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Battle for Mars

Reset Robot returns with another exquisite Truesoul offering, led by the timeless vocal composition ‘I Wish You’d Never’.

Digging deeper into his sonic repertoire during lockdown, the producer (aka Dave Roberston) crafts a thoughtful EP brimming with shimmering ambient tones and textures.

‘I Wish You’d Never’ reinforces his superior production skills, led by the mammoth title track. A strong lead vocal rubs shoulders with lustrous synth swirls, lilting pads and crisp percussion, before a brooding bassline comes into focus and hits with a deliciously menacing punch. ‘Time Loop’ is a piercing acid trance cut that begs to be rinsed. ‘Fluid’ originally begun as ambient electronica work, but evolved into a tougher composition through the course of the studio session: “out of curiosity I added some drums and a more aggressive bass synth and it came together,” Robertson says of the grandiose, pad-laden work. A classy dub of ‘I Wish You’d Never’ rounds out the package.

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Reset Robot - Time Loop - Truesoul - TRUE12138

A double A-Side from two of the collective’s most reliable artists gets us warmed up for a summer to remember. 

With dancefloors within eyeshot, Bart Skils steps up with another divine cut on Truesoul, guaranteed to elicit goosebumps upon impact. ‘East of the Sun’ has Bart’s trademark silky groove, but leaves its mark via a celestial break made for misty-eyed morning moments. Mark Reeve’s first contribution to Truesoul since 2017 is an ace; a tender cut to ease us back into the rave, a shimmering lead builds patient energy throughout the first half of the track before fading into a brief but exhilarating silence. When the beat kicks back in we can already picture the collective headrush the dancefloor will experience.

Bart Skils - East Of The Sun - Truesoul - TRUE12139

'T78 drops another bombs remix, this time for Roberto Pagliaccia & Dubskull...'

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GR271 - Skil EP

Premiere: Roberto Pagliaccia, Dubskull - Skil (T78 Remix) [Gain Records]

First Noisecast from a brand new hard and acid techno project from Chicago Loop/Ant Wilson.

1. Phonox (Original Mix) - Fjaak - FJAAK
2. The Siren (Original Mix) - Filterheadz - TRONIC
3. Malanga (Alberto Ruiz Remix) - Aitor Ronda, George Privatti, Guille Placencia - PLAY MY TRACK
4. Lomax (Original Mix) - Gary Beck -BEK AUDIO
5. I'm A Machine (Original Mix) - Acerbic - COMING SOON
6. Techno Machines (Ant Remix) - Ganez The Terrible - CENTRAL MUSIC
7. Seven Over Eight (Original Mix) - Acerbic - ACID ARTISTS IN ACTION
8. Shelter (Original Mix) - S-File - GND RECORDS
9. I Am Machine (Original Mix) - Thomas Schumacher, Lilly Palmer - SPANNUNG RECORDS
10. My Weapon (Original Mix) - ROBPM, MOTVS - EXETRA RECORDS
11. Quadro Electrico (Original Mix) - Acerbic - COMING SOON
12. Energy (Original Mix) - Chicago Loop - RESILIENT RECORDS
13. Dirtbox (Original Mix) - Acerbic - COMING SOON
14. Drop Tha Bass (Original Mix) - Acerbic - COMING SOON
15. Parade 2000 (Original Mix) - Plug ’N’ Play - TEC RECORDS
16. XXX (Original Mix) - Acerbic - ACID ARTISTS IN ACTION
17. I Wanna Go Back (Original Mix) - Uto Karem - AGILE RECORDINGS
18. The Place Beyond The Mind (Original Mix) - Acerbic - ACID ARTISTS IN ACTION
19. Tingles (Extended Mix) - Thick As Thieves - TECHBURST RECORDS
20. Between Realms (INDUSTRIALYZER Warehouse Mix) - Atroxx, Mike Laz - STARSKREAM
21. Barefoot Sunday (Original Mix) - Gary Beck - BEK AUDIO
22. Steamroller (Original Mix) - Alex Di Stefano, Balthazar & JackRock - RENESANZ RECORDS

Noisecast Volume 1

An unapologetic banging London ACID TECHNO set !  Warehouse style, 10am Sunday morning vibes.
R.I.P Gordie and Jason Pollard - Mix Hit Radio
Equipment: 2 X Technics 1210 MK3s and 1 shit Numark M6 mixer.

Mix Hit Radio - Gordie Tribute May 2020

The recording of my set at the sold out Hydraulix party @fold London on 14.10.23.

Set for Hydraulix @Fold

SWU FM Podcast

D.A.V.E The Drummer with MarAxe - 28 September 2024

Sted Hellvis - Acid Assault October 2024 Fnoob Techno Radio Banger

TWO FANTASTIC HOUR SET FROM THE HYDRAULIX PARTY IN OCTOBER!!

MARCELLO PERRI HYDRAULIX PARTY OCTOBER 2024

GUSTAVO JAPA & ACID CHOCHI - 4 DECKS @ TECHNO ROUTE 21 YRS - March 15th 2025

This set is part of the @beatsdonor charity campaign, in which electronic music artists encourage people to register with bone marrow donor bases to save lives of children suffering from leukemia. #beatsdonor

The Geezer needs no introduction, as he is one of the true creators of Acid  Techno . The original pioneers of the London techno sound and with over 2500 releases under his belt, he has laid down the foundations for all those who have come through since .Over the past 20 years he has shaped the sound of the underground and there is not an Acid Techno  DJ without his tracks in there bag .

GEEZER - Beats Donor [187]

The Geezer needs no introduction, as he is one of the true creators of Acid Techno . The
original pioneers of the London techno sound and with over 2500 releases under his belt, he
has laid down the foundations for all those who have come through since .Over the past 20 +
years he has shaped the sound of the underground and there is not an Acid Techno DJ
without his tracks in there bag .His live set consists of all his latest productions ,playing
tracks that are fresh from the studio , raw and uncut , Stripped back to its stems making his
set is different every time he plays.

Guy “Geezer” McAffer has been writing and producing his own brand of avin’ it dance
music over the past few decades, and alongside Chris Liberator, DDR, Ant, Rackitt,
D.A.V.E. The Drummer and the rest of the SUF crew, has been instrumental in the birth and
development of the underground Acid Techno sound that is unique to London.
Geezer singles ( and his many collaborations with a huge range of artists under various
pseudonyms) have appeared on labels as diverse as Stay Up Forever, Tortured, Smitten,
Eukatech, Routemaster, Intensiv, Cluster, Infected, Boscaland and Bionic Orange, and he is
the mastermind behind the R.A.W.(Ripe Analogue Waveforms) label, as well as running the
acid label WAH WAH with Chris and Aaron Liberator, SHARK with Lawrie Immersion
UFO / Planet techno with Birinight and Sonic Iration with Benji 303 . His awesome live sets
have been ecstatically received across the world from Japan to Venezuela.
This Year marks his 30th year in Acid and to mark this occasion there will be lots of exciting
new releases and collaborations

Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guymcaffer/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-geezer

SPAWNcast 073 - The Geezer

For this month's show we had two special guests from Italy and Poland taking us up the Route303 on techno.fm.

For the first hour hailing from Northern Italy we had Sid Sickboy taking the sickness into overdrive!!! Check him out here for more: https://soundcloud.com/sidsickboy

For the 2nd hour hailing from Poland and taking over the wheels of steel as he has everything on vinyl, we had CyberHead bombarding us with his cyberkinetic energy!!! Check him out here for more: https://soundcloud.com/cyberhead

Buckle up your seat belts for this all out acid trip...LETS 'AVE IT!!!
🏎🛣3️⃣0️⃣3️⃣🔊🔊🔊🫠💥

1st hour SID SICKBOY, 2nd hour CYBERHEAD, Route303, Episode 11, technno.fm, 01.05.25

Catarse

Wehbba - Catarse

Shuffler with a passion for music. Here sharing my favorite house, techno, & EDM tracks. 

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Acerbic 
(Stay Up Forever/Hydraulix/Cluster/Perc Trax)

Acerbic is the exciting new acid and hard techno project from Ant Wilson, aka Chicago Loop (Tronic/Respekt/Toolroom) and formerly known as DJ ANT (Powertools Records/Stay Up Forever Collective). 

After a 10 year hiatus from acid and hard techno, writing and performing more mainstream techno under the name Chicago Loop, Ant felt that in 2023 it was high time to revisit a scene that he knew and loved so much, the London Underground scene, and therefore created an exciting new project to fulfil this desire. And so Acerbic was born.

Poised to take on the acid and hard techno scene with full force, ACERBIC launched in 2023 with a well received 4-track vinyl release on 'Stay Up Forever’s' sister acid label, ‘Acid Artists in Action’, with the lead track, ‘XXX’, becoming the acid techno anthem of the summer after causing huge scenes at both Glastonbury Festival and Boomtown Fair. This was closely followed by a huge 3 track digital EP on D.A.V.E. The Drummer’s infamous ‘Hydraulix Records’, released to coincide with his main room set at the Hydraulix party with Slam at Club Fold in London last October. Then at the end of the year, two more 4-track vinyl releases were sent to the cutting room and readied for release for 2024. The first one being the hard hitting ‘In Your Face EP’ on the collective's main imprint itself, ’Stay Up Forever’, which was released in March and a storming techno release on ‘Cluster Records’, called 'Ready Player One', released a couple of months later in May. In addition to the SUF and Cluster vinyl releases, he also dropped a slamming 2 track 303 driven acid techno EP, called 'High-Voltage', on Mark Sherry’s 'Techburst Records', a full-force techno slammer on vinyl on Ireland's ‘Interruption Recs’, a killer 4 track digital EP on Belgium's ‘Arkham XXX’, a huge 2 track EP on Canada's ‘Resilient Recordings’, a monster rave anthem on Skirra’s Mechanikal' and finally a slamming remix of Krissmix's' 'Pills Of The 90's' on 'Stay Up Forever'.

It has already been a busy year for ACERBIC releases, but there's more big news yet to be announced! SUFHYDRO (a collaboration label between Stay Up Forever and Hydraulix) is set to release a huge 12 track Acerbic triple vinyl and digital album. Exactly when the release date will be set for is unknown as of yet, but the process of manufacturing has begun on this massive project, so watch this space! Additionally, watch out for a slamming remix of 'Perc's 'Imperial Leather' on  'Perc Trax', due for both vinyl and digital release in February 2025.
Ant’s long-awaited return to the acid and hard techno family is in full effect!

Chicago Loop
(Tronic/Phobiq/Respekt/Riot/Toolroom/Funk'N Deep)

https://linktr.ee/chicagoloop
Bookings - loudbydesigndjs@gmail.com
Promos - chicagolooptechno@gmail.com


The name Chicago Loop has now been firmly stamped throughout the modern world of techno, albeit within a fairly short space of time. The man behind this relatively new alias however, is certainly not a newcomer to the scene. Ant Wilson, or Ant to his friends, has been producing electronic music and traveling the globe playing clubs, events and festivals for the last 25 years from Japan to North and South America, Russia, South Africa, Europe and everywhere in between.

Within just a few years of launching this project, Chicago Loop has secured releases on major labels such as Phobiq, Respekt, Toolroom, Riot, Funk’N Deep, Renesanz and Techburst and his tracks have received continued support from some of the scenes biggest players. His 2016 techno hit, “Use Me” on Techburst Records enjoyed over 200 days in the Beatport Hard Techno chart and sat at the No.1 spot for over 25 days. In addition to the many successes with releases, Chicago Loop has also showcased his sound around the world, playing events in places such as Asia, South America and across Europe. Some highlights have included the legendary “Techno Tuesday Amsterdam” and the sold out “Welcome To The Future Festival” events. 

Always busy in the studio continually writing more techno and with many high profile releases currently being secured, Chicago Loop is certainly making some big waves in the techno scene right now.

Battle for Mars

Acerbic aka Chicago Loop

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