Crossroad t t h / Session #3

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BUY VINYL: https://billconverse.bandcamp.com/album/trust

Cult icon Bill Converse trots back to Dark Entries with Trust. Converse has honed his craft since the early days of the Midwest rave scene, absorbing lessons from luminaries like Claude Young and Traxx. His skill as a producer has been cemented with releases on labels like Dark Entries, Fit Sound, and Obsolete Futures, and his prowess as a DJ has been witnessed on floors worldwide. In recent years, Converse has also pushed audiences to their lysergic limits with his sinewy and kinetic live sets, which pair classic analog boxes like the Roland TB-303 with cutting-edge modular synthesis techniques. The 7 tracks on Trust pick up the wild energy of these live hardware explorations, channeling the splayed beats of Chicago’s Relief Records, the acidic grit of Midwest techno like Woody McBride’s Communique Records, and the hypnagogic hooks of Artificial Intelligence-era IDM. According to Converse, the abrupt changes and off-kilter rhythms are “an effort to facilitate or express trust-making in the listening experience. I want some degree of give and take with the listener.” This process makes Converse’s sound truly singular, the kind of aural landscape that can only be conjured through a lifetime of crate-digging and analog abuse - just check out the untenable funk of “Live Track” or the otherworldly groove of “Romance.” Trust comes in a sleeve featuring artwork from Sonya Rapaport from 1986 featuring images generated with an MS-DOS computer. Converse says “I think there's also a muscle-to-love vibe with this one.” We can trust him.

Bill Converse - Trust PREVIEW CLIPS

SPEED is back with another round of the Artist Invitation Mix series, featuring an incredible artist. We're excited to present a mix from https://soundcloud.com/frankbretschneiderofficial representing Berlin for this edition of the series.

Frank Bretschneider is a musician, composer and video artist in Berlin. His work is known for precise sound placement, complex, interwoven rhythm structures and its minimal, flowing approach. Bretschneider’s subtle and detailed music is echoed by his visuals: perfect translated realizations of the qualities found in music within visual phenomena.

Bretschneider was raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz since 1990), where his aesthetic developed as he listened to pirate radio and smuggled Beastie Boys tapes in the former East Germany. After studying fine arts and inspired by science fiction radio plays and films he began experimenting with tape machines, synthesizers, and modified guitars in 1984, as well as exploring the possibilities of exchange between visual art and music by various means such as film, video and computer graphics.

In 1986, after establishing his cassette label klangFarBe, Bretschneider founded AG Geige, a successful and influential East German underground band. In 1995, Bretschneider and fellow AG Geige member Olaf Bender founded the Rastermusic record label which eventually merged with Carsten Nicolai’s noton to form raster-noton (now raster media) in 1999. Since then Bretschneider has released more than 30 albums on various labels including Mille Plateaux, Faitiche, 12k and Line, and is performing at music/media festivals worldwide.

Tracklist
Good Things End – The Field – From Here We Go Sublime – 2007
Cocoon Dark Dub – Moritz Von Oswald – Cocoon Compilation J – 2010
Parallel Transport – Polar Inertia – The Last Vehicle EP – 2012
Variable Mu – Progetto Tribale – Volume 7 – 2020
WF/60 – Tonne – Do You Copy? – 2006
Prefiero Una Manta – Pep Gaya – Qwartz ED4 – 2006
Serum – Dorisburg – Serum/Venom 12" – 2017
Melancholic Daimon – Retina.It – De Occulta Philosophia Vol.1 EP – 2015
0031 – Julia Govor – Jujuka 01 – 2018
Avanti – G-Man – Avanti – 2002
Jr 500 – Alka – Deployed – 2008
Proof – Stanislav Tolkachev – When You Are Not At Home – 2016
Luna – Nuel – Konstrukt 005 EP – 2017

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BUY VINYL: clawsisthebastard.bandcamp.com/album/splat-city-ii
C.L.A.W.S. comes to Dark Entries with a new ripping LP, Splat City II. C.L.A.W.S. is the solo project of musical luminary Brian Hock, who has been a key figure in the Bay Area underground for over two decades via his involvement in projects like Bronze and The Vanishing, as well as helming the record labels Squirrels on Film and Immortal Sin. With C.L.A.W.S., Hock takes on the dancefloor, picking up cues from the Hague’s Giallo-dipped electro, the skewed minimalism of Chicago acid, and the mind-rending forays of San Francisco post-punk icons like Chrome and Tuxedomoon. Following 2019’s inaugural Splat City EP, Splat City II continues to map the psychogeography of a metropolis both alien and immediately recognizable, one where life is cheap, but so are the thrills. Previously released on Squirrels on Film in digital-only format, this expanded vinyl edition of Splat City II features two new cuts. Things kick off with “Route 505” and “One Tear,” a duo of rompers that vibe like Tom Ellard and Chip E locked in a room with a vial of liquid. Next up, Bay Area deckmaster Tyrel lends his editing chops to “Vigilant Slimy Monsters,” sculpting a moody space disco beast. Squirrels on Film co-founder Solar teams up with Hock for “Black Magic Carpet Ride III,” a cavernous downtempo banger. The slow-mo pace continues with “Wild Slugs United,” which features the no wave-esque clarinet work of Paul Costuros. Closer “Don’t Flip the Crystal Ship” pays homage to Bayview venue Bay Area 51 with melancholic strings and a quartz-solid electrofunk bassline. Splat City II comes in a sleeve with artwork by Bert Bergen, which features a vampiric cat and sci-fi cityscapes. 


C.L.A.W.S. - Splat City II CLIPS

Geju - Dark Places (Simple Symmetry Acid Mix)

DJ, producer, and Dischi Autunno founder Jennifer Cardini returns to the London studio for an hour long guest session.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/jen-cardini---love-language-11th-november-2025

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@david-hasert & @salmjak
Sad Song Inc. @lena-ptrm Remix - BeenTouched 91

Release Date: 7th November 2025 
Catalogue: SYNCBT91

David Hasert joins forces with salmjak for a deeply evocative new release on Sincopat, weaving raw emotion into sophisticated electronic landscapes. Their collaboration, Sad Song, is a st sriking statement of melancholic beauty, where heartfelt vocal lines meet intricate production, creating a piece that resonates both on and beyond the dancefloor.

The original cut unfolds with a delicate balance of vulnerability and strength, tender melodies intertwine with textured rhythms, allowing the emotional weight of the song to shine through. It’s a work that speaks to intimacy while maintaining a hypnotic club pulse.

Adding her own touch, Lalena reimagines Sad Song with a bold and atmospheric remix. Her version dives into darker terrain, layering haunting synths and driving percussion to transform the track into a powerful late-night weapon. By amplifying the tension and expanding the soundscape, Lalena’s remix offers a dramatic counterpoint to the original’s fragility.

Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1. David Hasert & salmjak - So many Sad Songs
2. David Hasert & salmjak - So many Sad Songs (LALENARemix) 

Artwork by
Rake Lha

Mix & Master by 
Pobla
www.pobla.es

Sad Song

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David Hasert & salmjak - Sad Song [BeenTouched 91]

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Alvaro Cabana & Human Halo - Your Laughs (Original Mix)

Trystero returns with their new album Humming Fuzz on Knekelhuis — a kaleidoscopic voyage deeper into the band’s expanding cosmos.

Built on plunging basslines, acid-drenched loops, and spiraling kraut-inspired guitar textures, the record drifts between hypnotic repetition and free-flowing, hallucinatory songwriting. It echoes the visionary spirit of Psychic TV and the genre-blurring universe of Weatherall, while carving out a raw, magnetic space of its own.

Recorded once again on a canal barge in the North of France, Humming Fuzz feels like a natural evolution from their debut Sfumare e Vedere — denser, more alive, and charged with electricity. Now expanded with Nelly on bass and Alexia on vocals, Trystero channels this expanded energy into their wild, expressive live performances, soon to ignite audiences on their upcoming tours.

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