The Minneapolis-based producer and live performing artist Autokinetic debuts on DVS1's Mistress Recordings: "Mistress 16" is not only a thrilling, hardware-heavy heads-down techno affair with a focus on polyrhythms and basslines, Autokinetic also showcases his melodic ingenuity that adds a deeper level to his narrative.  

ARTIST – AUTOKINETIC
RELEASE – MISTRESS 16
LABEL - MISTRESS RECORDINGS
DATE - 29th November 2021

A1. MN Accent 
A2. Dark Dialogue   
B1. A Saucerful Of Sequence  
B2. Imposter Cymbal 
DX. Strong Enough (feat. Nour) [Digital Bonus Track]

Mike McClure, aka Autokinetic, based in Minneapolis (U.S.), has been performing live electronic music since the early 90’s. Coming up alongside local legends like Freddy Fresh, Woody McBride, Paul Birken, DJ Slip, and DVS1, his approach to electronic music is unmistakably informed by his long involvement in underground electronic music culture. Earlier in his career, Autokinetic produced hard, 909-driven acid and now focuses on deeper, more spacious grooves. His full-hardware live performances have an unmistakable after-hours feel that is true to his roots. McClure also records and performs live as AutoClub with Craig Lambert (Midnight Music Club). He has released music on such labels as Electric Music Foundation, Serotonin, Trope Recordings, and Music Man, as well as a record label co-managed with Freddy Fresh, Analog Records USA.

MISTRESS 16 will be available at all fine record stores and also comes with a digital bonus track, only available on Bandcamp: www.dvs1mistress.bandcamp.com

More Info: 
www.facebook.com/Mistressrecordings

If you purchased the vinyl, just send a photo of yourself holding the record and you'll also get the download codes of entire release! Contact: sebastian@hushsound.com

DX. Autokinetic - Strong Enough (Featuring Nour) (SNIPPET)

Beta Sensory Motor Rhythm

Alpha Theta

Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

BANDCAMP

Surgeon - Fall

Space Drum Meditation’ first release on Paryìa dives deep into their artistic identity, blending tribal rhythms with hypnotic techno. Known for their ability to fuse ancient and modern soundscapes, the duo has developed a signature style, combining esoteric instruments with modern electronic elements to create an immersive genre-blurring sound. This release embodies their signature style, balancing hypnotic textures and combining them with driving energy. Adding a new twist, the artist Blue Hour delivers a more fast and powerful techno remix, intensifying the rhythmic flow while staying true to the duo’s entrancing aesthetic.

Pushing their sonic vision forward, Space Drum Meditation once again showcase their ability to bridge fast and slow tempos, creating music that moves both — body and mind. For the first time, they step beyond their own label to release on Paryìa, marking their first debut- EP outside of their own Label.

ParyìaBandcamp

B1 Nacre - Blue Hour Remix

Mary Yuzovskaya unveils the ‘The More You Know’ remix EP on her vinyl-only Monday Off imprint, releasing 6th June 2025. Featuring reworks from Spain’s ORBE, 90s US Techno legend Mike Parker, Judas Records’ JUDAΣ, and Duna founder CONCEPTUAL, the release builds on an EP that won the support of artists like Daniel Avery, re:ni, Luke Slater, GiGi FM, Kr!z, and Jako Jako.

First up, Token and Mote-Evolver artist and Orbe Records boss ORBE remixes ‘Ittiologia’, maintaining the original’s hypnotism by amplifying its eerie soundscapes for a loopy, deep space trip. JUDAΣ, shrouded in mystery yet known for his self-released EPs on his eponymous label and releases on ARTS, then revisits ‘Micologia’, completely reworking its tripped-out sequences into short bursts of droning synth work.

Tresor, Semantica, and Prologue’s Mike Parker also provides a version of ‘Micologia’, with the US Techno lynchpin slowing down its rhythm while its weighted synthlines bubble up between its kicks and rides. Closing out this remix package, Italy’s CONCEPTUAL reworks ‘Ittiologia’, building tension via the original’s dark and shadowy atmospheres but switching up its low-end for an electric, late-night feel.

Mary Yuzovskaya is a storyteller. Through delicate, masterful curation and a deep knowledge of experimental, trippy Techno, she weaves together sonic journeys - with ‘The More You Know - Remixes’ making for another excellent addition to her Monday Off label.

Mary Yuzovskaya ‘The More You Know - Remixes’ releases via Monday Off 6th June 2025

Tracklist:

01 Ittiologia (ORBE Remix)
02 Micologia (JUDAΣ Remix)
03 Micologia (Mike Parker Remix)
04 Ittiologia (CONCEPTUAL Remix)

Support the release:
https://mondayoff.bandcamp.com/album/pre-order-the-more-you-know-remixes-2

Follow Mary Yuzovskaya:
Soundcloud: @bananamilk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/maryyuzovskaya
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mary_yuzovskaya/

Follow Mike Parker:
Soundcloud: @geophone
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeParkerNY/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike_parker_geophone/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/mikeparker

Follow Monday Off:
Soundcloud: @monday-off
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mondayoffrecords
Instagram: www.instagram.com/monday_off_records/
Bandcamp: mondayoff.bandcamp.com/merch

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Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
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Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

PREMIERE: Mary Yuzovskaya - Micologia (Mike Parker Remix) [Monday Off]

Premire : YUKIMASA - S.o.t.o infinity (Ryogo Yamamori Remix)

Counterchange is back with a new CO-OPS compilation for 2025, welcoming back Conrad Van Orton, Magna Pia, Ariel Me Llamo, Seiichiro Itoyama, Discrete Circuit and Stefan Alexis. 

The third instalment in the series also introduces a host of new friends to the label, with established forces like Tapefeed, Peryl and Yoikol joining brave newcomers Sednoid and INDACID, who will all release full EPs within the next 12 months. 

Of course label creator Inland (Ed Davenport) is also present, teaming up on 2 collaborations and serving up a nervous bass-funk exercise under his Civilian alter ego.

VOL.3 plays through like a DJ set - a 13-track shipment of fresh modern techno ranging from edgy minimalist head-trips to straight-up funky rocket ships… and everything in between.

CO-OPS VOL.3 [Collective Operations]

@peryl_music @tapefeed @541132 (sednoid) @magnapia @stefanalexis @discretecircuit @ariel_me_llamo @conrad-van-orton @seiichiro-itoyama

Various - CO-OPS VOL.3 [COUNTER043] preview

Antigone - Blue Note (Token)

Wavering

"The Sixth installment of the ISSXI | EP Series features an epic 11 minute journey 'Through The Mines of Khazad-Dûm' by Ntogn."

ISSXI.VI

Thank you J. R. R. Tolkien for a lifetime of inspiration.

Body. Mind. Spirit.

ISSXI.VI

Through the Mines of Khazad-Dûm [ISSXI]

Track from NE81 Evigt Mörker - Enande måne EP
Out on EP and digital March 19th. Pre-orders on Bandcamp from March 5th.

'Enande måne' is Evigt Mörker's first release for Northern Electronics since his artful debut album, 'Krona.' The fizzy bliss of melancholia's brutal truths have rarely been explored this thoroughly by Evigt Mörker until now. Though often riding the torque of his caustic moments with a playful, ebbing refrain, these four tracks lead with the elation.

Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome.
Artwork by Jonas Bard.

Evigt Mörker – Brinnande Blod

Beat and Rhythm addict. 
Label owner of HUSH and Mistress Recordings.