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Sound Synthesis is the solo project of Keith Farrugia based in Malta. The small mediterranean island has an unlikely affinity with electro music and a strong scene that included the highly respected young producer Microlith, who sadly died aged only 24 years old. The scene continued on in his name with Sound Synthesis at the forefront with an array of heavy weight releases on labels such as Electro Records, Furthur Electronix, Infiltrate, and Specimen. 

The record imagines an ‘Electro Planet’, with a the title track engulfing the listener into a alien world run by Kraftwerk autonotons commanding synthesisers and vocoders live in harmony within it’s rich sonic landscape. ‘Robot Collision’ takes the record off into alien worlds with ominous overtones of spiralling synth lines, pulsating bass before descending into an abyss of modulation. 

On the flip, ‘Electronic Machines’ hits firmly at the peak time dancefloor and we can't wait to hear it back on the big systems where it belongs loaded with dense palpitating bass lines, protruding from the midst of slick 808s and soaring string embellishments, and a dash of vocoder fragmentation. The EP is nicely completed with ‘Energy Patterns’, the understated bomb of the record and a juggernaut of pure menace, hitting with a bass line that will decimate clubs like fabric, Fold and Panorama Bar on their return - think churning acid lines, shrieking synth FXs, and a huge electro groove - not for the faint hearted but that suits us just fine. 

A1 Electro Planet 
A2 Robot Collision 
B1 Electronic Machines 
B2 Energy Patterns

VIS328: Sound Synthesis - Electro Planet

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Barcelona-based production duo @permutation-music step up to deliver their second extended player on their own imprint, resulting in silky Detroit-shaped pads and downtempo electro.

Epicycles

Permutation - Manifold [Permutation]

Forthcoming EP for Spanish based label - MASA Series.
https://masaseries.bandcamp.com/album/masa-004

Preorders are up, and flying out... don't sleep!

PREORDER

MOY - MASA 004 (Preview Clips)

Artist: Lord Jalapeños
Title: Loser Machines
Label: Science Cult
Cat No: SCV04
Format: 2x12” colour vinyl (A-B is red & C-D is grey)

Tracklist: 

A1. Artificial Solar Energy System
A2. Digital Blood
A3. Bad Reception
B1. Structurally Disordered
B2. Mind Monitoring
B3. Organic Prototype
C1. Android Revolution
C2. Binary Turbulence
C3. Humanotronic
D1. False Emotion
D2. Stimulus
D3. Space Invaders

Lord Jalapeños explores the human machine with his debut Vinyl LP on Science Cult. Inspired by cyborgs, science fiction and real life experiences, Lord Jalapeños' IDM informed Electro vibe is on full display here with pounding rhythms, dark and sweeping bass lines and his signature bit reduction sound.

Artwork by Greta Haga.

Lord Jalapeños - Loser Machines - 2x12" (SCV04)

Gated's second compilation takes inspiration from the path less travelled, the earthen underbelly that binds disparate threads to its wonky centre.

So while the music here is from artists all over the world, each track is grounded in a quirky, off-kilter sound, from the opener by UK hardware house don @perseus-traxx to the closer by Space Agent, the alias of a yet-to-be unveiled techno artist.

In between we get Gated stalwarts @guavid, @polyseme, @acidulant, and @LloydStellar with their takes on the wonk, plus glassy-eyed electro from Austin, USA-based @collinsullivan, unusually banging fare from man of the moment @MOY, and broken techno from the criminally under-appreciated @StacieAnneChu.

There's also the reissued and remastered sub-bass squelcher Beta Carotene by @modifiedsounds, which was originally released in 1998 on UK breaks label Slalom.

Play it loud.

B2 Terrestrial Access Network - Liquid In Motion (Clip)

TL Premiere #1153 (2023.02.03) : Blackploid - Silent Room [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 18th Premiere of 2023, we have a track by the veteran German Electro DJ, producer & composer Martin Matiske, aka "Blackploid" (@martin-matiske), titled ‘Silent Room’ from his forthcoming LP "Enter Universe" on the independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music : Central Processing Unit (@cpurecords).

The album will be available on February 17, 2023 in Limited edition 2x12" vinyl LP + Digital. 

▶︎ Pre-order : https://shop.cpurecords.net/album/enter-universe

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Release Info :

Blackploid - Enter Universe 

Blackploid has become one of Central Processing Unit’s stalwarts in the past couple of years. Martin Matiske’s project contributed a trio of EPs to the Sheffield label across 2021 and 2022, with each of them showing off the kind of electro chops and production sensibilities that made Blackploid an ideal fit for an imprint which also boasts the likes of Cygnus, Silicon Scally and Bochum Welt among its catalogue.

Now, for CPU’s first release of 2023, Matiske levels things up with the debut Blackploid LP Enter Universe. Across these twelve tracks, Matiske leaves us in no doubt that he’s a prime mover in the world of modern electronic music. Enter Universe does not let up from start to finish, delivering a dozen pieces of leftfield electro that draws from the sound’s greats while also showcasing an unpredictability and flair that is all of Blackploid’s own.

The tone is set from the first frosty chords of opening cut ‘Pulsation’. The track traverses the starscape on pitter-patter drums and chirruping synths, a lively and slightly dystopian roller with an adventurous undercurrent reminiscent of classic Rephlex drops. It’s a style which Blackploid often draws for throughout the rest of Enter Universe, albeit with elements added or subtracted at each stage.

Indeed, this album features some of the most unusual production you will hear on any record this year. While the grooves pulse away in a manner reminiscent of Drexciya or Legowelt, Blackploid layers the mixes with a whole cornucopia of synth tones. ‘The Mission’ boasts a bleep-bloop breakdown that sounds like malfunctioning rotary telephones; ‘Silent Room’ is a ghoulish jam which harks back to Warp’s legendary Artificial Intelligence compilations; ‘Automatik’ and ‘Wormhole’ are defined by some brilliantly strange low-ends - you’ll be thinking of Mr. Oizo’s ‘Flat Beat’ with the wiggly former, while the gurgling, writhing anti-lead that dictates ‘Wormhole’ is oddly thrilling and more than befits the track’s title.

This inventive approach is also apparent in some of the structural choices on Enter Universe. While the tracks here all keep a steady, dancefloor friendly pulse, several of them surprise you by switching up the approach after a minute or two. ‘Pulsation’, ‘Automatik’ and ‘The Mission’ all feature moments where a new element - extra hi-hats, a synth line entering from leftfield - inject fresh impetus into the tune to keep the listener on their toes.

Blackploid may push the sonic envelope on Enter Universe, but this does not mean there is no room for melody. In particular, the cuts here which most strongly channel ‘Computer World’-era Kraftwerk do so by fronting some slyly tuneful work, particularly in the low end of the mix. ‘Unidentified’ serves up delightfully springy chords, ‘Cell Mutation’ leads from the bassline, and ‘Space Curve’ features little cells of melody and counter-melody working together to close Enter Universe out on a high.

Blackploid’s debut LP Enter Universe marries Drexciyan electro and Warp-school electronica with some brilliantly inventive production choices.

Tracklist :
01. Pulsation
02. Material Collapse
03. Planetary Nebula
04. Automatik
05. The Mission
06. Wormhole
07. Silent Room
08. IQ
09. Unidentified
10. Cell Mutation
11. Vacuum Movement
12. Space Curve

Enter Universe

Silent Room

TL PREMIERE : Blackploid - Silent Room [Central Processing Unit]

Espresso Ghetto - Echo Chamber

Beat a day 2 -  beat 03 - Cross md

Alien Prayer

I produced this cover song without using any MIDI data, stems or samples from the original song. Really it is more of a cover than it is a remix. I intentionally made it sound very similar to the original because I absolutely adore the original song and I was interested in paying tribute to it. This was produced using only the iPad app 'Korg Gadget'.

Carl Finlow - The Silent Years (DVS NME remix)

Gated Record Label for a variety of good music.