"An emotionally charged journey through smoked-filled rooms and packed-out corridors; lasers, strobes and wide eyes."


We kick off our Premieres service this week with Narciss - Ludmilla. For future Premiere interest with Ismus contact premieres@ismusberlin.com.


Artist: Narciss
Title: Ludmilla
Label: Lobster Theremin
Catalogue: LT083
Format: Vinyl and Digital
Release date: 04/06/21


Be sure and buy it here - https://lobstertheremin.com/album/dear-diary-ep


As detailed in his interview with German publication Froh Froh, “the interview with Narciss was different. Colorful Hawaiian shirt instead of matt black, nicotine chewing gum instead of butt. In terms of content between kitsch, cutie, but also serious - no intrusive promo.”

This freshness truly comes across in his latest EP for Lobster Theremin. Dear Diary - releasing on June 4th - is an emotionally charged journey through smoked-filled rooms and packed-out corridors; lasers, strobes and wide eyes. As much a throwback to the golden era of trance as it is an ode to the producers techno aesthetic, it encapsulates an energy release - an escape from the grimness of the mundane, the fear of contemporary society left at the door as we venture further front left.

‘Ludmilla’ gets things started; a cut of tranced-out, progressive techno that builds and builds, emotional vocal stabs (“I need you”) further enhancing the connection between body and mind, listener and selector. ‘Tall People’ follows a similar route - deeper into the trance revival that has seen artists like Bliss Inc, New Members and Marlon Hoffstad producing some timelessly similar euphoria - it’s scenic techno, if the scene was an anime figure racing across a field on horseback.

The steady 4x4 rhythms are replaced on ‘It Gets Easier’; fast-paced sentiment that floats somewhere between breaks and garage, wrapped up in that signature trancey texture, before 'Blicke' featuring Ikki Mel shows us the door with a completely different take on the previous three moods; this time offering up an altogether harder showcasing of the rave sound with its classic synth stabs and uncompromising kicks.

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Dear Diary EP

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PREMIERE: Narciss - Ludmilla (LT083)

This week we are premiering Faster Horses - Transitional Outerwear. For future Premiere interest with Ismus contact premieres@ismusberlin.com.

Artist: Faster Horses
Title: Transitional Outerwear
Label: Seikan
Catalogue: SK002
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release date: 20/08/21

Be sure and buy it here - https://seikanlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sk002

Seikan's next release comes in the form of an eclectic vinyl compilation, designed to re-awaken the senses of those starved of strobe lights and sound systems. ‘Transitional Outerwear’ serves as a hope - filled soundtrack to a cautiously optimistic summer, just as suited to an open-air as it is to a home sound system.

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PREMIERE: Faster Horses - Transitional Outerwear (SK002)

Lacchesi, Leo Pol - United We Scream

Pre-order : https://nali.store/album/nali-2-mrd-out-of-red-ep

Tracklist :

A1 - WTSO
A2 - Sala
B1 - Out of red
B2 - Synkron

Artist :  @mrdmrdmrd

Produced and written by  MRD
Mastering by Beau at Ten Eight Seven mastering
Artwork  by Amer

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NALI 2 / MRD - Out of red EP

This week we are premiering Narciss - Lovechild (Outrun Mix). For future Premiere interest with Ismus contact premieres@ismusberlin.com.

Artist: Narciss
Title: Lovechild
Label: 1Ø PILLS MATE
Catalogue: 1ØPILLS022
Format: 12” Vinyl & Digital
Release date: 1st April

Hot on the heels of last year's Dear Diary EP on Lobster Theremin, explosive performances on HÖR and an intimate interview with celebrated German publication Groove Magazine, frequent Berlin & Leipzig DJ Narciss comes through with four deep and groovy cuts of bass-driven techno.

‘Feather Boa Constrictor’ features one of Copenhagen’s most exciting emerging producers in recent years - Vixen - fresh off her own acclaimed release, Hard Magik For Soft Souls, on Lobster Theremin in December. Now the pair link up on the DJ Mag Breakthrough Label of the Year imprint that blends all the best elements of the Berlin and Copenhagen scenes in a high-speed trip through psy-trance, synth-wave and techno.

Narciss is on his ones as we enter the A2; ‘Lovechild (Outrun Mix)’ is aptly named with its reference to the 1986 arcade game Outrun, which featured some of the best video-game music to ever be created. Deep basslines, swirling synth-stabs and a soothing deepness and contemplativeness that can only come with driving a virtual car down a never-ending highway.

‘Tokyo’ makes use of polyrhythms and textures blended with what sounds like an old Sampha record. It’s a wonderful combination of dark, deep and forward-thinking sound, before Copenhagen producer Repro comes through with a typically EBM-focused remix combining elements of every track.

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PREMIERE: Narciss - Lovechild (Outrun Mix) [1ØPILLS022]

slash004 - KI/KI  
A1. KI/KI - Leave it to the vibe (original mix) 
B1. KI/KI - To the vibe (rework)
B2. KI/KI - Leave it to the drums 

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Release date: 21 April 2023 

Amsterdam based DJ, producer and label owner KI/KI releases her long awaited debut EP on her own slash imprint. The highly anticipated anthem 'Leave it to the vibe' is doing rounds in her DJ sets for over two years now and made a big impact on her notorious Boiler Room performance during AVA Festival back in 2021. Finally, two years later she found the right time and place for it and it's getting a well deserved release on her fast growing slash label.

On slash004 KI/KI reworks the original in three different ways. The original perfectly shows where KI/KI flourishes at the moment, it's a fast-paced high energy dancefloor anthem with a nostalgic deep trance drift using her own vocals incorporated in hypnotic loops. For the reworks on the b-side she stripped down the original into two new versions. Where 'To the vibe (rework)' highlights a subtle twinkle that illuminates the beauty of melodies, 'Leave it to the drums' could be seen as the dub version capturing an impeccable energy that represents the late night, strobo heavy warehouse energy where KI/KI finds her comfort zone.

KI/KI - Leave it to the vibe (original mix)

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Track: Turik
Artist(s): Hedström & Pflug
Label: ...is serving
Catalog: IS008
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release Date: 16.05.2025