Hypnotic Techno

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Lewis Fautzi | The Gare Album [SOMALP107]

1 - Signal
2 - UVB-76
3 - The Other Side Of Reality
4 - Sick
5 - Range
6 - Loudness
7 - Opaque
8 - Hope
9 - Binary
10– Psychiatric
11- Other Planet

Soma welcome the debut album from the ever-growing roster of youthful talent as Lewis Fautzi drops The Gare Album, named in homage to The Gare Club, Porto, where Lewis made his discovery of Techno. A bold 4 track single debut gave rise to the album process midway through 2013 and under the careful supervision of Soma, Lewis has provided a definitive peak in his sound cultivated on the back of years of studio work. A collection of deep, dark and twisted techno awaits heralding a coming of age for the Portuguese native.

A droning, industrial vibe is immediate from the outset as Signal crackles into existence giving way to the cavernous UBV-76 with its concrete swathes of noise. High intensity pings form the depths give a sense of what is to come. Intriguing, broken beats deepen proceeding as Lewis takes things to The Other Side of Reality. A momentarily respite before he begins to open things up. Blocker takes the tempo up a notch with a thumping kick and looped out chaotic synths that slowly build the tension. This brooding atmosphere is carried on into the tweeked out and mesmerizing Sick, the punishing, bleeped workout of Range and the relentless, discord of Loudness. By this point Lewis has really worked up into a frenzy. Tight percussive workouts keep this album firing on all cylinders. A short interlude is offered as Opaque drifts quickly through the chaos of this straight to the floor album. Through the darkness, a glimmer of Hope shines through, albeit a cold and fleeting techno version as Lewis leaves you bare and bleeding. Yet more dance floor action as the elasticated synths of Binary (recently remixed by Spanish techno don Oscar Mulero) tear through the backbone of the album. By far Lewis’ most destructive track. The static buzz of Psychiatric is a welcome come down from the headiness of the previous track allowing Lewis to lead us through the black hole, ending on the Other Planet. It’s swirling, vortex like pads sliced open with subtle percussive, other worldly bleeps. A fitting end to this hyperactive techno journey.

A definite maturity in production shines through on this fantastic LP from Fautzi as he creates a cold and calculating output, clearly focused on the future. The Gare Album has allowed Fautzi to express himself fully through electronic music, a task that he has taken to whole-heartedly.

Mastered by Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Mastering

Released by: soma
Release/catalogue number: Soma LP107
Release date: Mar 24, 2014 

5. Lewis Fautzi - Range [Soma Records]


Release date (3LP, cd & digital format): 3rd of November

TRACKLIST
1. Ø [Phase] - Insectoid
2. Lucy - Sana Sana Sana Cura Cura Cura
3. Ctrls - x.y
4. Rødhåd - Haumea
5. Planetary Assault Systems - The 808 Track (Parts 1 and 2)
6. James Ruskin - No Trace
7. Surgeon - Fixed Action Pattern
8. Inigo Kennedy - Arcing
9. Karenn - Pace Yourself

INFO
It was early 2007 when Inigo Kennedy inaugurated Token. Since that Identify Yourself 12” the Belgian label has gone from strength to strength, integrating both Kennedy and Ashley Burchett, aka Ø [Phase], into becoming integral cogs in the Token machine. In between releases by Grovskopa, Oscar Mulero and Go Hiyama, both Ø [Phase] and Inigo Kennedy dominated Token’s output, but it wasn’t until Burchett’s watershed Binary Opposition that Token received the shower of praise it deserved. Following this, label founder Kr!z issued three remix 12”s of that release which, including Token regulars, took in a profound cast of producers to reprocess “Binary Opposition” by the way of Sigha, Peter Van Hoesen, Planetary Assault Systems and Ben Klock. It was here Token stamped their authority on contemporary techno.

Since then Token has grown exponentially, bringing into their fold artists like Xhin, Mark Broom and Rødhåd, while Ctrls, formally one half of Northern Structures, has seen his solo career flourish on Token with the release of five records to date, and he joins Inigo Kennedy and Ø [Phase] as a label stalwart. Additionally this year, Orphx and Ancient Methods debuted their relentless Eschaton collaboration on Token, and Christian Wünsch’s Spherical Coordinates dalliance with Oscar Mulero has gained even more momentum with a second release called Kinematics Equations. Now, seven years after that debut Kennedy record, Token present Aphelion, a nine-track CD and triple vinyl grandstand of new and exclusive material from label regulars and like-minded artists whom Token founder Kr!z specifically commissioned for this milestone release.

The penultimate record before Aphelion was a second Token 12” by Rødhåd, another artist adding to the cultivation of the label’s sound and roster, and for this compilation the Berliner supplies his cosmically inspired “Haumea”. Joining the Dystopian founder on Aphelion are three of the UK’s most influential techno artists: Surgeon, James Ruskin and Luke Slater under his Planetary Assault Systems alias who provide Token with solo material for the first time after previously appearing on the imprint in remix form. Entirely new names to grace the label via Aphelion include Stroboscopic Artefacts founder Lucy, and Blawan and Pariah's Karenn project, while label faithfuls Inigo Kennedy,  Ø [Phase] and Ctrls naturally commit three Token defining productions.

Casting one’s eye over Token’s back catalogue and it’s clear to see the label is a staunch advocate of absolute techno, remaining steadfast in issuing quality material that remains true to classic strands of the genre regardless of its popularity flux. In that respect, Aphelion - a word used to describe the point in orbit when a planet or comet is farthest from the sun - provides a simple analogy that the magnetic force of Token, unfazed by the shadows cast by popular opinion, will proudly shine light on their artists and given styles. 

“We started in an era where our genre was very unpopular,” Kr!z explains. “And in the end that seemed a big advantage for us, because when everyone was giving up, we started our mission.” Regularly hosting label nights in prominent clubs around the world, Token has become a label supported by a wide-ranging body of artists like Âme and Ben Klock to Efdemin, Truss and Ancient Methods. With the label now branching out into album and compilation territory, Token’s duty to techno may not yet be accomplished, but it’s been a job well done.

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords

Aphelion

Karenn - Pace Yourself

Track: Eclipse
Artist(s): Andrea Riffo
Label: Raw Pendulum
Catalog: RP021
Release Date: 16/10/2025
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Mastering: Raw Pendulum
Artwork: Papeer

Artist links: 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/andre-riffo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreriffo/


Label links:

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rawpendulum
Bandcamp: https://rawpendulum.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/rawpendulum

Pre-Order Link: https://rawpendulum.bandcamp.com/album/eclipse

GTG Premiere | Andrea Riffo - Eclipse [RP021]

Artist: Makaton
Title: 'Devour'
Label: Rodz-Konez
Cat. #: MAK069
Format: Digital
Release: 31st October,​ ​2025
Pre order: https://rodz-konez.bandcamp.com/album/every-moment-repeat-mak-069

Sounds From NoWhere is pleased to premiere a new Makaton' gem on his own imprint.

/every.moment<repeat> invites you to lose yourself in repetition, to find beauty not in the unique, but the endlessly replayed – memories looping, moments folding back on themselves. 
A sound-world that asks: if you could return to any moment forever… would you?

Turning the Japanese concept of ichi-go ichi-e – the fleeting, unrepeatable encounter – on its head, Makaton reshapes impermanence into recurrence, fragility into permanence.

/every.moment<repeat> does not simply capture this paradox, it embodies it. 
Each track opens a doorway to déjà vu, to the familiar transformed, tempting you with the possibility of endless return, where memory and presence collapse into one.

Dark, hypnotic and uncompromising, this is more than an album. 
It is a statement of intent: to fracture time, lure you astray, and prove that repetition can be revelation.

@m-k-ton
@rodz-konez

Premiere: Makaton - Devour [Rodz-Konez]

Domtare - Toxic (Original Mix)

After his joining with Ostgut Booking in 2015, his contribution to the Ostgut Ton | Zehn compilation and two 12“es on Ben Klock’s Klockworks label, Ukraine-born, now Berlin-based producer and DJ Etapp Kyle debuts on Unterton.

As with his previous releases Etapp Kyle captures his playful, multi-layered Techno endeavours with single-word track titles: Continuum EP starts off with “Opto”, an atmospheric track with fazing bleeps, ensouled synths and subdued claps – a prime example of his great feel for musical detail. “Ahora” builds upon this vibe with more asynchronous drum patterns, well placed drips of melody, distant pulses, mesmerizing pads and hints of rattles amongst other percussion.

The EPs title track “Continuum” is distinctive through its use of industrial hammer jabs and reduced, puzzling synth pads that are counteracted by a more dominant, steady and stubborn kick drum. “Limb” contrasts unconventional pulsating, hypnotic synth tones with sharp claps and snare sounds, and rounds off this 12“ of all new, puristic and futurist Techno, catering as much to the darker corners as to the brightest spots of the dance floor.

Etapp Kyle | Continuum

Hot on the heels of Par Grindvik's well acclaimed Aged EP, Stockholm LTD returns with another fully-loaded Various Artist release. 'Patch One' is the first out of two EP's, welcoming and introducing four new artists to the label. Laval, Oliver Rosemann, Jeff Rushin, Z.I.P.P.O. 

'Patch One' A number of things, of the same kind, growing or fastened together, this is 'Patch One'

1 - Laval - The Emotion Machine
2 - Oliver Rosemann - Through The Woods
3 - Jeff Rushin - Form
4 - Z.I.P.P.O - The Worst

Release date: June 16th 2017

01 - Laval - The Emotion Machine - Sthlm LTD 044

Rhomb - Kompas [MOD032]

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing. In the case of Yan Cook all come together in harmony. Yan joins the label with 4 very well crafted cuts. after a very steady profile and career. now is the time to make him shine even more. Listen: bit.ly/2s0rmNX
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Buy the 12" Worldwide or in these online shops: 
Vinyl: fanlink.to/CpA - #ARTSRECORDS
Digital: Always 1 week after the vinyl release. 02/02/18

A1. Yan Cook - Sand

Silent Age EP

Memories Of An Unconnected Era

Hidden Conspiracy

"If Only - A State Of Peace" by @nurjaberbeirut will be released on May 14th through her own @osfmusic. More info: bit.ly/NurJaber

If Only - A State Of Peace

Info

Nur Jaber - When the Sun Sets (The End is Near Edit)

Edit Select & Teste - Ascend (Amotik Remix)

SUM 6

Industrialyzer - Pulse

NIHAD TULE // SHATTER

Elektronski zvučni zapis, program, sinteza i sekvence Nihad Tule za Sloboda 2013. Matrica Robert Elster. Distribucija za svijet Subwax Bcn. Sva prava zadržana.

SLOBODA // SLBD8413001 // SLBD8418001 (Monochrome Repress)

http://slobodamusic.com
http://discogs.com/release/4248225
https://youtube.com/user/SLBD0000000

Full length - http://youtu.be/ESgGA02i9mg

© 2013 Sloboda

Buy @ SLOBODA Bandcamp

Nihad Tule - Shatter (Sloboda SLBD8413001)

The Rapture

Burned Hand (Emmanuel Remix)

After a deep exploration of several kinds of electronic dance music, in a broad evolutionary path, Giorgio Gigli’s music has assumed an intense and personal form of communication.
The modules emerging from his compositions run across a process where moods are transformed into waves, layers and substrates that are ready to catch and overwhelm the listener without changing original content.

His skill is to transmit an accurate signal using undiscovered frequencies inspired by desolate and noir tinged landscapes. Giorgio transforms his material. Voids, pitfalls, drones and dilated melodies become intricate, sophisticated, and hypnotic rhythmic equipment that runs the risk of constantly changing classicist techno aesthetics in a conceptual derivation close to his soul.

Giorgio loves ambient music that dues to its descriptive power allows him to analyze and render every vibration and vision, both during production and his long dj sets, where he explores empty rooms that are filled with vintage recordings, ethereal drones and field sonority. This particular working method is also reflected in his harder sets, where rhythm increases tension while it is moving forward unchallenged through industrial echoes, robotic tricks and building grooves that produce shaped variations of his meaning. Substance thickens to provide a thoughtful and reflexive listening experience.

All these elements are poured into his project “Zooloft Records”, the platform that represent him in a past few years. Now his techno vision involved into new collaborative projects with Speedy J’s Electric Deluxe and Perc (“Endless” project). Starting from 2011 the collaboration with Electric Deluxe has established an intense relationship ferrying his DJ set in a new dimension where it combines an industrial/dark approach with a solid stream techno club-oriented


Memories Of An Unconnected Era

Giorgio Gigli

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