Freerotation 2016

'Tilde' is the first single of Shoal's upcoming album 'Terugblik'. 
https://thesomethingsomething.bandcamp.com/album/terugblik 

Mastering: Stephan Mathieu / Schwebung Mastering
Artwork: Deborah Mora / Orah

Shoal - Tilde

For their inaugural release, London-based vysyon presents Mercuri: an enchanting EP of enigmatic techno featuring work by Swiss artists @varuna4053 & @mateohurtadomusic. 

Having developed their brand of abyssal club music through releases on Amenthia Recordings & their own imprint A Walking Contradiction, Varuna dive into the void on 'Remote Pulsar'. Driven by a disorientating polyrhythm cloaked in opaque atmospherics, the trio's otherworldly approach to sound design is on full display. By contrast, the pounding 4/4 kick & propulsive acid bass of 'Uvez Echos' entrance the listener into a state of dancefloor reverie. 

Mateo Hurtado casts his own unique magic over the flip, showcasing his archetypal mystic sound established via an album on Annulled music & remixes for Space Drum Meditation. The mesmerising flute melody of 'An Invisible Fire, Working In Secret' casts a spell of hypnosis, while the flowing, amorphous pads & twisted bass of 'The Eternal Mirror' conjure visions of worlds unknown.

The EP will be available on both vinyl & digital formats & can be pre-ordered now via the links below. The projected release date is June 2nd. 

Vinyl available via Juno & most online record retailers: 
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/varuna-mateo-hurtado-mercuri-vinyl/1076292-01/

Digital available via bandcamp:
https://vysyon.bandcamp.com/album/mercuri

Varuna, Mateo Hurtado - Mercuri (Clips) [VYS001]

It all starts with a discrete, almost instinctive percussive motif.
A loop that breathes, stretches, transforms itself without ever breaking the thread. Around it, the textures slowly take shape: a pad like a held breath, then sound fragments - glitches, interference, tension - that disturb the surface.

With the track Wadis, Biocym composes a shifting landscape where structure is never imposed but suggested, leaving each element to find its place over time. The modular sounds created in VCV Rack gradually infiltrate the sound space, creating a fragile dialogue between calm and disturbance. The result is a subtle tension of unstable equilibrium and rhythmic hypnosis.

Wadis Variations extends this spell through four singular rereadings by Piante Vive, Sauvage Dub Trio and Arto. Each artist takes ownership of the raw material, transforming it to reveal new forms: a deeper pulse, a wider space, an unexpected vertigo.

An EP like an oasis in mutation, where each variation reveals a new facet of sound material.

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Biocym - Wadis Variation EP
Additional production by Piante Vive, Sauvage Dub Trio & Arto
Release Date - May 30, 2025
Support & Buy - https://melifera-records.bandcamp.com/album/wadis-variations-mlf018

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Artwork by Melifera
Mastering by Arthur Bohl at Melifera Blue Studio
contact@meliferarecords.com

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Tracklist
01. Original
02. Piante Vive remix
03. Sauvage Dub Trio remix
04. Biocym deep vision
05. Arto fractured dub

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Melifera Records
Linktree - linktr.ee/MeliferaRecords

Biocym
Soundcloud - @biocym
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/r_biocym/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Biocym/

Piante Vive
Soundcloud - @piante-vive

Sauvage Dub Trio
Soundcloud - @sauvage-dub-trio

Arto
Soundcloud - @artos_eleven

Wadis Variations

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Biocym - Wadis Variations [MLF018] Snippets

Artist: 232Lab [Corsica, France]
Format: Digital
Release Date: May 12th 2025
Cat: ST088

. 232Lab - Ataraxia
. 232Lab - Exodus
. 232Lab - Nothing Part13
. 232Lab - Microcosm
. 232Lab - Microcosm ll
. 232Lab - Cuty Ring

This debut album carves out a singular path between deconstructed club music and immersive textures. Free from established genres, it invites the listener into a world of sound design where every element becomes material to explore. 

Ambient, techno, dub, the influences are present but always filtered through a deeply personal approach.

The result of a four-handed sonic laboratory, the tracks are raw, blending chaotic textures with soothing layers. The whole creates a shifting space, balancing fragmented rhythms and hypnotic melodies — an invitation to inner listening, somewhere between tension and serenity.

232Lab
https://soundcloud.com/232lab

Free Download:
secuenciastemporales.bandcamp.com/music

Written and Produced by Manuel & Matthis Domarchi in Corsica, France.
Mastering Secuencias Temporales Studio, México.
Secuencias Temporales ℗ & © 2025 - All Rights Reserved

Free Download

232Lab - Birds & Bugs (ST088)

On Infinite Vault, Spanish producer Javier Marimon (@javiermarimon) shapes dub techno with gravity and grace. Released on French imprint https://soundcloud.com/klapenunsen, the EP shifts with each space it enters: always familiar, never fixed. What remains is presence without assertion: sound that holds space.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-javier-marimon-infinite-vault

Infinite Vault will be out on May 16th, 2025.  Pre-order a copy via https://klapenunsen.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-vault

Premiere: Javier Marimon - Infinite Vault [KLP06]

Release name:Koto Nami
Artist: Toki Fuko
Remixer: OWL
Label: Crescent London
Catalog: [CRSCNT26]
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release Date: 06.06.25
Mastering: Matthias Friedel
Artwork: Crescent London

Tracklist:
1. Toki Fuko - She Berry
2. Toki Fuko - Jupiter Mood
3. Toki Fuko - Angels Drone
4. Toki Fuko - Jupiter Mood (OWL Remix)

Toki Fuko:
▫️ SC: https://soundcloud.com/tokifuko
▫️ IG: https://www.instagram.com/tokifuko
▫️ FB: https://www.facebook.com/toki.fuko

OWL:
▫️ SC: https://soundcloud.com/owlfromdeepspace
▫️ IG: https://www.facebook.com/owlfromdeepspace
▫️ FB: https://www.facebook.com/owlfromdeepspace

Crescent London:
▫️ linktr.ee/crescent.london

Bandcamp Pre-Order

(PREVIEWS) Toki Fuko - Koto Nami [CRSCNT26]

Toki Fuko - Jupiter Mood (Owl Remix) 
Koto Nami [CRSCNT26 / Crescent London]

Produced by Sergey Korotaev aka Toki Fuko
Additional Production by Pierre Nesi aka Owl
Mastered by Mattias Fridell
Artwork by Crescent London
Released by Crescent London from London, UK
Release Date: June 06th, 2025

Toki Fuko returns to Crescent London with the hypnotic Koto Nami EP - a deep dive into broken rhythms, textured drones, and dub-soaked atmospheres. Featuring three original tracks and a slick remix from OWL, Koto Nami hits that sweet spot between introspection and groove.

Owl (Belgium)
https://soundcloud.com/owlfromdeepspace
https://www.facebook.com/owlfromdeepspace
https://www.instagram.com/pete_owl

Toki Fuko (Moscow, Russia)
https://soundcloud.com/tokifuko
https://www.facebook.com/tokifukoofficial
https://www.instagram.com/tokifuko

Crescent London
https://soundcloud.com/crescent-london
https://www.facebook.com/crescent.music.ldn
https://www.instagram.com/crescent.london
https://crescentlondon.bandcamp.com

Oslated.
http://www.oslated.com

Koto Nami

Jupiter Mood (Owl Remix)

Support & Buy

Toki Fuko - Jupiter Mood (Owl Remix) [Crescent London]

PREMIERE : Toki Fuko - Angels Drone [CRSCNT26]

Toki Fuko returns to Crescent London with the hypnotic Koto Nami EP - a deep dive into broken rhythms, textured drones, and dub-soaked atmospheres. Featuring three original tracks and a slick remix from OWL, Koto Nami hits that sweet spot between introspection and groove

Toki Fuko
https://soundcloud.com/tokifuko
https://www.facebook.com/toki.fuko/
https://www.instagram.com/tokifuko

Crescent London
https://soundcloud.com/crescent-london
https://www.instagram.com/crescent.london/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx9XW7BfcvgUjTVEF71DDgQ
https://www.facebook.com/crescent.music.ldn/

PREMIERE : Toki Fuko - Angels Drone [CRSCNT26]

Just got our hands on the test pressing for our upcoming vinyl release and it sounds absolutely phenomenal! The brilliant Fefe is the artist who brought this incredible work to life. We're thrilled to give you a sneak peek by premiering "Trudd," a standout track from the Body Weather EP.
Get ready – previews drop next week!
 
Artists: Fefe
Title: Body Weather EP
Label: Danza Nativa
Catalogue Number: DN019
Format: Vinyl & Digital.
Release Date: July 28, 2025

Tracklist:
01 Fefe - Trudd
02 Fefe - Bogged Under
03 Fefe - Diddy’s Rug
04 Fefe - Fire Warden
05 Fefe - Molar (Digital Bonus)
06 Fefe - The Mudlark (Digital Bonus)

All tracks were produced by: Felix Pilling
All tracks mastered by: Seph
Artwork by Arnau Pi
Cat No DN019 - Danza Nativa 2025.

@fe_fe_fe_fe

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A1 Fefe - Trudd (DN019)

Early 2000 Goa themes re-imagined as modern deep techno trance and drum & bass hybrids, out via Hyphen Records on June 20th.

Pre-order: https://hyphenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/historic-archetype-ep-hyph004
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@hyphen-berlin
@vaunamusic
@forestonstasys

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Premiere: vauna - Historic Archetype (Forest On Stasys Remix)

Here's the recording of my live techno set from Saturday night at Freerotation Festival 2016. Thanks to Steevio & Suzybee, the whole crew and everyone who was there.
This is a totally improvised hardware live performance. Nothing is prepared beforehand. 

Live at Freerotation, Wales

Surgeon live at Freerotation, Wales 9th July 2016

sunday dome set at freerotation 2016
unfortunately not the best, but some of you were asking for it...
onelove

Move D @ Freerotation 2016

Streamed on NTSLive https://www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/aboutface-16th-july-2016/ 

Recording of 2016 Freerotation performance 'Vaga'. Using the River Wye's characteristics to narrate a reflection of humanity; where have we come from, who we were, who we are and who we may become. The cross currents relating to poly rhythms, the hidden rhythms of whitewater the time signatures. Recordings taken from a 20 mile canoe trip down the river Wye which runs close to the festival location.

Full details here: http://www.aboutfacemusik.co.uk/#!vaga-live-at-freerotation-2016/mpxe9

Synths, recordings, guitar, Hapi Drum, percussion - Ben Kelly
Violin - Taro (https://soundcloud.com/taro_sound)
Extracts from 'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth recited by - Jenna Whelan

Aboutface Live Feat. Taro - Vaga (Live At Freerotation 10.07.2016)

2016 Freerotation Chillout Yurt set, this year the yurt has expanded, probably twice the size compared to last year, brilliant visuals were showed, many great artists hear. Only thing that could be missing is someones constant talking. Dreaming of a non chat policy for the Chillout, would make music even more overwhelming.

Labeled as KRILLSET, meaning to be DJ set not a home/studio recording.

Thank you for listening and relistening!

Picture by: https://www.facebook.com/franx.erox


KRILLSET001 - Freerotation Chillout Yurt - Dj Ilmajaam - 10.07.2016

So after much deliberation I’ve finally decided to upload the recording of my set from Freerotation this year.
I was thinking to edit out the imperfections such as record skipping, or where I had the high pass filter turned up without realising (one reason I don’t get on with Allen & Heath), but instead I’ve left it raw, as it was heard on the night, because the atmosphere was electric, saturday night, smack in the middle of this wonderful festival, the room was going off!!! This is a set I won’t ever forget playing, it’s not perfect and my levels are all over the place, but the recording perfectly captures the magical vibes circulating the dance floor that night, and the strength of this outweighs any need to worry about my mistakes, so here it is, hope you enjoy it as much as I did playing it.

Alex Downey Live at Freerotation 2016

Driven by contemporary era stuff and mesmerized by elektronische Lebensaspekte, Thomas and Sebastian launched WAATERKANT – an interdisciplinary Berlin-based blog featuring creatives in the fields of art, design and music.

Aboutface Live Feat. Taro - Vaga (Live At Freerotation 10.07.2016)

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