With ‘100% Dope’ we find Central Processing Unit bringing up their hundredth catalogue number, and you’d struggle to find a more fitting artist to ring in a century of releases for the label than Cygnus. The one born Phillip Washington has been with CPU since the very beginning, his 2012 LP ‘Newmark Phase’ representing the first record ever released on the imprint. That album’s combination of textured techno and grizzly Drexciyan electro set the tone for CPU perfectly, and it’s no surprise that Cygnus has returned to the Sheffield imprint several times down the years.

While ‘100% Dope’ is an expert demonstration of what Cygnus and CPU do, this EP also shows just how much both artist and label have grown over the past nine years. At its heart ‘100% Dope’ is a set of prime machine-funk from a master of the form, but these are also some of the most daring and innovative tracks that Cygnus has ever produced. 

Take opening cut ‘Bad RGB Controller’. In the undulating synth lines we have a ghost of grime as well as Drexciyan drive, and as such the track reminds one as much of Mr. Mitch or Last Japan as it does, say, Dopplereffekt. Furthermore, ‘Bad RGB Controller’ shifts gear around the halfway mark into a highwire electronica mode which has the wit and spark of prime Bogdan Raczynski. Entries like ‘Float Back To The Surface’ are similarly unpredictable. There's some lovely industrial techno bite to this one - the snare drum will echo in your head long after the party’s died down - but Cygnus periodically pulls out the rug from underneath us with passages of impressionistic texture that almost border on sound art. 

‘Float Back To The Surface’ is one of a trio of vocoder-led jams here. On ‘Throwing Shade’ we hear I-F and Egyptian Lover, with Cygnus’ vocals clattering around like pronouncements from some funked-out robot overlord atop hissing-piston drums. Then there’s the enticingly-titled ‘CPU Records’. ‘CPU Records’ delivers all the crisp electro snap we’ve come to expect from a record emblazoned with that signature black-and-white artwork, yet this thing is also widescreen and cinematic in ways that demonstrate the maturation of the Cygnus sound. With a wicked vocoder vocal that celebrates the label’s many achievements, ‘CPU Records’ is a victory lap tune if ever we’ve heard one.

Central Processing Unit keep it 100 on for this new EP. ‘100% Dope’ by Cygnus is CPU’s 100th catalogue number, and the Texan producer delivers on the promise of the record’s title with a collection of brilliantly unique electro joints.

RIYL: Bogdan Raczynski, Mr. Mitch, I-F, B12

100 % Dope

Cygnus - 100% Dope

For more than a decade now, Fleck E.S.C. has marked himself out as one of the most playful and prolific producers in the electro game. Across dozens of releases for labels including Bass Agenda and Science Cult, the France-born, Japan-based artist has made his name through a production style which balances limber beats with exploratory textural work. 

Fleck E.S.C. debuted on Central Processing Unit in 2018 with the Discrete Opinion EP. Now, after stopping by the Sheffield label last year on a Silicon Scally remix job, Fleck E.S.C. delivers his second EP for CPU in the form of Rough Silk. The record’s intriguing title proves an apt introduction to this four-track affair. These cuts are at once sleek and abrasive, anchored by robotechnic machine-funk grooves yet also full of strange, shifting shapes.

The opening title-track expertly sets out Rough Silk’s stall. Heralded by gurgling synths and all manner of whirring percussive tones, ‘Rough Silk’ blossoms around the minute mark with the introduction of a wickedly buoyant lead synth. This is music at once visceral and full of mystery, the sound of wending through the back alleys, and the feeling carries through to the following cut ‘Hat in the Cat’ - as the synth pads spool out overhead, the machine-funk snap of the beat has an almost aquatic quality that links it back to Drexciya.

Much like ‘Rough Silk’, the record’s first B-side ‘Faking Sweet’ also shifts gears. The opening strains of the track seem to be preparing for another insistent, expansive broken-beat pulse, but it stiffens its neck around ninety seconds in. Programmed drums whirr around a jittery machine-gun bass while discordant synths pull at the edges of the track, all of which brings a strong dystopian energy that increases further as the percussion sounds become increasingly bug-eyed.

After so much excitement, ‘Digger Play’ closes out the EP with a softer touch. There’s still plenty of low-slung bounce to the beat, but the track runs a little slower, and there’s a warm wistfulness in the synths which gives ‘Digger Play’ a painterly, almost poetic feel. However, while it may take its foot off the gas, the production here is as deft as it is everywhere else on Rough Silk. 

With new EP Rough Silk, electro whizz Fleck E.S.C. brings the sort of casual mastery to proceedings that has characterised his career to date.

RIYL: Silicon Scally, Jensen Interceptor, Annie Hall

Rough Silk

Fleck ESC - Rough Silk

‘Scylla’ is a free-styling acid electro track off the upcoming debut album of Viennese production outfit /DL/MS/ (Frustrated Funk, Pomelo, Vigram).

‘Calanhi’ is the culmination of five intense years for the duo. It will be out in early May on 2xLP and digital, and is the first full-length album to appear on TRUST since 2006.

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Barcelona-based production duo @permutation-music step up to deliver their second extended player on their own imprint, resulting in silky Detroit-shaped pads and downtempo electro.

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SOF08- Nezzy Idy "Unveiled"

The current transmission from the Squirrels On Film universe is Nezzy Idy's full-length album presented on glorious magnetic cassette tape. Emit Idy, along with the rest of the Oakland based Katabatik collective's music, events & DIY community ethos have been a consistent inspiration for many in the Bay Area electronic music scene, & The Squirrels are delighted & honored to bring this album to the wider world.

From the sonic miasma of opener “Ateh,” with its banshee wails & scrap metal synths, into the kaleidoscopic boogie of “Hallow” & “Prometheus,” Idy explores early Industrial, Cold Wave & Acid House textures. “Contumacy” & “Nyquest” add elements of Electro to the cauldron, conjuring spirits, emotion & drama from his vocals drum machines & synthesizers. “Teeth” goes full-on Warehouse Rave, evoking the sweaty late night illicit undergrounds that once drew wide-eyed revelers from all over the Bay Area to the seemingly abandoned industrial dark corners of a pre-gentrification Oakland, California every weekend. “Y Is The Sign” & “Systemic Volume” are hallucinatory funk workouts & “Xiolin” comes full-circle back to the radiant sound-collage of the opener.

The album features original artwork from Squirrels On Film resident image magician Bert Bergen & will be available digitally & in a limited run of cassettes, so fire up the Tascam or make sure the Walkman has fresh batteries, press play, enjoy the wow & flutter until it's time to rewind, & flip the tape & start the journey again

Release date:
16 June 2022

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TL Premiere #963 (2022.06.21) : MOY - Ocean of Storms [Masa Series]

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For this 161th Premiere of 2022, we have a track by UK-based producer "MOY" titled ‘Ocean of Storms’ from his forthcoming EP "MASA 004" on the Electronic music label from Almeria (Spain) : Masa Series.

▶︎ The EP will be available from September 15, 2022 on 12” Limited Edition Crystal Clear & Solid Purple (100 copies) x Digital File on Bandcamp :  https://masaseries.bandcamp.com/album/masa-004

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MOY - MASA 004 [Masa Series]

303's luminous wizard MOY takes charge of MASA004 with a unique and wide-ranging 5-tracks EP, in which his Acid side shares the spotlight along his Raver soul.

Tracklist :
1. A1. Double Solid
2. A2. Quroink7
3. B1. Ocean of Storms
4. B2. Walker Effect
5. B3. Xafecopy

releases September 15, 2022

Mastered by Manel Ruiz
Art Direction by Ale Martin
Artwork by Song Hojong

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TL Premiere #996 (2022.08.04) : Wee DJs - Stop [Posh End Music]

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For this 194th Premiere of 2022, we have a track by UK Electro Producer Dave Paton aka "Wee DJs" titled ‘Stop’ from his forthcoming EP "Expiration" on the label from Glasgow runned by Fear-E : Posh End Music.

▶︎ The EP will be available from August 12, 2022 on Limited Edtion Cassette + Digital on Bancamp : https://fear-e.bandcamp.com/album/expiration

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Wee DJs - Expiration

For the 3rd release on Posh End Music the mantle has been handed over to Edinburgh electro maestro Dave Paton aka Wee DJs for 5 tracks of forward thinking music. There's also 25 limited edition tapes with wonderful artwork by Gary Lazereyes.

Tracklist :
1. Exits
2. Stop
3. Beheld
4. Conclusion
5. Departure

Samples here

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releases August 12, 2022

Artwork - Gary Lazereyes

Mastering - Ben Pest

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Expiration

Stop

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Big 5 track EP from https://soundcloud.com/crossovernetwork acid drenched melodic electro breaks. With https://soundcloud.com/buzz-k1lll on the remix duties.

Mastered by Decode Berlin
Artwork by Furtive

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TL Premiere #1023 (2022.09.16) : Zobol - Meridian [Melodize]

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For this 221st Premiere of 2022, we have the title track by the Electro Producer from Birmingham (UK) "Zobol" of his EP "Meridian" on the Brooklyn-based Label : Melodize.

The EP is available on Deluxe 12'' vinyl & digital.

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Zobol - Meridian EP [Melodize // MELOD009]

From Bristol to NYC – Zobol makes his debut on Melodize with two vibrantly coloured electro jams complemented and enhanced by two powerful remixes from Carl Finlow and Plant43.

‘Meridian’ draws the line straight down the dancefloor between electro and techno. Light in foot but heavy in trunk, there’s an alluring spring in the breaks and subtle sense of hope and euphoria as Zobol eases us into a positive mindset. Sheffield stalwart Carl Finlow flips the coin for a more sober perspective. A much more classically informed slice of electro, swollen with poignancy, it’s the dark side of ‘Meridian’ bright moon.

‘YCKL’ turns up the contrast once again. Warm, bright splashes ooze in chord-form over a lava-like bassline that gently pushes up the drama and theatre as the track progresses. Once again, there’s a sense of triumph running throughout as Zobol edges us higher and higher. Remix-wise, Bleep43 founder Plant43 keeps that brightness but adds his own sense of spring and wily funk, bringing an unpredictable attack and utilising the euphoric keys of the original much earlier on in the arrangement.

Two beautiful originals, two precision remixes; one important reminder that electro can be one of the funkiest, most uplifting styles in the electronic cannon when crafted in the right hands. Melodize have created some exceptional alchemy right here.

Zobol - Meridian EP out on Melodize on 16th, September 2022.

Tracklist:
1. A1. Meridian
2. A2. Meridian (Carl Finlow Bone Crunch Remix)
3. B1. YCLK
4. B2. YCLK (Plant43 Remix)

Written and produced by Jon Chmielewski
Remixes and additional productions by Carl Finlow and Emile Facey
Mastered by Klas-Henrik Lindblad at Blackhead Studios, Berlin
Design by Alland Byallo

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Instagram : www.instagram.com/jonski.zobol
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/Zobol

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Meridian EP

Meridian

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Another life (Original Mix)- FREE DOWNLOAD

ADJ: This release is a mixture of various styles of Electro ranging from future B boy music with a nod to the past and Futuristic idm tinged sounds. I never try to stay in one groove or sound, but more to make the electro sound evolve organically.


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