Colin Benders - Rigmarole 
Digital & physical release 
Out on HIss & Hertz Records 
Release date: Dec 17 2021

Following in the footsteps of his vinyl-only debut EP, “Floaty Things”, electronics transcender and modular warlock Colin Benders clocks in on Hiss & Hertz with “Rigmarole”, a five-track odyssey ushering us amidst mazes of intricately woven improvisations, hectic rhythmic landslides and mood-enslaved machine talk. 

Recorded during lockdown, like its predecessor, the album pledges to showcase the darker side of Benders’ live streams turned archival recordings, whilst shedding a broader light on his breadth of scope as a spur-of-the-moment conductor of highly demanding, circuit-bending symphonies of sorts. 

A shape-shifting flow of unpredictable essence, flush with climactic flights, untamed divagations and further mind-expanding excursions into chaotic sound expanses, “Rigmarole” is the fruit of a philosophy and particular relationship with his steadily growing online audience, with whom he’s come to go full circle; from sharing his knowledge and approach towards modular expression in open-ended, non-formulaic fashion, onto stamping the result of his jamming sessions on black wax thanks to the continued support of his community. Comprised of five live-recorded joints spanning the widest array of styles, tempi and moods, “Rigmarole” is a magnetic field where Benders’ sound blooms in all its alchemical potency and spontaneous finesse.
 
Via extended windows into his ever-resourceful headspace, Benders threads his way across brooding ambient scapes, sci-fi-indebted spaciousness and metronomic minimalism (“This Is Fine”), hi-octane, tribal-laced industrialism on a droney tip (“Wait”), stadium-sized arpeggiated techno (“What’s That Noise”), gritty basement thunder down your spine (“I Can’t Feel My Legs”) and wide-screen, cosmic-friendly exploratory wares (“Carry Me”) - somehow shaping a cohesive ensemble of music out of his all-embracing investigations in the realm of modular potentialities and live-told inspiration. Keeping you on the edge throughout, “Rigmarole” will be written down as a defining moment for Benders, an unpigeonholeable artist in constant search for the next thrill.

05 Carry Me

03 What's That Noise

02 Wait

01 This Is Fine

Vinyl & digital out now on Perc Trax
perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/temperatures-rising-2025

Vinyl
A1) Temperature's Rising (2025 Mix)
B1) Temperature's Rising (Original Mix)

Digital
1) Temperature's Rising (2025 Mix)
2) Temperature's Rising (Original Mix)
3) Temperate Dub

Temperature's Rising 2025

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Perc & Passarella Death Squad - Temperature's Rising (2025 Mix)

HATE exclusive premiere.
Full streaming of the EP soon on our HATE YouTube channel.

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Following the first two releases on Sea~rène, GiGi FM returns with “Virgo Space Acid”, a deeply personal and sonically assertive exploration of transformation and healing.

Artist: GiGi FM
Title: Virgo Space Acid
Label: Sea~rène
Catalog: SRN003
Format: 12" Vinyl & Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: #Techno
Release Date: May 23, 2025

All tracks written, produced and performed by GiGi FM.
Mixed and mastered by Ahmet Altinbas.

Photography by Yumiya Saiki.
Layout by Studio Phazed.

Special thank you to all my close friends of my space time continuum ~ I am grateful for y'all (｡♥‿♥｡)

Tracklist:
1. Calibration
2. Mercury
3. Virgo Space Acid
4. Floresta

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Rooted in the energies of 2025, the Year of the Snake, this four-track EP channels the mystery and intuition of the serpent, weaving together Virgo’s archetypal forces of the healer and the alchemist.
Across driven beats, hypnotic acid sequences, and vocal-infused textures, “Virgo Space Acid” reflects a journey of renewal, self-ownership, and inner power.

From Berghain to The Bunker New York, GiGi FM has long been known for her ability to channel movement into sound. With “Virgo Space Acid”, she refines her craft even further, working with fewer elements yet pushing them to their fullest expressive potential. She explores the full range of her voice, shaping it into textures, atmospheric layers, and even percussion, while separately reworking classic 909 drum machine sounds into something entirely her own. This EP is a statement of both discipline and liberation, where minimalism meets deep transformation.


Opener “Calibration” sets the tone with its mantra-like intention: an invitation to realign and tune into one’s own energy. Built around a driving bassline, nostalgic yet forward-moving synths, and GiGi’s own spoken word, “A breath holds time, calibrates space”, the track creates a moment of clarity before the journey begins.

“Mercury” follows, embodying the trickster, the messenger, the shapeshifter. Playful and urgent, its bouncing synth sequences move like conversations in motion, with rising tones driving the track forward, pushing toward a restless ascension that mirrors Mercury’s role as a bridge between realms, both celestial and internal.

The title track, “Virgo Space Acid”, is the wormhole: the brain battle, the transformation. With a heavyweight 303 bassline, spiraling bleeps reminiscent of birds, and powerful classic 909, it is pure tension and release, an acid-drenched trip through motion and evolution.

Closing the record, “Floresta” is a sensual and grounding moment of
reflection. Named after the stage at Waking Life Festival where GiGi felt a pivotal shift in her healing journey, the track mirrors the scene with dub chord sequences, emotional rising pads, and percussive vocal elements. Like the purple and pink drapes floating above the dance floor at sunset, Floresta is both a farewell and a prelude, a misty horizon where one chapter closes and another awaits.

With “Virgo Space Acid”, GiGi FM continues to expand her sonic language, deepening her connection between body, rhythm, and transformation. More assertive, more urgent, yet deeply intuitive, this is a record of movement, clarity, and self-empowerment.

"We are Sea~rène, swimming in-between supernatural tides, forever
following the emotional waves of the universe." GiGi FM

℗ & © 2025 GiGi FM - Sea~rène.
All rights reserved. Made in the EU.

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Virgo Space Acid

Premiere: GiGi FM — Virgo Space Acid [SRN003]

One Step Further est le projet musical de Milan Innocent, jeune DJ basé à Paris. Il puise son inspiration dans les émotions que lui communique la musique, qu'il extériorise à travers la danse ou, plus récemment, le mix. Influencé par des artistes comme Ancient Methods, Mind | Matter ou encore Hecate Legacy, il cherche à faire vivre à son auditoire une expérience transcendantale à travers sa musique, qu'il qualifie de "ceremonial industrial body music". Les sets de One Step Further tendent vers le rituel, et sont une invitation au lâcher-prise le plus total.

"How am I going to let out all those repressed, tormenting emotions ?" one may asks itself. Through this hour of uncompromising sounds, One Step Further tries to offer an answer to this complex matter. "Ceremonial chants, industrial grace" is an invitation to dig deeper into your inner self, a journey accross which you might make peace with your darkest thoughts and you brightest hopes, demonstrating that even among industrial violence, beauty can still emerge.

Tracklist :

1. Red Deviil - Release The Beast [Intervision]
2. A Body Without - Sigil [MUTANT MODALITY]
3. Disturbance - Full Spectrum Dominance (JD Twitch Remix) [Test Dept]
4. Ruben Seoane - Magnetar [TJALK RECORDS]
5. Ontal - Shock (Unhuman Remix) 
6. Weever - Les Nouveaux Pauvres [VIVES]
7. Mind | Matter - Stigma [Forbidden Teachings]
8. Second Tension - Medea [Persephonic Sirens]
9. Nightcrawler - Feeding The Machine 
10. Blush Response - Body Rythm [aufnahme + wiedergabe]
11. Apoptygma Berserk - Burning Heretics (Cycles Of Absolute Truths Mix by Ancient Methods) [Pitch Black Drive Productions] 
12. Mind | Matter - Novichok Agent [Persephonic Sirens]
13. Second Tension - Curse of Justice [Persephonic Sirens]
14. Nick Viola - Ghost In Your World (Kenny Campbell Remix) [Venaeform]
15. Weever - Les Nouveaux Pauvres (2+2=5 Remix) [VIVES]
16. Second Tension - Punishment of Tainted Light [Persephonic Sirens]
17. Yari Greco - Archive_731 [Scena_731 Recordings]
18. Weever - Les Yeux à Jamais Hanté [Khoinix]
19. Downwell - Body Stretching [Industrias Mekanikas]

BLANK #21 - "CEREMONIAL CHANTS, INDUSTRIAL GRACE" by One Step Further

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holunder - Shattered Reality

Deep Current

Don't get caught in the Convenience Trap. 
Released 28th April 2017.

Since September 2015 Surgeon has been performing live improvised techno using hardware machines. 
This has been a gradual process of evolution over the 25 years that he’s been performing to a point where it really can’t be called DJing anymore.
He’s taken the techniques and inspiration from this live creative process and distilled them into these four tracks.
‘Convenience Trap’ follows on from the techniques learned in his ‘Bland Ambition’ release also on Dynamic Tension.

Always pushing forward against the plague of mediocrity.

02 Wait

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