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 #833 (2022.02.07) : Zobol - Caelum [Wave Function Records]

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For this 31th Premiere of 2022, we have a track by the Electro Producer from Birmingham (UK) "Zobol" titled ‘Caelum’ from his forthcoming debut 2x12" Album "Waveform Trajectory" on Sound Synthesis' Vinyl label based in Malta : Wave Function Records.

"Zobol - Waveform Trajectory" should be available from February 21, 2022 in 2x12" vinyl.

Pre-orders up on all shops near you: Clone, Juno, Deejay, Phonica, Horizon Music, MyVinylRecord Shop and more!

Pre-order  :  
▶︎ Clone : www.clone.nl/item67646.html
▶︎ deejay.de : www.deejay.de/Zobol_Waveform_Trajectory_2x12_WF02_Vinyl__989428
▶︎ Juno : www.juno.co.uk/products/zobol-waveform-trajectory/860603-01

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Release Info :

Zobol - Waveform Trajectory [WF02]

Format: Vinyl 2xLP

Mighty fine Electro album from Zobol and a great follow up to the Sound Synthesis debut last year!

Sound Synthesis : "We move forward on to the second release on Wave Function , which comes by the amazing Electro Producer Zobol with his first ever Debut album Waveform Trajectory. Exciting stuff! 
I have always been a fan of Zobol's work and we have become good friends over the past years helping each other in music production tips, life problems haha and also collaborating together via his label Distorted Sensory Perception as well.
For me personally, Zobol is one of the best story tellers in the Electro scene and this album proves just that."

Previews : https://soundcloud.com/sound-synthesis-official/wf02-zobol-waveform-trajectory

Tracklist :
A1. First Contact
A2. Stranger's Echo Chamber
B1. Footwerk
B2. Caelum
C1. Sinking
C2. Schrödinger Equation
D1. Probability Density
D2. Wave-Particle Duality

Est. Release date: 21st Feb

Distributed by Under The Radar / Clone
Mastering : blackparticle
Artwork : Jon Chmielewski

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Follow Zobol :
Bandcamp : www.zobol.bandcamp.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/ZobolUK
Instagram : www.instagram.com/jonski.zobol
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/Zobol

Follow Wave Function Records : 
Facebook : www.facebook.com/wav3function
Instagram : www.instagram.com/wavefunctionrecords
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/sound-synthesis-official
Website : www.sonic-space-music.com/wavefunction

Waveform Trajectory

Caelum

TL PREMIERE : Zobol - Caelum [Wave Function Records]

Rise of the Machines is the debut collaboration between two exciting new players in the electro scene - Erik Griffoen & Ben Evans aka The Droid, who have been forging new sounds across a multitude of heavy tracks over the past two years that have picked up strong radio support from Dave Clarke on White Noise, Ralph Lawson on Exit Planet Earth and Qamar Sol on Space is the Place, alongside plays from by ADT, Paul Hierophant, Damo B and Dexorcist.

ROTM features four tracks of cutting edge electro that transition from peak time in the club to moments of pure tripped out musical bliss, all delivered with expert production and sound design.

Kicking off the release comes the title track ‘Rise Of The Machines’, this quirky yet nuanced excursion sets the pace, allowing it’s nifty ricocheting sequences, slick 808s, and tripped out ear candy to hit the clubs. ‘Prisoners features a wiggly bass led jam, plastered with synths and finished with a dash of vocoded vocals.

Onto the flip side - ‘Room And Pillar’ grabs the bull by the horns with a tough and aggressive bass line driven banger. Shrieking, twisted synth lines and FX are shattered across the track, keeping tension levels peaking, while TR808 rhythms cut through with military precision. Contrasting ‘The Neutral Zone’ sucks us into a deep atmospheric orbit of blissful yet inquisitive FM synthesis, distant emotive pads, fortified by warm stately bass tones.

A1 - Rise of the Machines
A2 - Prisoners
B1 - Room and Pillar
B2 - The Neutral Zone

VIS327: Lloyd Stellar X The Droid - Rise Of The Machines

We are glad to premiere a track of our beloved producer Low Tape. It will be out on V/A compilation by Scena Acid, a new label that is dedicated to acid music. 
The project was born after a forest trip in August 2021.

Artist: Low Tape / @low-tape
Title: "SCENA ACID"
Label: Scena Acid
Release date: 27 July 2022
Format: vinyl only
Buy: https://www.deejay.de/Various_SCENA_ACID_SCENAC1D_Vinyl__994451

PREMIERE: Low Tape — Personal Aced (Scena Acid, 2022)

Gladio Operations presents its sixth work, in which It returns to the format of various artists. In this third compilation tilted "The Analog Theory" we encounter various renowned producers from the electro scene in Europe.

This EP opens with the French producer Jauzas The Shining, with a fantastic track titled “Traveling Light” where we can hear his classic dark and hypnotic sound in all his productions.

Next up, we meet an old acquaintance of the label the Catalan producer Univac returns again showing off their forceful and aggressive rhythms, entering once again into more industrial territories.

Side B takes off with an exquisite cut by Lloyd Stellar tilted “Re-Entering Earth’s Atmosphere”. The Dutch artist who marks his debut in Gladio Operations, gifts us with an enveloping and very well molded track, with perfectly chosen melancholic harmonies.

German producer Martin Matiske who also debuts with Gladio Operations and has productions on prestigious labels such as Gigolo Records or Stilleben, is the chosen producer for the fourth track tilted “Telepathic Tuning”.

The EP closes with "Round Control" by the young and talented producer from Valencia, Uranio Empobrecido. This track is the most electronic on the EP and possesses the undeniable sound of Detroit, evident in each and every one of the sequences used.

Bandcamp

Lloyd Stellar - Re - Entering Earths Atmosphere

TL Premiere #1101 (2022.11.18) : /DL/MS/ - Mountains (214 Remix) [TRUST]

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For this 299th Premiere of 2022, we have the "214 (@214_electro) Remix" of the track by the Viennese Electro duo /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms) titled ‘Mountains’ from their forthcoming remix album "Calanhi Remixes" on the famous Viennese Electro label run by DJ Glow : TRUST (@trustvienna).

▶︎ "/DL/MS/ - Calanhi Remixes" will be available from December 5, 2022 here : https://trust.bandcamp.com/album/calanhi-remixes

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Release Info :

/DL/MS/ - Calanhi Remixes [TRUST // TRUST40.RX]

Austrian electro explorers /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms) assemble an international all-star crew of sonic scientists, rhythm agitators, and techno bass renegades to take apart and reconstruct their recent 'Calanhi' album.

Buckle up and join Electric Indigo (@indigo), 214 (@214_electro), Mister Bellini (@mister-bellini), Reptant (@reptant_the_lizard), Annie Hall (@anniehallmusic), Roger23 (@roger23), R 325 (@room325), Shun (@shun1music), and Beatprozessor (@beatprozessor) on a high-g warp-speed ride across the known electroverse.

Previews : https://soundcloud.com/trustvienna/trust40rx-dlms-calanhi-remixes

Tracklist :
1. Divide & Conquer feat. G.Rizo (Electric Indigo Remix)
2. Mountains (214 Remix)
3. Accelerated Frequency feat. xx Isis xx (Mister Bellini Remix)
4. Invisible Bits (Reptant's Lizard Tech Mix)
5. Brainphase Cancellation (Annie Hall Remix)
6. Divide & Conquer feat. G.Rizo (Roger23's offsync message dub to the master class of EQ-Aerobic abuse)
7. Scylla (R-325 Remix)
8. Accelerated Frequency feat. xx Isis xx (Shun Remix)
9. Trusted Funk (Beatprozessor's Trust Funk Baby)

Compiled by /DL/MS/ and gl03
Mastered by Keith Tenniswood (@radioactiveman)
Art by dextro_org

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Follow /DL/MS/ : 
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/5234698-DLMS
Facebook : www.facebook.com/d1m5z
Instagram : www.instagram.com/_dlms_music_
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/dl-ms
Website : www.dlms.works

Follow 214 :
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/133455-214
Facebook : www.facebook.com/214.electro
Instagram : www.instagram.com/214_electronix
RA : www.ra.co/dj/214
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/214_electro
Twitter : www.twitter.com/214isJAlvarez

Follow TRUST :
Bandcamp : www.trust.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/label/6898-TRUST
Facebook : www.facebook.com/TRUST.label
Instagram : www.instagram.com/trust.label
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/trustvienna
Twitter : www.twitter.com/trustvienna
Website : www.trust.at
YouTube : www.youtube.com/user/trustvienna

Calanhi Remixes

Mountains (214 Remix)

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TL PREMIERE : /DL/MS/ - Mountains (214 Remix) [TRUST]

Sin:it:sin and The Droid are back with their latest EP, "Compulsion"! This dynamic duo has teamed up to create an EP that explores the dark and ominous side of the electro genre.

Featuring four original tracks and remixes from Russian electro artists, Larionov and Synthezsman, "Compulsion" is an EP that will take you on a futuristic journey through the world of electro. Featuring aggressive beats, modulating basslines, and haunting soundscapes.

Art by Ruth Enyedi
Mastered by Hardenberg

Compulsion

Free Download

Sin:it:sin x The Droid - Compulsion EP (snippets)

https://soundcloud.com/shjva
https://soundcloud.com/penumbrum
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
🔊 https://youtu.be/y1u-ZPyCSfk

Musician and selector from Ukraine. Staying behind label and party series «Penumbrum District» based in Warsaw, and specializes in popularizing such areas of electronic music as dub, idm and trance. Strongly inspired by early goa and techno-house classics, she focusing on leftfield trippy sounds.

LAYER #321 | shjva

Arena - Sumgii remix

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reActive Lab closes the year with a special project from Dragne, one of the artists who has grown alongside the label’s identity and vision. Reboot is a compact EP, yet full of intention, built around a clear concept: reset, re-enter, reconnect. Dragne once again captures the essence of the reActive sound with a clean, rhythmic style, subtly tense and perfectly calibrated, where minimalism meets controlled energy—the hallmark of his work.

The three tracks of the EP form a cohesive narrative that acts as a statement for the end of the year: an opening (Reboot), a transition (Entry), and a stabilization (System). Together, they create an organic, direct atmosphere that stays true to reActive Lab’s DNA. The material is honest, without unnecessary embellishments, letting the groove take center stage, while the sonic architecture remains precise, mature, and evolving.

Reboot marks the final release of the year, closing this chapter with elegance and intention. Yet it also sends a clear message to our audience: a new era is coming. In the next year, reActive Lab will launch its first vinyl release and unveil a new visual identity, a rebranding designed to bring the label to a stronger, more defined presence in the scene.

Dragne delivers the perfect soundtrack for this transition—an EP that closes the year while opening a new chapter.

Reboot EP

RCV020 Bancamp

Dragne - Reboot [RCV020]

Electro label from Madrid run by @uhf-1 and Elesox.

Established in 2014.

Contact:  info@gladiooperations.com