Support & Buy : https://virtualforestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/soap

Kicking off 2025 to a foamy start, Virtual Forest presents a new release by co-founder 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 (@fluidmatter). Exploring less-travelled avenues of the bass music continuum, '𝗦𝗼𝗮𝗽' draws on broken techno, drum’n’bass or leftfield, and welds seemingly distant aesthetics with Fluid Matter's vibrant and evocative touch. A profound and colorful EP, closed by a breakneck but delicate remix by druidic bass music trailblazer 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝟱𝘀 (@prieste5s).

Artist : Fluid Matter
Album : Soap
Format : Digital
Cat# : VFO013
Release : April 24, 2025

w & p by @fluidmatter
remix by @prieste5s
artwork by Julien Jean
mastering by Cédric IFA Oléon
distributed by Sequence
© 2025 Virtual Forest Records

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VFO.13 Fluid Matter - Soap [Previews]

Taken from: Tobias. Doltz. - Versus - Delsin Records - 160dsr

Buy: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/9105/tobias-doltz/versus

Folding the ambient techno tradition into neatly arranged packets of rhythm and space, Delsin proudly presents a striking new collaboration from Tobias. and Doltz. A project developed from a chance encounter, Versus combines classic synth and drum machine configurations with needlepoint sound design to create a quintessential electronica listening experience.

Tobias. is the lead alias from Tobias Freund, the celebrated German techno pioneer who has been actively exploring new territories in electronic music production since the early 1980s. As Doltz, Shun Watanabe has quickly developed his own impressive artistic stamp in the field of leftfield techno and ambient since debuting in 2020. After seeing Doltz perform a live set at Eden Festival 2024 in Japan, Freund instantly invited him to collaborate. After the success of the first collaboration, they went on to develop five of the tracks on Versus together, while Jiawen Wang performed additional vocals on 'We Are Not Alone'.

Versus is an album that balances variety and consistency across its finely sequenced run time, maintaining a focus on pointillist, exploratory rhythm from crisp drum machines and twitchy digitalia alike, all backed up by richly rendered atmospherics from gaseous pads to icy drones. It's a warm and inviting sound world, but also fearlessly futuristic, speaking to both Freund's decades of refinement and the startling clarity of Doltz's vision.

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Tobias. Doltz. - Phoon (taken from 'Versus' 160dsr)

Dalmata Daniel ‎– DDD10
Yinna & S Olbricht - Werner Sees Constellations in Marble Caves EP
(Juhász Tamás & Anna Makay Remixes)
[Digital ‎– DDD10]

Werner Sees Constellations in Marble Caves unfolds in a world of spectral silence and decayed structures, where time feels suspended. Yinna’s recordings, dating back to 2017, capture the eerie stillness of brutalist outskirts and neon-lit voids, reimagined through S Olbricht’s signature textures.

Together, they shape a dreamlike exploration of connection, memory, and dissolution—where echoes of the past merge with the pulse of an uncertain future. Anna Makay (MA’AM) and Juhász Tamás further unravel these visions, distorting them into new sonic dimensions.

A hypnotic descent into liminal spaces, Werner Sees Constellations in Marble Caves lingers between worlds—haunting, immersive, and beautifully elusive.

Track 1 to 5 Written & Recorded by @Yinna & @S_Olbricht

Track 6 Remix by Juhász Tamás (@pulgasarii)
Track 7 Remix by @Anna-Makay

Track 1, 5, 6, 7 Mastered by Erik Bánhalmi
Track 2, 3, 4 Mastered by Martin Mikolai

Art Director / Artwork by Daniel Jani (Studio Jetski)
www.instagram.com/studiojetski

Dalmata Daniel: www.dalmatdaniel.com
Tirple Vision Digital Distribution: www.triplevision.nl

Werner Sees Constellations in Marble Caves EP

DDD10: Yinna & S Olbricht - Werner Sees Constellations in Marble Caves EP [SNIPPETS]

Nemesis by the Ukranian multidisciplinary artist Poly Chain is a 15-track full-length spinner of experimental club sounds and post-ambient, out via Lightronics on April 25th.

Pre-order: https://lightronics.bandcamp.com/album/nemesis
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@poly-chain-lightronics

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Premiere: Poly Chain - Hypercompensation

Priori’s hit EP Pareidolia gets a well deserved remix treatment. The relation between Priori and Midgar started early 2023 with the release of his Pareidolia EP, where a remix for Keplrr followed quickly the year after. Now, early 2025, a group of close friends and admired artists were invited to rework the Pareidolia’s originals.

Midgar affiliate Forest Drive West uses the opportunity to present not one but two remixes. Presenting one half-time 85 bpm twist of Hazard and another slow-paced murky techno groover. Originally from Montreal, Maara forms the Canadian connection and she turns Memory Palace into a beautiful bouncy dub-techno floater. Sound experimentalist Notte Infinita takes his turn on Pareidolia’s title track and creates some magnificent eyes-closed drum & bass hypnotism. At last, Amsterdam’s upsammy brings back the light with her iconic playful approach. She flips the steady groove of Glass Shards into a jumpy interplay of rhythms and joy.

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Hazard (Forest Drive West 85 Remix)

Annuled Music is back with another gem, this time introducing Aawadh - a new alias from French producer and Cielo Records boss JC Laurent. Known for his deep, hypnotic take on techno, JC flips the script on Dyadica, an 8-track debut album that trades 4/4 for halftime pressure and lands somewhere in the 80/85 BPM zone. It’s packed with groove, weight, and that sweet spot between heady and physical. There’s room for ambient detours (Ignys), tribal techno nods (Nyteris), and and straight-up pressure with Oscillia, but the core vibe? Forward-thinking halftime drum & bass with real depth.

We’re premiering the second track from the album, Alkymis, which together with the opener Evolys kicks things off and sets the whole vibe. Eerie and energised, with a kind of ritualistic swing to it. The drums snap, the synths melt, and everything flows just right. There’s a UK breaks feel underneath, but it’s doing its own thing. Big system or headphones, club or commute, it hits. One of those tracks that makes the world move a little faster. 

Dyadica drops May 2 via Annuled Music.

Write by @gilleswasserman

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aawadh
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/annulled_music

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aawadh/
Bandcamp: https://annulledmusic.bandcamp.com

Dyadica

PREMIERE: Aawadh - Alkymis [Annulled Music]

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: I7HVN - Glass I [I7002]

I7HVN is back with a Bandcamp-exclusive release — the first in a continuing series of independently shared works. Sculpt I is a three-track EP that dives deep into the realms of atmospheric breaks and textured, body-driven techno. Each piece explores sound as material — shaping air, structure, and memory into movement. Glass I shimmers with airy, broken rhythms; Bone I anchors itself in deep, meditative techno; Flesh I breathes with spacious textures and spectral traces of voice.

Mastered by - I7HVN

𝑰𝟕𝑯𝑽𝑵
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/i7hvnmusic
Bandcamp : https://i7hvn.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/i7hvn/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/i7hvnmusic
Beatport : https://www.beatport.com/artist/i7hvn/767081

Sculpt I  [I7002]

Glass I

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: I7HVN - Glass I [I7002]

With 'Mica', Illinois-based artist @zvrra delivers a kaleidoscopic EP that pushes the boundaries of genre and form. Drawing from techno, breakbeat, ambient, and electronica, Zvrra weaves a sonic tapestry that is as intricate as it is imaginative.
Opening with ‚Butterfly‘, the listener is welcomed by a layered interplay of breakbeat rhythm and glistening synths which create a compelling contrast between motion and serenity. The top melody gently flutters, adding a soft emotional tone to the driving groove. The path continues through ‚Wooden Rain‘, where Organic percussion patterns tumble over each other like raindrops on dry wood. The tribal rhythms create a hypnotic momentum that feels both primal and futuristic. Melodies breeze through the third track ‚Prairie Scrub‘ which feel like gusts across a glowing plain. It’s playful and dynamic, evoking the wild beauty of a sun-drenched landscape. Closing with ‚Golden Beetle‘, Zvrra zooms in to a microcosmic world where they lead the listeners on an ambient exploration of chirping tones and looping rhythms, like observing little insects in the act of something strange and sacred.

Buy: qeone.bandcamp.com/album/mica

Release Date ~ May 28, 2025

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About Zvrra

Zvrra is an American music producer and DJ known for her wide variety of techno, house, and experimental music. Zvrra has released projects on prominent labels such as Avian and International Chrome. After a successful run with her 2020 techno single "Dress" and 2021 LP release "Bizzaroland," the DJ Producer has been performing at venues worldwide and has been a regular on international radio.

www.zvrra.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/zvrra_ig
www.youtube.com/zvrra

Written and produced by Raven Mazique (Zvrra)
Mastered by Klangstellwerk (Niklas Bühler)
Artwork by Lindsey Wang (Polygonia)

Zvrra - Mica [QNE014]

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