Various Production

Forged in the cohesion labs of Indianapolis, the XK3 EP by producer D. Strange dives into the metallic underworld of alienated shadows to create 5 icy acid electro cuts.

The submerged acid-tinged opener, ‘Sonic Recoil,’ ascends with a snarling pathos of trap hats that pierce through the looming fog of the club. ‘Negative Center’ haunts in cunning dexterity and grooves with a jacking pace of brooding momentum. Somewhere in the maze of resonance droplets, cascading hats, and the ominous synth pads, the track “A Black Liquid Filled My Lungs” hypnotizes in its atmospheric acid electro hybrid. Right out of the gate, the self-titled track ‘XK3’ punishes with off-beat synth shards and glitchy, mechanical snares that snap in anthemic propulsion. While ‘Ghost of Kashif’ weaves itself in esoteric, yet evocative, soundscapes with club menacing fashion. Rounding out the release, fellow Indianapolis producer Noncompliant contributes a cruel electro sub-heating take of ‘XK3,’ to warm the boreal tips of the EP.


D. Strange
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dstrange-estmort
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dstrange.wavenforcer/

Noncompliant
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/noncompliant1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noncompliant1

TRAM Planet Records
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tram-planet-records
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tramplanetrecords

PREMIERE: D. Strange - XK3 (Noncompliant remix) (TRAM Planet Records)

https://bleepsequence.bandcamp.com/album/blpsq042-bleeping-for-zyla

Available now: Bleeping for Zyla, a benefit release from Bleepsequence for our friend Relative Q (Paul Zyla), who had a brain aneurysm earlier this year and is still recovering. Bleepsequence is a pay-what-you-want netlabel, so if you can spare a few bucks when the compilation hits, it's a good cause for a good dude. 

My tune on this one is just a straight up jacky jam with a dirty synth.

Buy at Bandcamp 

DJ Shiva - Oh Bother [blpsq042]

Sulfurex - Point Break
http://www.beatport.com/release/sulfurex/1229049

This original techno stormer was 155bpm and came out along with tracks by Damon Wild on Tim Taylor's Extortion UK label. It instantly became a smash hit on dozens of compilations with DJ Hell, Jeff Mills, etc. 

Now being re-released it in its original form, a more current 134bpm version, and with rocking punchy remixes by Ken Ishii and DJ Shiva! 


Buy on Beatport

Sulfurex - Point Break (DJ Shiva Remix) [611D056]

Release date: December 23, 2013 

1. Hackjammer
2. Pride Before
3. Pride Before (Andrei Morant Remix) 

Indianapolis techno mainstay DJ Shiva makes her debut on Different Is Different Records with her own distinct brand of Midwest techno as well as possibly important answers for hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings.

"Hackjammer" is a mechanistic jack stomp through the buzzing wires and fried circuitry of post-planetary destruction, while "Pride Before" throws in some dirty swing and smashing bass to achieve the sonic effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.  

Andrei Morant steps up his groove game with a seriously deep take on "Pride Before", stripping down the beats and turning everything into an emotive "sunrise  over the space station" kind of feel.  Or maybe it's a "last day of Earth's existence" feel.  Either way, it's quite nice. 

DJ Shiva - And Thanks For All The Fish EP w/ Andrei Morant Remix [DiDRec042]

OUT NOW! http://www.beatport.com/release/bonkers/1277925

Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?

Alice: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

DJ Shiva - Bonkers (remixed by Owen Sands, Komprezzor, Jake Conlon) [FR0002]

Moodtrax - Network (Noncompliant Remix)

Out now on Emote Music

http://www.beatport.com/release/exfoliation-ep/1354955

Buy at Beatport

Energun - Exfoliation (DJ Shiva Remix) [EM052]

5 Mag Premiere - Beloved techno producer and DJ @noncompliant1 has announced the release of Momentum Shift, the debut EP from her new label Giant Arm, out September 7 2023.

Giant Arm is designed to be a showcase for Noncompliant's "signature style of raw, uncompromising techno." Momentum Shift features four tracks that tick every box on that checklist — the rhythmic, radical and raw sound of Midwest techno crafted by one of our most essential artists. 

5 Mag is premiering the lead track from Momentum Shift. "Symptom Onset," like many Noncompliant tracks, doesn't "start" as much as it "warms up," like a great thermal engine gradually filling the room with heat, frenzy, sound and fury. Give it a listen and some love if you like it 👏

🔗 Link: https://noncompliantmusic.bandcamp.com/album/momentum-shift-ep

🎙 Noncompliant - Raised in small-town Indiana on a musical diet of 80s synth pop and punk rock, Noncompliant soon found barnyard raves and warehouse techno parties and (as DJ Shiva) quickly became a fixture of the fabled 90s Midwest USA rave scene. Now, almost three decades and a name change later, she is at the top of her techno game. She was recognized as one of Mixmag's Top 20 Breakthrough DJs in 2017 and has performed at renowned venues like Berghain and Tresor in Berlin, Smartbar in Chicago, and DeSchool in Amsterdam. She has also appeared at festivals such as Unsound and Movement Detroit.  Noncompliant's releases and remixes on labels like Valence, Flash, Outerworld, and Dark Entries have made waves in the global music scene, with her track "Women's Work" even landing on Fiedel's official Berghain 08 mix and his label Fiedeltwo. In 2023, she is launching her own label called Giant Arm, which features her signature style of raw, uncompromising techno. 
https://www.noncompliantmusic.com/

🏷 Giant Arm - Noncompliant's new label, Giant Arm is a label for techno that doesn’t chase trends or try to sound like anyone else. This is music made to cause a ruckus on the dancefloor. 


📆 Out September 7 2023
Bandcamp: https://noncompliantmusic.bandcamp.com/album/momentum-shift-ep
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/noncompliant-momentum-shift-ep/6225299-02/

Momentum Shift

Symptom Onset

Premiere: Noncompliant - Symptom Onset [Giant Arm]

Buy it here: http://www.beatport.com/release/dark-shadows/1414924

Buy now on Beatport! 

Garrett Dillon - Dark Shadows (DJ Shiva's Vashta Nerada Remix) [DRR013]

http://mixmag.net/read/premiere-dj-shiva-unleashes-mind-bending-techno-as-noncompliant-premieres

@djshiva's 'More Than Surviving' on Valence is a disorientating trip through off-kilter mechanics and punishing percussion

Noncompliant - More Than Surviving [Valence]

More exclusive music

Premiere: Noncompliant 'More Than Surviving'

Apropos of a sweltering summer, Allergy Season is excited to share 3 synth-drenched cuts by Brooklyn's John Barera & Paul Morse. Barera and Morse have previously delivered doses of their tough melodic techno on two Allergy Season compilations, and separately have seen work released on labels like Steffi's Dolly and Barera's own Supply Records.

On the figurative flip side of the record, two Allergy Season favorites deliver razor-sharp electro remixes. Delft label-boss LA-4A chops "Pantheon" into an heavy-stepping earworm and Midwestern legend DJ Shiva delivers a futuristic take under her new Noncompliant alias.

Pantheon by John Barera & Paul Morse is out July 17th on Allergy Season and available from all well-stocked digital retailers.

Written & Produced by John Barera & Paul Morse. Additional production on "Pantheon (LA-4A Remix)" by Kevin McHugh. Additional Production on "Pantheon (Noncompliant Remix)" by Lisa Smith.

Mastered by Max McFerren. Artwork by Michael Magnan.

John Barera & Paul Morse - Pantheon (Noncompliant Remix)

Ambivalent - Gyges (Noncompliant Remix)

BUY VINYL/DIGITAL: https://cuteheels.bandcamp.com/album/state-of-mind
Cute Heels is the project of Victor Lenis, a contemporary electronic artist living in Berlin, Germany. He grew up in Bogotá, Columbia during the 1990s, surrounded by the radial punk scene. Over the years, Victor's passion and fascination for synthesizers and drum machines to produce and compose resulted in his debut album “Spiritual" for Dark Entries in 2014 as well as the “Third Skin” EP in 2016.  Inspired by equal parts Liaisons Dangereuses, Drexciya and Black Devil Disco Club, Cute Heels connects the dots between Detroit techno, early Chicago house and Belgium electronic body music.

“State of Mind” is a 4-track EP featuring the vocal talents of Berlin artist Aga Wilk aka Romance Disaster on the the title track.  On the A-side are two fresh compositions recorded in New York and Bogota between 2016 and 2017. Victor says, “State of Mind refers to the subconscious as dominated by real facts, natural, unnatural, metaphysical or virtual and dynamism of the body as physical shield.” The track is a slow building foray into techno, elegantly suited for intangible moments. “Golden Tears” kicks off with Cute Heels’ signature metallic EBM funk played with punchy, percussive analog synths. On the flip we present two banging club remixes. The first is from LA-4A, techno DJ and producer Kevin McHugh aka Ambivalent, who adds a strong kick drum and lacerating hi-hats that build up to a mind melting breakdown with a full on acid squelch attack. The second remix comes from Noncompliant, Midwest US-based producer Lisa Smith aka DJ Shiva, who  creates a raw, thumping exercise though off-kilter mechanics and punishing percussion. All songs have been mastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley.  The record comes in a custom-made die-cut jacket designed by Eloise Leigh featuring suggestive rope bondage graphic printed spot black matte on black hi-gloss finish. Each copy includes a postcard.

State of Mind

State Of Mind

Cute Heels - State of Mind (Noncompliant Remix)

@fiedelone has a new double-vinyl compilation called 'Appendix: Double Mixpack' on the way via his Fieldtwo imprint.

Noncompliant (aka @djshiva)delivers a raw, metallic opener to the EP. Underpinned by hard-edged kicks and bolstered by scratchy vocal samples and intoxicating textures, it's a funky Midwest techno triumph.

Appendix - Double Mixpack E.P - FiedelTwo #3

Premiere: Noncompliant 'Women's Work'

Renegade remixed by Noncompliant aka https://soundcloud.com/djshiva
Taken from  https://soundcloud.com/la-fraicheur ´s forthcoming EP - SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY REMIXES out 31.10.2018 digital & 12"

La Fraicheur - Renegade (Noncompliant Remix)

Noncompliant's JACKIN' remix of JAK "Breakout". Now at Bandcamp, Beatport and more.

Buy at Bancamp

Breakout - Noncompliant Remix

1. Circadia
2. Impossibilities

Remixes: 
Mattias Fridell: https://soundcloud.com/fridell/mattias-fridell-remix/s-KfROR
Ground Loop: https://soundcloud.com/ground_loop/adam_jay_and_dj_shiva_impossibilities_ground_loop_remix

Vinyl: 

http://www.deejay.de/Adam_Jay_und_Dj_Shiva-Impossibilities_Ep__127107

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/adam-jay-dj-shiva-impossibilities-ep/498063-01/

http://www.triplevision.nl/release/TRANSLUCENT002V/

https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/asp/view_product.asp?id=44488


Buy it at Beatport

DJ Shiva & Adam Jay - Impossibilities EP [TRANSLUCENT002V]

Christina Chatfield - Ascent/Descent EP
As You Like It Recordings
CAT# SEQ001 - Release: 27 Nov 2020
Now available for vinyl and digital purchase on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/seq001

AYLI’s long-awaited label, As You Like It Recordings, promises to support Bay Area artist culture and music worldwide. Christina Chatfield's inaugural release, "Ascent/Descent EP," is a fresh take on the classic acid sound which encapsulates this drive with remixes from TIN MAN, Noncompliant, Lily Ackerman, and Tape Ghost.
@anitserk @tinman @noncompliant1 @lilyackerman @tape-ghost
Mastered and cut by Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete Mastering. 155 gram deluxe vinyl pressed at Burlington Record Plant. Vinyl self-distributed in the USA, worldwide vinyl distribution by Lobster Theremin. Worldwide digital distribution by Paradise Distribution.

Buy on Bandcamp

Ascent (Noncompliant's Persist Mix) [vinyl + digital]

This classic, originally released on the legendary Black Nation Records, is a personal favorite of mine. That's why I was stoked to be asked to turn in a remix. Pressure? Yep. But I had fun and I think I made a nice jam that will pound a dancefloor (or a home system) quite nicely.

Chancellor - Insane (Noncompliant Remix)

buy / stream

black girl / white girl - nightfall on saturn (noncompliant remix) [clip]

www.noncompliantmusic.com
https://www.twitch.tv/noncompliant1

Booking:
ncbooking@noncompliantmusic.com

“As her moniker implies, she takes no prisoners, channeling the fury instilled by worldly injustices into blistering, defiant sets." - Mixmag 2017

Raised in small-town Indiana on a musical diet of 80s synth pop and punk rock, Noncompliant soon found barnyard raves and warehouse techno parties and (as DJ Shiva) quickly became a fixture of the fabled 90s Midwest USA rave scene.

Now, almost three decades and a name change later, she is at the top of her techno game. She was recognized as one of Mixmag's Top 20 Breakthrough DJs in 2017 and has performed at renowned venues like Berghain and Tresor in Berlin, Smartbar in Chicago, and DeSchool in Amsterdam. She has also appeared at festivals such as Unsound and Movement Detroit. 

Noncompliant's releases and remixes on labels like Valence, Flash, Outerworld, and Dark Entries have made waves in the global music scene, with her track "Women's Work" even landing on Fiedel's official Berghain 08 mix and his label Fiedeltwo. In 2023, she is launching her own label called Giant Arm, which features her signature style of raw, uncompromising techno. 

At her core, Noncompliant is a die-hard techno fan with a deep love for music and a drive to continue honing her craft as a DJ and producer to share her favorite music with people on dance floors around the world.