When the last streetlight flickered out, the alleys drowned in a damp fog, soaked with the scent of metal and synthetics. The city—abandoned by its creators—lay in wait for the inevitable. And it is here that the journey begins, as told in the new album The Nine by Aptom.

Each of the nine tracks is a chapter in a novella, unveiling the dramatic tale of a lone figure standing at the crossroads between reality and a digital dream. Step by step, he descends into the darkness of the unknown, uncovering new layers of existence, where the boundaries between man and machine dissolve into a haunting harmony. Melodies and rhythms trace labyrinths of consciousness, where electric pulses have replaced heartbeats, and memories have become neon glows on the walls of deserted alleyways.

This is a descent into the depths of a cyberpunk universe, where every sound becomes a fragment of a larger enigma—one that can only be solved by those willing to lose themselves in order to find their true essence.

Paperfunk Recordings opens the gateway to a world waiting for your step beyond the edge. Listen to what lies hidden in the heart of the city, where humanity and technology are doomed to an eternal conflict—and fusion.

Aptom - Insulation

PAPERFUNK RECORDINGS – is a dark drum&bass label which sound will be based on the hard and metallic techstep and neurofunk sound. There’s no place for popular sound. The label’s main goal is to flood cities and towns with the special mixtures containing nano-robots that supposed to get inside people’s brains and plunge them down in the deepest adolescent memories and show them the unrealized future. The hardness of the mix, the steel of the drums, the oil of the bass and the rust of the effects – are the main and crucial keywords of the PAPERFUNK label.


Officially speaking, our tracks will be selling out on the majority of the online music stores that’s why it’ll always be easy to find them available on the most popular online shops such as Beatport, TrackitDown, Digital-Tunes, etc.


We’d like to pay special attention to the concept of our label as an engine of progress. New talents will be expressing themselves right before your eyes and soon, behind the battle embrasures the fearless robots who, with the help of lasers and magnetic impulses, are able to bring you the meaning of the Neurofunk and Techstep’s existence, will arise. 

Aptom - Insulation

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