Jack Nolan’s sound is a fusion of deep, hypnotic rhythms and intricate soundscapes that draw the listener into a captivating, immersive experience. Jack often creates a relaxed state in listeners, that can be both meditative and euphoric. A journey, often exploring the realms between light and shadow, intensity and calm, human and machine. 

SC: https://soundcloud.com/jacknolannms
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jacknolan____/

Jack Nolan - Syncast [SYN223]

Here is the interview!

ACTANT: Can you tell me about your artist name PWCCA?

PWCCA: PWCCA is the Welsh name for a demonic creature or spirit, playful but dangerous. It was my evolution as a musician, a shift from my old AKA to a more defined and technically advanced sound. I also chose it because I like its written aesthetic.

ACTANT: PWCCA was born in 2019, but you produced earlier under the name Dr Cyanide. Can you tell me about the transition between the two?

PWCCA: It was the evolution that arose with the improvement of my production techniques and my ideas, although in reality, and logically, they still have some connection, since they are two AKA to produce the same style of music.

ACTANT: Why do you make music?

PWCCA: For me, it's a way of expression, entertainment and escape, I always wanted to create tools to be able to use in own DJ sets, to be able to listen to my music in the hands of great DJs… although it is true that today in my performances as a DJ, my music is what I use the least, since when I perform in Live format obviously, everything that sounds is mine, but a great motivation long ago was this.

ACTANT: The sound of your productions is  haunting, rough, extremely repetitious. What is the attraction of these sounds for you?

PWCCA: In techno music, I've always loved repetition. In fact, I think it's part of its essence. I like creating dense, dark, and dirty sounds. They particularly immerse me in an intense mental journey. Today, I don't want to give rise to frivolous sounds in my work, at least that's what I try to convey or capture.

ACTANT: As a record label, Hardtools seems to embrace a dark aesthetic, pointing at an interest in death, spirits, ghosts, and so forth. Do these realms hold a power that can be utilised in music?

PWCCA: For me, darkness, death, the universe or all of this that no one knows about, inspires me when creating my sound, I don't like to link my sound or the sound of different artists of the label, with colors or images that are not serious or more "Fun" I think that over time, I have become more strict with those things hehe, it doesn't mean that techno is this, but in my case it is what inspires me the most.

ACTANT: Where do you see techno evolving in the future? Will real, dark techno continue to expand as society continues to erode?

PWCCA: Techno will likely continue to expand because it taps into a collective sense of restlessness. It's a search for refuge, often logically linked to having fun. Many young artists will take over and maintain the essence, while others who seemed authentic will sell out to the highest bidder without flinching. It has always happened and will always continue to happen; it's part of the game.

ACTANT: What makes Spain such a powerful force in techno?

PWCCA: I think there are and have been great techno artists in Spain, influenced by the right sources. Many artists who have forged a unique and remarkable sound, known worldwide, highly influential people like Oscar Mulero, supporting national material. I think the different artists who re-emerge have a great source of inspiration without having to look too far. But only in a few cases is one a prophet in his own land...

ACTANT: Finally, who are your favorite artists and labels right now?

PWCCA: I like listening to old artists like Wünsch, Mulero, Surgeon, Regis, Portion Reform (R&F), Mugon… but today we also have a wave of brutal producers like Kike Pravda, Lakej, Lewis Fautzi, Pyramidal Decode, KØLPØS, Ribé, Endplate, Oliver Rosemann, Stanislav Tolkachev, among many others. There are great Labels like Mord, Semántica, Pole Group or Warm Up, and others, offering great stuff, but I think that a large part of the scene is also supported by labels of less “prestigious” since there are many tracks edited in these, which are used by world-class DJs.



DYSTOPIA 007: PWCCA

ANTIDOTE

'something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation'

This is the recording of MYRA b2b Laura van Hal during ANTIDOTE at De Fik Garden on 06.07.25.

MYRA SOUNDCLOUD: @myra_dj
MYRA INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/myra_musique/

LAURA VAN HAL SOUNDCLOUD: @lauravanhal
LAURA VAN HAL INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/lauravanhal_/

MYRA b2b LAURA VAN HAL | ANTIDOTE, DE FIK GARDEN | 06.07.25

Blade the Hunter - Enrique Hidalgo,AuraFuturA (original mix)Master01

maybe can start again a weekly uploading cycle

vision rat

HEISSS HOTCAST 041: Franco Rossi

Fast. Impulsive. Techno. Three words to establish and define what the artist known as Egotot is all about. The young musician, hailing from the deep south of Germany, sets quite the pace when it comes to his vision of electronic music, regarding both tempo as well as quality. His beats, be in the studio or in the DJ booth, appear to come and arrange themselves seemingly with no effort. A Rave-infected sonic testing ground without ever feeling like a simple Rave pastiche. A vision of Techno that is obviously inspired by its sound of the 90s, but neither exceedingly aggressive, nor excessively happy.

Egotot has a special taste for rugged, up-tempo grooves which demand their own time to breathe and reveal their power. A sonic all-purpose weapon to be used on, for, and by the dance floor. However, his sense for music doesn’t stop at the edge of dancefloor-oriented Rave. It goes far beyond, right to and through the sometimes more and sometimes less subtle tides of electronic music.

This exemplarily reflects in his very own imprint, Schimmer Records, which he founded in 2019. The label has, in a rather short period of time, already evolved to a sonic reservoir of all different shades, all of which share a commonality – quality in production, love to detail, and an undeniable appeal to avid devotees of electronic music of all kinds. 

There is nothing confusing about Egotot’s take on music. It is clean-cut, it is straightforward, it is always effective. The Industrial clout, the fast groove, the merciless rigor – this is how Techno should sound in the 21st century, and Egotot is its perfect avatar.

Osmium Cast 019 - Egotot [Live @AMP Münster]

Noise.Pulse!

Oscar Mulero and Another Machines join forces together for the next installment of their Joven Prisionero Project. No less than seven cuts on the zeroes and ones version and a six cut vinyl gonna be released on our 78th release.

You may wonder what's inside this new outcome, and the answer is easy and direct: Pure techno with no roundabouts. 

But techno is an open language and this duo speaks all dialects:

From the merciless and bleepy Conócete to the functional and fast paced minimalism on De túnica roja passing thru the drilling Surrealista Entorno stopping via Birmingham on Persiguiendo ecos, breaking the grooves and going martian for Mundo Efímero, back to Birmingham again with El nuevo jardín to finalize the duties with Identidad Variable in a pure scifi mood.

Preview: El Joven Prisionero - Persiguiendo Ecos EP [PoleGroup78]

FLOAT RECORDS PODCAST 041 | https://soundcloud.com/stephendisario

Stephen Disario has become a leading figure in Los Angeles’s techno scene with his signature style of moody, driving techno. Beyond his productions and DJ sets, he’s shaped the community through Cognition, the event brand he co-founded in 2017, and his work with LA’s premier sound company H2Audio. In 2023, he launched Conundrum Records, spotlighting both his own sound and that of like-minded artists. You can find him playing everywhere from underground warehouses to stages like ADE, Boiler Room, and CRSSD.


FLOAT RECORDS PODCAST 041 | Stephen Disario

SK11.10YLP


SK_eleven celebrates a decade of sonic exploration with a 13-track compilation showcasing its signature tension, technical discipline, and stylistic spectrum. 

Reuniting a tight circle of artists whose contributions have helped shape the label, the release offers an unrelenting sequence of pressure, mental twists, and textural collisions; a multifaceted snapshot of techno’s enduring capacity to evolve, disturb, and seduce.


The compilation resists uniformity. Instead, it thrives on contrast: tension versus release, density against spaciousness, rhythm in all its permutations. From high-energy metallic openers and dub-inflected body rollers, to disorienting, delay-heavy experiments and stripped-back percussive tools, each contribution reveals a unique grip on groove and detail. Some tracks move like engineered machines: sharp, robotic, and syncopated to surgical precision. Others embrace sensuality and unpredictability, exploring spatial motion, layered harmonic friction, and states of controlled chaos.


Each piece acts as a structural component in a larger sonic architecture, where tension is built, collapsed, and rebuilt. Friction becomes a form of choreography. Across the record, a shifting palette of emotional mechanisms takes form; granular and magnetic, haunting and quietly forceful, restrained, then disruptive.


More than a retrospective,  SK_eleven’s first compilation becomes a collective gesture toward techno’s unresolved possibilities:  its ability to hold contradiction, remain in flux, and mutate without conclusion.


Words by Victoria Mazzone


• A1 - Yant – Bee Sting
• A2 - Rene Wise – Gut Punch
• B1 - Kr!z – Split Tongue
• B2 - BLANKA – Extravaganza
• C1 - Eman – Lerake
• C2 - Holden Federico – Hydro
• D1 - Cirkle – Delta State
• D2 - Altinbas – Epinephrine
• D3 - Kameliia – Memories
• E1 - Phil Berg – Sappho
• E2 - Border One – Warp Shift
• F1 - Kwartz – Watch Out 
• F2 - Phalcon – Into the Depth

• 3 vinyl special
• Transparent vinyl
• Release date 7th November
• Mastering by Conor Dalton
• Mastering by Gio @ Artefacts Mastering (B1)
• Mastering by Ahmet Altinbas (D2)

SK11.10Y - Various Artists

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.