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Although not much is known about Birmingham-based producer Tsunga, he has got the support of Hyperdub affiliate Scratcha DVA. 

Uploading a steady stream of bass-fuelled, techno-based tracks to his SoundCloud over the last year, including 'Coewd' on Ukrainian imprint Nicz Records, he recently received the thumbs up from B.Traits with the hectic 'Feisar'. 

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Download: Tsunga 'Distortion + Rave'

Some tracks were built to rattle the glass in Berghain, the kind that makes you forget where your friends went or if they even exist at all. This new dish from 1/2 of the Analogue Cops and Restoration Records boss Marieu and Berlin newcomer Manella is that pneumatic techno at it's best. When not beating 909s, the duo apparently like to eat in the park (how quant). Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the first release from PicNic34 (although musically I don't get the vision of red checkered blankets in the sun).

Marieu & Mannella - Technologia Robotica

Among all the untold trends that rise and fall in house and techno, Kompakt just keeps on keeping on; always varied, but held together around an unending flow of incredibly pure, incredibly powerful, elemental dancefloor forces. It's also a constantly collaborative venture, its core artists constantly combining and recombining to keep the basic template fresh, and here we're very happy to see two of the label owners Michael Mayer and Reinhard Voigt (younger brother of the mighty Wolfgang) on a split release. Mayer's track is, surprise surprise, an absolutely classic Kompakt banger.

For pre-order, head over here: http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/time_is_running

Michael Mayer "The Stickler" - Boiler Room Debuts

I played this at Corsica on Sunday morning and someone handed me £20 over the decks

Don't Stop No Sleep (S-S Sugar Rush)

Something Happening Somewhere 
www.sohaso.com

artist: Various Artists
title: SOMEWHERE II
cat nr.: SOMEWHERE02
Distribution: Kompakt

Tracks 
01 Malbetrieb - Nim
02 SB - According To
03 Locked Groove - Namibia
04 Stefan Vincent - How It Could've Been
05 Quince - Europa
06 Kid Culture - Arp313
07 Paul Hughes - Unity (Chymera 2015 Remix) 

Digital available
Beatport: http://btprt.dj/1iiB6ti
Juno: http://bit.ly/1O5kvG4
Whatpeopleplay: http://bit.ly/1XSHR54
Boomkat: http://bit.ly/1K06p2G

Vinylsampler: www.kompakt.fm/releases/somewhere_12

SoHaSo’s saga continues with a sound selection of singlets. Singular recordings from separate artists, bound together through Nuno Dos Santos’ spellbinding powers of creation and combination. The results are SOMEWHERE I and II: two compilations released digitally this summer, with this final edition completing the diptych.

Continuing the theme of inner reflection caught in music, SOMEWHERE II tells us story after story. Stories of longing, of guilt, of bitter melancholy, yet on the other hand: hope, affection and even ‘Unity’, as Paul Hughes’ addition remixed by Chymera is aptly named. Stories of laying in fields, hoping to catch falling stars, or diving deep and seeing how far you can go, somewhere, something is happening. From Stefan Vincent’s almost meditative How It Could Have Been, to Kid Culture’s nearly euphoric Arp313. From Malbetrieb’s tearjerking Nim to Locked Groove’s gloomy Namibia.

With even more tracks wedged in between, the SOMEWHERE series feels like a sound based confessional. Telling unheard stories, exposing unseen surfaces and unheard sounds. A compilation to cherish, of which this is the second part. SOMEWHERE I was released digitally earlier this summer, with both parts being made available on CD in very limited quantities.

An intriguing combination of names known and unknown, it’s once again testament that there’s so much happening, somewhere, all the time.

BEATPORT

Locked Groove - Namibia (SOMEWHERE02)

Kindred Phenomena marks @Mattheis’ debut album. After two cosmic EPs on Nous’klaer and a mini-album on tape for Ecstatic Recordings, he now returns to Nous’klaer for his first full story. An album shaped for every occasion: driving from the city to the island, dancing in the living room, or raving at sunset.

On Kindred Phenomena Mattheis picks up where he left off: ‘Swell’ serves as another episode of the prisms, the modular synth excursion of ‘Bit Fragments’ pushes his arpeggiator solos a step further, and album standout ‘Ben_m’ provides his most beautiful dance of melodies yet. The album consists of eight tracks and comes as a double 12 inch for deejay convenience; and for the ultimate experience: go see Mattheis perform his album live on the road. 

Tracklist:
A1 Herds
A2 Ben_m (Tidal Fields Version)
B1 Ben_m 
B2 Bit Fragments
C1 Swell
C2 PR6
D1 PR8 
D2 Current

Label: Nous’klaer Audio
Cat no.: NOUSLP001
Format: 2x12” & Digital
Release date: 16-11-2015 (Digital one month after vinyl release)

All tracks written and produced by Matthijs Verschuure
Mastered by Chris Oberman
Artwork by Hilbert Kruidenier
Distributed by Clone Distribution 

Kindred Phenomena

Swell

Bandcamp

Mattheis - 5| Swell - Nous'klaer Audio LP 001

Mano Le Tough's album " Trails " is out now 

Mano Le Tough - I See Myself In You

Kowton is now primed to release his debut full-length ‘Utility’ through Livity Sound on April 15. ‘SCIDO’ from the LP opens with a lively percussive line that skitters up and down, providing a basis around which outer layers of shimmering ambient tones and flecks of distortion are constructed

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