DJ Screw meets Tylenol PM, a bass-boosted anthem for the neural punishment enjoyer. Out now on @pain-mgmt

When It Rains

I Get Such Bad Headaches

Robot voices was my first love and still is, so this is my homage to those musicians with the vision..

Vocoder fiend

In recent years, Blackploid has come to be one of Central Processing Unit’s signature artists. The German producer has averaged more than a record a year for the Sheffield imprint since he first landed on CPU in 2021. This prolific run continues with Cosmic Drama, Blackploid’s second LP for the label. The album takes the baton from its predecessor Enter Universe in style, delivering twelve tracks of top-quality machine-funk that draw down from electro’s classic artists while also imbuing proceedings with a playfulness that very much gives things a signature Blackploid-ish flavour.

Cosmic Drama sets its stall out from the off. The opening run of ‘Alien’, ‘World Construction’ and ‘Virtual State’ all deliver piston-snapping beats which anchor pleasing melanges of B-movie synth lines. Alongside this, Blackploid adds little flourishes which add buoyancy to each joint - a syncopated bassline reminiscent of I-f’s late-90s classic ‘Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass’, crackling robo-voiced commands, skittering synth chords which wash across the mix and so on. It’s the work of someone completely at ease with their craft, comfortable enough to take risks without upsetting the apple cart of their sound’s core appeal.

Blackploid’s idiosyncratic approach to synth work is something which distinguishes Cosmic Drama from the pack. Electro has long been a genre which prides itself on innovation on the keys, but few producers are willing to push their sonics as far as Blackploid does - take the seasick churn of pads and processors on ‘Multiverse’, for instance, or the way John Carpenter-esque single-note lines dovetail with gurgling synthetic pulses and eerie, spacious chords on ‘The Lab’, a highlight of Cosmic Drama’s midsection.

Cosmic Drama skips along at club tempo throughout - every one of these joints will get bodies moving in dark rooms across the galaxy. However, even when tracks maintain their single-minded pursuit of machine-funk perfection, they never forget to deliver on the hooks. Blackploid has lead lines (and counter-melodies) to burn here, and each track knots them together in ever-more intriguing ways as they plough onwards. Drexciyan heads will be thrilled by the sci-fi delights of ‘Species’, for instance, while Blackploid brings melodies as cold as they are catchy on the aptly-named ‘Polar Dunes’. By the time Cosmic Drama hits upon the vroom-vrooming bassline line of closer ‘Contact’, you’re fully enthralled to the album’s combination of broken-beat heft and synthetic melodiousness.

RIYL: Drexciya, I-f, Cygnus, AFX

Cosmic Drama

Blackploid - Cosmic Drama

Living Room n°80 ~ a*di ~ Shelter mix 

q. pls introduce yourself
a. Olá I'm Adi, I run Ufonic 🙂

q. is there a story behind the mix?
a. Today it's raining in Lisbon, it feels heavy, yet strangely comfortable. The birds are calm, the dogs are dreaming while the ocean sleeps under a warm silver blanket.

q. what’s the best to way enjoy your mix?
a. While travelling from point A to point B

q. describe a favorite object in your living room...
a. Technically 7 objects but my seven dragon balls 🙂

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
a. I'm working on a short film on London's parallel lives, from the point of view of a lighter.


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Linkwood - Outside In
CHANTSSSS - lotus drips
Zero Key - Zero Key 02
Ex Wiish - The Wavering Knife
Vile Karimi - To Hold
Polygonia & Shoal - Limping on Clouds
荒井優作 - 11月
Joana de Sá - (or twisting)
a*di - B4
Mistareez - Trust Is A Response
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Fullmoon
Shinjū Gumi - beyond Hypothermia
Zarya - Object/Lesson
Oak - Kite Master
bela - 풀이
Grady Steele - 192 ft
Nuno Loureiro - Exit Ten / Wait (11)
(Fallen Angels excerpt)
Terekke - Evaporain
Malibu - One Life

Living Room n°80 ~ a*di ~ Shelter mix

twisted and tripped out rhythms from the ever-evolving artist, konalgad. 

konalgad is the new alias by ahmad qatramiz who is better known for his alias quatri. when looking at the story behind the word konalgad in arabic, it means: the universe of tomorrow, referring to a constructive, enchanting, yet light and floating ascent.these are all themes and ideas that relate to konalgad’s work as he leans towards the healing low end frequencies and vibrations. this is shown in full through his latest album, ‘club dream’, which was released last month via new york’s dance data label. the album ebbs and flows like a mix, seamlessly flowing through konalgad’s influences whilst ‘the record imparts it’s own kind of dance floor dream logic onto the listener, inviting us to let go of making sense of things and trust in its fuzzy logic.’ 

interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-226-konalgad

@konalgad

Untitled 909 Podcast 226: Konalgad

Artwork by Eirini Bakoli

stegi.radio/podcasts/hadal-zone

Broadcasted 16 April '25.

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“Originally commissioned by stegi.radio and produced by Onassis Stegi”

hadal zone • ep.4

An ecstatic blur of experimental club mutations, percussive pressure, vocal warps, and body music, put together by dru-1. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/kaili/episodes/kaili-7th-june-2025

Bodywork w/ dru-1 070625

officium & GANJ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 19 06 2025

notes of moss w/ MILANA | Live on HydeFM | 07/08/25

this week’s 909 podcast is a gritty edition from rodrigue dubois filled with juxtaposing energy of raw industrial soundscapes alongside moments of calming interludes. featuring tracks from air max 97, cs + kreme, dites safran, damna, lurka and lots of unreleased production from rodrigue himself. 

based in france, rodrigue dubois recently made his production debut on simo cell’s temet imprint. longtime friends and collaborators, rodrigue and simo first discovered and learned ableton together around 2010, experimenting and refining their craft side by side. speaking about the learning process and the early days working with ableton rodrigue says, “we were learning so slowly. those first three years (if not more) were really rough, and since we didn’t have any strong reference points in production, we had to just stumble along, learn by accident and experiment. i remember one day objekt spent 24 hours answering every question on a dubstep forum, that was like the holy grail!” rodrigue is also part of a band where he plays on guitar and what he is focusing most of his time on at the moment alongside the want to collaborate and work with other artists. with the knockout success of his debut, ‘old feelings’, we’re excited to see the start of this public artistic journey and where it heads next. 

interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-229-rodrigue

@scribescribe

Tracklist: 
Will Guthrie - Stones
Lurka - Molten Drum
Jonquera - Myope
Myca$h - Surprise
Rodrigue Dubois - Quimperlé
CS + Kreme - Crushed Cream
Szivi - Ctrl
Damna - Not Everything
Elijah Ghost - Round da Way
Dites Safran - Kakika (part 2)
CVX - Protesta Humana
Paradise Circus - Kefi (Low Jack remix)
City Boy - FLA&hyp (Tommy Jacob Remix)
Air Max 97 - Mouthfeel
Tolouse Low Trax - A Song And A Photo Novela (Simo Cell 'Fabulous Santa' Edit)
Rodrigue Dubois - ?
Credit 00 - Dance Dance Revolution
Rodrigue Dubois - ?
Rodrigue Dubois & Nina tamtam - Memory Card
Rancho de Monsanto - Divina Santa Cruz
Powell - White Picket Dreams (Featuring Kae Tempest)
Powell - 02 - 23

Vocoder fiend

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