• cycle.bender ⌬ - RELEASES

Impressions cast from lyric and rhythm – desire in movement, now articulated and set forth. Meaning arises between attention and action. In darkness what is it?

Air is breath, like light through crystal; it’s truth and sacred geometry. A version like ancient stone - the sample shows in layers, solid time. Compressed life. Pages packed together and seen from the edge, razor sharp and two dimensional. We are
the salt we become, our children and ancestors. All at once, being forever; a verse, then volume and tome.

But we slow, dragging like ploughs tilling clay. The physical is a language like memory – translated into real. Turn from backwards to parallel, watch it reduce; remember downstream. The rock, earth and salt, our real reconfigured.

Type peels away, turning to sand in the wash. Disordering disorder - now still. Translation becomes everything, set sequence and entropy. Whole, to node, to nothing, and all. Not new, just another.

Vector Trancer’s journey continues; re-emerging into the central stream, deep dub glows and woven polyrhythm conjure vital knowledge for protection and expression. Viridis Mantra and outer canopy steam, we’re brought tense rhythm experiments and biospheric reverb – see further excursions in atmos and shades from Touch, Fax, Geometrik, or Ed Handley on a dark one.

distributed by: @oneyewitness

Pre Order:
Bandcamp (digi): https://bit.ly/2Wv7x15
Clone Records: https://bit.ly/38gRzK6
Deejay: https://bit.ly/2WtKpQ4
One Eye Witness: https://bit.ly/3gsxoxq
Phonica Records: https://bit.ly/3ylXb0k
Red Eye Records: https://bit.ly/3gDc601

Hypertribe EP

[MZ007] Vector Trancer - Hypertribe EP (12inch & Digi)

Spekki Webu invites Altijira for his first residency show at EOS Radio.

First hour: Spekki Webu
Second Hour: Altjira

EOS Radio [001] Spekki Webu Invites Altjira // December 2021

Spekki Webu & Taufan with a Liveset jam recorded somewhere in the slums of Delft.

@spekkiwebu
@taufan-led

100% own material.

EOS Radio [002] Spekki Webu & Taufan Live // February 2022

Nexus Points,

A new doorway into different realms.

Moments and locations throughout space.

Guided through my dreams, state of heightened awareness, synchronicity and in times of high novelty. Taking us beyond mundane space and reality.

Limited space, between sleep and waking, life and death, love and hate, order and chaos.

Exclusive gatefold package includes a limited download card with artwork made by Production Unit Xero. 

CD release ships out 23/03/22
Digital releases 02/04/22

Pre orders (Compact disc & Digital):
Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/34JUblF

[OP001] Production Unit Xero - Nexus Points (CD + Digi)

Spekki Webu invites @remma0 for the third broadcast.

EOS Radio [003] Remma invited by Spekki Webu // April 2022

EOS Radio [004] Wave Arising Live invited by Spekki Webu // June 2022

@spekkiwebu for EOS radio, show number 5.

EOS Radio [005] Spekki Webu // October 2022

Sun Genam & Altjira - Trans-conceptual Dimensions (MZ008)

Outer time, beyond all,
Holds the first equations, the particles,
The opening lines of the grand narrative
Heard words make the meaning;
“Sing we us into existence”
Guiding the change across levels
In land, memory,
And new existence and truth
Playing out instinctively – as abov

Viewing again from the edge,
It becomes fact that everything exists
In patterns, moving in and out of focus
without end.
Return to the formula, the song
Which reminds us the imprint is
Possible only to accept entirely
And know in refusal

Stored in the land,
Veiled knowing to keep and preserve,
to guide and grow.
We start from our own plot points
Carving the lines
Towards outer time.

Releases May 8, 2023

All tracks written, arranged and mixed by Sun Genam & Altjira.
Except track B1, written & arranged by Altjira, mixed by Sun Genam.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3Z8ayi5

Vinyl 12 inch & digital format
Distributed by; One Eye Witness

Creative direction: Chris Scholz
Art direction: Joshua Wiley
Poem & Copywriting: Elliot Stevens
Mastering by: Detlef Villerius

MIRROR ZONE RECORDS 2023

Trans-conceptual Dimensions

[MZ008] Sun Genam & Altjira - Trans-conceptual Dimensions

@adriannewgent for Spekki Webu his residential broadcast. Show number 6.

EOS Radio [006] Adrian Newgent LIVE invited by Spekki Webu // March 2023

@brent-jacko for Spekki Webu his residential broadcast. Show number 6.

EOS Radio [006] Brent Jacko invited by Spekki Webu // March 2023

Sun Genam & Altjira closing down Mirror Zone 5 Years anniversary event at Nacht in Stelplaats, Belgium.

Sun Genam & Altjira @ Mirror Zone, Nacht, BE - closing [29-09-'23]

Final experiment
Parallel convergence, two realities fold
As we intersplice
Cyborge and biorganic
And awaken the spirit in the circuit

Blinketh into life
Parsing reality - speedrun the backup
Query: all good?

Biocyborganism detects temporal disruption
Confused by own existence
Mistrusting sensor data

Parallel convergence indicated, disarray likely
Caustic degradation of temporal structure
Take evasive action to preserve function-
Query: what is function?
Query: what am i?

credits
releases October 29, 2024

All tracks written, arranged and mixed by PROXYGEN

CD & digital format

Mastered by: K.O.P.32
Creative direction: Chris Scholz
Artwork by: Joshua Wiley
Poem & Copywriting: Elliot Stevens
3D animation & video artwork by: Spherical Waves

[OP002] PROXYGEN - PROXYGEN (CD + digi)

• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender will be our new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

1. Kaspiann - Homekorva
2. Kaspiann - Suonsilmäys 
3. Spekki Webu - ceism.iii 
4. Spekki Webu - m.iii 

Optic Portal 2024 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Kaspiann, Spekki Webu
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.1 - Kaspiann // Spekki Webu

Altjira - Flux Serpent (Optic Portal 003)
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Altjira debuts with his first solo album on Mirror Zone’s sublabel Optic Portal. We are very proud to present this amazing piece of music. 

Energetic flow of movement, vividly changing the cycle of renewal. 

Of dreams and disillusions. Boarders of reality, driven by insanity. 
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Format: digital + merch (USB drive with Optic Portal keycoard)
Releasedate: January 15, 2025
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Optic Portal 2024
All tracks written, produced and mixed by Altjira
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio 
Artwork by Spherical Waves 

All rights reserved.

[OP003] Altjira - Flux Serpent (Digi + Merch)

• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender will be our new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

by: @sungenam @med1ock @philip-kylberg

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Sjoerd de Ridder (Sun Genam), Aaron Knebel (Medlock) & Philip Kylberg
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.2 - Sun Genam // Medlock & Philip Kylberg

Spekki Webu & Taufan playing live during the Mirror Zone label night in Garage Noord, December 2024.

SpekkiWebu & Taufan Live @ MirrorZone GarageNoord 14-12-2024

Every sequence has consequences.

sqnc:cnsqnc was born from this simple idea;
write with a more rhythmic approach.

After two years of sound design and ethereal exploration,
this project marks a deliberate and lasting return to sequenced composition.

It explores a radical minimalism through cyclic patterns,
fast kicks, and sharp clips,
balanced with organic, unsequenced ambiances and textures.

It is also an attempt to infuse the free-party soundscape
(heard in the intro and in the hard, distorted kicks of certain tracks)
into a radical, rhythmic, and minimalist approach to composition.

Deeply rooted in IDM, techno, tribe, hi-tech, and breakcore,
this record focuses on movement and variation in listening
while maintaining a heady, repetitive energy.

Optic Portal 2025
All tracks written, produced and mixed by Eliott BLAISE-LASSIRE
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by scoped_ar

Special thanks to: Chris, Anton, MirrorZone / Optic Portal team, Mélanie, Lucas, William.

sqnc:cnsqnc

[OP004] ebl - sqnc:cnsqnc (Digi)

• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender will be our new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

by: @formant-value @aasudd

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Lorenzo Zucchetti (Formant Value), Aa Sudd
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.3 - Formant Value // Aa Sudd

23 year old Australian based Kaisei debuts on Mirror Zone/Optic Portal with and extensive body of work named "Sketchbook". A well crafted look in the brain of the Sydney based artist going through genres such as techno, drum and bass, downtempo and other experimental forms over the course of 22 tracks packed as a 2xCD digipack physical and digital release.

releases July 1, 2025

Optic Portal 2025
Written and produced by @kaiseikitada
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

[OP005] Kaisei - Sketchbook

The fourth instalment of the cycle bender series on Optic Portal featuring the debut of Archypness and the powerful return by label mainstay Altjira

by @archypness @altjiramara

• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender is the new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Archypness, Altjira
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.4 - Archypness // Altjira

"Dsic" marks the return of Aa Sudd on Optic Portal, now with his debut album. Recorded between 2020 and 2024, this album brings together four years of sound research. Glitch fragments, stretched recordings, and physical modeling collide in tracks that resist fixed form. Each piece is distinct, yet tied together by a single process: resampling, reshaping audio until it becomes something unrecognizable, alive.

Optic Portal 2025
Written and produced by @aasudd
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

[OP006] Aa Sudd - Dsic

SBS his opening set during our Mirror Zone label night at Garage Noord, Amsterdam (06-06-25).

@sbs_simon

SBS @ Mirror Zone Garage Noord [06-06-2025]

The Cycle Bender series reaches its fifth edition on Optic Portal, marking the first appearance of crp, a clandestine Swiss production collective. Across six tracks, they navigate the full spectrum of deep electronics; driving, and unpredictable.

• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender is the new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by crp @regula-rec
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.5 - crp // crp

Psychick visions from a dystopic parallax; closely mapped and cognate to the occupied plane we recognise but littered with nuanced distortions, twisting certainty just past the assured facade of familiar...

For its inaugural release Mirror Zone unveils a repressing of an overlooked EP from UK artist Memphis way back when in 1994. We're delivered complex, mystic rhythms nodding to the likes of PWOG, Paradise 3001 and Sabres of Paradise, the unique breakbeat-tweaked, tribal-trance epitiomising early 90s output from labels like KK, Go Bang!, Dream and ESP Records.

Vital obscura for those sick enough to search.

https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/upcoming/memphis-beneath-a-different-sun-12/

Beneath A Different Sun

[MZ001] Memphis - Beneath A Different Sun

Warped vision; the time spill is source of our distortia, in recognition we recalibrate. It neither predicts an age nor remembers an era, the function is the flow – not parallel but actual. The set points swim in a fever dream, a pink mist which echoes both signal and version. Detangled, decrypted, explained – it could be primal truth, except for endless reality…

New message from the Mirror Zone, signals here cast by DJ Ungel who summons mystic breakbeat and shamanic acid from deep fractal wells of pan-consciousness. Charged mantras echo and gate amongst pulsating Megadog trance, whilst waves of ERP and Stinsonian electro roll into the ambient dub of Higher Intelligence Agency, Universal Egg, and other Artificial Intelligence like Banco De Gaia and Sandoz.

True energy.

@bordellodistribution: https://bit.ly/2OX3FfN

Transpirits

[MZ002] DJ Ungel - Transpirits

@djungell enters the Mirror Zone.

True Energy.

Pre order your copy here:

Bordello A Parigi: https://bit.ly/2OX3FfN
Clone Records:     https://bit.ly/2QJ37fi
Juno:                     https://bit.ly/2DaQJ4U
Deejay.de:             https://bit.ly/2PKIeiu
Red Eye Records: https://bit.ly/2Ns3FIr

DJ Ungel - Diffused Engines (MZ002)

New myths; remember downstream, the truth and sacred geometry. Unlikely and bright, it weighs waves like an anchor through pinch unconscious – unread and still.

We are understanding - process born from fact. The rope is taut, calm, made of ritual and leading us back – but in telling it transforms; pre-linguistic, stamped, fully dynamic, the start refracts into new versions and inwards we fold. It remains rhythm in absence, but grows as we watch.

Next thread drawn from the Mirror Zone, this one built by Vector Trancer. Our plate reads panoptic; dark dub and ambient loaded with psychoactive EBM. See further; MSB’s vital experiments powered by half-speed Beat Box; distant Objets D’Art channelling through Namlook’s Fax; pared down FSoL at the hands of Autocreation. Celestial fringe echoes, viridis mantra, and guttural/ceremony trudge.

Direct knowledge, heavy and charged.

@bordellodistribution: https://bit.ly/2BnzF8F

[MZ003] Vector Trancer - Opening The Inner Gates 1

Inner atmos and next time – rain into rivers, rivers to rain.

Sequence is subjective, irrelevant – it’s where we stand. Out of order, we dissolve and reform, coming together to come undone. There is no first, no now, no next – just precision points in the wide deep sky.

Another bang, another – it’s the reading which is important. Repeating in parallel, the natural loop is healing; repair, resonance, return. We live in a fragment; soft light and clouds drift like dreams into memory, showing movement in the mirror.

“Here the performer becomes free like the playful clouds high above the world of pain, suffering, happiness, ecstasy, disappointment, greed and ambition of human life”

In this present, we are touched to have unreleased business from Memphis. In unlocking the stoic DAT tapes we open a direct channel from 1993 to this now; three tracks which are meditative, essential rhythm with direct, organic charge. It’s Dream Night Dance Music and Osram 509, with RHK, En-Trance, and Microgravity.

More poetry in remembering our first release was also Memphis. Big complex loops and inner paths. Who’s been here before? All of us, one of us, none of us.

@bordellodistribution: https://bit.ly/2wXyJVI

[MZ004] Memphis - Ukigumo (Floating Clouds)

18-04-2020

Recording of Woody92 his set during the MIRROR ZONE Virus stream in collaboration with @hetmagazijn

@woodyninetytwo

WOODY92 @ MIRROR ZONE VIRUS STREAM

Spekki Webu his set during the Club In The Clouds Isolation Rave #7

@spekkiwebu

Spekki Webu @ Club In The Clouds Isolation Rave #7

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