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Techno's Outer Limits - April 2017

A1. Submarine K-221
A2. Off The Grid
B1. It Lives Below
B2. To Breath Under Water


http://www.dnp-music.com/?p=25483

Acronym - Off The Grid

PRG/M - Assioma Geometrico
1 - Apotema
2 - Asymptota
3 - Catheto
4 - Hypotenusa
5 - Hypotenusa (Hydrangea Light Vision)
6 - Asymptota (Ruhig Woggle Interpretation)
7 - Apotema (Kalos Shadowy Forms Edition)

Assioma Geometrico

PRG/M - Assioma Geometrico

Artist: ssaliva
Title: we never happened
Format: 12 inch vinyl (incl. download)
Release date: 18th of January 2017
Cat no: EKS012
Edition: 500

Pre-order here: https://eksterlabel.bandcamp.com/album/we-never-happened

I am a vessel. A muffled mass. A bulk. Extent. A womb. I move. So I am neither here nor there. Always somewhere in between. To give substance to this frame, I carve out a piece of me. Sometimes a shape, sometimes a form. Into this space I pour what besieges me: words, pictures, you. So we can become me. Viscosity and temperature dictate the time it takes. When it is done, I break the mold I am. I take the cast inside and place it by the others.

That is when it starts tormenting me. It gives a face to the unsaid and an empire to what I could not bury. It now has a weight and a consistency I can no longer avoid. Still eager to escape, I turn my back on it and hobble ineptly away. But the space it has left within my frame begins to throb. It flickers, moans and aches. It chars. I can sometimes ignore what's there, but I can never hide from what’s gone. So I run. (Text: Fred Aerden)

Presenting the second ssaliva release on Ekster: “We Never Happened”. 180g vinyl with cover artwork by Charles-Henry Sommelette. Comes with pantone printed inner-sleeves and silk screened oversleeve.


Track list:

A1: panel
A2: scope
A3: regen
A4: oxy
A5: protection 4
A6: cut

B1: void
B2: i appreciate your concern
B3: gone
B4: rapture
B5: surge
B6: amo

we never happened

ssaliva - we never happened (preview)

Track from NE33 Ulwhednar - Modern Silver LP

Pre-order: https://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/modern-silver

Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome

Ulwhednar - LKAB

Tzusing-日出東方 唯我不敗 (LIES-092)
from the upcoming 東方不敗 lp
to be released Feb 28th 2017

東方不敗

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Tzusing-日出東方 唯我不敗 (LIES-092)

https://timedance.bandcamp.com/album/murmur-ep

A. Murmur
B1. Groundwork
B2. Whisper

TIMEDANCE008
Batu_music - Murmur EP
17th Feb 2017

artwork by - Guilleme de Ubeda
preorder - https://timedance.bandcamp.com/album/murmur-ep

Murmur EP

Batu - Murmur EP - TIMEDANCE008 [clips]

Release date (vinyl, cd & digital format): 24th of February 2017

A1 Suffocate
A2 Down
A3 Stabbing
B1 Porcelain
B2 Strobing
B3 Coming Apart
C1 Black Massing
C2 Interior
D1 Her
D2 Morning Star
D3 Positive Mutilation
D4 Porcelain (Ideal)

Token is pleased to announce Metabolism, the sophomore album from Sigha. The LP marks James Shaw’s third release on the Token label following his singles Christ Figures and Our Father. Metabolism represents an arrival: the artist offers his definitive statement on a production aesthetic that has been in development over the last few years.

Shaw’s work as Sigha has always placed the listener at a centrifugal point that invites a clandestine hypnosis rather than an abject hysteria. Cavernous low ends fixed firmly and effectively in a mono space tether the music to the body, while exquisitely executed white noise patterns and crystalline pads warp and hiss around the stereo environment. This keen ear for distinction within the frequency spectrum acts as the central theme on the LP.

Metabolism encompasses a power dynamism that departs from the explicitly greyscale finish found on his more conceptual work as Sigha and as A Vision Of Love for Guy Brewer’s Avian label. Though elements of Metabolism maintain a driven, corrosive quality, each searing sequence or mordant drum machine hit occupies its own space. On high-energy dance floor moments and abstract tracks alike, Shaw’s approach to distortion is one that sets out with an objective to separate components rather than to bind them. This creates a matrix of aural stimuli that remain heady and inherently propulsive, but are realised in a fashion more akin to high fidelity sound design than processes traditionally associated with the techno genre.

The record possesses a powerful musicality beyond this acute attention to form and structure. In the past, Shaw’s productions have often married high-energy drum work with subtly shifting minor keys spread around the sonic periphery. On Metabolism, emotive leads sit squarely and comfortably in the foreground, and build towards rapturous crescendos that are crisp and omnipresent throughout the mix. These careful layers generate the extraordinary tension that has since become a hallmark of the British artist’s work.

Metabolism is a techno album, but its frame of reference is generous, drawing on the finest facets of the artist’s own varied discography and the wider electronic music landscape. Cohesive and modern, Shaw’s latest work eschews a handful of riffs on a single idea in favour of a multi-faceted, fully realised expression of what the genre can be - it is a vital addition to the Token label’s already enviable catalogue of releases.

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TOKEN70LP – Sigha – Metabolism

Taken from the album 'Capital Dub, Chapter 1' released as LP and Download

Capital Dub, Chapter 1

I-LP-O IN DUB 'INVISIBLE HAND' (EMEGO 225)

Wata Igarashi's Ciphers Ep (MDG006) out in March 2016 is getting reworked. The artist involved were carefully chosen together with Wata Igarashi after some friendly exchanges during his last visit in Europe. We want to deeply thank Nuel, Yves De Mey, Orphx, Shawn O'Sullivan, r²π and Ruff Cherry for taking part to this project and giving their amazing contribute! As happened for the original Ciphers Ep, which included 2 free download only digital tracks, we decided also this time to give away two tracks: 'Cocytus' remixed by r2π, newborn collaboration of Ruhig, Retina.it and PRG/M and 'Displacement' remixed by the Ruff Cherry. We are also happy to announce that the vinyl finally comes with full artwork cover plus innersleeve (for those who know and complained that we saved on that so far). cheers!

MDG006X
Wata Igarashi - Ciphers Ep Remixed
A1. Ciphers (Nuel Remix) - A2. Hailstones (Yves De Mey Remix)
B1. Lucifero (Orphx Remix) - B2. Mantle (Shawn O'Sullivan Remix)
D1.  Cocytus (r²π Remix) - D2. Displacement (Ruff Cherry Remix) 
Release Date: February/March 2017
Mastered by Matt Colton

MDG006X - Wata Igarashi : Ciphers EP Remixed [snippets]

Sheen

Marco Shuttle - Olga

After the recent collaborative Library Of Babel Ep alongside Retina.it and PRG/M as r2π , Ruhig is back on Midgar with the 4tracker Sleeping Oracle Ep, first instalment of a release trilogy. Expect nice things!

Release Date : 27 November
Mastered at D&M Berlin

MDG013.1 - Ruhig - Sleeping Oracle Ep [snippets]

Midgar MDG014.2
Wata Igarashi - Sekala Ep
Mastered by D&M Berlin
Release Date : 06.02.2018

Artist Page : @wata
FB : www.facebook.com/wataigarashi/

MDG014.2 Wata Igarashi - Sekala EP [snippets]

Midgar MDG014.1
Wata Igarashi - Niskala Ep
Mastered by D&M Berlin
Release Date : 23.01.2018

Artist Page : @wata
FB : www.facebook.com/wataigarashi/

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MDG014.1 Wata Igarashi - Niskala EP [snippets]

Midgar Sands MDG00X
Ground Tactics - Immaterial Breath Ep
Artist ; https://soundcloud.com/groundtactics
XLR8R : https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/ground-tactics-shattering-illusions
Inverted Audio : http://inverted-audio.com/premiere-ground-tactics-eternal-now/

Ground Tactics arises with a transformative release, building bridges between sonic fields. Immaterial Breath EP raises energy levels by creating peculiar momentums of inner reflection. Spanning from IDM to conceptual techno, every single element in his sound is hand crafted, transmitting intimate feelings through grainy textures and subtle distortions. Immaterial Breath projects disorder in construction, inducing a chronic loss of established conditioning, extending the mind to unfamiliar perspectives.

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MDG00X Ground Tactics - Immaterial Breath EP [snippets]

After a short appearance as remixer for Wata Igarashi's Ciphers last year, Nuel is back at work for Midgar, delivering a fat 4tracker of groovy delightfulness.

MDG015 Nuel - The Gentle [snippets]

Founded by https://soundcloud.com/severja in 2014, Midgar Records aims to bring innovative features into modern techno, and to deliver a new and meaningful sound loaded with positive energy. Leaving the trends behind, Midgar has a wide range of interests spanning from Techno to Ambient, IDM and Drum 'n' Bass. A sound that tells stories as people dance.

Midgar Label Nights

17.01.26 - Midgar x Onyro . Berlin

26.12.25 - Midgar x Dilate . Melbourne
12.12.25 - Midgar x Oomycota . Sydney
23.08.25 - Midgar x Acid Reflux . Berlin
14.08.25 - Midgar x Wigwam . Berlin
05.07.25 - Midgar x useless seconds . Berlin
15.03.25 - Midgar & Friends . Berlin
18.01.25 - Midgar x Mostra . Berlin
08.01.25 - Midgar x Nali . Changsha

07.12.24 - Midgar at Mothership . Sydney
06.12.24 - Midgar at Miscellania . Melbourne
29.11.24 - Midgar x Wigwam . Shanghai
23.11.24 - Midgar x yisekai 易世界 . Hong Kong
02.11.24 - Midgar x Amenthia at Fitzroy . Berlin
25.10.24 - Midgar x Useless Seconds . Paris
06.07.24 - Midgar x Patterns of Perception . Berlin
15.06.24 - Midgar x High Above . Trekanten . Oslo
08.06.24 - Midgar x Mantis . Amsterdam
23.03.24 - Midgar x Domus . Bari
16.03.24 - Midgar x Amenthia at Fitzroy . Berlin

14.10.23 - Midgar x Nigma . San Sebastian
09.09.23 - Midgar x Under The Rug . Berlin
01.07.23 - Midgar x Monument . Berlin
08.04.23 - Polygonia, Leena, Lara Palmer . Oslo

12.11.22 - Severja, Wata Igarashi at Acquario . Milano
08.10.22 - Severja, Konduku at Gare . Porto
24.07.22 - Midgar x Harmony Rec . Berlin
05.03.22 - Severja, Forest Drive West . Porto

02.10.21 - Midgar x Harmony Rec . Pereira
01.10.21 - Midgar x Harmony Rec . Medellin

09.11.19 - Forest Drive West, Nuel, Retina.it at . Berlin
31.05.19 - Nuel, Jacopo at Utop14 . Madrid
15.02.19 - Von Grall, Jacopo at Moog . Barcelona
18.01.19 - Nuel, Jacopo at Moog . Barcelona

14.12.18 - Ruhig, Jacopo at Moog . Barcelona
08.12.18 - Wata Igarashi, r2π, Ground Tactics . Berlin
17.11.18 - r2π, Ground Tactics at Fuse . Brussels

27.01.18 - Nuel, Ruhig, r2π at Gare . Porto

02.12.17 - Wata Igarashi at Acquario . Milano
20.10.17 - Shaded Explorer . Krakow
15.04.17 - Wata Igarashi at G . Okinawa
12.04.17 - Wata Igarashi at Dommune . Tokyo
08.04.17 - Wata Igarashi at Vurt . Seoul