https://soundcloud.com/freybenedikt
https://soundcloud.com/esp-institute
🛒 https://freybenedikt.bandcamp.com/album/fastlane
🔊 https://youtu.be/nVzU6dgMxek

Close your eyes and merge into Benedikt Frey’s 'Fastlane'. Imagine sitting in the driver’s seat of a an automobile, one with exceptional horsepower and torque, as you stare out the windshield at the red light, warping in fata-morgana a mile down the road. It’s a straight-away, a black top with two lanes, and against your better judgment you decide to floor the gas. No hesitation in your muscle, your ankle or the ball of your foot, which you now realize is some kind of universal pivot, the first point of contact fusing your body with the will of machine. In this moment you’re in awe that you, a human, an animal, grew from pond scum into something so advanced as to engineer this thing, a mechanical beast capable of overwhelming power and exhilaration. But you also feel a seductive dread, an outside force diverting you from caution toward a dangling carrot of curiosity, asking yourself, ‘How far can I take this thing?’ The dread, now a constant, is numbed, equalized by an adverse intoxicating gratification. You feel both sensations in real time, however, rather than take responsibility for yourself, friends, family and innocent bystanders, you cement your foot to the floor and lean your head back. Noise around you fades to mute. Smell the benzene-scented air, feel the wind on your face, the menacing vibration of the vessel you control beneath you and every grain of asphalt under its tires. This mile has now lasted an eternity and you’ve left your body for some objective view, as if watching climax of a film. Past the point of no return, you embrace abandon and lean into fate. The film becomes slow motion, a crawling pace so mesmerizing you convince yourself of an option to eject yourself from this madness, but as you finally let go of your last morsel of fear, you run the red light head-on into the nucleus of a fantastic glistening sculpture of torn metal, glass, oil, broken dreams and heartache. 'Fastlane' may be just drum machines and synthesizers if you’re timid, but listen harder and know the catastrophic reality of existence, a wreckage so gruesome we dare not rubberneck, but afterall it is our nature to stare.

PREMIERE: Benedikt Frey - Crank [ESP Institute]

Temple Rat - The Composition Of Air

Label: Midnight Shift
Catalog number: MNSX028
Artist Name: Katatonic Silentio
EP name: Axis Of Light
Date of release: 23 Aug 2024

A1. Drip In The Cave
A2. Bridging The Gap
A3. Axis Of Light
B1. Magnetic Drive
B2. Circle Of Truth


Mariachiara Troianiello, the force behind Katatonic Silentio, continues her exploration of spatial and sound design, slicing various forms of dub while following her instincts and storytelling through each work.

Troianiello's music and live sets are known to be meditative, with each transition subliminally serving a purpose. As 'Axis Of Light' delves into five pieces for this EP, one can experience the drops and transitions connecting, gradually uncovering hidden meanings.

Written and produced by Mariachiara Troianiello 
Artwork by Apolo Cacho
Layout by Takashi Makabe
Digital Master by Paul Mac
Mastered and cut by Simon at The Exchange
christophdebabalon.com

Axis Of Truth

Bandcamp

MNS X 028 - Katatonic Silentio - Axis Of Light

Kincaid - Scree Slope

No distance without presence. No melancholy without warmth. On Me, With You, @jonnnah – aka Lyon-based producer Pierre Paumier – unspools seven textured sketches of memory, perception, and desire. Drawing from the bubbling undercurrents of trip-hop revival, he crafts grooves that don’t demand attention but earn it slowly – through rhythmic asymmetry, warm bass blooms, and momentary flashes of clarity.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-jonnnah---40yrs

Me, With You is out on May 30th, 2025. Order a copy via co:clear’s Bandcamp:
coclear.bandcamp.com/album/me-with-you

Premiere: Jonnnah - 40yrs [COCLEAR003]

The Liminal series returns on Oscilla Sound with zumi3, a compact album by Berlin-based producer XENIA REAPER. Drifting between spectral ambience and delicate breaks, the release builds on the label’s commitment to transitional sound spaces.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-xenia-reaper---halodegdegdeg

LMNL004 - zumi3 will be out on July 25th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://oscillasound.bandcamp.com/album/lmnl004-zumi3

Premiere: XENIA REAPER - halo°°° [LMNL004]

Conjured up on his arsenal of machines, French artist Lostsoundbytes provides six tracks of heavy, dubbed out rhythms combined with swirling textures and blood-curdling soundscapes. Also featured is a stellar remix by Warzou, preserving the track's dubby atmosphere whilst cranking it up to a more club-friendly pace. Limited to 100 copies.

Lostsoundbytes - Eyes Of Madness - LF018 (12" snippets)

Guest mix live from the studio by @marumwelt, a member of Mina, Planeta Manas, Rádio Quântica, and Infinity Rug.

marum (rádio quântica) special guest mix 31.08.2025

J-MRGL - Forbidden Hymns - 160BPM (Izuran Records - VA-Cradle of Aeons)

Quick sketch from Planet Endworld, with pleas. 

Chrome Bathrooms Of Planet Endworld

d𝖆𝖗K𝖔 - Self.Induced_Manic

Enquiries: info<[at]>mnshift.net.
Not accepting demos.

Label from Singapore.