New project from Oscar Mulero and Psyk.
Release date 7th October

Second Skin - Sense Of Purpose BP066

MODULARZ 71 // HIDDEN SEQUENCE EP // by PWCCA

Label: Mord
Artist: Nørbak
Title: Verdade Absoluta EP
Art by: Nørbak
Cat No: MORD091
Format: 12" and Digital

A1 Verdade Absoluta
A2 Retrato
B1 Chekhov's Gun
B2 Ponto de Situação
D1 Causalidade [digi only]
D2 Crime e Castigo [digi only]

***
this is a madman's knife.
this is a flower.
this is a soldier marching
through the Devil's circus
and in a million rooms.
***

Verdade Absoluta EP

MORD091 - Nørbak - Verdade Absoluta EP [Previews]

Written and Produced by Simone Scardino aka CONCEPTUAL, Berlin 2020/2022

Digital 
1- Ninna Nanna For Bad Children
 2- Me Medesimo 
3- Højer 
4- Not An Easy One
5- I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me

 
CONCEPTUAL is the musical journey of Berlin based producer Simone Scardino, a sci fi techno specialist well seasoned with releases on the best scientific labels out there. His approach on techno comes apart from trends and superficiality, it always has an underlying message and it’s made with detail and intelligence.
 
This extended EP is not for the faint hearted, it requires some knowledge about intrincated soundscapes and requires attention and long term vision to capture the feeling properly. It can be completely beatless and atmospheric as the open title Ninna Nanna For Bad Children or super rhythmic like Me Medesimo where broken and bass heavy beats combine with elaborated textures exquisitely sound designed to cause the required damage on the dancefloor.
 
Højer is traversing similar terrain, but this time based on a 4/4 beat, rugged and distorted, metallic and industrial, a no mercy weapon for the darkest sound spaces.
 
On the B side, Not An Easy One gives another ration of proper non conventional dancefloor action, again with a well balanced combination of groove and texture.
 
 I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me closes the release changing the approach completely going hypnotic instead of muscular, with a complex drum work spiced with super-treated synth lines in constant change.
 
The sound of the future experienced today, made by a visionary.

Preview: CONCEPTUAL "Not An Easy One" EP [PoleGroup067]

Artist: Lakej
Title: A Study In Change
Format: 2x12"-Vinyl & Digital Format
Label: Nachtstrom Schallplatten
Cat.-No.: NST161
Releasedate: T.B.A.

[NST161] Lakej - A Study In Change (Album, 2x12")

Asymmetric head Inigo Kennedy returns to his label with a stunning five track EP 'The Long Tail'.

Singular, evocative techno, as simple as that. 'Rara Avis' introduces the EP with a playful, intriguing and optimistic sound. The central three tracks build on a solid kick foundation and are primed to flood big dark spaces with memories - from the aching notes of 'Rivers Flow Far', through the emphatic and wistful title track 'The Long Tail' and onwards to peak with the swirling layers of 'Maelstrom'. To finish the EP is 'Against The Backdrop', a fitting acid-tinged cinematic close.

Label: Asymmetric
Catalogue Number: ASYD-08
Artist: Inigo Kennedy
Title: The Long Tail
Release Date: 24 March 2023

Tracks:

01 'Rara Avis'
02 'Rivers Flow Far'
03 'The Long Tail'
04 'Maelstrom'
05 'Against The Backdrop'

- Links
https://www.facebook.com/inigo.kennedy.music
https://www.instagram.com/inigokennedy/
https://inigokennedy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.soundcloud.com/inigokennedy

The Long Tail

Inigo Kennedy ASYD-08 The Long Tail (Preview Clips)

OLYMPIAN 37 // MORPH 19.78

Out 19.06.2023
https://polegroup.bandcamp.com/music

Vinyl
A1- Nothing left to say
A2- All that matters
B1- Descending darkness
B2- Cyclical nature
 
Digital
1- Nothing left to say
2- All that matters
3- Descending darkness
4- Cyclical nature
5- Inside trauma

Kessell is back at home with a powerful EP plus a bonus digital track on the digital edition. There is no need to remind everyone that Valentín Corujo is one of the most experienced producers on the techno scene. And this new work is the sonic proof.

Nothing left to say opens fire with distorted broken beats soon aligned by a solid 4/4 groove. The harsh sounds run across the stereo field wisely while the beat goes relentless. A powerful and raw peak time tool.

All that matters is the second cut,  beginning with a bass heavy groove, sibilant and distorted at the same time until the additional percussive parts appear and the subterranean bass turns into distorted hypnosis as the bars go on. An intense and obsessive piece of rugged techno.

On the B side, Descending Darkness, an industrial funk workout made of continuous distorted sequences and an enforced drum beat. No sign of breakdowns or epic moments, just a continuous drill for your neurons.

Cyclical Nature goes scifi and mental, with reverberated sequences running over a solid cemented pattern the spiral sequence turns into overdriven madness as the track goes combining aggression with futurism.

Inside Trauma uses broken beats as a basement, one of Kessell’s personal signatures when working on his side project Exium.

Another stepping stone on a solid and long career for this excellent creator.

Preview: Kessell "Nothing Left To Say" [Polegroup068]

MORD x RYC
Various Artists
Format: 4 x 12" and Digital
Order: https://bit.ly/mordryc001
Release date: June 5, 2023

Celebrating ten years of uncompromising devotion to techno and its bastard cousins from the fringes, Rotterdam's finest MORD and RYC team up to deliver a special four-vinyl / eight-sided kaleidoscope of a compilation, featuring some of the artists that have helped shape up both labels’ identities over the years as they press on in their aim to set their very own techno utopia into stone. 

Unfolding as a testimony to their unflaggingly resolute vision and aspirations, 'MORD x RYC’ operates as an ode to their hometown of Rotterdam - the artwork itself being a direct nod to the city’s iconic ‘cube houses’ from the 1980s, but also to the tentacular connection both MORD and RYC have developed throughout the past decade, bonding organically alongside like-minded artists and hubs from the techno internationale to expand their reach and impact. 

A1 Ritzi Lee - Neutropia
A2 Amotik - Laal
B1 Nørbak - Lucidez
B2 Dimi Angélis - Optical Prism
C1 Jeroen Search - Illustris
C2 UVB - Mortifère
D1 Bas Mooy - Vedette
D2 Kaiser - Disciplined Soldiers
E1 Orphx - Slipping Through My Fingers
E2 The Lady Machine - Concorde
F1 Inigo Kennedy - Copperhead
F2 Adriana Lopez - Gradual Illusion
G1 Quelza - La Chorégraphie Du Soleil
G2 Stanislav Tolkachev - Must Be Loud
H1 Rene Wise - Smashing Around
H2 Brendon Moeller - Hot Pursuit

Design by Jillem
Distributed by Clone distribution, Rotterdam
Cat. no. MORDRYC001 – All rights reserved
℗ & © MORDRYC 2023
www.mord.bandcamp.com
www.reclaimyourcity.bandcamp.com

Various Artists | MORD x RYC [MORDRYC001]

Mayxwelltrance - a way

RoogUnit is the new production duo fusing together the talents of Luke Slater and Ø [Phase] a.k.a. Ashley Burchett, a pair that have already joined forces in the recent past: Ø contributed a striking remix of the Planetary Assault Systems classic "Dungeon" for the radical reassessment program "Planetary Funk: 22 Light Years," and the two shared DJ duties during last year's "22 Light Years" tour. The apt title of the debut EP for Mote Evolver, "Mesh," suggests a locked grid or set of axes on top of which all sorts of creative possibilities can be sketched out, and it provides a perfect descriptive metaphor for the interaction between these two skillful heads: like carefully interwoven strands, neither half of the duo dominates the proceedings and each individual's contribution strengthens the effect of the other's.

The self-titled leadoff track on "Mesh" is a bracing bombardment of the senses, pulling out all the stops in order to get ever closer to a white-hot core of intensity. This journey to the heart of the sun moves along at a rapid pace, but also with a sense of patience, as new sound elements fade in slowly and surely. Chugging bass sequences, metallic flutters and sparkling high-register arpeggiation all make this into a piece of contained chaos that will engage veteran listeners and certainly teach novices a thing or two.

Before the listener has fully caught his or her breath, "Bugeye" follows suit and proves that the winning formula of the previous track is no one-off affair. A characteristically high-impact percussive track forms the base from which Burchett and Slater implement their plans for layering sonic architecture. Here their experience and determination truly differentiate them from the pack - where others might pile on sounds into an indistinct and fatiguing audio mush, this pair overlaps numerous different tone colors without causing any of them to lose their individual character.

The flipside, "The Chains," is a quintessential late night / early dawn number that leads listeners down subterranean corridors lined with beams of luminescent light and populated by smoke-shrouded men of mystery. On this cut, eerie shivering sonorities float in with all the classic drama of sustained Hammond organ chords; a bed of sound on top of which a cool vocal recitation encourages listeners that everything will be "all right" - although the tension between this laidback narration and the demanding straight-ahead trajectory of the music will allow listeners to make up their own minds on that score.

The full dose of "Mesh" shows two producers clearly at their most focused and precise. Like their best work to date, it will get fans' active imaginations churning - and leave them wondering what this collaboration has in store for the near future.

Words by Thomas Bey William Bailey

Mesh EP

MOTE049 :: RoogUnit - Mesh EP

Inigo Kennedy is a pioneering and respected techno and electronic music producer and DJ. Since early on he experimented with electronics and technology and immersed himself in the airwaves, music stores and scenes of London, Manchester and beyond. From there has evolved his distinctive sound and attitude to music making and performance - entertaining accidents, taking risks and steadfastly following his heart rather than the herd.

He is well known for always bringing technical and creative originality and skill to his work - not least to his own innovative label Asymmetric which freely criss-crossed the electronic music landscape.

His DJ schedule has taken him all over the globe where he consistently plays energetic and emotionally-charged sets - often throwing in curve-balls or nodding to classic tracks that have shaped his own musical arc.

He has been responsible for a large and diverse back catalogue of releases and remixes on a number of labels around the world and has worked under a number of aliases such as Reducer and Tomito Satori. His discography stretches to well over 100 releases on vinyl, CD and digitally on established, if not seminal, labels such as Missile, Semantica, Stroboscopic Artefacts and current home, Token.

He is now a keystone of the Token label, having been responsible for its first release in 2007 and dozens of releases, remixes and collaborations since. He has planted seeds along the label's history with bold, distinctive and memorable tracks like 'Arcing', 'Cathedral', 'Obsidian', 'Plaintive', 'Voyager' and 'Tornado'. His critically acclaimed LP 'Vaudeville' released in 2014 perfectly captured his uniquely evocative sound and attitude.

Fast forward to 2018 and the culmination of his next steps with a powerful follow-up LP 'Strata' for Token. As the title of the tenth release on the label put it, onwards and wrongwards!

Inigo Kennedy ASYD-08 The Long Tail (Preview Clips)

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