With ‘100% Dope’ we find Central Processing Unit bringing up their hundredth catalogue number, and you’d struggle to find a more fitting artist to ring in a century of releases for the label than Cygnus. The one born Phillip Washington has been with CPU since the very beginning, his 2012 LP ‘Newmark Phase’ representing the first record ever released on the imprint. That album’s combination of textured techno and grizzly Drexciyan electro set the tone for CPU perfectly, and it’s no surprise that Cygnus has returned to the Sheffield imprint several times down the years.

While ‘100% Dope’ is an expert demonstration of what Cygnus and CPU do, this EP also shows just how much both artist and label have grown over the past nine years. At its heart ‘100% Dope’ is a set of prime machine-funk from a master of the form, but these are also some of the most daring and innovative tracks that Cygnus has ever produced. 

Take opening cut ‘Bad RGB Controller’. In the undulating synth lines we have a ghost of grime as well as Drexciyan drive, and as such the track reminds one as much of Mr. Mitch or Last Japan as it does, say, Dopplereffekt. Furthermore, ‘Bad RGB Controller’ shifts gear around the halfway mark into a highwire electronica mode which has the wit and spark of prime Bogdan Raczynski. Entries like ‘Float Back To The Surface’ are similarly unpredictable. There's some lovely industrial techno bite to this one - the snare drum will echo in your head long after the party’s died down - but Cygnus periodically pulls out the rug from underneath us with passages of impressionistic texture that almost border on sound art. 

‘Float Back To The Surface’ is one of a trio of vocoder-led jams here. On ‘Throwing Shade’ we hear I-F and Egyptian Lover, with Cygnus’ vocals clattering around like pronouncements from some funked-out robot overlord atop hissing-piston drums. Then there’s the enticingly-titled ‘CPU Records’. ‘CPU Records’ delivers all the crisp electro snap we’ve come to expect from a record emblazoned with that signature black-and-white artwork, yet this thing is also widescreen and cinematic in ways that demonstrate the maturation of the Cygnus sound. With a wicked vocoder vocal that celebrates the label’s many achievements, ‘CPU Records’ is a victory lap tune if ever we’ve heard one.

Central Processing Unit keep it 100 on for this new EP. ‘100% Dope’ by Cygnus is CPU’s 100th catalogue number, and the Texan producer delivers on the promise of the record’s title with a collection of brilliantly unique electro joints.

RIYL: Bogdan Raczynski, Mr. Mitch, I-F, B12

100 % Dope

Cygnus - 100% Dope

ANCPT005 Zobol - Mirage EP (incl. Nullptr remix)

If you've ever had the feeling that things just don't make sense, that there's a hidden world of dark magic waiting in the dead spaces, the forgotten corners... well this is the music for you.

Dutchman Erik Griffioen's obsession with the esoteric is well known, and for some time his Lloyd Stellar alias has focused on this sense of the world just out of view.

Griffioen runs LDI Records as an outlet for his prolific creativity, but this release for Gated pulls from his early works, the tracks that almost got away.

This is one-strobe-in-a-dark-room electro, which rides the fine line that exists somewhere between euphoria and madness. It's relentlessly underground. And we love it.

A2 Lloyd Stellar - The Future Is Not What It Used To Be (Clip)

-Follow the artist-
Instagram: @ skunk.york
Soundcloud: @skunkyork

On this number we are welcoming a young DJ from Moscow - Skunk York. He is an active promoter and 1/3 of the collective Club Kids. Together with two friends Vouie Lega and Vlas Leskin they are promoting events in various locations in the capital and already have invited impressive number of talented artists to grace their events. The collective named after the infamous Michael Alig's promo group in the 90's, they are the new generation of artist's and they know what they are doing behind the decks + of course are totally ready to party!

Sakskøbing Mixtape # 23 / Skunk York

Conflict had never been his thing, he shied away from any form of confrontation, that said he somewhat enjoyed being a spectator. Casually pausing his music to listen into a heated argument on the train; watching from a distance as a friend challenged a drunken stranger getting in her space — as soon as it came to matters of his own though, he froze and retreated. On the fringes was where he'd always choose to remain.

It's been five years since Bintus unleashed anything into the world. Lucky for us he's back to 'cause a right old stink' with a new two-tracker on his own Power Vacuum imprint. It's a gutsy return that, in typical Bintus fashion, hits you smack bang in the face with a dose of acid, electro and rave sonics, from the squelchy staccato punches of title track 'Rag It!' to the acid-driven ride that is 'Millennium Speaker Stand'.

Rag It!

PREMIERE: Bintus - Millennium Speaker Stand [Power Vacuum]

Sound Synthesis debut on Nocta Numerica (Vinyl / Digital)

Pre-order your copy here:

Bandcamp: bit.ly/3rUJupn
Syncrophone: bit.ly/3v3TFty

Clone: bit.ly/3h2DVyJ
Juno: bit.ly/3h09Uzt
Deejay: bit.ly/3Hjhpwt
HHV: bit.ly/3I6xvuz
Redeye: bit.ly/3LLgkAT
Decks:
ColdCuts // HotWax: bit.ly/35aorWL
Oye: bit.ly/3IzWSVK

EP EXPECTED FOR EARLY APRIL 2022

Catalog number: NN022
Title: Love Transients EP
Artist: Sound Synthesis
Distributed by Syncrophone (Worldwide)
Artwork: Christophe Le Gall
Mastering: MA Spaventi

A1 - Love Transients
A2 - Journey Of Life
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B1 - Welcome To The Acid Planet
B2 - Spatial Effect
B3 - Freedom Of Choice

Premiere: Sound Synthesis - Journey Of Life

Analog Concept adds a premium 6th entry to the label catalogue from Russia's electro and acid connoisseur, the always talented Low Tape. Liquid, Seamless, and Lush is the order of the atmosphere in the aptly titled Lost Heaven EP. 

The title track Lost Heaven is a refreshing audio journey filled with smooth electro rhythms, sparkling acid leads and basslines, and therapeutic pads pushing the groove and cerebral modes to the max. 

The remix from veteran producer John Beltran is just as fun with his take on the story, including some silky hats and snares, mind nourishing synths, and a confident acid bassline for a good time. 
The track has a very interesting ending.

Artist: Low Tape / @low-tape / John Beltran / @john-beltran
Title: "Low Tape — Lost Heaven (John Beltran remix)"
Label: Analog Concept / @ancpt
Release date: September 7, 2022
Format: vinyl
Buy: www.deejay.de/Low_Tape_Lost_Heaven_Ep_ANCPT006_Vinyl__994343

www.analogconcept.bandcamp.com
www.lowtape.bandcamp.com

PREMIERE: Low Tape — Lost Heaven (John Beltran Remix) (Analog Concept, 2022)

WHAT DO I GOT

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Perpetual Cycle

A1 Konerytmi - Ajastin [With Copy Control Noise]

Electro Music Coalition.


Gang: Neuro, Neonicle, Lp, ЯTRA, PQ-17, PTZOid, Low Orbit Satellite, Serge Geyzel, SIN:IT:SIN, Larionov, Summanen, Ghostlost, Aleksey Efimov...

Дэмо скидывать сюда: djneuro_emc@mail.ru