Techno

Continuing their long-standing gathering of techno’s most talented producers, Second State will introduce the next installment of their revered ‘SUM’ series, featuring artists from Germany, the UK and US, the Netherlands, and Italy. Minimal techno maven Camea welcomes us with ‘Higher Power’, a wistful opener that manages to retain delicateness despite its booming kick drum.... Read more »

2021 has been an exciting year for Eli Brown’s Arcane imprint as it continues to blaze a trail as one of the most compelling house and techno labels in the scene. This year saw a plethora of successful releases from the likes of Ben Hemsley, Will Easton, Miane, Dubesque and Dok & Martin to name... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »