Hyperborea (Landscapes Ep / Wave Function)

In recent years, Blackploid has come to be one of Central Processing Unit’s signature artists. The German producer has averaged more than a record a year for the Sheffield imprint since he first landed on CPU in 2021. This prolific run continues with Cosmic Drama, Blackploid’s second LP for the label. The album takes the baton from its predecessor Enter Universe in style, delivering twelve tracks of top-quality machine-funk that draw down from electro’s classic artists while also imbuing proceedings with a playfulness that very much gives things a signature Blackploid-ish flavour.

Cosmic Drama sets its stall out from the off. The opening run of ‘Alien’, ‘World Construction’ and ‘Virtual State’ all deliver piston-snapping beats which anchor pleasing melanges of B-movie synth lines. Alongside this, Blackploid adds little flourishes which add buoyancy to each joint - a syncopated bassline reminiscent of I-f’s late-90s classic ‘Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass’, crackling robo-voiced commands, skittering synth chords which wash across the mix and so on. It’s the work of someone completely at ease with their craft, comfortable enough to take risks without upsetting the apple cart of their sound’s core appeal.

Blackploid’s idiosyncratic approach to synth work is something which distinguishes Cosmic Drama from the pack. Electro has long been a genre which prides itself on innovation on the keys, but few producers are willing to push their sonics as far as Blackploid does - take the seasick churn of pads and processors on ‘Multiverse’, for instance, or the way John Carpenter-esque single-note lines dovetail with gurgling synthetic pulses and eerie, spacious chords on ‘The Lab’, a highlight of Cosmic Drama’s midsection.

Cosmic Drama skips along at club tempo throughout - every one of these joints will get bodies moving in dark rooms across the galaxy. However, even when tracks maintain their single-minded pursuit of machine-funk perfection, they never forget to deliver on the hooks. Blackploid has lead lines (and counter-melodies) to burn here, and each track knots them together in ever-more intriguing ways as they plough onwards. Drexciyan heads will be thrilled by the sci-fi delights of ‘Species’, for instance, while Blackploid brings melodies as cold as they are catchy on the aptly-named ‘Polar Dunes’. By the time Cosmic Drama hits upon the vroom-vrooming bassline line of closer ‘Contact’, you’re fully enthralled to the album’s combination of broken-beat heft and synthetic melodiousness.

RIYL: Drexciya, I-f, Cygnus, AFX

Cosmic Drama

Blackploid - Cosmic Drama

PREORDER: https://beyondjupiter1.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-jupiter-001-3

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Moy - The Caustic Wymondham EP - OFFEN 030

A1 Phaseacid
A2 Outburst
B1 Strange Geometry
B2 Platonic Solid

My next full EP, on Offen Music, is now up for preorder on their Bandcamp and all the usual spots (Boomkat, Juno, Clone, Redeye, etc.).
https://moybassmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-caustic-wymondham-ep

This release has been in the works for a minute. Vladimir (who runs Offen) has been a longtime supporter of my music - regularly playing my tracks out across the globe. A couple of years back, I sent him some demos and a recent release: one of those tracks made it into his set at the Outburst stage at Houghton Festival, which was a huge moment for me! That sparked an ongoing exchange of music and ideas, and eventually led to this EP taking shape.

Stylistically, it’s the MOY blend of bluephoric acid, electro, and breakbeats - with some added 4/4 stomp for good measure. (I also took the photos for the sleeve myself on a slightly wonky Nikon, which felt fitting for this one.)

Really proud of how this EP turned out. Huge thanks to Vladimir for the support and belief in what I do.

GET STUCK IN

Photography by Jonny Moy
Mastered by Toby at Viceworks Mastering
Lacquer cut by Andreas at Schnittstelle
Pressed by Optimal
Artwork by Percy
All tracks written and produced by Jonny Moy

Offen Music 2025

PREVIEW: MOY - The Caustic Wymondham EP [OFFEN030]

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The 89th Passenger - BJ001 - SET

1 - Farewell To Julia - Our Melodie (2025 - Unreleased)
2 - Caramel Chameleon - ...And You Feel So Lucky (2024 - Nottetempo)
3 - Not Even Noticed - Cyber Rhythm (2024 - Who Is Paula)
4 - Promising/Youngster - Back On Track (2024 - Touched Music)
5 - The 89th Passenger - Waiting To See You Again (2025 - Beyond Jupiter)
6 - Agatha Bird - Man In The Middle (2021 - Unreleased)
7 - Sound Synthesis - Planet Hope (2021 - Distant Worlds)
8 - Fasme + Maelstrom - Almond Blossom (2021 - Central Processing Unit)
9 - µ-Ziq - Fogou (2024 - Planet Mu)
10 - The 89th Passenger - We Only Remain (2025 - Unreleased)
11 - Uf0 - Luka Ricci (2024 - Fourier Transform)
12 - Bufo Bufo - Ghost Print ( 2022 - Altered Sense)
13 - Polly Scattergood - Cocoon (Maps Remix) (2014 - Mute Artists)
14 - Abfahrt Hinwil - Phase 4 (2022 - Lapsus Records)
15 - CRC - Disposal Robot 139 (2023 - Furthur Electronix)
16 - ----
17 - Shadow Acid - The End (2023 - Exalt Records)
18 - The 89th Passenger - Untitled (2025 - Unreleased)
29 - Uf0 - Unconditional (2025 - Beyond Jupiter)


Beyond Jupiter [EPISODE 01] -  The 89th Passenger

NEVERHOOD w/ Asynmetrical – [9th July 2025]

For this episode of NEVERHOOD, I invited Asynmetrical — artist, friend, and collaborator — for a set that dives deep into the raw edges of EBM, dark wave, and electro.
Expect a dark, driving selection that includes unreleased tracks from our upcoming joint projects, exclusive cuts from his label, and sounds that define his uncompromising vision.

Originally aired on Rough Radio.
Now streaming in full here.

ASYMMETRICAL: https://soundcloud.com/asymmetrical

#neverhood #asynmetrical #roughradio #ebm #darkwave #electro #undergroundsound #mixcloud #soundcloud



NEVERHOOD #08 w/ Asymmetrical

"This little mix is a documentation of a magical summer in my house. I've had friends stay over during an intense long heatwave, and these tracks have been sketched out while hanging out drinking aperol spritzes and chilled wine, and after my friends have gone to sleep. It's a combination of sketches, short jams, almost finished tracks and repurposed bits. 
For those wondering who I am, I am a guy operating, quite comfortably, from the shadowy underbelly of the european experimental techno scene since the early 2000s. I was talked into releasing an EP on 030303 Records in 2014. Since then I've put out more stuff on Analogical Force, Love Love Recs, U.T.T.E.R., Furthur Electronix. 

I’ve gotten reports that both Autechre and Aphex Twin have DJ:ed my tracks, which is perhaps my biggest (second hand) achievement so far, since they are known for quite different styles of music.

Big thanks to Giovanna Elia for inviting me, and to anyone listening, buying my records and/or playing them out."

VERBS Files: Rolando Simmons | live

12 Hard even & Pege - white Tiger

1. solo 14.10.25
2. solo 30.06.25
3. + @hofbadge 07.10.25
4. + @backxster 06.08.25
5. solo 03.07.25
6. solo 16.10.25
7. solo 13.07.25
8. + @sor22222ta 09.08.25
9. solo 12.10.25
10 + @2fayth 07.10.25
11 + @bxxngan 17.08.25


Q3 '25 @1plugsoon + @hofbadge @backxster @sor2ta @bxxngan @2fayth

Zero gravity madness

Beyond Jupiter is an independent label transmitting from the outer fringes of electronic music.
Founded by a group of producers, friends, and a headphone-wired braindance devotee, the label is a tribute to analog synthesis, broken rhythms, and melancholic melodies from a future that never happened.
Each record is a sonic artifact.
A signal from a lost rave

Beyond Jupiter [EPISODE 01] - The 89th Passenger

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