Jesus christ. Phillip fucking Washingtroooon!! This shit is so good. Man.

Obergman ‘AKROBAHN’ [promo-mix] Stilleben No. o6o

What makes a being ? What tends to be, always, and yet remains never achieved ? @jonnnah puts on this set of imagination many parts, many pieces, many elements. In this ninth release on Worst Records, the Lyon based musician gathers all the impressions defining this nebula. « Mental & Physical » is a collection above all things. We talk about a collection of influences. Industrialized trip-hop, dubstep for concrete spaces, new-age-infused ambient daydreams, links are hazy but incarnate. A constant rotation, between extasy and uneasy meditation, shapes this mass of artefacts that seems almost involuntary as they dig so deep into instinctiveness. At the root of this first magmatic opus lies a years long work in progress, a sonic research, the attempt to make live this body of vapour which is the music in becoming. It's a listening with no answer, but the pulse is vivid and vital.

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Qu'est ce qui fait un être ? Qu'est ce qui tend à l'être, toujours et pourtant jamais achevé ? @jonnnah pose sur la table de l'imaginaire des parties, des pièces, des éléments. Avec ce neuvième volet de Worst Records, le lyonnais liste toutes les impressions qui dessinent cette nébuleuse. « Mental & Physical » est avant tout une collection. Collection d'influences tout d'abord. Trip-hop industrialisante, dubstep pour tunnels de béton, ambient subtilement new-age, les ponts sont ténus mais réels et palpables. Collection de sens également. Une rotation permanente, entre extase et recueillement inquiet, sculpte cet amas incertain d'artefacts qu'on dirait presque involontaires tant ils creusent dans l'instinctif. A la génèse de ce premier opus magmatique se trouve un work in progress de plusieurs années, une recherche sonore, la tentative de faire vivre ce corps toujours vaporeux de la musique en devenir. Une écoute sans réponses, mais à la pulsation vitale intacte et organique.

A1 - Friendly Tribute 
A2 - Binary Life
A3 - Whispering The Past
B1 - Insomnia Never Ends
B2 - Too Many Colors In The Wood

Written and mixed by Pierre Paumier
Mastered by Paul "Pilah" Kozmik at Paul's Boutique studio
Artwork by Andria
Words by Alexandre Aelov

WORST009 - Jonnnah - Mental & Physical (previews)

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

Brainwaves Corp’s profits and equity have been on a constant rise since their establishment on this planet, and so a unanimous decision has been made by the board of directors to extend the corporation’s circle of influence beyond the relative safety of the Brainwaves Geneva lakeside retreat. 

Confrontation being the only viable form of communication for most Brainwaves’ members, each board member has decided to do battle with an earth-based lifeform in order to sell the sonic results of the confrontation for corporate profit. 

The first of these confrontations was initiated by Brainwaves’ Director of Intergalactic Colonial Affairs Estebahn, and Renens-based alien punk Yolek, whose bowl haircut can be spotted in the dirtiest caves and raves in the Swiss Romandie region. As well as an unhealthy obsession for machines and herbal medicines, Yolek’s character can be defined by a lack of understanding for human inter-personal relationships, a deep knowledge of the inner structures of trance and bass music as well as a passion for heavy low kicks. 

Leck Meine Bahn is the sonic outcome of a year-long battle between these two alien sociopaths, taking place somewhere off Saturn’s icy rings, surrounded by intergalactic pirate bases on low velocity asteroids.

Music by https://soundcloud.com/yolek & https://soundcloud.com/estebaaahn

Mastering by .wavaudiolab 
Artwork by Thomas Perrodin 

Release Date: 11th August 2021

Leck Meine Bahn

Pre-order

BVS001: Yolek & Estebahn - Leck Meine Bahn Previews

Sacred Tranz Tanz

Privacy - Toxic Tilt

Out now: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/the-storm

EP playlist:  soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/out-now-shedbug-the-storm

@shedbug touches down with a deadly and dazzling blend of venomous machinefunk, electromagnetic disturbance and the future sounds of global cybernetic conflict.

Shedbug - The Storm

[ Buy on Bandcamp ]

Shedbug - Hadal Zone Expedition [MTROND010]

[LDR_26]

Heinrich Dressel - Promenade

A1 Seed
A2 Exile

B1 Promenade
B2 Midnight RDV
B3 Cimiez
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Available to buy via: https://lunardiskorecords.bandcamp.com/album/heinrich-dressel-promenade
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Lunar Disko is delighted to present a new release from cult soundtrack producer, Heinrich Dressel. Five tracks of synthesizer beauty from a master of the modern Giallo electronic sound. 

Perfection...for your late-night promenade excursion.
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Distribution: https://dnp-music.net - Record stores can pre order via order@dnp-music.net
Mastering: Alden Tyrell
Label Design: Melanie Ellis - https://melanieellisdesign.com
Photography: Mélanie Meyer

[LDR_26] Heinrich Dressel - Promenade

London based collective Natural Selection mark 10 years since their inception with the launch of their label, kicking things off with this exquisitely curated 23-track VA compilation. NS001 brings together some of the most respected names in techno and electro, including The Advent, Jeroen Search, Kamikaze Space Programme, Somatic Responses, Versalife aka Conforce, Annie Hall, Operator, DJ Skull & more. Every artist on the compilation has played an important role, or had a connection, in one way or another, to the label / collective over their colossal 10 year journey.

Natural Selection are well known for bridging the heavier spectrum of techno, electro and acid sounds with new, experimental style and form. You can always expect the most cutting-edge, hard-hitting, underground electronics at Natural Selection events, which have gained notoriety for daring lineups and extreme diversity in sound. It’s clear to see that this ethos remains uncompromised for their logical extension into a record label.

NS001 releases on 1st October 2021

Natural Selection will celebrate 10 years and the label launch on 6th November at FOLD with an 18 hour long, extended event featuring The Fear Ratio, The Advent, Kamikaze Space Programme and more.

The party is also in aid of Mind - Natural Selection will be donating 100% of their profits from the event to the mental health charity.

RA Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1448989

FB: https://fb.me/e/1bxfigNAZ

Cygnus
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/cygnus
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100031660662023

Natural Selection
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/naturalselectionlondon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naturalselectionlondon

NS001

PREMIERE: Cygnus - Delta Dynamiks (Natural Selection)

Vinyl release date: January 24 
Order now: https://ldirecords.com/distant-lands/

For their 4th release LDI Records present the debut solo EP from Texan electro producer Terrestrial Access Network - Distant Lands. The release is drawn from the artist's shifting and hectic nomadic existence around the rattling expanse of the United States presenting 5 original cerebral electro tracks, backed up with a spooked out remix from Delsin Records' Versalife aka Conforce.

Based in Austin, Texas, a city famous for its hyper-vibrant creative musical scene, Terrestrial Access Network feeds from the energy of this environment just as much as the desert that surrounds it. His day to day life involves travelling for near constant work projects - spending days and weeks away from home in what is a hectic lifestyle. In the feelings he channels when writing Distant Lands - he is pulled back towards the energy of the serene and calm landscape while on the road dealing with an unsettled nature of life and his profession.

Terrestrial Access Network began releasing music as recently as 2019 with tracks picked up for compilations on Swiss label Dionysian Mysteries. With a sound that is expert at creating powerfully immersive heads down moments for the dancefloor TAN has driven this EP with an ever present and intoxicating mechanical funk.

https://soundcloud.com/collinsullivan

Distant Lands EP

Terrestrial Access Network - Distant Lands EP (+ Versalife Remix) [LDI004]

Artist: @london-modular-alliance
Title: Stray EP
Label: Cultivated Electronics Ltd
Catalogue No: CELTD04
Format: Vinyl
Released: 1 February 2021

Track Listing:
A1. Stray
A2. Bitter Taste
B1. More Than a Number
B2. More Than a Number (Sync 24 Remix)

London Modular Alliance make their CE debut with the ‘Stray EP’ for Cultivated Electronics Ltd (CE’s vinyl-only sister label) in February.

London Modular Alliance is a collective that lies somewhere between a shop and a cult.  From their base in the former industrial warehouses of Hackney Wick, London Modular have been designing their own cases, working out practical ways of chaining multiple synths for live performance, selling units from their shop front, and taking themselves on the road to run workshops and gigs.  From the lazer-lit confines of sweaty clubs to the hushed environs of Tate Britain and the V&A, they fill spaces with the whoosh and sweep of man co-operating with machine, bringing the dynamics of dance music to the ideals of modular synthesis, and forcing anyone with ears to acknowledge the potency of the format once more.  With them, the sound of the future has returned.

The EP includes three intricately crafted modular Electro tracks from LMA, featuring soaring melodies and dappled beats that manage to extract depth and soul out of machines, alongside a punchy remix by Sync 24 that delivers a tough metallic groove to close the release.

Pre-order through Clone: 
Or CE’s Bandcamp page: https://cultivatedelectronics.bandcamp.com

Stray

CE LTD 004 - London Modular Alliance - Stray EP

This is part of 'A Call Too Close', a digital compilation to raise funds for Tottenham food banks.
You can listen to the rest of the release here:
https://brokntoys.bandcamp.com/album/a-call-too-close

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Central Processing Unit, commonly referred to as CPU Records, is an independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music.

Distributed by Kudos Records London UK.

We are not currently seeking unsolicited demos. Due to the volume of digital submissions, it is impossible to listen and respond to each one.

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