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IM095 - Infinite Machine 10 Years Compilation
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: December 3rd, 2021
Format: Digital

Celebrating 10 years of solidly cerebral club music releases, Infinite Machine is celebrating its first decade with an 19 -track compilation full of heat from label mainstays, new signees and some of the friends who helped them along the way. Infinite Machine was born out of a desire to run an dance imprint with the same DIY ethos as the hardcore/screamo labels that xWOLFx, IM's owner, was previously involved with. Over its decade-long lifespan, the label has rapidly evolved into a central figure within the hybrid dance music scene that’s formed on the internet; a place where dembow drum patterns can easily sit next to Sinogrime samples and dubstep sensibilities. In the last few years, as the label and it’s artists have matured, Infinite Machine’s output has taken a slightly cyberpunk turn, moving away from pure dance-floor slammers and towards more conceptual works which deal with our ultra-accelerated culture or soundtrack imagined off-planet worlds.

Some highlights from the release include Galtier’s ‘My Mess is a Face’, a real head-spinner full of granular synthesis and warped sample work. Later on in the comp, Bungalovv delivers a sensory delight with ‘Alacran’, a track so dense with layers of sound design it feels like you can sink your teeth into it. All Centre signee Duswunder pops up mid-way through the release with the frenetic and furious ‘Black Bile’ which is absolutely not a track to be missed. IDM upstart Daniel Ruane’s contribution ‘ZZZZZ’ is hypnotic perfection - one of those compositions that really has to be heard to be believed. Towards the end of the release, long-time Infinite Machine signee Yilan appears with ‘Cortisol’, another slow mind-bender of a track full of siren-like synths and rolling stutters of percussion. And rounding out proceedings is W3C’s ‘Templar’, a great example of the sort of forward-thinking music Infinite Machine loves to release. It’s a track rooted in club culture but, at the same time, transposed away from that context to some other-worldly space.

In an era of dance music consumption where genre trends or in-vogue labels can rapidly switch from flavour of the month to faint memories, this 10-year milestone is a testament to the independent label's unwavering enthusiasm for unearthing fresh talent and pushing our releases at a relentless pace, much like the hardcore labels xWOLFx previously ran. Three cheers for another decade of jaw dropping releases and Infinite Machine's commitment to the church of DIY.

Artwork by Benfika

Infinite Machine 10 Years Compilation

Only Now - Forged (IM095)

Las ánimas persisten gracias a su devoción

DJ Daddy Yonqui es una DJ, productora y artista gráfica chilena especializada en la deconstrucción del sonido y la arquitectura textural. Es parte del sello Medio Oriente, con quien lanzó su primer larga duración en octubre de este año.

https://soundcloud.com/daddyyonqui

.chiste.espinado - DJ Daddy Yonqui

lyrics:

(bend, break)

i gotta get me off my mind
heart is bigger than my eyes i'm paralyzed
i see both sides like ocean's eyes
stick a needle in my eye before my time
do you ever think i'm not like, like, like, you, you
not like you, not like you
do you ever think i'm not like like, like, you, you
you'd never get it, even if i gotta spell shit out

(bend, break)

i gotta get me off my mind
heart is bigger than my eyes i'm paralyzed
i see both sides like ocean's eyes
stick a needle in my eye before my time
do you ever think i'm not like, like, like, you, you
not like you, not like you
do you ever think i'm not like like, like, you, you
you'd never get it, even if i gotta spell shit out

spare parts no body of mine
cut open my chest
let my ribs be the wings that take you home
i want this cage to always keep you close
live off the light in your eyes
dig into my bones
let my sternum be the mast that guides you home
my breathing lungs will always keep you warm

log into my brain and change the password on my eyes
i overdid it, reality is down for the count
talking to my friends inside my head all night
you'd never get it, even if i gotta spell shit out

do you ever think i'm not like, like, like, you, you
not like you, not like you
do you ever think i'm not like like, like, you, you
you'd never get it, even if i gotta—
(number 5 alive)

i gotta get me off my mind
heart is bigger than my eyes i'm paralyzed
i see both sides like ocean's eyes
stick a needle in my eye before my time
do you ever think i'm not like, like, like, you, you
not like you, not like you
do you ever think i'm not like like, like, you, you
you'd never get it, even if i gotta spell shit out

orphan source

@underscores

mastered by Ryan Schwabe
art direction & compositing by Hannah Diamond
photography by mthr trsa
rendering by Max Schramp
hair & makeup by Kaiya Carlin
styling by Eloise Moulton

poplife.umru.dj

Poplife

Listen to "npnc" by cadeu taken from "bass oddity" out on November 7th via Safe & Sound Lab

Pre-order: https://safe-and-sound-lab.bandcamp.com/album/cadeu-bass-oddity-ep

Berlin-based producer Cadeu returns with Bass Oddity, a three-track EP that distills his forward-thinking approach into a bass-driven exploration of club music and beyond. Released on Safe & Sound Lab, the new experimental sub-label of Safeword Records @safewordrecords, Bass Oddity embodies the imprint’s mission to present music that is unbound by genre and unconcerned with the dance floor, while still carrying a visceral impact.

True to Cadeu’s cross-genre production, Bass Oddity moves seamlessly through drum & bass, experimental club frameworks, and subtle R&B inflections. The EP reflects a period of collaboration and experimentation, balancing immediacy with depth.

Safe & Sound Lab launches with Bass Oddity, marking a new chapter for Safeword Records, the Berlin-based label founded at the start of the pandemic. While Safeword hones its focus on club-ready sounds, its new sub-label provides a space for experimentation, cross-pollination, and ideas that challenge the boundaries of dance music culture.

Links:
cadeu
https://soundcloud.com/ccaaddeeuu
https://ccaaddeeuu.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/ccaaddeeuu

bass oddity

pre-order / bandcamp

cadeu - npnc (Safe & Sound Lab)

Listen to "Find Me" by DIGITONICA taken from VA "Aspect - The future is now". Out soon.

A hidden gem by DIGITONICA, taken from the upcoming Aspect compilation under the motto “The future is now.”
Cassette pre-orders are now open — worldwide shipping available. 

Links:
Pre-order: https://kulturarecordstore.ru/store/tproduct/197833805-138710174322-aspect-various-artists-the-future-is-now 

DIGITONICA
@DIGITONICA
www.instagram.com/digitonica

ASPECT
https://t.me/aspectmoscow
www.instagram.com/aspectmoscow

Digitonica - find me (ASPECT)

Listen to "El Desenfreno" by lusiæn taken from "Rumbo Difuso" out on November 19th via nodo label

Pre-order: https://nodolabel.bandcamp.com/album/rumbo-difuso

lusiæn (Luciano Coria) is an Argentinian sound artist and landscape architecture student whose practice navigates the relationship between territory and listening. His work unfolds in abstract sonorities and emotional terrains, shaped through field recordings, altered vocal fragments, and asynchronous rhythmic structures.

Rumbo Difuso traces a drift across shifting states of tension and stillness. Its movement evokes moments of inner conflict—almost martial in their intensity—that dissolve into psychic overflow. At the core lies a secret, something hidden yet sustaining, revealed gradually as the journey progresses. Emotions escalate toward a breaking point, only to circle back and redraw themselves from another angle, proposing new ways of inhabiting the same space.

The EP builds a minimal yet layered landscape: processed and sung vocal lines meet fractured rhythmic assemblages, interwoven with textures captured from the environment. Conceived from a live set performed in August 2024 at the El Desenfreno series curated by writer and poet Enzo Amarillo, Rumbo Difuso emerges as both document and reconfiguration—an aural architecture of memory, intensity, and release. 

Links:
lusiæn
https://soundcloud.com/lusiaen
nodo label
https://nodolabel.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/nodolabel
https://soundcloud.com/nodolabel

Rumbo Difuso

lusiæn - El Desenfreno (nodolabel)

Listen to "Tester" by Nangdo & GEEGEE taken from "Kotti Ballet EP" out on November 14th via Ten Toes Turbo

This is a collab between german producers Nangdo (releasing new music after long hiatus) and GEEGEE where they create straight juke aesthetic EP

Links:
Nangdo
https://soundcloud.com/nangdo
https://nangdo.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/nangdo_
GEEGEE
https://soundcloud.com/gee_gee_91
https://www.instagram.com/i.geegee
Ten Toes Turbo
https://soundcloud.com/tentoesturbo
https://tentoesturbo.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/tentoesturbo

ten toes turbo bc

Nangdo, GEEGEE - Tester (Ten Toes Turbo)

Listen to "Resonator Statements" by Zero Crossing Point taken from "Rebound" out on November 17th via katharsis

Pre-order: https://katharsis-label.bandcamp.com/album/rebound

"Rebound" is the new EP from Zero Crossing Points coming out on katharsis on November 17th, a work that feels both intimate and expansive, drifting between reflection and release. Drawing elements from several genres, the EP ranges from quiet and discrete soundscapes, to vivid blasts of raw emotions. Fragments of voice appear throughout, human yet often transformed, woven together with sweeping synths, bowed strings, digital manipulations, and textures that feel at once fragile and grounded. The result is a sound world that blurs the line between the synthetic and the organic, the remembered and the reimagined. Japanese video game music dances together with musique concrete elements, echoes of sacred music meet screaming metal drones. There is a sense of searching that runs through Rebound - it is music that lingers in the in-between, where distortion becomes tender and introspection turns into motion.

Links:
Zero Crossing Point
https://soundcloud.com/zerocrossingpoint
https://zerocrossingpoint.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/zerocrossing.point
katharsis
https://soundcloud.com/katharsislabel
https://katharsis-label.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/katharsislabel

Zero Crossing Point - Resonator Statements (katharsis)

@lil-data vs. Financial Crash

http://apocalypse.spinee.net/

Lil Data - Financial Crash

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Digitonica - find me (ASPECT)

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