IMPROX 4: The Grand Cassette-astrophe

Rewind your expectations and fast-forward your ears, because Immediate Proximity - Niels Luinenburg (Delta Funktionen) and Diana Napirelly - are unleashing their fourth IMPROX release, a gloriously unhinged beast landing on digital platforms and gritty cassette tape. IMPROX 4 isn’t just a release; it’s the full-on DIY culmination of their three prior expeditions into the wildlands of futuristic electronics. Think of it as the trilogy’s epic finale—except, you know, with four parts, because who’s counting?

This time, the duo’s throwing everything into the mix like mad scientists at a cosmic rave. Picture this: the tribalistic hi-tech grooves of IMPROX 1, the unrelenting beat-brawls of IMPROX 2, and the nano-melody mutations of IMPROX 3, everything’s here - resequenced into a quirky, unpredictable flow that’ll keep your brain guessing and your speakers sweating. It’s deep, it's at times intimate, it's emotive, and it’s got the kind of truculence that only comes from two sonic pioneers saying, “Yeah, we built this with our bare hands—and maybe a soldering iron.” Big-stage anthems collide with crystalline soundscapes, breakbeats wrestle with microscopic rhythms, and somewhere in there, a cassette tape rewinds itself in sheer disbelief.

With their self-engineered audio-gen modules cranked to eleven, Immediate Proximity delivers a release that’s as much a victory lap as it is a victory leap - straight into uncharted territory where tempo twists, space expands, and your speakers might just file for overtime. Available digitally for the streaming masses and on cassette for the hipsters who still own a Walkman, IMPROX 4 is the ultimate proof that Luinenburg and Napirelly aren’t just pushing boundaries - they’re breakdancing on them.

So, plug in, press play, and let this honest-to-goodness ear-abductor take you for a ride. Spoiler: it’s a one-way ticket, and the snacks are all-you-can-eat beats. 

releases June 6, 2025

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IAN_X is the DJ production of Ian Summs based in Cape Town, South Africa. He draws on an eclectic blend of influences and love for the dance floor and its energy to craft musical journeys that rezonate future frequencies & calibrate you for immersive energetic performances.

IAN_X builds on many years producing, performing dance music & hosting underground dance music events in Cape Town & worldwide between 1995 & 2005.  The desire to create thru interfacing with machines and his environment.
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Combine talent, fearlessness and excellent taste - driven by the constant desire to develop - and the outcome is Diana Napirelly. Born in Leningrad, tempered on the border of the Arctic Circle in Siberia, now based in The Netherlands, Diana formed her life motto - to be always on the go and to restlessly move forward. Her interest in music, the event sphere, sports and the media is inborn; and the number of her achievements in each of these areas prove this.

Since 2009, the number of club venues, parties and festivals with her name in the line-up has been growing at the same speed as which she gained experience and developed her musical talent. TestFM, K-30, Ahola, Present Perfect Festival, Mutabor, Tresor, Hör, Humboldthain, Red Light Radio, Zur Klappe, Blank and Signal Festival, are among the places Napirelly honed her skills. Nowadays, she is a resident of Roots United - record label, events company and founders of Present Perfect Festival.

Juggling breaks, electro, bass and techno - while having a dynamic change in bpm - are the pillars that strongly mark her recognisable DJ style. In 2018, together with Niels Luinenburg (Delta Funktionen) she created the Immediate Proximity project and the pair released their debut LP "2334" on Radio Matrix. Three years later, the duo has setup their own label - IMPROX - on which they further develop their unique sound of hi-tech, yet tribalistic rhythms that are covered with outer worldly themes.

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IMPROX 4 - PREVIEW

DELTA FUNKTIONEN / IMPROX / NAPIRELLY