A small note: This playlist is based on tracks that were primarily released on vinyl and are in my record collection. Techno is a broad term these days. It encompasses atmospheric techno sounds, including experimental ones and hard, uncompromising kicks, with an industrial soundscape. This list reflects this, as well as my own understanding of the genre.

Techno Vinyl

Hidden Tapes records presents its first various artists album. A curated selection of four tracks composed of artists who enjoy great esteem on the international scene: Blazej Malinowski, Dorian Gray, Ruhig and the internal project of the label owners themselves, Dark Division.

This V/A presents itself with eloquent techno sonorities, but many other nuances of different genres can be perceived. Sensations that range, immersive and impactful nuances to catapult yourself directly into typically dancefloor scenarios.

Hidden Tapes V.A. Vol.1 Snippets

Black Merlin - "TANKSPORT" - JG14

Black Merlin - "KLANG"- JG14

Black Merlin - "ISOLATION" - JG14

To be released March 27th.
Order here: https://pinkman.bandcamp.com/album/sformator-1-pbd14

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One of the most diverse artists in contemporary electronic music is back on Pinkman, with more than just another 12”. To give him the freedom to experiment and roam between different sounds, textures and influences, Black Merlin will be doing a trilogy of releases for Broken Dreams. The first one - Sformator 1, is a ghastly and infuriating techno EP. Dance floor obliteration assured and more is to follow. *** Download code included ***

Buy here

PBD14 | Black Merlin - SFORMATOR 1 (clips)

Rawkorder hails from Rennes, France and is the latest new artist signing for Sonic Groove.

His debut single on the label titled “Hounds” is a skillfully woven,  crisply produced four song EP of modern day Rhythmic Noise , Industrial, EBM and Techno. 

Rawkorder shows that speed isn't obligatory to make things rough and tough. With the BPMs not exceeding 126

sonicgroove.bandcamp.com/album/hounds

Rawkorder_Sonic Assault(Clip)

Each individual lives in his own private world different from those inhabited and experienced by others. Reality is our unique experience, one separate in all of its concealed obscurities. If reality differs from one man to the next then we speak of reality in plural form- sensation, emotion, experience in the scope of multiple realities. There is no absolute truth, only perception.

At the crux of perception is interpretation. The outcome of how we interpret and perceive is subjective depending on experience. Imprinted in our subconscious, the blue prints to our life experience, a collection of our most rigid and formal explorations- our hidden tapes. 

Within the ingenuity of our subconscious mind (oppressed by rationalism and civilization) resides the key to open imagination to see and perceive. The focus of Hidden Tapes is to release material spanning far beyond the notion of esthetic, with a cerebral approach in movement towards surrealism.

Stimulating consciousness through sound on a level to perform a more complicated series of operations of synthesis, the Hidden Tapes movement arouses senses to perceive objects in multi dimensional form. Through self-induced hallucination the magical realm to the rational world can be visualized in detail singular as the mind behind the visual.

Born from the desire to advance in an abstract experience of audio affairs by bringing to life perception through the unspoken