https://disciples.ffm.to/heavycombination

A crucial introduction to the 'King of Kikuyu Benga' and the first career-spanning retrospective of the incredible catalogue of the late, great Joseph Kamaru.

17 tracks that run the gamut from vibrant dancefloor chants with high life-esque guitars, to afro funk, drum machine and keyboard driven disco grooves, and folk style laments. The music is raw, immediate, danceable, and packed full of memorable hooks. The incisive lyrics range from protest songs to relationship advice. Joseph Kamaru was an incredibly popular figure in his native Kenya, connecting with everyone from high-powered politicians to the rural and urban working class, and his music deserves a much wider international audience.

Compiled in partnership with Joseph Kamaru's grandson, the sound artist KMRU.

The tracks have been carefully remastered from original tape transfers by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

Sleeve designed by Karolina Kołodziej using original archive material from the Kamaru family vaults.

Extensive liner notes include essays by Kenyan academic Maina wa Mũtonya, music journalist Megan Iacobini de Fazio, and KMRU himself.

Joseph Kamaru - Kenya Kũrũngara (Remastered) - from Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007

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May/2025

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10 years of Clear Memory!! Here's a recording of Robyrt Hecht's DJ set, recorded at KulturLounge on 2025-06-13, alongside DJ Overdose, Mr. Beef, Rekorder, Alice In Flames & Hayter, DJ Detox.

In Robyrt's words:
Late playtime: 5:00–6:00 AM after a loooong day+night.
Detroit Electro–Techno all the way, morphing into some Clear Memory classics for the anniversary. And plenty of 4-to-the-floor-beats for late-night variety on that particular night.
Wow, 22 tracks in 1h, mad. Vinyl only, as always.

Tracklist:
Microthol – Hostile Invasion [TRUST, 2019]
AUX 88 – Rated A-U-X [Submerge, 2007]
Black Phuture – Unfriendly [Motech, 2002]
Creepy Autograph – Corporate Meeting [Valentine Connexion, 2008]
The Advent – Factors [Kombination Research, 1998]
Labyrinthine – Adventu Princeps [WéMè, 2021]
ITPDWIP – Virtual Club Gaia [WERD, 2019]
Drexciya – Species Of The Pod [Tresor, 2000]
Abstract Thought – Bermuda Triangle [Kombination Research, 2003]
Yarn Init – Blind Step [Clear Memory, 2020]
Nino Šebelić – Geto Brate [Pomelo, 2019]
Varum – In The Air (Robyrt's Mindset Remix) [Clear Memory, 2024]
Yarn Init – Mindset Miami [Mind Controlled Rectifier, 2021]
Ten Lardell – Year 6900 [Anterspace, 2024]
CEM3340 – Vocè [Curtis Electronix, 2024]
DMX Krew – Hard Times (Cleaned in Post...) [Rephlex, 1999]
PRZ – This Time [Clone, 2023]
Detroit's Filthiest – Dark Shadows [Bass Agenda, 2021]
Shifted Phases – Scattering Pulsars [Tresor, 2002]
dynArec – Component Zero [Vaporwave, 2005]
Elecktroids – Remote Control Hornet [Warp, 1995]

Clear Memory 10 years anniversary: DJ Set by Robyrt Hecht | 2025-06-13

Electric Shapes

Another show dedicated to our Carebots 2nd Mission for Gaza compilation between Bass Agenda and Pyramid Transmissions, raising money for Gaza Soup Kitchen and Medical Aid for Palestininians alongside some new beats from the world of Electro.
https://bassagendarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/carebot-the-second-mission-for-medical-aid-for-palestinians-gaza-soup-kitchen?search_item_id%3D4033898828%26search_item_type%3Da%26search_match_part%3D%253F%26search_page_id%3D4768388559%26search_page_no%3D0%26search_rank%3D1

Trax by

ALIEN LIAISON - NO RESPITE
PAUL BASCOIGNE - CHAMBER OF ECHOED LIGHT 
ROEL FUNCKEN - MOGHA
ENERGY No13 - HACKY SAC
SCOTT FRASER - STEEL (NB BLOOD CUT)
VERONICA GREEN -  WARRIORS OF LIGHT
PAUL BASCOIGNE - ATLANTEAN SYNAPSE
PAIN STRUCK STANLEY DUMB - ULTRASOUND
SCOTT FRASER - ENERGY IN CONSTITUTION
ALTROY - RADIO ACID
VEMA DIODES - SYNTHETIC MIND
POLADROID - PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY
THE HIDDEN PERSUADER - SOLUTION
DARQHORSE - QABAL
DETRA - SPACE TUNNEL
SYNTHETIX - SERIAL DATA COLLISION
NINECHECKER VS DANNY V_RTEX - BROTHERS REUNITE
X TRUDER - GALAXY
ANTHONY NUZZO - VIDEO DOSE
R2EQ - SPLAZTIK BEATZ
LANDR - HI RISES
ERRORBEAUTY/ADJ - A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
ANTHORIAN - GOD KNOWS



PT Carebots show Oct 25 with ADJ

“Professor Voorn hit the brakes hard atop Quarzite Ridge and stared in shock at the valley below. Overnight, the entire testing range had grown into a dense forest of silicon spires, shimmering dizzyingly under the Nevadan sun. An alien world—crystalline, lifeless, yet constantly evolving, endlessly multiplying. At this rate, the anomaly would reach Las Vegas within two days. In the distance, Voorn could already hear the roar of the approaching bombers.”

OG techno legend @orlando-voorn returns to TRUST with a second volume of raw + booming electro cuts, following up on his 2023 EP, 'Outerworld'.

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coming december, 2025
distributed by @clone-distribution
clonedistribution.com/release/81372
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mastered by andreas kauffelt at schnittstelle
artwork by dextro_org

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[TRUST48] ORLANDO VOORN :: wicked system [out december 2025]

For POMCAST 20, our founder Dan Lodig dives deep into his ’90s house collection, reminding us of his unique funkiness !

POMCAST 20 - DAN LODIG

Chris Hessle und Martin Stepanek. Wer weiß, wer das ist, sagt es den anderen.

Ton: John Norman (rhiz)
Foto: Jannik Eder

The Burned-out Burnouts @ Salon skug 07.11.2025 rhiz

remember the good old lockdown days? i found this set recorded in spring 2020

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