Nice -- glad we get a little braindance on the record. What a great release. Will try and find the vinyl in New York.

TL Premiere #1697 (2024.07.19) : Lina Filipovich - Dance Minor [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 227th Premiere of 2024, we have a track by Paris-based Artist "Lina Filipovich" (@linafilipovich) titled ‘Dance Minor’ from her forthcoming EP "Idealized" on the independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music : Central Processing Unit (@cpurecords).

The EP will be available on August 2, 2024 in Limited Edition 12" Vinyl + Digital.

▶︎ Pre-order : https://centralprocessingunit.bandcamp.com/album/idealized

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Release Info :

Lina Filipovich - Idealized

Preview here: soundcloud.com/cpurecords/lina-filipovich-idealized

Filipovich is one of a kind. The Belarus-born, Paris-based artist works in a multitude of media - found footage films, painting, silkscreening and performance to name a few. It’s her musical output that has caught the attention of late, though, with Filipovich dropping a run of releases in recent years which began with 2021’s Magnificat on Time Released Sound. Filipovich takes as much of a novel approach to her music-making as she does with her other artistic endeavours - Magnificat was centred around treated samples of Sergei Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil, and she’s also combined classical composition with contemporary electronic techniques on her subsequent drops.

For Idealized, Filipovich’s debut on Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit, she maintains the gothic air which characterised her previous releases and applies it to a record of widescreen contemporary techno joints. These tracks represent something of a gear shift for CPU, a label which has long made its name by delivering top-quality electro and machine-funk jams, but such is the quality of Idealized that these superbly-executed techno productions are sure to win over label fans both old and new.

Idealized is very much schooled in the German tradition of minimal/dub techno. Tracks like ‘Physical’, ‘Wave’ and ‘Dance Minor’ all anchor themselves on single, steady drum pulses and delay-drenched single-chord loops. Filipovich generally lets the central idea of these tracks play out across several minutes while introducing increasingly disorientating elements into the rest of the mix - wiccan atmospherics, clashing chords, spiralling delays and so forth. It’s an approach at once respectful of Filipovich’s predecessors - Basic Channel, Deepchord, Ellen Allien and so on - but also full of idiosyncrasies and individuality.

Many of the club cuts here hardwire us into the moody, murky environs of the darkest Berlin Basements. ‘Ultra Red’ rides forward on a crisp drum machine snap, a menacing burble of bassline and an eerie single-note synth whistle in the upper end of the mix; ‘Dance Minor’ shows off a bit of KiNK in the brain-bending modular loop that waxes and wanes at its centre; the second-half run from ‘Wave’ to closer ‘Small Cave’ travels ever-further out into deep space - the kick drums remain insistent, yet the textural elements are delivered with an edge and flair that evidences Filipovich’s ability to think outside the box.

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Idealized, the first drop on Central Processing Unit from Paris-based Belarusian Lina Filpovich, broadens the label’s horizons with a selection of finely crafted minimal/dub techno joints.

Tracklist :
1. Physical
2. Ultra Red
3. Hydra
4. Wave
5. Dance Minor
6. Noid
7. Small Cave

releases August 2, 2024

All tracks written and produced by Lina Filipovich.
Mastered at Computer Club Sheffield
Design by Human / www.humanstudio.com

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Dance Minor

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TL PREMIERE : Lina Filipovich - Dance Minor [Central Processing Unit]

Maelstrom returns to Central Processing Unit for the fourth time, and it's the one born Joan-Mael Péneau's lengthiest drop on the Sheffield label yet. The French artist has been a mainstay in the European electro game since the 2000s, and Malestrom brings that experience to bear on new LP The FM Tapes. He goes about this album with the assurance of a seasoned pro, combining his mastery of electro production techniques with a trademark guile to craft an expertly-paced eleven-track affair.

The first section of The FM Tapes sets out the album's stall with style and aplomb - listeners are in store for a rich feast of off-kilter machine-funk which will feature no shortage of intriguing detours. On opener 'Ondes Courtes' the mix throbs with all manner of strange electronic gristle: a distorted bass hum rattles the monitors; wisps of distortion float across the mix; eerily pretty keys wax and wane before giving way to a radar pulse.

'Ondes Courtes' is an ominous slouch of a scene-setter, and it lines things up perfectly for following cut 'Alt50ser' to lock in. This track's churning, gurgling mid-tempo rattle brings to mind the wacky insistence of Modeselektor. Maelstrom repeats the slow-fast one-two again directly afterwards - 'La Vie Sociale Des', a strange nugget that sounds like an early Eski instrumental stripped for parts and blasted into the cosmos, is an ideal prelude to the twitchy space-funk of 'My Digitone'.

Maelstrom's staying power in the electro world comes, in no small part, from his ability to apply his delightfully idiosyncratic choices to some of the genre's staple production tropes. On The FM Tapes, he marks himself out once more as a pleasingly unorthodox talent by taking tracks in unexpected directions to produce surprising - and often rather moving - results.

There are multiple cuts here which channel the more cerebral end of Richard D. James' AFX/Analord output: 'My Digitone' may be a quicksilver techno-electro number, but there's still something cinematic about the synth treatment here which softens the edges; 'Suede's minor-key oscillations bring other CPU veterans like Cygnus and Bochum Welt into view; 'Res 06', one of two Fasme collaborations on the record, is full of pathos even as the beat programming bangs and whirrs throughout.

While there's a deep emotional undercurrent to The FM Tapes, though, Maelstrom's commitment to bringing the thrills surfaces time and again. If 'Res 06' had Maelstrom and Fasme getting wistful, the album's other Fasme link-up 'Trempo' is one of the hardest club joints here, a piece of old-school Detroit energy replete with some great cascading drum production. Indeed, 'Trempo' comes in the middle of a run towards the album's end where Maelstrom takes the handbrake off - there's a wild-eyed sense of fun to 'The Operator' and 'Upside Down DX7' which has one thinking of the zany cut-and-thrust of KiNK's best work.

Maelstrom's latest drop for Sheffield's Central Processing Unit label is an album of leftfield electro numbers that bring both pounding beats and poignant production.

RIYL: KiNK, Modeselektor, Cygnus, Bochum Welt, AFX

The FM Tapes

Maelstrom - The FM Tapes

A 13

12" compilation with new tracks by Eoism, Voertuig, Colkin and a lost gem by Peter Seiler featuring Sheryl Hackett. Picture sleeve with a bold artwork based on a sculpture by Hede Bühl. Limited to 500 copies.

Colkin (Raw Soul, Mauke Club) kicks off the a-side with a spheric acid house meditation. Next is a track by Peter Seiler which could be found on the extended reissue of his 'Flying Frames' debut LP on Innovative Communication in 1989. It features the soulful voice of Sheryl Hackett. An extraordinary groover that is meandering between song and jazz improvisation. Eoism (Pulse Drift, Undersound, Inch By Inch) complete the a-side with some low-swung electro flavors, driving you straight into sunset.

On the b-side Voertuig (Tonal Oceans, Cobra Club) hit us with a serious and raw acid jam - dark and dirty. On the following track they show us their experimental jazzy side and cool things down again. A track the 1990s downbeat era was missing. Eoism close the first volume of FUTUR with a floating, futuristic banger from their lab.

Benedikt Meger's aspiration for funkscapes was always to feature funk grooves, old and new, fresh and relevant for today. Whether some rare, not so rare or just under the radar recordings from the past or new productions from today's artists across different electronic genres. This idea now culminates into the selection for the compilation FUTUR.

Enjoy the ride.

funkscapes 007 | Futur | B3 Eoism - Even Flow | Preview

TL Premiere #1734 (2024.09.03) : Electro Nation - Travelogue [Activities Records]

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For this 264th Premiere of 2024, we have a track by Thomas P. Heckmann's Electro project "Electro Nation" titled ‘Travelogue’ from his forthcoming album "Slave To The Machine" on the Brussels based electronic music label founded in 2014 : Activities Records.

The album will be available on September 12, 2024 on 2 x 12" vinyl + digital.

Pre-order :
▶︎ Bandcamp : https://thomaspheckmann.bandcamp.com/album/electro-nation-slave-to-the-machine
▶︎ Clone Records : https://clone.nl/item76210.html
▶︎ Decks : https://www.decks.de/track/electro_nation-slave_to_the_machine/cmz-ru
▶︎ deejay.de : https://www.deejay.de/Electro_Nation_Slave_To_The_Machine_ACTREC008_Vinyl__1066322
▶︎ HHV : https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/records/item/electro-nation-slave-to-the-machine-1134560
▶︎ Horizons Music : https://www.horizonsmusic.co.uk/products/electro-nation-slave-to-the-machine
▶︎ Juno : https://www.juno.co.uk/products/electro-nation-slave-to-the-machine-vinyl/1019336-01
▶︎ Phonica Records : https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/electro-nation-slave-to-the-machine-activities-records/196613
▶︎ Redeye Records : https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/173647-
▶︎ Suburban Trash : https://suburbantrash.com/electro-electronica-idm/4734-4721--pre-order-actrec008-electro-nation-slave-to-the-machine.html

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Electro Nation - Slave To The Machine [Activities Records // ACTREC008]

Right for the 30th anniversary of his Electro project Electro Nation, Thomas P. Heckmann returns
with a brand new album on his mates label Activities Records from Brussels with a stunning album
artwork by Elzo Durt ! Slave To The Machine is a full story throughout the album about an ordinary
life that is down to all things being controlled by machines, internet and digits, just to escape and
meet the machine at he end... And the end is obviously open."

Tracklist :
1. A1. Leader Of The Beat
2. A2. Travelogue
3. B1. This is The Way
4. B2. Compu Talk
5. C1. Journey To The Core
6. C2. Falling Digits
7. D1. Slave To The Machine
8. D2. Foresee The Future
9. D3. Hall Of The Machine

releases September 12, 2024

Written & produced by Thomas P. Heckmann
Artwork by Elzo Durt
Released on Activities Records Belgium

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Follow Electro Nation (Thomas P. Heckmann) :
Bandcamp : https://thomaspheckmann.bandcamp.com
Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/8071-Electro-Nation
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ThomasP.HeckmannOFFICIAL
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thomasp.heckmann
Linktree : https://linktr.ee/ThomasPHeckmann
SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/troperecordings

Follow Activities Records :
Bandcamp : https://activitiesbrussels.bandcamp.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/activities_records
SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/activities-records

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Slave To The Machine

Travelogue

TL PREMIERE : Electro Nation - Travelogue [Activities Records]

Premiere of the track "Dirtbokz" by the Bristol based Ekoplekz, taken from his upcoming mini album on Selvamancer label.
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Artist: Ekoplekz
Track: "Dirtbokz"
Title: "Dirtbokz"
Label: @selvamancer
Format: 12" + DL
Release date: October 11, 2024
Pre-order: https://ekoplekz.bandcamp.com/album/dirtbokz

Premiere: Ekoplekz - Dirtbokz [SLVMNCR008]

Mika Regards has been DJing and producing music since 2005 and is the co-founder of the Strange But Dance Music podcast series and record label, first launched in 2016.

The purpose of his podcasts are not only to explore various facets of Electro and Experimental music, but also to reveal the influence that an artist’s geographical location has on their tastes.

In the past, he has recorded mixes for the likes of Science Cult Radio, Pyramid Transmissions and Dark Science Electro. Check em out!

https://www.soundcloud.com/mikaregards 
https://www.soundcloud.com/strangebutdancemusic 
https://www.strangebutdancemusic.bandcamp.com

TRACKLIST: 
Minimum Syndicat - Signal from Vetrem-4 [KILLEKILL]
johnfaustus - Callisto [Zodiak Commune]
Brain Enterprise - Nexx [Copenhagen Electro Alliance]
Nachtwald - I like glitter and glitter likes me [Borg]
BeamControl - Electronic Overload (Yarn Init Rework) [Juicy Gang]
Idiocrat - Interstellar Ride [self-released]
DMX Krew - Non Euclidean Co - ordinates [No Static/Automatic]
Ben Pest - From AU [forthcoming on Science Cult]
Fibra Vrgov - Marakuja [Molten Moods]
SOD-90 - Zéro Seconde [forthcoming on Strange But Dance Music]
HICCUP - Nights Of Venus (CPSL Remix) [Carnalist]
Vema-Diodes - Trois [Dialecto Periferico]
Robodrum - Syntezatory [No Photo Policy]
The Implant - Panopticant (Assembler Code remix) [U-TRAX]
Second Seasons - Spektr-L [Schematic Music Company]
Cocktail Party Effect - Stay Awake [YUKU]
Sorcery - Shadow Bonds [Megastructure_]
Lloyd Stellar - Never See The Light Of Day (Syrte Photon Transit) [Science Cult]
Syrte - I’m a T-Shirt [forthcoming on Science Cult]
SOD-90 - Kerosene [92Groovz]
B ø nehead - Seasonal Depressi ø n [Native Boundaries]
AnD - Sun Ray [Instruments Of Discipline]
André Uhl - Faking It The Whole Time [Natural Sciences]
DJ Stingray 313 - Large Language Model [forthcoming on Tresor]
Lord Jalapeños - Cosmic microwave background [Dialecto Periferico]
sideproject - captcha land art [SVBKVLT]
Jan Loup - Kokona [Jupiter4]

www.loose-lips.co.uk

Loose Lips Mix Series - 482 - Mika Regards

Cultivated Electronics Ltd's "For The Floor" series features split EPs available on vinyl only with Electro tracks aimed strictly at the dance floor, bringing together CE regulars alongside new artists.  Volume 4 now delivers 2 new tracks by Ben Pest and Maëlstrom.

Maëlstrom has a history of aliases and side projects, illegal raves thrown in warehouses, fields and basements, but he came into his own under his Maëlstrom moniker. Back on CE, he brings a metallic sound to his punchy and rugged tracks "ASCII TWINS" and "PERMANENCY".

• www.cultivatedelectronics.bandcamp.com

@maelstrom
@cultivated-electronics

For The Floor Vol.4

PREMIERE : Maëlstrom - PERMANENCY [CELTD015]

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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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