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Delsin Mantis Series

Dino Sabatini - Mantis 06 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS06

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6990/dino-sabatini/mantis-06
https://dinosabatini.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-06

a1. Dakarai
a2. Afra
b1. Lewa
b2. Akanke

Proving that patience doesn’t necessarily forego energy, Dino Sabatini arrives on Mantis with a charged, imposing statement of meditative techno. Sabatini has been at the forefront of the deep techno scene since the mid 00s, cultivating a sound with his own Outis Music which acknowledges the structures of club music while reaching beyond obvious drama and brute force, offering something more subliminal instead. On Mantis 06, Sabatini blurs the lines between organic and electronic percussion as he doubles down on steadfast rhythms executed with delicacy and impact in equal measure. 

@dino-sabatini

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Dino Sabatini - Mantis 06 (DSR/MTS06)

Lemna - Mantis 05 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS05

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6970/lemna/mantis-05
https://lemna.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-05

a1. Malayan Banyan
a2. Dodecahedron
b1. Marine Snow Nocturne
b2. Diffuse Reflection
b3. Spinning Dancer

Lemna deals in complex, interlocking rhythms and vapourous atmospheres with a humid intensity. The Japanese artist’s previous work has appeared in a flurry over recent years on Horo, skirting the grey area between immersive deep techno, modernist drum & bass and electronica with a vividly sculpted designers’ sound palette. For Delsin's Mantis series she digs into five varied but cohesive drum studies loaded with cinematic tension and an ambiguous mood, steering clear of emotional baggage to present a rigorous and all-consuming sound rooted in movement but certainly not bound by dancefloor expectations.

@lemnamusic

Lemna - Mantis 05 (DSR/MTS05)

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 07 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS07

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7022/tammo-hesselink/mantis-07
https://tammohesselink.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-07

a1. Danaba
a2. Fixed Distance
b1. Lifted
b2. Now Attempt

Matching microscopic detail and stark minimalism with a pervading warmth and open, natural flow, @tammohesselink shores up on Mantis with four refined and distinctive techno variations. Tammo operated under a number of different guises before, debuting as The Invariants via a self-steered series in 2014 before scattering a tangled web of projects across Nous'klaer Audio. On Mantis 07 he takes a granular approach to techno, using space as a vital ingredient to expose the fine detail in each rhythmic impression and passing texture.

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 07 (DSR/MTS07)

Terrain - Mantis 08 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS08

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7273/terrain/mantis-08
https://delsinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-08

a1. Boliver
a2. Choices
b1. Crianza
b2. Mode

Terrain, a new collaborative project from two London-based artists, debuts on the Delsin Mantis series. With an appropriately immersive, subliminal approach to contemporary techno, they present a sound split between low BPM, creeping intensity and dynamic broken techno. It clearly implies an acute instinct for the vibe the sublabel is exploring. Steely, dub-kissed textures and impulses shape out the space, while the drums fall in crisp, precisely interlocking formations.

Terrain - Mantis 08 (DSR/MTS08)

Konduku - Mantis 09 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS09

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7311/konduku/mantis-0910
digital: https://konduku.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-0910

a1. Özlem
a2. Scale
b1. Derinkuyu
b2. Swerve

Konduku (@kondukukonduku) returns to the Delsin Mantis series with an exciting double pack (Mantis 09 + 10) which dives deeper into his remarkable fractured rhythms and light-touch synthesis. Over the course of nine tracks Ruben Üvez straddles the space between introspective headphone trips and hypnotising dancefloor elegance, operating in a liminal zone of fluid tempos, submerged atmospheres and pointillist beats. It's an open-ended but clear-sighted approach that aligns perfectly with the direction of the Mantis series.

On Mantis 09 Üvez follows a progressive, patient arc of energy from the glassy chimes and pin-prick percussion of 'Özlem' via 'Scale's reduced, atonal echo chamber and the half-time prowl of 'Derinkuyu' to the dense, humid pressure of 'Swerve'. Restraint maintains throughout, even as we take in a broad spectrum of the Konduku sound.

Konduku - Mantis 09 (DSR/MTS09)

Konduku - Mantis 10 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS10

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7311/konduku/mantis-0910
digital: https://konduku.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-0910

a1. Trail
a2. Lust
a3. Lavender
b1. Dalgın
b2. Helles

Konduku (@kondukukonduku) returns to the Delsin Mantis series with an exciting double pack (Mantis 09 + 10) which dives deeper into his remarkable fractured rhythms and light-touch synthesis. Over the course of nine tracks Ruben Üvez straddles the space between introspective headphone trips and hypnotising dancefloor elegance, operating in a liminal zone of fluid tempos, submerged atmospheres and pointillist beats. It's an open-ended but clear-sighted approach that aligns perfectly with the direction of the Mantis series.

Mantis 10 opens up with the circular electronica of 'Trail', masking the start and end points of the groove with the kind of polymetric construction Üvez has made his name with. The pattern continues through the displaced, dubby experimentation of 'Lust' before the more sharply defined transcendental tone of 'Lavender' cuts through the fog. 'Dalgin' rides its pattering percussion on a minimalist D&B growl, setting the scene for the dislocated, avant-darkside closer 'Helles’.

Konduku - Mantis 10 (DSR/MTS10)

Katatonic Silentio - Mantis 11 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS11

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7726/katatonic-silentio/mantis-11
digital: https://katatonicsilentio.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-11

a1. Themes
a2. To
b1. Hide
b2. From

Deepening the sound well of the Mantis series’ explorations in subliminal club music, Katatonic Silentio (@katatonicsilentio) arrives with four tracks of spatial, subtle and elegant electronics. Milan-based Mariachiara Troianiello’s approach to soundsystem-oriented music has evolved over time, moving from hyperkinetic, breakcore-tinted post-rave music to patient, sound design-rich tapestries on her latest Les Chemins De L’inconnu LP for Ilian Tape.

On Mantis 11 she continues her established leftfield approach while also tapping into a particularly restrained, meditative mode which aligns with the loose ethos orbiting Mantis. Snaking, crooked rhythms plot a course through artfully sculpted reverb and delay - a skeletal, dub-informed sonic stamp shot through with especially expressive production, primed for dancehalls prepared to journey further in pursuit of full immersion.

Artwork by Bernie van Vlijmen.

Katatonic Silentio - Mantis 11 (DSR/MTS11)

RVSHES - Mantis 12 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS12

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7763/rvshes/mantis-12
digital: https://delsinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-12

a1. MTS/RHS I
a2. MTS/RHS II
a3. MTS/RHS III
b1. MTS/RHS IV
b2. MTS/RHS V
b3. MTS/RHS VI

Delsin’s Mantis series continues to platform hybridised variations on modernist soundsystem music with the arrival of RVSHES, the production partnership from Logos (James Parker) and DB1 (Dylan Brownsword). Both artists have production credits on respected platforms such as Hidden Hawaii, Nullpunkt, Tectonic and The Death Of Rave and more than a few collaborations to their name. As RVSHES they’ve also released on re:st, and now their precision-tooled drum pressure is being applied to six exacting studies in rig-ready rhythm and repetition. 

There’s a spartan, cyclical nature to the work Parker and Brownsword carry out, setting up a sturdy beat set to non-standard timings and teasing it out over an extended run time, but they also exercise a keen sense of infinitesimal progression, edging their tracks past DJ tool territory into a more captivating headspace. Maintaining the immersive atmospherics of the Mantis series to date, theirs is a sharply focused sound which sits at the intersection of tough minimal techno and polyrhythmic broken beat, positively geared towards DJs favouring inventive building blocks in their sets. 

Artwork by Bernie van Vlijmen.

RVSHES - Mantis 12 (DSR/MTS12)

Lemna - Mantis 14 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS14

buy via delsin: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/8611/
buy via bandcamp: https://lemna.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-14

a1. Lapis Lazuli
a2. Forest Green Tree Frog
a3. Mycena Chlorophos
b1. Datura
b2. Northern Boobook

Experimental Japanese operator Lemna (@lemnamusic) returns to Mantis with another five intricately sculpted cuts that toy with tension, release and the mysterious atmosphere of the forest at dawn. Lemna adopts a considered, patient approach to her music practice, creating interlocking rhythms which take cues from Autonomic fragmentation as much as techno hypnosis, but it’s the spatial pressure and textural sound design which makes her music truly fly. Taking predawn walks in woods at the foot of the mountain she calls home, she drew inspiration from five different organisms within the vibrant ecosystem around her to create a collection of tracks she aptly refers to as ‘Nocturnal Assembly’.

Lemna - Mantis 14 (DSR/MTS14)

Kaspiann - Mantis 13 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS13

buy via delsin: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/8597
buy via bandcamp: https://kaspiann.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-13

a1. Satakieli
a2. Tuiskussa Langennut
b1. Havinavalssi
b2. Solina

Finnish deep techno maestro Kaspiann (@soundsofkaspiann) makes his Mantis debut with four densely packed depth charges of dancefloor meditation. The Helsinki-based artist has been entrenched in the city’s underground scene for a long time, organising official and unofficial parties, DJing prolifically and performing live. Since establishing his VALA label in 2021 via a split release with regular collaborator Multicast Dynamics, his sound has refined towards an elegant, heads-down sound which is represented perfectly on this four-track excursion. From the even-tempered mantra of ‘Satakieli’ to the aqueous, lightly dubbed electro of ‘Tuiskussa Langennut’, the warm after hours synth bath of ‘Havinavalssi’ and the pensive percussive of ‘Solina’, Kaspiann demonstrates a keen balance between richly layered detail and an overall subtlety — heavyweight music that feels light on the ears.

Kaspiann - Mantis 13 (DSR/MTS13)

Konsudd - Mantis 15 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS15

buy digital: https://konduku.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-15
buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/9121/konsudd/mantis-15

a1. Firefly Guarantees Bliss
a2. Stretch
b1. Zum Elefanten
b2. Petal Soft

Konsudd finds the hyperkinetic Konduku (@kondukukonduku) teaming up with close pal Aa Sudd (@aasudd) as they match subtlety with intensity. Their high-definition production leads on these spacious works of art, with dynamic layers of atmospherics punctured by dense kick drums. They take care to address soundsystem physicality, loading their kicks with irresistible subs down low and finely chiselling the double-time rhythms up top for an extra boost of energy.

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Konsudd - Mantis 15 (DSR/MTS15)

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 16 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS16

buy digital: https://tammohesselink.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-16
buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/9162/tammo-hesselink/mantis-16

a1. Harbour Launch
b1. Vronabe
b2. Gossamer

A second appearance of Tammo Hesselink (@tammohesselink) on the Mantis series. Fusing the spatial effects treatments of dub with the metallic clang of industrial percussion and the stark negative space of minimal, Tammo Hesselink's sonic practice continues to create compelling, complex forms. His exacting style toys with atmospheric processing and mechanised motifs in place of traditional melodic elements, unearthing nuanced expression from timbre and rhythm while delivering firm structures for advanced soundsystem immersion.

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 16 (DSR/MTS16)

Agonis - Mantis 18 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS18

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/9475/agonis/mantis-18
digital: https://agonis.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-18

a1. Snow Field Fractals
a2. Kongruenz
b1. Cloud Roller
b2. Bristle

Delsin's Mantis series welcomes @agonis-amenthia with a heavy-hitting four-track workout geared towards adventurous dancefloors. As a leading figure in forward-thinking techno, Agonis has helped pioneer a scene that folds multiple tempos, styles and rhythms into a cohesive, dance-focused strain of psychedelic hypnotism. Co-running amenthia recordings from his base in Zürich, Agonis has long explored the creative potential where elegant, immersive 4/4 and drum & bass intrigue intertwine.

On Mantis 18, he carefully adjusts his sound palette to move beyond typical smoky atmospheres towards more forceful, sharply realised tones and textures. Bold synthesis striking out in brooding soundscapes, underpinned by a powerful low-end undercurrent and playful percussion: this recipe is a polite reminder you’re engaged in a corner of club music that thrives on fresh approaches, served by one of the scene's key instigators.


Agonis - Mantis 18 (DSR/MTS18)

Katatonic Silentio - Mantis 17 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS17

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/9575/katatonic-silentio/mantis-17
digital: https://katatonicsilentio.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-17

a1. Left To
a2. In Battere
b1. Radiance
b2. A Maze

Carving vast chasms of space with exacting sound design and deadly poise, @katatonicsilentio returns to the Mantis series for another round of highly detailed leftfield techno exploration.

The Turin based sound artist continues to plot her own path through contemporary electronic music, taking cues from soundsystem pressure and dubwise minimalism as much as glitchy experimentation and the meditative repetition of techno. While her output across many different labels can reach to noisy extremes and beatless atmospheres, on her latest for Mantis the Italian artist zeroes in on a hypnotic, mysterious sound cast in the icy moods of late 90s tech step and early dubstep. At all times she finds space for surprise interference even in the most austere of situations, creating a palpable tension that amplifies the deep dancefloor potential of her music and moulding powerful physicality out of subtle elements.

Katatonic Silentio - Mantis 17 (DSR/MTS17)

Forest Drive West - Mantis 01 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS01

a1. Hidden Past
b1. Invisible
b2. Radiance

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6617
https://forestdrivewest.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-01
@forest-drive-west

Forest Drive West joins Delsin and inaugurates their new Mantis offshoot with three tracks that build on his reputation for restrained, immersive atmospheres loaded with soundsystem-ready physicality. As an artist well versed in elegant beat science stretching from techno to jungle and touching on tempos and moods in between, he’s perfectly placed to set out the blueprint for this new chapter in Delsin’s expansive techno legacy.

Forest Drive West - Mantis 01 (DSR/MTS01)

natural/electronic.system. - Mantis 02 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS02

a1. Marea
a2. Rituale
b1. Insecta
b2. Vespero

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6618
https://naturalelectronicsystem.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-02
@naturalelectronicsystem 

Delsin’s Mantis series expands its remit with the arrival of Italian duo natural/electronic.system. Already well-established as connoisseurs of deep techno via releases on Tikita and years of DJing at places like Labyrinth festival, Antonio Giova and Valerio Gomez de Ayala present four luxurious sound baths that occupy a space between techno and ambient – always propulsive and rhythmical, but with a huge emphasis on space and harmony.

natural/electronic.system. - Mantis 02 (DSR/MTS02)

Konduku - Mantis 03 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS03

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6655
https://konduku.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-03
@kondukukonduku

a1. Cipres
a2. Bulutlar
b1. Panorama

The third installment in the Delsin Mantis series comes from Dutch producer Konduku. Making serious moves since 2018 via his regular home Nous’klaer Audio and Bristol’s Idle Hands, he continues to mark out a captivating twist on modern mutant techno. The three tracks on this 12” are a masterclass in subtle soundsystem music, matching his intricate drum programming and enlightening ambient textures with the primal energy of early bleep and bass.

Konduku - Mantis 03 (DSR/MTS03)

Varuna - Mantis 04 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS04

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6818
https://varuna4053.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-04
@varuna4053

a1. Trackjam
b1. Pasop
b2. Ratu

The latest installment in Delsin’s deep-diving Mantis series comes from Varuna. As a core fixture in the Basel, Switzerland-based amenthia crew, this secretive production collective have quietly issued compelling excursions into dense, immersion-chamber techno. Following their standout LP Metamorph and an EP on their own label A Walking Contradiction, Varuna gift Mantis three subtly sublime, long-form pulsations that evolve slowly but purposefully, drawing the ear and mind further into a place of intense meditation.

Varuna - Mantis 04 (DSR/MTS04)

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