"Three angels in free fall, who just wanted to climb the stairs to paradise."

Quelza - Climbing Stairs To Paradise , Part 1 , The Free Fall

Green Trax Vol.2 is the second collection on Trip of classic material from Steve O'Sullivan's Green label, originally recorded between 1996 and 2005, out January 31st.

Pre-order: https://triprecords.bandcamp.com/album/green-trax-vol-2
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Green Trax Vol.2

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Premiere: Steve O'Sullivan - Yashill (Raw Alt Mix) (Unreleased)

artist: @stephenos1 steve o’sullivan
title: green trax vol. 2
label: @triprecordings
cat #: trp052
release date: 31 january 2025
format: vinyl & digital

tracklist:
a1 kesk (unreleased)
a2 žalias (switch mix) (unreleased)
a3 grün
b1 roheline
b2 verde (remix) (unreleased)
c1 groente (unreleased)
c2 ijo
c3 magariisa
d1 yashill (unreleased)
d2 botala
d3 qumir
digital bonus yashill (raw alt mix) (unreleased)

Green trax vol. 2 is the second collection on трип of classic material from steve o’sullivan’s green label, originally recorded between 1996 and 2005. These tracks capture steve’s unique approach to minimal techno, heavily influenced by the innovative sounds of robert hood, jeff mills, and terrence dixon. Recorded live in one take directly from the machines, this collection embodies raw, unpolished energy – a tribute to the spontaneity of studio experimentation. several of the tracks included were previously released on green and recontextualised for трип.

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GTG Premiere | Steve O'Sullivan - Verde (remix) (unreleased) [trp052]

Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

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Surgeon - Soul Fire

@bloody-mary celebrates 15 years of @dame-music with a three-part vinyl series, featuring Thomas P. Heckmann, E-Bony, Hardfloor and more

Vol. 1 is set for release on 28th March 2025 – have an exclusive first listen to the label head’s blistering contribution, ‘Fractal Waves’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-bloody-mary-fractal-waves

Premiere: Bloody Mary ‘Fractal Waves’

"I've been locked away in the studio for weeks. Stepping out for a gig or a podcast never feels easy when you're deep in it, so I tried to keep this recording as close as possible to where I'm at : somewhere between a tunnel and a shelter, but filled with light, not darkness."

SOUNDCLOUD : https://soundcloud.com/el-se
INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/elise.massoni/?hl=fr

DUSKCAST 027 : ELISE MASSONI

I have been a longtime aficionado of the works of Darren Roberts (@deepbass) and Reggy Van Oers (@reggy-van-oers), especially their cooperative CHPTR (@chptr) releases. I am serious: I possess all their vinyl releases and their latest release, which sadly was only released in digital form. However. This "EP" is part of my ongoing experiments, training and learning process. The "A side" track should be considered and homage/tribute and I have the sincerest hope you others out there can enjoy it as such. The "B side" track is an integral part of my journey forcing myself to working with lower tempo's, attempts of reduction whilst maintaining relevant to the "original". This track features more melodic layers. Funny thing, at some points it appears apparent that there are vocals added to the composition. There are not, it's your mind playing tricks with the percussion FX. I had to triple check myself :')

A Missing Chapter

Rave the Block

This is the Future

Steve Rachmad aka Sterac - Sinosphere

Here's my bootleg edit for robert hoods' "and then we planned to escape" - a very great track, with an awesome synthwork, what inspired me to do this edit. please support the artist robert hood by buying the original mix ( http://www.beatport.com/track/and-then-we-planned-our-escape-original-mix/451679 ).

Robert Hood - And Then We Planned Our Escape (Utroit Edit)

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Premiere: Steve O'Sullivan - Yashill (Raw Alt Mix) (Unreleased)

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