030/313 – Berlin/Detroit, the fundamental techno union. Now Carhartt WIP, whose roots can be traced to Detroit, Michigan, join forces with Tresor for a collaboration that celebrates the enduring spirit of two music metropolises. Referencing the early 90s compilations like "Tresor II – A Techno Alliance", they present a 12" mini compilation with exclusive material from both cities.  

The compilation opens with "I.D.L.E.", a lost Model 500 track, of essential funk that touches the techno soul of The Motorcity, with trippy melodies and cosmic drilling traversing electrified Mojo freeways. It's followed by another true Detroiter: Ectomorph's "Searching (Live At Globus)", a first extract from their live set at Globus in 2022, when BMG and Erika composed 9 songs in an intense week long session in the club, and Erika had to play on borrowed equipment after her case was lost on a flight.

The A-Side stays in Detroit and finishes with "Your Body", an exclusive track by AMX, also known as The AM, one of Detroit's freshest funk techno sensations. She carries on the mentorship mindset by having learned from two of the greatest: D.I.E. and Scan 7. "Your Body" is a classic techno feel swinger, where subtle chords meet drum machine funk in the spirit of early Detroit techno.

DJ Stingray 313 opens the B-Side with a bang. Precisely hacked techno, full of dark funk and that special industrial jack, that the man in the mask has made his own. A total "Dynamic Instability". Magic & furious. The thrill continues with "Metal Goat", by JakoJako, one of Berlin's brightest synth sensations. She provides an introspective grower that slowly evolves into a fast-paced techno grinder, laden with micro shifts and magic twists. The final tune comes from Erik Jabari, a newcomer from the 030 zone, emerging from the Hard Wax peers with haunting modular synth techno – a feverish minimalistic trip of motorized kicks. DJ Pete performed as spiritual guidance on this one. It's floor proven. An overall cachet of "030313" - the small compilation with a huge techno heart.

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Ectomorph - Searching (Live at Globus)

In recent years, Blackploid has come to be one of Central Processing Unit’s signature artists. The German producer has averaged more than a record a year for the Sheffield imprint since he first landed on CPU in 2021. This prolific run continues with Cosmic Drama, Blackploid’s second LP for the label. The album takes the baton from its predecessor Enter Universe in style, delivering twelve tracks of top-quality machine-funk that draw down from electro’s classic artists while also imbuing proceedings with a playfulness that very much gives things a signature Blackploid-ish flavour.

Cosmic Drama sets its stall out from the off. The opening run of ‘Alien’, ‘World Construction’ and ‘Virtual State’ all deliver piston-snapping beats which anchor pleasing melanges of B-movie synth lines. Alongside this, Blackploid adds little flourishes which add buoyancy to each joint - a syncopated bassline reminiscent of I-f’s late-90s classic ‘Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass’, crackling robo-voiced commands, skittering synth chords which wash across the mix and so on. It’s the work of someone completely at ease with their craft, comfortable enough to take risks without upsetting the apple cart of their sound’s core appeal.

Blackploid’s idiosyncratic approach to synth work is something which distinguishes Cosmic Drama from the pack. Electro has long been a genre which prides itself on innovation on the keys, but few producers are willing to push their sonics as far as Blackploid does - take the seasick churn of pads and processors on ‘Multiverse’, for instance, or the way John Carpenter-esque single-note lines dovetail with gurgling synthetic pulses and eerie, spacious chords on ‘The Lab’, a highlight of Cosmic Drama’s midsection.

Cosmic Drama skips along at club tempo throughout - every one of these joints will get bodies moving in dark rooms across the galaxy. However, even when tracks maintain their single-minded pursuit of machine-funk perfection, they never forget to deliver on the hooks. Blackploid has lead lines (and counter-melodies) to burn here, and each track knots them together in ever-more intriguing ways as they plough onwards. Drexciyan heads will be thrilled by the sci-fi delights of ‘Species’, for instance, while Blackploid brings melodies as cold as they are catchy on the aptly-named ‘Polar Dunes’. By the time Cosmic Drama hits upon the vroom-vrooming bassline line of closer ‘Contact’, you’re fully enthralled to the album’s combination of broken-beat heft and synthetic melodiousness.

RIYL: Drexciya, I-f, Cygnus, AFX

Cosmic Drama

Blackploid - Cosmic Drama

Release date: September 22, 2025
As usual, this is a limited 12" release, so pre-orders recommended.

Will be available via the following shops (more to come):

Clone: https://clone.nl/item80135.html
Juno Records: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/gauss-latent-space-ep-vinyl/1098290-01/
Deejay.de: https://www.deejay.de/Gauss_Latent_Space_EP_GAUSS06_Vinyl__1165036
Redeye: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/184771-gauss06-gauss-latent-space-ep
Wordandsound: https://wordandsound.net/release/161840-GAUSS06-Gauss-Latent-Space-EP

Distributed by Clone.

[GAUSS06] Latent Space EP (Out Soon!)

buy here: whoispaula.bandcamp.com/album/shapeshifter

@featherstone_adl - Shapeshifter

12" Vinyl

A Side (45 RPM)
A1 - Underpass
A2 - Shapeshifter

B Side (33 RPM)
B1 - The Ascent
B2 - Departure
B3 - Morning Star


Who Is Paula WIP008

Format 12” (incl. Free DL Code)
Digital Formats (Bandcamp only)

Written & Produced: Ben Featherstone
Mastering: Dubplates & Mastering
Pressing: OBJECTS Manufacturing

Paula looked at her arms to see skin start to shimmer,
limbs stretching, shapes shifting as the weight of her old self passed like a wave.
She soared through the open window,
metamorphed, shapeless, but a sonic whole.

WIP008 - Featherstone - Shapeshifter - Snippets

Available now on Bandcamp (digital and vinyl):
https://plant43.bandcamp.com/album/feeding-the-machines

Vinyl also available from Juno:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/plant43-feeding-the-machines-vinyl/1088062-01/

PLANT43016LP
WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY EMILE FACEY
MASTERED BY PITCHCRAFT
'RAIN ISN'T REAL' AND 'THE WATCHING OWLS' MASTERED BY BORIS DIVIDER
DISTRIBUTED BY JUNO
MANUFACTURED IN THE UK
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION BY EMILE FACEY
© & ℗ PLANT43 RECORDINGS 2025
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Feeding the Machines - Preview Clips (digital out July 28, vinyl 11th August 2025)

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Boris Divider - Memories Of Us

State Of The Ether Episode #28
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State Of The Ether is a bi-monthly radio show on Operator Radio. Its focus lies on all things body music. Aiming to showcase artists on the axis Rotterdam ↔ Leipzig. Unreleased, unfinished and not quite thought out tracks are thrown into the mix.
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Alles kann, nichts muss.

State Of The Ether | Episode 28

love is love and hearts brake easily. 💔

Soundtrack Of A Broken Heart

Soundtrack Auf Ein Shattered Heart

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Dataintrång - Soundtrack Of A Broken Heart [LIVE for the Ladies..]

We are back after our summer break and our fifty-sixth chapter is for London-based Galician dj Lex G. This vinyl enthusiast and regular dj at Planet Wax stores parties runs the Gunfinger Food label, releasing broken beats ranging from electro, breakbeat and sounds close to jungle style. 
Enjoy this mix of quality electro sound. 

Regresamos después de nuestro periodo de descanso veraniego y nuestro capítulo cincuenta y seis es para el dj gallego con base en Londres Lex G. Este dj entusiasta del vinilo y habitual de las fiestas de tienda londinense Planet Wax dirige el sello Gunfinger Food, editando ritmos rotos que oscilan entre el electro, breakbeat y sonidos próximos al jungle. 
Disfruten de este mix de sonido electro de calidad.

https://soundcloud.com/lexgbanano
https://www.instagram.com/lex_g/?hl=en

Tracklist:

1. Robot City - Visión Fatídica [Jazztronomy Records]
2. Junq - From Below [Cultivated Electronics]
3. Datawave - Hyperborea [Wave Function Records]
4. Versalife - Neogenesis [Trust]
5. Nullptr - Visions Of The Future [Fanzine Records]
6. Sound Synthesis - Experiment [Orbital Mechanics]
7. Kalcagni - Clean Shirt [Cosmoba]
8. Roi - Marg Fit [No Static / Automatic]
9. Larionov - Antigravity System [Electro Music Coalition]
10. Jensen Interceptor - Quiet Earth [Propaganda Moscow]
11. Assembler Code - Simulant [International Chrome]
12. Dark Vektor - 313N4 [M.U.S.A.]
13. Die Gestalten - Nie Vergessen [Die Gestalten Records]
14. Davide Piras - Cabin Pressure [Pareidolia Recordings]

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