Gladio Operations' tenth release touches down with the third volume of the Split Machine Series, which bears the signatures of KafkaCtrl and UHF and marks the end of this electrifying trilogy.

Side A kicks off with "KafkaCtrl", where we discover cuts "Hashing Technic" and "XOR Calculator", which seem freshly extracted from a thriller, full of intriguing passages and wrapped in a delicate and assembled bassline. The French artist gifts us a last cut titled "Integer Corruption", where we distinguish a more rhythmic path impregnated with dark textures.

The owners of the UHF label resume their presence by taking charge of closing the EP with two powerful tracks. First off, "Floating Pimps" transports us to an absolute level of psychedelia, which we have already experienced in their past works, and a characteristic trademark of the Spanish duo. "The Threat Of Machines", which closes the EP, takes us into a state of extreme intensity, where UHF squeezes out a wild and incessant bassline from beginning to end.

Side A written and produced by KafkaCtrl
Side B written and produced by UHF
Side B mixed by Miguel Sar at Javhastudios
Mastered by Boris Divider
Graphic Design by Silvia Miguez
Distributed by Bordello A Parigi

links:

soundcloud.com/gladiooperations
www.facebook.com/gladiolabel

Bandcamp

Split Machine Vol.3

Marguerite Records proudly welcomes Northern Europe's machine funk masters, @harlemelectronics, as the 17th label output.

Cagey is a punchy cocktail of sly bass hooks, raw machine grooves, and found sounds, all tied together by vocals that shape-shift from staccato statements to haunted murmurs and back again. Featuring six tracks including a remix by Colombian producer Filmmaker. The opener Cagey sets the tone with an elastic, Liaisons Dangereuses-esque bassline coiling around its tail and a propulsive electro beat juxtaposed with the track's cadenced vocals. Blynde amps up the hypnotic feel a notch by throwing a momentum-building bass, snatches of words from the experimental film Anti-Clock, and detached vocals into the blender. The result is street electro evoking a secret discotheque in Rimini in 1985, overtaken by disaffected mutants. Ending the A-side is the slow burner Lawn Preacher, which builds cinematic tension with a synth hook straight from the depths of Ralf Hütter's subconscious. The sly hip-wrecker Coast to Coast kicks off the B-side by setting the tempo to a syrup-laced new beat pulse. This is the soundtrack for a car cruising along the outer reaches of a tropical beach at night. Next, Slovak Casinos picks up the pace with funky techno at its dirtiest. The track's coy vocals beckon the listener to enter a dizzying gambling world of random numbers, slot machines gone kaput, and card counters losing track. On the record’s final track, Colombian beat wizard @flmmkr kicks the gears into turbo drive on his demented speed-addicted remix of Slovak Casinos. Cagey is defined by a dry, cheeky irreverence that keeps it uncompromisingly fresh and forward-leaning. Prepare yourself for a mind-altering experience with each listen, as this record sets a new standard for electronic music operating at the outskirts of the dance-floor.

Limited edition of 50 professionally dubbed tapes.
Produced by Johan Skugge and Martin Thomasson.
Slovak Casinos remixed by Filmmaker
Mastered by Francesco Brini (Spectrum Mastering)
Artwork by Alessio Di Mezza
Duplicated in Milan, 2024.

MRG017. Harlem Electronics - Cagey

From Copenhagen Electro Alliance Volume 8
https://copenhagenelectroalliance.bandcamp.com/album/copenhagen-electro-alliance-volume-8
Mastered by Rude 66

Brain Enterprise - Sipp

Video :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyLL1iP43jo

VA - Shipwrec Electro Sampler 1  [SHIP071]
(Turquoise marbled 12") out now on Shipwrec Records!
Digital:
https://manasyt.bandcamp.com/track/row-hammer-shipwrec
 
A1  Serge Geyzel - Still There?
A2  Endfest - La Chouffe
A3  MANASYt - Row Hammer
B1  Andrew Red Hand - No War
B2  Alpha Visitor - Inter Limit
B3  Jauzas The Shining - Shemale

Vinyl available in all good shops!

Electro is fundamentally modern. The coldness of the machine laid bare, a human attempt to express through circuits and wiring. Despite adhering to specific codes and norms, it is a sound that refuses to be pigeonholed. It is with this in mind that Shipwrec has collected a wealth of international talent to showcase their own vision of this bracing style. Serge Geyzel incises from the needle drop, the acid blistered "Still There" is sliced and quartered by scissoring snares. Endfest changes the trajectory with the modular warmth of "La Chouffe" before the lines change and Manasyt delivers the darkened angles and punishing percussion of "Row Hammer." Andrew Red Hand maintains the shadowy synthlines of his predecessor, industrial undertones bubbling to the surface in distortion-soaked aggression. The mood shifts with Alpha Visitor. Crystalline chords are punctured by crisp drum patterns, stabbing keys and broad arcs unveil a world of sci-fi inspirations. The finale comes from Jauzas the Shining. Broad sweeps introduce "Shemale" before dripping drums are countered by samples and icy blasts. Modern machine music from six masters.

MANASYt - Row Hammer

KafkaCtrl - Hashing Technic

KafkaCtrl - Integer Corruption

KafkaCtrl - XOR Calculator

UHF - Floating Pimps

UHF - The Threat Of Machine

B1 Neonicle - Combination

As our fourth release we are extremely excited to present an EP from Leszek Romaniak, hiding under X-Truder, a Polish artist currently based in the UK.
Since childhood, music has always had an important place in Leszek's life. As a teenager he was into rap, breakdancing and graffiti, sometimes listening to Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin and Photek. It was around that time that turntables and scratching/vinyl playing caught his attention, but it was Dave Clarke and his techno-electro DJ sets that blew Leszek's mind. Then he decided he wanted to do it too and immersed himself in electronic music: Umek, Chris Liebing, DJ Hell, Hacker, Dopplereffekt. Eventually Leszek bought a pair of Technics 1210s and started collecting vinyl records and DJing. He did this for almost 20 years under different names. Obviously the next step was to produce music, but he didn't take it seriously until 2018 when he started «X-Truder».

We've always been deeply captivated by his unbridled pure energy of ripping beats and rhythms with a strong edge of distortion and timbral diversity. Which is also what our release confirms. Literally with German machine precision, Leszek builds his powerfully effective structures and imagery, at the same time that have a fundamentally wild and unbridled energy emanating from the drums.

Tracklist:
1. Microbeats 
2. Automatic Behaiviour
3. Melt
4. 00 764 0 00

Written and produced by @lesh-romaniak
Mastered by @benpest

drumWERK

SBDM Premiere: X-Truder "drumWERK" EP [Strange But Dance Music]

The track: "KoolGuy", represents Survivors vol.2 V/A FLOWTAPE.
Artist: @m-parent
Title: Survivors vol.2
Label: FLOWTAPE
Release date: 24 January 2025

Mastered by Mu Mastering
Artwork by Volchok Team

Bandcamp: flowtape.bandcamp.com/album/survivors-vol-2

Soundcloud: @flowtape_records

M Parent – KoolGuy

Out now: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/constellations-vol-2

EP playlist: soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/va-constellations-vol-2-mtron041

UMWELT, DJ MELL G, Unklevon, Viikatory, Ben Pest, PRZ, Ori and Ctrls line up for the second EP in Mechatronicas new “Constellations" series of VA releases, with a powerful and hypnotic set of heaters across the electro and techno spectrum 🫧🛸 

Constellations Vol. 2 releases March 7th.

@gal-prz


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instagram.com/mechatronicamusic

Constellations Vol. 2

[ Buy on Bandcamp ]

PRZ & Ori - Be Scared Of Clowns [MTRON041]

SF325 | slowed

Rose VA Compilation 2xLP - Hypress setzt 2020 auf einen
Neustart. Neue Dekade heißt: neuer Look, neue Künstler, neues
Team und die lang ersehnte Label-Compilation als Doppel LP. Des
Labels bisher größtes Werk dient als Werkschau und gleichzeitige
Schärfung des eigenen Portfolios - auf der LP finden sich sowohl
lokale Leipziger Electronic-Musiker, als auch renommierte
internationale Künstlern wieder. Der konsequente Umgang
verschiedener Genres zeitgenössischer Clubmusik ist ganz typisch
für den bisherigen Label-Katalog, so werden auch diesmal 12
verschiedene Tracks im Spannungsfeld zwischen Techno und
Electro auf Vinyl vorgestellt, sowie zwei weitere digitale Bonus
Tracks. Kurios große Summen an Roséwein im gemeinsamen
Studio-Kühlschrank wurden nicht nur zum Running Gag, sondern
zum namensgebenden LP-Titel.

BB2 - Interviews - Resonating

Artist: Privacy https://soundcloud.com/privacyprivacy
Track: The Net
EP: VA002
Label: Mind Controlled Rectifier https://soundcloud.com/mindcontrolledrectifier
Release date: February 5, 2021
Format: Digital
Pre-order: https://mindcontrolledrectifier.bandcamp.com/album/va002

DT PREMIERE: Privacy - The Net (Mind Controlled Rectifier, 2021)

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

Established in 2014.

Contact:  info@gladiooperations.com

UHF - Floating Pimps

Gladio Operations

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