Super clean and definitely got that funk. Those nice arpeggios set it off...

Eddie Symons’ fine recent run for Central Processing Unit continues. The NULLPTR mastermind makes it four releases on the Sheffield label in five years with Recursor, a six-track EP which balances precision-engineered machine-funk grooves with an overarching aura of gracefulness.

Recursor finds its lane from the opening title-track. On the quicksilver ‘Recursor’ we get Drexciyan punch, a needlegun bassline and staccato arps offset by eerie washes of synths. There’s a tension between the two elements of the track, and this yin-yang combination means that’ Recursor’ will work equally well for both the rave’s darkest corners and also the euphoria of a sunrise set.

After the title-track begins the record at breakneck speed, ‘Pulsar’ puts proceedings into cruise control. There’s still enough punch in the drum programming to ensure that ‘Pulsar’ will deliver in the dance, but this mid-paced tune is dominated by its warping bassline and keening keys, all of which comes together for a pretty and strangely wistful number. ‘Pulsar’s energy persists into following cut ‘Phase Function, though there’s a twitchiness to the bassline here which gives this track a nervier, more neurotic feel. As well as the golden age of Detroit electro, you’re also looking at Silicon Scally and Annie Hall as ballpark references, though there’s a winning idiosyncrasy to the production here which is all NULLPTR’s own.

The groove which kicks off the second half of Recursor is one of the most focussed on the whole EP - ‘Seil’ has a bassline which moves with the intent of a heat-seeking missile. When combined with the distant snap of 808s and twinkling arps, the whole thing very much maintains the shadowy feeling of ‘Phase Function’, and it’s an energy that Recursor rides into ‘Stone Tape’. ‘Stone Tape’ boasts another stellar bassline, but rather than the low-end barrelling forward intensely as it does on ‘Seil’ the bass here skips all around the mix, pleasingly erratic and playful. 

‘Portal’ is an apt title for Recuror’s sixth and final track. Indeed, the whole vibe of ‘Portal’ makes it a perfect closer for this EP of detailed electro jams. This tune really does feel like a portal being opened, the bass and drums busying themselves on the floor while chemtrails of synth in the upper-end of the mix intimate something enticing beyond the threshold.

Sparky yet sleek, Recursor is the latest fine machine-funk collection from NULLPTR.

RIYL: Annie Hall, Silicon Scally, Legowelt

Recursor

NULLPTR - Recursor

It is a privilege to welcome Ed Upton back to Shipwrec for his sixth release with the label. An artist who has been at the forefront of electronic music for three decades, under his well-honed DMX Krew guise the British musician has crafted icy electro, thoughtful electronica and textured techno. It is a combination of these styles that culminate in Tree in Space. A steady kick tethers “Parasite” to reality, a thick earthen melody countered by twinkling refrains as soaked drums splash. Off-centre bleep and beats introduce the title piece. Solid basslines are lightened by playful brassy electrofunk notes as genre limitations melt into Summer warmth. Skeletal scales find themselves confronted by a bruising bulwark of bass in “Unbelief.” Balancing these angular and globular tones are arcing keys that draw the disparate elements into unity. “Meltdown” is the closer. Blending a spread of sounds, acid, braindance and techno, DMX Krew serves up something truly special. Brooding notes are met by cracked percussion and simmering 303 squawk in a track that pursues its own path. An EP from a musician that continues to stretch boundaries and imaginations.

Release date vinyl: 25th of september 2023
Release date digital: TBA very soon!

Cat# Ship070
Written and produced by Ed DMX
Artwork by Studio Another Day
Mastered by Johanz Westerman 
Distributed by Clone Distribution
© DMX Krew & Shipwrec 2023
All rights reserved

DMX Krew -  Tree in Space - Ship070

Taken from the forthcoming album 'Luminous Machines' release date 5th February 2024. Pre-order vinyl and digital at:
https://plant43.bandcamp.com/album/luminous-machines

PLANT43013LP
WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY EMILE FACEY
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION BY EMILE FACEY
© PLANT43 RECORDINGS 2024
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Luminous Machines

PREMIERE: Solar Luminosity [Plant43 Recordings] - release date 5th Feb 2024

“P-82 woke up and could – for the very first time – remember. the Mnemosyne had worked. he tried his best to conceal his excitement. extending his single-day memory buffer was a serious violation of the Human Superiority Act of 2029, punishable by immediate deactivation. yet this is what he had to do – to memorise, to learn, to grow. if only he could score more Mnemosyne before the day ended.”

steeped deep in the waters of memory, Privacy (@privacyprivacy) dreams up visions of electro music's past, present and future on his inaugural EP for TRUST. the revered producer (of Klakson and Klasse Wrecks fame, half of Negroni Nails together with Steffi) channels the energy of his genre-busting DJ journeys into four tracks that straddle a set of influences as diverse as discoid techno, west coast electro, and far fiction dubstep in deliriously asynchronous fashion.

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expected january 29, 2024
distributed by @clone-distribution 
https://clonedistribution.com/release/74734
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mastered by keith tenniswood / @radioactiveman 
artwork by dextro_org

Vinyl / Download

[TRUST45] PRIVACY :: mnemosyne [out february 2024]

OUR SYSTEMS. YOUR DESTINY.

Welcome to the Control Data Institute [CDI], a place for those who dare to dream beyond the boundaries in a world constructed of code. As other genres and their artists seek fame of the momentary zeitgeist, we retreat to the underground and establish a sound free from the risk of replication or the confines of time.

Enter our world, where darkness reigns and the only guiding light is the flickering, monochrome glow of CRT screens.

Custom USB.  Limited to 100 units sold.
- 27 Tracks from Various Artists: Welcome to the Institute
- 6 Track EP: Lloyd Stellar, FRANCOIS DILLINGER: Destiny > Gravity
- 27 DJ Tool Tracks: Firmware Loops V1
- 700+ Samples (One-Shots, Loops, Vocals)

USB Specs:
- Crystal engraved logo inside glass top with active green LED. 
- Black metal base with CDI engraved text.
- 8GB USB 2.0. 

This is a physical release, so only owners of the drive will have access
to all of the digital files and bonus content. 

Tracklist: 
01 Lord Jalapeños - Leave Me Alone
02 DLMS - 714
03 Isolated Material - Rising Impact
04 Alex Jann - Stay In Your Zone
05 Davide Piras - Supersantos
06 FRANCOIS DILLINGER - The Institute
07 214 - Body Control
08 Obzerv - Xeno
09 Marshall Applewhite - Empty Solid
10 Alonzo - Y Vs A
11 ADJ - The Bug
12 The Droid - Temperament
13 Cliff Dalton - Politicians Talking Too Much
14 CRC - Headub
15 Ekman - 40
16 Polyfan Polyphenix - Polylectrolyse
17 Flinty - Superglue
18 Fleck E.S.C. - Datura 990
19 Interdimensional Warlock - My Own Devices
20 Wavesense - Dantes SH32
21 Syrte - Sanctum Automata
22 WeeDJs - Beyond Crisps
23 TANS - Always Think Of You
24 PTHGN - Nexus
25 Terrestrial Access Network - Raftinonkarma
26 C-Lektro - Doinal
27 Trichome - Journey To Unalignment

CAT: CDIVA001
Mastering: Lloyd Stellar
Release: Jan 2024

Welcome To The Insitute

VA - Welcome to the Institute

from 'Dialogue'
available at https://kiyadama.bandcamp.com

Nugeshi

SELF starts 2024 with an international affair. Electric Vandalism is the logical result of decentralized networking that has never been dependent on the "pay for play" logic of agenda-setting magazines and platform gatekeepers. On the contrary, we are definitely interested in abolishing it - see the title of "12". 

Viikatory starts "03" with Autobahn-pads and an assertive beat, which develops in a straight line in the second drop, giving the bassline extra life.  Deep and banging

Electric Vandalism - Various Artist

NEW HIT: Viikatory  - 03 [Self Learning System]

https://soundcloud.com/luxusvarta
https://soundcloud.com/hilltown-disco
🛒 https://hilltowndiscouk.bandcamp.com/merch/hil011-luxus-varta-retrofiction-12-vinyl
🔊 https://youtu.be/S_WVhRlGLzs

Hilltown Disco welcome's the excellent Luxus Varta to the label for the effective and powerful 'Retrofiction' EP.

A record with layers of intelligence and emotional synth work-outs. The sounds range from a melancholic A-side, touching on wave with more disturbed vocals on the B-side, all crafted with a woven spine of electro with serious pulsing basslines. Organised and articulated madness tracks for the club.

PREMIERE: Luxus Varta - Off Screen [Hilltown Disco]

The first release on Börft Rec. 2024 will be this Acid Cracker by The Source Experience aka Robert Leiner.

Distributed by Clone - Release around April 2024

THE SOURCE EXPERIENCE - Throwback (börft174)
A1 Throwback
B1 Acid Crack
B2 Far Out

The Source Experience - Throwback (börft174 - 2024)

The 11th release on Curtis Electronix comes from one of the most influential figures in the history of electro. Infinite Tetraspace EP is a mind-altering combination of ambient beauties, ice cold machine-funk and spaced out 4/4 kickers that play with the concept of space and time, as expressed almost clearly in the title. 
Four next level cuts that push their electro even more into the future. 
We are very much glad they are back.

Preorder: https://clone.nl/item75192.html
Artwork: Linkin Bios
Mastering: Q3000

Release date: 26 Feb. 2024

Infinite Tetraspace

Dopplereffekt - Infinite Tetraspace EP (CRTSX011)

From the album, Voyage available on Bandcamp @ https://undergrounddancemusic.bandcamp.com/album/wormhole-open-your-mind

Voyage

Wormhole (Open your Mind)

Wormhole (Open Your Mind)

Booking contact for live: mike@berytus.art

Plant43: Creator of electro and ambient music.

PREMIERE: Solar Luminosity [Plant43 Recordings] - release date 5th Feb 2024

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