Label: Mord
Artist: Patrik Carrera
Title: Depths of Dopamine
W + P by Patrik Carrera
Art by Patrick Carrera
Cat No: MORDCAS004
Format: Cassette + Digital

Release date: 26-01-2024

A-side
1. Profusion
2. Benefits & Uses
3. Lost In Series
4. IonSton
5. Water Overhead
6. Isolating Reality

B-side
7. Memory Seven
8. Overabundance
9. Runglr6
10. Anästhesie
11. Watercourse Way
12. Rough Paper

***
We sat there
smoking cigarettes
at 5 in the morning.
***

Depths of Dopamine

MORDCAS004 - Patrik Carrera - Depths of Dopamine [Previews]

A1- Philokalist
A2- Beams and rays
B1- Frames of time
B2- Act of valor
Digital Bonus: Melodie du nature


Dj Surgeles is here again with his orchestra of bleeps and abstract grooves that we love so badly. Five exercises of music from the future, delivered with care and sense, bringing us to unknown dimensions never touched by humans.
 
Philokalist sets on the spaceship’s engine, solitary bleeps to begin with and when unexpectedly a super busy 909 rhythm takes control. Add super reverberated Fx and spacious washes and, suddenly, you are out there in the galaxies.
 
Beams and Rays is like translating a black hole into sound, phrenetic but meditative at the same time, ideal to put the dancefloor into tension, to expect the unexpected.
 
Frames of Time uses synthetic pads to create the required tension, the groove here is broken and shuffled, non conventional at all, Surgeless is a master of this discipline, we all know that.
 
Act of Valor goes non linear, with all the sonic components somehow disassembled, being the 4/4 the compass to guide it all. Another voyage into the future.
 
Last cut Melodie du Nature brings combat techno to the soundtrack, fast, punchy but as always spiced with lots of alien sounds that are never the same.

Preview: DJ Surgeles - Philokalist LP [WU92]

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ES.

Afincado en Estocolmo/Suecia, Lakej [ Lækeɪ ] emerge de una larga herencia del techno sueco. Tras muchos años de exploración para refinar su sonido, debutó en el sello Grey Report con el EP en solitario Structural Cohesion.
Este debut presentó un tema que guiaría no sólo su sonido, sino también sus conceptos y títulos hasta la fecha. 

Con un gran amor por los detalles y las estructuras rítmicas, su música ha evolucionado hacia un sonido introspectivo, futurista y atemporal. Con texturas intrincadas, atmósferas y ritmos profundos, su música invita a dejarse llevar a estados hipnóticos, tanto en la comodidad del propio espacio de escucha como en la pista de baile.

 Desde su debut, su producción ha sido constante en sellos de renombre como Semantica, NON Series, Faut Section, Nachtstrom Schallplatten y Soma.

EN.

Based in Stockholm/Sweden, Lakej [ Lækeɪ ] emerges from a long heritage of Swedish techno. After many years of explorations to refine his sound, he debuted on Adriana Lopez label Grey Report with the solo EP Structural Cohesion.

This debut presented a theme that would guide not only his sound but also his concepts and titles to this current date.

With a huge love for details and rhythmic structures his music has evolved into an introspective, futuristic and yet timeless sound. With intricate textures, atmospheres and deep driving rhythms his music invites you to be swept away into hypnotic states, both in comfort of your own listening space as well as on the dance floor.

Since the debut his output has been steady on well established labels such as Semantica, NON Series, Faut Section, Nachtstrom Schallplatten and Soma.

T-LABEL | Podcast #150 | Lakej

¡Esto no para! Benales se suma a nuestras filas para protagonizar el podcast número 107 de nuestra serie, siendo así el primer artista francés partícipe en esta.

Benales está en uno de los momentos más atractivos de su carrera, recogiendo frutos que relucen en base a un trabajo constante y bien cuidado. Activo en el circuito techno europeo, el productor francés lleva años poniendo regularmente sus mimados discos en los mejores clubs del continente, mezclando estos en cabinas como la de Tresor, Rex Club, Le Sucre, Gare Porto o en punteros eventos de Vault Sessions o KEY Vinyl.

“Apadrinado” por el gran Freddy K, Benales ha firmado ya varias referencias en KEY, concretamente las número catorce y veinticinco, ambas compuestas por cuatro tracks originales que siguen saliendo de los mejores sound systems. Además, ha lanzado en @constructreform, @sino.records, @suburban_avenue, @analog.solutions, @knotweedrecords, KSR, @diffusereality o @matterwaverecords Records entre otros sellos.

Obviamente después de escribir esto, el placer de tener a Benales en nuestra sección, es nuestro. En este podcast podrás descubrir a un Benales en su plena esencia, marcando dinamismo desde el minuto uno y haciendo vibrar con sonidos tan crudos como profundos, ligando siempre estos a un ritmo frenético y pistero. ¡Incluye tracks de grandes artistas como Altinbas, Border One, Dynamic Forces, Phil Berg, Sleeparchive, Setaoc Mass o Temudo entre muchos otros!

Technoybass #107 | Benales

BCCO Podcast 343: Lewis Fautzi

1. Character Encoding 
2. Hysteresis 
3. Fracture Dimension 
4. Distantz 
5. Neural Networks 
6. Intelligent Linked List 
7. Xenomorph 
8. The Black Eyed kids 
9. Transitions 
10. Apocrypha 
11. Flipper Zero Learn Mode
 
Víctor Martínez aka Error Etica is one of the most prestigious producers of the Spanish techno scene, a seasoned veteran in electronic creation with a career spanning several decades whether as a producer, live artist or DJ. His works have seen the light on his own label and on many of the fundamental labels of the techno world, including our label, where he returns with a complete album of eleven songs, a sample of his breadth of registers within the most elaborate electronics.
 
From his small laboratory located in the La Rioja area, he replicates the ancient art of creating the best wines in the form of musical production, with an exhaustive knowledge of electronic tools and instruments to convey his timeless message.
 
This work moves from experimental landscapes full of precise details to elastic techno exercises for the busiest hours of the club, passing through risky forays with distortion as a fundamental weapon or broken rhythms. All of this varnished with a very IDM aftertaste that reflects his passion for the most intricate sounds of the British electronic tradition of artists like Autechre.
 
The result is a coherent soundtrack of a dystopian, intricate and mental future, a musical ecosystem that travels through unknown places, coming from the mind of an artist who translates with his machinery a complex and distant inner world, which is also capable of transporting to the stages with genius in one of the most dynamic Live Acts on the scene.
 
We are very pleased to be able to give the form of an album to this work of concept that brings to our catalog the dose of intelligence necessary to distance ourselves from the rest of the seasonal techno planet.

Preview: Error Etica - Emotional Intelligence LP [WU93d]

In the 112th episode of Techno Cartel Podcast we are pleased to host Carmelo Ponente.

Driven by a love of the techno scene, but especially after discovering Fuse, an iconic Belgian club, Carmelo Ponente slowly but surely fell in love with textures, distortions and raw sounds. After a long period of hesitation, he decided to bring his passion to life, creating tracks that are released today on labels such as Newrhythmic Records, TMM Recordings, Subsists Records, Bahn Records, Format Records, Postdynamic Records, …. and supported by artists such as Tommy Four Seven, Lewis Fautzi, Zadig, Lakej, Casual Treatment, Adriana Lopez, Dave Clarke and many others.

His desire to return to the decks was becoming stronger and stronger. In 2023, it was time for him to return to this passion, which also allows him to express his love of the scene and he has produced two podcasts for TMM Recordings and Dwarf Planet Series. 2024 is shaping up to be just as exciting, because after playing in Lille alongside Linear System, Falling Echoes, Yrsen & Subtil, several podcasts are scheduled during this year, including this one !

Tracklist : 
Biorc - Echoes
Pyramidal Decode - El Vergonzoso
Biorc - Parallel Perception
Mesh Convergence	- Unwritten
Pyramidal Decode - El Manicomio
Pyramidal Decode - Ensayos
Mesh Convergence	- Geroge's Code
Pyramidal decode - Razionalità
Lidvall - Step 3
Endplate	- PMMM
Oscar Mulero - Noches de Menta
Ribé	- Nom de plume
Biorc - Voltaje
Pyramidal decode - Negazione
Esteban Miranda - Sexto Elemento
Ribé	- Derramarse

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Carmelo Ponente X Techno Cartel [112]

Vinyl
A1 – Aroma de Falso Amor
A2 – Poisonality
B1 – Iris Malicioso
B2 – Dos Pequeños Zorros
 
 Oscar Mulero keeps busy in his studio facilities as usual. His musical output keeps growing and always wandering into new directions and flavors while preserving his artistic integrity. For this Ep on his very own Pole Group imprint he showcases his combative side after some excursions into more profound and intricate territories.
 
Poisonality EP is about the wise use of distortion on techno, is about non conforming with the seasonal standards, about investigating new rhythms, new types of arrangements and new boundaries in sound design, always remembering the roots.
 
Aroma de Falso Amor is the first exercise, exploring the abrasive power of broken distorted beats, overdriven drones and textures and hyper dynamic song structures. The result is a non conventional techno workout, essential to give spice to any set.
 
Poisonality gives name to the EP and works with asymmetry combined with the right dose of crispiness, creating a super shuffled hi tech jam. Chaotic, hypnotic and mental.
 
Iris Malicioso opens the B side with an eye on the funkier Detroit tradition combined with the power of the best British influences from the nineties. Here drums and stabs are the main ingredients, interleaving, mutating and constantly evolving. Hi tech funk in its purest expression.
 
Dos Pequeños Zorros closes the tracklist, again focusing on the dancefloor and keeping the ingredients minimal, continuous and obsessive with a rugged, constantly twisted sequence running over a precise groove, keeping things busy through all the structure.

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Preview: Oscar Mulero "Poisonality" EP [PoleGroup72]

ES.

Ribé nació y creció en la sierra de Madrid, en un entorno alejado de la gran urbe, rodeado de naturaleza, observando la ciudad desde las alturas bajo la luz de un manto de estrellas. 

Le encanta encerrarse en el estudio, sumirse en el caos para encontrar el equilibrio. Para eso utiliza su propio método de trabajo. Primero elige los sintetizadores, graba sin restricciones todo lo que va surgiendo, más tarde edita, secuencia y por último termina la faena mezclando. Sus 20 años trabajando con Protools, le ha transformado en un experto en la edición de audio, aprovechando y exprimiendo cada audio grabado al máximo. 

Gracias a esta disciplina Ribé ha logrado trabajos de una calidad incuestionable como Acute EP - Aine (Polegroup sub label), Harmonic Rain Ep + Tested Signal LP (Nonplus records) , Palette Ep (Warm up), Las Noches LP (Polegroup), Order in Chaos LP (Axis), Nom de Plume EP (Faut Section), Klockworks 035 - Con Roll Dann, El Camino EP (Semantica), La penumbra EP (Polegroup) y La Tempestad EP (Eartoground). Además ha colaborado con sellos como Hayes, Token, Mord, Tremsix, Non Series…

Aunque una de sus pasiones sea la producción, cuando Ribé se sube a una cabina demuestra todo su potencial. Su actitud, su ecualización, su empatía frente a la mesa de mezclas o realizando un live, le ha llevado a recorrer medio mundo siendo protagonista en clubs y festivales. Aquasella Festival(SP), Uptodate Festival (Polonia), Tresor(Berlin), RSO(Berlin), Tama(Polonia), Mondo(Madrid), Utopía(Madrid), Khidi(Georgia), Melkweg(Amsterdam), Lanna(Gijon), Garage y Razzmatazz(BCN), Metro Dance Club(Alicante), Family Club(Toledo) o Prisma(Sevilla) son algunos de los espacios donde Ribé ha dejado su marca.

El pasado año Ribé ha participado en los Showcase de Polegroup, eventos que han encandilado a los amantes de techno y que han sido alabados por la crítica especializada. Además de sus releases en Pole, ha conseguido un sueño que llevaba persiguiendo desde hace más de una década: publicar en Klockworks. 

Se podría asegurar que Ribé es techno puro, aunque hoy en día la definición de techno es un poco ambigua, Ribé sigue fiel a su sentimiento, a las raíces de este sonido.

T-LABEL | Podcast #152 | Ribé

Hard Even - Feel It

Oscar Mulero's DJ career has been as prolific and long lasting as the evolution of dance music. As a key figure in its development, Oscar has always absorbed new trends and kept his finger on the pulse of electronic dance music, from the end of the 80’s right up to the present day. It is impossible to understand his genius without taking into account the tireless work he has carried out behind the decks for over two decades. Production-wise he's been releasing records since the late 90’s, with countless 12" vinyls and several studio albums, as well as many remixes for the best players in the scene.

He runs Warm Up, his very own imprint, since 2000 as well as the label PoleGroup Records since 2004, both of which have reached the 50 releases mark. On 2013 he started a series of live A/V performances under several project names like Light and Dark, Biolive and Monochrome AV.

In 2019 he will celebrate his thirty-year career with a very special secret lineup party in Madrid that will be much talked about because of its concept and the quality of the guests.

Preview: DJ Surgeles - Philokalist LP [WU92]

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