Function - Against The Wall

Label : Truncate ‎– TRUNCATE1
Format : Vinyl, 12" 
Country : US
Released : Feb 2011
Genre : Electronic
Style : Techno

Truncate - Concentrate

Rüfüs Du Sol - INNERBLOOM (RV909 1998 FINAL OUTRO)

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

Human Code (Original Mix)

Ciao tutti 💖
So happy to share the recording from my last set at Open Ground from December 2024. 

It was an emotional journey ~ I wanted to tell a story of diving into underwater dream lands, where spirit guides and glitchy creatures meet and send us messages from the other side... where sound takes over the brain and opens something in the heart and body.
I waved through many genres ~ ambient, jungle, electro, dubstep, drill, jazz, techno and the wonky in-between. It felt like I had the chance to express a fuller spectrum of who I am as a music lover. 🙏

That night, I had the honour of opening for the legend Surgeon ~ someone who’s deeply inspired my path since the very beginning. Sharing that moment with him and connecting was just wow. 🥹

Open Ground truly is one of the most special places on earth ~ the care, the sound, the freedom, the community, the crew… just perfection. 

So grateful to be invited back this saturday ! (26.07.2025) 
Don’t skip ~ come sweat and feel with us 🌀💎💦

~ with love & gratitude ~ 
GiGi🧜‍♀️

GiGi FM at Freifeld / Open Ground 14.12.2024

Back at The Lot Radio with a two-hour show featuring new and unreleased music. 

https://www.instagram.com/interstellarfunk
https://www.soundcloud.com/interstellarfunk

Interstellar Funk @ The Lot Radio 08-30-2025

Taking over the decks this week with two hours of unflinching groove engineering, Tresor resident DJ and Unrush boss Mareena pulls out the big guns. All in layered atmospheric finesse, streamlined rhythmic architecture and nimble transitions, Mareena's mix vouches for her impeccable mixing skillset and pristine curation. Blending hi-impact, big room-focussed wares and clever detours into further experimental-leaning territories, the German artist captures a compelling snapshot of her current musical headspace, combining the finest of hi-tech dubs with vanguard electronics and stripped-down floor destroyers bound to wreak havoc all the way from the basement to the rooftop. Seismic drop, beware. 

soundcloud.com/mareenaofficial


Reclaim Your City 662 | Mareena

Mixed by TMDDJ

01. Chlär - Cipe Ortni
02. Mislaw - Sen
03. Rene Wise - Pleasure Note
04.Arkan - Nasty Tool
05. Luar & Viktoria Spielman - Brainwash Me Gently
06. Bidoben - Gstaad
07. DJ Dextro - Fire Water Air
08. Q&A - Man With No Shadow
09. Deepchild - Ancient Rites (Ackermann 'The Driest Wet' Remix)
10. Vinicus Honorio - Edge Of Sorrow
11. Mython - Speak
12. Luar - Dreaming
13. Tièmoko Koné - Altercation
14. Albert Zhirnov - Silence
15. Marcelo Demarco - Helix
16. Altinbas - Maniola
17. Connor Wall - Yoko

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147. Propane pres. The Crossroads - Mixed by TMDDJ

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The "The Melting Point" mini compilation, featuring the track "Throwing Elbows" by @kink, will be out on December 01st through @dame-music. More info: bit.ly/MeltingKink

The Melting Point

Info

KiNK - Throwing Elbows

Organik Festival 2018, Taiwan

LINE-UP /

- LIVE - 

Barker & Baumecker (Ostgut Ton) Germany
Agonis (Amenthia Recordings) Switzerland
Leafar Legov (giegling) Germany
Dorisburg (Aniara / Bossmusik) Sweden

- DJ -

Blind Observatory (Gravitational) Germany
Joel Mull (Parabel) Sweden 
Powder (Cocktail D'Amore) Japan
A Made Up Sound (AMS / Delsin) Netherlands
C.K (Regelbau / No Hands) Denmark
Diskonnected (Smoke Machine) Taiwan
Valentino Mora (IDO / Dement3d) France
Garçon (Amenthia Recordings) Switzerland
Eli Verveine (Tardis) Switzerland
Chris SSG / Japan

- BLUE STAR STAGE -

Jing (6dimensions)
Al Burro (Korner)
AHPR & Sébastien Robert (Field Records)
Yoshi Nori (Bass Kitchen)
Andy Chiu (Korner)
MiniJay (Bass Kitchen)
Umbra (Korner)
Atsushi Maeda (rural / addictedloop)
Toska (Korner)

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