At the age of 10, Martin Matiske began mixing records and recording daily new mix tapes. Shortly thereafter, he met DJ Hell, who was astonished from the beginning about his interest in electronic music, records and mix tapes and invited him to interviews as well as DJ gigs, which is why he was allowed to play his first DJ set in 1999 at the Gigolo Night at Ultraschall in Munich. Performances at Union Move followed. At the turn of the millennium, inspired by acts like Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre, Martin began producing his first tracks with a drum machine, a synthesizer and a computer. 

After a few years in 2002 at the age of 15, his first single "Stars & Galaxy" was released on International Deejay Gigolo Records, which earned him positive feedback from Laurent Garnier, Tiga and ultimately #1 in Dave Clarke's Top Ten. Afterwards he performed at the "Pukkelpop Festival" in Belgium as well as in clubs like "WMF" Berlin, "La Paloma" Barcelona and "Roxy" Prague, just to name a few. At this time Martin deals with complex composition techniques and harmonics to become a grounded musical base and created his alter ego „Blackploid“. 

His first EP „Inhaltsverzeichnis“ on Frustrated Funk in 2006 was played by Legowelt, Miss Kittin, Helena Hauff. Accompanying this followed other releases on Stilleben and Vivod UK. In March 2017, Martin was commissioned as a remix producer for DJ Hell single "I Want You" and the remix was very popular nationally and internationally. In 2019 Martin decided to exploit his potential as composer and producer and recorded a collection of tracks called „Robotic Theatre“. David Funk was very impressed by his work and „Robotic Theatre EP“ on Moustache Records was born, which was played by Helena Hauff. In the meanwhile his alter Ego Blackploid took over and Martin activated his project in 2020 again. 

Soon later in 2021 he released „Blackploid - Cosmic Traveler EP“ on Central Processing Unit after a 15 years break. Martin continued with his debut Modern Disco EP „Melodic Motion“ on Bordello A Parigi and a second Blackploid EP „Strange Stars“ on Central Processing Unit which was very often featured in Dave Clarke's White Noise radio show. The year 2021 ended with a Japanese styled Martin Matiske album called „からくり人形l“ on Femur Records, Spain. In 2022, a third Blackploid EP "Planetary Science" followed on CPU and "Martin Matiske - "Circle Of Enlightenment" on LDI Records appeared. The year 2023 has started with Blackploid's double album "Enter Universe". A twelve track dark cosmic Electro journey through space out on Central Processing Unit. More releases like his EP "Eternal Reality" on Nocta Numerica and Dimension Phantasy" on Bordello A Parigi followed.

Follow:
@martin-matiske
www.martinmatiske.de
https://www.facebook.com/martinmatiskeofficial
https://www.instagram.com/martin_matiske
https://www.facebook.com/Blackploid/

Strange But Dance Music #169: Martin Matiske

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.

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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]

TL Premiere #1752 (2024.09.20) : Maelstrom - Suede [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 282nd Premiere of 2024, we have a track by the French electronic music producer and co-founder of RAAR (@raarraar) "Maelstrom" (@maelstrom) titled ‘Suede’ from his forthcoming EP "The FM Tapes" 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 October 4, 2024 in Limited Edition 12" Vinyl + Digital.

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Maelstrom - The FM Tapes

Preview here: https://soundcloud.com/cpurecords/maelstrom-the-fm-tapes

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. 

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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

Tracklist :
01. Ondes Courtes
02. Alt50ser
03. La Vie Sociale Des
04. My Digitone
05. Res 06 (Feat. Fasme)
06. Suede
07. Target003
08. The Operator
09. Trempo (Feat. Fasme)
10. Upside Down DX7
11. Algo Tango

releases October 4, 2024

All tracks written and produced by Joan-Mael Péneau.
Tracks 5 & 9 by Tom Ferreira & Joan-Mael Péneau.
Mastered at Computer Club Sheffield
Design by Human / www.humanstudio.com

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The FM Tapes

Suede

TL PREMIERE : Maelstrom - Suede [Central Processing Unit]

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RAAR Show : 'The FM Tapes' special - 05 Octobre 2024

Blackploid is the alias of German producer/DJ @martin-matiske - In 1997, at the age of 10, Martin began mixing records and recording daily new mix tapes. Soon after, he met DJ Hell, who was astonished from the beginning with Martin's interest in electronic music, records and mix tapes and invited him to interviews as well as DJ gigs, allowed Martin to secure his first DJ set in 1999. Shortly thereafter, at the turn of the millennium, Martin began producing music. Since then he has released music on Deejay Gigolo Records, Frustrated Funk, Stilleben, Vivod, Moustache Records, CPU, and more. His exclusive vinyl mix for Dark Science Electro balances a love of the old and an appreciation of the new. 

Kraftwerk - Die Stimme der Energie
Martin Matiske - Moments
Human Rebellion – Light and Shadow
Chester Louis III - It Drives Me Wild
Cybotron - R-9
Aux88 - Time Space
Dynamik Bass System - Arabian Dreams
Franck Kartell - Electro Music (Live Mix)
Anthony Rother– Nummern/Computerwelt 2
Transparent Sound - Slang City
Fastgraph - ../../
D.I.E. - Out With Tha Old
Dynamix II - Techno Bass
Sem - Hybrid
Midi Mechanixx Featuring The Wizard - Technopump (Pump Beats)
Lizard - Electro Experimentz
Blackploid - The Race
Blackploid - Magnetron
Blackploid - Star Patrol
Martin Matiske - Moments (Legowelt remix)

Additional resources:
www.martinmatiske.de
https://www.facebook.com/martinmatiskeofficial
https://www.instagram.com/martin_matiske
https://www.facebook.com/Blackploid/

www.soundcloud.com/dvsnme

Blackploid

Dark Science Electro - Episode 788 - 10/18/2024 - Blackploid guest mix

CPSmith DJ Set in Shibuya 28th September 2024

TASCAM DR-05

So Many Brightness 280924

2024 has unarguably been a great year for Electro both with overall visibility for the public as well as with the sheer number of quality releases being put out over the year. With a newfound buzz surrounding my beloved genre, I'm hardly keeping up! I feel like It was a busy year both production-wise and promotion-wise for @DVSNME and @DarkScienceElectro respectively, however, I found some time to put together a mix of my personal favorite tracks from 2023. Thanks to all the artists and DJs for the promos that made this mix possible.  - @dvsnme  (December 13th, 2024)

DJ Godfather - Your Worst Nightmare (@dj-godfather)
Privacy - Meduse (@privacyprivacy)
Brain Enterprise - Sipp (@brainenterprise)
Dopplereffekt - Entity From Tetraspace (@dopplereffektofficial)
DMX Krew - Depressed Mutant (@dmxkrew)
Teslasonic - Spores Echo (@teslasonic-minimalrome)
Annie Hall - Goji Berry (Plant43 remix) (@anniehallmusic)
@Ole-Mic-Odd & Alonzo - And We Rock (@alonzo902)
Manao - Automate (@elmanao)
Djedjotronic - P.X (@djedjotronic)
Fredrich Ernst - I'm Yours (@friedrich_ernst)
Nullptr - Sytasol (@bovaflux)
CT Kidobo - Shock (@ctkidobo)
Plant43 - Alternative Energy (@plant43)
Konerytmi - Moottoritie (@konerytmi)
Radioactive Man - Under The Counter (@radioactiveman)
T/Error - Shadows (@t-error-5)
Random Factor - Causality (@randomfactormusic)
Nachtwald - We Found The Truth on VHS (@nachtwald-official)
Zobol - Dread (@zobol)
CH415 - Time Flow (@ch415)
Larionov - Asteroid Attack (@larionov)
Mascarpone - Code Injection (@mascarp0ne)
Versalife - Cataclysm (@conforce)
Viikatory - Modulation Depth (@viikatory)
Noamm -  Verrückter Wissenschaftler (@user-766451490)
@Cyan85 & Int Main - 404 Error (@get_int) 
Obergman - Omega Centauri (@obergman)
Client_03 - Obligation Reminder (Ctrl+ version) (@client_03)
Analogous Doom - Brackish Beings (@analogous_doom)
Cybotron - Parallel Shift (@cybotron-official)
Erhalder - Space Trip for Clara (@erhalder)
Zeta Reticula - Binary Pair (DVS NME remix) (@zetareticula)
Boris Divider - Cenital (@borisdivider)
Heliopause - Desolation  (@aux88)
Maelstrom - Target003 (@maelstrom)
Alpha Visitor - Hyperboreal (@alphavisitor)
Maschine Brennt - Anura (v2) (@thenander)
DVS NME - Crispy Critters (@dvsnme)

Dark Science Electro

Dark Science Electro presents - Best Of 2024

Nullptr (@bovaflux) artist highlight

A.T. Field
Nemesis
Syndicate
Resilience
Reflex Arc
Adrift
Arrowhead
Light Years
Portal
HEXQ
Cybernoid
Visions Of The Future
Many Worlds

Additional resources:
www.bovaflux.co.uk
https://bovaflux.bandcamp.com/

Nullptr

Dark Science Electro presents: Nullptr

TIGERCAST stands as an engaging monthly podcast series, streaming on Fade Radio.
Its primary mission is to provide a platform for a wide-ranging spectrum of artists, each contributing to the elaborate and diverse landscape that defines the immersive realm of Electro.

Larionov - Russian DJ and producer, member of Electro Music Coalition community and label, who caught the attention of electro & EBM lovers everywhere through his releases on Central Processing Unit (CPU), Schrödinger's Box, Gladio Operations, Rotterdam Electronix, Craigie Knowes & Hilltown Disco.
Hailing from Voronezh in Russia’s Southwest he pays homage to the golden age of electro with his raw analogue style that has been supported by the likes of The Hacker, Helena Hauff, Marcel Dettman, Djedjotronic, Dave Clarke, Mick Wills to name a few.

Tracklist:

Electro Nation - Travelogue / Activities Records
Go Nuclear - UFO Bass / Nuclear Threat
Cem3340 - Machines Don’t Lie / Curtis Electronix
The Advent & Zein - Syncopated (Torai Remix) / Cultivated Electronix
Robert Cosmic - Conectado / Ovelha Trax
BeamControl - Electronic Overload (Yarn Init Rework) / Juicy Gang
Viikatory - Cartesian Space / Mechatronica
Assembler Code & Jensen Interceptor - Neuromancer / Trust
Maelstrom feat. Fasme - Trempo / CPU
Legacy - Hydrozin (Sky Above Remix)
Human Rebellion - Hybridization / Co Accused
Electrotechnik - Sigma (Larionov Remix) / Gladio Operations
Nite Fleit & Unklevon - Algorithm Anxiety / Atomic Alert
Raw Takes - 116ctro / Source Material
L.F.T. - Asche / Pinkman
Chupacabras - No Way / Gravitational Waves
UHF feat. Gisele Lau - La Danse Des Ombres / Partout

Links:

https://soundcloud.com/larionov 
https://www.facebook.com/larionovmusic
https://www.instagram.com/larionovmusic/

TIGERCAST 012 - Larionov

NAME: John Shima

HOMETOWN: Sheffield, UK

DJ HISTORY:  In 1995 John was playing records on Pirate Radio Stations and fine tuning his turntable skills locally at "The Music Factory", in Sheffield. 

INSPIRATION: Electronic Music - LTJ Bukem, The Black Dog, B12, Tangerine Dream, Nightmares On Wax, The Forgemasters, LFO and the sound of early Warp Records.

PRODUCTIONS / RELEASES: You will find a full back catalogue of work via John`s Discogs profile (link attached) - including releases on Firescope Records, Distant Worlds, Emotions Electric, Rawax, Seventh Sign, Exalt Records and Sheffield`s Central Processing Unit.  

(Click here): https://www.discogs.com/artist/1353605-John-Shima


TRACKLIST:
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1/ Outer Order "Fresh Phonica" (Planetary Instinct)
2/ Raymond Owen "Dnap" (Indulgence)
3/ Tom Carruthers "Ozone" (Data Sync)
4/ Tom Carruthers "Psyche" (Craigie Knowes)
5/ XON "Bopulate" (Network Records)
6/ Bobo "I Know (End Of Times Mix)" (Mixing Mates)
7/ Turner Street Sound "Dunes (Oceanic Mix)" (Butter Sessions)
8/ Workshop ????
9/ John Shima "003" (Central Processing Unit)
10/ Transparent Sound "Pissing Against The Wind" (Exalt Records)
11/ ???? (White Label)
12/ Duplex "P.O.M (Time Dilation 2)" (Clone)
13/ Thomas Rouge "rjam" (GOSU)
14/ Dona "Acid Day (Live)" (Moreaboutmusic)
15/ Octave One "Point-Blank (Mix 1)" (430 West)
16/ Doc Scott "Surgery (Ordinary Mix)" (Absolute 2 Records)

CONTACT: For any enquiries regarding bookings or potential releases please reach out to John via social media or email the shop for an introduction - myvinylrecordbox@gmail.com

Thanks,

Matthew

TOP JOCKS: "JOHN SHIMA" - DEMONSTRATION PURPOSE - DJ MIX SERIES

Artist: Tryphème
Title: Online Dating
Label: Central Processing Unit
CAT#: 00101000
Format: Vinyl
Release date: 27th January 2017

0000 AWAY FROM PRYING EYES
0001 IDEM
0010 MÉLODRAMATIQUE
0011 LES YEUX DE LA GRANDESSE

All tracks are taken from her 14 track digital LP ‘Online Dating’.

Introducing Tryphème aka Tiphaine Belin a Machiniste / Synthesizer-friendly artist from Lyon, France. With a style already being compared to the much lamented output from Merck, Belin brings things right up-to-date with her unique blend of melody, super tight vocals and syncopated drum arrangements. 

Fun, optimistic and technically stunning, the album is an amazing journey into new wave intelligent dance music. Her approach to each track see’s her effortlessly traversing styles, linking harmonies and creating emotive dance rhythms equally suited to a big room as they are to chill-out.

Online Dating

Tryphème - Online Dating

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.

Tryphème - Online Dating

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