Mercy Techno

STAUB #89

Where I'm Headed

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Arriving on a limited 200-copy translucent orange vinyl, 'Dark REM' on Cuddling Monsters’ second release on Mask Records is a hunched-over and direct dub techno cut with forceful drums and deft percussion, adding texture next to warm, sustained pads. There's a real sense of urgency in this most frictionless groove, which means it cannot fail to cast a spell on the dance floor. The fantastic 'Event Horizon' is then infused with the aura of deep space - sustained chords with a cosmic edge add vast scale to the well-programmed deep techno drums. 'Monster Talk' is a mid-tempo dub track with underlapping drums and rattling, rusted chords that disappear to infinity. It's cavernous and evocative, with myriad little details occupying the mind. 'Temporal Aura' is another standout sound that blends deep techno, dub, and minimal into a serene soundtrack that encourages inward reflection while driving onwards through the cosmos. Mask Records founder ZentaSkai and his creative partner Laura Merino Allue are Berlin mainstays helping shape the underground. Cuddling Monsters is a new project that debuted on the label in March. It is all about crafting music with analogue instruments, which they believe "offer distinctive sonic qualities, creative constraints, and genuine sound reproduction”. They explore Detroit-infused house, dub techno and minimal soundscapes with raw edges and a great sense of atmosphere.

Cuddling Monsters_CM Vol. 02

PREMIERE: Cuddling Monsters (ZentaSkai & Laura Merino Allue) - Event Horizon

Spoofi is a New York based DJ/Producer. Her sound is characterised by a potent blend of darkness, hypnotic allure, and heavy-weighted energy. She blends futuristic textures and thrusting grooves to create intensity that feels as polished as it is raw.

﻿﻿﻿@tomasurquieta is a New York City based DJ, Using this platform to bring﻿ light on some of his favorite underground artists and scenes from ﻿around the world. Drawing from techno to bass music, breaks to ﻿experimental and rave.

Rinse France Podcast

Tomás Urquieta avec Sploofi - 18 Janvier 2025

Elisen is the driving force behind Plasma, a platform dedicated to the depth and diversity of Techno. Over the past few months, she has been digging intensively through various genres and honing her own sound identity in the process. Time and again, she ends up with what makes her heart beat faster: raw, industrial techno.

Her sets are carefully curated journeys that put listeners in a hypnotic state and create an intense sonic experience. With driving beats and raw sonic textures, she brings out the essence of techno and creates connections between past and present.

Elisen's vision for Plasma and her art is clear: she wants to inspire people to look deeper into techno and its origins, away from commercialism and superficiality. She believes that techno should not only be heard, but also understood in order to experience its power and beauty in full depth.

Learn more about Elisen:
https://on.soundcloud.com/5yPcMPLcP76YhkQq6
https://www.instagram.com/elisen.rb/

Plasmamix #8 by Elisen

Whispers On Elmstraße - mix series#2(recorded in November 2021)

Closing DJ set from Disconnection night at club K4 in Ljubljana (SLO), after Tomoki Tamura.

Knower b2b .Paragon @ Disconnection, K4 Ljubljana

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Mixed Bag - Jess Nash, SOFI & VENT - 15 Feb 2025

Random Placement EP by  Jens Tozzberg incl. Mike Dehnert Remix/12" Fachwerk FW037
https://clone.nl/item38600.html
http://www.fachwerkrecords.de/jens-tozzberg/

Hailing from a small village near a mountainous place where the borders of three nations encounter, the machine loving Jens Tozzberg now arrived at Fachwerk Records. With his background as club and festival promoter and wih travels through different musical experiences in the wide range from Drum & Bass to Dubtechno his newest project at Fachwerk contains an eclectic live act with influences from Germanys earliest rave culture, chain reacting echoes and heavy bass techno. Also after many years as world traveling DJ he keeps on searching for new ways of DJing, channeling his approach as a producer into his peaktime nightclub performances. 

Random Placement EP by Jens Tozzberg incl. Mike Dehnert Remix /  Fachwerk 12" FW037

Offering squelchy dance-floor heavers and left field curveballs, Houses in Motion presents the inaugural release from New Zealand’s Nice Girl; HIM006. A record that drifts between celestial sounding landmarks, HIM006’s A-side starts hard with corrosive acid pads on its first stop and cools down thereafter with dreamy woodwind expeditions and ambient synth drones. Nice Girl provides a record with a B-side thoughtfully switching to deep, tumbling percussion and echoing samples, ramping it up again with the evil of more low pH synths and eerie whispering samples in truly eldritch tracks. Nice Girl debuts here with a versatile, watershed record to spur dance-floors on and soundtrack bedroom listening alike. Seek and you’ll find.

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Nice Girl - Mars

Stay Home Soundsystem 10
https://youtu.be/4Rvd_KkwfVE

Albert van Abbe x Speedy J live

After sun jam using a Modular, Analog Rytm, Folktek Mescaline, TR-909, EF-303 and controllers.

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@jochempaap

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SHS 10 Albert van Abbe x Speedy J live

http://fachwerkrecords.de
Founded in 2007 by Mike Dehnert.
The Berlin-based label Fachwerk continually breaks the mold and sets new standards in the world of high-end dub-techno and reductionist club music. 