These are tracks that caught my attention in the 1st Quarter of 2025. Most of them if not all were released around that time.

Tracklist
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1.   CRC - Cold Front
2.   Carl Finlow - Dust To Dust
3.   Crew Called Self - Malleable Reality
4.   Musho - Shadows of Noise
5.   Unwonted - Silicon Symphony
6.   Unit Restart - The Chance (Radio Mix)
7.   Framewerk - Freestyle'd
8.   Calagad 13 - Phunkatron
9.   Vincent Perez - The Host (Original Mix)
10.  Rolando Simmons - Behind Your Eye
11.  Transient Lines - Dark Matter
12.  Legowelt - Drizzle in a Laserbeam
13.  Legowelt - Seven Challenges
14.  Space Native - Transformations Of The Cosmic Sphere
15.  Mark Tammo - Slumbertrick
16.  DJ San, Framewerk - Substance Carrier (Framewerk Electro Dub Edit)
17.  System Error - Structural Damage
18.  Synaptic (IN) - breaking bad
19.  Christopher Ledger - Deceptive
20.  Beyond the Black Hole - Blast Radius
21.  Perdí La Luz - Alien Worship (Original Mix)
22.  Kamyar Ring - Planet Surgery
23.  Kamyar Ring - In This Room
24.  Cignol - Suspicion
25.  Will Benson - Dangerous
26.  Beyond the Black Hole - Self-Destrukt
27.  Detector - Javor
28.  Melon Blush, L_cio - Every Second
29.  Celine Arnauld - Hush#02 (Original Mix)
30.  Ivna Ji - Vestibular Sense
31.  Cignol - Botnet
32.  MachineFunk - Experiments
33.  Domenic Cappello - Sunrise on Saturn
34.  Pomposo - Critical Error
35.  Luca Lozano, Mr. Ho - Monkey Punch
36.  Pleomorphic - Sapient
37.  v0idizen - Tighter
38.  The Droid - Illusion

Radar Q1 2025 115-132 bpm

We're back with another episode of The MUSAR Show, this time featuring Dutch 
producer Roel Funcken, one of the most distinctive voices in the IDM world, who delivers a deep journey into intricate sound design, razor-sharp textures and abstract rhythms, from weaving IDM, glitch, and leftfield electronica, into one immersive ride.
Press play and dive in! 

Roel has been releasing forward-thinking music for over two decades, both solo and as part of the influential projects Funckarma (with his brother Don) and Shadow Huntaz. Known for his meticulous production and boundary-pushing approach, his work has landed on labels such as Schematic, Djak-Up-Bitch, Arcola, Ad Noiseam, Shipwrec, Analogical Force, Touched, Science Cult, his own label Funcken Industry and many more...

As a DJ, Roel has performed worldwide, from Tokyo to the USA, London, Berlin, Brussels, Milan, Walking Life and across the Netherlands - supported and sharing stages with the likes of Tim Hecker, Plaid, Autechre, Richard Devine, and Lusine.


Roel Funcken - Musc [Science Cult]
Autechre - CCeC [Warp]
Exm - C Jupiter [Touched Music]
Idlefon - Where Voices Vanish [Tympanik Audio]
Roel Funcken & Exm - Kromon [Unreleased]
Plaid - Tomason [Warp]
Syl Kougaï  - Opale Verniss [Schematic]
Phoenecia - Dilioo [Schematic]
Roel Funcken & Exm - Dovin [Unreleased]
Funckarma - Loaded (Kettel Remix) [Sending Orbs]
Djrum - Galaxy In Silence [Houndstooth]
Plaid - The Launching Of Big Face [Warp]
Secede - Say I Said So [Merck]
Roel Funcken - Nebula Messir [MethLab Recordings]
Roel Funcken - Bworn [Unreleased]
Autechre - Clipper [Warp]
Quench - Kross [FUNCK Music]
Roel Funcken - Spoaf [Science Cult]
The Flashbulb - Petiole [Billegal Beats]
Skee Mask - Muk FM [ILIAN TAPE]
Eedl - Too Few Arguments [Unreleased]
Brothomstates - Te Noch RP [Warp]
CH415 - New Life [Who Is Paula]

The MUSAR Show #77 - Roel Funcken

Mr G - Find Love (Ambient Space Tek)
Barker - The Remembering Self
Dmitry Krylov - Do You Hear It From The Seaside
ASC - Empty Words
Cosmin TRG - Harp Vs Harpoon
Fields Of Mist - Not To Wake Her
Facta - Terminal
Djrum - Reprise
Pye Corner Audio - Simulation Cult
Torus & Danny L Harle - Meteor Shower
Mikkel rev - Expanse
Roy Of The Ravers - White Line Sunrise III
Huerta - Plant Memory
Astrid Sonne - Everything Is Unreal
Rivet aka Grovskopa - All That Heaven Allows
Cahl Sel - Wishbone
Batu - Seams
James Shinra - Anomikk - 2025 Rework
Heinrich Dressel - The Death Of Rue Delambre
Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Loss
The Exaltics - Zweiundzwanzig

Gravitational Drift Vol 2

Excerpts from some tracks I made using only the Yamaha EX-5. The first one also uses samples of a DMX drum machine.

EX5 song demos

I've been feeling a bit salty lately. This version was included in a recent live set. 

Brackish Beings Alternate

2 technics sl-1200 / ecler nuo 2.0


01. MORITZ VON OSWALD - LUMINOSO
02. HANIA RANI - POUR TROIS
03. AROVANE - TORN
04. CLATTERBOX - TEICO 2
05. ANDREA PARKER - MELODIOUS THUNK
06. ATOM TM - HD ENDLESS
07. DRØN - ATOM 312
08. DATAWAVE - AQUILA
09. CLUBROOT - INFATUATED
10. BYETONE - PLASTIC STAR
11. RANDOM FACTOR - ALLEVIATION
12. IL QUADRO DI TROISI - IL RAGGIO VERDE
13. DMX KREW - IS THIS NORMAL?
14. ZOBOL - HARDWARE GRAVEYARD
15. CIGNOL - TRAIN STATION (CIGNOLISED)
16. TESLASONIC - OBSEX
17. BLACKPLOID - XENON
18. ALEK STARK - ALPHA FLIGHT
19. ESTRATO AURORA - AVOL (LIVE VERSION)
20. E.R.P. - NOETIC
21. PLANT43 - SHIFTING AT DUSK
22. LARIONOV - LOST IN SPACE (UHF REMIX)
23. ROI - CRUNIA (THE EXALTICS REMIX)
24. ZETA RETICULA -  CHROMOSPHERE
25. LARIONOV - ONE ZERO ONE
26. ANTHONY ROTHER - KOCMOC
27. BORIS DIVIDER - TAKE MY BEAT (GRAVITATIONAL MIX)
28. UNIVAC - ATOMS COMPLOT
29. METRONEEM - SKIP CODE
30. ANTHONY ROTHER - DESTROY HIM MY ROBOTS
31. TRANSPAC - TTS


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buy here: https://whoispaula.bandcamp.com/album/shapeshifter

@featherstone_adl - Shapeshifter

12" Vinyl

A Side (45 RPM)
A1 - Underpass 
A2 - Shapeshifter

 
B Side (33 RPM)
B1 - The Ascent 
B2 - Departure 
B3 - Morning Star


Who Is Paula WIP008

Format 12" (incl. Free DL Code)
Digital Formats (Bandcamp only)

Written & Produced: Ben Featherstone
Mastering: Dubplates & Mastering
Pressing: OBJECTS Manufacturing

Paula looked at her arms to see skin start to shimmer,
limbs stretching, shapes shifting as the weight of her old self passed like a wave.
She soared through the open window,
metamorphed, shapeless, but a sonic whole.



[PREMIERE] - Featherstone - Morning Star [WIP008]

1. Groovintella - Detroit On Tape - Unreleased Promo
2. Manny Cuevas - Techno-Kid (Original Mix) - Hottwerk Records London
3. Theo Moral - Casbah - CANCELLED
4. trackfx - The Dark Abyss 2 - Unreleased Promo
5. Underground Resistance - UR046 - Underground Resistance Detroit
6. JGarrett - The Last Transmission - SubSensory Recordings
7. Jay Zoney - Revelation (Original Mix) - Eternal Drive Recordings
8. DJ Pierre - Fire Drill (Smoke Alert Mix) - Strictly Rhythm Records
9. Felix Da Housecat - Revelation - Deep Distraxion
10. Ronnie Griffith - Spies (Manny Cuevas'z Leatherman-Disco Edit) - Unreleased
11. Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Etre Pas - White Label
12. What It Is - Do You Believe (Bigger Than Life Mix) - Other Side Records
13. DJ Duke - Happy Song Or Dance (DJ M-TRAXXX Happy Extended Edit) - Power Music

Manny'z Medicine Show #75 9-28-2025'

Hi all! More than happy to share the sixth Hyperborea session, featuring guest @ricardotobar. An artist whose work has been a deep influence through the years, bringing inspiration with his signature sonic character.

In this mix Ricardo has built a hypnotic meditation with long transitions and textured layers, inviting listeners to close their eyes and quiet the incessant movement of news and time, entering a slower, timeless flow of sound.

Alongside the mix, there is also an interview where he shares thoughts on his process and approach. You can listen to the mix and read the interview now at https://futurenevercomes.net
~~

T R A C K L I S T

Songs of the Humpback Whale - Dr Roger Payne
Richard Pinhas - Home: Ruitor
Ricardo Tobar - Arpa x
Mirko Loko - Tahktok (Villalobos Hilery’s Chant Remix)
Russel E.L. Butler - Orr Springs Road
Binary Digit - Ale by the Sea
Mark Broom - 909 Workout
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Elektro-Modulator 2
John Zorn - Fils des Etoiles
Speaker Music - Adaptive Preference
Konduku - Gazos
Mattheis - Klrnoe
Diseño Corbusier - Golpe de Amistad
Seccion de Ritmo - Regular Degular
The Golden Filter - Barck Forth
Ben Klock - Compression Session
Nick Höppner & Gonno - As Above So Below
Dansa - Vow
C.A.R - Sore Loser (Trenton Chase Remix)
Heap - Amour Propre
MMM - Everything Falls Into Place
NKC - Honest Drums
Emotional Rescue - It’s You (Free House Remix)
Jimi Tenor - Take Me Baby (Inland Edit)
Peter Dundov - Oasis (Gavin Russom Remix)
Not Waving - Power Source Beam Line
Secretsundaze - Dmdu
Eduardo de la Calle - Madhusudhana

Hyperborea 006 - Ricardo Tobar

https://soundcloud.com/nick_wilkinson

Eighteen months on from his "Left Hand Drive" debut on Bricolage, Wilks returns with his much anticipated, sophomore EP, "A Soul To Borrow".

Any fans of the "Left Hand Drive" EP will be elated to know that the emotive edges and cinematic backdrops are still at the forefront of the Wilks sound but there's a clear evolution at the core of his productions. It's a sound that is hard to pin down. Incorporating elements of ambient, electronica, garage and drum n bass into one evocative whole. Clean production techniques, a broader palette and more experience has elevated Wilks into a new realm of sound. Electronic music with finesse and grit.

There's a more lacquered nuance in the shades of the melodies on show and the basslines run that little bit deeper. Helping to add further to the stirring depth of all six tracks. The percussion feels tight but luxurious as it meticulously opens and expands around the soundscapes. There's a degree of melancholy throughout but the reflection of the shuffling rhythms provides us with a constant sense of moving forward and upwards.

Intricate, delicate, serene and atmospheric. You can hear and feel that this is a project that has had everything poured into it. Heart and soul.

https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/a-soul-to-borrow-bc096

A Soul To Borrow

Wilks - A Soul To Borrow (from the "A Soul To Borrow" EP)

Contagion

Bookings:
binaryfunctionuk@gmail.com

UK-based producer and DJ, BinaryFunction, is no novice to the scene. 
Moving on from Manchester, he relocated to the island of Mauritius in 1991, where he lived for 12 years. He began producing music from 1995 onwards, and took part in a DMC competition coming first. He began DJ’ing on the island of Mauritius the minute he arrived and quickly built a reputation as the first underground DJ on the island. His Acid House influences took over and he began DJing in most of the islands biggest clubs, leading him to warm up for French legend Laurent Garnier in 1998 on the neighbouring island Reunion. Since 2004 BinaryFunction returned to his hometown of Manchester and has been honing his production craft and DJing skills, waiting for the opportune moment to release his music.
BinaryFunction has recently graduated from Mathew Jonson's Freedom Engine Academy.

Contagion

BinaryFunction (Official)

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