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• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender will be our new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

by: @sungenam @med1ock @philip-kylberg

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Sjoerd de Ridder (Sun Genam), Aaron Knebel (Medlock) & Philip Kylberg
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.2 - Sun Genam // Medlock & Philip Kylberg

@radiationpattern @materica-records

BUY: https://radiationpattern.bandcamp.com/album/subtle-lines

Subtle Lines, Radiation Pattern's debut album, is a deep and personal exploration between structure and spontaneity, form and dissolution, control and resistance. 

Drawing from his early engagement with harder techno, he distills raw intensity while interplaying with humming drones and hidden melodies.

Opening with the ethereal Purifica, the album transitions into the title track’s geometric rhythms, navigating between ambient elements and the relentless energy of club culture. 

Some tracks, like EVO and Summoning, directly express the electronic music communities that have shaped Simone’s experiences—spaces of connection, defiance, and transformation that  pulse with the tensions of capitalism, hope, and revolution that his musical journey embodies.

Artist Insta: https://instagram.com/radiation_pattern
Label Insta: https://instagram.com/materica_records

𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Radiation Pattern - Flowing Undertones [Materica]

@solmadj @decadanceamsterdam

BUY: https://decadanceamsterdam.bandcamp.com/album/rizoma-granulare

Rizoma Granulare embodies the symbiotic relationship between electronic music and the intricate horizontal growth of rhizomes, resulting in a release that finds its roots in a subterranean sound realm, where granular textures and hypnotic rhythms intertwine through an intricate musical ecosystem. Listeners are invited to experience the interplay of stretched grain resolutions and primal bass syncopations pulsing from the depths of each artist's introspection. Flourishing organically, the music branches out in unpredictable directions.

Artist ~ https://instagram.com/solma.als
Label ~ https://instagram.com/decadanceamsterdam
Mastering ~ https://instagram.com/maspaventimastering
Design ~ https://instagram.com/gabriele____mariani


𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Solma - Leaving The Aquarium [Decadance]

Release date: 31.03.25

 "A hypnotic tunnel in constant flux, shaped by granular-manipulated field recordings and brief percussive fragments that flicker along electrical impulses within a dense rhythmic grid. Layers of evolving textures breathe and mutate, expanding and contracting in an unpredictable motion."

Bandcamp: https://decadanceamsterdam.bandcamp.com/album/rizoma-granulare
Soundcloud: 
@decadanceamsterdam
@baroncinialessandro

Support

PREMIERE: Alessandro Baroncini - Infrared [Decadance]

Artist: Kontinum
Track: Pattern Recognition
Album: Kontinum - Hadal Biocenosis (w/ Són du Maquís + Esgeem rmx) [OS02]
Label: Obtuse Swamp
Cat. No.: OS02
Mastering: Tetric
Artwork: Fredonné
Format: Digital 
Genre: Electronics
Release date: 11/04/2025
Released by Obtuse Swamp, Spain (Barcelona)
Description: Obtuse Swamp's second ecosystem "Hadal Biocenosis" is the result of two years of sonic exploration by Leipzig-based artist Kontinum. Moving from conventional techno to a more bass-oriented sound, he left his comfort zone and experimented with unusual grooves and textures for this release. The EP is rounded off by two remixes from french dub expert Són du Maquís and fellow Leipzig producer Esgeem.

Buy it here:
https://obtuseswamp.bandcamp.com/


Artist SC: https://soundcloud.com/kontinum 
Label SC: https://soundcloud.com/obtuseswamp 
Artist Insta: https://www.instagram.com/kontinum.lpz/ 
Label Insta: https://www.instagram.com/obtuse.swamp/ 

Premiere: Kontinum - Pattern Recognition [OS02]

Exploring the cycle of evanescent shades of club momentum, Florence-based TOMO(@tomo_Sound makes his debut on Mana Abundance with a strictly dancefloor EP. Polly Magga brings pulsating rhythms, hypnotic loops, and detailed sound design to satisfy high attention span demands.​

The six-track digital release also features a remix by @feral_music, who reimagines "Guidance4" with his signature deep techno textures and immersive atmospheres.​

Pre-order is now available!

Out April 18, 2025, via Mana Abundance Bandcamp.

Artwork:Tilman Kunkel
Mastering: Henry3000

Tomo - Polly Magga

TOMO - Guidance4 (Feral Blind Remix)

S4TURNINE SOCIALS:

✮ IG: www.instagram.com/saturninex0/

✮ SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/artist/0s7Wop9J0…fHT9Kww90Gh7RVOA

✮ BANDCAMP: s4turnine.bandcamp.com

✮ DISCORD: discord.gg/HkZQx9Jg

✮ PRESSURE ✮

@jungle-rootz - Catharsis EP [ALBIONGOLD002]
A. Jungle Rootz - Pigment
B1. Jungle Rootz - Catharsis
B2. Jungle Rootz - Yurei

Jungle Rootz debuts on Albion Collective with his Catharsis EP. Built to shake foundations, it becomes the second instalment of the Albion Gold series and will be available on an extremely limited vinyl run as well as digitally. In keeping with the hand-crafted Albion Gold ethos, each of the 100 records will be hand-painted, numbered, stamped and gold embossed.
All three tracks deliver their weight in gold, but Pigment’s relentless evolution certifies its A-side status. The rolling wave of plasmic pressure lifts further into the petrol-soaked sky with each pulse.
Title track, Catharsis, opens up the B-side with a body-shoving, eyebrow-snarling bassline layered with this EP’s trademark plasmic energy that unleashes melodies as well as it does murkage.
Finally, like the ghosts who wander from the mist of Japan’s mountains, Yurei gains its power from the intangible negative space it creates. Effortlessly stripped-back, Jungle Rootz breaks all expectations with the age-old adage, less is more.
Albion Collective is proud to welcome Jungle Rootz to the family. You can grab the second instalment of Albion Gold, the Catharsis EP, on vinyl and digital from 1st August 2025.
Written by Cleary Mallard (@Kamer)


Bandcamp

Jungle Rootz - Pigment / Catharsis / Yurei [ALBIONGOLD002]

#	Track Title	Artist
1	No Brain No Pain (Original Mix)	Telekinesis
2	Nuklear Punk Funk feat. Nuklear (Original Mix)	Trilo
3	Energy (Original Mix)	Disphonia
4	Dying Light (Original Mix)	Metrik, ShockOne
5	Time Slip feat. Kryptomedic (Synergy Remix)	State of Mind
6	Ascendant	Formidian
7	Wake Up (Original Mix)	Despersion


Brain Damage - Neurofunk Mini Mix

Community oriented multidisciplinary platform

Premiere: Kontinum - Pattern Recognition [OS02]

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