Interstellar Funk - 5.51

N.b. for our sentiments on Max's untimely passing, head here: blrrm.tv/BJOncE 

We've got a lot of love for Max_M and his namesake imprint. While firmly rooted in the techno scene, his unerring taste has seen great records tapped up as of late from the likes of Samuli Kemppi, FSG, Stanislav Tolkachev and Truss; hardly unknown names, but plucked from just far enough outside the usual hotspots to feel like outliers. It's one of his strongest suits: and in working with worthy upstart Parachute Records - first on last year's Toe Tag EP, and now on Fabric Safety Apparatus Vol.1 - he's come up trumps again.

"Slope" sees the Milanese maestro in fine fettle. The track is typically driving, eyes-down techno with an indelible groove coursing throughout, and a keen appreciation of when to give and when to go. Flanked by South London Ordinance on one side and Clockwork the other, the compilation is a must. Cop it July 27th onwards.

Max_M "Slope" - Boiler Room Debuts

artwork by: https://www.instagram.com/bvccshxt/

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DJ Larry Ghetto - da game

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Mexican-Jamaican electronic artist Andy Martin creates tracks that mirror nature's constant transformations through evolving sonic elements. Known for blending sci-fi techno with Latin Caribbean influences, his music has graced venues like Berghain and Tresor, while his ambient work spans museums and MUTEK festivals.

From collaborating with dub legend Lee Scratch Perry to crafting immersive soundscapes, Martin's latest for Nastia's forward-thinking NECHTO imprint presents electronic music that breathes and shifts—familiar on the surface, yet revealing new details with each listen.

Tracklist:

1 TX01
2 Triskele
3 Automata
4 Trasmutation

NECHTO Premiere | Andy Martin - TX01 [NECH033]

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Fierce banging tracks on the a-side of this Multivalence Volume 1, and two winning acidic techno tunes with a bit of an early Detroit, Belgium rave vibe on the flip side. Strong release on Kevin McHugh (Ambivalent/LA-4A) new series of various artist ep's on his Valence imprint.

3 Avalon Emerson - Glider Gun

Pre-order: http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/mondo_re_alterado_3xlp_dl

Rebolledo - WANT (Danny Daze & Shokh's "Fears Come" Dub)
Release date: June 30th 2017

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Rebolledo - WANT (Danny Daze & Shokh's "Fears Come" Dub)

Robert Hood - Paradigm Shift - Vol 3 - Dekmantel (DKMNTL055) 

a1.	Robert Hood - Red Machine
b1.	Robert Hood - Transform

https://shop.dekmantel.com/release/5874/paradigm-shift-vol-3

Following on from the 2017 LP Paradygm Shift by Robert Hood released on Dekmantel Records, the Detroit legend returns to the imprint to deliver the final installment in a trilogy of EP releases that initially began back in February 2016. Now based in Alabama, the Detroit-techno producer is returning to his roots. Embracing the trademark, minimal, funk techno sounds that defined his earlier career, Paradygm Shift Vol. 3 is classic Hood, operating in new, and uncharted ways.

The EP is an extension on the concept as outlayed by Hood during the project’s conceptual stage: ‘‘The idea behind Paradygm Shift is similar to a shift in our focus. We can become so complacent; we are so comfortable with our surroundings, I think this is the time for electronic music to find a new mindset.’’ Kicking off off with ‘Red Machine’, where again parallels can be drawn between the days of Minimal Nation, and Internal Empire – the sound is sparse and brutalistic, representing a challenged future. A progressive melody syncopates along the tracks percussive, backbone, arching its way into the track’s eventual demise. On the B-side, ‘Transform’ provides a composition of stripped, down electro, while taking in the 606 style, and adding additional, textural depth. It’s a track full of subtle melody, and high-ranging claps, that make ‘Transform’ the perfect transitional tool, and standalone floor-filler at the same time.

‘Red Machine’ and ‘Transform’ reflect Hood’s modern take on challenging techno. Meditative in their sequenced repetition, the tracks draw you in with their audacious, and memorizing sequences. It’s contemporary techno, albeit techno that reflects Hood’s style and nature. Pulsating, electrifying, with dark undertones, and very much of that Detroit flavour.

DKMNTL055 // Robert Hood - Paradygm Shift Volume 3

@ara_u and @radioactiveman have collaborated on a new four-track EP on Asking For Trouble titled 'Plastic Attack'. It features 'Failure to Communicate', a funky analogue jam that stirs some sultriness into a grooving acid line.  

Out June 28, pre-order it here: https://ara-u.bandcamp.com/releases

Plastic Attack

More exclusive music

Premiere: Ara-u & Radioactive Man 'Failure to Communicate'

Dub versions have been released from the ‘Dance Paradox’ universe, two curious entities on offshoot missions launched from the mothership. The ‘Major Space Dub’ rework of ‘Man Out Of Time’ lands on hard and dry territory, the already raspy hits ricocheting into punishing rusty slaps. With beautiful warmth added from vinyl, the ‘Next Door Ultra Dub’ of ‘Dead Space’ fills in those after hours in limbo with a refrain that becomes more powerful when heard at the back.

present black - Paradox Dubs

Dead Space (Next Door Ultra Dub)

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Whether it is building atmosphere and suspense with selections that are hard and intense or moments of melody that grab you. 

Each one of Nathan Jones’s sets are bound together by powerful rhythms, improvised and entwined with the energy of the dance floor. Sharing energy on a journey as one.  

Freedom of expression on a dance floor without boundaries is important to Nathan and he continues to absorb new experiences as a club goer himself, always in search of inspiration and improving his skill as a DJ. 

Since crafting his sound for over a decade and holding down residences throughout the club circuit of his hometown, Dublin. His growing tour schedule has taken him to some of Europe’s most prolific club nights, in cities such as Zagreb, Nantes and Berlin.

His discography consists of two solo vinyl EPs on Vision Collector Records, a two track EP on Argentina’s: Concepto Hypnotico, a vinyl release on Delinquent Delivery Records as well as an upcoming 12” on OGMA records.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/snakebite_616/ 

SC: https://soundcloud.com/nathan-jones-1

FB: https://m.facebook.com/nathanjones.djproducer

Premiere: Ara-u & Radioactive Man 'Failure to Communicate'

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