Support here: https://indexmarcelfengler.bandcamp.com/album/hardproof-va04

Following an impressive start to life in 2023, Marcel Fengler’s masterfully curated HARDPROOF series stomps forward into the new year with another hard-hittng edition. Coming in hot with an expectedamount of minimal techno potency, the fourth instalment of IMF’s HARDPROOF VA series welcomes Sons Of Hidden, Rey Brennan, JANEIN, Mathys Lenne and Jay York with five creatively crafted original tracks.

The VA gets underway with Sons Of Hidden and ‘Forgotten Garden’, diving straight into a pulsating flurry of fat, rounded kicks and hissing hat grooves alongside its relentlessly pumping low-end drive whilst glitchy vox shots, sensual vocal accents and sinister samples give it an eerily tribal/primal feel before Ray Brennan’s ‘Defender’ brings more savage low-frequency power from the outset. Riding a reeling vocal sample from the off, its progressive peaks and troughs, filled with corrosive melodic components, keep things on full intensity for the duration.

JANEIN comes next with ‘Perseids’ taking things on a hypnotic trip in this tribal-tinged kaleidoscope of dystopian synths and mind-bending modulation before Mathys Lenne’s ‘Lisa’ delivers more stripped-back ominous vibes alongside harshened industrial grooves and a rolling bassline. The release ends with Jay York and ‘Halsey’, which features a distinct alien feel from the outset and offers another solid exhibition of narcotic musicality set to the score of stadium-sized beats and a mix packed with fatiened frequencies from start to finish.

IMF Hardproof VA04 is available to buy/stream from 2nd February 2024 via IMF.

PREMIERE: Mathys Lenne - Lisa [IMFHP04]

Welcome to the Exploration Project. 

The content of the project is the deep exploration of techno, the processing and reflection of my ongoing impressions in the scene and the development towards giving my feelings space to unfold in an abstract way through music. I want to share with my listeners how I discover new worlds of sound and how I continue to develop my own sound. 
Each episode is a new chapter in my development - raw, hypnotic and full of energy.

A very special highlight for me in this project is the collaboration with my sister, who is an inspiring abstract artist from Hardegsen, my home town. You can check out her website www.lm-workofart.com. Look forward to great artworks from the Parallel Skies. At the end of the project, the individual paintings will come together to form a large overall work of art, merging with the sound to create an audiovisual experience.

Henriko

Exploration 1

Closing Hängen mit Klängen

Recorded in one flow, no edits.
Driving, textured techno with a raw edge — hypnotic patterns, analog synths, off-center tension.
Somewhere between control and letting go.

Rocknroll (a hypnotic techno journey)

Please welcome this retrospect recording of PETER VAN MINDEN (Siblicity) Live at SUB LAB PRO, the excellent contemporary dance project of some dearest friends. 

https://soundcloud.com/totimrecords

PETER VAN MINDEN - Live at SUB LAB PRO 17.12.2022. | TOTIM Origins | 12/03/2025

Pensa Poetico

PASTFORWARD [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Meet LINH, the newest addition to our collective, delivering a groove-driven sound with funky and tribal influences. Her style can be hypnotic yet often leans into high-energy hardgroove. Prepare for a journey that’s as captivating as it is relentless!

Artist Links:
https://soundcloud.com/linh-154155335
https://www.instagram.com/linhmusic__/

OBSCUR | Sessions LINH

Kat.lysa is the twenty-fourth guest of MISS DREAMZCAST, our weekly series celebrating the DJs we love as they grace us with the music that makes us smile and gets us dancing.

Kat.lysa is a Berlin-based DJ whose sets are usually rooted in hypnotic techno – focused, immersive, and flowing. For this occasion, however, she shifts toward a groovier, sun-drenched vibe with subtle housy touches, offering a lighter but no less intentional direction.

Her mixes are built on seamless transitions and rhythm-oriented drops, designed to guide the crowd through shifting dynamics without breaking the momentum. Inspired by artists like Oscar Mulero, René Wise, Altinbas, and Setaoc Mass, Kat.lysa approaches DJing as a shared journey – where flow is everything and techno reveals its many moods.

Each set invites dancers to lose themselves in motion, to feel the weight and lightness of sound, and to stay connected – to the music, to the moment, and to each other.

Follow #kat.lysa @kat-lysa

IG: www.instagram.com/kat.lysa/

CREDITS
Music by Kat.lysa
Curated by Tiago Luzio 
Produced by Tiago Luzio 
Photography by Sasa Florence
Artwork by Felix Preis

Opening vocals by Sedric Perry
Follow Sedric:
IG www.instagram.com/sedricperry/
Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/4Z6yPeF2Y…RaQuW-v29RwQcIEw

sundaybhv06

MARCI

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