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Forged in the cohesion labs of Indianapolis, the XK3 EP by producer D. Strange dives into the metallic underworld of alienated shadows to create 5 icy acid electro cuts.

The submerged acid-tinged opener, ‘Sonic Recoil,’ ascends with a snarling pathos of trap hats that pierce through the looming fog of the club. ‘Negative Center’ haunts in cunning dexterity and grooves with a jacking pace of brooding momentum. Somewhere in the maze of resonance droplets, cascading hats, and the ominous synth pads, the track “A Black Liquid Filled My Lungs” hypnotizes in its atmospheric acid electro hybrid. Right out of the gate, the self-titled track ‘XK3’ punishes with off-beat synth shards and glitchy, mechanical snares that snap in anthemic propulsion. While ‘Ghost of Kashif’ weaves itself in esoteric, yet evocative, soundscapes with club menacing fashion. Rounding out the release, fellow Indianapolis producer Noncompliant contributes a cruel electro sub-heating take of ‘XK3,’ to warm the boreal tips of the EP.


D. Strange
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dstrange-estmort
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dstrange.wavenforcer/

Noncompliant
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/noncompliant1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noncompliant1

TRAM Planet Records
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tram-planet-records
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tramplanetrecords

PREMIERE: D. Strange - XK3 (Noncompliant remix) (TRAM Planet Records)

Moodtrax - Network (Noncompliant Remix)

5 Mag Premiere - Beloved techno producer and DJ @noncompliant1 has announced the release of Momentum Shift, the debut EP from her new label Giant Arm, out September 7 2023.

Giant Arm is designed to be a showcase for Noncompliant's "signature style of raw, uncompromising techno." Momentum Shift features four tracks that tick every box on that checklist — the rhythmic, radical and raw sound of Midwest techno crafted by one of our most essential artists. 

5 Mag is premiering the lead track from Momentum Shift. "Symptom Onset," like many Noncompliant tracks, doesn't "start" as much as it "warms up," like a great thermal engine gradually filling the room with heat, frenzy, sound and fury. Give it a listen and some love if you like it 👏

🔗 Link: https://noncompliantmusic.bandcamp.com/album/momentum-shift-ep

🎙 Noncompliant - Raised in small-town Indiana on a musical diet of 80s synth pop and punk rock, Noncompliant soon found barnyard raves and warehouse techno parties and (as DJ Shiva) quickly became a fixture of the fabled 90s Midwest USA rave scene. Now, almost three decades and a name change later, she is at the top of her techno game. She was recognized as one of Mixmag's Top 20 Breakthrough DJs in 2017 and has performed at renowned venues like Berghain and Tresor in Berlin, Smartbar in Chicago, and DeSchool in Amsterdam. She has also appeared at festivals such as Unsound and Movement Detroit.  Noncompliant's releases and remixes on labels like Valence, Flash, Outerworld, and Dark Entries have made waves in the global music scene, with her track "Women's Work" even landing on Fiedel's official Berghain 08 mix and his label Fiedeltwo. In 2023, she is launching her own label called Giant Arm, which features her signature style of raw, uncompromising techno. 
https://www.noncompliantmusic.com/

🏷 Giant Arm - Noncompliant's new label, Giant Arm is a label for techno that doesn’t chase trends or try to sound like anyone else. This is music made to cause a ruckus on the dancefloor. 


📆 Out September 7 2023
Bandcamp: https://noncompliantmusic.bandcamp.com/album/momentum-shift-ep
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/noncompliant-momentum-shift-ep/6225299-02/

Momentum Shift

Symptom Onset

Premiere: Noncompliant - Symptom Onset [Giant Arm]

Bringing things down a notch and opening the fractal gates into the chill zone, again... Everything is floating around and coming together in unusual compositions. The textures absorb every drop as they fall from above. All these entities intertwine into a visual sound clash, a different path that leads into a similar direction where the destination is always the same.

More info and tracklist here: lyl.live/episode/the-other-side-74

The Other Side 78, Lyl Radio 05/03/24

Aaty is back again for Trushmix 223. It's a pleasure to have him back, this time with an over three hour live recorded mix, from a Klasse Wrecks party at Globus/Tresor last fall.

This time the formerly Osaka based now Berlin resident noodle master and DJ presents a house and techno mix. Tech house in the USA way. A exciting blend of house, acid, techno, new and some familiar classics to keep the dance-floor grooving in the late hours!

Enjoy music from the top!

Trushmix.com

Trushmix 223 - Aaty

After a long hiatus, we're kickstarting this series back up, with the recording of Vladimir Ivkovic's DJ set from the Nov 19, 2023 Weird Science.  What an evening it was. Now we can relive it and shed some tears once more.

Weird Science With Vladimir Ivkovic

Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-22nd-march-2024

Orpheu The Wizard w/ Ruutu Poiss 220324

Local vibe setter Yibing  (@yibingg) during one of our best gatherings to date. Enjoy this two hour recording of heady tunes and tempo twisters.

Recorded on Nov 19, 2023.

Weird Science with Yibing

Opening set for @darkentriesrecords showcase in San Diego, CA (March 2024) ft. Bill Converse & Josh Cheon... deep Detroit vibes and some jacking house.

Cabaret Voltaire - Low Cool
Patrick Cowley - Mockingbird Dream
Mandrake - The Vagus Nerve
L.B. Bad - Just Don't Stop The Dance
Theo Parrish - Lost Angel
Outermost - It's In There
Japan Blues - Half Dead Pulse
16 BIT - Where Are You? (Instrumental)
Lena Platonos - Lego (Lena Willikens Remix)
Beau Wanzer - Two Orders
Marcus Mixx - M+M Theme
Helena Hauff - c45p
Reese - Just Want Another Chance
Future Beat Alliance - Personnal Data
Levon Vincent - Fear
DBX - City on the Edge of Forever
Andreas Gehm - 1000 Miles
Looney Tunes - Just As Long As I Got You (Brooklyn club remix)
Corporation of One - So Where Are You
Greg Cash - Party Chat (Q-Marc Mix)
Outlander - Vamp (Kevin Saunderson Remix)
Aaron Carl - The Struggle (The Plan Remix)
E-Dancer - World Of Deep
Shake - Sonar 123
Rhythim is Rhythim - Drama
Serge & Tyrell - House Countdown (EPS Deng't Mix)

Dark Entries Showcase Opening Set

Special IDM mix recorded 24/01/2024 (vinyl only)

Sacha is back with a new series of unpublished mixes...

New unrealeased Mix series #1 : IDM

Need a boost of energy, or the soundtrack to your new PR? Enter the Energy Unleashed mix with Vancouver DJ duo Pender Street Steppers. 

Presented by NTS and Knees Up for the On Energy Hub London
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/on-energy-hub/episodes/on-energy-hub-energy-unleashed-17th-april-2024

NTS & On & Knees Up: Energy Unleashed with Pender Street Steppers 170424

We welcome Gilb'R back on Trushmix. This time the Versatile Records boss has made a two hour pure vinyl jungle and DnB mix! A live recording from the Resonance of Dub night at Globus/Tresor in Berlin. A massive night and massive mix with a top selection! No more words needed to say. Just sit back and enjoy this fabulous jungle mix!

Music from the top!

Enjoy!

Trushmix 225 - Gilb´R

To celebrate the recent resurrection of DEEJAY SERVICE, we’re proud to present the next EDWIN Music Channel mix from project creator @lucalozano, co-founder of @klassewrecks.

To find out more and for full track listing, please visit:

https://edwin-europe.com/blog/post/mix-125-luca-lozano

N°125 - Luca Lozano ‘Will Dig For Food’

BUY VINYL/DIGITAL: https://cuteheels.bandcamp.com/album/state-of-mind
Cute Heels is the project of Victor Lenis, a contemporary electronic artist living in Berlin, Germany. He grew up in Bogotá, Columbia during the 1990s, surrounded by the radial punk scene. Over the years, Victor's passion and fascination for synthesizers and drum machines to produce and compose resulted in his debut album “Spiritual" for Dark Entries in 2014 as well as the “Third Skin” EP in 2016.  Inspired by equal parts Liaisons Dangereuses, Drexciya and Black Devil Disco Club, Cute Heels connects the dots between Detroit techno, early Chicago house and Belgium electronic body music.

“State of Mind” is a 4-track EP featuring the vocal talents of Berlin artist Aga Wilk aka Romance Disaster on the the title track.  On the A-side are two fresh compositions recorded in New York and Bogota between 2016 and 2017. Victor says, “State of Mind refers to the subconscious as dominated by real facts, natural, unnatural, metaphysical or virtual and dynamism of the body as physical shield.” The track is a slow building foray into techno, elegantly suited for intangible moments. “Golden Tears” kicks off with Cute Heels’ signature metallic EBM funk played with punchy, percussive analog synths. On the flip we present two banging club remixes. The first is from LA-4A, techno DJ and producer Kevin McHugh aka Ambivalent, who adds a strong kick drum and lacerating hi-hats that build up to a mind melting breakdown with a full on acid squelch attack. The second remix comes from Noncompliant, Midwest US-based producer Lisa Smith aka DJ Shiva, who  creates a raw, thumping exercise though off-kilter mechanics and punishing percussion. All songs have been mastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley.  The record comes in a custom-made die-cut jacket designed by Eloise Leigh featuring suggestive rope bondage graphic printed spot black matte on black hi-gloss finish. Each copy includes a postcard.

State of Mind

State Of Mind

Cute Heels - State of Mind (Noncompliant Remix)

This classic, originally released on the legendary Black Nation Records, is a personal favorite of mine. That's why I was stoked to be asked to turn in a remix. Pressure? Yep. But I had fun and I think I made a nice jam that will pound a dancefloor (or a home system) quite nicely.

Buy on Beatport

Chancellor - Insane (Noncompliant Remix)

buy / stream

black girl / white girl - nightfall on saturn (noncompliant remix) [clip]

The Dark Entries Record Label : Resuscitating the 80s Underground

www.noncompliantmusic.com
https://www.twitch.tv/noncompliant1

Booking:
ncbooking@noncompliantmusic.com

“As her moniker implies, she takes no prisoners, channeling the fury instilled by worldly injustices into blistering, defiant sets." - Mixmag 2017

Raised in small-town Indiana on a musical diet of 80s synth pop and punk rock, Noncompliant soon found barnyard raves and warehouse techno parties and (as DJ Shiva) quickly became a fixture of the fabled 90s Midwest USA rave scene.

Now, almost three decades and a name change later, she is at the top of her techno game. She was recognized as one of Mixmag's Top 20 Breakthrough DJs in 2017 and has performed at renowned venues like Berghain and Tresor in Berlin, Smartbar in Chicago, and DeSchool in Amsterdam. She has also appeared at festivals such as Unsound and Movement Detroit. 

Noncompliant's releases and remixes on labels like Valence, Flash, Outerworld, and Dark Entries have made waves in the global music scene, with her track "Women's Work" even landing on Fiedel's official Berghain 08 mix and his label Fiedeltwo. In 2023, she is launching her own label called Giant Arm, which features her signature style of raw, uncompromising techno. 

At her core, Noncompliant is a die-hard techno fan with a deep love for music and a drive to continue honing her craft as a DJ and producer to share her favorite music with people on dance floors around the world.

Cute Heels - State of Mind (Noncompliant Remix)

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