Danza Native owner Forest on Stasys brings his signature sound to the very first Mirror Tapes Worldwide. The organic approach of the Argetinean producer complements the ethereal character of the fresh Mirror Tapes label perfectly. ‘Kabata’ captures what we expected from the Buenos Aires based producer and brings some real dancefloor-exotica to this first Worldwide VA record. 

Mirror Tapes is a Melbourne/Naarm based label, founded by the talented producer Adam McCoy aka ‘Citizen Maze’. The label focuses on electronic music that captures the ambience and immersion of the world around us. Adam has been on our radar for quite some time now due to his extraordinary approach within his live sets, creating real sonic journeys. Happy to see his vision expand into this newborn label.

Premiere: Forest On Stasys - Kabata

Surt began his musical journey early, immersing himself in music as a kid. Transitioning from exploring instruments to DJing during his formative years, he eventually found his niche in crafting his own distinct sound. Following recent gigs in India's lively scenes of Goa and Bangalore, his music, spanning from deep bass lines to ethereal soundscapes, continues to strike a chord. With releases on labels like Planet Rhythm, Edit Select, and Illegal Alien, he's now pushing boundaries with new trance/psy sonorities.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surt_/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/iamsurt

SPAWNcast 044 - Surt

Aceae - Wynja

New SEMANTICA Compilation is about to bright and reflect on already well known directions explored by Svreca’s imprint. Despite the label efforts to hide from any sonic etiquette, still existing a core which will be the SEMANTICA sound identity for a time. 'Iridescent' twist and modulate this heritage which moves gradually from ambient / electronics to techno and set the release directly to S++ category into the SEMANTICA catalogue.

Ryo Murakami - 8824

Platform Minimal Presents @MarekBartunek - The Viking Program.
With Remixes from Asan @hassansiddiqui90, @ForwardMemory & @Inzajeano

https://platformminimal.bandcamp.com/album/the-viking-program

Drops on the 16th of September with preorders available NOW!

In the vast expanse of our cosmos, each human encounter forms a constellation—a fleeting alignment of stars illuminating the darkness of our solitude. We traverse these celestial bodies, orbiting others, drawn by the gravity of shared experiences and emotions. Yet, how often do we land upon these planets—these people—only to find barren landscapes devoid of the life we once imagined? The air is thin, and the soil yields no harvest. Every planet we visit remains dead.

This is not a physical death, nor the finality of existential cessation, but a death of potential, of growth. It is the realization that those we once thought vibrant have remained untouched by the currents of time, unchanged by the flux of experience. In these moments, we confront the stillness of their being and the immobility of their thought. The life we anticipated finding in their presence is a mirage, a projection of our desire for meaning and connection.

Roland Barthes spoke of the “death of the author,” suggesting that the interpretation of a text lies in the hands of the reader, not its creator. In the same vein, we might be complicit in these lifeless encounters. As the readers of others’ lives, we impose narratives upon them, expecting evolution, change, and enlightenment. When we find none, when the text of their existence remains unaltered, we are confronted with our disillusionment. It is we who have authored the expectation of their transformation, and it is we who must reckon with their inertia.

In his reflections on seeing, John Berger reminds us that “the relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.” When we meet those from our past, what we see is coloured by the knowledge we have since acquired—the awareness of our becoming, our transformations. We have journeyed and changed and look to others to affirm our evolution. But what if they are blind to their potential? What if the world remains flat to them and the stars are fixed in the sky?

To encounter these static souls is to confront the possibility that they are always dead. It is to acknowledge that not all who breathe are alive in the truest sense. Some are mere echoes, reverberating in the chambers of our memory, lacking substance in the present. They are the shadows on the cave wall, the ghosts of what might have been unanimated by the light of experience.

Thus, every planet we visit remains dead, not because they have failed us, but because they have remained themselves. They are the fixed points around which we orbit, measuring the progress of our voyage through the contrast of their stasis. In this realization lies the paradox of human connection: to see others is to acknowledge their limitations, and in doing so, we come to see ourselves more fully. The death we observe in others reflects the death we fear in ourselves—the death of growth, change, and the capacity to become more than we are.

To leave a planet behind, then, is not an act of abandonment but of survival. It is to recognize the necessity of moving forward and finding those rare celestial bodies where life does flourish, the soil is fertile, and the air is filled with possibility. Only in these living encounters can we continue to evolve, learn, and truly inhabit the brief span of our years.

Platform Minimal / PM002
Enquiries -  platformminimal@gmail.com
Mastered by Beau at Ten Eight Seven Mastering
Artwork & Copy by Inzajeano

Marek Bartůněk - The Viking Program / Teaser

BandCamp

D4RY7  - 747

Recursion

Origins

Tone

VAGUE018 | SWART - SILENCE IN THE NOISE
Download: https://swartmusic.bandcamp.com/album/silence-in-the-noise-ep

Artist: www.soundcloud.com/swart
Label: www.soundcloud.com/vaguetechno
Release Title: SILENCE IN THE NOISE
Release Date: 2025-12-22
Catalogue: VAGUE018 

SWART
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/swart
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5okK26XaG9mv8O5iVKdM6k
Instagram: www.instagram.com/swartmusic

VAGUE
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/vaguetechno
Bandcamp: https://swartmusic.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/vaguetechno

The Finest Techno
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thefinesttechno
Bandcamp: https://www.thefinesttechno.bandcamp.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/thefinesttechno
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefinesttechno
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/thefinesttechno.official