Excelsis ~ a dark noel

The First Noel (2021 Remaster)

Manliusque - Hey WTF

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KAT3X - TERRIFIER

KAT3X - 2007

KAT3X aka Thanatos since 2004 shares Techno in North Italy and is one of the first digital wave Techno DJ and Producer who full embraced the "Digital Djing Era". The hybrid dj set is a mix of tracks and samples/loop/effects mixed with Traktor & Ableton Live or CDJ. This setup also permits him to combine different sounds and influences, and so he creates a brand-new and unique set every single time. More than 3h set is the best way to cross in a different dimensions. First release was in 2008 on Naked Lunch Records. After collecting a lot of tracks and used for easy sampling in a dj set, his first record label was found under the name Black Reel Rec now called KATEXIS , KAT3X shares the ability with other artists to use his own sampling parts. Making our event can bring the opportunity to test it everytime on big soundsystems which is the key to all the UTR party's. Sharing the console in the years with a lot of artist who as a big inspiration from the start like: Jochem Paap aka Speedy J, Chris Liebing , Chris Liberator , Dave Clarke , A.PAUL , The Advent, Marcel Fengler, James Ruskin , Felix Krocher , Technasia , Rodhad , Shockraver , Davide Squillace , Ortin Cam and more... The last Release XPANDER was full supported by Richie Hawtin in the last year and bring us the opportunity to see people reaction in a big dancefloor like TIMEWARP when kick punch in!

Lounge Squatt #93
by @kat3x

Lounge Squatt #93 - KAT3X

A total of 10 tracks and 11 artists with the one collaboration on the release, ARTCORE Miami Music Week 2025 will be released on Thursday the 3rd April. Whilst welcoming back artists on the VA who have already released on the label including Joel Bird and AD7USTMENT. This release focuses on a lot of new names to both the industry and label.

Ida Engberg needs no introduction, the Swedish producer and DJ began her career, at the age of 13 spinning vinyls. With a residency In Ibiza under her belt, and countless plays for Tomorrowland, Awakenings, Ultra Music Festival and more, she makes her debut on ARTCORE with opening track 'Free Your Mind'. Richly cinematic, meticulously designed and filled with frenetic urgency, the pacy melody soon succumbs to a chilling ambience which settles atop its low-end elements. 

Rising Italian DJ/producer, Giacomo Dianz and his track 'Feel The Sound Around.' A nervous inception that begins with a chattering, panning vocal becomes fraught with brittle snares, jittering cymbals as well as tripped out a chord progression that creeps alongside. 

Andrea Marino -also a member of Germany metal band Emigrate, which no doubt has influenced the use of his stings inspired industrial aggression on his track 'The Plug Pt 2'. Delivering a choice of hard-style flavours, he merges a twisted groove with a distorted vocal presence to add a tough groove to proceedings.

The mysterious and brand-new duo, Sinnerstraxx pay homage to ARTCORE's fanbase with their track 'Warriors'. A sample taken from the cult movie of the same name features heavily within a fervent psy-charged soundscape of twinkling, morphing melodics, and drilling LFO fills to produce an undoubtable club-ready weapon.

A career of 20 years, North Italian producer KAT3X, works with a hybrid DJ set of missing samples, loops and effects with Traktor and Ableton Live or CDJs, permitting him to create different sounds for every set. He has played alongside Chris Liebing, The Advent, Oscar Mulero, Speedy J and many more, plus runs his own label KATEXIS. His track 'Number' is an intriguingly strung-out rhythm that catches your attention from the off thanks to a jack-hammer bass that pummels aside an array of giddy rave motifs. 

AD7USTMENT is on hand with ‘Doberman’. The German producer who has released on labels including Planet Rhythm, Kneaded Pains, Suara and Odd Recordings. This new track brings the heat, and high-octane energy ARTCORE is known for. A frighteningly fierce composition, it features a rhythmic drive aside complex percussive elements to cause eyeball spinning velocity from beginning to end.

French DJ and head of OIZ Records, Onelas takes no prisoners with his menacing VA effort, 'Vicious Circle.' Following a piercing, drawn-out hoover synth that contorts and coerces itself into the beat comes at hunderous percussion, a disconcerting bleeping and a wave of abstract melodics to cause a state of continuing flux. His latest releases have been featured on NineTimesNine, Reckless, NowNow and Blackworks.

UK duo, Exceed from Manchester and Liverpool have coined their name for their ability to 'go beyond what is allowed or stipulated'. Signing tracks to NineTimesNine, doof, Barbed and Innergate, they make their debut on ARTCORE with 'Revelation'. Delivering a tightly pieced together number which incorporates a stirring synth and bass lead with breaks style percussive fills that rattle, roll and explode sporadically.

Welcoming back Joel Bird to the label, as his last release was on the last Miami VA in 2024, the London based young producer, is also training to be a commercial pilot! His track 'All I See Is Ochre' is a complex piece in which the narrative is told through smart measures of static pulses and blasts of phasers to present a cosmic rush of analogue wonder. With his music supported by KI/KI and Theo Nasa, we couldn't think of a better way to close out this release.

05 KAT3X - Number (Extended Mix) [ARTCORE Records]

Thanatos - 2000 (Thanatos & D4BBL3R remaster 2025)

Galactica Music presents part two of its dynamic techno compilation 'Calesius Vol. 3,' which features nine tracks ranging from hard, hypnotic, to peak time.

This all-Italian release includes solo tracks by Simone Zino, Smash (IT), KAT3X, Maruen Alcamo, K91, David23, Selewsin, Akoriz, and Nakay.

Split into thirds, each slice of the Calesius Vol. 3 is separated by colour; this second part is marked by the colour Purple.

Internationally respected, Galactica Music is a record label linked to the Galactica Festival and club events, which are a pillar of the Italian techno scene. Their parties have played host to DJs ranging from DVS1 to I Hate Models, and many of the artists featured on Calesius Vol. 3 have performed at a Galactica event.

Nakay is the only artist on this compilation making their first-ever release; others, including Smash (IT), K91, David23, and Selewsin, have previously featured on Galactica Music. Individually, the artists on this compilation have contributed to other prestigious record labels such as JAM, Kneaded Pains, Set About, Memoro, ARTCORE, HEKATE Records, and Contempo.

Showcasing the sound of a Galactica event, this package includes raw techno with hypnotic grooves, peak time techno with undertones of euphoria, and brutal hard techno with industrial sounds.

03 KAT3X - Classic (Extended Mix) [Galactica Music]

Excelsis Vol 1 ~ A Dark Noel

The First Noel