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Ep.10 : the electro alt stream.

Favourite Songs - 2

Out Now! >> http://www.beatport.com/release/inhuman-one/1280972

Lusine has been one of my favourite producers for a long time. I'm just going back over some of his first releases on Ghostly International from the early 00's, and it's amazing how ahead of the game he's always been. His combination of delicate productions and beautiful warm analogue melodies, intricacies and amazing shuffling grooves have been a big inspiration for me over the years, with his "A certain distance" album from 2009 being one of my all-time most listened too albums.

So Lusine was one of my ideal remixers for the album, and thanks to Sean at Decibel festival, the hookup was made and he was into the idea. He's turned out a beautiful remix of Woven Ancestry, which if you've seen me play recently, you probably heard in my set. The mix has special balance of being a great piece of music to listen to at home, but then when it's unleashed in a club it's groove takes on a whole new life which I hadn't seen coming until I tried it out - Thanks Jeff!

Max

Woven Ancestry - Lusine Remix

Support here: https://mutual-rytm.bandcamp.com 

Mutual Rytm welcomes back Swiss DJ/producer Chlär for a bustling, high-octane return as he unveils his latest six-track EP, ‘Intrinsic Drive’. 

Swiss artist and mastering engineer Chlär’s last outing on Mutual Rytm, his ‘Optimized Grooves’ EP, was a stand- out success that made an impact far and wide across the techno realm. It was another big step for the fast-rising producer, who is also a dexterous DJ that plays across three and even four decks in the club. A craftsman of sounds, his take on techno is full throttle and has come on labels like Iceland’s NIX and Stranger’s Self Reflektion imprint. Always looking to improve his sounds, he hits a perfect sweet spot with a fresh and visionary approach across six fresh productions with his ‘Intrinsic Drive’ EP, again showcasing exemplary creative progression in his ever-impressing production skills. 

Up first is ‘Dopamine Rush’, a quickened techno pumper with synths peeling off the straight-ahead drums and locking you into a state of hypnosis. The title track ‘Intrinsic Drive’ is a tightly woven mix of drums, hits and bass that never lets up, while the supple rhythm is overlaid with alien sound designs to up the intensity. ‘For Marco’ takes a heavier path with darkened and more weighty kick drums under eerie synth loops. There is a real swing in the drums of ‘Steady Pace’ as the crisp hits and vocal fragments all up the ante, before ‘Greedy Man’ delivers a tough panel beater with skewed synths and an industrial undertone. Digital bonus ‘May I Dance?’ rounds things out with raw textures and unhinged loops that take you to the heart of a strobe-lit dance floor, shaping up another mighty fine statement of intent from the ever more vital Swiss native. 

Chlär ‘Intrinsic Drive’ drops via Mutual Rytm on 4th August 2023.

Chlär - Intrinsic Drive

PREMIERE: Chlär - Dopamine Rush [MR015]

iTunes - http://smarturl.it/MCKindred
A few years ago I did a remix of a track by Dominik Eulberg called Sansula, which featured an instrument of the same name. After the release a builder of sansula instruments in the Netherlands was kind enough to give me one as a present in case I wanted to use one again in a live recording, which I have finally got around to doing now with this track!

My process consisted of me sitting in my studio (badly) playing the thumb plucked sansula for quite a while, so that I could go back to the recording and pull out some useable loops as a starting point. I wanted a nice warm analogue chord progression to complement, but more in the high bass and low mids than my usual chord progression that's down really low, to fill the mix with the warmth as much as possible.

The track still needed something though, so I turned to some spare recordings of my favourite vocalist - Kathrin deBoer, from some of our previous recording sessions. I didn't want to go for the usual full lyrical approach of a vocal collab track, I just wanted to add some small snippets of human feeling to round off the track properly.

The release is coming out on Fields on the 1st of December along with an intense synth experiment with a Prophet 08, and beautiful remixes from David August and Throwing Snow.

If you're not into buying music there is also a new website I have just launched which will be providing exclusive new free downloads for all in return for signing up to the website - http://www.maxcooper.net/downloads

Origins

Make Music Not War | VDFD017

BENZA - The Breeder


BENZA is an emerging talent from Madrid who is rapidly growing in the scene thanks to his productions. From deep to groove, his sets and productions are characterised by a raw and markedly rhythmic sound that pursues a single goal, to bring energy and movement to the dancefloor.
All credits to the artist!
Mastering @nicolasvoglertechno
You can download via hypeddit for free - thanks for your support!

Free Download

BENZA - The Breeder | VDFD017

Support here: https://smilesessions.bandcamp.com/album/smile-sessions-007-various-artists-workout-sessions-vol-2

PREMIERE: Benza - Back2 [SMILE007]

Support here: https://nightservicerec.bandcamp.com/album/bailey-ibbs-posture-damage-ep-nsr003

Derby-born and London-based producer Bailey Ibbs returns to his Night Service label with his third release, Posture Damage EP. This time, his energetic brand of techno gains an even more dynamic edge. The journey begins with Make Me Feel, a powerful, percussion driven track that commands the dancefloor with a familiar vocal. Next, Posture Damage brings back a pure, stripped back techno groove, blending sharp percussion with ambiguous sounds. The ASMR-inspired Unsociable Hours adds another layer to the release with its captivating vocal samples and relentless energy. The EP concludes with Posted Up North, a more subdued, loopy number 
that offers an fun and direct finish to the record.

PREMIERE: Bailey Ibbs - Unsociable Hours [NSR003]

Jackals

Support here: https://inheritberlin.bandcamp.com/album/indigo-iht021

With Indigo, label co-founder Disguised returns to Inherit for the imprint’s 21st release. a raw and driving five-tracker that embodies the label’s stripped-back yet powerful techno aesthetic.

Built for dark rooms and heavy systems, the EP delivers four relentless originals marked by sharp percussion, brooding atmospheres, and forward-pushing energy. The release is rounded off by a high-impact remix from Hertz Collision, who inject his signature tension and groove into the title track.

IHT021 is a functional and forceful release built for the floor.

Artist: Disguised
Title: Indigo
Label: Inherit Records
Catalogue: IHT021
Format: Digital
Release Date: August 7, 2025

Mastering: FANK
Cover: Michelle Petersdorf

Artist Socials
@disguised_dj
https://www.instagram.com/disguised.wav/


Label socials
@inherit-records
www.instagram.com/inherit.records/
inheritberlin.bandcamp.com/

PREMIERE: Disguised - Indigo [IHT021]

Reset

Scales

Hypnosis EP

Watch This

Lumen

Radiance

Pre-order: https://internationalchrome.bandcamp.com/album/interception

Australian producer @jensen-interceptor is set to release his second studio album, ‘Interception’, via his @internationalchrome label later this month.

“I’ve always made music geared towards use in my DJ sets, but there’s always been an urge to explore the deeper side of electronic music," he says. “I really wanted to challenge and, I guess, prove myself in other spheres, to take my music to a new place."

More exclusive music

Premiere: Jensen Interceptor 'Etchasketch'

Room(s)

She Died There

Protection

Heat Miser

100th Window

Butterfly Caught

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Horses In My Dreams

More Music for the Jilted Generation

Poison (Remastered)

Paris Club Music, Vol. 1

Coming at You

Some Say I So I Say Light

Cold Win

The Campfire Headphase

Hey Saturday Sun

Feel Me

Cool Party

I had a lot of train journeys recently and I love watching the wires seemingly dance around outside the window. I wondered if we could be getting fooled by a similar process during our usual experience of movement and time, and thought it would be an interesting project for a music video set to the music created during the same journeys.

You can find that project and a longer explanation of the video ideas here: https://vimeo.com/241546182

For the music I wanted to bring ideas of frozen moments of the past into play, and no better excuse to get stuck in with the Prophet 6 on some lush classic analogue synth sounds for the main chord sequence, and plenty of nob noodling for a dance of modulating sounds around the main sequence. I wanted to keep it fairly sparse to let the chord patch be central, and just focus on trying to make every element, including the percussion, warp a little, so you can either listen to the track from a distance and hear the harmonic ideas, or delve in to find all sorts more hiding in there.

You can hear the whole EP here: https://lnk.to/WorldPassingByEP

Whole EP Stream/Buy

Resynthesis [Mesh004]

From 'One Hundred Billion Sparks Remixed'

Buy/stream here: https://maxcooper.lnk.to/ohbsremixed

Max Cooper - Hope (Parra For Cuva Remix)

First single from the latest audio/visual project, Yearning for the Infinite, Perpetual Motion was written for that moment at the end of the night when all the experiments and madness is over and we just need a nice warm chord sequence to send us home in a good mood. 

The name comes from its role in my new visual show, where it plays that same closing role in the story of humans “yearning for the infinite”. Set to drone footage of people in their endless pursuit of life in Mexico City, combined with epic scientific visualisations of different infinite structures. It’s all part of a project commission from the Barbican, which has spawned this new album and live visual experiment.

For tickets to the show, head to my site https://shop.maxcooper.net/tickets

And big thanks to Renick Bell for the "yearning for the infinite" human!

Yearning for the Infinite

Perpetual Motion

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Mirror Maru - EP

Mirror Maru

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