Impérieux debuts on Hessle Audio with the Fena EP, an immersive collection of 4 tracks defined by his unpredictable and varied sonic palette. Drawing on a heritage that threads through Turkey, Greece and his home city of Kırcaali in Bulgaria, Alper Durmush channels a turbulent year in which six months of creative stillness ignited unexpectedly into an explosive burst of musical ideas.

"Fena is a word my Mum used to call me as a kid" recounts Durmush on the title track. "The name comes from Turkish, but with a Balkan twist, it means a mischievous rascal - wild, unpredictable, a bit too much at times". This restless energy is perfectly captured with jittering interferance and snarling sawtooth synths bursting through the mix, threatening to overwhelm the speakers and sending sound engineers running for cover. 'Sickomode' encapsulates the push-pull emotional sensibility of the EP, with confidence and meloncholy rotating, shifting, and giving way to each other.

'Saat' is an attempt to recreate a track based solely on a surreal description, relayed by a veteran of the rave scene in his home town - "This guy told me about a festival in the woods back in the early 2000s, where someone played a track with dogs barking in the break - the volume rising constantly." The initial dissonance of its detuned lead releases into a euphoric rush of melody, a combination which is becoming something of a producer trademark. The EP closes with the quiet, unwavering warmth of 'Cawuso', a nickname for a person that the artist met last year. "This very special person showered me with kindness and purity. It almost felt unreal, so I decided to dedicate this track to them." 

Fena EP

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The second installment in Darwin’s curated mixes for Rhythmic Culture comes from UK duo Dual Monitor. Their boundary-pushing productions have earned them the moniker “The UK Genre Alchemists” from Rinse FM. This open-format approach to music carries through to their vibrant, kaleidoscopic DJ sets—no two ever the same. The duo deftly weaves together twisted, low-slung UK bass, skittering IDM, dancefloor-shaking tech-bow, and zoned-out dub and jungle.

Darwin: "The story of Dual Monitor is actually a really cute one. Jake Hodge sent me a track they made "Step Pattern" because he was so blown away by the production and said "You need to sign this," and I did instantly not even listening to it a second time! Fliss and Zebb are hands down some of the most talented up-and-coming producers I’ve come across in a while. The speed at which they’re cranking out tunes and dubs, and the range in their sound, is unreal. On top of that, they’re two of the loveliest people to hang with. So happy to have them as part of the SPE:C family."

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RC:150 Dual Monitor

Pressure Dome w/ Toma Kami: 7th May '25

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @teqmun-microbyome

RRFM • Microbyome w/ Teqmun• 08-05-2025

Introspekt at Ring, Horst Arts & Music 2025

암스테르담을 기반으로 활동하는 사운드 디자인의 연금술사 @teqmun_ 이 More Breaks와 함께 @cakeshopseoul 을 찾습니다. 식물학 연구자이기도 한 Teqmun은 자연에서 영감을 받은 소리들을 브레이크비트와 테크노의 리듬과 결합해 이질적이고 예측불허인 동시에 댄서블한 음악으로 조합해 냅니다. ‘Wonky’, ‘Squiggly’ 처럼, 형용사보다는 의성어를 통한 설명이 어울리는 그의 트랙들에는 사운드 디자인의 한계를 시험하는 실험정신과, 얼굴을 찡그리게 만드는 폭발적인 베이스의 에너지가 공존합니다. 한 번 들으면 지나칠 수 없는 그의 음악은 이미 Identified Patient, Blawan, Pariah, 그리고 Beatrice M.과 같은 신을 대표하는 DJ/프로듀서의 주목을 받았으며, Nerve Collect에서 발매한 'Worms Still Have to Eat the Dirt' 을 통해 전 세계의 리스너들에게 존재감을 각인시켰습니다.

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2025-06-06 - Teqmun (AMS) - SCR Guestmix

artist: @ruffkaval
recorded on the 03rd of mai 2025
length: 02h16m34s

[Reshape] KAVAL (excerpt) @ essaim, Paris / 03may2025

Kamoun has developed a signature sound where percussive intensity meets atmospheric depth, blending polyrhythmic drums with modern electronic textures. His fascination for traditional tribal percussion, paired with influences from minimalist field recordings and British bass culture, generates a hypnotic energy that resonates with the raw power of contemporary electronic music.

On 'Wave Prophecy', his first 12" on Dance Data, Kamoun showcases his distinct range - from deep tribal grooves to high-energy dance tracks, Kamoun fuses rhythmic complexity with avant-garde sensibility, forming a unique and addictive sonic palette.

As If the full 5 tracks weren't already enough of a treat, we've also got a fresh remix from our friend Sepehr, who takes La Panthère to a tantalizing place with his 'pantheress' rendition.

https://dancedata.bandcamp.com/album/wave-prophecy

releases August 1, 2025
All tracks written by Abderrahmene Hamitouche
Mastered by Mark @ A Colourful Storm
Artwork by Jesse Pimenta
Remix by Sepehr
Dance Data Records [DDR009]

pi premiere: Kamoun - La Panthere (Sepehr's Pantheress Mix)

Sasha Pavel - Like This (Original Mix)

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Five artists, deep and spatial synthesizers, layers of groove and acoustic percussions. An album that mixed several artists from southern Brazil who are exponents of the Minimal / Deep Tech genre, showing new facets of a genre that we have so much appreciation in Addiction 21 Records.


https://www.beatport.com/release/selected-tunes-vol-1/4605322

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14 Rue Philippe de Girard, Paris

[Reshape] KAVAL (excerpt) @ essaim, Paris / 03may2025

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