2021 has been something of a banner year for Central Processing Unit. Less than a decade on from its first release, the Sheffield imprint brought up a century of catalogue items earlier in 2021 with Cygnus’ fittingly-titled ‘100% Dope’ EP. 

Reaching such a milestone would cause many to pause and reflect on their achievements. However, as well as taking stock, CPU has continued to drop new music at an impressive clip - Blackploid, Silicon Scally and London Modular Alliance are just a few of the cult favourites to issue new material via CPU in the past twelve months.

With FASME & Maelstrom’s Lotus 48 EP, CPU round out 2021 with yet another cracking electro collection. For the latter, this is par for the course - Maelstrom’s catalogue stretches back to the 1990s, and the one born Joan-Mael Péneau has already delivered two fine records on CPU in the past. However, Lotus 48 represents another line in the sand on account of it being Fasme’s label debut.

No matter who is at the controls, Lotus 48 carries itself with a panache which signifies that Fasme & Maelstrom are both in their element here. Many of the tracks are anchored by the sort of snapping machine-funk grooves which have become something of a calling card for CPU down the years. 

That said, as well as club-ready rhythm work, Fasme & Maelstrom also deliver some gorgeous synth textures which evoke the golden age of Boards of Canada and AFX. A-sides ‘Almond Blossom’ and ‘Ciliae’ both follow this formula fabulously well. The bass and drum programming will delight those who have enjoyed recent CPU drops from Cygnus, Silicon Scally et al, while technotronic synth pads open up hidden depths.

The title-track kicks off Lotus 48’s B-side with another sleek, slick beat. After introducing gurgling basslines and ghostly tinklings of synth, ‘Lotus 48’ soon locks into a slamming breakneck groove which is sure to send the dance into raptures. It’s an energy which carries through to closer ‘Moneres’, a joint which contrasts booming drum programming with chordal washes taken straight out of the dub-techno playbook.

Fasme & Maelstrom expertly combine machine-funk grooves with deft synth play on the Lotus 48 EP.

RIYL: Automatic Tasty, Silicon Scally, Cygnus, Splitradix

Lotus 48

Fasme & Maelstrom - Lotus 48

"Every 4,044 years comet Calanhi enters the inner solar system, returning from its cold and silent voyage through the Oort cloud. As it approaches perihelion, billions on Earth gaze into the night sky, transfixed by the celestial spectacle of their lifetime. While solar winds tear at the comet’s surface, deep inside the glowing ball of ice, ancient machinery springs to life."

Over the past five years Daniel Lodig and Martin Sovinz aka /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms) have been continually commuting through the electro singularity, constructing their unique brand of fragile bass music from extradimensional sound salvage, and spreading their frequency patterns via the subspace channels of @frustratedfunk, @pomelorecords, @vigram and TRUST. 

‘Calanhi’ is the Viennese duo‘s debut album – 12 tracks that combine the eternally fresh aesthetics of Detroit-style electro with a relentless curiosity for rhythmic and harmonic experimentation. Seismic club thumpers like ’Invisible Bits’, ‘Mountains’, and ‘Trusted Funk’ alternate with moody ambient interludes, boldly constructed beat inventions, and blissfully melodic acid breaks. Two collaborations further switch up the flow: Nigerian artist @g-rizo (@hezekinapollutina, Deejay Gigolo) drops her cryptic rhymes on ‘Divide & Conquer’, and Spanish singer Xx Isis xX (@isiskuaygarond) provides vocals for ‘Accelerated Frequency’.

Mastered by Keith Tenniswood aka @radioactiveman. Sleeves designed by dextro_org. 2xLP vinyl version ships with postcard and Bandcamp download code.

distributed by @clone-distribution

Vinyl / Download

[TRUST40] /DL/MS/ - CALANHI LP [out may 2022]

Andy Toth casts a long shadow in the Detroit scene. From being co-founder of the Detroit Grand Pubahs to working as an engineer and mixer, he’s worked on so many records that you know but in his egoless way, didn’t know he was part of. Being the co-author of “Sandwiches” took him around the world, but more importantly it was the hold music for Mudgie’s, a legendary Detroit Deli run by another long standing denizen of the Detroit underground, Greg Mudge. Greg Mudge was a true pillar of our techno community in Detroit, from showing us the venue for the first leaky roof No Way Back, to throwing his own events and supporting great people. One of those people was Andy Toth, who he was constantly pressuring to release his music, and this became a major theme of Greg Mudge’s memorial.  When Greg suddenly passed last September, some friends came in to DJ his memorial like Derek Plaslaiko. When it was Andy Toth’s turn he played only his own productions and we were all just so blown away. Mudgie was always asking Andy “what’s up with those tracks?” And this record is the answer,  a testament to that thought, and to the deeply layered and detailed work of Andy Toth. Andy has created a uniquely dense Detroit Sci Fi trip through sound, with elements of acid, electro, techno that result in an advanced and mature adventure in sound, reflecting his roots in the Detroit scene, but pushing it into new hypnotic futures, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

A1 - Subspace
A2 - Temporal Distortion
B1 - Mind Meld
B2 - Lost in Translation
digital bonus - Mind Meld (extended)

Subspace

Andy Toth - Subspace (Preview Clips) [IT 48]

A new EP by UK DJ / producer, Controlled Weirdness lands on Cultivated Electronics Ltd (CE's vinyl only sister label) in July. Heads will know Controlled Weirdness (real name Neil Keating) from his monthly radio show on Threads, his Presence Unknown label and Electric Sweat events. But he's actually been rocking the decks since the mid-'80s when as a youngster, Electro and early '80s pirate radio started his obsession with electronic music and he played his first gig at "The House of Dolls" in Farringdon where he soon became resident. After a stint in New York from 1989 he met Joel Bevacqua aka DJ Deadly Buda, who after returning to his hometown of Pittsburgh invited Neil to play at the first ever rave there in 1991, leading to a 6-month stint of events. Neil eventually returned to London in 1992 and started a radio show on pirate station Chillin FM alongside his sister, Stacey (later known as NoYeahNo). Many more events followed until in 1996 he formed Unearthly Records. Since then, he has played worldwide from plush clubs to dirty warehouses and has appeared on a variety of labels including Audio Illusion, Control Tower, Praxis, Zhark, Dirty Needles, Fdb and Still Raven. On 'In The Shadows' he delivers 4 earthy and raw Electro cuts with exciting electronics, tough beats and wonky acid.

In The Shadows

CELTD 010 - Controlled Weirdness - In The Shadows

The ninth release on Curtis Electronix catalogue is from the new collaborative project where @kaelan-suboscrec, @zpakazippo and @cem3340cem3340 join forces under the name of Gravity Waves.
The project is a reflection of the bond developed over a bunch of jam sessions down at the Curtis' basement, where they discovered to orbit similar spaces.
As the title may suggest the sound is deeply rooted in the Detroit side of the electro utopia, with that heady and atmospheric approach.
Satellite LP is a seven tracks Album where they combine moments of sub-aquatic and evocative synth works with dancefloor heavyness excursions which level of composition reveals a clear and undoubted mastery of the machines.
All tracks are recorded and mixed in Bari, South of Italy.

Release day 22 oct 2022

Distributed  buy Clone.nl

discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/24168641-Gravity-Waves-Satellite-LP

Gravity Waves - Satellite LP (CRTSX009)

Curtis Electronix reaches its 10th drop presenting the second album from his owner and founder @cem3340cem3340 , MACCHINE.

The double 12'' draws together 8 new tracks all made and recorded using only hardware.

Spanning from pumped up machine-led cyber-funk beats, to darting powerful techno out-kilters, but always maintaining a stable focus on @cem3340cem3340 personal signature, it explores those ravines where techno and electro collide.

''MACCHINE'' is pure dedication to the machines. With no compromise.

Preorder:
Clone.nl
https://clone.nl/item71313.html

Masterd by @q3000

Artwork by Linkin Bios

Release date: April 9th 2023

Macchine

CEM3340 - Macchine Album (CRTSX010)

🇬🇧 The twelfth reference from our Banger Records label comes from the artists Art&Facts, EvilSound and Kout, with an EP full of electro.

🇪🇸 La duodécima referencia de nuestro sello Banger Records viene a cargo de los artistas Art&Facts, EvilSound y Kout, con un EP cargado de electro.

XX121

EvilSound - Electromecánicas

RM12001 - Electro music from the city of Leipzig - Release Date 28.11.17

A1 - Robyrt Hecht & XY0815 - The Left Lane 
A2 - Varum - Das Bruch 
B1 - Perm - Aii
B2 - Credit 00 - On Hold

Available on Bandcamp: https://shite-music.bandcamp.com/album/rm12001-r-a-n-d-muzik-recordings-2

Or online here:
https://www.decks.de/t/various_artists-rm12001/cb7-vo
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/robyrt-hecht-varum-perm-credit-rm-12001/669588-01/
https://www.deejay.de/Various_Rm12001_RM12001_Vinyl__296293
https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/90937-rm12001-rm12001-va

RM12001

R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings - RM12001 - Robyrt Hecht & XY0815/Varum/Perm/Credit 00

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Leipzig's Interviews returns to Bitterfeld for his second EP of power electro, techno, EBM and new wave. Release date: 07.08.2020 

https://soundcloud.com/inter_views

Bandcamp link: https://bitterfeld.bandcamp.com/album/bitterfeld-06-interviews

BIT#06 - Interviews - Full Snippets

R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings is a record label associated with R.A.N.D. Muzik Record Manufacturing situated in Leipzig, Germany and curated by Reece Walker (Carmel). 

Demos: streamable links either over soundcloud or to reece (at) randmuzik.de - I'll do my best to have a listen to em but can't get back to/give feedback to everything (sorry)

Label distributed by inchbyinch.eu (https://soundcloud.com/inchbyinchdistribution)

We have a new sublabel too! It's called Breakfree Records and is run by Reece Walker & Salomo, you can find it here https://soundcloud.com/breakfree-records the bandcamp link is in the links below :-)

R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings - RM12001 - Robyrt Hecht & XY0815/Varum/Perm/Credit 00

R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings

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