German electro producer Martin Matiske has recently breathed new life into his Blackploid alias. The project’s revival continues to bear fruit with the Strange Stars EP, Matiske’s third Blackploid release of 2021 and second for Central Processing Unit after issuing March’s Cosmic Traveler EP through the Sheffield label.
Blackploid’s two CPU drops have more in common than just stargazing titles. Those who enjoyed Cosmic Traveler will find plenty to like again in these four tracks, with Matiske serving up another quartet of snappy machine-funk joints this time around. However, while there is certainly a throughline between Cosmic Traveler and Strange Stars, this EP also finds Blackploid pushing the envelope at points by taking risks with his synth tones which thrill and enliven the record.
In keeping with the cosmic theme of Blackploid’s recent output, Strange Stars kicks off with ‘Star Patrol’. While this opening cut is full of the same needle-gun basslines and dinky synths that characterised Cosmic Traveler, the drum programming eschews the broken beats favoured by many in the scene for a straight house/techno snap. It makes for a very groovy jam, one with Drexciya, Computer World-era Kraftwerk and a pinch of Space Dimension Controller in its mix.
Indeed, the only track on Strange Stars which skips along on a broken beat is second entry ‘The Signal’. ‘The Signal’ also features some of Blackploid’s most impressive electronics programming to date, announcing itself with a brilliantly unusual synth that sounds like an old video game unit which has just gained sentience. When this alien tone is combined with another precision-engineered bassline the track invokes the grizzly bangers of the L.I.E.S. label, though the keyboard stabs which enter periodically also hint to the funkier electro of, say, Egyptian Lover.
‘The Unseen’, the first B-side of Strange Stars, finds Blackploid bringing together many of the things which made the two previous tunes such standouts. A steady four-on-the-floor and a slightly haunted feel to the synth choices casts back to ‘Star Patrol’, but much like ‘The Signal’ this joint also features some rather weird tones which are a hair’s breadth away from machine malfunction. It’s a feeling which runs through to closing cut ‘Light Corridor’, a number where melodies and anti-melodies zip around an array of gurgling electronic cells.
Martin Matiske’s fine run of Blackploid EPs continues with the intergalactic electro stylings of Strange Stars.

Strange Stars

PREMIERE : Blackploid - The Signal

Outside the window the flowers were beginning to bloom. She loved this time of year, not quite blazing heat but warm enough to spend the days outside in the garden, surrounded by the roses and daffodils. She inhaled deeply, taking in the sweet smell that permeated the air; it was fresh, familiar, comforting. Nature always helped to ground her; it was the best medicine. 

A new label has been born in The Hague. Started as a platform to give electronic music from the 90s a second life, return_backspace begins with a look at the work of Bern-based Italian producer Marco Repetto. Made up of nine tracks, split across a trilogy of EPs, the release shines a light on his early compositions under the moniker planet love. Crafted during a period where atari-sequencing was widely used, the music bears a naivety that came with producing at the time, and sees Repetto layer synth stabs, warm basslines and crisp percussion over dreamy soundscapes.

PREMIERE: planet love - flowers [return_backspace]

Pho Bho's 6th release, Inverted Echoes, is a various artist blending different club’s shades.

Nero Zang open the ep with a slow emotional lysergic journey followed up by Oblako Maranta, the new project composed by A-Tweed and Radial Gaze, with a tribal triplets flow scanned by edgy synth, literally a peak time fire gem.
Pletnev close the A side with a trippy electro sequence marked by his voice.

Turn the vinyl to listen Matteo Coffetti in search of a new galaxy, planets are connected to each other through glitchy synths, Camboja draw us a dark scenario with twitchy screaming coming from who?
Closing the various is Hassan Abou Alam the Egyptian emergent artist with triggered voices floating on fattybass.

https://soundcloud.com/matteocoffetti
https://soundcloud.com/phobhorecords

PREMIERE⚡️Matteo Coffetti - Hidden Galaxy [PHO BHO]

Dovydas 'Jokios Kultūros' is our New Years opener. Great music, proper attitude, quite an opposite of what's represented by the stage name. 

On the side, he's 1/2 of our comrades @electric_shapes and another half of @far-east-flight, a space where cult and culture blends.

Pleasure to woash alongside and always stay 69!

SC: @jokioskulturos_official
FB: shorturl.at/rzBJT

Our socials:
FB - bit.ly/skalbiankeFB
IG - bit.ly/skalbiankeIG

Session No. 69 w/ Jokios Kultūros

Dylan Dylan - Euphoria LP
BUY LINK: https://shallnotfade.co.uk/album/euphoria-lp-2
Label : Lost Palms (Shall Not Fade)  https://soundcloud.com/shallnotfade
Release date: 14 january 2022
https://soundcloud.com/dylandylanmusic

Dylan Dylan is a french electronic music producer, with many influences (House, Breakbeat, UKG, Hip-hop..).
Pianist and music lover since early ages, she starts Djing in 2006.
In 2011, she starts producing music and releases a first EP on Defected sub label , Tenth Circle.
In 2020 and 2021, she releases tracks on Oxia’s label, Diversion Music, joins the Shall Not Fade family, and signs on Deviant Episode, Plaisance Records, Chineurs de House.
She hosts a monthly show on Pinata Radio, and appeared on Trax Magazine “Fast Track".

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Dylan Dylan - Altered Ego [Lost Palms]

When referring to Scape One, its obligatory to recognize that his work is wholeheartedly visionary. Ominous bass lines, warped bleeps, and hiccup like high hats combined with perfectly harmonized chords and melodies form a groundbreaking type of electro sound very atypical to the trends. Believe In Records as a division of MixCult Records features second release with an experimental assertion full of retro influences coalesced with the sounds of the future, seemingly responding to one another's frequencies in perfect congruence.

The high demanding collectors cannot miss this release.

https://soundcloud.com/mixcult
https://soundcloud.com/scape-one

PREMIERE : Scape One - Glide In Syncopation

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/metadataaaa
Track: High Electric [380V]
Label: https://soundcloud.com/metadataaaa
Format: Digital LP
Release date: OUT NOW
Youtube: https://youtu.be/kDRCfw6RhnM

"⚡️Meet the new album «Hight Electric» inspired by the atmosphere of real electro. Bass controls you're listening all the time, be vigilant in your choice of music. MetaData recommended every time listen yourself inside.⚡️

Thank you ♥️" - MetaData

PREMIERE | MetaData - Hight Electric [380V] [MetaData] 2022

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/friedrich_ernst
Track: Rhythm Control
Label: https://soundcloud.com/self-learning-system
Format: 12" Vinyl EP 
Release date: OUT NOW
YouTube: https://youtu.be/7Rww_Itvsuc

The second strike of Leipzig’s new electro offshoot sets Friedrich Ernst on the offensive. With these four new tracks he progressed his sound signature from a playful but reflected 8bit world soundtrack on SELF001 to a firm and gritty b-boy attitude. With SELF002 the do-it-yourself label team of DJ Unisex and Friedrich Ernst back up nothing less than their label mission: "We believe in the human mind as a self-learning system" – and it has the basement dance in the eye. 
Classic electro otakus will parté about the succinct elements that fits each other seamlessly on Class Beat while the groove remains alert and phantasmagoric.
Back 2 The Ol_ Skool invites two breakdance crews to battle out who owns the floor: the pale electro robot boys on the left and the hoover sound loving UK hardcore girls on the right.
Wildstyle is the living proof that a tight 808 groove still smashes especially hard when complimented with a proper breakbeat. Best played loud and from vinyl.
The last bit of the whole enchilada is almost tranquilizing until you realise how far your stone rolled already. Rhythm Control is a crowd pleaser with endless qualities.
Collaboration partner Dominik Widmann delivers the stunning artwork again for their ongoing conceptual series with his acrylic paintings. Included as A2 inlay print in every record.

PREMIERE |  Friedrich Ernst - Rhythm Control [Self Learning System] 2022

Espresso Ghetto - Echo Chamber

Living to the Fullest

TL Premiere #1979 (2025.08.22) : Anna Karina - Melancholy [Connectome Records]

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For this 138th Premiere of 2025, we have a track by Anna Karina titled ‘Melancholy’ from her forthcoming EP "Metaphorisch" on the new Ukrainian label founded by Grid User (@artem-kres) : Connectome Records.

▶︎ The EP will be available from August 23, 2025 in digital on Bandcamp here : https://connectomerecords.bandcamp.com/album/anna-karina-metaphorisch-ep

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Release Info :

Anna Karina - METAPHORISCH EP

Anna Karina, Ukrainian music producer based in Berlin,
has released her first EP!

This EP showcases synthesizers and VCV Rack. The sound explores the sensations of wind and the vast, heavy landscape of the mind.
Rather than imitating the physical world, it channels perception — translating emotional states into abstract sonic forms.
Noise and glitch elements represent the raw, untamed aspects of the ocean, not as it sounds, but as it feels.

Through generative techniques, where algorithms influence structure and detail, the composition mimics the unpredictable nature of waves, thoughts, and shifting inner currents. The result is not a direct simulation, but an evolving soundscape that captures the movement and instability of an internal ocean.

This ocean is metaphorical — an ocean of emotion, memory, and perception. It has little in common with literal wave sounds but resonates as a deep, sensory reflection of a mental state.

The goal is not realism, but transformation: to turn the intangible into an auditory environment. This process creates a unique listening space where meaning is felt, not explained.
The result is a deeply personal landscape, shaped by resonance, dissonance, and silence, where the listener is free to drift, dissolve, or reassemble within the sound.

I want you to remember abstract soundscapes that evoke memory, mind, emotion, and altered states.

Tracklist :
1. GLASSWARE
2. MELANCHOLY
3. STEIN
4. STURM

releases August 23, 2025

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Follow Anna Karina :
Instagram : www.instagram.com/ank.ann

Follow Connectome Records
Bandcamp : https://connectomerecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/connectome.records
SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/connectome_records

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METAPHORISCH EP

TL PREMIERE : Anna Karina - Melancholy [Connectome Records]

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               26/09@ Burger Disco Club, Athens 
               27/09@ Rokfor, Patras
               04/10@ La Démarrante, Annecy
               18/10@ Boom Boom Villette
               31/10@ La Rotonde Stalingrad
               13/12@ La Rotonde Stalingrad


Past Gigs : 
Paris => Cabaret Sauvage, Trabendo, Rex Club, Badaboum, La Java, Mazette, La Machine du Moulin Rouge, La Prairie Du Canal, Petit Bain, Nexus, La Madrague Festival, Palais de Tokyo, La Rotonde Stalingrad, Silencio, ZigZag, La Clairiere, Wanderlust, Nuits Fauves, Double Vie, Pamela, Virage,  Le Monseigneur etc...

France => Calvi On The Rocks, Cabourg Mon Amour, We Love Green, Sarcus Festival, Tres cool Festival-Deauville, Highfive Festival-Annecy, Briques Rouges Festival-Lille, Bains Numeriques Festival-Enghien, Macadam Nantes x2, Lieu Unique Nantes, Le Sucre Lyon x3, Le Terminal Lyon, Le Petit Salon Lyon, Iboat Bordeaux x3, Chapiteau Marseille, 1988 Live Club Rennes, Gare Saint Sauveur Lille x2, Ostra Nancy, Grenoble Campus, La Bobine Grenoble, Angers, Nuit Blanche Saint Denis etcetc...

Europe => London x4 , Manchester x3, Leeds x2, Edinburgh, Berlin x3, Hamburg, Freiburg, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm x2, Copenhagen, Geneve x4, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Zurich x4, Bern, Lucern, Madrid x2, Ronda, Barcelona x3, Porto, Prague, Skopje, Milan, Rome, Liege, Istanbul, Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest x2, Vilnius x2, Palanga, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, Saint Petersburg, Moscow etc...
RoTW ==> Mexico City x2, Guadalajara, Leon, Merida, San Miguel De Allende, Queretaro etc...

PREMIERE : Scape One - Glide In Syncopation

Les Yeux Orange