excited about this release -- still wondering where #11 went

well good this absolutely deserved an AF release!

isness I is·​ness I ˈiznə̇s
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We are pleased to drop the second chapter of the Isness sublabel, which begins to chart its own course. “Drownded EP”is signed by Philadelphia-based Tom Croke (4rd, Bewwip) and Steve Hackett operating under the Night Owl Committee alias. They are taking a deep dive into eclectic productions that will touch your mind and soul, combining laid-back beats with dreamy electronix, jazzy melodies and dusty drums. The groove that we instantly fell in love with when we heard their demo's for the first time. Expect a trip from lo-fi psychedelia to cosmic jazz vibes. Simply unbeatable stuff for introspective nights. MUST.
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PREORDER 12" VINYL + DIGITAL: https://tinyurl.com/582nzfar
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A1   SNOW MULES                                  05:55  
A2   COPSE CIRCUIT                               02:16
A3   NITROXIDATION (BEWWWHIIOP)                  02:37
A4   CHESTER GROOVE                              02:47
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B1   WILD BLUE                                   04:30
B2   CYCLES                                      02:18
B3   IN DEPTH                                    04:02
B4   1960s PRESSURIZED COMPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE  03:26
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C+P Isness 2025. All rights reserved. Isness is a division of Analogical Force.
Written, recorded, and mixed by Tom Croke and Steve Hackett in West Philadelphia, US                      
Mastering by Carlos Koschitzky at Koschitzky Studio, Gijón.
Design by Geometric Love, UK
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www.analogicalforce.com

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[IS2] NIGHT OWL COMMITTEE 'DROWNDED EP' [2025]

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Noumen returns to Central Processing Unit after a six-year absence with Altum. This bumper record, the Ukrainian artist’s fourth release for the Sheffield label and first since 2019 double-LP Obscurium, serves to remind us all why Noumen’s music has been lauded by the likes of Mixmag and Resident Advisor in the past. Altum is a consummate piece of contemporary electronic production, a technoid exploration of outer-edges electronica that nods to genre greats like Autechre while still maintaining its own unconventional charm.

Across well over an hour of music here we find Noumen repeatedly playing punchy mid-tempo beat work off of some more cerebral tuned synths. Altum kicks off with the epic ‘Oion’ - beginning in that Autechre/AFX mid-tempo zone, full of deep-sea bangs and whirrs, the track slowly builds to a final stretch of delay-drenched keys which set us free amidst the outer cosmos, almost Sun Ra-style. It’s a perfect liminal-space roller and an apt scene-setter for Altum.

‘Oion’ provides a blueprint for several of the album’s other highlights - plenty of the joints here adopt that same approach of hitting hard with the drums and soft with the synths. Second track ‘Splitter’ takes on the baton from ‘Oion’ while souping up the kick to warehouse levels; the beats in ‘Far Wind’ splutter like a needle skipping on a mid-90s Tresor drop; ‘Fate Carette’, all eerie looped synth leads, is a highlight as the album enters the home straight.

The rhythm production (which, it should be noted, is exemplary throughout Altum) is ratched up in intensity on a handful of numbers. ‘Telemask’ displays a delightful breakbeat - if you’d told me this was sampled from golden age A Tribe Called Quest, I’d have believed you. Mid-section anchors ‘Awe’ and ‘Axis’ are glitchers in the Mike Paradinas mould, with the latter showing off some pleasing steel pan-esque synth leads for good measure. And while Altum generally maintains a processional pace throughout, there are points where Noumen toughens up the drums for club deployment - ‘Unveilness’ shows off a real chunkiness in the low end, closer ‘Spurling Sign’ plays a satisfying rolling groove off of ever-layering synths, and the title-track is an alien machine-funker in keeping with fellow CPU electronauts like Silicon Scally and Cygnus.

Noumen’s third album for Central Processing Unit is a pleasingly hefty double-LP which builds on the zany invention of acts like Modeselektor and Autechre to delightful effect.

FFO: Autechre, Aphex Twin, Modeselektor, Bochum Welt, LFO

Noumen - Altum

NOBD presents its first official release and kicks off a collection that marks the birth of its project. This single is part of NOBD - PRELUDE, a series conceived as an introduction to the artist’s sonic universe, a space of raw exploration with a kickless electronic aesthetic, focused on sound design, texture, and implicit rhythm.

Comprar track

NOBD - Humans used to know how to make love

The Variant

@oh-mr-james makes a powerful debut on Analogical Force with I'm Not Here, a six-track EP of intense dancefloor anthems forged from years of live performance. Capturing the tension of modern disconnection—always online, never present—this release cuts through the noise as a bold statement from the Cornish Braindance scene. Out on Madrid’s leading label for braindance, breakcore, acid, and experimental electronics, it marks a fearless new chapter in electronic music.

Amidst a sea of mediocrity and plagiarism, I'm Not Here stands as a testament to the uniqueness of the Cornish Braindance scene, which has given rise to some of the greatest producers in electronic dance music. Here, Benjamin James demonstrates that he is the torchbearer of that legacy, delivering anthems for a world spiraling in self-alienation—where identity flickers between screens and silence.
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PREORDER 12" YELLOW VINYL + DIGITAL: https://tinyurl.com/3pxhs5pb
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A1   SOMETIMES                                 02:34  
A2   I’M NOT HERE                              04:59
A3   THE BISHOP                                04:09

B1   GROUND CONTROL ACID                       03:27
B2   PARASYMPATHETIC                           03:42
B3   DESK ACID TWO                             03:54
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C+P Analogical Force 2025. All rights reserved. 
Written and produced by Benjamin James Wood,Wales / Cornwall
Mastering by Carlos Koschitzky at Koschitzky Studio, Gijón
Design by Geometric Love, UK
Distributed by Clone, Rotterdam 
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[AF063] OH MR JAMES 'I'M NOT HERE EP' [2025]

The Second half of this track reminds me of 'The Kiss' by The Cure xxx

Xphor

Best known for his cinematic jungle excursions, Seb Uncles returns to Livity Sound for a second extended release of introspective electronics with a strong influence from mystical sources. 

As Eusebeia, Uncles has developed a strong, independent presence in modern electronic music defined by a prolific run of deep-diving, breakbeat-driven albums and EPs. In 2022 he released Cosmos on Livity Sound, a mini-album that zoomed out to a more reflective strain of electronica shaped by atmospheric synth lines in the hauntological vein of Ghost Box, Pye Corner Audio et al. 

The Wyrding Way finds Uncles delving even deeper into this area of his output, keeping drums to a bare minimum and focusing instead on powerful melodic lines. There are still considered soundsystem moments that connect with Livity's long-standing sonic focus, not least the subtle dub inflection of EP centrepiece 'By The Light Of The Moon'. Elsewhere Uncles leaves the melodic parts unaccompanied, letting the phrasing and emotional pull of the title track tell its own story. 

Balancing light and dark elements and drawing inspiration from personal experiences and perspectives, combined with spiritual and existential observations, Uncles capitalises on the evocative streak in his studio practice to deliver a timeless, immersive experience unlike anything else in his considerable back catalogue.

Eusebeia - By The Light of The Moon

Plogue track 1

Azurite

Not much information about this one except ジャポン is the password now. Stellar stuff, all told.
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+++ OUT APRIL 2018 +++
PREORDER: goo.gl/WMNDwy
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AF013
BOT1500
KEEPER OF THE PASSWORD EP
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A1 BLACK CAT 04:28
A2 SOLT DECAY 03:54
A3 PASSWORD 02:40

B1 BOT FUNK ACID 04:09
B2 RAINY DAY 04:38
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©+Ⓟ Analogical Force 2018. All rights reserved. 
Written and produced by Shinichi Kobayashi somewhere in Japan.
Mastering at Eternal Midnight, Madrid. 
Artwork by David O’Brien at Imposing Kittens, Dublín. 
Distributed by Clone, Rotterdam. 
www.clone.nl

[AF013] BOT1500 'KEEPER OF THE PASSWORD EP' [2018]

Independent record label. 
Based in Madrid, run by Pervert. 
𝕍𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤
isness I is·​ness I ˈiznə̇s
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Distribution: www.clone.nl

[AF013] BOT1500 'KEEPER OF THE PASSWORD EP' [2018]

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