Astral travel with Cybotron into the meta-narrative of the Parallel Shift, a new sonic fiction that raises many questions about military science of the near-future and the possibility of other worlds. 

Descending backward through the rhythms of time, the Skynet module retracts from the hyper-structural society of 2100, edging toward the mid-century modern age teetering on the brink of what was then the frontier of “the future”. The system boots the Infiniti process, morphing into a cosmotechnic vessel coursing the superhighway of burgeoning general intelligence, seeking data from just before “the overshoot and collapse.” 

R&D methods, rhythmanalytically applied, dissect the aftermath of an industrial society that burst through the ecological capacity of Spaceship Earth. Fractal visions of war and innovation spike and recede from and into the surfaces of reality being bent and guiding the eyes, ears, touch towards a laboratory in the year 1961. A nuclear expert, Don Lewis, receives orders to decrypt the mysterious black dodecagonal disc known as Fortec and the extraterrestrial biology unearthed in Roswell. He joins a team disassembling Fortec and studying the recurrent dodecahedral patterns linked to the human nervous system. 

Through dismantling and probing, the team cycles through a saecular search devoid of finite conclusions, limited by Earth’s intellectual and technological prowess. One 1960s night, Lewis, while meddling with Fortec’s cyborganic innards, accidentally electrifies himself. His cyclotron and missile experience guides him to circuit-bend Fortec, stirring the entity from a mechanical slumber. Lewis and Fortec communicate in resonances, until it drifts back into a tranquil stasis. 

The US Defense and contractors, unbeknownst to them, observe this breakthrough. They later permit Lewis to exit military service as the Air Force forms the Foreign Technology Division. Concurrently, MJ12 evolves into CY12, delving into second-order cybernetics. Lewis clandestinely keeps working on Fortec fragments, transitioning from military engineer to musician, pioneering the LEO module, a fusion of Fortec’s essence and audio engineering. 

He shares his insights with Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi, aiding the creation of the iconic TR-808. Meanwhile, Fortec branches out, coining “Cyberspace” – a collective illusion of liberty unshackled by physical, political, or spiritual bounds, anchored in the equitable distribution of The Golden Ratio across realities. Yet “Cyberspace” morphs into a chaotic truth reservoir, spilling over into deception. 

The Parallel Shift manifests in the perpetual “Now,” a collapsed event horizon where past and future are ensnared in a relentless present, unfurling along a dissolving timeline, overseen by a monolithic simulation under ceaseless watch… 

— The Rhythmanalyst aka DeForrest Brown, Jr.

BANDCAMP

Cybotron - Earth

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CWPT are proud to reissue Acopia’s self-titled sophomore album, available on vinyl outside of Australia for the first time, and accompanied by two powerful new digital remixes from Daniel Avery and JD Twitch of Optimo.

Based in Melbourne/Naarm, Acopia’s music is a careful control of tension and release, sparseness and warmth, momentum, and space. Across ten tracks, the band’s three members move across post-punk lamentation, shoegazing DnB, smoldering trip hop and subdued electronic pop, as they carve out their own hazy world of romanticism and restraint.

Leaning deep into the heavier palette of his celebrated sound, Daniel Avery transforms the skeletal intimacy of ‘Be Enough’ into skittering, hardcore-indebted, warehouse material. Already established as a breathless highlight of his recent DJ sets, lead singer Kate Durman’s gossamer vocal is layered into a feverish dream state, holding strong beneath an onslaught of kicks and atop powerful bass weight.

JD Twitch conjures his extensive knowledge of brooding outsider music throughout a rich, lucid dub of ‘Holding On’. Coaxing out the band’s gothic undertones, Twitch pulls away a billowing sheet to reveal layers of guitar feedback that recall the resplendent gloom of This Mortal Coil or Sunn O))).

Acopia - Be Enough (Daniel Avery Remix)

NRW NRG:

NRW NRG is a newly formed Berlin based label with Düsseldorfian roots. Shaped by sounds encountered in and around the Salon des Amateur Dunstkreis, NRW NRG seeks to push the spirit of the initiative based contemporary club scene. The label’s debut EP Solar Flex is a product of the members perspectives taken from DJ’s, producers and visual artists point of views. The release will open the space for artists from their own and other rows in the future.



DJ Gerhardt:

DJ Gerhardt is a Berlin based DJ and producer. After a feature on a V/A compilation on Super Utu, Solar Flex marks his debut EP, fusing his affection for 90’s energized dance music and contemporary club sounds. Next to productions, DJ Gerhardt hosts the show ‘RIPS in Peace’ on Malmö based Retreat Radio and takes part in the music collective Soilseek.



Solar Flex:

Solar Flex draws inspiration from 90s club oriented dance music and sets moods from laid back outdoors to prime time club nights and after hours. On the A-side ‘Stepping Toward Zen’ prepares for the mental workout with shivering chants that gain consciousness to rhythmic tablas and spacious bleeps. Next, mysterious energies set free with ‘Entropica’ unfolding its wobbly dub baseline to the enigma of pitched cymbals and robo-rhythms aligned by the steady-state of a bouncing four-to-the-floor 909 kick. ‘Supernature’ pops the B-side with a more club-oriented electro-trance blended stomper soothed by watery pads that set a pause before straight breaks and alien leads ask for their sweaty tributes. Finishing off, ‘Tablagauze’ primes for after hours with a gnarly downtempo chugger speckled with overdriven analogue drums and hypnotic acid arpeggios.

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PREMIERE : DJ Gerhardt - Supernature

Peer-reviewed electro theory by Obergman. Pentaquark is pure plug n’ play technology to bump in your UFO as you conquer the cosmos. Endless bouncing electro rhythms for those that want the power to control dancefloors. Feel the snap of those snares. Embrace the power of the atom!

https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/pentaquark-ep

Obergman
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/obergman
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/obergmania/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/obergmanmusik

Craigie Knowes
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/craigie-knowes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craigieknowes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craigieknowes

Pentaquark EP

PREMIERE: Obergman - Cuspy Halo Problem (Craigie Knowes)

Intro - @Utopia (Original & Remixes)
BUY LINK: https://ufcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/utopia-original-remixes
Label: UFC Records (https://soundcloud.com/ufc-records)
https://www.instagram.com/ufc___u_n__f_uturo__c_reible/
> Brassica (https://soundcloud.com/brassica)
https://www.instagram.com/BrassicaMusic

UFC is Proud To Present:

(UFC08) Intro: Utopia (Original Remix & 2024 Remixes)

In 1997 a CD compilation called Calambre Techno was released in Spain which included a track called Utopia. Its producers were two Spanish brothers who had been making electronic music since 1991 under the name INTRO. The track of the compilation was a remix of the original included in the Ep Intro - @Utopia from 1994. Now UFC is proud to re-issue this techno-trance gem on vinyl as its eighth release accompanied by remixes from current producers of different visions. @UtopiaRemix is a simple but perfect Techno- Trance anthem, Retro-Psychedelic but futuristic, one of those timeless tracks that always sound original despite its 30 years.

About the remixes; The duo The MFA give us their '94 On The Floor Remix', a perfect “hit” to hear at dawn where they perfectly combine IDM, Indie-House and Experimentalism. Spanish producer Promising/Youngster presents 'Electric Shock Remix', a titanic version of the original remix where powerful Electro rhythms collide with Experimental and Futuristic IDM.

In the case of Brassica we left the way free to experiment with the original remix and he gives us his 'Psytalo Remix', a perfect fusion of Techno, Breaks and Psychedelia, originality in its purest form as this producer has accustomed us to in all his productions. To close the Ep, we find 'FutureCosmicalAscension Mix' by R.I.P. Bestia, truly a different version that is difficult to include in a specific style where the main melody is progressively guided towards a state of euphoria.

Original Track Produced by Intro: Francisco & Nacho Sotomayor. Licensed with permission of Absolute Ambient (ES) 1994 

Mastering by Carlos Koschitzky 
Design & Art by Kris Omen 
Distributed by Subwax 
UFC 2024

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PREMIERE : Intro - @UtopiaRemix (Brassica 'Psytalo Remix)

Architectural - Good Night, Whatever That Is
Stream & Buy - https://turborec.lnk.to/GoodNightWhateverThatIs

Years of simmering mutual admiration between Turbo and Architectural finally erupt with Good Night, Whatever That Is, the Asturian producer's first release on the label. 

Nothing gets us hot and bothered like the prospect of featuring a true artist on Turbo. In fact, we are so f-ing jazzed to be working with techno genius Architectural that we even dropped scrappy “fun-house” producer Archie Textures from our roster to avoid confusion.

The Good Night, Whatever That Is EP imbues the timeless platonic forms of techno with an energy, craft and depth that will feel instantly familiar to anyone who has built a cathedral with their bare hands. And yet  the unadulterated power of lead single “Steampunk” and the even-less-adulterated power of “Tubular Funk,” confirm that this release also has one foot squarely planted on the secular dance floor, coursing with the searing bio-fluids that drive and torment all sexual beings. Meanwhile, your deep human need for contrast will be sated by the IDM-ambient euphorics of “Eternity Land” and the highbrow breaks of “Rousing Rhythms”. 

In the interest of exposing this work to as many thought-hungry minds as possible, we will be randomly hiding 10,000 copies of the EP on CD-R in bottles of Drakkar Noir energy drink at participating supermarkets throughout the Americas and Eurasia. Our hope is that this marks the moment many of you finally become teachable, fully accepting that getting razor-like shards of CD-R lodged in your throat is simply the price of admission to the Idea Man’s Ball.

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Architectural - Steampunk

PREMIERE: Everything But The Girl - Missing (Rico Casazza Remix)

Argentina’s @ana-helder channels classic house, dub and post-punk influences into a suite of club jewels for Chinotto Records

‘Parket’ is out 15th November – have an exclusive first listen to ‘A Continuacion’ below

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-ana-helder-continuacion

Premiere: Ana Helder ‘Continuacion’

🔊 https://youtu.be/5gJrkgNjjCQ

https://soundcloud.com/becadi: I composed this mix in a way that I build up most of my sets - rhythmical tracks meet ambient sounds. The main goal of my selection is to showcase contemporary Ukrainian sounds, mostly releases of https://soundcloud.com/ochi_ua label, which I run, and other Ukrainian artists.

Why am I very grateful for the invitation to record a mix for your listeners - because sometime dancing to music may be the only way to dance the pain away. That's one of the reasons why people dance, in my opinion.

https://soundcloud.com/ochi_ua
https://soundcloud.com/shumrave
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/oniss

Svitlov Dmytro aka be_ca_di (born 05.1993 in Kharkiv, Ukraine), lives and works in Berlin.

‚I studied architecture and worked as a full-time architect. But in the last 10 years, I‘ve spent nearly all my free time developing myself as a DJ, electronic music producer, event manager, and
label runner.‘

- producer of contemporary electronic music and founder of the label „ОЧІ (OCHI)“

- studied music and art in Kharkiv, moved to Germany in 2007

- started his party series TOKYO_inspired in Braunschweig (Germany) in early 2017 with artists Vitalii Shupliak and Yaroslav Makarchuck, then collaborated with the German label (Meer Bass) as a DJ, performed at multiple parties in Germany

- collaborates with the Ukrainian artist Vitalii Shupliak, performing in audio-visual art projects

- in 2019 he started playing in Ukraine, becoming part of the Shum.rave team, a label from Sloviansk (Donetsk region, Ukraine)

- after a live performance at Boiler room event in Sloviansk and the Kyiv club k41 in Kyiv, he started picking up unknown underground records by Ukrainian producers of electronic music and publishing them on his SoundCloud page

- in January 2023 he created label „ОЧІ (OCHI)“ - a platform for diverse independent contemporary Ukrainian electronic music to promote the new Ukrainian sound

- nowadays the label consists of 25 residents, based mainly in Ukraine, and contains 46 releases, having 95,5k plays on Soundcloud and 22k plays on Bandcamp to date. We are also proud to participate in 34 press releases/interviews in Ukrainian, English and German

‚There are so many talented people in Ukraine and Europe, I want to show them off and allow them to share their music with people who appreciate it.,

Premiere: Ana Helder ‘Continuacion’

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