After this track, ash falls instead of snow

sep 15 as of today, still my vote for track of the year. love this

For this premiere we check back in with @dddsssppp for a new release from friend-of-the-show @bovaflux

Distorted Sensory Perception returns for their 4th release, proudly welcoming Eddie Symons AKA Nullptr to the fold. ‘Lost Time’ boasts 4 deep and dynamic analogue cuts that are sure to stimulate the mind, body and soul. The EP forms the penultimate part of Nullptr’s 2021 triptych, recorded over the final months of a difficult year when the distance between friends and family really
started to be felt, yet the hope of better times felt close.

Clips here: https://soundcloud.com/subwax-bcn-distribution/dsp004
Buy here: https://dddsssppp.bandcamp.com/album/lost-time-dsp004

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PREMIERE: Nullptr - Islands (Distorted Sensory Perception)

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of @arkajo s track „Earth", taken from the „FARKAJO3” EP on Arkajo. Released on September 10th.

Read our introduction here: bit.ly/3mN6IeN

ARKAJO03

Earth

Arkajo - Earth

from 12" on AC Records.
https://www.discogs.com/CH415-Electronic-Visions/master/1968448

Bandcamp

B1. Primary Hydra Spin [AC_35]

2021 has been something of a banner year for Central Processing Unit. Less than a decade on from its first release, the Sheffield imprint brought up a century of catalogue items earlier in 2021 with Cygnus’ fittingly-titled ‘100% Dope’ EP. 

Reaching such a milestone would cause many to pause and reflect on their achievements. However, as well as taking stock, CPU has continued to drop new music at an impressive clip - Blackploid, Silicon Scally and London Modular Alliance are just a few of the cult favourites to issue new material via CPU in the past twelve months.

With FASME & Maelstrom’s Lotus 48 EP, CPU round out 2021 with yet another cracking electro collection. For the latter, this is par for the course - Maelstrom’s catalogue stretches back to the 1990s, and the one born Joan-Mael Péneau has already delivered two fine records on CPU in the past. However, Lotus 48 represents another line in the sand on account of it being Fasme’s label debut.

No matter who is at the controls, Lotus 48 carries itself with a panache which signifies that Fasme & Maelstrom are both in their element here. Many of the tracks are anchored by the sort of snapping machine-funk grooves which have become something of a calling card for CPU down the years. 

That said, as well as club-ready rhythm work, Fasme & Maelstrom also deliver some gorgeous synth textures which evoke the golden age of Boards of Canada and AFX. A-sides ‘Almond Blossom’ and ‘Ciliae’ both follow this formula fabulously well. The bass and drum programming will delight those who have enjoyed recent CPU drops from Cygnus, Silicon Scally et al, while technotronic synth pads open up hidden depths.

The title-track kicks off Lotus 48’s B-side with another sleek, slick beat. After introducing gurgling basslines and ghostly tinklings of synth, ‘Lotus 48’ soon locks into a slamming breakneck groove which is sure to send the dance into raptures. It’s an energy which carries through to closer ‘Moneres’, a joint which contrasts booming drum programming with chordal washes taken straight out of the dub-techno playbook.

Fasme & Maelstrom expertly combine machine-funk grooves with deft synth play on the Lotus 48 EP.

RIYL: Automatic Tasty, Silicon Scally, Cygnus, Splitradix

Lotus 48

Fasme & Maelstrom - Lotus 48

Andy Toth casts a long shadow in the Detroit scene. From being co-founder of the Detroit Grand Pubahs to working as an engineer and mixer, he’s worked on so many records that you know but in his egoless way, didn’t know he was part of. Being the co-author of “Sandwiches” took him around the world, but more importantly it was the hold music for Mudgie’s, a legendary Detroit Deli run by another long standing denizen of the Detroit underground, Greg Mudge. Greg Mudge was a true pillar of our techno community in Detroit, from showing us the venue for the first leaky roof No Way Back, to throwing his own events and supporting great people. One of those people was Andy Toth, who he was constantly pressuring to release his music, and this became a major theme of Greg Mudge’s memorial.  When Greg suddenly passed last September, some friends came in to DJ his memorial like Derek Plaslaiko. When it was Andy Toth’s turn he played only his own productions and we were all just so blown away. Mudgie was always asking Andy “what’s up with those tracks?” And this record is the answer,  a testament to that thought, and to the deeply layered and detailed work of Andy Toth. Andy has created a uniquely dense Detroit Sci Fi trip through sound, with elements of acid, electro, techno that result in an advanced and mature adventure in sound, reflecting his roots in the Detroit scene, but pushing it into new hypnotic futures, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

A1 - Subspace
A2 - Temporal Distortion
B1 - Mind Meld
B2 - Lost in Translation
digital bonus - Mind Meld (extended)

Subspace

Andy Toth - Subspace (Preview Clips) [IT 48]

Forthcoming self-release EP, exclusive to Bandcamp.

These tracks have been tweaked, twisted, and tuned to perfection over numerous live sets and recordings, and are presented here as the ‘Metropolis EP’.

Side A is aimed at the BRAIN - in ‘FntsyXrds’ and ‘Holkham Wind’, galaxy class acid meets emotive melodies on a sea of intricate beats. Side B however takes us deeper into the DANCE - ‘Alien Cat’ and ‘Tonal Spider’ offer up huge basses and streamlined acid, propelled by slamming percussion, and primed to get you moving.

Pressed on limited (100 copies) ORANGE vinyl, it will be available to pre-order on Bandcamp, on May 6th (the release is already in production and expected to arrive mid June). If there is enough demand, I will not rule out a potential repress on black vinyl.

- - - - - - 
I am trying  a new Express/Small Run service that allows for a 6-8 week turn around, instead of the current 5 months(!), it does however add to the cost slightly. If this goes well, it could be the start of a semi-regular dig into the MOY vaults, allowing me to involve you in the process and help decide what gems are pressed.

The Metropolis EP [MOY002 - Preview Snippets]

Seasoned heads may already be aware of dynArec. The project of one Chris Kalera, dynArec has been a force in the electro underground for more than two decades at this point, releasing numerous records and helming the Vaporwave label to boot. He has marked himself out as a purveyor of top-quality machine-funk during his career, a producer who runs with the spirit of Detroit to craft club traxx of wicked intensity.

After a period of relative quiet in the late 2010s, Kalera has roared back into action recently, with a run of releases emerging in 2021 and 2022 across labels including Cultivated Electronics, Superluminal and Umwelt’s New Flesh. Now the Vaporwave Records founder takes his Central Processing Unit bow with the Force In The Sum EP, and his hard-hitting electro style is immediately at home on the Sheffield imprint.

Force In The Sum commences with ‘A Dispatching Role’, a track where eerie vocal snippets and delay-drenched anti-melodies cluster around a volatile low-end wobble and crisp 808 snap. It’s equal-parts ominous and invigorating, kind of like the Thom Yorke of ‘Kid A’ times if he’d been granted an audience with Gerald Donald. ‘A Dispatching Role’ is prime slalom music, and the mood carries through to following cut ‘Stabilized’. After a stentorian opening of unerring kick drums and fizzing keys, ‘Stabilized’ soon blooms into a retro-futurist robo-electro joint which comes off like a more textured iteration of Unit Moebius.

Things open up a little more on first B-side ‘Canonical Form’ - at least, they do before the track’s pretty opening flushes are interrupted by a vicious blurting bassline reminiscent of, say, Jensen Interceptor. There are no broken beats here, the track’s unyielding four-on-the-floor thud pushing the joint a little more towards techno mode than the A-side jams. This straight beat remains on Force In The Sum closer ‘Classification Of Elements’, with sputtering hi-hats playing off the groovy pings of the synths to devilishly danceable effect. Slip-sliding saw sounds and spine-tingling, almost ‘X-Files’-esque lead lines enter to up the ante, but the mood shifts after dynArec starts to lace lush chordal stabs and delay-drenched modular runs through the track. All the while, a voice repeats the mantra “what matters is the sound” - and who could deny the truth in this statement?

dynArec’s prolific recent run continues with the four track Central Processing Unit debut Force In The Sum. Tense, expansive and worldbuilding, this is wickedly danceable electro done right. Truly, what matters is the sound.

RIYL: Jensen Interceptor, Cardopusher, Cygnus, Silicon Scally

dynArec - Force In The Sum

https://ratliferecords.bandcamp.com/album/data-theft

Since a couple of years there has been a lot of data transfer between the thief and the rat. 
After the first bytes got exchanged, it was clear they speak the same code: Communication on the basis of rhythmic structure! After some interferences and transmission drop-outs, we can finally announce the transfer is complete and will materialize in form of a 12“ vinyl record. Data Theft is a six piece strong selection of Rhythm Beat Master ship. It will be difficult to find more bang for the buck anywhere else. You can now own this magnum opus that is Rat Life Records 20th release!

BUY HERE

Data Theft - Data Theft (Rat 20)

Curtis Electronix reaches its 10th drop presenting the second album from his owner and founder @cem3340cem3340 , MACCHINE.

The double 12'' draws together 8 new tracks all made and recorded using only hardware.

Spanning from pumped up machine-led cyber-funk beats, to darting powerful techno out-kilters, but always maintaining a stable focus on @cem3340cem3340 personal signature, it explores those ravines where techno and electro collide.

''MACCHINE'' is pure dedication to the machines. With no compromise.

Preorder:
Clone.nl
https://clone.nl/item71313.html

Masterd by @q3000

Artwork by Linkin Bios

Release date: April 9th 2023

Macchine

CEM3340 - Macchine Album (CRTSX010)

In Stasis ( Conflux 2 EP - AC Records)

This is the second release from We're Going Deep / @weregoingdeep, the label output named after the famous FB group. Paul Wise lines up another impressive list of names - and most importantly, high-quality productions - with Jared Wilson, Cignol and Gilbert on duty, alongside our personal favorite on this release, the Manchester-based producer Armec / @armecmusic

Volume 2

Celestial Mechanics

Premiere: Armec - Celestial Mechanics [We're Going Deep]

DVS NME is an Electro music producer/deejay and Post Punk enthusiast living in Colorado. He runs a weekly mix series called @DarkScienceElectro (est 2010) and is actively producing under the name @DVSNME (est 2000)

His musical influences include, but are not limited to: Abstract Thought, Adult., The Advent, Aether Pilot, Afrika Bambaataa, Aphex Twin, Aloka, Andrea Parker, Animistic Beliefs, Annie Hall, Anthony Rother, Armec, Arpanet, AS1, Ashtar Lavanda, Audiogenetics, Autechre, Automat, AUX88, Bass Junkie, Binary Digit, Blackploid, Blatromen, Blotnik Brothers, Boards Of Canda, Boris Divider, Carl Finlow, CEM3340, Cignol, Client_03, Commuter, Composite Profuse, Comtron, The Consumer, CPU, Cyan85, Cybotron, Cygnus, Cylob, CYRK, Dark Vektor, Das Muster, Datawave, Datassette, Deemphasis, Delayscape, Der Zyklus, Detroit's Filthiest, Dez Williams, DJ Stingray, Dave Clarke, Helena Hauff, Dibu-Z, Digitizer, Ditone, DJ Di'jital, DJ Godfather, DJ Overdose, Djedjotronic, DMX Krew, Dopplereffekt, Drexciya, E.R.P., Dynarec, Ectomorph, Egyptian Lover, Ekman, Elecktroids, Electronome, The Exaltics, Heinrich Mueller, Exzakt, Fabrice Lig, Faceless Mind, FAH, Fleck ESC, Fotoapparat, FPU, Franck Kartell, Francois Dillinger, Galaxian, Gedanenexperiment, Gesloten Cirkel, Glass Domain, Go Nuclear, Gosub, The Hacker, Hadamard, Hardfloor, Headnoaks, Heinrich Dressel, Heurisitc Audio, The Hidden Persuader, I-F, Illektrolab, Imatran Voima, Inkamera, Isolated Material, Ivna Ji, IXRQ, Japanese Telecom, Jauzas The Shining, Jeremiah R., John Carpenter, John Selway, Kalson, Kan3da, Keith Tucker, Kobol Electronics, Komarken Electronics, Kon001, Konerytmi, Koova, Kraftwerk, Kronos Device, Krypton 81, Lake Haze, Lectromagnetique, Legowelt, Lithium Flux, London Modular Alliance, Low Tape, Lowfish, Luke Eargoggle, Luxus Varta, Luke Vibert, Luz1e, Machino, Maelstrom, Manasyt, Mandroid, MAS 2008, Maschine Brennt, Melogik, Mesak, MetaComplex, Microlith, Microthol, Miss Kittin, MNLTH, Model 500, Mono Junk, Morphology, Mr. Velcro Fastener, MSRG, Mumm, MystesSystem, N-Ter, Nebenprodukt, Newcleus, Nite Fleit, Noamm, Noise&Noise, Nomenklatur, NRSB-11. Nullptr, Oberman, Ole Micc Odd, Orgue Electronique, Pametex,  Paul Blackford, Pip Williams, Planet Pluto, Plant43, Polytron, Privacy, Q-Chip, R325, RA-X, Radioactive Man, Rebustape, Reedale Rise, Relaxant, Reptant, Retax Gorgon, Richard Easel, Robodrum, Rutherford, S>>D, Sansibar, Sbassship, SC-164, Scape One, Siak, Silicon Scally, Simulant, Skinny Puppy, Solar Chrome, Solvent, Solid Blake, Sonar Base, Sound Synthesis, Stingray313, Sync 24, Synth Alien, Syrte, T/Error, TecRoc, Terens K., Teslasonic, Thomas Kress, Textasy, Ticco Ross, Transparent Sound, UHU, Ultradyne, Umwelt, Underground Resistance, Unit Black Flight, Univac, VC-118A, VCS2600, Velocs, Versalife, Vertical67, Vessel In Distress, VLR, Voice Stealer, Volfram, Volsoc, Wee DJs, Weltwirtschaft, Will Web, Wumpscut, Xerodefx, XY0815, Zerkalo, Zeta Reticula, Zobol, Zwischenwelt, 96 Back, 240 Interceptor, and many more.

PREMIERE: Nullptr - Islands (Distorted Sensory Perception)

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