Harddance with us w/ DJ Sickfuck - 05/04/2022

‘Scylla’ is a free-styling acid electro track off the upcoming debut album of Viennese production outfit /DL/MS/ (Frustrated Funk, Pomelo, Vigram).

‘Calanhi’ is the culmination of five intense years for the duo. It will be out in early May on 2xLP and digital, and is the first full-length album to appear on TRUST since 2006.

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Calanhi

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PREMIERE : /DL/MS/ - Scylla [TRUST40]

Debut album from Sound Synthesis on Furthur Electronix. 

Tracks:
Cosmic Nights
Simpa Harmonies
Amen Acid
Feeling Hazy
Flowing Dreams
I will find you
Memories of you
115bpm

Sound Synthesis- Hum of Human Dreams Album snippets

PRE-ORDER: https://linktr.ee/suctionrecords

Artists: Lowfish / Solvent
Title: suction001
Label / CAT#: Suction Records / suction001 (25th anniversary reissue)
Format: Vinyl 12-inch/Digital EP
Release date: November 11, 2022

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Suction Records, the Toronto-based electro/IDM label founded in 1997 by two emerging producers, Lowfish (aka Gregory De Rocher) and Solvent (aka Jason Amm), the latter still overseeing the label to this day. The label’s inaugural release was a split Lowfish/Solvent 12”, marking both artists’ debut vinyl appearance. 

Gregory and Jason had known each other since high-school, but a deeper friendship was forged during their university years, after Gregory introduced Jason to early Rephlex releases by Aphex Twin and µ-Ziq. Gregory had been making electronic music in his bedroom for more than a decade, but it was those Rephlex releases that ignited Jason’s passion to do the same. After several years of obsessive gear buying, music making, and playing tracks for each other, Lowfish and Solvent had hit their stride, and their demos even attracted the interest of legendary early IDM labels labels Skam (for Lowfish), and Isophlux (for Solvent). But things were slow-moving in those days — letters, faxes, phone calls… nothing was panning out. So that’s when they decided to start their own label, and put out 300 copies of this 12”, suction001.

The label was heavily inspired by contemporary artists like AFX, Autechre, and Panasonic, but on suction001, those influences collided with their ‘80s synth-pop and industrial roots to create something unique. 25 years later, it still sounds fresh, and like nothing else out there. On suction001, 808 drum machines are run through distortion and breakbeats are chopped and mangled, contrasting with melodic OMD-style leads and catchy synth-pop basslines — a sound the label would refer to as ‘distortion pedal new wave.’ 

Over the past 25 years, Suction’s sound has morphed and evolved, but in recent years has shifted back to it’s original Rephlex-inspired roots. That makes 2022 the perfect year to revisit this wild, 1997 debut, now reissued in a new, expanded edition for it’s 25th anniversary. The reissue adds 2 bonus tracks — a 1999 remix by Detroit electro-punk duo ADULT., along with a previously-unreleased version of Lowfish’s A1 cut, and also features new and improved artwork, including an insert with full label discography. 

Limited to 500 copies, and comes with a Bandcamp download card.

Tracklisting:

A1. Lowfish “Helski Gotenks”
A2. Solvent “Course Hub with Garnish”
A3. Lowfish “Helski Gotenks (version)”
B1. Solvent “Flexidisc”
B2. Lowfish “Your Last Legs”
B3. Solvent “ESP (edit)”
B4. Lowfish “Peanut Butter Castles”
B5. ADULT. vs Solvent “Flexidisc (remix)”

ADULT. vs Solvent "Flexidisc (remix)" (from suction001 25th anniversary reissue)

Full album → https://bit.ly/3ViiEUI
Artist: Hardenberg 
Title: Augmented Reality
Format: Digital / USB
Catalogue:DRSS538
Tracklist:
01. Augmented Reality
02.Camouflage
03.The Truth is on Fire
04.Öl
05.A System is Never Done

www.diffusereality.net
https://linktr.ee/diffusereality

Hardenberg - Augmented Reality

Taken from Dip Shim's Enter the Maragrillo album on Gated Recordings, out December 16.

More: www.orbmag.com/music

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Premiere: Dip Shim - One For Regen

Artist: Parallel Planet
Track: M3
Release: Mixtus Orbis [Le Matin & Parallel Planet]
Cat: MRR019
Label: Maturre https://soundcloud.com/maturre
Release date: 29 March 2023
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Pre-order: https://maturre.bandcamp.com/album/mixtus-orbis

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DT PREMIERE: Parallel Planet - M3 [Maturre] (2023)

The Venus Incident (Samhain Mix)

the Dreamteam is back , Matthias & Allan teams up for a great retro techno/trance trip back in the mid 90´2.

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Allan Blomquist - STAMMHEIM

D-Bahn

Two years after debuting on Central Processing Unit with the acclaimed Aftrmth EP, Nullptr returns to the Sheffield label for the release of new full-length album Future World. Nullptr has created a set of perpetual-motion marvels here, wind-’em-up-and-watch-’em-go electro tunes in which synth lines and 808s weave dexterously in and out of one another to form these lovely interlocking patterns.

Many of the tracks on Future World are anchored by needlegun grooves in the Drexciyan mode. The album’s opening number ‘Arrowhead’, an eerie dystopian-electro take, sets the scene in this regard, and cuts like ‘Cytron’ and ‘Phantom Cell’ also have a rugged bump to their low-end - particularly the latter, which features a deliciously nasty bassline drop about halfway in.

While busybody drum programming persists throughout the album, Nullptr’s fondness for washed-out pads means that Future World also provides the listener with space for contemplation. Third track ‘Sweet Luna’ may be robust enough to do damage on the dancefloor, but its deep chords and relatively muted bassline also push it in the direction of 90s electronica and IDM-techno. ‘Sweet Luna’ opens the door for many of the subsequent numbers to balance driving beats with wistful textures, and while electro remains Future World’s core style the harsh sound of machine-funk is softened throughout by these warm synth tones.

Rather than playing it safe within the genre’s familiar confines, Nullptr instead uses electro as a base from which to incorporate other sounds throughout Future World. ‘Wave Cannon’s bleep-bloop modulars and twittering hi-hats are pure robo-funk, but the track’s jumpy bassline shows off a sense of adventure derived from braindance. There is also the ghost of a breakbeat in Nullptr’s snare programming here, something which lurks in the back of ‘Arvanche’ later in the tracklisting. Meanwhile the uptempo ‘Bit Device’ pushes through to the ruminative techno of Virginia’s early Ostgut Ton releases.

Nullptr throws us another curveball in Future World’s home straight. The album’s title-track closes the record out, and it’s a cut which takes us deeper than anything that’s come previously. Here Nullptr both lowers the tempo and also does away with drums, leaving the listener with little more than some hanging-garden synth pads and pregnant bassline. It proves to be a hugely atmospheric coda for this delightful album.

RIYL: Jensen Interceptor, Assembler Code, The Exaltics, Drexciya

A1 - Arrowhead 5:08
A2 - Wave Cannon 5:23
B1 - Sweet Luna 4:38
B2 - Bit Device 4:03
B3 - Cytron 3:39
C1 - Phantom Cell 5:46
C2 - Arvanche 5:22
D1 - Hakusan 4:08
D2 - Chiron 5:00
D3 - Future World 4:09

Future World

NULLPTR - Future World

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.

NULLPTR - Future World

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