Once upon a time in a small town in Eastern Europe there was a vibrant and creative underground rave scene.

Being mind-blown and completely immersed in the the rave and techno magic of the early 90’s, a dozen of electronic music worshippers in their early teenage-hood finally managed to equip a studio for shared amusement. Walls from bottom to top covered in The Prodigy posters and rave party flyers, a pile of second hand computers, live PA speakers gathered from hear and there, and a second hand Moog synth with one functional and one broken oscillator. Harbouring and harnessing local talent to invent the next night's auricular challenge.

This archival release contains selected dance floor knock-outs from the collective who founded and ran an entire electronic music culture in North-Western Bulgaria between 1997 and the late 2000s. These sounds leave their local hideouts for the first time!

Releases May 8, 2023

All tracks written, produced and tested at underground live events
by The Doulo Klan & luk-O-weed crew collective between 1997 and 2003;

Remastered and cut for vinyl by Marco Pellegrino @Analogcut Mastering, Berlin;

Design & artwork by Aleksandra Grunholz @studiochaotyczne.com;

© & <3 2023 [-M-E-L-M-A-K-], Lukovit, BG, planet Melmak

Distribution by Juno Records. 
pre-order at https://www.juno.co.uk/search/?q%5Ball%5D%5B%5D=the+rave+years&hide_forthcoming=0

All Stars :: The RAVE Years

(LKVBHR-7) [-M-E-L-M-A-K-] All Stars :: The RAVE Years (12" EP preview)

Available at
https://slownoise.bandcamp.com/album/disruputor

Disrupted 9090

TFFFT

Full EP on Bandcamp
https://coldtearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/liuos-near-the-surface
Thanks to Cold Tear Records for support and Paulius Pipiras for the artwork.

Near the Surface

Herbaceous

This double act is a bit special.

Osàre! Editions x Sameheads - C90 Special - Released in physical form a couple of months ago and long since gone appears courtesy of the long standing and musically alingned satelites of Osàre & Sameheads.

2 artists we both admire, and agreed are long overdue being asked for a 45 min concept mix.

Diamin & RRRKTRA belong together on this one. Acid tinged, industrial soundscapes, overlayed with gorgeous melancholic sonic droplets.

We adore what you've made for us. The time has come for a wider audience.

With love.
Sameheads & Osàre x

Side Y - RRRKRTA (Osàre! Editions x Sameheads - C90 Special)

Here is my new melodic track collaboration with Andreas @Brainfever, a ultimate combination of hard epic melodic trance with full on psytrance baselines!! 😻 
Free Download: https://hypeddit.com/tritonas/tritonasxbrainfevertheworldisyoursoriginalmix

Available soon by Digital Dreams Music 🦹‍♂️

Genre: Uplifting Trance / Psychedelic 
Music Production by: 
Lefteris Koutoufaris (Tritonas) & Andreas Darivianakis  (Brainfever) 
Mix & Master by: 
Lefteris Koutoufaris (Tritonas)
Released by: Digital Dreams Music

Tritonas x Brainfever - The World Is Yours (Original Mix)

del %temp%_IN CLOUDS

Hometown heroes Mantric Vibes consistently impress with their live sessions, setting the tone for this year's festival. With their exceptional skills and cool analogue sounds, they delivered a performance that was both fresh and engaging.

Enjoy a cut of their set at КАТАЛАН 2024.

Follow @mantricvibes
Cover: instagram.com/doomsday_magicsquirrel

Mantric Vibes, SolidState 2 Live at КАТАЛАН 2024

ECHOLTD011: @frenk-dublin - Mastered on a reel to reel tape machine cut on 12" 180g green marbled vinyl. Released on @echoltd.

Buy vinyl: https://www.decks.de/track/frenk_dublin-echo_ltd_011_ep/cnl-ti
https://www.deejay.de/Frenk_Dublin_ECHO_LTD_011_EP_ECHOLTD011_Vinyl__1108961
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/frenk-dublin-echo-ltd-011-vinyl/1056097-01/

Frenk Dublin - Valorum (Original Mix)

Tracklist available at https://idaidaida.net/shows/off-the-record

Off the Record / Lukasz Sawicki 20.12.24

KVNZ - Magnum Opus TBA [-M-E-L-M-A-K-]

[-M-E-L-M-A-K-] is a psychedelic and techno experimental music label set up for the first time around 2000 in North-Western Bulgaria. In the last years the label is becoming operational again but based in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, soaking dub-techno inspiration from the Osogovo and Lisets mountain ranges.

A bunch of electronic fans in our early teenage-hood, we have just discovered rave, techno, psychedelic/goa trance and downtempo alchemy. During the years we formed a small creative group identifying itself as the purely electronic fan club - the luk-O-weed Crew or the G.T.N.D. Mob.