Saha

Archypness - Saha [EMAHO 003]

• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender will be our new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

by: @sungenam @med1ock @philip-kylberg

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Sjoerd de Ridder (Sun Genam), Aaron Knebel (Medlock) & Philip Kylberg
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.2 - Sun Genam // Medlock & Philip Kylberg

"Poison Keeper" is an insect-like creature that wanders through desolate spaces in a compulsive search for a single drop of life-giving water. But the void is not what it seems, as the creature is not the only one thirsty: weaving the path through the tapestry of the unexpected is a must, representing the playful arrangement of the workflow, which first swallows listeners in quicksand but then spits them out to continue this tireless groovy journey.

Track produced by bijū @b1ju
Rizoma Granulare VA on Decadance @decadanceamsterdam
Mastered by MaSpaventi Studio
Graphic Design by Gabriele Mariani
 
"Rizoma Granulare embodies the symbiotic relationship between electronic music and the intricate horizontal growth of rhizomes, resulting in a release that finds its roots in a subterranean sound realm, where granular textures and hypnotic rhythms intertwine through an intricate musical ecosystem. Listeners are invited to experience the interplay of stretched grain resolutions and primal bass syncopations pulsing from the depths of each artist's introspection. Flourishing organically, the music branches out in unpredictable directions."

[PREMIERE] bijū - poison keeper

Echoes From a Black Transmission drifts in like a signal caught in decay: seven tracks that shift through eroded textures, low-lit atmospheres, and rhythms worn down by time. Each piece feels like a message intercepted mid-collapse, a transmission from the edge of something ending. A sense of change is tangible, like the end of a season or a slow fading of light. It’s music for that moment when something familiar disappears, and a new, stranger atmosphere takes its place.
There’s a tension between precision and entropy throughout the record. Glitches become pulses, synthetic tones stretch into fog, and structures dissolve into residue. Rather than build toward resolution, the tracks remain suspended, looping in their own gravitational field. Sound becomes sediment.

Written and produced by Antoine B.
Mastered by Dekeyden
Artwork & Design by Enrico Caldini

Echoes From a Black Transmission

Aether Reactor Loops

Pre-order

Ocyra - Aether Reactor Loops

From the black murk of primordial swamps stepped the forebears of the first amphibians, creatures who would learn, under the steady rain of time’s hourglass, to evolve several times in the span of a single life, to breathe through their skin; permeable, changing. 

Prague’s Amphibian Records label and collective reveals Kobayashi Maru’s ‘Induction Texture’ EP. As with his recent collaboration with Silhouette, it’s a release of two halves: two original solo productions pin markers deep inside driving, psychoactive club territory; two reflections—from Abo Abo and A Strange Wedding—capture the light of the originals and cast it back, changed but familiar. 

PRE-ORDER IS OPEN NOW

Induction Texture

PRE-ORDER

Kobayashi Maru - Induction Texture EP -  AMPH004 - Preview

@tadan127 - muses 12" vinyl EP

BUY: https://area127.bandcamp.com/album/muses

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳? 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘗, 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢127 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥-𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 ‘𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢’, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. ‘𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 27’ 𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺, 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 ‘𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴’, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 – 𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵-𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. ‘𝘌𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’ 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳.

Tadan - Muses (12" snippets) [127AREA005]

Introducing - Abo Abo - Muscovite

Two resonant voices from Florence’s underground converge in this powerful collaboration between Abo Abo (Daniele Carcassi) and TOMO (Tommaso Andorlini) —  The co-founders of the DE RIO collective and record label both deeply rooted and active in Italy’s experimental electronic scene well  known for pushing the limits of tribe and mental sound presents their first LP on the Brussels based imprint and collective Alliance.
Abo Abo’s multifaceted practice moves fluidly between clubs, theaters, and DIY spaces, blending academic machinery with raw underground energy that oscillates between precision and chaos. Whether through DJ sets, performances, or installations, Abo Abo treats sound as a living, evolving material — a fluid architecture shaped by space and raw impulse he explores as a territory in constant mutation.
TOMO brings a vision shaped by fast-paced rhythms, glitch minimalism, and tactile sound design. His sets are deeply physical, polyrhythmic journeys where IDM, deep techno, trance and post-tribal textures bleed into one another. Every element in his sonic landscape pulses with tension — somatic, spectral, alive.
Together, they craft an immersive, borderless language where loop-driven hypnosis meets granular abstraction. This LP on Alliance Club bridges their worlds: club energy and sound research, intuition and structure — vibrating between movement and stillness
Human Lessons premieres Muscovite by Abo Abo from the release.

Written and produced by Daniele Carcassi and Tommaso Andorlini
Mastered by Baptiste Langlois aka OTON @ Analog Focus Studio
Artwork by Marco Maldarella
© Alliance Club 2025

Artist: 
@aboabosound
IG: https://www.instagram.com/abo_abo._/ 
Label: 
@allianceclub  
IG: https://www.instagram.com/allianceclub_/
Artwork by Marco Maldarella
Release date: 25th of July

HL Premiere : Abo Abo - Muscovite [ALLIANCE]

On GEON, DE RIO’s co-founders https://soundcloud.com/aboabosound and https://soundcloud.com/tomo_sound channel years of shared exploration into a nine-track split LP that sits right at the friction point between sound study and high-voltage catalysis.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-abo-abo---diabase

GEON will be out on July 25th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via
https://allianceclub.bandcamp.com/album/geon

Premiere: Abo Abo - Diabase [ALC011]

Intermission 96db

Champignons - Honnete I-I

This one was not expected so quick, morning inspiration

TEAR

Florence-based collective, record label and party series in unusual and unexpected places. For wise dancefloors only.