BETA 06
Track 1: Artefakt - Undercurrent
Track 2: DJ MARIA. - Purple
Track 3: Tasoko - SENKIN DUB
Track 4: YUTA/O-MA - Electro Dawn

Mastered by Tobias Freund at Non Standard Studios, Berlin.
Artwork by Qotaroo

Label: Liquid Drop Groove
Catalog: LDG029
Release: 2024.10.29

//ENG// 
The third release of the year is a collection of tracks that are linked to a party. The line-up includes Artefakt, an artist on the prestigious Amsterdam label Delsin. DJ MARIA who is now a techno icon in Japan. Tasoko who has had a huge musical influence on LDG. And a debut track by YUTA's new project with the outstandingly talented O-MA.

Break techno with ambient elements by Artefakt. A masterpiece with floating synths, elegant kick and bass, and a remarkable sense of balance between each part.

A energetic groove dropped into mid-tempo, DJ MARIA. opens new doors and updates the track.

Using effects on the main riff to create the structure of the track, this downtempo track shows Tasoko's playfulness and craftsmanship.

YUTA/O-MA's track, an accidental product of their sessions, is structured in two parts, the first half being break techno and the second half changing to four beats, making it one of the most innovative pieces of listening tunes in LDG's catalogue.

Offered mastering to Tobias for listening comfort and absolute sound quality. BETA 06, released 29 October.
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//JPN// 
今年のリリース第三弾は、パーティと連動した作品集。アムステルダムの名門レーベルDelsinのアーティストArtefaktを筆頭に、今や日本のテクノアイコンとなったDJ MARIA.、音楽面でLDGに多大な影響をもたらしたTasokoと、LDG主宰のYUTAとO-MAによるデビュートラックがラインナップ！

Artefaktによるアンビエント要素が散りばめられたブレイクテクノ。フローティングな上音と、上品なキックとベース、各パーツの抜き差しのバランス感など、匠技が際立った名曲。

DJ MARIA.の代名詞であるフロアライクでエネルギッシュなグルーブをミッドテンポに落とし込む、新たな扉を開いた彼女のアップデートが著しい楽曲。

メインリフの質感とエフェクトで楽曲の構成を創る、Tasokoの遊び心が存分に発揮された職人芸と言えようダウンテンポトラック。

二人のセッションから偶発的に生み出されるYUTA/O-MAの楽曲は、前半がブレイクテクノ、後半から四つ打ちに変わる二部構成、LDG作品の中でも斬新なリスニングチューン。

サウンドテクスチャーに合わせて、マスタリングはTobias.にオファー、聴き心地とクオリティを追求したBETA 06。

https://liquiddropgroove.bandcamp.com/album/beta-06

BETA 06

DJ MARIA. - Purple

For the next installment in the series, we invite Delta Division: an artist with a strong track record in the techno scene as Giordano, and now moving towards a new chapter under a new moniker. With more focus in the bass and breaks realm, get ready for an excursion of no-nonsense low frequency vibrations.

Delta Division | Artaphine Series 108

Performed at Twisted Frequency Festival in Aotearoa. 

Hardware used: 
Electribe EMX
Octatrack
Digitakt

Eli Høff (Live Set) @ Twisted Frequency Festival, Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa (2024/2025)

soundcloud : @user-574071433
instagram : www.instagram.com/inakaysen/

Disjoli invites Ina Kaysen @ GIMIC - 20 February 2025


Inspired by the long, dark months and the physical and emotional sickness that often accompanies them, this collection of music weaves together original productions and discovered gems that resonate with the season’s duality: its harshness and its solace. Filled with rhythmic tracks with layers of different textures, the mix mirrors the tension and release of winter’s grip. 

Soundcloud ➟ @drazzit
Instagram ➟ www.instagram.com/drazzitdj

Upperberry | Drazzit

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 - Dying

Surgeon - Fall

• 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗟 • https://bit.ly/4kXlzPh

For the past decade, Feph has been steadily focusing on sound design and modular synthesis to create her own appeal to electronic music.

The most recent years have also been dedicated to the growth of two record labels, Zosimos and Alchemista Records. Both are showcasing a spotlight on international talent, while also maintaining a regular schedule of self-releases on both vinyl and digital imprints.

Her music has also gained international support, being released on labels succh as Palinoia, The Gods Planet, Subsist, Further Sessions, Analog Solutions, and Omnidisc, to name a few.

The current focus is on production and live performance, which has already been showcased in venues such as Miami's Club Space- The Ground, and iiiPoints Festival.

Feph continues to create with an experimental approach in mind, paving her unique way in a wide-ranging wordl of electronic music.

Feph:
▫️ SC: https://soundcloud.com/fephmusic
▫️ IG: https://www.instagram.com/feph___

Crescent London:
▫️ https://linktr.ee/crescent.london

Coqui

Free Download

• 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗟 • Feph - Coqui [FREEDL20]

For this week we have the honour to present, French DJ/producer Andy Pi, co-founder of the Nébuleuse collective. Known for his hypnotic sets that fuse deep sounds and organic rhythms, he transmits a raw, visceral energy where dance meets mental exploration.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/andy_pi
IG:https://www.instagram.com/andy__pi_/

Artwork by IG : https://www.instagram.com/c.elestyalthreads/

NO BORDERS PODCAST 66 - ANDY PI

soundcloud : @oton
instagram : www.instagram.com/oton____/

OTON @ GIMIC - 25 April 2025

Sawf - Livelos Mix

Audiovisual memories of last night
Techno orientated

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