With ‘100% Dope’ we find Central Processing Unit bringing up their hundredth catalogue number, and you’d struggle to find a more fitting artist to ring in a century of releases for the label than Cygnus. The one born Phillip Washington has been with CPU since the very beginning, his 2012 LP ‘Newmark Phase’ representing the first record ever released on the imprint. That album’s combination of textured techno and grizzly Drexciyan electro set the tone for CPU perfectly, and it’s no surprise that Cygnus has returned to the Sheffield imprint several times down the years.

While ‘100% Dope’ is an expert demonstration of what Cygnus and CPU do, this EP also shows just how much both artist and label have grown over the past nine years. At its heart ‘100% Dope’ is a set of prime machine-funk from a master of the form, but these are also some of the most daring and innovative tracks that Cygnus has ever produced. 

Take opening cut ‘Bad RGB Controller’. In the undulating synth lines we have a ghost of grime as well as Drexciyan drive, and as such the track reminds one as much of Mr. Mitch or Last Japan as it does, say, Dopplereffekt. Furthermore, ‘Bad RGB Controller’ shifts gear around the halfway mark into a highwire electronica mode which has the wit and spark of prime Bogdan Raczynski. Entries like ‘Float Back To The Surface’ are similarly unpredictable. There's some lovely industrial techno bite to this one - the snare drum will echo in your head long after the party’s died down - but Cygnus periodically pulls out the rug from underneath us with passages of impressionistic texture that almost border on sound art. 

‘Float Back To The Surface’ is one of a trio of vocoder-led jams here. On ‘Throwing Shade’ we hear I-F and Egyptian Lover, with Cygnus’ vocals clattering around like pronouncements from some funked-out robot overlord atop hissing-piston drums. Then there’s the enticingly-titled ‘CPU Records’. ‘CPU Records’ delivers all the crisp electro snap we’ve come to expect from a record emblazoned with that signature black-and-white artwork, yet this thing is also widescreen and cinematic in ways that demonstrate the maturation of the Cygnus sound. With a wicked vocoder vocal that celebrates the label’s many achievements, ‘CPU Records’ is a victory lap tune if ever we’ve heard one.

Central Processing Unit keep it 100 on for this new EP. ‘100% Dope’ by Cygnus is CPU’s 100th catalogue number, and the Texan producer delivers on the promise of the record’s title with a collection of brilliantly unique electro joints.

RIYL: Bogdan Raczynski, Mr. Mitch, I-F, B12

100 % Dope

Cygnus - 100% Dope

For this month's Intergalactic Rhythms, we will broadcast live from the Sleeve++ record store in Leipzig, where Clear Memory will showcase their signature all-things-electro sound in a special 3 hour takeover with crew members Milium and Rekorder.
The label is well known far beyond the borders of Germany and not only since their latest release from January 2021 - which hits diggers hard with “Speedy Beats, High Energy - Electro deeply saturated with rap samples and breaks”, as they describe the sound of CLEAR005.
We are very happy to have these guys with us for the next episode!
Expect loads of unreleased music.

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Intergalactic Rhythms  - Clear Memory Showcase 01.07.21

For mix #077 we welcome long-time friend and sister, Hazra!

Not many positives have come from COVID-19 but Lauren finally taking the plunge into mixing has been a definite plus for everyone, whether you know it yet or not.

Now Glasgow-based but originally from Dundee, we have partied with her long before Hilltown Disco days.  From Thursday-Sunday sessions at our beloved home of the Reading Rooms, to infamous Commercial Street parties, Hazra has always had the ear for killer tunes and has really just always got it - which can be felt in this mix.

The set was recorded mid-isolation when she had COVID which makes the result even more impressive.  A mix for the dancers and for the nights of the future.

Enjoy X

TRACKLIST 
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ANNIKA WOLFE — I WISH I WAS A FLEA
SLACKER	— TWISTED HEADS
LSDXOXO — CODENAME COTTONMOUTH
ANNIKA WOLFE — BUST
JASMINE INFINITI — YES, SIR
5ZYL — HOMIE
INTERVIEWS — MIAMI STRING
GAMMA INTEL — FALSE MEMORIES
SHEDBUG — SIBELLE
OSC KINS & SPEED GONZALES — GIVE IT 2 ME
ACEMOMA - AMPHIBIOUS TECHNOLOGIES (FT. SWEATER ON POLO)
JLM WERX — STREET PULSE
NITE FLEIT — USUAL SUSPECTS (D. TIFFANY REMIX)
PPALACE - SEIKO
THE ADVENT — WORK DAT

HD Mix #077 - Hazra

Recording from Marandi 10/7/2021. Hvalfjörður, Iceland.
Design by: alexjean.design

MARANDI 2021 | XWIFE

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Natural Sciences label head Alex Hall, blesses the Sound Transitions mix series after a small hiatus with the next volume featuring a slew of driving techno heat, industrial and dark electronic grooves that will melt your mind, body and soul. Keep a look out for the forthcoming new Future Works compilation featuring over 40+ new and returning artists that will be sure to stay in rotation for months to come. Tracklist after the drop.

Pointe Noire - Dancing with a Stranger (Dystatik)
Gael - Ars Memorative (Dystatik)
Morah - Pearl Necklace (Vanila Recs)
Adam Skull - Cataphracture (Unreleased Natural Sciences Recs)
Low Standard Deviation - Tortura Electronica (Bunker)
Synth Versus Me - Harsh Winter Storm (Oraculo Records)
No Spiritual Surrender - XXX (Cabrera)
Sorcery - Synovial Membrane (Bedouin)
Bill Converse - W.A.T.B (feat Carlos Souffront)
Steve Summers - Who Knows (L.I.E.S)
Wired - New York, New York (Fourth Floor Records)
Alessandro Adriani - X Chuggy (AA Edit - Mannequin)
Alessandro Adriani - Cuts Cuts Cuts (AA Edit - Mannequin)
Breathing Problem - Interview with a Kidnapper (Breathing Problem Productions)

Natural Sciences

Mix Series Vol. 77 by Natural Sciences

Незапланированный прайм-тайм от Тхео —  вечеринка «‎Тигрики» от КРЮК, 3 января 2022, Изич. По-праздничному легко, по-новогоднему сложно.

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GBG Wax Trax #370 Med Funx (live) Och Luke Eargoggle

Mix #087 comes from the hugely talented, Lewski!

Lewski released his first solo record at Patron Records, based in Amsterdam in 2017. The diverse likes of artists on his first release ensured he will never stop. After the first one he released his second at Darko Esser’s Wolfskuil. After those two his reputation of blending acid, electro and several styles together get noticed by Or:la. In 2019 Lewski had the opportunity to release the first EP on her fresh new label called: ‘Céad’.

In 2019 the record at Or:la’s label wasn’t the only record he put out. A single track ‘Artificial Beings’ (Support by Helena Hauff and Laurent Garnier’s Tsugi Electro mix CD) V.A. and recently ‘Bicameral Mind EP’. Both came out on his homebase Patron Records. 

Even though Utrecht-based Lewski has only just begun to make waves in the scene, the gig section of his resumé speaks for itself with appearances at De School, Zeezout, Awakenings and Twitch in Belfast. Don’t forget his local club Was in Utrecht where he also played his first Boiler Room set and completely rocked it.

Lewski’s perspective on performing as a DJ is all about finding that perfect moment and choosing precisely the right frequencies to get everybody’s vibe in the room on the same wavelength.

HD Mix #087 - Lewski

Peeve & Parts Unknown (17/4/22)

Format: limited hand-stamped 12"
Cat: ORBITAL 104

Distributed: Under The Radar / Clone

Sound Synthesis - Orbital 104 EP

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