For the next instalment in our split series, we handed the reins over to two producers whose work has kept us continually inspired over the last few years. At the helm of the A-side, Berlin big-room havoc-wreaker AMOTIK puts on the burners right away with two riotous jams that scream nothing but sonic aggression. On the flip, the mysterious, genre-unbound Janice sweeps us into his psychedelic, non-formulaic techno mindset.  

True to AMOTIK’s minutely balanced, well-integrated blends of punishing kick drums and sunken harmonics, metronomic destroyer “Narangi” swings the pendulum sharp and clean, from deep down a thick sludge of reverb-soaked, FX-topped percussive armada to bleeps n’ bloops barrage fire, whereas quake-inducing tides of 909 thunder hail down upon the dance floor with unrelenting frenzy. The dusty bone-bruiser “Hara” picks up the torch and it’s in no calmer mood. A slowed-down, breaks-loaded churner, this one relies on a fine engineering of lo-freq moves and pure hardware-processed filth to establish a murky motel, cinematic narrative of sorts.  

Up with the fracturing wares, here’s Janice rocking the flip upside down with the aptly-titled “Mass Formation Hypnosis”. Doing what’s written on the tin, the faceless producer rushes us headfirst into the boiler for a thorough, unfaltering brainwash. Smelling of leather, grease and coal, this one’s bristling with a delectably rugged palette of unambiguous electronics: an ultimate shelling of chest-rattling drum work, in-your-face bass uppercuts, trumpeting stabs and menacingly altered vox. The final salvo, “Names and Excuses”, tops it all off on an ominously droney tip, flinging us right away into the frothing mouth of a deadly machine giant, hurtling and tumbling down mazy bowels of washed-out ambient techno via rhyzomatic gutters of brooding abstract motifs and no-frills heavyweight pound. Hectic. 

''XVII'' comes adorned with a duly outstanding frame to shine, and will be pressed on 180g quality vinyl. 

A1 written & produced by Amotik 
A2 written & produced by Amotik
B1 written & produced by Janice
B2 written & produced by Janice
Distributed by Clone Distribution Rotterdam
Artwork & Design by Jillem
Cat. no. RYCL017 – All Rights Reserved
℗ & © Reclaim Your City 2022
www.reclaimyourcity.bandcamp.com

RYCL017 - Amotik - Narangi

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@iamDecoder / @Illegal-Alien-Records

Beatport - https://www.beatport.com/release/solitary-state/5372748
YouTube - https://youtu.be/xKX0pTki5Wg

Abstract Mechanisms is a sublabel of Mexico's leading techno imprint, Illegal Alien. Also run by Ricardo Garduno, it has featured contributions by Jonas Kopp, Ruman, Singular Anomalies, Yrsen, and Mari Mattham.

The new four-track EP 'Solitary State' is by Decoder, a much loved American artist from Dallas who has released on Jeff Mills' Axis Records, Amotik Records, TWR72's Float, Edit Select Records, Molecular Recordings, and Science Cult, amongst others.

For this DT:Premiere we selected "Phantom 4" with a deep and introspective sound. Dancing modular tones set the muted and gentle atmosphere around the stuttering kick and tinkering hats for a joyful sonic trip into space.

LABEL: Abstract Mechanisms

CAT#: ALH016
ARTIST: Decoder
TITLE: Solitary State

FORMAT: Digital

RELEASED: 22 September 2025

01. Isolate
02. Borderland
03. Transitory
04. Phantom 4

Buy @ Beatport

DT:Premiere | Decoder - Phantom 4 [Abstract Mechanisms]

Buy link: https://vortex-kyiv.bandcamp.com/album/tributum-invicto-v-a-vortx022
Artist: KHRAPKO
Label: VORTEX
Catalog Number: VORTX022
Release Date: September 19, 2025
Format: Digital
Mastering: Light Way
Artist links: https://soundcloud.com/dima-khrapko
https://www.instagram.com/diima.khrapko

Label links: https://soundcloud.com/vortex_kyiv
https://vortex-kyiv.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/vortex_kyiv

PREMIERE: KHRAPKO - Distant [VORTX022]

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https://soundcloud.com/linear-straight
https://soundcloud.com/jeroensearch

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As Planetary Assault Systems, @Luke-Slater is an innovator of psychedelic mindfuck techno. Across a lengthy catalogue that stretches back into the 90s, the music’s bleepy, polyrhythmic loops are as recognizable as they are genre-defining. ‘Plantae’ is Slater’s first release as PAS on Ostgut Ton since ‘Arc Angel’ (2016) and covers the spectrum of PAS’s different strains while remaining grounded in Slater’s uncanny funk and knack for developing oblique melodies and rhythms over longer stretches. Deepness and hypnosis come as much through duration as sound design.

For Slater, ‘Plantae’ is made for Berghain, where he is a long-standing resident. In his own words: “I’m sure it’s no surprise that when it comes to putting together a release on Ostgut Ton, PAS takes on its more mind-altering, otherworldly quality by natural cause, quietly reflecting the dark sweaty nights and days at the club; at the point, the common neural coupling, of us all together. PAS has been part of Berghain and Berghain part of PAS for a long time. All of these tracks needed to pass the Berghain test in my sets first stop.”

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