On June 27, 2025, a long-dormant signal reactivates from Hamburg's hidden places: Helena Hauff and F#X return as Black Sites with R4 on Tresor Records—their first full-length album and the first release under the moniker since 2014. Like a hieroglyphic recently discovered and translated, R4 feels more like a long-awaited resumption than a comeback.

Recorded to tape with minimal editing or post-production the record is a classic example of the symbiotic relationship that can come from the interaction of human and machine. This punk ethos isn't invoked through distortion alone, but through method; in the album's breaking from the received wisdom of hardness tethered to speed as most of the tougher pieces are lower BPM and vice versa (with one notable exception in the mind-melting stomp of BLOKK).

Across ten tracks, Black Sites traverse a landscape where genre dissolves into intention. It migrates through electro's danceability, acid house's corrosion, and into the liminal realm of machine funk—a genre coined by Andrew Weatherall, which sounds like the results of technology dreaming of soul where the emphasis is on live execution, on immediacy over perfection—a sound forged in the act of creating, not polishing.

In a 2013 interview, around the time of the first Black Sites EP, Hauff was quoted as saying that she wants "things to fit together properly, but on another level, I really want them to make sense together." That principle animates R4: The album's form reveals itself in time, with each movement echoing and amplifying the others to create a synergistic whole.

From the opening crawl of C4 (a name that like the music foreshadows the explosions to come) to the end-of-the-night bliss of MOTHERJAM via the intense peaks of BLOKK, 707, and classic acid track 3D it's clear that R4 is a work made with serious intent; a refutation of a world where streaming has made the two-minute single the dominant musical form again. R4 demands immersion, not just attention. It is not a collection of tracks, but a singular, recursive experience: a mirror in which sound and listener repeatedly rediscover one another.

BANDCAMP

Black Sites - BLOKK

Release Date: 23.05.2025
Buy:
https://entire.bandcamp.com/album/bad-trip-synesthesias

Polish underground artist Entire (Filip Olszewski) returns with Bad Trip Synesthesias - a raw, immersive, and hallucinatory descent into the shadowy edges of experimental electronics. Structured as a symbolic journey through the disorienting topography of a psychedelic experience.

From its opening moments, "Bad Trip Synesthesias" confronts the listener with a storm of industrial textures, mind-drilling rhythms and deep subterranean pulses. It's not just dark - it's tunneling: a mantric, sub-bass-heavy hypnosis that drags you inward. There are elements of experimental DnB, distorted ritualism, and sci-fi dread, but this isn’t a genre exercise - it’s a controlled implosion of form. A turning point comes with "Surrender, Fears", the last chapter before a cathartic release, requiring acceptance within the chaos and offering a glimpse of emotional transcendence. What follows is not resolution, but transformation: a broadening of perspective and finally, a return to reality in the closing track, "Re-entrance", which radiates an unexpectedly organic warmth.

There’s a distant echo of Eastern European futurism here - a kind of dream-logic that brushes against the surreal and the philosophical without ever fully revealing its hand. Entire shapes sound into something like speculative fiction: abstract yet visceral, alien yet deeply internal.

Most of the presented work have been composed while experiencing synesthetic effects, including strong sound-to-shape & sound-to-color associations.

Tracklist:
1. Synesthesia #1 (Downwards, Backwards)
2. Synesthesia #2 (Tragedy Down Under)
3. Synesthesia #3 (Train You've Missed)
4. Synesthesia #4 (The Dune Squeeze)
5. Synesthesia #5 (Sapphire Railway)
6. Synesthesia #6 (Surrender, Fears)
7. Synesthesia #7 (Wider Angles)
8. Synesthesia #8 (Re-entrance)

Written in 2024 & 2025 by Filip Olszewski
Artwork by Filip Olszewski
Mastering by Adam Jade Mastering

Bad Trip Synesthesias LP (entire.bandcamp.com)

DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Pattern 4
Moiré Patterns [AS002 / Aura Sonora]

Produced by DYL & Tammo Hesselink
Mastered by Sebastian Galante aka Seph
Artwork by Archive B
Released by Aura Sonora from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Release Date: August 04th, 2025
Format - Vinyl and Digital

Aura Sonora returns with a second release to follow up the fantastic first one, this time it brings together two meticulous studio craftsmen, DYL & Tammo Hesselink. Their Moire Patterns EP kicks off with 'Pattern 1', a deep and rhythmic slice of rubbery techno that rides broken beats with atmospheric pulses up top. 'Pattern 2 slows down to a predatory crawl with icy pads making a dystopian vibe then 'Pattern 3' brings a sense of mystic tribal ritual deep in some futuristic jungle and 'Pattern 4' closes down with more fantastically crafted, dubby, broken rhythms that are topped with organic percussion and almost impossible not to move to. Pure rhythm science brilliance.

DYL (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
https://soundcloud.com/dyl170
https://www.instagram.com/dyldnb

Tammo Hesselink (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
https://soundcloud.com/tammohesselink
https://www.instagram.com/tammo8000

Aura Sonora
https://soundcloud.com/aurasonorarecords
https://www.instagram.com/aurasonora.records
https://aurasonorarecords.bandcamp.com

Oslated.
http://www.oslated.com

Moiré Patterns

Pattern 4

Support & Buy

DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Pattern 4 [Aura Sonora]

Aerae - Nefanda [SMDE51]

Collector’s Special Edition Limited to 50 copies and exclusive to Bandcamp and Void Vinyl

Plying refracted rhythms with an exacting poise, Aerae arrives on Samurai Music with a fully formed sound that plumbs the depths between techno immersion and D&B beat science.

An accomplished, palpable tension runs throughout Nefanda, Aerae’s second solo release. Following up on the meditative pulse of her debut album on Annulled Music last year, the Paris-based artist digs deeper into ominous atmospheres filled with evocative reverb decays and taut, dynamic drum work — tools she wields to render tracks with specific meaning, coded by the Latin framing that runs through all aspects of her musical output. Contemplating the ancient language as an inescapable part of her European roots, on Nefanda Aerae ruminates on external trials and inner impulses, and conjures a jaw-clenching soundtrack to match.

Finding her own language within the dialogue between techno, D&B and dark ambient, Aerae’s music makes a vivid impression thanks to the ideas and intention that drive her in the studio. Nefanda confirms her status as a leading light in deep, psychedelic dance music, making something extremely personal that also reaches out beyond notions of the self like all the best transcendental music.

01. Mons
02. Nefanda
03. Fovea
04. Phrenesis

https://www.instagram.com/_aerae__/
https://soundcloud.com/aeraemusic

All tracks W&P - Claire Breilly
Art/Design - @rqnz
Master & Cut - @stardelta_mastering
Pressed at @intakt_vinyl
Global Distribution - @triplevisionrecorddistribution

Nefanda

Aerae - Nefanda [SMDE51] *previews*

☉ Palpebræ Label Mix 02: Shaw Cuts [mixed by Lindenberg Support]

Read the interview here: https://palpebrae.com/behind-the-label-shaw-cuts/

About Shaw Cuts:
A sonic portrait of Shaw Cuts: 10 years of raw textures, percussive tension, and martial arts-inspired aesthetics. Founded by Farron in 2015, the label blends techno, breakbeat, ambient and beyond into a cohesive yet unpredictable sound. This mix traces its evolution — bold, versatile, and always narrative-driven.

About Lindenberg Support:
Lindenberg Support a dynamic DJ and producer from Augsburg, Germany. Renowned for his eclectic selection and regular appearances at the illustrious City Club, where he's been part of the crew since 2020.
In his productions, Lindenberg Support masterfully blends abstract sounds, UK bass-inspired grooves, and elements reminiscent of 90s breakbeat with the classic essence of house and techno rhythms.
Lindenberg Support's sets are a testament to his versatility, seamlessly weaving between contemporary and classic sounds, delivering a potent blend of dancefloor-oriented techno with bass-heavy, breakbeat influences.

☉ Follow Shaw Cuts here:
@shaw-cuts / https://shawcuts.bandcamp.com / https://www.instagram.com/shaw_cuts/

☉ Follow Lindenberg Support here:
@lindenberg-support / https://www.instagram.com/lindenbergsupport/

☉ Follow Palpebræ here:
on SoundCloud: @palpebraenetwork
on web: www.palpebrae.com
on Instagram: www.instagram.com/palpebraenetwork/
on Facebook: www.facebook.com/palpebraenetwork

Interview

Palpebræ Label Mix 02: Shaw Cuts [mixed by Lindenberg Support]

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E | Orca Silent - Lip Service

Track: Lip Service
Artist: Orca Silent
Release Title: Path [DPST002]
Release Date: 06.27.2025
Label / Artwork / Mastering: Deephist

https://deephist.bandcamp.com/track/lip-service
https://soundcloud.com/deephist/lip-service

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E | Orca Silent - Lip Service

In 2024, Dutch artist and producer Nadia Struiwigh founded Distorted Waves, a label devoted to releasing music untethered from the usual listening environments -not solely built for the club or the concert hall, but also for all spaces beyond.

Following her first two releases, OXI 5 and Trees, Struiwigh now curates Distorted Waves VA 01. It’s the label’s first various artists compilation and its most collaborative project to date.

A core part of the label’s identity is a deep focus on the technological aspects of music creation. Each release on Distorted Waves explores a specific piece of gear or a particular tool. For this project, that tool was one that Nadia created herself: a custom Sci Fi Ambient sample pack.
Nadia extended an invitation to a circle of 10 artists she’s connected with creatively and personally. Each was given the same starting point: a bespoke ambient sample pack crafted by Nadia. But instead of prescribing direction, the pack served as a catalyst for play -encouraging open-ended exploration without genre constraints.

What emerged is a wide-ranging collection of tracks that bends through power ambient, experimental contours, dubstep pressure, and more atmospheric oscillations. Each track was shaped from the same sonic source, yet arriving somewhere entirely distinct.

“These sounds traveled through many minds, many contexts,” says Nadia. “It’s a kind of group storytelling, one set of frequencies reshaped into many perspectives.”

Rather than chase coherence, Distorted Waves VA 01 leans into divergence unified by source. This is one for the heads.

Features tracks by
1 CONCEPTUAL
2 SURGEONS GIRL
3 A.FRUIT
4 ANNA Z
5 HOMEMADE WEAPONS
6 NADIA STRUIWIGH
7 BOXIA
8 ELIN PIEL
9 HUMAN SPACE MACHINE
10 TROVARSI
11 KAOSMOS 
credits
releases July 3, 2025

ARTWORK: Nadia Struiwigh
MASTERING: Maspaventi Mastering

VA001 Distorted Waves Compilation

Berlin-based artist Marie Tjong Ayong delivers a captivating four-tracker with her "motherland" EP, which unfolds like a sonic ritual—earthy, dubby, and steeped in natural rhythm. Navigating fluidly between dub techno, grey area, downtempo, and breakbeat, the EP carves out its own genre-blurring identity. The sound is rooted in a warm, organic atmosphere, driven by percussive detail and an unmistakably natural flow.
You can sense Marie’s background as a trained jazz trumpeter in the subtle musical intelligence that underlies each movement. From the driving, rhythm-heavy opener "freshelle" to the introspective, bass-laden "tiger balm", the EP continuously shifts form and energy. "desert of boredom" maintains the dub-soaked aesthetic while injecting a more forceful groove, before "rodeo of the bugs" rounds things off with deep, muted dub techno and refined percussive finesse.

Preorder: qeone.bandcamp.com/album/motherland

Release date ~ August 5, 2025

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About Marie Tjong Ayong

Marie Tjong Ayong is a Berlin-based producer, vinyl-DJ, and trumpeter.
Her sound weaves percussive lushness, warm harmonies, and genre-defying grooves into immersive, abstract sonic spaces. Airy, dreamy, and deeply groovy, her music invites listeners into a world shaped by texture and emotional depth, often reconnecting with her roots through layered sound design.
Born in 1994 to a jazz musician and a music teacher, Marie picked up the trumpet at the age of 12. From 2014 to 2019, she studied jazz trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
Her versatility and unique voice have since made her collaborator in a wide range of projects—from modern jazz ensembles like Leon Plecity’s Extraordinary Machine to Afrobeat and hip-hop collectives such as HYPNAGOGIA. She is also a member of the Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Ehrenfeld, the house band of ZDF Magazin Royale with Jan Böhmermann.
Marie Tjong Ayong’s work blurs boundaries—not only between genres, but between the tangible and the imagined.

www.instagram.com/marietjongayong/
www.soundcloud.com/user-577926608
www.marietjongayong.bandcamp.com/album/trio

Written and produced by Marie Tjong Ayong
Mastered by Klangstellwerk (Niklas Bühler)
Artwork by Lindsey Wang (@Polygonia)

Marie Tjong Ayong - motherland [QNE015]

had a shit few days that made me wanna jump so I made whatever this is and feel a little better but... I am gonna fuck someone's day up unfortunately 

take it slow

Áchim György - interesting evening

Sometimes Dimensional Dissonance is all you need.

Inspiration Perspiration

https://distortedwaves.bandcamp.com/music
music@distortedwaves.nl