In recent years, Blackploid has come to be one of Central Processing Unit’s signature artists. The German producer has averaged more than a record a year for the Sheffield imprint since he first landed on CPU in 2021. This prolific run continues with Cosmic Drama, Blackploid’s second LP for the label. The album takes the baton from its predecessor Enter Universe in style, delivering twelve tracks of top-quality machine-funk that draw down from electro’s classic artists while also imbuing proceedings with a playfulness that very much gives things a signature Blackploid-ish flavour.

Cosmic Drama sets its stall out from the off. The opening run of ‘Alien’, ‘World Construction’ and ‘Virtual State’ all deliver piston-snapping beats which anchor pleasing melanges of B-movie synth lines. Alongside this, Blackploid adds little flourishes which add buoyancy to each joint - a syncopated bassline reminiscent of I-f’s late-90s classic ‘Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass’, crackling robo-voiced commands, skittering synth chords which wash across the mix and so on. It’s the work of someone completely at ease with their craft, comfortable enough to take risks without upsetting the apple cart of their sound’s core appeal.

Blackploid’s idiosyncratic approach to synth work is something which distinguishes Cosmic Drama from the pack. Electro has long been a genre which prides itself on innovation on the keys, but few producers are willing to push their sonics as far as Blackploid does - take the seasick churn of pads and processors on ‘Multiverse’, for instance, or the way John Carpenter-esque single-note lines dovetail with gurgling synthetic pulses and eerie, spacious chords on ‘The Lab’, a highlight of Cosmic Drama’s midsection.

Cosmic Drama skips along at club tempo throughout - every one of these joints will get bodies moving in dark rooms across the galaxy. However, even when tracks maintain their single-minded pursuit of machine-funk perfection, they never forget to deliver on the hooks. Blackploid has lead lines (and counter-melodies) to burn here, and each track knots them together in ever-more intriguing ways as they plough onwards. Drexciyan heads will be thrilled by the sci-fi delights of ‘Species’, for instance, while Blackploid brings melodies as cold as they are catchy on the aptly-named ‘Polar Dunes’. By the time Cosmic Drama hits upon the vroom-vrooming bassline line of closer ‘Contact’, you’re fully enthralled to the album’s combination of broken-beat heft and synthetic melodiousness.

RIYL: Drexciya, I-f, Cygnus, AFX

Cosmic Drama

Blackploid - Cosmic Drama

Track released in a various artist tape called A Benumbed Waiting by Selvamancer, problems with the label trying to rip us off arised and it's been taken down from the release on bandcamp, but it is in the tape so here is the digital for free if you want it!

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La Union Metalurgica - Cabeza Redimensionada [24 - 44100]

Alessandro Adriani presents Italia Oscura 12-03-2025

Motor Music w/ Beau Wanzer - Radio Buena Vida 17.04.25

The sky overcast, the air a bit chilly and flecked with an occasional rain drop. Spring is looking a bit subdued at the moment here in Brooklyn. All being said, there is still an energetic feeling when walking through the city and seeing the evening come alive with the comings and goings of a million people.

Like a perfect soundtrack to a night time ride through New York, Margaux Gazur’s forth-coming LP on Smallville gives feelings of introspection albeit with a bit of a twist. Through deft use of softer melodic pads, and interesting percussive patterns, Margaux keeps things fresh and lends an edge to a familiar auditory locale.

Su Phu, coming at C1 on the double vinyl release (digital as well, so don’t worry there) starts as a dark, rolling affair, with crunching textured sounds panning around rhythmic bass lines that persist throughout. As the track progresses, bright melodies come into play to lighten the mood and even contribute to a dynamic, ever shifting groove that constantly keeps your attention pinned.

Margaux Gazur’s Blurred Memories LP will be released out into the world on May 23rd.

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Fundraiser for Palestine live from Time is the New Space w/ Samira 

Fundraiser for Palestine w/ Samira - 11th May 2025

Today on Meta Moto Podcast, we welcome Tylusis Pankas – a Lithuanian DJ and visual artist based in Glasgow, and co-founder of the genre-fluid mix series SHöK. A graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, Tylusis brings a design-driven sensibility to his sonic work, weaving together diverse styles with precision and atmosphere.

His sets move freely across the electronic spectrum from electro and EBM to New Beat and beyond building emotional momentum through shifting moods, tempos, and textures. Whether in clubs, on local internet radio, or deep in rave territory, his selections are immersive, unexpected, and highly intentional.

This mix, recorded for Radio Vilnius and aired on June 9th, 2025, captures his signature sound: fluid, fearless, and rooted in the underground.

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MMP140 - Tylusis Pankas - META MOTO PODCAST

Recording of my set at the IFM Fest SEER Stargate stage May 30,2025 (The Hague, Netherlands)

The Detroit Escalator Company - The Inverted Man (Falling) [Peacefrog]
Mura Oka - Untitled (Blowing Up the Workshop)
Daniel Pemberton - Leaving [Fax]
Various Artists - Erosion 3 [Chain Reaction]
Single Cell Orchestra - The Portal [Reflective Records]
Evil A.D. - Unseen Enemy [Syntox Records]
Global Communication - 9:39 [Music on Vinyl]
Spacetime Continuum - Transmitter [Reflective Records]
Automat - Last Night [brokntoys]
max 404 - Quiddity (Last Visit) [Eevo Lute Muzique]
Various Artists - Modulo 8.5 By Monolake [FatCat Records]
Voices from the Lake - Vega [Spazio Disponibile]
Beaumont Hannant - Sym-phon5 [General Productions Recordings]
Autechre - Nil [Warp Recors]
Vulva - Vulvic Voyager [Rephlex]

IFM Fest 2025 - SEER Stage - Selene

Tracklist:

214 - Lyle At Dawn
Rhys Celeste - Distorted Smiles
Telephasycx! - Proportional Segment
Molen - Dream II
London Modular Alliance - Walnut
Cignol - Botnet
Abduction - Hours/Days
Frank Kartell - Rencontre Sur La Jetée
Novel23 - Blink Run Away To East (2025 Remaster)
Curve - Falling Free (The Aphex Twin Remix)
Plant43 - Wire Wound
Unknown Artist - Nikita's Spirit
Legowelt - Kosmo Dx21
Steifl - Bonus Ball
Ffriend - Arctic Connection
Unwonted - World Overthrown
Datawave - Hyperborea
Matti Turunen - Arsia
Dark Vektor - Barrika´s Sunset
Analogous Doom - The Polyhedron Nest
Dfd - One More Time (E.r.p. Remix)

"Elektro Tonight 45" Armchair Issue - Intermediate goal in sight (June 2025)

Recorded in Berlin (Germany)   XX.03.25

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http://mannequinrecords.bigcartel.com/product/mnq-080-maoupa-mazzocchetti-laught-tool-lp

After some acclaimed productions on Unknown Precept, PRR!PRR! and Mannequin Records, we are really excited to announce 'Laugh Tool', the debut full-lenght of Maoupa Mazzocchetti, pseudonym of Florent Mazzocchetti, young and talented French producer based in Brussels.

Maoupa Mazzocchetti is finally bringing back to life the earlier days of electro-industrial, in a mixture that is very close to the late 70's/early 80s period of Fad Gadget, Throbbing Gristle, Portion Control, Cabaret Voltaire and Front 242, crossed with the more fresh and innovative deep electronic experiments of Beau Wanzer and Charles Manier. Strongly addicted to a DIY ethic, and so to a punk ideology and anticonsumerism, most of Florent's releases are recorded in his bedroom without any professional equipment, using analog synth and sequencers, modified drum machines, tape loops and a load of pedal effects.  

Florent started to experiment with the rhythm since his early age. Developing a passion for the drums at the age of 10 years, soon after he  was moving to rock records and guitar, which became his instrument and one of the keystones of his perception of music. Florent approach with rhythm and drums was never traditional, making him feeling more a researcher than a musician.
 
To an audience of contemporary electronic music consumers, who had only closely followed techno, electro and disco, the sounds of 'Laugh Tool' will appear unearthly, entirely unexpected, withering comets of strangeness. A 10 tracks album ready to change their minds..

Limited edition of 500 copies.

Tracklist

A1 Walloon Smokers
A2 Zero Power Fixed
A3 Unsequenced Hours
A4 Laugh Tool
A5 Startisty
B1 Dear Idols
B2 I'll Have The Meat But Not Teeth
B3 Hair Bulbs Jam
B4 Pale Social Dimension
B5 Car Clock

Artwork by Florent Mazzocchetti.
Mastered by Rude 66.

B5 Car Clock

No demos

🗓️ Mannequin Records showcases
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