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German electro producer Martin Matiske has recently breathed new life into his Blackploid alias. The project’s revival continues to bear fruit with the Strange Stars EP, Matiske’s third Blackploid release of 2021 and second for Central Processing Unit after issuing March’s Cosmic Traveler EP through the Sheffield label.

Blackploid’s two CPU drops have more in common than just stargazing titles. Those who enjoyed Cosmic Traveler will find plenty to like again in these four tracks, with Matiske serving up another quartet of snappy machine-funk joints this time around. However, while there is certainly a throughline between Cosmic Traveler and Strange Stars, this EP also finds Blackploid pushing the envelope at points by taking risks with his synth tones which thrill and enliven the record.

In keeping with the cosmic theme of Blackploid’s recent output, Strange Stars kicks off with ‘Star Patrol’. While this opening cut is full of the same needle-gun basslines and dinky synths that characterised Cosmic Traveler, the drum programming eschews the broken beats favoured by many in the scene for a straight house/techno snap. It makes for a very groovy jam, one with Drexciya, Computer World-era Kraftwerk and a pinch of Space Dimension Controller in its mix.

Indeed, the only track on Strange Stars which skips along on a broken beat is second entry ‘The Signal’. ‘The Signal’ also features some of Blackploid’s most impressive electronics programming to date, announcing itself with a brilliantly unusual synth that sounds like an old video game unit which has just gained sentience. When this alien tone is combined with another precision-engineered bassline the track invokes the grizzly bangers of the L.I.E.S. label, though the keyboard stabs which enter periodically also hint to the funkier electro of, say, Egyptian Lover.

‘The Unseen’, the first B-side of Strange Stars, finds Blackploid bringing together many of the things which made the two previous tunes such standouts. A steady four-on-the-floor and a slightly haunted feel to the synth choices casts back to ‘Star Patrol’, but much like ‘The Signal’ this joint also features some rather weird tones which are a hair’s breadth away from machine malfunction. It’s a feeling which runs through to closing cut ‘Light Corridor’, a number where melodies and anti-melodies zip around an array of gurgling electronic cells.

Martin Matiske’s fine run of Blackploid EPs continues with the intergalactic electro stylings of Strange Stars.

RIYL: Drexciya, Cardopusher, Legowelt, Beau Wanzer, Jensen Interceptor

Strange Stars

Blackploid - Strange Stars

TL Premiere #1060 (2022.10.14) : MSTEP - Hidden Units [Sounding Functions]

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For this 258th Premiere of 2022, we have a track by Vienna’s electronic music underground DJ, Producer and Live/Studio-Musician since 1995 "MSTEP" titled ‘Hidden Units’ from his forthcoming Album "A Fish Eye View Of Problems" on his own electronic music label : Sounding Functions.

▶︎ The Album will be available from October 17, 2022 on digital on Bandcamp :  https://m-step.bandcamp.com/album/a-fish-eye-view-of-problems

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Release Info :

MSTEP - A Fish Eye View Of Problems

11 electro tracks that continue the story of "cold dust" (TRUST28), "logistic regression" & "random forest" (sounding functions). production styles range from fastpaced, dark & smashing bangers over twisted & acidified deep rollers to
bouncing electro-funk swingers complemented with a certain dose of IDM-ish moodyness and melancholy. featuring cover-artwork by chris hessle reflecting the emotional state of the album with uncanny perfection "a fish eye view of problems" presents a viennese perspective on uk club culture if you will.

Being part of Vienna’s electronic music underground as a DJ, Producer and Live/Studio-Musician since 1995, MSTEP’s basslines where featured on several releases by Pulsinger & Tunakan’s label Cheap Entertainment. From his first appearance on „Puta“, a track on the album „Carrera“ by Sluts & Strings & 909 in 1996 onwards, MSTEP a.k.a. Martin Stepanek regularly pushed the studio buttons alongside the legendary producer duo until it’s split in 2004. Besides being a live/studio bassist on projects such as B.Low, Restaurant Tracks and Louie Austen, MSTEP released music with his band 550 Rondy and with the lo-ser gameboy pocketnoise-project on Cheap Entertainment and on Temp~ Records. In 2011 MSTEP launched his own label Sounding Functions and released various EPs there. 2017 saw the Release of "Cold Dust" on Berlin Electro Label TRUST. MSTEPs Music combines various influences coming from IDM, Ambient, Detroit Techno/Electro, Jungle/Drum&Bass and Dubstep.

Tracklist :
01. Polyploidy
02. DepressionNet
03. Fog Computing
04. Chi Square Detector
05. Plastic Dreams 21
06. Hidden Units
07. Triadic Closure
08. Adversarial Attack
09. A Fish-Eye View Of Problems
10. Noliuc43
11. Towards a trustful digital world

Cover design by Chris Hessle

Snippets : https://soundcloud.com/sounding_functions/mstep-a-fish-eye-view-of-problems-snippets

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Follow MSTEP :
Apple Music : www.music.apple.com/de/artist/mstep/614241570
Bandcamp : www.m-step.bandcamp.com
Beatport : www.beatport.com/artist/mstep/330170
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/85243-Martin-Stepanek
SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/mstep

Follow Sounding Functions :
Bandcamp : www.soundingfunctions.bandcamp.com
Beatport : www.beatport.com/label/sounding-functions/31623
Clone D\G\T \L : www.clone.nl/digital/label/Sounding+Functions
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/sounding_functions

A Fish Eye View Of Problems

Hidden Units

TL PREMIERE : MSTEP - Hidden Units [Sounding Functions]

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Ambien Baby (D. Tiffany & NAP) present Transfusion, a four track offering of uninhibited dance floor psychedelia. Twisted rhythms, deconstructed breaks and throbbing baselines appropriate for the mind and the floor; an invitation to introspection & oblivion. Recorded in Vancouver, BC, at Sweet Pup Studios between 2017 & 2018 by D. Tiffany & NAP.

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SCI-FACT is a Bristol-based record label interested in the realm of underground electronic music, unrestricted by genre. The second release comes in the form of a 4 track VA, showcasing some of Bristol’s finest.

Creation of a Positron takes us on a journey through breakbeat, acid, bass and electro, sculpting a path through the vastness of inter-particle space.

utopia cloak : @mynameisharry
Yushh : @yushh
Zobol : @zobol
lee : @leeboiacid

SF002 | VA - Creation of a Positron

Everything that’s happening right now in Australia is terrifying... With so much loss already, increasingly dangerous weather conditions and a useless government there is a lingering feeling of sadness and anxiety in all of us now and for the days to come. Inspired by the ways of others I have decided to use my music as a way to help. Against The Flames consists of 4 unreleased tracks with 100% of the profits going towards the ‘Fire Relief Fund for the First Nations Communities’. Stay safe and to those who can please continue to donate to those who need it. 

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'Fire Relief Fund for the First Nations Communities' 
au.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities 

"The aim of this fundraiser is to offer a culturally sensitive, specific direct support to some of those communities with critical costs to cover expenses including the following 

- temporary relocation costs (hotel expenses, fuel, renting, possible medical needs) 

- other basic amenity and emergency relief costs to assist with this very difficult time such clothing, miscellaneous vital personal items. 

- refurbishment of damaged property where applicable 

- resettling expenses where applicable 

- ongoing rental support where necessary 

- replacement of vital items i.e damaged medical equipment, clothing, toiletries, other vital personal belongings." 

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I'd like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, as we pay respect to elders past and present.

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Label started by Anil Lal, Jay Lal and (Majkel Graphic Designer.) Set to release acid based electronix on limited pressings of 200.

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