Intro set

"All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Everything is as it was of old. There's never been anything else. I've never tried anything else, never failed at anything else. But it doesn't matter: I'll try again, I'll fail again. I'll fail better than I did before." Samuel Beckett (1983)

Fail Better

The Sprawl - a scindicate of mutant sound carriers individually known as Logos, Mumdance and Shapednoise. Mastered and cut to vinyl by Matt Colton. Artwork by Dave Gaskarth.

William Gibson's uncannily prophetic novel Neuromancer was the 1st in a set collectively known as The Sprawl. The same term also refers to a fictional Megatropolis covering the entire Eastern US seaboard in the books, and was also the title of a staggering, standout track on Mumdance's pivotal Take Time EP.

The Sprawl is now also a noun for Logos, Mumdance and Shapednoise's new collaborative trio))), which was first conceived at Berlin's CTM15 festival, and now makes their recorded debut with EP1 of a rolling series to be archived by The Death of Rave.   

Inspired by Gibson's notions of uploaded consciousness in a post-human society, and the way in which the sensory-scrambling effects of technology have played out across our collective reverie, EP1 ventures four cuts of retina-scorching dis-torsion and chrome-burning modular synth work attempting to emulate the physical and mental impact of SimStim overload and fractious hyperreality.

Head first, Drowning In Binary rinses us thru a maze of recursive techno chambers and convulsive noise, acclimatising us to the temporal displacement in preparation for the retching, body-quake detonations and finely-contoured synthetic sensuality of From Wetware to Software to take hold. 

On the other side, their references become more explicit, and violently dynamic, as the gutted late '90s tech-step structures of Haptic Feedback glance in the direction of classic Prototype and Reinforced Recordings, before Personality Upload steadily dismantles your mental firewalls with a gyroscopic sense of weightless delirium.

Ultimately, EP1's mostly beat-less dynamics lends it to polysemous reading; at once comparable with elements of La Peste's late '90s french flashcore or the unquantised designs of FIS, and likewise, it's applicable as both 'floor-shocking DJ tools, or as a prop in your own, private sci-fi fantasy.

EP1 Tracklist

A1 - Drowning In Binary
A2 - From Wetware To Software
B1 - Haptic Feedback
B2 - Personality Upload

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The Sprawl - From Wetware To Software

A45 drops a decidedly deep & murky Techno EP on AFR this month backed by rising star Koichi who delivers a typically twisted and thumping remix. Exclusive via AFR Bandcamp on July 10th then all good digital retailers on July 17th.

A45 - Gone Heaviness (Koichi Remix)

PREMIERE: End Train - Hypnosis (Tapefeed remix)

Cleric x Kmyle | Empty Shells EP inc. James Ruskin Remix [CRG015]

A1 // Empty Shells
A2 // Empty Shells [ James Ruskin Remix ] 
B1 // Vostrax
B2 // Televised

The third collaborative EP sees Clergy boss, Cleric, team up with French artist Kmyle. On remix duties is Blueprint label owner, James Ruskin, in what is a perfect way to conclude the final chapter in this series of five releases (CRG011 - 015). The ‘Empty Shells EP’ is due for release April 12th.

‘Empty Shells’ offers an unusually stripped back approach, concentrating on the raw modular rhythm that carries the track. Ruskin then offers his own perspective, adding sparse percussion and different synth elements to offer a driving counterpart to the original.

The flip side starts with ‘Vostrax’, a strong, powerful production that teases you with acidic elements that breathe in and out of solid rhythmic, distorted drums. For the final track of the EP ‘Televised’ slows things down in tempo, but still offers a hard hitting edge.

Written & Produced by Jorden Hodgetts & Kmyle 
Remix produced by James Ruskin
Artwork designed by Jorden Hodgetts
Mastered by Carlos Koschitzky
Format : Vinyl & Digital
Cat Number : CRG015
Release Date : 12th of April 2019 Copyright : CLERGYLTD

Cleric X Kmlye - Televised

premiere of "Beutz" by @user-142881075
taken from the sampler "OHNE003", released soon on @ohnekommerziellenwert

Sampler Details:
https://novafuture.blog/2019/04/16/various-ohne003-ohne-kommerziellen-wert/

STUTE - Beutz [OHNE003 | Premiere]

Burning Trash Floor - Hexagone

00. B2 echologist-hummer EDLX.012

Bandcamp: https://trau-ma.bandcamp.com/album/polvo-de-estrellas
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/polvo-de-estrellas/2750069

Esteban Miranda - Amsterdam (Original Mix) [TRM114]

Having carved out a lane truly his own in the often harshly competitive world of techno, Argentinian-born / Barcelona-based producer Sebastian Lopez, alias Flug, has long proven to be no bit player in the scene and his compositions have kept signalling a fighting fit producer, whose highest standards of floor skippering and experimentation-friendly approach have never failed him over the years. Resurfacing three years after the drop of his debut vinyl album, 'In Safe Hiding', Flug clocks in on Quartz Rec with 'Flug I - The Collection' - a long-player bound to reconnect fully with the club and produce very energetic tracks that represent the techno he loves playing during his DJ sets. All tracks were originally written on tour, on the plane or in hotel rooms to better capture the dancefloor's vibe, using field recordings from around the globe and later processed in the studio via his analogue arsenal of preference. 

Displaying the many octaves of his craft through great spreads of high-impact club engineering and frenzy-whipping mechanics, Flug takes us on a pulsating ride across the history of dance music - taking cues from Detroit's own cosmo-telluric tramplers from back the Underground Resistance armada's heyday, the Roman scene's classic acidulous four-to-the-floors, Berlin's big-room-busting DNA, dredged with a hint of dubby exploratory manoeuvres a la Maurizio. Both mineral in strength but liquid in its flowing abilities, Lopez's newest extension into the deep and intricate realms of club music collages without pastiching, extracts without bleeding dry, forming the backbone to an assortment of cuts that shall awake the restless dancer in you with optimal effect. 

If tracks like the lushly verbed-out 'Ephos' and 'Sequences From The Black Basement' perhaps best define the track collection's overall headspace, merging Flug's trademark melodic shine with further obliterating rhythms that are sure to lay absolute waste in their wake, others like 'Mars' and 'Hyperventilation' go straight for the jugular with their deadly mix of paced-up martial rhythmics and elliptical grooves gone amok. Just as easy steering the focus into further leftfield-friendly horizons, like on the droney 'Ratio', via the freaky acid-popping of 'Box In A Box' and ambitious width of scope of 'A Different Choice', Lopez delivers something of a life-affirming message with this choice selection of club-oriented delicacies; drawing as much inspiration and energy from the dancefloors Flug got to become intimate with, as he intends to reflect such inspirational forces and energies across the rooms.

Follow Flug
SoundCloud: @flug
Facebook: www.facebook.com/flugofficial
Instagram: www.instagram.com/flugofficial
Twitter: twitter.com/flugofficial
Discogs: www.discogs.com/fr/artist/1011320-Flug

Follow Quartz Rec
SoundCloud: @quartz-rec
Facebook: www.facebook.com/QuartzRec.official

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Website: www.6AMGroup.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/6amgroup
Twitter: www.twitter.com/6amgroup
Instagram: www.instagram.com/6amgroup
SoundCloud: www.soundclod.com/6amgroup
YouTube: www.youtube.com/6amgroup

The Collection

Premiere: Flug "Sequences From The Black Basement" - Quartz Rec

Bandcamp: https://trau-ma.bandcamp.com/album/dead-end
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/dead-end/2796166

Tsibo - Dead End (Original Mix) [TRM121]

The Jericho Records

Walls

@Temudo / @Soma

http://deathtechno.com/2020/02/05/dtp-temudo-at-least-one-time-in-your-life/
https://youtu.be/Hv0f2M3DhrM

Soma Records is the techno stronghold created by Glasgow’s highly influential pairing known as Slam. With one of the most key scene-pusher imprints in the world, you can bet they are a wash of the world’s biggest and best talent with a keen eye for supporting the underground too.

Welcome Portguese artist Temudo with another slice of action on the Unnecessary EP that features hypnotic, mind-bending riffs. Having carved out his path already on Soma, he has releases on Developer’s Modularz, Bas Mooy’s Mord, Ricardo Garduno’s Illegal Alien, EarToGround, and Invite’s Choice amongst others.

For this DT:Premiere we selected “At Least One Time In Your Life” that begins promptly with cyclical, swarms of luxurious, analogue atmospherics. With a devilish funk and spaced-out sound, this gritty dance floor cannon of a track will be a rock solid selection in many DJ crates.

Buy the Digital release from Beatport
https://www.beatport.com/label/soma-records/446

LABEL: Soma

CAT#: SOMA569D
ARTIST: Temudo
TITLE: Unnecessary EP

FORMAT: Digital

RELEASED: 10 February 2020

01. Tough To Say
02. Cell Phones
03. At Least One Time In Your Life
04. Let’s Treat It As Such

DT:Premiere

DT:Premiere | Temudo - At Least One Time In Your Life [Soma]

Slam / @paragraph - Sense Of Purpose EP (Soma584d)

1. Capture
2. False
3. Episode

Soma label heads Slam are back on home turf with another high pressure release, the Sense Of Purpose EP. The pairing of Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle hit hard once again with 3 expertly crafted tracks that give a nod to the roots of the tougher side of Techno.

Opening track Capture harks to the unrelenting nature of early 2000s Techno. A sturdy blend of hammering percussive elements, backed by rebellious vocals make for a typically high octane track Slam. False maintains the pressure but has a more warped and hypnotic hook that adds even darker overtones. Episode closes out the EP and has a trademarked Slam groove element whilst still remaining rough and ready as added dubbed out atmospherics and pads play to the tracks deeper momentum.

Mastered By Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Mastering

00. B2 echologist-hummer EDLX.012

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