Architectural 04.1

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Night Service x Tech Couture with Bailey Ibbs b2b Paige & Bessie-Mae b2b DJ OT - 24 July 2023

Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

BANDCAMP

Surgeon - Infinite Eye

Opening set at Tresor Berlin (09/04/2025). Thanks to @marsch_music for the invitation!

Paul Hauck @ Tresor Berlin, 09/04/2025 (LiveCut002)

Mary Yuzovskaya unveils the ‘The More You Know’ remix EP on her vinyl-only Monday Off imprint, releasing 6th June 2025. Featuring reworks from Spain’s ORBE, 90s US Techno legend Mike Parker, Judas Records’ JUDAΣ, and Duna founder CONCEPTUAL, the release builds on an EP that won the support of artists like Daniel Avery, re:ni, Luke Slater, GiGi FM, Kr!z, and Jako Jako.

First up, Token and Mote-Evolver artist and Orbe Records boss ORBE remixes ‘Ittiologia’, maintaining the original’s hypnotism by amplifying its eerie soundscapes for a loopy, deep space trip. JUDAΣ, shrouded in mystery yet known for his self-released EPs on his eponymous label and releases on ARTS, then revisits ‘Micologia’, completely reworking its tripped-out sequences into short bursts of droning synth work.

Tresor, Semantica, and Prologue’s Mike Parker also provides a version of ‘Micologia’, with the US Techno lynchpin slowing down its rhythm while its weighted synthlines bubble up between its kicks and rides. Closing out this remix package, Italy’s CONCEPTUAL reworks ‘Ittiologia’, building tension via the original’s dark and shadowy atmospheres but switching up its low-end for an electric, late-night feel.

Mary Yuzovskaya is a storyteller. Through delicate, masterful curation and a deep knowledge of experimental, trippy Techno, she weaves together sonic journeys - with ‘The More You Know - Remixes’ making for another excellent addition to her Monday Off label.

Mary Yuzovskaya ‘The More You Know - Remixes’ releases via Monday Off 6th June 2025

Tracklist:

01 Ittiologia (ORBE Remix)
02 Micologia (JUDAΣ Remix)
03 Micologia (Mike Parker Remix)
04 Ittiologia (CONCEPTUAL Remix)

Support the release:
https://mondayoff.bandcamp.com/album/pre-order-the-more-you-know-remixes-2

Follow Mary Yuzovskaya:
Soundcloud: @bananamilk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/maryyuzovskaya
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mary_yuzovskaya/

Follow Mike Parker:
Soundcloud: @geophone
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeParkerNY/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike_parker_geophone/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/mikeparker

Follow Monday Off:
Soundcloud: @monday-off
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mondayoffrecords
Instagram: www.instagram.com/monday_off_records/
Bandcamp: mondayoff.bandcamp.com/merch

Follow Dirty Epic:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

PREMIERE: Mary Yuzovskaya - Micologia (Mike Parker Remix) [Monday Off]

Premire : YUKIMASA - S.o.t.o infinity (Ryogo Yamamori Remix)

Preorder now on Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/black-sites-r4-vinyl/1091289-01/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud

Hamburg’s Helena Hauff and F#X return resurrect their darkly experimental Black Sites project after an 11 year hiatus.  Their first full length LP – for Berlin’s techno institution Tresor Records, no less – pulls about as few punches as any of their material, improvised live and recorded straight to tape with minimal editing and post-production buffing up. ‘BLOKK’ has a touch of the distorted glories of Aphex’s early Polygon Window work, ‘C4’ has a low slung bassline throb and supercharged kick meets radioactive cymbal rhythm track, and elsewhere skeletal electro and Throbbing Gristle-style industrial noise either does battle or teams up. Maximum toxicity!

https://www.instagram.com/tresorberlin/

More from the label: https://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Tresor+Germany/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud

PREORDER

PREMIERE: Black Sites - SKKETCH (Tresor)

Preorder now on Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/jakojako-hardwired-vinyl/1094322-01/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud

Berlin-based JakoJako has meticulously compiled this new compilation for Air Texture with the aim of spotlighting the deep bonds among hardware-focused producers. Featuring standout tracks from top dogs like Rødhåd, Acid Pauli and The Field, the collection reflects a shared musical language built through machines and their ability to convey the emotions of their human users, often with a rough, dusty edge that makes them all the more realistic. Drawing on the metaphor of a hardwired synthesiser that is pre-connected and instantly functional, the release celebrates unspoken creative kinship between the two with everything from deep, heads down late night dancers from Regent to more lithe and elastic rhythms from Mareena alongside JakoJako herself.

More from the label: https://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Air+Texture+US/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud

PREMIERE - Mareena & JakoJako – ‘ah’ (Air Texture)

I had the honour of creating this remix for Teno's new EP, titled Yuugao.


Get the Full Release on Bandcamp
https://monos222.bandcamp.com/album/yuugao-ep

Yuugao EP released on June 28, 2025

artist : TENO, Tenzia
title : Yuugao EP
catalog no. : MONOS03
order : Bandcamp
format : digital

mastering & artwork : TENO

track list :
1. Yuugao
2. Strawberry
3. Pineapple
4. Grape
5. Grape (Tenzia Remix)


SC : @teno222
IG : www.instagram.com/t.e.n.o_/

Bandcamp

Teno - Grape (Tenzia Remix)

ey.rah - 14 Juillet 2025

Slowmode b2b zeroday → Mastak Records — July 26, 2025

|ENG|
Both a brand and an author, whose is the mind drawing the plans under that name? Whoever he is, he wanted to let the creativity that lies deep within run free, and has carved out his first tracks by cementing a solid base of sonic material made up of pure techno with minimalist touches. Pure concrete straight from Chicago with Detroit ripples and forged of alloys derived from the most genuine Soul.
Drinking from the fountain of intelligent techno, this recently graduated architect starts his career demonstrating that, having absorbed the teachings of the classics, his time has come. Architectural has come to stay. This is not just another name, Architectural has earned it and become someone who will explore new avenues in the deepest and most mental electronic music you’ve ever danced before. 
 
This powerful edifice which rises sky-high, laid its foundations and basic structure in Architectural 001 and 002, which presents us the blows, clicks, snaps and twisting resulting from the construction crew’s hard labour and exploitation of a dark desolate ground under the instructions of an Architect, whose mind generates the project that builds up before us. 
 
After the elation with which his first projects where welcomed by the most well known European dj’s, Architectural continues his building project with a surprising 3rd EP. Architectural 003 proves that this is no rookie, he’s a blazing star showing such a high level of creativity and innovation that leaves no room for doubt. We give ourselves over to a captivating rhythm, and it's a privilege. We are participating in the birth of a new sound structure which will lay the foundations of a style many will follow.
At the endings of 2011 Architectural presents his 4th work: Architectural 004. This is the culmination of the first structure planned by this artist, but is sure that it will not be the last.

A 5th part of his project is now in the design phase: ¿which surprises will it give us? We will discover it soon: don't miss the musical construction project of Architectural.


|ESP|
Al mismo tiempo sello y autor ¿quien hay tras este nuevo nombre y los proyectos que está creando? Sea quien sea, ha querido dar rienda suelta a la creatividad que latía bajo su piel y ha esculpido los primeros tracks que cimentarán una sólida base de materia sónica compuesta por puro techno con toques minimalistas, hormigón proveniente de Chicago, con vetas detroitianas y forjado de aleaciones derivadas del soul más genuino.
Bebiendo de la escuela del ‘Intelligent Techno’ este recién licenciado arquitecto comienza su carrera demostrando que, una vez ha interiorizado las enseñanzas de los clásicos, ha llegado su hora: Architectural ha venido para quedarse, no es un nombre más: es por méritos propios alguien que va a marcar un nuevo camino en la electrónica de baile más profunda y mental que hayas bailado.
Esta poderosa edificación que empieza a alzarse pone sus cimientos y estructura básica en Architectural 001 y 002, que nos presentan los impactos, chasquidos y torsiones que provoca todo el equipo de construcción enfrascado en su tarea, explotando un oscuro terreno desolado, siguiendo las indicaciones del Arquitecto que genera en su mente todo el proyecto que irá alzándose ante nosotros. 
Tras una exultante acogida de sus primeros proyectos por parte de los más reconocidos dj’s europeos, Architectural continúa su proyecto constructivo con un sorprendente tercer EP: Architectural 003 es la constatación de que no nos encontramos ante un ‘rookie’, una estrella fulgurante: exhibe tal nivel de creatividad e innovación que no deja lugar a dudas: entregarnos a su cautivador ritmo es un privilegio, es participar en el nacimiento de una nueva estructura sonora que va a marcar un estilo que muchos tratarán de seguir.
No ha muerto todavía el año 2011 cuando el afán productivo de Architectural nos entrega su cuarto trabajo: Architectural 004. Culmina así la primera estructura proyectada por este artista, la que a buen seguro, no va a ser el único elemento creado por él.
Una 5ª fase de su proyecto está ya en fase de diseño: ¿qué sorpresas nos depara? Pronto lo sabremos: no te pierdas el proyecto de construcción musical que traza Architectural.

