy-hitting hard trance and techno. He... Read more »

One of the most exciting names to emerge on the techno scene in recent times, Lilly Palmer makes her long-awaited Drumcode EP debut. The Germany-born artist is a thrilling performer, who backs up her kinetic DJ sets with a quality body of production work. We got a taste of her talent when she contributed ‘Amnesie’... Read more »