Next up in Club Mackan presents: @astoremusica brings the heat.
One hour of pure goodness.

Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1. Sanctums - Skin2Skin feat. Jennifer Mmay
2. Depeche Mode - Leave in Silence
3. Furotica - Rebirth Is Hardwired (Franz Scala Remix)
4. Bruce The Bat Person, Vector Malevolent, Giorgio Isaev - Sinister Minister
5. Astore - ID
6. Diar Storm, Lost Boy 1984, Play Paul - Everything So (Cyda Remix)
7. Idoru - Trust You (Darlyn Vlys Remix)
8. Renato Cohen & Daddy Squad - Always On My Mind
9. Polari Records - Perfect Beat (Michael Lane Edit)
10. Skelesys - Once
11. Karassimeon - Love Reaction (Karassimeon Edit)
12. Pamala Stanley - I Don't Want To Talk About It (Sean Den Rework)
13. John Sauli - Sweet Conversation

Club Mackan presents: Astore

We are delighted to announce our collaboration with Blank Wave and Radondo taking over DARK is the new DISCO #39 🖤✨

Radondo connects the dots between Italo Disco, EBM and experimental rock within his productions. Incorporating subtle nods to post-punk and dystopian cinema, the UK-born artist creates a map of his in fl uences, weaving compelling narratives in the process.

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Soundcloud: @shialabiff

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Instagram: instagram.com/_radondo_
Soundcloud: @radondo

DARK is the new DISCO #39 x Blank Wave /w Radondo

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-italo-brutalo-free-to-move

Following up the release of his debut album 'Heartware' in 2022, Berlin-based record label Bungalo Disco prepare to issue the sophomore full-length from vintage synth aficionado Vincent Fries aka Italo Brutalo...Our pick from the album is 'Free To Move' - a low slung and spaced-out track that blends synth-disco with a swirling, delay-soaked arpeggios and punchy TR-303 hi-hats and drum hits before unfolding into a tapestry of acid synths and saturated vocoder vocals.

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Italo Brutalo - Free To Move [Bungalo Disco]

Vintage synth fetishist Italo Brutalo brings you his superb sophomore album Second Horizon, released 29th May on his and his girlfriend very own Bungalo Disco label. The German producer possesses an incredible armoury of retro analogue synths, and he certainly knows how to use them. And push them to their limits. Congratulations, listener. You are about to step into an alternate electronic universe.

Kicking off with City Sight, every synth is a joy. Warm tones, clear, crisp symbols and snares. A beautiful melody intertwined with acid tweaks and dreamy vocoder vocals, sounding almost more keys than voice. And that 80s drum machine line. There are five different decades where this modern classic would feel right at home.

You want it darker? Here comes Memory Sync, bursting through your loading screen like an end of level baddy. Press ‘play’ and you will know exactly what I mean. The hi hat and kick drum pattern on Digital Freedom is to die for, the acid bass and Italo disco melody giving your day an instant serotonin boost.

Surveillance State kicks the tempo up more than a notch, this eerie 3-D soundscape literally makes you feel as though you are being watched by a Machiavellian force. You can literally feel the paranoia oozing from your speakers. Technology is like a souped-up Kraftwerk 33 played on 45. Close your eyes and imagine stop-frame footage of robots in a car factory. Just brilliant. Heiss Oder Kalt (Hot Or Cold) is a perfect title for this lush mix of warm and cool synths, with a vocal sample reminiscent of a mad scientist.

Chasing Shadows, The first single to be released from Second Horizon, is just damn well exciting. It’s like you’re driving K.I.T.T. on turbo boost, in pursuit of the Midnight Express. Strap yourself in as Italo Brutalo hits the TB-303 button on the console for an acid fuel injection. Just when you thought it couldn’t get better, the joyous robotic vocal kicks in. I dare you to try and stay still whilst Chasing Shadows plays. It’s impossible.

Free To Move takes the tempo down a notch, robotic melodies dancing with each other in beautiful synchronicity, giving life to a beautiful android, leading perfectly into Black Gold, a soundscape rich enough to deserve to grace a Hollywood masterpiece.

Human Code is a perfect companion piece to City Sight. Drop this one in a club and see the reaction. Pure bliss. Then comes dark and sleazy low tempo I am a creator pulls you into the thought process of Italo Brutalo, before Tonight finishes this perfect long player off to a joyous, satisfying conclusion.

Musical visionaries often find it difficult to write that difficult second album. With Second Horizon, Italo Brutalo has brought you an original masterpiece. Enjoy.

Cover Art: Bungalo Disco
Mastering: X at 12inch.Berlin
Laquercut: AB Mastering
Original Photos: Gerald von Foris

Second Horizon

Memory Sync (Original Mix)

City Sight (Original Mix)

Brandski is a French electronic music producer, DJ, and live performer based in Toulouse. Known for his analog-driven sound, his music resonates with fans of analog textures and driving rhythms, offering a timeless fusion of dancefloor energy and melodic depth. He blends italo disco, electro, and EBM into sharp and cinematic tracks. Trained in classical music, Brandski evolved into electronic production since a decade. His music is powered by instruments like the Roland TR-707, the Yamaha DX-7 or the Korg MS-20.

His regular releases include EP like Paranoia on Division Record label, Optical Signal on Nein and the acclaimed Moonrider LP on Mélopée Records. With this album, he explored a journey through retro-futuristic music, carried by synths, deep grooves, and cosmic melodies. On tracks like “Disco Dance” and “Feather and Silk” he blended nostalgia and innovation.

He regularly performs live or as a DJ in clubs and festivals. This summer, you can catch Brandski on stages in Lyon, Dax, and Toulouse. Don't forget to follow him to stay updated on his upcoming releases and shows.

01. Pumuki - Magia En Tu Cabeza (Original Mix) [Burning Synths] 2025
02. Roliva & Marito Ramirez - LEGO (Mundo D Remix) [Nativo] 2025
03. PHAS3R - After Burner (Original Mix) [Mélopée Records] 2024
04. Karassimeon - Los Niños del Parque (Karassimeon Edit) [Slow Motion Records] 2025
05. Kiko, David Carretta & Gigi Succès - Future is Your Love [Mélopée Records] 2025
06. Brandski - Vapor Games (Italo Mix) [Club Mackan] 2025
07. Machinegewehr - Gone [Mélopée Records] 2025
08. Alberto Melloni - Only You [Bordello A Parigi] 2025
09. Mundo D - Music [Club Mackan] 2025
10. The Hacker & Endrik Schroeder Project - Puissance 4 [Phantasy Sound] 2025
11. Panthera & Darlyn Vlys - Come With Us (Original Mix) [Sincopat] 2025
12. Back From The Wave - Brothers [Roam Recordings] 2022
13. Robert Babicz - Earth Ship [Systematic Recordings] 2022
14. TDWS - Shatter (Tronik Youth Edit) [Nein Records] 2025

More at https://soundcloud.com/mat_brandski

Brandski - SOULMEEX DECKS 147

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-franz-scala-saxon-rebel-feat-local-suicide

Berlin-based italo-disco record label Slow Motion mark their return with the full-length release 'Cafe Futuro', the sophomore album from label boss Franz Scala...Our pick is the fifth track ‘Saxon Rebel’ - a sleek, hyper stylised descent into the nocturnal undercurrents of Northern Germany. Co-produced by Local Suicide, the track operates at a steady 120 BPM, maintaining an unflinching tension without ever rushing. Acid-washed synth lines snake through layers of gleaming new beat arpeggios, while Vamparela’s Greek spoken-word passages lend an air of ritualistic mystique. The result is a seductive time-warp, where fragments of ancient rites and sci-fi futures converge into an hallucinatory dancefloor reverie.

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Franz Scala - Saxon Rebel (Feat. Local Suicide) [Slow Motion]

out on nein
https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ctrl-alt-del

MAN2.0 & Precious Blood - CTRL ALT DEL - Tronik Youth Remix

Spuren

A remix full of dreaming energy – gentle synths, hypnotic layers, and a beat that moves forward slowly yet steadily.
Between night and dream, dance and silence – a sound for all who want to lose their thoughts and let their soul drift. 🌌

A little Dreamer (Remix)

Flashy Ways - Duarrte

Booking: italobrutalo at gmail dot com

Vintage synth fetishist and genuine circuit-bending whiz, Italo Brutalo is no typical dealer of hardware-squeezed juice. Tapping in the endless potentialities of his analogue army of retro machinery, the German producer has built a sound ID that defies conventions and takes pride in trespassing all the frontiers and limitations associated to the etiolated map of dance music styles.
From EBM-laced rhythms to jagged techno motifs, via off-pistes divagations into electro, disco, hip-hop and kosmische spaces, Italo Brutalo writes a story of genre-busting, all-embracing love for the primordial groove. Having first dabbled into production through the studio equipment of his father, young Fries quickly caught the virus of music-making and its idiosyncratic logic, using all the means within his reach to turn his ideas into actual pieces of sound. With over 25 years of fiddling, tweaking, bastardising bars of automated fire so people can have a blast on the dance floor, Italo Brutalo has gained a potent reputation amongst jockeys and producers, recently making it to the cover of Das Synthesizer Magazine.

Following up to a string of releases on a wide array of imprints including Mozzarella Records, Days of Being Wild, Compuphonic, RFR or Nang Records, Fries moved onto self-releasing his output through Bungalo Disco, the label he co-operates alongside his girlfriend. After the first three vinyl releases went sold-out within a couple of weeks, Italo Brutalo now returns with his anticipated debut long-player, "Heartware", which - as its title suggests, makes for a compelling ode to the machines that got him into the eerie world of sine waves and tape loops. Beautifully wrapped in a gatefold, and adorned with the exquisite artwork of his creative partner to go full-circle. What else?

Memory Sync (Original Mix)

Italo Brutalo

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