Winner track here on this ep.  great energy

Andy Martin - Electric Blue (Original Mix)

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Ryan James Ford begins 2025 with his debut release on Blue Hour Music, "Tungsten Portals," a six-track Mini LP that reflects on the evolving tides of club music with his signature blend of techno, ambient, and breaks. Ford navigates through an artistic journey, weaving introspective, nostalgic, and optimistic themes to create a deeply personal and compelling record, forming an important addition to the Blue Hour Music catalog.

Ryan James Ford - Tungsten Portals [Blue Hour Music]

PREMIERE: Ryan James Ford - Death Awaits (Live Dub)

Operator - Cala Serena

A1. Mall To Beach '80
A2. Deliberate
B1. Wanderer
B2. Sector Seven

Fully Equipped Beach Wanderers on 180g heavyweight vinyl.
Mastered by Tangible Air.
Artwork by Bettina Zenker.

IT069 OPERATOR - CALA SERENA

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Delirium (Polygonia Remix)

Erik Luebs - Bliss Means Leaving

To speak to Luca Daniel Schwarz aka LDS about his music is to be enthusiastically guided into a complex world of his own creation: clean and powerful techno which pulses with life from the textured patterns and drum sequences that have fills and accents that would make anyone who's picked up a set of drumsticks envious.

Yet this ecosystem of noise is deceptive; Schwarz's process for making music is very different to how a live drummer would create the same subtlety of performance. Forever researching new technology, Luca got deeply interested in different programming languages, and created a series of probability based music tools for manoeuvring sounds and sequencing.

Manipulating those probabilities takes a skillful alchemy, needing understanding of both musical structure and how the tools he devised work. To return to the drummer analogy, if the drummer is focussed and intentional in the moment of playing, then the method used in LDS tracks is almost diametrically opposed, with all of the intention coming in the assembly of the instruments, potential paths, and gateways; once play is pressed the music flows, following all the rules that were set in advance, not unlike a domino run or Rube Goldberg machine.

And like a domino run, the results are fascinating and, ultimately, fun: staccato vocals pop in and out in 'zipp prompt'; laser-like synths pulse; background noises sweep across the aural plane of the dub techno of 'diff, blockmix' and 'pow' adding texture that brings vitality all-too-easily missed out when complex mathematical processes become entwined with music creation. The high sensitivity to texture and rhythmic detail in Stadion Progg is multiplied further on Jean Redondo's remix - whose track, Hypersonic, was the backbone of 2023's 'yet' compilation on Tresor.

The balance between technology and a sense of fun might also come from the maker; it's not easy to overstate Schwarz's passion for what is now his favourite way to make music, "it never gets boring. There's always a moment of anticipation to see what actually emerges." And the true "power of 2" comes into play when the resulting music can be fed back through the system again and again, potentiating the music in exponential ways.

BANDCAMP

PREMIERE: LDS - stadion progg

Firn marks his debut release with LRC004; blending intricate rhythms with subtle textures whilst operating on the intersection of minimalism and complexity. 
Label head 543ff concludes LRC004 with a remix of 'Muztagh Tower'. Mastered by Audiosculpture.

Out 06-05-2025
Bandcamp Pre-order:
https://lazyreflexcomplex.bandcamp.com/album/lrc004
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A1. Rakaposhi
A2. Spantik
A3. Baintha Brakk
B1. Latok II
B2. Muztagh Tower
B3. Muztagh Tower (543ff Remix)

Mastered by Dave Miller at Audiosculpture
@music-by-firn

Firn - LRC004 [Out 01-05-2025] (Preview)

Pensa Poetico EP

Belly Jolie Movements

MALEDEI

dZb 1006 - Ekin Music - The Game (Neik Remix).

Munich based record label founded in 2007 and run by the Zenker Brothers. 
Artists: Andrea, Andrés Zacco, Atrice, Dario Zenker, Deetron presents Soulmate, Djrum, Dj Plant Texture, Etch, Fireground, Full Bloom, Jake Muir, Jichael Mackson, Kas / Galaxian, Katatonic Silentio, Kid Sundance, Konrad Wehrmeister, Laksa, Mia Koden, Marco Zenker, MPU101, Packed Rich, Pessimist, Prime Vertical, re:ni, Roger 23, ROLROLROL, Sciahri, Seba & Paradox, Simple, Skee Mask, Stenny, Surgeon, Sustrapperazzi, Thigpen, Walton, Zeki 808, Zenker Brothers

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