On June 27, 2025, a long-dormant signal reactivates from Hamburg's hidden places: Helena Hauff and F#X return as Black Sites with R4 on Tresor Records—their first full-length album and the first release under the moniker since 2014. Like a hieroglyphic recently discovered and translated, R4 feels more like a long-awaited resumption than a comeback.

Recorded to tape with minimal editing or post-production the record is a classic example of the symbiotic relationship that can come from the interaction of human and machine. This punk ethos isn't invoked through distortion alone, but through method; in the album's breaking from the received wisdom of hardness tethered to speed as most of the tougher pieces are lower BPM and vice versa (with one notable exception in the mind-melting stomp of BLOKK).

Across ten tracks, Black Sites traverse a landscape where genre dissolves into intention. It migrates through electro's danceability, acid house's corrosion, and into the liminal realm of machine funk—a genre coined by Andrew Weatherall, which sounds like the results of technology dreaming of soul where the emphasis is on live execution, on immediacy over perfection—a sound forged in the act of creating, not polishing.

In a 2013 interview, around the time of the first Black Sites EP, Hauff was quoted as saying that she wants "things to fit together properly, but on another level, I really want them to make sense together." That principle animates R4: The album's form reveals itself in time, with each movement echoing and amplifying the others to create a synergistic whole.

From the opening crawl of C4 (a name that like the music foreshadows the explosions to come) to the end-of-the-night bliss of MOTHERJAM via the intense peaks of BLOKK, 707, and classic acid track 3D it's clear that R4 is a work made with serious intent; a refutation of a world where streaming has made the two-minute single the dominant musical form again. R4 demands immersion, not just attention. It is not a collection of tracks, but a singular, recursive experience: a mirror in which sound and listener repeatedly rediscover one another.

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AF Premiere: Sun Dawei - Cāng Yuān [GSXS][OUT!!3.06.25]

A twisted and acerbic collision of breaks, electro and UK rave. 'Cruising' has alarm sounds and blistering synth textures running through saw-tooth bass and big breaks. 'PIGMENTOR' is all acidic and chuggy while 'The Looper" is heads down, feet marching electro-techno. 'Good Bye' brings some electrified disco futurism to the party for a more colourful and outwardly expressive closer.
Order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/prz-pigmentor-vinyl/1083898-01/

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For the seventh installment of the Kinetic Vision catalogue, LSS return with a heady 5-tracker techno EP, out on June 6th.

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Rotterdam-based record label Feed The Void line up 'Space Transmissions', the latest transmission from label founder and producer Birds...Our pick 'Wicked Games', opens like a scrambled transmission from deep space oscillating between slow motion dubstep and hypnotic percussion loops. Greasy acid lines snake their way through thick clouds of vaporous drone. Birds’ voice hovers like a ghost in the signal, suspended in the collapse of human civilisation.

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Birds - Wicked Games [Feed The Void]

https://hilltowndiscouk.bandcamp.com/album/hil013-spiral

Released 01/07/25
Distributed by Bordello A Parigi
Artwork by Gary Lazereyes
Mastered by Reel Mastering

PREMIERE : The Spy - Evil Wins (Privacy Remix)

Hayter - Second Set Of Ears
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A1 - Intro
A2 - Canton
A3 - Second Set Of Ears
A4 - Here We Are
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B1 - Hamsters
B2 - Making This Beat
B3 - Rhythm
B4 - Sun
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Tired of it all? Dreading your routine? Try the all new second set of ears by Hayter! Contains eight unique treatments against fatigue and low excitement disorder. Ranging from Electro Groove to bit-crushed Industrial. For side effects, consult your sound engineer.
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Release Date 09-09-2025
Artwork by Dr. Rekorder
Mastered by T I N
Distributed by Clone

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Hayter - Second Set Of Ears - Clear Memory 014

From Khmelnitsky to the underground global scene, Grid User distils the sound of modern electro with a dark soul and machine spirit.

Artem, known as Grid User, is a Ukrainian producer and DJ originally from Khmelnitsky. His journey into electronic music began several years ago, leading him to study and produce his own tracks.

Inspired by the classics of electro and the work of German and American electro pioneers, Artem decided to release his first project on the Greek label Tiger Weeds. 
He has since self-released music on various Ukrainian and Western labels. Grid User is known for creating a unique sound that intertwines themes of transhumanism and digitalisation, exploring the connections between the future and the present, as well as the living and the synthetic.

While Artem leans towards a modern interpretation of electro, the influence of old-school sounds is clearly evident in his work. His love for the 808 drum machine, dark synths, and vocoders is an integral part of his musical identity. 

Recently, Artem has also begun to actively DJ at various events and parties across Ukraine. Additionally, he founded Connectome Records, a powerful new label dedicated to releasing music that offers a fresh perspective on sound and serves as a tribute to dark electro.

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Socials:

Instagram:
- https://www.instagram.com/grid_user_/
- https://www.instagram.com/connectome.records/

Soundcloud:
- https://soundcloud.com/artem-kres
- https://soundcloud.com/connectome_records

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Further information:

Bandcamp:
- https://connectomerecords.bandcamp.com

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Tracklist: 

01 Auren - Black Magic
02 Siarem - Vectors
03 Isolated Material - Spinning
04 Amper Clap - Human Exterminated
05 Pip Williams, Diamondback Kid - Wires
06 Lake Haze - Cult X (Original Mix)
07 Anthony Rother - Kocmoc 108
08 ELEKTROTECHNIK, EREBOS 101 - FANATIQUE
09 Rapha - Co3mo3
10 Koova - Links
11 Derfyl - My Evil Ways
12 drexell - Seven
13 Datacrashrobot - MMIC
14 Creasol - Caid
15 ELEKTROTECHNIK - Parasit
16 Solar Chrome - Future Communication'
17 Spectrums Data Forces - 36th
18 Intergalactic Noize Commander - Virus
19 Derfyl - Electro Soldier
20 Alva Recek - Soma Red


Addicted-2-Bass / Episode 114 / Grid User / 13.07.2025

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