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Rene Wise - Pleasure Note

Originally released in 2002, “Harnessed the Storm” was conceived as the opening chapter of the legendary seven Storms – a series of seven albums created within a single year and released via several labels under different names. “Harnessed the Storm” was the sole one in the series credited under the main Drexciya project.
The album, which is considered to be one of the pair's darkest, was produced in a time of creative outbreak and emo- tional turbulence. The duo's confidence was at a peak, new techniques revolutionized musical production, but the duo also had to face Stinson's severe health issues. This led to a radical shift of pace in producing and releasing music. For the Detroit pair it was time to move on from their ground-breaking past. It was time for some shape shifting and wave jumping to occur, in Drexciya’s terms.
This is reflected two-folds on the ten cuts of “Harnessed the Storm”. With seven different album projects in the pipeline, Stinson and Donald were able to give the atmospheres and structures of each individual work a more distinct focus, resulting in longer pieces and more defined moods. “Harnessed the Storm” integrated classic Drexciyan dance floor moments like “Under Sea Disturbances” and “Digital Tsunami”, brooding experiments like “Dr. Blowfins' Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres” and “Aquatic Cataclysm” which rank with the most abstract, alien and stark in their catalogue, and a few choice cuts of wave-cruising beauty into a cohesive whole – the disparate elements fused by an all-permeating sonic dread.
“Harnessed the Storm” is as much the uncanny silence before the storm - looming in the unknown, as the storm itself, making this album at once an incredibly focused sound production, as well as a journey of highest emotional complexity.
Another masterful lesson in futurist dance music from one of its strongest forces.

Harnessed The Storm

BANDCAMP

Drexciya - Digital Tsunami

Marcal is back for round two on Dustin Zahn’s Enemy Records with “Cyber Dystopia.” Marcal’s trademark grooves and clever vocal processing make this one of his most exciting and hypnotic records yet. It’s pure class…there isn’t much else to say!

BUT we have to try anyway…
“Cyber Dystopia” starts off with Bionic Jungle, a trippy peak time roller sprinkled with uh, lifeforms or something? We haven’t been able to identify them, which is just proof that Marcal is living on another planet we haven’t been to yet. We’re standing by for the invite.

Moravex’s Paradox picks up where Bionic Jungle left off…chugging along in his signature style. It’s loopy. It’s tooly…but still heavy on the grooves, making it a perfect fit in deep and peak time sets alike.

Nothing About the United States hits a little harder and darker. Dissonant drones and catchy sound design take over, flipping the switch from “party” to “punish.” For fans of his recent track on Enemy, “Never Wrote This.”

Don’t Fear the Three is a classic Marcal percussive workout in heads-down mode. It’s as equally powerful as every other track on the record.

“Cyber Dystopia” is all about the world we are living in right now: artificial intelligence, smart houses, smartphones, self-driving cars, deepfakes, fake news, cybernetic warfare, metaverse, social networks, the internet of things, machine learning, virtual reality...
We are definitely entering a new stage of civilization, the post-modern era.
But,
Are we living an 'apocalypse of self-abdication' already? Or we are, as humans, simply evolving as technology evolves? There will ever be a limit to technology? Will it help as much it can also destruct?

We will find out soon.

Buy links:
https://link.newsdistribution.be/Cyberdystopia
https://enemyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cyber-dystopia
https://hardwax.com/02473/marcal/cyber-dystopia/
https://www.deejay.de/Marcal_Cyber_Dystopia_ENEMY039_Vinyl__1012070
https://www.decks.de/track/marcal-cyber_dystopia/ckq-vj

Follow Marcal: @laertemarcal
Follow Enemy Records/Dustin Zahn: @dustin-zahn

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A2. Moravec's Paradox

Unissued Series Part 2 consists of 3 tracks with varying vibes and atmospheres, united by their distinct yet driving low ends.

Often times when preparing for a mix or club night I put a lot of focus on the low ends of tracks, as I see it as the prime mover of ones body. The natural progression of these various low end forces is something I like to pay particular attention to, especially in a club environment. The mid and high end characteristic of tracks is what lets me disconnect on a mental level. Ranging from repetitiveness madness to emotional atmospheres, these 3 tracks have the ability to draw you in physically while letting go mentally.

released April 5, 2024

All tracks written and produced by Ben Reymann
Mastering by Paul Mac
Artwork by Anna Flemmerer

Ben Reymann - Wormhole

Track released on Truncate on December 27, 2024, taken from the Echoes and Reflections EP. Full EP here: https://truncate.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-and-reflections.

Echoes and Reflexions

Clotur - Chords Of Reflection (Truncate)

Bitstream - Retreat Pod

Uexkull - Koenigs Division [ ezmp3.cc ].mp3

A side of Aniara02, out 30 August. Vinyl Only!
Dorisburg = Me & Fabian Bruhn
www.soundcloud.com/aniara-recordings

Dorisburg - Sinai Hypnosis

Caimano Tribe

Espion - MKYF

Stephen Arnold began producing electronic music in 1994, building up his studio over time, revolving around an AKAI S2000, Atari STe, multi-effects units, analog/digital synths, drum machines, scraps of paper with EQ settings, and stacks of boxes full of floppy disks!
In 1997 he moved to Glasgow to study sound, audio engineering and music technology, and began to network with influencial producers and promoters from the industrial city. This fuelled his ambition to produce darker, more experimental music from his earlier work, which was more influenced by the mainstream electronic artists of the mid to late nineties. After several years as a promoter from 2001 (notably Camouflage and Breakcore Extravaganza), resident at various club nights (Super Scientists, Pogo Vogue, Dogma and more) and frequently attending warehouse parties and illegal raves, Espion made his first real mark on the underground scene in 2005, with sell-out releases on Transparent Sounds' label Orson Records, followed by remixes on two of the best selling records on Billy Nasty's Electrix Records; Transparent Sounds' 'Cider Club ep' and 'Spot the Difference'.
Since then, his diversity in his music has seen him progress into a well established artist, releasing with Toob, Swayzak, Bangkok Impact, Mesak, Scape One, John Selway, Paul Blackford, Vector Lovers, Mazzula, C-System, with frequent plays on Dave Clarke's White Noise radio show in recent months.
Espion has brought his dark and meticulous sound to venues all over the UK, Prague, Berlin, Udine (Italy) and Shenzhen (China), while also doing sound recording, sound design, post production and music for short film.
More Espion music at http://www.soundcloud.com/hyperoctave
You can hear my other work which is trip hop chillout at http://www.soundcloud.com/error_response



Espion - MKYF

Espion Electro 2