German electro producer Martin Matiske has recently breathed new life into his Blackploid alias. The project’s revival continues to bear fruit with the Strange Stars EP, Matiske’s third Blackploid release of 2021 and second for Central Processing Unit after issuing March’s Cosmic Traveler EP through the Sheffield label.

Blackploid’s two CPU drops have more in common than just stargazing titles. Those who enjoyed Cosmic Traveler will find plenty to like again in these four tracks, with Matiske serving up another quartet of snappy machine-funk joints this time around. However, while there is certainly a throughline between Cosmic Traveler and Strange Stars, this EP also finds Blackploid pushing the envelope at points by taking risks with his synth tones which thrill and enliven the record.

In keeping with the cosmic theme of Blackploid’s recent output, Strange Stars kicks off with ‘Star Patrol’. While this opening cut is full of the same needle-gun basslines and dinky synths that characterised Cosmic Traveler, the drum programming eschews the broken beats favoured by many in the scene for a straight house/techno snap. It makes for a very groovy jam, one with Drexciya, Computer World-era Kraftwerk and a pinch of Space Dimension Controller in its mix.

Indeed, the only track on Strange Stars which skips along on a broken beat is second entry ‘The Signal’. ‘The Signal’ also features some of Blackploid’s most impressive electronics programming to date, announcing itself with a brilliantly unusual synth that sounds like an old video game unit which has just gained sentience. When this alien tone is combined with another precision-engineered bassline the track invokes the grizzly bangers of the L.I.E.S. label, though the keyboard stabs which enter periodically also hint to the funkier electro of, say, Egyptian Lover.

‘The Unseen’, the first B-side of Strange Stars, finds Blackploid bringing together many of the things which made the two previous tunes such standouts. A steady four-on-the-floor and a slightly haunted feel to the synth choices casts back to ‘Star Patrol’, but much like ‘The Signal’ this joint also features some rather weird tones which are a hair’s breadth away from machine malfunction. It’s a feeling which runs through to closing cut ‘Light Corridor’, a number where melodies and anti-melodies zip around an array of gurgling electronic cells.

Martin Matiske’s fine run of Blackploid EPs continues with the intergalactic electro stylings of Strange Stars.

RIYL: Drexciya, Cardopusher, Legowelt, Beau Wanzer, Jensen Interceptor

Strange Stars

Blackploid - Strange Stars

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MINDFRAME

MINDFRAME 001: FRANCOIS DILLINGER [LIVE+INTERVIEW+DJ]

SCI FI ELECTRO - ELECTRO RECORDS

Electro Records have put together seven unique albums for their Sci-Fi Electro Series. Each release takes inspiration from a classic sci-fi film of the 20th century, 2001: A Space Odyssey, THX 1138, Blade Runner, The Thing, Akira, Terminator and Tron, produced by Scape One, Sound Synthesis, Kan3da, Nebenprodukt, N-Ter, Transpac and Alek Stark. You can order now each record here: 
https://www.electro-records.com/catalogo/tags/sci-fi-electro-project/

But Electro Records created also a very limited edition of only 99 boxes silkscreen printed and hand-numbered that includes some extras, an eight record produced by Mariska Neerman in tribute to Metropolis (!) and a high quality T-Shirt. But there is more, this limited box also includes a black poster printed in silver ink and also the Morpheus pills box for the first orders!, here is the direct link to this exclusive box:
https://www.electro-records.com/catalogo/sci-fi-electro/585/

Each artist created a 15 minutes full track for each side of each vinyl record, each side is divided in “movements”, a full side of about 15 minutes with no pauses, no silences between tracks… You will listen these movements in a continuous morphing process from pure electro to very experimental compositions, sounds and atmospheres.

Each record is manufactured in a different color and the cardboard used for the sleeves is a limited black cardboard embossed with lines that you can see in the pictures, each sleeve is also silkscreen printed one by one in our studios. No re-press!

The Future Is Here

ER016 - SCI FI ELECTRO - TRANSPAC - THE FUTURE IS HERE - In Tribute To THX 1138

Electro Records is proud to present: 

The new limited ABDUCTION BOX with the next five ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS! 

>>>>> AVAILABLE NOW, SHIPPING IMMEDIATELY! 

ABDUCTION FILES 003 - LIMITED EDITON BOX 135 UNITS
https://www.electro-records.com/catalogo/abduction-files-03/697/

This box is hand-numbered, silkscreen printed, and also includes:

• FIVE vinyl records 
• The new Electro Records T-Shirt
• the Electro Records silicone patch (only for the first orders)!!

The third and last ABDUCTION BOX includes the new five Electro Transmissions vinyl records, four of them produced by NOAMM, SOUND SYNTHESIS, MOKOTRON and TRANSPAC and also another one with tracks by KULDABOLI, ALEK STARK, MOKOTRON and -=UHU=-!!!

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 011 - NOAMM - ROBOPHILIA - Album

Noamm, the darkest entity on Planet Earth delivers an extraordinary album full of analog sequences and surgical drums. Haunting electro at his best!. No repress! (Warning: the content included in the track Necro Science maybe disturbing or traumatizing for some audiences. This track includes sounds and voices sampled directly from the autopsy room)

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 012 - SOUND SYNTHESIS - WELCOME TO MY WORLD EP

Sound Synthesis return to Electro Transmissions with four pure electro tracks with that acid touch that we like it and his classic dreaming melodies, do not miss it!! No repress! 

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 013 - MIND CONTROL KREW - VVAA by ALEK STARK + MOKOTRON + -=UHU=- + KULDABOLI

Kuldaboli, Alek Stark, Mokotron and -=UHU=- together on this heavy hitter with four bombs full of vocoders, analog beasts and 808 beats! This record won’t be repressed… run!

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 014 - MOKOTRON - EMBRACE THE BASS EP

Only a few months ago Electro Records surprised us with another big project, Ezzential Electro, and with the first release (that we will have here only in a few days!) of Mokotron, a new signing of Electro Records that is breakin the hood with dope bass and analog beats! This second work is another killer and he is working right now on the third! Pure electro music from New Zealand! do not miss it!. No repress!

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 015 - TRANSPAC - RADIOCOM - Album

YES! Transpac is here again!! another album full of dreaming sequences and analog machinery that keep intact the essential spirit of electro music. Do not miss this jewel, only a few copies available! No repress!

Radiocom

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 015 - ER028 - TRANSPAC - RADIOCOM Album

Welcome to my World

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 012 - ER025 - SOUND SYNTHESIS - WELCOME TO MY WORLD EP

Robophilia

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 011 - ER024 - NOAMM - ROBOPHILIA Album

buy here: https://whoispaula.bandcamp.com/album/shades-of-acid


Vertical67 - Shades of Acid

A Side (45 RPM) 
A1 - Soleil Acid
A2 - Woozy

B Side (33 RPM)
B1 - Head In The Clouds
B2- Broken Rays
B3 - Sea Of Lights

Who Is Paula WIP003

Format 12” (incl. Free DL Code)
Digital Formats (Bandcamp only)

Written & Produced: Thomas Pahl
Artwork: Sebastian Grap
Mastering: Johanz Westerman
Pressing: Deepgrooves Pressing Plant

Paula took a trip. And as she was walking on clouds,
beautiful clouds, hovering through kaleidoscopic
forests and gliding through multicolored reefs, she
couldn’t help but cry. In glee, in absolute
enchantment. And when she had to leave, all that was
left were Shades of Acid. And dry tears, tears of joy.

There will be a release party at Crack Ballmer Berlin March 3rd. 2023 ✌🏽

Shades Of Acid

WIP003 - Vertical67 - Shades Of Acid - Snippets

Buy here: https://metacomplex.bandcamp.com/album/europa-colony
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Tracklist:
Bionic Personnel
Europa Colony
Algorithm Flow
Lunar Server

Europa Colony

Europa Colony /// EP Preview

We are pleased to present a track "Business Machines" by Jauzas The Shining from EP "Split Machine".

Gladio Operations inaugurates 2023 with its seventh release titled “Split Machine”, a new series of shared EPs, where in this first episode the producers Jauzas The Shining and Cycloplex go halves on the EP.

The French producer returns to Gladio with three cuts which possess his peculiar and characteristic rugged sound. The EP launches with "Business Machines” and “Isla De Encanto”, two powerful cuts with aggressive and noticeable basslines filled-up with dark textures. Jauzas gifts us a last cut titled “Equation”, a nod to the EBM sound, where he preserves the same darkness as in the previous cuts.

On side B we encounter the Spanish producer Francisco Aguado, who has recently released his first work under the "Cultivated Electronics" label under his new electro alias, Cycloplex. With two cuts titled “Intercepted” and “Acid Machine”, Cycloplex reveals his particular minimalist vision of electro sound in an abstract journey of excellent monotonous rhythms.

Tracklist:
	
1. Jauzas The Shining - Business Machine
2. Jauzas The Shining - Isla De Encanta
3. Jauzas The Shining - Equation
4. Cycloplex - Intercepted
5. Cycloplex - Acid Machine

Follow:
Soundcloud: @gladiooperations
Bandcamp: https://gladiooperations.bandcamp.com

SBDM Premiere: Jauzas The Shining / Cycloplex "Split Machine" EP [Gladio Operations]

Meet Kate Pending, an enigmatic and ingenious Berlin-based artist whose very first full-length album works as a wide introduction to the universe of her many influences and capabilities. The edgy “Pigmented Reality” develops its magic through twelve well-constructed originals – plus three insightful remixes by Void Loop ( ) and Iron Curtis –, spanning amongst different textures and soundscapes. Ethereal, experimental, progressive, and whatnot strokes come together and bring to life a multi-genre palette, filled with a ubiquitous synth extravaganza that results in both dance-floor-oriented gems and relaxing introspective themes. 

The mastermind behind the remix premiered here, in turn, needs no introduction. His rich discography with acclaimed appearances on vital labels such as Frank Music, Melomana, Permanent Vacation, DistroKid, Dirt Crew, Vitalik, and Chiwax, just to name a few, has put Iron Curtis among the most interesting and solicited House Music artists of his generation. His two Electro-tinged breaks Augmented and Augmented Dub reworks of the title track deliver the stripped back maximalist sound we come to expect from him. The energy and gravity of the original was kept but comes now clad in a peak-time gait.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the artist: https://katepending.bandcamp.com/

Follow @katepending and @iron-curtis, peeps!

PREMIERE619 // Kate Pending - Pigmented Reality (Iron Curtis Augmented Remix)

Label highlight on Scandinavian imprint https://soundcloud.com/dr-lindh 

Luke Eargoggle - The Swedish Code
Martin Matiske - Hypnosis
BMX - Chemotron Worldwide
Rutherford - After Touch
Elsewhere - Untitled
240 Interceptor - Kina1
Orgue Electronique - Fashion Statement
Composite Profuse - Night Eddy
UHU - Science Out Of Silence
Morphology - Dimentia3
Neutrum - Table Dance
Kan3da - Leda & The Swan
Monkeyshop - Ancient Cables
Obergman - Hyksos
Komarken Electronics - Everyday On Repeat
Volfram - Untitled
Klorex - Betamax
Kobol Electronics - Simple Simon
DMX Krew - Axiom Of Choice
Das Muster - Fortschritt
Fukkt - Good Home Street
Erase - The Counter
Polytron - Disco Polytron
Legowelt - Discobitch Sleeps Tonight
The Consumer - Converted Data
VCS2600 - Robots Watching You From Me
Luke Eargoggle & Johan Inkenin - Telewerk5
Encounter - Vision Screen
Mono Junk - Going Nowhere

ELECTRO TRANSMISSIONS 015 - ER028 - TRANSPAC - RADIOCOM Album

Electro Records / Fundamental Records

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