Candy Mountain welcomes Tracing Xircles for the second release on the brand-new studio label ran by Steffi and Virginia. Tracing Xircles is the collaborative venture between Blue Hour and A-JX known for their energetic original blend between Detroit Techno, UK Bass, and IDM. With their First Contact EP on Candy Mountain they dive even deeper to define this unique sound with 4 beautiful driving abstract yet funky broken dance floor bangers. The EP comes with an amazing remix by UK legend dBridge.

Tracing Xircles - First Contact

May 2024 yeah

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B2. Tracing Xircles - First Contact (dBridge Remix)

B1. Tracing Xircles - Below Surface

A2. Tracing Xircles - First Contact

A1. Tracing Xircles - Voyage

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Mood Series #100!!! Can you believe it? We can hardly believe it either!? 100 releases!!! Not a lot of labels have such a deep and rich catalog that can celebrate such a milestone like this. An amazing accomplishment and we are very proud of the music the series has laid out. We wish to thank the artists, the members behind the production team, and especially you, the audience! It goes without saying we wouldn't be in it if you were not along for the ride. Over 2 dozen different countries have been represented during this series is something we are very happy about. Tracking the progress of dub and deep techno from various countries has been crucial to the evolution and advancement of the sound we so much love.

Since this is a special landmark release, we felt that this should be a special release highlighting the main man behind everything. grad_u! "Transcending Chapters" is a compilation of secret tracks that grad_u has been holding back through the years, waiting for the right time. What better way to celebrate #100 than to have a big salute to our amazing leader with them? Listen as grad_u guides through addictive DJ-friendly dancefloor cuts to late-night atmospheric beauties to stripped-down dub chord massives and then on to broading armchair bangers and back again. All and all, grad_u gives us well over 2 hours of breathtaking techno. grad_u was really holding out on us! These are monumental! "Transcending Chapters" closes the book on the first 100 releases of the Mood Series. We hope you will be along for the next chapter in the label. Thank you once again from the Greyscale camp. We wish you all peace, love, and good health in 2024! The first four tracks will be available on a super limited vinyl dubplate while the following 12 tracks will be exclusive for the digital release. Those who buy the dubplate will also get the full 16 tracks digitally. We also have exciting news that all 16 tracks will be made available on a double CD as well!

w&p - grad_u
mastering - grad_u
photography - Rima Prusakova
layout - Artūras Kirslys
write-up - Tim Humphrey
dubplate cutting at Darkroom.lt

☆★★ https://bit.ly/GRSCLM100 ★★☆

Transcending Chapters

The Deepest Forest

Buy it here

Field 2

Pariaqueductal Gray

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Scrolling Through Lives

For our 39th release, Oakland, California based artist Müzmin delivers four exemplary tracks that typify his hypnotic, meticulously crafted sound. 

With several recent record releases on Planet Rhythm, and EP's on [R]3volution, Counterchange, and Dstm he has firmly placed himself amongst the top echelon of underground techno producers. We welcome Müzmin to From 0-1, and introduce to you his Centers of Action EP. 

Enjoy. 

Mastering: Dietrich Schoenemann, Complete USA 

Design: Rubidium

Buy on Bandcamp

Müzmin - Mantis 13

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Process

Recess

A1. Stojche - Counterpunch
A2. Stojche - Chordal Tribe
B1. Stojche - Signal Drive
B2. Stojche - Metaphor

Pre-order here: www.fuse.be/fuse04

Macedonia’s own Stojche is Fuse’s next guest for the club's freshly made imprint. The long standing DJ and producer has been known to keep Detroit’s playfully hybrid style as the focus of his work and ‘Metaphor’ is the case in point. His four tracks bounce through a nostalgic balance of techno, house, and more with a modern crisp. A refreshing take on club music, Stojche keeps techno’s sometimes nonchalant attitude at arms length with a charismatic record that hits its mark with every measure. 


The record’s first track ‘Counterpunch’ features heavily lined percussion but still brews up a storm far and wide with resonant dub stabs and open hi hats. The drum machine boasts a full spectrum, rolling through a light show of melodic flashes, perfect for a room compressing soundsystem. The maximalist, vintage detail that Stojche brings to his compositions blurs the lines between classic genres in a time of hasty hybridization, which gives it a sort of authenticity that can’t be taken for granted. ‘Chordal Tribe’, on the other hand, raises the general euphoria of the EP. Luring in the listener with bright pads and full-on drums, Stochje’s work is reliable main slot material that adds color to any mix while providing a persuasive low end. Shimmering hi hats give it an ethereal quality making it an appropriate interlude for almost any context. Moving on to the B side, the producer sharpens up his rhythm and emphasizes the hardgroove influence in ‘Signal Drive’. Softening the pace of his drums with free use of melodic chord stabs, Stojche opens up his dance floor for a crowd bonding record once again, complete with filter transitions and pummeling toms. As the final contribution, his title track ‘Metaphor’ begins with a more obscure opening to conclude his EP for Fuse. Leaning more to a techno cut, the record remains flamboyant as ever with open hats and rides shuffling through his arrangement. A muted main synth becomes apparent to focus the energy of the track while allowing for liveset-like drum flickering to take shape beneath, claiming the immortality of old club records with the technical precision of a seasoned modern producer.

Written & produced by Stojche
Mastering by Ahmet Altinbas
Artwork by Ahmet Altinbas
Layout by Studio Phazed

FUSE04 • Stojche - Metaphor