Techno

Soniculture is a label and a promotion agency based in Portugal founded by Expander, the next release has been produced by João Luís a.k.a. Apart, who has already appeared on the label. With the “Mental Issues EP” the producer shows an interesting and trippy kind of sound: melting hypnotic synths with solid drum loops he has been able... Read more »

It doesn’t come any bigger than this! Brooklyn-based techno veteran Victor Calderone (Drumcode, Intec) will release his latest EP ‘Inside’ via his own imprint MATTER+ Recordings next Monday. It’s a booming three tracker riddled a dark energy and an awesome power. What’s more, When We Dip has a real treat for you today. Courtesy of the main man... Read more »

Next up on Alex Niggemann’s Soulfooled imprint is a very intriguing 2 tracker which signifies the work that goes into A&R at the label. TVA consists of two very talented producers from Naples – Danilo Pascale and Marco Mollo – both now based in Sydney. They began making music together in 2007 under a different... Read more »

Dirt Crew and Omnidisc duo Schmutz combine this week with Leeds imprint Fina Records (home to the likes of Move D, Leif, Roberto Rodriguez, Monty Luke and Takuya Matsumoto). The Belfast pair have laid a powerful three tracker for sub-label Fina White. Today, you can check an exclusive snippet via When We Dip as we showcase the... Read more »

Def Mike is a producer we were introduced to recently when his Kenzo EP dropped in the mailbox. A really top notch EP featuring 3 fresh originals, including 2 lovely progressive productions,”Running” and title track “Kenzo”,  which really took our fancy. “Running” gets a tidy Ed Ed remix while the 3rd original, “Before Sunrise”, gets... Read more »

Bedrock and Minus young gun Joop Junior shares a full premiere from his very own THOG (The House Of God) imprint. With the backing of legends like John Digweed, Dubfire and Richie Hawtin, the rising producer has become one of the most highly regarded new talents in techno in recent years. His latest release only serves... Read more »

French based Taapion Records continues to deliver high quality dark and underground techno releases, this time Adrien Ozouf a.k.a. AWB (one of the co-founders of the label) with “Celestial Longitude EP” keeps the sound deep and intense, qualities recognisable especially in “Ecliptic” because of its catching rhythm. PNVN, Shlømo and Antigone appear as remixers, bringing... Read more »

As Co-founder of the label BTRAX Records and manager of record stores Statik and Basement Trax Records from 1996 to 2002, Ben Men is a dj and producer with a serious amount of experience in the scene and that’s clearly evident in the productions featured in “The Journey EP”. The title track was previously released in... Read more »

SNOE co-founder Andreas Henneberg takes control with the latest release on the budding Berlin/Oslo based imprint, which Henneberg initiated with Beth Lydi. The new EP follows up appearances on the label from the likes of D-Nox & Beckers, Adrian Hour, Agent! and Not Usual as well as Beth Lydi herself.  The latest work from Henneberg – Proper Job EP... Read more »

Belfast producer Phil Kieran continues a bright start to 2016 with a return to Tiga’s illustrious Turbo Recordings. The Northern Irish artist has put together an aptly titled ‘Bomb’ EP and you can check an exclusive snippet with us today on When We Dip. ‘Debris’ is a rolling tech cut with a breakbeat edge. It’s filled from the... Read more »