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Vril's progression from the early Giegling run of numbered EPs to last year’s considerably more intense 1-2 of Torus and Vortekz made perfect sense: the faceless producer came out the other side of dubby club fare into more intense, bleak terrain. 2014’s breakout year was capped by his ferocious teardown at our Dystopian showcase; replete with rushing, quasi-Resident Evil visuals, it was a masterwork - easily one of our Best of 2014.

Incredibly, Delsin actually chose to sign on Vril for a sophomore LP on the strength of his Boiler Room set, citing the "energy of some tracks and the crowd's reaction, which was really good." First debuted on our screens, “Portal 7” is everything you could want in a techno track. Pistons pump, steam valves release and tectonic plates shift underfoot - in short, it's a total ripper. Throw yourself tumbling headfirst down the Portal.

Vril "Portal 7" - Boiler Room Debuts

For download, tracklist & more info on this/other Upfront mixes head here >> boilerroom.tv/upfront/009-head-front-panel/

"With the HFP project, we just let John do his thing and take it in whatever direction he wanted, whilst discussing different ideas and concepts for each 12". So some have been spacey (HFP#008); some more experimental (HFP#006); others utterly relentless in a Hood/Mills style (HFP#005), plus a few epic dancefloor pleasers (HFP#004). As a series we are delighted with how it has been received" - Tabernacle Records

Upfront 009: Head Front Panel (John Heckle)

Transfigured Time is a new Tbilisi/Paris based record label set up by childhood friends Gacha, Ash and Serga. Their debut release takes the form of a compilation, uniting the talents of Akwaaba (who's rolling 'Bantu' track is streamed here), Bakradze & HVL. 

Keep your eyes peeled for when this drops January 19th.

Akwaaba "Bantu" - Boiler Room Debuts

There's a lot of reasons to be excited about a new track from Second Storey, aka Al Storey, aka AlTourettes. He's soundtracked a pivotal scene in an Oscar-winning film; he's worked with Underworld; he's a regular colalborator with Appleblim (their ALSO project is now signed to R&S); his Houndstooth album has had support across the board; he's got remixes on his new EP from underground legends Cristian Vogel and LukeVibert... But more than any of those reasons we're excited because in terms of production technique AND ragged rave spirit he's one of the best in the game, and his tracks are always superb – simple as that.

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Second Storey "Layer Lock" - Boiler Room Debuts

This recording is available to download here: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/jonas-kopp/

Jonas Kopp Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

St Petersburg's bubbling scene was thrust into HD light when we made our first outing there back in October; and Roots United's Nocow set was truly the pick of the local litter. RUR001, the crew's inaugural physical release (out soon!), is a belting Nocow six-tracker, thrumming with insistent energy and a deep, seesawing lead. "Ayenward" drew various comparisons at BR HQ to Gene Farris, D. Tiffany and even the mighty Robert Hood. Watch his name magnify.

Pre-order here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/nocow-zathdax/560016-01/ 

Nocow "Ayenward" - Boiler Room Debuts

This recording is available to download here: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/point-g/

Point G Boiler Room Paris Live Set

London's Yumé imprint has lined up their next release, and it's a delightful slice of chugging house from Cologne resident Matt Karmil. Seems like the label is going from strength-to-strength with their releases, and we're excited to hear what else they have in store for 2015. 

This one is out February 3rd!

Matt Karmil "You Boil" - Boiler Room Debuts

After releases on Livity Sound sister label DnuoS YtiviL and Cold Recordings, Batu returns with his own new imprint Timedance. The label is set to offer a platform for hybrids and mutations of UK Techno, and the first release will be launched with a party in Bristol on 20th February, where Batu is joined at the Cavern Club by Beneath and Transient. The release showcases a progression from Batu's first two 12'', with more colour and melody than his previous work, sitting alongside waves of propulsive percussion.

Batu "Domino Theory" - Boiler Room Debuts

"An exquisite arrangement of contorted feedback loops, foreboding synth sequences and a relentlessly mechanical beat” say the artists. And when the artists are as revered within the techno world as Julienne Dessagne (aka The Twins) and Sascha Funke, you'd be well advised to pay attention. This is the b-side track of Saschienne's new EP on Kompakt, and it is a mind-frazzling epic, or – again in their words – “music for adventures and other transgressions, undiluted and unfaltering - from two people who know which way to twist the knife.” Tread carefully with this one!

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Saschienne "Dont Put Your Fingers In The Socket" - Boiler Room Debuts

This recording is available to download here: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/tim-sweeney/

Tim Sweeney Boiler Room NYC x Beats in Space 15th Anniversary DJ Set

Download available here: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/jeff-boomhauer/ ‎

Jeff Boomhauer Boiler Room Moscow Live Set

Among all the untold trends that rise and fall in house and techno, Kompakt just keeps on keeping on; always varied, but held together around an unending flow of incredibly pure, incredibly powerful, elemental dancefloor forces. It's also a constantly collaborative venture, its core artists constantly combining and recombining to keep the basic template fresh, and here we're very happy to see two of the label owners Michael Mayer and Reinhard Voigt (younger brother of the mighty Wolfgang) on a split release. Mayer's track is, surprise surprise, an absolutely classic Kompakt banger.

For pre-order, head over here: http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/time_is_running

Michael Mayer "The Stickler" - Boiler Room Debuts

There's an air of mystery about this one, which is always nice when you're talking about ragged-round-the-edges dark room techno. The Leyla label is a brand new imprint out of the Netherlands, from an impresario with impeccable credentials in an entirely different sphere of electronic music, but who is clearly taking very serious steps into "classic techno with a modernist twist". There's not so much mystery about Manni Dee, mind. Whether alone or with Happa as Habits Of Hate, the London-based producer has been dropping relentlessly dark tracks for half a decade now, and this is among his best. Watch it cause a riot in the rave.

Manni Dee "Symbiotic" - Boiler Room Debuts

Jacques Renault is back, yo. "Psyched Up," off the forthcoming Talk System EP, takes all the sleaze and shimmer of the disco edits he made his name on, only a touch faster and more driven than we're traditionally accustomed to. This Sisterhood edit retools it further, adding heft to the kicks and bending the backbone of the track into a weighty breakdown halfway through. The EP arrives via Jacques' own Let's Play House label, which has seen cracking releases as of late by the likes of Antipodean BR favs Fantastic Man and Francis Inferno Orchestra; by pure chance, the latter of which followed up from the Sisterhood boys at our Tief session last year.

People who make great music like to associate with people who make great music – who’d have thought?

Jacques Renault "Psyched Up (Sisterhood Remix)" - Boiler Room Debuts

Tracklist & download available here: http://boilerroom.tv/upfront/027-j-tijn/

"Basically I wanted to do a mix of my own stuff but there's not enough of it that's good." - J. Tijn

- J. Tijn

Tracklist + Download

Upfront 027: J. Tijn

To peep the tracklist and download this recording, head here: http://blrrm.tv/HWSflF

Dixon Boiler Room x Dekmantel x IR DJ Set

Auntie Flo has been with us since the very beginning, so it's naturally a pleasure to present you with the first audio off his forthcoming LP – arriving via our other favourite Glaswegian worldly worldie Huntley + Palmers, no less.

The title track is one of the more direct, streamlined cuts we've heard from Brian D'Souza. It's an outstretched hand to dancefloors worldwide, though very much in thrall to the quintessential bubbling gumbo pot of influences we've come to know and love from the man.

So In Love sees release October 18th; the single drops Sept 7th. Taken from the forthcoming album 'Theory of Flo' out in October 2015.

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