Gladio Operations closes 2024 with its tenth release, which bears the signature of the German producer Elektrotechnik.

This EP, entitled Kontrast, comprises three original tracks and two remixes. The A-side starts with Sigma, a rogue track with light trance touches and an appropriate psychedelic bass line. 
Russian producer Larionov returns to Gladio and gifts us his fantastic vision of Sigma, turning it into a more energetic piece destined exclusively for the hottest dancefloors. 
Side A ends with Kontrast, a track of aggressive rhythms and moulded with powerful dark textures.

On the B-side, we encounter Die Bestie, perhaps the most robust track and possessor of disturbing and tenebrous harmonies, an enigmatic journey with no return. 
The owners of the UHF label get back on track by creating remixes, being in charge of closing the EP, and offering us a deeper and more cosmic approach than the original track.

Written and produced by Elektrotechnik
Mastered by Boris Divider
Graphic Design by Silvia Miguez
Distributed by Bordello A Parigi

links:
@gladiooperations
www.facebook.com/gladiolabel



A1 - Elektrotechnik - Sigma

Buy on Bandcamp: https://spectralbounce.bandcamp.com/album/zevar
Buy on One Eye Witness: https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1737476164/aedis-zevar

Spectral Bounce proudly presents Zevar, the debut release by Aedis. An alias of David Iriarte, this new undertaking sees the Amsterdam-based artist plumbing the depths & tunnelling further into a sound that has surely been in the works for some time. One half of Iro Aka, Iriarte is no stranger to the exploration of ambiance & rhythmic play: the duo released a trilogy of records on John Talabot’s label Hivern Discs between 2020 & 2023.

On Zevar, Iriarte first traverses the deeper territories of tech house before conjuring up mystic 2-step and delving into rolling techno. The sense of spaciousness throughout the EP is vivid: perpetually unfolding modulated delays; cavernous reverb; weighty, grounding sub frequencies. This expanse is punctuated by fragmentary voices, psychedelic refrains (“Xtz”), intricate break deployment (“Station”) and thudding bass tones (“RTHM”). Just enough is given, just enough held back. With these 4 tracks, Aedis brings you that little bit deeper.

Art by Susanne Janssen
Words by Cameron Leaf

Aedis - Zevar (SPEC04) | Spectral Bounce | Snippets

[PREMIERE] The Message - Shjva | Neptune Discs [2025]

Haunting electro from Molen on his Craigie Knowes debut ‘Machine Dreams’. Make your way through the mist into the endless depth of the Machine Dream. Sound design build to shake foundations, perfected for graveyard listening and club-destruction alike. Dive in and brave the depths. 10 Years of Craigie Knowes: 2015-2025.

Releases April 28, 2025

All tracks written & produced by Molen
Mastered by Marco @ Analogcut, Berlin
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Design by Nicolas Falvo
Released by Craigie Knowes Scotland

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Step into the lush, verdant depths of Shjva's sonic jungle—an enchanted forest pulsing with ultra-absorbing dub techno, glitchy rhythms, and deep, hyper-textured grooves. We’ve been impressed by her incredible releases on People & Places and Warning, among others, and now, her latest EP on our label takes that boundary-pushing energy even further. The rising Ukrainian force is joined by Jeku, who flips the script with a mind-bending trip to Goa mix, catapulting the journey into a dreamlike, transportive realm.

Artist: @shjva
Label: @neptunediscs
Buy: https://neptunediscs.bandcamp.com/album/shjva-the-message-ep-includes-jeku-trip-to-goa-mix

PREMIERE: Shjva - Zumi Tek [Neptune Discs]

Buy on Bandcamp: spectralbounce.bandcamp.com/album/dangerous-when-wet
Buy on One Eye Witness: https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1744798990/dreams-dangerous-when-wet

@dreamstrax

Spectral Bounce’s fifth instalment comes courtesy of L.A.’s rave archivist and dancefloor operative Dreams, A.K.A. Jesse Pimenta. Throughout his decade-long career the California native has inspected, dissected and concocted all manner of dance musics, leaving his mark with drops on Apron Records, Pinkman, BANK NYC and his own imprint Dance Data. On SPEC05 — Dangerous When Wet — he hijacks the synapses with 4 accomplished productions, plotting a high BPM course through manifold styles using the raw aesthetic that characterises his output.

“Losing Control” is a frenetic dancefloor invitation, immediately locking into a pacing groove. Beneath wild hand drums, Dreams plays with an insistent 303 bassline alternating between rasping buzz and oily squelch, while stern vocals are layered on top of breaks that have been processed to a viscerally satisfying end.

Taking things from delirious dance circle to underwater biosphere, the EP’s eponymous track explores a submerged 1980s Miami. Weighty & enveloping, “Dangerous When Wet” is pure aquatic pop-n-lock — hydraulic electro for a drowned world. Ocean floor caustics are transmuted into auditory form: arpeggios bubble up; drones shimmer mystically; hi-hats hiss like air from an open valve. Amongst the sonar bleeps, a barrage of pummeling low-end is sure to give subwoofers a workout.

“XTC Messenger” delivers an infectious paranoid dispatch, astutely balancing the sensual with the deranged. A slow-mo dial tone unfolds languidly, running counter to nervously twitching high frequencies. Its punchy percussion is tuned for maximum dopamine release; the track’s abrupt vocal chops and mechanical kick-snare pulsation evoke the leather jackets and jagged edges of 1980s industrial discotheque.

“Pressure Points” closes the EP on a heady and mesmerising polymetric trip. The parting track is a lithe yet spacious number, propelled by a rattling break. Here Dreams follows from track 2, creating an immersive environment in which sounds tightly twist and twirl. Shifting oscillators call out like tiny creatures as the bass throbs and wriggles further into your brain, long after the needle hits the runout groove.

SPEC05 — Nightclub specialist in effekt! 

releases May 30, 2025

Art by Susanne Janssen
Words by Cameron Leaf
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino @ Analogcut

PREMIERE: A1. Dreams - Losing Control | Spectral Bounce

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Step into the lush, verdant depths of Shjva's sonic jungle—an enchanted forest pulsing with ultra-absorbing dub techno, glitchy rhythms, and deep, hyper-textured grooves. They’ve been impressed by her incredible releases on People & Places and Warning, among others, and now, her latest EP on Neptune Discs takes that boundary-pushing energy even further. The rising Ukrainian force is joined by Jeku, who flips the script with a mind-bending trip to Goa mix, catapulting the journey into a dreamlike, transportive realm.

PREMIERE: Shjva - Celestial Dub

Artist: Solar Suite
Title: Smokescreen EP (Incl. Kitsta Remix)
Label: Be Told Lies
Cat No: BETRUTH04
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 

A1. Smokescreen
A2. Funktion of the Season (with Command D)
B1. Pearl Beach
B2. Smokescreen (Kitsta Remix)

Solar Suite delivers an intergalactic feast for the senses, serving up two choice solo cuts including the driving atmospheric energy of ‘Smokescreen’ and the techy groove-laden rhythm of Pearl Beach. Sandwiched between the two courses is ‘Funktion of the Season’, a mesmerisng collaboration with Command D. For dessert, Kitsta steps up to provide a killer dubbed-out remix of the EP’s title track. Bon appetite.

Solar Suite - Smokescreen EP (Incl. Kitsta Remix) (BETRUTH04)

🟢 Buy Track: https://www.beatport.com/track/crying-robot/20449248
🟢 Buy / Listen Release: https://www.beatport.com/release/vol-3/5063042

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Vol. 3

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Fasme - Crying Robot

EP title: Temple Ov Ghosts

Artist: Tyler Ov Gaia

Label: Ekstasis

RELEASE: June 2025

Worldwide distribution via Off The Grid www.otg-records.com

Tyler Ov Gaia - Temple Ov Ghosts (eid55558.55 remix)

Moriza - Permanent

10 Years of Craigie Knowes: 2015-2025

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