Press Release

Label: Illegal Alien Records
Artist(s): Ricardo Garduno
Remixer(s): N/A
Album/Single: From The Tool Vault
Track(s): Boost from Beyond, Snake Lips, Timeless Feeling, Reptile Eyes
Genre: Techno
Format: Digital WAV/MP3
Catalogue Number: IAR387
Release Date: November 28th of 2025
Artwork Design by Rommulo


Illegal Alien's Label head, Ricardo Garduno, is back on our digital series with an outstanding 4-track release titled 'From The Tool Vault.'


www.illegalalienrecs.com

IAR387 - Ricardo Garduno - From The Tool Vault

Label: Blank Code

Artist: Declan James
Title: Levitation
Release Date: Tuesday 16 December 2025
Format: Vinyl & Digital
CAT#: BCR015

01. Pendulums
02. Levitation
03. Transmutate
04. Absolved

Blank Code is a Detroit, USA techno outfit that have released music by artists like Bas Mooy, Mike Parker, Brian Sanhaji, DJ Hyperactive, Drumcell, and many more.

Texas-based producer Declan James runs the VOIDWARE imprint and events, also listing music on labels such as Edit Select Records, Max Gardner's Peer, drxvo's Synergie, and Secus' Rituals amongst others. The Dallas native is making a significant contribution to the upcoming generation of American techno producers with both a domestic and international touring schedule.

Beginning with "Pendulums," a classic sci-fi trip with modular bleeps amidst a slinking, bouncing rhythm section for a perfect lesson in patience and restraint.

"Levitation" has an otherworldly feeling and floats along a sparse track of swirling drones, chugging bass pulses, and classy percussion taps for a mesmerising and introspective journey.

"Transmutate" throws down a stuttering kick drum, haunting tones, and bending modular notes for a grooving yet dystopian analogue concoction.

The final track "Absolved" sees a deep dive into details and dub influences. Where eerie rattles and precision production form a memorable dose of sizzling hot, futuristic, and fantastic techno.

www.blankcode.com
Mastered by Anthony Jimenez @ 313 Mastering
Artwork by Cesar Acosta

#declanjames #detroittechno #techno

BCR015 - Declan James - Levitation EP [Previews]

Written, mixed and produced by Vedik Jayaprakash
Mastered by João Rodrigues at Tema Mastering
Artwork by João Frederico
Released by NRBK, Portugal
Release Date: 28th of November, 2025
Catalog Reference: NRBK012

Release description: 
Vedik’s work embodies maturity through subtlety. Each track breathes with intention, while Nørbak’s remix draws the record’s warmth into more somber terrain.

Tracklist: 
1.Vedik - Critical
2.Vedik - Chambers
3.Vedik - Ominous Beige
4.Vedik - Roll
5.Vedik - Roll (Nørbak Remix)
6.Vedik - Touch

Vedik - Critical EP (incl. Nørbak Remix) | NRBK012 | Previews

Polish profound techno maestro Blazej Malinowski debuts on our digital branch with an astonishing collection of tracks. His career spams across more than two decades and his productions have a trademark sound combining energy and punch with the melancholy of central Europe. For this extended player, Blazej Malinowski provides seven pieces starting with the dreamy but danceable Sonic Overpressure where the floating atmospheres and resonant bleeps create a carpet of layered sounds over a precise rhythm. Percussive elements add progressively to the equation creating the perfect tool for the beginning of a set. Focus continues the sound voyage in similar parameters, clear kick drum, evolving pads and pulsating synths that soon become busier and trancier somehow, bringing a nineties old school flavour to the song.  On Understatement a synthesized bassline sets the pace for what comes next, delivering the right dose of hypnosis from the very first bar, the rest of the sonic elements come in slowly, special mention to the crying 303 motif that runs all over the arrangement. Drone comes next, but it is not what you expect from the title, the groove is intense here, but melancholy is the main curse with dreamy synth pads and didgeridoo like sequences bringing the elements necessary to float in a proper dancefloor. It was Real changes directions and goes into the scifi realm, combining a relentless bassline with asymmetric bleeps all provided in a constantly evolving arrangement. The soundtrack of spaceships into an absorbing black hole. Number six is Blind Expression, switching from abstraction to proper trance with elastic phased sequences, continuous synth layers and one more mote a super skilled and intricate arrangement bringing every element on the right spot. A mindbending experience not everyone can deliver this way. Closing the release things go gummy and elastic with Unforgiving, a proper dj tool made of resonant sounds and FM textures plus mental hi frequency details to mutate any dancefloor into a sonic church. On these days of clones of clones it is an absolute pleasure to have such a good sound designer onboard.



GTG Premiere | Blazej Malinowski - Drone [WU107d]

VARIA is pleased to present the next episode in its podcast series, featuring AgainstMe : it is a live recording from his opening set at SMUT Athens from his recent September 2025 gig.

AgainstMe is a Berlin-based Greek DJ, producer, live act resident of SMUT Athens and core member of USM Recordings.

Starting his musical journey at 17, his project AgainstMe was born from the raw energy of Lesvos rave scene in 2017. His sound blends hypnotic rhythms, deep atmospheres, and relentless energy, a reflection of his own inner evolution.

With releases on 47, NRBK, and Renegade Methodz, his music has earned support from DVS1, Ben Klock, Umwelt, Steve Bicknell, Rødhåd, and more.

He’s performed at iconic venues like Berghain (Säule), Tresor, Khidi, RSO, Fold, and Fuse, delivering powerful sets that merge intensity and emotion.

This episode continues VARIA’s mission: championing considered electronic expression and lasting artistry.

@againstmesc

Artwork by @gannein
Mastering by https://www.instagram.com/1010audio/

VARIA 024 - AGAINSTME

Label: Mord
Artist: Chloe Lula
Title: Ego Sum EP
Art by Dennis Beutner
Cat No: MORD120
Format: 12" and Digital

Release date: 28-11-2025

A1 Myopia
A2 Sepiatone
A3 Rhythm Zero
B1 Ego Sum
B2 Ninth Knot
B3 Oath
D1 Order Of Magnitude [digi only]
D2 False Absolutes [digi only]

***
and even the trees we walked
under
seemed
less than
trees
and more like everything
else.
***


MORD120 - Chloe Lula - Ego Sum EP [Previews]

Diffuse Reality Podcast 282 : Mischa Beton
→ bit.ly/417f6Yj
www.diffusereality.net

Diffuse Reality Podcast 282 : Mischa Beton

Premiere of Oscar Mulero - Untold [LPR-V005]

BUY LINK: https://loopainarecords.bandcamp.com/album/angels-around-us-lpr-v005

* 100% of the proceeds from this album will go to an NGO for children with autism *

Artist: Various Artists
Title: Angels Around Us
Label: Loopaina Records
Catalogue: LPR-V005
Format: Double Vinyl & Digital
Release date: December 19, 2025
All music written and produced by Ricardo Garduno, Biorc, Oscar Mulero, DSNGDMANN, Pyramidal Decode, Lakej, KØLPØS & Drucal.
Mastered at Koschitzky Mastering

* 100% of the proceeds from this album will go to an NGO for children with autism *



ARTIST LINKS
SC: https://soundcloud.com/oscarmulero
IG: https://www.instagram.com/oscarmulerooficial/ 
BC: https://oscarmulero-oficial.bandcamp.com/

LABEL LINKS:

SC: https://soundcloud.com/loopainarecords 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/loopainarecords/
BC: https://loopainarecords.bandcamp.com/

Oscar Mulero - Untold [SOMA SELECTS Premiere]

BUY: observerstation.bandcamp.com/album/nebula

Artist: Altinbas
Title: Nebula
Label: Observer Station
Catalogue: OS007
Release date: 5th December 2026

Follow Altinbas:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/altinbas
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/altinbas.t

Follow Observer Station:
Bandcamp: observerstation.bandcamp.com

Altinbas - Nebula [SOMA SELECTS Premiere]

Premiere of Oscar Mulero - Like a Black Rainbow [PoleGroup079]

BUY: https://oscarmulero-oficial.bandcamp.com/album/persiguiendo-ecos-polegroup078

Artist: Oscar Mulero
Title: Part of a physical creation
Label: PoleGroup
Catalogue: PoleGroup079
Release date: 19/12/2025

Follow Oscar Mulero:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/oscarmulero
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oscarmulerooficial/
Bandcamp: oscarmulero-oficial.bandcamp.com/

Follow PoleGroup:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/polegroup
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polegroup/
Bandcamp: polegroup.bandcamp.com/

Oscar Mulero - Like A Black Rainbow [SOMA SELECTS Premiere]

Float Records starts off 2016 with a brand new podcast series. Our Float Records artists will take care of it, always delivering fresh music on the 1st of every month. This way we try to present you the specific sound of techno we believe in.

For our 7th podcast we've invited Samuli Kemppi and we're proud of it, because working with Samuli (remember his remix on Float Records?) is a real pleasure. Enjoy this wax only, one take mix by the nicest guy of Helsinki. 

Don't hestitate to follow him: https://soundcloud.com/samulikemppi

Tracklist:
1. Marcel Dettmann - Nautilus - MDR
2. Donato Dozzy - TechTresor - Spazio Disponibile
3. Acronym - Hunt - Northern Electronics
4. Lewis Fautzi - Default - Warm Up
5. Oscar Mulero - Arcade - Warm Up
6. Shlømo - Titan (Norman Nodge remix) - Singular Records
7. Peter Van Hoesen - Cartesian Taiko - Ufo / Dekmantel
8. Dj Deep - Stressin’ - Deeply Rooted
9. Planetary Assault Systems - Pull - Blueprint
10. Electric Rescue - Texture Shot (Zadig remix) - Skryptöm
11. Surgeon - THX-1139 (level) - SRX
12. Oscar Mulero - Stimulated Reflex - Warm Up
13. Petter B - Ode To Eskapism - Bond
14. Kike Pravda - Mind Control - Dust Records
15. Kwartz - Uncontrollable Process Of Self-destruction - Mord
16. Samuli Kemppi - Posthuman - Nonplus


FLOAT RECORDS PODCAST 007 | Samuli Kemppi

Please go to https://www.float-records.com/contact.html to submit your demo. 

Float Records is a techno orientated label based in Amsterdam and founded by TWR72. The label aims to explore the combination between perfection and simplicity with a no-nonsense approach. Combining music and visual design full of details with a distinct translation towards the listener and viewer, Float tries to set a new standard for a record label in it’s genre.