Audio by "Silverfist" Lemaire (Album Version)
Artwork by Ines Emertasol

Mad City

The Chase

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In recent years, Blackploid has come to be one of Central Processing Unit’s signature artists. The German producer has averaged more than a record a year for the Sheffield imprint since he first landed on CPU in 2021. This prolific run continues with Cosmic Drama, Blackploid’s second LP for the label. The album takes the baton from its predecessor Enter Universe in style, delivering twelve tracks of top-quality machine-funk that draw down from electro’s classic artists while also imbuing proceedings with a playfulness that very much gives things a signature Blackploid-ish flavour.

Cosmic Drama sets its stall out from the off. The opening run of ‘Alien’, ‘World Construction’ and ‘Virtual State’ all deliver piston-snapping beats which anchor pleasing melanges of B-movie synth lines. Alongside this, Blackploid adds little flourishes which add buoyancy to each joint - a syncopated bassline reminiscent of I-f’s late-90s classic ‘Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass’, crackling robo-voiced commands, skittering synth chords which wash across the mix and so on. It’s the work of someone completely at ease with their craft, comfortable enough to take risks without upsetting the apple cart of their sound’s core appeal.

Blackploid’s idiosyncratic approach to synth work is something which distinguishes Cosmic Drama from the pack. Electro has long been a genre which prides itself on innovation on the keys, but few producers are willing to push their sonics as far as Blackploid does - take the seasick churn of pads and processors on ‘Multiverse’, for instance, or the way John Carpenter-esque single-note lines dovetail with gurgling synthetic pulses and eerie, spacious chords on ‘The Lab’, a highlight of Cosmic Drama’s midsection.

Cosmic Drama skips along at club tempo throughout - every one of these joints will get bodies moving in dark rooms across the galaxy. However, even when tracks maintain their single-minded pursuit of machine-funk perfection, they never forget to deliver on the hooks. Blackploid has lead lines (and counter-melodies) to burn here, and each track knots them together in ever-more intriguing ways as they plough onwards. Drexciyan heads will be thrilled by the sci-fi delights of ‘Species’, for instance, while Blackploid brings melodies as cold as they are catchy on the aptly-named ‘Polar Dunes’. By the time Cosmic Drama hits upon the vroom-vrooming bassline line of closer ‘Contact’, you’re fully enthralled to the album’s combination of broken-beat heft and synthetic melodiousness.

RIYL: Drexciya, I-f, Cygnus, AFX

Cosmic Drama

Blackploid - Cosmic Drama

This compilation unites music from Mutant Radio’s friends and residents, with all proceeds directly supporting political prisoners, their families, and activists across different regions of Georgia. The struggle continues until every political prisoner is freed and new elections take place.

Whether on the streets, in our space, or through the airwaves, we remain firmly alongside the movement. Without true freedom, creativity is silenced, culture fades, and Mutant Radio cannot exist.

We extend our gratitude to our friends and residents for their unwavering support and for sharing their music in these challenging times for Georgia.

Special thanks to TBZ and Alex Michalski for their invaluable contribution to mastering.

Curated by: Mike Tansella Jr., Robert Bergman & Jaba Ujmajuridze
Mastered by: TBZ and Alex Michalski
Photo by: Marika Kochiashvili
Artwork: Tako Skripnichenko

Bill Converse - JSZ

Andriy Kostyukov, aka Andriy K., is a Kyiv-born, Berlin-based experimental sound producer and DJ. His work involves sound design experiments with both listening and club music, drawing heavily from ambient, IDM, bass, and leftfield techno. Exploring the therapeutic effects of textures and the depths of human reflection, Andriy’s ambient live performances offer a journey through emotions and mental artifacts. His live performances often feature dubbed guitars and vocals, delivering a deep emotional impact.

Follow artist - https://soundcloud.com/andriy_k

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Join KFW for a regular survey of contemporary Electroacoustics, Minimalisms, and Decentralized Rhythm Structures from all-across the Global Spectrum.

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Alpha State with Keith Fullerton Whitman @ The Lot Radio 07-14-2025

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Introducing our new Hohm Series, short for "Homunculus".

It's a pleasure to kick start the series with Heavenly Bodies - Wine & Flowers. Long circulated in mixes this beautiful ambient piece finds a home, 5 years has past since Heavenly Bodies launched 'Starry Earth' followed by the odd single here and there.

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HOHMFREE001: Heavenly Bodies -  Wine & Flowers

From forthcoming LP 'Reverse Acceleration of Dragons' https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/reverse-acceleration-of-dragons

Radx- Heavenly Shepherd of Silence (ISLE019)

say hello you exist... a passage from Alison

i slip into a quiet ecstasy

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« The urge to squeeze a cloud between one’s palm. »
- Sanary, [Le Monde Toupie], 1942

I threaded the mix as a continuation of this phrase of Sanary I recently read.

Popsicle drip to stalactite. Swim to the surface. Wash off the shore. Drop glide along a wire. Muddled wired thoughts of ours.  

Tracklist:
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Human Lessons #114 - Glisten

Foreign is the pseudonym used by Miguel Vázquez to play sets of IDM and Braindance sounds, combining the smoothness and efficiency of transparent melodies with abstract landscapes and dense atmospheres loaded with complex polyrhythmic structures.

In mid-2001, Miguel began working at the well-known record shop Recycled Music Center in Madrid, run by DJ Yke. This period lasted several years and provided him with a remarkable learning experience in all styles of electronic music.

Throughout these years Foreign has played in the events of Hard Taste and in clubs like NAO, Dub Club, Specka, Graffiti, Shagü Club and many more. 

He also recorded several podcasts for different record labels like Sin Hilo, Gladio Operations, Zanderhythm, Archaic as well as web platforms like Hyonotic Groove, INDEX and Strange But Dance Music.

In 2022 he created his own label, Mutoscope Records, mostly oriented to IDM and Braindance.

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Socials:

Instagram:
- https://www.instagram.com/mutoscope_records/

Soundcloud:
- https://soundcloud.com/miguel-foreign
- https://soundcloud.com/mutoscope-records

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Further information:

Bandcamp:
- https://mutoscoperecords.bandcamp.com/

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Tracklist: 

01 Squarephuser - 8 Bit Mix #1  [WARP]			
02 Brainwaltzera - Tracing Rays [Reality Glo]  [FILM]
03 Promising/Youngster - Frozen  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]
04 Innershades - Homage  [CLONE JACK FOR DAZE]
05 MOY - Cyg X-1  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]
06 Promising/Youngster - Arbey  [ADEPTA EDITIONS]
07 UHF - The Threat Of Machines  [GLADIO OPERATIONS]
08 RTR - Divag  [WÉMÈ]
09 Autechre - Crystel  [WARP]
10 D-Breeze - Crazy For Love (Autechre Remix)  [SKAM]
11 RTR - Refletch A  [WÉMÈ]
12 Ruby My Dear - Pnt2  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]
13 Envmod - Ghudus End  [MINDCOLORMUSIC]
14 Recue - Ciotach  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]
15 Qeta - Enn  [FURTHUR ELECTRONIX]
16 James Shinra - Miluv  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]		
17 Fasme & Alder - Des Oiseaux Et Des Machines  [ACID AVENGERS]

Addicted-2-Bass / Episode 141 / Foreign / 05.10.2025

Empty Space is an artistic platform based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. We explore the interactions of physical media, their characteristic formal languages, and their modes of functionality. To achieve this, we focus on projects that experiment with various art forms, aesthetics, and crafts. Our goal is to create works of art that challenge conventional modes of production and reception.

To bring each project to life, we collaborate with different artists, blending their distinctive approaches and methods into something new. Depending on the medium, many of our productions are conceived as one-of-a-kind pieces or one-time performances.

Empty Space operates as a non-profit association, with all revenue either supporting the artists or being reinvested in future projects.