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On June 27, 2025, a long-dormant signal reactivates from Hamburg's hidden places: Helena Hauff and F#X return as Black Sites with R4 on Tresor Records—their first full-length album and the first release under the moniker since 2014. Like a hieroglyphic recently discovered and translated, R4 feels more like a long-awaited resumption than a comeback.

Recorded to tape with minimal editing or post-production the record is a classic example of the symbiotic relationship that can come from the interaction of human and machine. This punk ethos isn't invoked through distortion alone, but through method; in the album's breaking from the received wisdom of hardness tethered to speed as most of the tougher pieces are lower BPM and vice versa (with one notable exception in the mind-melting stomp of BLOKK).

Across ten tracks, Black Sites traverse a landscape where genre dissolves into intention. It migrates through electro's danceability, acid house's corrosion, and into the liminal realm of machine funk—a genre coined by Andrew Weatherall, which sounds like the results of technology dreaming of soul where the emphasis is on live execution, on immediacy over perfection—a sound forged in the act of creating, not polishing.

In a 2013 interview, around the time of the first Black Sites EP, Hauff was quoted as saying that she wants "things to fit together properly, but on another level, I really want them to make sense together." That principle animates R4: The album's form reveals itself in time, with each movement echoing and amplifying the others to create a synergistic whole.

From the opening crawl of C4 (a name that like the music foreshadows the explosions to come) to the end-of-the-night bliss of MOTHERJAM via the intense peaks of BLOKK, 707, and classic acid track 3D it's clear that R4 is a work made with serious intent; a refutation of a world where streaming has made the two-minute single the dominant musical form again. R4 demands immersion, not just attention. It is not a collection of tracks, but a singular, recursive experience: a mirror in which sound and listener repeatedly rediscover one another.

BANDCAMP

PREMIERE: Trøm Borg - Subterranean Pulse [Profundo Collective]

Back to WGT weekender in leipzig by the hand of Glitter und Trauma. 5 layers of make up, with Glitter as topping to dance like only the Emo B1tches know.  
Set recorded at Axxon N, Track 3.


Glitter + Trauma 2025

PREMIERE : Valentin Ginies - Spectral Echoes [11001-8]

Written, Produced & Artwork: Valentin Ginies
Remix: Blovk
Track: Spectral Echoes 
EP: 'Noumena'
Label: 11001 Records 
Catalog: 11001-8 
Mastering: Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab
Photo & Graphic Design by Philipp Wassermann
Genre: Psychedelic Techno
Release Date: July 2nd 2025
Released by 11001 Records (Berlin DE)

Valentin Ginies
https://soundcloud.com/valentinginies
https://www.instagram.com/valentin_ginies/
https://www.facebook.com/valentinginies



11001 Records
https://11001records.de/
https://11001records.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/11001records/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063791872649


PREMIERE : Valentin Ginies - Spectral Echoes [11001-8]

Buy: https://crescentlondon.bandcamp.com/album/flux-crscnt27

Release name: Flux
Artist: Abstract Man
Label: Crescent London
Catalog: [CRSCNT27]
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release Date: 01.08.25
Mastering: Matthias Friedel
Artwork: Crescent London

Tracklist:
1. Abstract Man - Luminous [CRSCNT27]
2. Abstract Man - Flux [CRSCNT27]
3. Abstract Man - Obsidian [CRSCNT27]
4. Abstract Man - Terminus [CRSCNT27]

Abstract Man:
▫️ SC: https://soundcloud.com/abstract_man
▫️ IG: https://www.instagram.com/abstractman_london
▫️ FB: https://www.facebook.com/AbstractMan.London/

Crescent London:
▫️ linktr.ee/crescent.london

Flux

Bandcamp

Abstract Man - Terminus [CRSCNT27]

Ester, an Italian DJ now based in Prague, showcases her selection by mixing a wide range of cutting-edge and industrial sounds. Her pushing approach is further shown by her integration of dark ambient and oriental influenced tracks, which take the listener on an extended, brooding, and progressively escalating journey into the depths of their imagination.

HEPTASEAS 036 - ESTER

We are back again with a beautiful contribution to @instinktlab's newest VA with production collab from Laima Adelaide & Reto. 'Dust Static Absence ' is a subtle soundscape dances through rhythmic ambiance, touching gently on deeper techno textures with raw sounds and developing sequences

"The second release on our sub-label BLENDE HUB marks the closing chapter of a journey. As the first various artist compilation from our platform, it features 11 tracks by producers from Berlin, Moscow, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Bern, Glasgow, Würzburg, St. Petersburg, and Shanghai.

Each contribution is rooted in personal connections and stories collected through years of travel and shared experiences. This VA brings together artists who’ve all found their place in our flows of life -proving once more that music is a universal language.

From broken hearts and personal struggles to uplifting support and artistic unity, this release concludes a phase of global connections we made personally on our musical path and opens a new personal chapter for us - one of collective expression across the underground electronic scene worldwide.'

13 Artists Total

Release curated by @hohe-audio & @04061

Cat. Number: BLENDE02
Release Date: 01.08.2025
Format: Digital & Cassette
Artwork & Photography by @bongvr
Mastered by @hohe-audio in Berlin, Wedding.

Purchase here:
https://instinktlab.bandcamp.com/album/blende02

Support the artists here:
@amlia
https://www.instagram.com/laimaadelaide/

Support the label here:
@blende.hub
https://www.instagram.com/blende.hub/
@instinktlab
https://www.instagram.com/instinkt.lab

AF Premiere: Laima Adelaide & Reto - Dust Static Absence [Instinkt Lab][OUT!!01.08.25]

Flow Back - Neural Code ep
Available here : https://detune.bandcamp.com/album/neural-code-2
                          https://brandolupi.bandcamp.com/album/neural-code
Composed, produced and mixed : Brando Lupi. 
Recorded at Void studio. 
Cover art : Brando Lupi 
Photo : Brando Lupi
Detune Records
DETUNE 010

Flow Back

The 13th recording of the KHIDI Night Cut series features a set from the club’s resident DJ, producer, and live-performer Downwell. He blends EBM and Techno with an experimental edge and is best known for his affiliation with the renowned Persephonic Sirens imprint. Giorgi is also a member of the project Initial Light, further showcasing his artistic versatility

The recording is an excerpt from his closing set at G2 (18.04.25)

@dnwlll

Downwell at G2 (18.04.25)

FUR:THER SESSIONS : PREMIERE 310

Artist: GSSG
Track: Event Horizon (Claudio PRC Remix)
Album: Mote Of Dust
Label: Indefinite Pitch
Cat. No.: PITCH50
Mastering: Brice Deloose at Incidence Studio
Artwork: Mark Wagner 
Format: Digital
Genre: Deep Techno
Releasedate: 28/08/2025
Released by Indefinite Pitch, China

Buy it here:
https://indefinitepitch.bandcamp.com/album/mote-of-dust

GSSG:
https://soundcloud.com/gssgofc
https://instagram.com/gssgofc

Claudio PRC:
https://soundcloud.com/claudioprc
https://instagram.com/claudioprc
https://facebook.com/ClaudioPRC

Indefinite Pitch:
https://soundcloud.com/indefinite-pitch
https://instagram.com/indefinite.pitch
https://facebook.com/indefinitepitch.records
https://indefinitepitch.bandcamp.com
https://formaviva.com/indefinite-pitch
https://indefinitepitch.com

Fur:ther Sessions:
https://soundcloud.com/furthersessions 
https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/further_sessions 
https://formaviva.com/furthersessions 
https://facebook.com/furthersessions
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3irNAR4  

Contact and Premiere Requests:
furthersessions[at]gmail[dot]com

PREMIERE: GSSG - Event Horizon (Claudio PRC Remix) [Indefinite Pitch]

Playlist

Prelude
Frenic - Remember Me?
The Cancel - End Station
Dj Low Cut - What's Done Is Done (Instrumental)
Funky DL - The Glimmer of Nightfall
Stephen Onprachanh - Sophisticated Lady
Sick Rat - Midnight meditation (Love story remix) Ft. Erik Jackson
Josh Shuck - Still Another Says
JIM (Beatmaker) - Petit prince des nuages
Bodega Brown - One For B.Dawson
ChasBeats - West Coast Lights
Elektrobin - So Fine
Jenova 7 - You Dig?
Ward Wills - Heartbreaks
Konteks - City Samba
Tack-Fu of the 85 Decibel Monks - Breeze and 85
Monster Rally - Sister Owls
Duke Pearson - The Happy Eyes
Drips Zacheer - Amfisimo
Funkonami - Night Breeze
Virtual Recess - CityNights
Giyo - Someday
Kaloo - Give me (your love)
Birocratic - There for ya
Funky Fella - Happiness
Willie Wright - I'm So Happy Now (Casbah 73 Edit)
Moody Copter - We can do this (Feat Subbat)
Mr Collage - Yes we are
Guts - Ghetto in Paradise
Handbook - Made Of Stone
Kill Emil - Vegetarian Love
Less Is More - Waste My Time (Ft. Holly Afoa)

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