_ techno / dark tech / minimal techno _Set 4

All releases are mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studio. Available on vinyl and digitally. Distributed by N.E.W.S. Artwork by Christopher Honeywell.

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Tensal – Opposite Inertia EP
KYN003

Mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studios, Rome
Release date: 22/04/16, 180g vinyl + digital
Artwork by Christopher Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

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Tensal is a solo project of Héctor Sandoval, a leading Spanish techno artist with an accomplished discography spanning 20 years, primarily as half of Exium. The four tracks of his ‘Opposite Inertia’ EP are each marked by the classic synth focus that defines the Tensal project, but cover separate moods within techno.

'Inertia 1' rolls out with unusual and off-kilter groove, whilst hi hats and sliding sub notes grow in intensity to the end. Inertia 2 and 3 are the peak time cuts. The first is all synth bleeps and a pumping low-end, the second more hyperactive with its flurry of tightly-wound bass and steely percussion. 'Inertia 4' brings the pace back down to a measured and more atmospheric close, tailored to the warm-up or time-out moments in a DJ set.

KYN003 Tensal - Opposite Inertia EP

Ristretto

A segment of my 3 hour set that was recorded live during the 2013 Ostgut Ton resident's night at Berghain.

Ben Klock - Berghain 10th Aug 2013

OCS010 Positive Centre - 'Hiding Knives'

Tracks: 

A1 Sedvs - Ritual Purity
A2 Sedvs - Protect and Serve
B1 Stock Projects - Same 1
B2 Stock Projects - Same 2

Viennese techno imprint Bare Hands is pushing its rugged, warm analogue sound towards new territories with‚ European Moral Standards'. Following up their first release, Bare Hands opt for rather eclectic Soundscapes, yet keeping analogue roughness and a spontaneous feel in their focus. 

On side A, Herla's offshoot Sedvs, leaves the comfort zone of 4x4 with ‚Ritual Purity', delivering a sonic exploration of rough, stabbing waves of synths embedded in gloomy, washed-out drums, yet keeping one foot in the club with ‚Protect and Serve', a true 'left of the field' delicacy, meant to cook up the floor right before the main dish is served. 

The B Side, host to mysterious outfit Stock Projects, kicks off with‚ ,Same 1', a toolish, subby basement workhorse driven by a relentless kick topped with hypnotizing hats to send any floor off into lock step. ‚Same 2' however, provides a bouncy neo-technoid cut, reminiscing the gems of a lost era without stepping too far away from the dodgy, sweaty dancefloor it calls home. 

Bare Hands'‚ European Moral Standard' EP arrives in a limited run of black vinyl and includes hand numbered postcard artwork on raw 250g paper.

Sedvs / Stock Projects - European Moral Standards EP (barehands002)

PREVIEW - Form 52 - Julian Jeweil - Meteorite EP

Back at our mammoth Stay True Scotland broadcast earlier this month, one track came real close to bringing The Caves' roof down during Nina Kraviz's powerhouse headline set. "I Wanna Go Bang" very nearly executed its titular statement – well, if the song was more about wrecking balls and less about...oh, never mind.

The vocals that stalk the track, so wholly devoid of humanity, rub up against razor-sharp claps and serious bounce in the subs. It's weighty warehouse techno of the highest order, set to devastate dark basements and big tents alike throughout the year. Simply put: Icelandic producer Bjarki has delivered a bomb.

Grip the physical via трип from July 15th onwards.

Bjarki "I Wanna Go Bang" - Boiler Room Debuts

Max Durante - Black Light EP
KYN001 

Mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studios, Rome
Release date: 06/11/15, 180g vinyl + digital
Artwork by Chris Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

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Kynant Records looks first to a techno veteran in Max Durante.

Max has been active for over 25 years and is regarded as one of the pioneers of Italian techno and electro. Having recently joined the ranks of Adam X’s Sonic Groove imprint, Max continues to command a strong presence in the wider techno scene.

His first offering on Kynant is ‘Black Light’, a four-track EP of deep and physical, avant-garde techno. The A-side begins with the swung drums, drone and perc of ‘Black Light’ and continues the distorted, broken-beat theme with ‘Solar Request’. On the flip, ‘Biocentrism’ is more direct with its bleeps, sharp high-end percussion and weighty 4x4 kick. The master of hypnotic techno Donato Dozzy provides a remix of ‘Biocentrism’, looping the feedback into a powerful groove for the DJs.

B2 Max Durante - Biocentrism (Donato Dozzy Remix)

Max Durante - Black Light EP
KYN001

Mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studios, Rome
Release date: 06/11/15, 180g vinyl + digital
Artwork by Chris Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

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Kynant Records looks first to a techno veteran in Max Durante.

Max has been active for over 25 years and is regarded as one of the pioneers of Italian techno and electro. Having recently joined the ranks of Adam X’s Sonic Groove imprint, Max continues to command a strong presence in the wider techno scene.

His first offering on Kynant is ‘Black Light’, a four-track EP of deep and physical, avant-garde techno. The A-side begins with the swung drums, drone and perc of ‘Black Light’ and continues the distorted, broken-beat theme with ‘Solar Request’. On the flip, ‘Biocentrism’ is more direct with its bleeps, sharp high-end percussion and weighty 4x4 kick. The master of hypnotic techno Donato Dozzy provides a remix of ‘Biocentrism’, looping the feedback into a powerful groove for the DJs.

B1 Max Durante - Biocentrism

A2 Max Durante - Solar Request

Max Durante - Black Light EP
KYN001

Mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studios, Rome
Release date: 06/11/15, 180g vinyl + digital
Artwork by Chris Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

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Kynant Records looks first to a techno veteran in Max Durante.

Max has been active for over 25 years and is regarded as one of the pioneers of Italian techno and electro. Having recently joined the ranks of Adam X’s Sonic Groove imprint, Max continues to command a strong presence in the wider techno scene.

His first offering on Kynant is ‘Black Light’, a four-track EP of deep and physical, avant-garde techno. The A-side begins with the swung drums, drone and perc of ‘Black Light’ and continues the distorted, broken-beat theme with ‘Solar Request’. On the flip, ‘Biocentrism’ is more direct with its bleeps, sharp high-end percussion and weighty 4x4 kick. The master of hypnotic techno Donato Dozzy provides a remix of ‘Biocentrism’, looping the feedback into a powerful groove for the DJs.


A1 Max Durante - Black Light

Black Sand - Desert Island EP
KYN002

Mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studios, Rome
Release date: 18/12/15, 180g vinyl + digital
Artwork by Christopher Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

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Black Sand is a new collaboration combining techno sounds old and new.

The duo consists of Max Durante (who produced the first Kynant record) and fellow-Italian, DJ Datch. Their ‘Desert Island EP’ is heavy on drum machines and classic styling but produced with modern design.

'Abyss’ and 'Black Sea' begin the record with restraint, building a groove out of tense layers of underwater atmosphere and a tough low-end.  The B-Side pushes the sound harder; the creeping drone of 'Dead Sea' is tailored for DJs to gradually build a room's energy, whilst 'High Tide' is peak-time material noticeably inspired by the 90s.


A1 Black Sand - Abyss

Taken from the album BENEDICERE
08.12.2015 - Day of the Immaculate Conception
Order here:  http://thedevilandtheuniverse.bigcartel.com/
or www.rustblade.com/

Nikopoia

Release date: 18/01/16
Cat no: TINFOIL003
Distribution: Veto Music Wholesale

Tracklist:
A1. Foil 22
A2. Foil 15
B1. Foil 18
B2. Foil 19

Tinfoil - Tinfoil 3 (previews)

A2 Blawan - Rubber Industry

B1 - Traumer - Classroom - Snippet

30 years ago, 28th February. 1986.

-SHORT VERSION -

ALVAR - Palme

Tensal – Opposite Inertia EP
KYN003

Mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studios, Rome
Release date: 22/04/16, 180g vinyl + digital
Artwork by Christopher Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

--

Tensal is a solo project of Héctor Sandoval, a leading Spanish techno artist with an accomplished discography spanning 20 years, primarily as half of Exium. The four tracks of his ‘Opposite Inertia’ EP are each marked by the classic synth focus that defines the Tensal project, but cover separate moods within techno.

'Inertia 1' rolls out with unusual and off-kilter groove, whilst hi hats and sliding sub notes grow in intensity to the end. Inertia 2 and 3 are the peak time cuts. The first is all synth bleeps and a pumping low-end, the second more hyperactive with its flurry of tightly-wound bass and steely percussion. 'Inertia 4' brings the pace back down to a measured and more atmospheric close, tailored to the warm-up or time-out moments in a DJ set.


A1 Tensal - Inertia 1

Identify the conflict: 
Strengthen the ties that bind and reject differences that divide

Available now at Dystopian.de. pressed on limited edition blue vinyl inside a full color jacket..

Conflict Divide

Noseda - Demons World -( Snippet)

A2 Tensal - Inertia 2

preview of gettrraum002 to be released on May 2016

B1 - Traumer - Tambur - Snippet

B1 Tensal - Inertia 3

B2 Tensal - Inertia 4

A mutual friend of Peaches and myself, the awesome berlin band @HYENAZ, have made a special edit of my track GEGEN. Layered on top is punk angry vocals, with the unnerving message about how freedom of movement is not granted for everyone. Why is European humans more important than non-European? Only last week my remix for Peaches was streamed, “Feel free” being the key message, a struggle queer folk have to really fight within for, because outside society denies so much to us. But this message in the GEGEN edit is not about us, these punk angry vocals is a message of solidarity with the refugees and asylum seekers, who need our support and kindness, who are suffering incredible burden and loss. I am humbled that HYENAZ took the initiative to make this edit.

This edit is on sale. As a small gesture, every sale Hyenaz and I will personally double and the whole amount will go to the Berlin Refugee Movement, an organisation in Berlin who tirelessly provide help to refugees and fight for their rights. They are in constant need of resources and money to pay lawyers fees, run education tours, or provide food and activities for mental health relief.

I have freedom of movement, I can go in and out of countries. Since moving to Berlin I have been lucky enough to travel the world, meeting many techno communities and queer communities who share a sense of care and responsibility for each other.

I’m not expecting anything big with this, simply being part of the dialogue for empathy, however your support here and now would be much appreciated. Please buy the edit, even if you never liked Gegen. Buy it five times!

You can buy here http://www.traxsource.com/title/617162/gegen-i-want-to-move-hyenaz-edit

Sadly Europe has been closing its borders especially since introducing Frontex, making agreements, supplying arms that are causing unnecessary cruelty and murder to innocent people. As refugees fleeing for their lives it is shocking we are creating similar conditions and hateful rhetoric as what happened in 1930s pre-WWII for political gain.

My personal hope is in our efforts to diminish the climate of hate with an overwhelming climate of empathy. This is not do-gooder blah blah, this is life and death.

Find out more about the Berlin Refugee Movement at www.oplatz.net. Facebook page @solidarity.asylumseekers.berlin

Freedom for all. Thank you for taking this in.


Message from @hyenaz:

"So many assumptions are made about why people choose to move, who has the right to move, and who does not, who can simply travel on a whim and who must risk everything to leave their lands for others. Our sense of time and space is increasingly unbounded, as access to knowledge, art and the public sphere shared through electronically mediated communication. Yet so many still have to risk death or internment to cross national borders physically, with access to migration arbitrarily determined by pieces of paper distributed along class and racial lines.

We were inspired by Paula's powerful track Gegen, whose title refers to the German word for “against” and already expresses the dichotomous terms in which media and political discourses discuss migration: Are you for or against migration? How do “we” oppose the “others” who are against “our” way of life. The urgency of its siren-like lead synth speaks to the militarised policing of national borders and the desperation that pushes people to risk everything in order to exercise the human right to move freely.

We wish to thank Bart Kuzniak at Studio 333 with whom we recorded the vocals and who later mastered the finished track. Out now on Reveler Records Berlin. "

Buy Now

Paula Temple - Gegen (I Want To Move! Hyenaz Edit)

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Agonis, Aurora Halal, Azu Tiwaline, Batu, Black Sand, Cio D'Or, Cousin, DJ G, Donato Dozzy, Echologist, Edward George, Fjäder, Forest Drive West, Gavsborg, Iori, Korridor, LADA (Dasha Rush & Lars Hemmerling), Max Durante, Michał Wolski, MA, Mala, Mike Parker, NikNak, O Yuki Conjugate, Pangaea, Parallel 9, Paul St. Hilaire (AKA Tikiman), Priori, René Löwe, Riddim Writer, Russell E.L. Butler, Shinichi Atobe, Steven Porter, Tensal, Terrence Dixon, Tilliander : Svreca, TM404 & Echologist, Vohkinne, VRIL, Wata Igarashi

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Distributed by N.E.W.S.