Kicking off with direct, subtle and in-tune basement dust, Skudge has managed to capture two weekend modes.

This is a soundtrack for either those apprehensive moments, where things start to fall into place and the crowd is rest assured that this will be a time to remember.

But Soundworks is also the soundtrack for those areas that turn party-goers into altered silhouettes, captured between strobe light flashes. Those types of situations, where the smoke and sweat meet in between the last dances.

From start to finish, the fourth album carries a sound that is coherent. What Soundworks means, is that all of the nine tracks on the LP are multi-dimensional, without losing traction. There are adrenal spikes but there are also drifters - most significant in the tracks ’Floating’, ’Scape’ and ’Likemind’.

All-in-all, what we have here is a return to form for Skudge, with a capital S.

Soundworks

Floating

Scape

Likemind

Offset

Focus

Conforce - Sins of Synthesis - Delsin Records - 156dsr

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7659/
digital: https://conforce.bandcamp.com/album/sins-of-synthesis

a1. Charlatan
a2. Parallax
b1. Sector
b2. Fragile

Returning to his home base, Rotterdam based electro-techno mainstay @Conforce presents a heavy pack of angular, experimental approaches on his latest offering into the Delsin databank. Boris Bunnik’s accomplished machine language has traversed deep and dubby soundscapes with punchy, club-focused fare alike, since 2010’s Grace EP he has found a regular home on Delsin and it's always exciting to see what he comes up with next.

Where Conforce has commonly housed Bunnik’s more melancholic, introspective work, the sound palette on Sins Of Synthesis is more tipped towards darker dimensions. The shadow of braindance looms large, guiding the music towards twitchy pattern manipulation, alien textural design and dissonant harmonics. Bunnik’s signature sense of melody can still be detected around the edges, from the distant, hazy pads of ‘Charlatan’ to the lingering chimes of ‘Fragile’, but this is a pointed new direction for Conforce and it’s leading somewhere very interesting...

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Conforce - Sins of Synthesis (156DSR)

Jeku @ AUG HIGH

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@fixedrhythms
Bandcamp: https://decoderdtx.bandcamp.com/album/ghanaprajna
Release Date: March 14th, 2024
Info: Fixed Rhythms is proud to release a masterpiece double LP by Texas techno young star, Decoder aka Gautham Garg (as seen on Axis Records, Float Records, Amotik, Molecular, Science Cult, Subsist and more). He also runs the fabulous new imprint Toca alongside Jay York. Fixed Rhythms released a 12” EP entitled “Boulder” under his Cratan alias in 2021, and copies zipped on out the door. Not expecting this to be any different.

This is 8 tracks of hypnotic, bendy techno (with a C1 electro switch-up). You’re instantly transported to the depths of the cosmos within your mind on the first needle drop. User beware, this will hypnotize the dance floor. A track for all moments of the deep dance, with a D2 that ends the double LP with a powerfully optimistic sonic statement.

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*PREMIERE* Decoder - Non Dualistic

I had such a great time playing the closing at Globus/Tresor last Saturday. 
You got to love this club, they are professional on every level and it’s pure joy to play on such a good sound system and among such a passionate crowd, surrounded by friends.
This mix leans more towards techno and It was delightful to play so many of my old records :)
The recording is a bit rough, distorted, but it definitely fits the mood - raw and rumbling.
Hope it radiates all the fun I had! Enjoy 🖤

Стоп - Машина

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