Sci-fi techno specialist Allen leaps into the cosmos with First Contact, a new mini-LP debuting his own From Another Star label. From the sampled dialogues of UFO crash sites to the bleeping soundscapes central to his explorations, the concept and theme is clear from the start. Following the tense chords and understated pulse of the opener, he moves into a pair of droning mood pieces. ‘The Listeners’ takes a harder turn, emphasizing increased movement in the beats against shifting layers of bleepscapes and concluding the album’s introductory first half. ‘Pattern Recognition’ slackens the warp number but ups the spin with its rotating rhythms and cosmic background noise, deliberately setting the tone for the second half of the voyage. Allen tightens down the hatches with waves of bass pulses in ‘Tight Beam’, updating its Millsean feel. Stern but subtly shifting movements of closer ‘Rio’ rub against sudden rhythmic accents, arriving like falling stars.

Allen - First Contact

1. Allen - The Program
2. Allen - Crash Site
3. Allen - Target Signature
4. Allen - The Listeners
5. Allen - Pattern Recognition
6. Allen - Tight Beam
7. Allen - Relay Transmission
8. Allen - Rio

Written & Produced by C.Allen
Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab Studio, Rome

Release date:
 December 1st (Bandcamp exclusive)
 December 8th (all major platforms)
  
Pre-order at:
https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com

Allen - First Contact (Audio Previews)

From Another Star returns with their second entry, "Declassified", A new VA series comprised of friends and like-minded artists.

Declassified (Vol 1)

1 Decoder - Sighting
2 Allen - Phase Shift
3 Error Channel - Vemion Pulsa
4 Rondec - Duxelle
5 Michael Ferrell - Apophenia
6 CRØWN - Atmosphere Modulator
7 David Reina - Induire
8 Elias Garcia - Addition

Mastered by: Troels B-Knudsen
Available now for Pre-order at
https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com

Release date:
March 22nd (Bandcamp exclusive)
March 29th (All platforms)

Various Artists - Declassified Vol 1 (Audio Previews)

An established sound designer and electroacoustician from Richmond, Virginia active since the mid-2000s, Michael Ferrell lands on From Another Star with studied techno inspired by pioneers like Mills and Mulero. ‘Bridgerton to Terabatha’ leads off, its mood fitting well with the mysterious title as it slowly assembles from revolving bleeps, chirping birdlike sounds, and layers of ambience into a heavier second half when the parts securely interlock. Keeping the uneasy atmosphere and tight composition, ‘Featureless Faces’ steadily builds as textured leads ricochet through echoes, changing pitch, timbre, and texture, with the droning, discordant synth pad adding a soundtrack element. The three-beat rhythm of ‘Human Perfectibility’ thrives on circularity, taking a more optimistic feel that rises to a finale of squealing zaps and fleet-footed percussion programming. A noticeably off-time, clipped cymbal adds tension to the title track, rubbing uneasily against the nimble arrangement that grows increasingly dense with each passing bar. Closer ‘Tribalism’ is the most rugged of all, its metallic shell and pulsating bass evoking industrial and mechanical feelings with hints of submerged violence.

Michael Ferrell - Memory Saturation 

1. Bridgerton To Terabatha
2. Featureless Faces
3. Human Perfectibility
4. Memory Saturation
5. Tribalism 

Release date: May 31st 2024
Pre-order now at: https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com

Written & Produced by Michael Ferrell
Mastered by Troels B-Knudsen

Michael Ferrell - Memory Saturation (Audio Previews)

For our 2nd album on From Another Star, we turn to an alum of the label, prolific Argentine producer CRØWN, now based in Italy and with an album and numerous singles on underground labels since 2020. Bookended by a pair of ambient pieces, ‘Isolated Nature’ and ‘Refuse Tension’, suggesting the moody, somber tone for the rest, ‘Expansion Gradient’ sets the pace with a spaced-out strain of techno contrasting rigid drum machines against squishy, drifting ambiance. ‘Decoding’ takes a classic sci-fi approach with echoing tones and subtle changes in percussion creating stellar movements. Ferocity increases with ‘Cruel Violence’, where heavy, insistent drums and bass shift momentum and propel the album into its second half. Claps, pads and bleeps add fierce swing to ‘LEVELS’, building to a climax of stuttering kicks buried under dense layering. More stripped and darker, with pounding bass and spinning cymbals interlocking with emphatic, changing percussion patterns, ‘Asymptomatic Deconstruction’ marks the peak of intensity. ‘Desecration of Organisms’ returns to the ambient sound-fields of the first half, its tactile, organic evolution suggesting microscopic rather than telescopic vistas.

CRØWN - Evolutionary Anarchy LP

1. Isolated Nature
2. Expansion Gradient
3. Decoding
4. Cruel Violence
5. Levels
6. Asymptomatic Deconstruction
7. Desecration of Organisms
8. Refuse Tension

Release date:  July 26, 2024
Pre-order now at: https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com

Written and produced by CRØWN
Mastered by Troels B-Knudsen

CR​Ø​WN - Evolutionary Anarchy (Audio Previews)

An emerging artist from Vancouver in a city that has already contributed its share to electronic music, Son of Magnus’ short discography belies the depth of his craft. Across the six tracks on the Listening Post EP, his debut for From Another Star and our fifth release overall, this fresh name exudes confidence that often outclasses experienced producers.
‘Signal Degradation’ launches the trip, dark and mysterious but with forceful drive and taken at a moderate tempo to emphasize its ambience, pushed on by rolling percussion. Setting the coordinates to its title, ‘124052305-k.Ref 1.36’ begins the cruise phase, slackening the pace slightly as bleeping pulsars whizz by on the displays. ‘Delta Modulation’ maintains the trajectory and adds space junk hits and phaser zaps, debris rattling off the hull in an asteroid belt. The ominous tone returns in ‘Radiation Code K-t1’ as beams of bleeps insistently irradiate the drive, causing velocity instabilities and a brief shutdown. ‘Calculated Distance’ increases speed and heads to deep space, the static blasts from the propulsion systems combining with an oscillating lead to put distance from the danger. Mission objectives completed, ‘Tentative Bliss’ quickens the pace for the return voyage, the thick cosmic ambience and heavy bass pulse finally evoking the familiar surroundings of Earth.

Son Of Magnus - Listening Post EP

1. Signal Degradation
2. 124052305-k. Ref 1.36
3. Delta Modulation 
4. Radiation Code K-t1
5. Calculated Distance
6. Tentative Bliss

Release date: September 27th 2024
Pre-order now at: https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com

Written and produced by Son Of Magnus
Mastered by Troels B-Knudsen
Words by Albert Freeman

Son Of Magnus - Listening Post (Audio Previews)

Orbiting back to his own imprint for From Another Star’s sixth release, label head Allen returns with his second mini-album, System Collapse, an eight-track voyage to new destinations in the cosmos. More mysterious than its predecessor, it begins in ‘Empty Space’, one of several mood pieces whose desolate content fits with its title. ‘The Search for Exo Planets’ turns on the thrusters to slowly reach hyperspeed, with waves of pads washing over the percussion in flybys. Searching for signs of life, ‘Detection Device’ juxtaposes patterned bleeps with drifting, garbled synth transmissions, combining these elements with the steady rhythmic pulse as it maintains the mission. ‘Signature Unknown’ examines intercepted signals, attempting differentiation from background radiation. With echoing returns and rotating drums, ‘Phenomenon’ begins the next phase, circling an unknown object for closer examination. The brief, truncated ‘System Collapse’ and ‘No Return’ both suggest plans gone awry as dark undertones take over and rhythms disintegrate. ‘Phoenix’ finds the mission reborn and steadily gaining momentum once again, the slicing claps and driving toms powering onwards over pulsing bells to overcome alien interference.   

Allen - System Collapse

01. Empty Space
02. The Search For Exo Planets
03. Detection Device
04. Signature Unknown
05. Phenomenon
06. System Collapse
07. No Return
08. Phoenix

Release date: November 29th 2024
Pre-order now at: https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com

Written and produced by Allen
Mastered by Troels B-Knudsen
Words by Albert Freeman

Allen - System Collapse (Audio Previews)

'From Another Star' presents Declassified: Volume 2
For the second chapter in this series, we bring together a 
collective of forward-thinking artists exploring the depths of
futuristic soundscapes and interstellar rhythms—a continuation
of our exploration into the realm of sci-fi techno.

Declassified (Vol 2)

1.  Translate - Defusing at Mirage
2.  DJ Surgeles - Lost Civilization
3.  Mal Hombre - Absorption
4.  Son Of Magnus - Hydrogen Line
5.  Audio Resistance - Atomo
6.  Flashe - Interstellar Object
7.  CRØWN - Encore
8.  Decoder - Realm
9.  Michael Ferrell - Field Patterns
10. Allen - Strange Universe
11. Hugo Rolan - Geometría Estatica
12. A4 - Premonition

Release date: January 24th 2025
Pre-order now at: https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com

Written and produced by Various Artists
Mastering by Troels B-Knudsen
Atomo Mastered by Audio Resistance

Various Artists - Declassified Vol 2 (Audio Previews)

From Another Star’s first EP of 2025, Perimeter Four, creates an alliance between two techno forces spanning the globe while reaching for the cosmos.

Audio Resistance is an Italian techno producer whose catalogue stretches back to 2016, appearing on Lewis Fautzi’s Faut Section and Italian techno powerhouse Arts amongst others, and who heads his own Collapse imprint featuring work from noted producers and emerging names. Starting off his side with a nonstandard rhythmic frame, ‘Trappist’ uses the extra beats to build solidity, with reverberating zaps steadily circling around pillars of bass & kicks while uneasy atmospheric washes waft between the other elements. ‘Umami’ reels in the wayward impulses for more traditional techno structures, concentrating on dense, dystopian synth arrangements and subtle changes in percussion to drive it to a haunting conclusion.

A core artist on Richie Hawtin’s 2023 From Our Minds tour whose work has been featured on Glasgow legends Slam’s radio mix series and earned him a pair of EP releases on respected veteran Edit Select’s eponymous, long-running imprint, Declan James’ discography stretches back to 2016 and presents a futuristic, transfixing take on hypnotic, industrial and IDM-leaning techno, often found on his own Voidware label. More space-searching than Cronenbergian bloodbath, ‘Scanners’ applies classic techno ideas in a smooth arrangement for an outward-bound transmission. For the the EP’s title track, we find his dense, dark style in full effect, a murky low end and strange, intermittent echoed snare hits gradually building with bleeps and synth layers to a peak-time intensity even in its decidedly unsquared meter.

Audio Resistance & Declan James - Perimeter Four 

1. Audio Resistance - Trappist 1 c 
2. Audio Resistance - Umami
3. Declan James - Scanners
4. Declan James - Perimeter Four 

Release date: April 18th 2025
Pre-order now at: https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com/music

Written and produced by Audio Resistance & Declan James
'Trappist 1 c' and 'Umami' mastered by Audio Resistance
'Scanners' and 'Perimeter Four' mastered by Troels B-Knudsen

Audio Resistance & Declan James - Perimeter Four EP (Audio Previews)

Decoder is an emergent Dallas producer whose 1st appearances arrived in 2021 with a trio of albums, including Dark Shape on Mills’ mighty Axis, followed by further full lengths & numerous EPs on respected imprints such as Holland’s Float, Detroit’s Blank Code, and untouchable techno tastemakers Delsin, plus his own Toca, co-run with NYC-based Jay York, whose similarly hyperactive productivity defines their alliance. Already known across the US thanks to Hawtin’s From Our Minds tour, his worldwide notice is sure to increase with each high-profile release. From Another Star harnesses the stargazing end of his already-alien sound sphere on Vinveli, five tracks of midtempo trips saturated in extraterrestrial atmosphere.  
Cycling bleeps in ‘Gasui’ serve to enforce stasis over motion as he elegantly assembles a dynamic orbital system, with gaseous, evaporating clouds brushed aside to reveal its insistently chugging inner works. Dense, dark, and unstable, ‘Drona’ voyages through the center of a freshly-exploded supernova nebula still expanding rapidly, with deadly detritus flashing past the viewscreens. A rippling, zapping lead carves its way through the center of ‘447’, continuously assuming unfamiliar shapes while rotating elements surrounding it create organic, evolving forms. ‘Standing’ displays the pulsating, eroded tones and sparse percussion touch that defines his style, its midrange a bath of reverb wash while subtle, changeable elements intertwine. Forward movement is almost an afterthought: this is music of drift, a broken warp drive stranded in deep space while anxiety builds throughout the crew. ‘Service’ ends on a more strident tone, an eight-minute epic whose rising momentum blasts its astronauts firmly past our solar system into unsettling isolation. 

Decoder - Vinveli

1. Gasui
2. Drona
3. 447
4. Standing
5. Service

Release date: June 20th 2025
Pre-order now at: https://fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com/music

Written and produced by Decoder
Mastered by Troels B-Knudsen

Decoder - Vinveli (Audio Previews)

An established veteran in the world of sci-fi techno, the Swedish-born, Berlin-based Staffan
Linzatti arrives on From Another Star with a long legacy of accomplishments behind him. A trio of albums on Axis, Field Records, and Modularz, plus singles reaching back to the mid-2000s on respected sources like Stockholm LTD, Synewave, and many others places Linzatti in a rarefied realm of producers strongly dedicated to this particular style. ‘Journey Out’ launches the EP with a tone-setting trip towards the stars, a steady sequence pushing outwards while zaps and mysterious cosmic radiation suggest ominous events approaching. A tentative arrival at ‘Line Base’ establishes an orbit, the kick circling woozy accents in the bass and set against layers of drifting ambience and static. A rhythmic experiment named after its meter, ‘Seven’ emphasizes its asymmetry with heavily reverberated, insistent percussion, a forward, lopsided bass figure, and shuffling drums underlaid by uneasy drones. ‘Those Hands’ employs a marimba-like melody at its center surrounded by an array of alien sounds and set to a steady four beat pulse with shifting accents. With slowly pulsing bass, intermittent bleeps, and a sweeping, hollowed out, sustained synthesizer invading its middle, ‘Drawn Towards the Center’ is all details, occasional tinkling hits suggesting motion in a nebulous drift. ‘Infinites’ reaches even further out, this time with added propulsion, decaying melodies, and dramatic pad intrusions, sure signs that Linzatti’s infinite explorations continue unabated. 

Staffan Linzatti - Far Field

1. Journey Out
2. Line Base
3. Seven
4. Those Hands
5. Drawn Towards The Center
6. Infinites

Written and produced by Staffan Linzatti
Mastered by Troels B-Knudsen

Release date: August 1st 2025
Pre-order now at: fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com/music

Staffan Linzatti - Far Field (Audio Previews)

Sometimes quality arises in strange places, and in Spain Asturias has proven this maxim. Both a cradle and a destination for top names like Reeko, Oscar Mulero, and more, it boasts a formidable history in Spanish techno. Hugo Rolan is another Asturian producer of similar mindset whose modesty conceals a long germination spent learning his craft precisely. A DJ in the local underground scene for decades, he emerged in 2022 rapidly releasing quality full lengths and EPs on respected imprints like Warm Up, Axis, Semantica, Nachtstrom Schallplatten, and many others. Holograma Humano displays his studied sound over eight tracks of science fiction themed techno, a perfect alignment for From Another Star. Following a short, searchingly dark intro, ‘Escritura Imparcial’ launches into a distinctly Spanish space age, with looped melodic and bass figures grounding decidedly more alien treatments in the percussion and upper registers. ‘Vacio Compartido’ explores strange fields of bleeps ricocheting in varying pitches across the stereo field, letting immersive detailing draw in the listener. A woozy deep space flight propelled by subtle changes in the hats, ‘Avance Cosmico’ gains momentum on its way through careful addition and intermixing of parts. The echoed vocals in ‘Cuadricula Terrestre’ immediately suggest classic sci-fi sounds, and Rolan delivers an immaculate homage to that style with revolving phasers, drifting pads, intermittent outbursts of delayed claps, and sporadic bleeps. After another dystopian interlude ‘Velocidad Inexacta’ returns to a lusher, layered soundscape as the groove slowly assembles from subtle changes in parts into a driving techno blast. ‘Sección Inicial’ voyages home on lush pad chord changes and funky interplay between bass & percussion, gradually pulling in for a smooth landing at the base. 

Hugo Rolan - Holograma Humano

1. Estabilidad Solar  
2. Escritura Imparcial
3. Vacio Compartido
4. Avance Cosmico
5. Cuadricula Terrestre
6. Ultimo Concepto
7. Velocidad Inexacta
8. Sección Inicial

Written and produced by Hugo Rolan
Mastered by Troels B-Knudsen

Release date: September 26th 2025
Pre-order now at: fromanotherstar.bandcamp.com/music

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