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Foremost international techno outlet Drumcode is delighted to announce the release of its next full-length album, ‘Satellite’, by enduring Italian techno talent Sam Paganini.

Though he has been active since the mid nineties, recent years have been hugely successful for Sam, with searing techno EPs coming on revered labels such as Riche Hawtin’s Plus8, Sven Vath’s Cocoon and of course, Adam Beyer’s Drumcode. In his time he has been responsible for underground hits like ‘Zoe’, ‘Polyester’ and ‘Fire In My Arms’, all of which demonstrate his dynamic understanding of sexy, dark and hypnotic techno grooves and at the same time have earned him plenty of great Beatport chart positions as well as respect from the best in the game.

Incredibly, ‘Satellite’ is Sam’s first full-length album. Informed by his DJ gigs at legendary places like Berghain in Berlin and Cielo in New York, the album starts with a dystopian bit of sonic scene setting, as if a space ship is charging up ready to take off.

From there it’s a case of getting straight down to business. ‘Another Chance’ is a spacey bit of cantering techno and ‘White’ is rooted in devastating kick drums and is riddled with serrated synth lines that build lots of great techno pressure. ‘Down’ is an undulating bit of funky techno complete with choice vocal flourishes and tracks like ‘Lotus’ are prime offerings from the deeper end of the scale.

No two tracks sound the same on Satellite: Sam is always teasing out a new bit of texture, nailing a slightly different vibe or exploring different amounts of light and dark throughout the course of this most excellent album. This is evidenced by diverse cuts like ‘Dusty’, ‘Toxic’ and ‘Rave’.

Despite ‘Satellite’ being Sam’s debut album, it showcases his seductive style in all its glory across 12 fantastic tracks that will leave you begging for more.

Sam Paganini - Rave - Drumcode - DCCD10

Johannes Heil - Golden Dawn

Back at our mammoth Stay True Scotland broadcast earlier this month, one track came real close to bringing The Caves' roof down during Nina Kraviz's powerhouse headline set. "I Wanna Go Bang" very nearly executed its titular statement – well, if the song was more about wrecking balls and less about...oh, never mind.

The vocals that stalk the track, so wholly devoid of humanity, rub up against razor-sharp claps and serious bounce in the subs. It's weighty warehouse techno of the highest order, set to devastate dark basements and big tents alike throughout the year. Simply put: Icelandic producer Bjarki has delivered a bomb.

Grip the physical via трип from July 15th onwards.

Bjarki "I Wanna Go Bang" - Boiler Room Debuts

Beatport: http://bit.ly/ACIDSTAGE_bp
iTunes: 11.03.2016

Whilst he may be a fresh name to some, Russian producer Maksim Dark has already impressed the likes of Dubfire and Richie Hawtin with his fearless, groovy brand of techno, and the SCI+TEC boss has already tempted us with an early introduction to the ACIDSTAGE Ep via his recent Boiler Room set. 

Staying true to his name, Maksim Dark, our latest debutant has delivered 4 tracks of shadowy minimal goodness, each featuring the artist on demonic vocal duties. From the driving synth groove and white noise washes of ‘Bassewiser’ and the stripped bare, linear sounds of ‘Coneblower’ to the bubbling and yet biting sounds of title track ‘Acid Stage’ and sci-fi squeals and ominous chords of closing number ‘Harpsichord’, we’re given the perfect introduction to this exciting young artist.  


TEC152 - 1 - MAKSIM DARK - BASSERWISER

Released as part of Sean Tyas 'Degeneration' out now on Black Hole Recordings

2XCD / iTunes / Stream: blackhole.choons.at/degeneration

Sean Tyas - Ambush (Reaky Remix)

Spokesman - Acid Creak (Pierre's Reconstruction Remix) X-STREAM 002

Keinemusik main-man and long time Saved associate &ME returns to the label with a unique and exciting new single.
The German again teams up with vocalist Dwayzo Lawrence - who also featured on his club hit 'After Dark' - to create the epic 12min opus. A true masterpiece and one that will be heard for many months to come.

Shadows

&ME - Shadows

Buy 12" | Digital

HN42 | Ironteen

Strobe, the alter ego of Dave The Drummer comes at us with 2 acidic flavoured techno workouts.

Degraded has a heavy stomp of a kick with sharp percussion and a tight acid synth line weaving around

Dynabrain is a deeper boomier kick with a more subtle approach to the synth enjoy!

Dynabrain

DynaBrain

Release track in V.A. collection - BIRTHDAY PARTY: DARK (2016)
MNMN Records | Moscow | 14.11.2016 |
https://mnmn-rec.bandcamp.com/album/birthday-party-dark-mnmn411
http://mnmn-rec.ru/releases/details/411

V.A. - BIRTHDAY PARTY: DARK (2016) MNMN Records

Apostles Course

"Version 004.1 & Version 004.2" by @shdw-music & @utobscure0010 featuring a @konstantinsibold remix of "Gesang der Toten Dinge" will be out on February 23 through From Another Mind More info: bit.ly/SHDWGesang or bit.ly/KonstaGesang

SHDW & Obscure Shape - Gesang Der Toten Dinge (Konstantin Sibold Remix)

Violent Cases 009 - Erlenmeyer

Violent Cases 009

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Erlenmeyer - Altschmerz (Released on Violent Cases 009)

From Another Mind first started as a South German party series but soon evolved into a fully fledged label run by SHDW & Obscure Shape. Now it operates as a label and for the fourth release, they've invited a high-profile techno squadron to remix some of their tracks.

Artists like Rødhåd, Dax J, Konstantin Sibold and Ryan James Ford have all offered up their own high-octane and emotive re-imaginings of the duo's tracks but today we feature Tale of Us & Mind Against's edit.

Their remix of 'Die Weiße Rose' is a piledriving techno behemoth, one suited for dark, dank warehouses. Its synths zap across the forefront while venomous kicks thump away in the background.

It's the sort of demonic, mutant-energy track we've come to expect from both sets of producers and we're fairly certain it's going to explode. Check it out exclusively below.

Version 004.2

More exclusive music

Premiere: SHDW & Obscure Shape 'Die Weiße Rose' (Tale of Us & Mind Against Version)

Deploy

Booty Slave (aka Julian Liberator) and D.A.V.E. The Drummer get together for the first time in about 10 years.
Many will remember their output on Julian's iconic 4X4 label throughout the later 90's to mid 2000's.

Two big tunes here, with two very different flavours:
 
The Beast is a snare drum fuelled bass heavy pummelling techno groove, with glitches, FX and wild synth parts.

DEFCON 101 is an analogue synth workout with a single nagging synth line that grows and builds throughout the track leading to an epic drop.

The Beast

Forthcoming on Blawan's new double EP 'Nutrition' for his TERNESC imprint, ‘993’ is grisly techno at it's very best, featuring a snarling bassline, pounding kick drum and sinister pads, it’s just the kind of track you want to find yourself sweating to in a dank basement in the early hours. And that’s what techno is all about, right?

@blawan
@ternesc

Nutrition

Premiere: Blawan '993'

Hot on the heels of the first two parts comes part three of HOSH's Stories From Sa Talaia series. The series takes tracks from his recently released album of the same name and releases them on his new fryhide label. 

First up are two collaborations with Pig&Dan. Atlantis Is Not A Fairy Tale, a spine tingling tune with shifting melodies above rolling rubber beats. It's emotive and colourful and sets a nice mood to start off. The second Brotherhood Balearea is deep and elastic, with nice rubber beats and spraying synths bringing some real dynamism to the table. One of those tunes Sven Vath would drop at those special Ibiza after parties. 

Awakening Of The Birds a collaboration with Karmon takes off right there and keeps you in that trance but gets more groovy with its inducing light footed drums, airy hi hats and skyward melodies all zoning you out. Last of all, Meeting Mia Lee is a beautifully melodic track that really moves you and strikes a resonant chord with your heart as the smooth and deep house vibes unfold. Speaking of heart it features the heartbeat of HOSH's unborn daughter.

Once again then, this is another richly rewarding EP from the one and only HOSH.

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