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Astrakan café( anouar brahem)

Foremost international techno outlet Drumcode is delighted to announce the release of its next full-length album, ‘Satellite’, by enduring Italian techno talent Sam Paganini.

Though he has been active since the mid nineties, recent years have been hugely successful for Sam, with searing techno EPs coming on revered labels such as Riche Hawtin’s Plus8, Sven Vath’s Cocoon and of course, Adam Beyer’s Drumcode. In his time he has been responsible for underground hits like ‘Zoe’, ‘Polyester’ and ‘Fire In My Arms’, all of which demonstrate his dynamic understanding of sexy, dark and hypnotic techno grooves and at the same time have earned him plenty of great Beatport chart positions as well as respect from the best in the game.

Incredibly, ‘Satellite’ is Sam’s first full-length album. Informed by his DJ gigs at legendary places like Berghain in Berlin and Cielo in New York, the album starts with a dystopian bit of sonic scene setting, as if a space ship is charging up ready to take off.

From there it’s a case of getting straight down to business. ‘Another Chance’ is a spacey bit of cantering techno and ‘White’ is rooted in devastating kick drums and is riddled with serrated synth lines that build lots of great techno pressure. ‘Down’ is an undulating bit of funky techno complete with choice vocal flourishes and tracks like ‘Lotus’ are prime offerings from the deeper end of the scale.

No two tracks sound the same on Satellite: Sam is always teasing out a new bit of texture, nailing a slightly different vibe or exploring different amounts of light and dark throughout the course of this most excellent album. This is evidenced by diverse cuts like ‘Dusty’, ‘Toxic’ and ‘Rave’.

Despite ‘Satellite’ being Sam’s debut album, it showcases his seductive style in all its glory across 12 fantastic tracks that will leave you begging for more.

Sam Paganini - Rave - Drumcode - DCCD10

Alan Fitzpatrick is back with a three-track EP that encapsulates what Alan’s Drumcode sound is all about. Hard-hitting drums that fire down onto the dance floor like cannon balls. Check! Intense key patterns that are as twisted as they are uplifting. Check! Beautiful melodies that seamlessly interlock with each element. Check! Big-sounding, infectious grooves and killer hooks generously sprinkled with the infamous Fitzpatrick magic over the top. CHECK! In short, this EP is everything we have come to expect from Alan over his long history with Drumcode (this is his 10th EP as a solo artist!), but still his sound remains fresh and super-charged for 2014.

Alan Fitzpatrick
Turn Down The Lights
Drumcode
Released: 27.10.14

(contains a sample from "The Revolution" by Superchumbo, courtesy of TWISTED Records Inc. (www.twistedrecords.com)

Alan Fitzpatrick - Turn Down The Lights - Drumcode - DC134

Ben Klock - Subzero (Original Mix)

https://polegroup.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-landscapes-vol-2-polegroup28cd

PoleGroup28CD
Unknown Landscapes Vol 2 / 
Mixed and selected by Christian Wünsch
Release date : December 15 - 2014
Format CD and Digital
Distribution Worldwide – www.triplevision.nl
Distribución CD España - Altafonte

Tracklist Mix CD and Digital (PoleGroup28CD)

1- Reeko - Busted
2- Claudio PRC - Atik
3- Kessell - Kelva
4- Tensal  - PGA1
5- Lewis Fautzi - Desinformation
6- Adriana Lopez  - Close Resemblance
7- Ness - Neuronic
8- Woo York - Farewell Old Friend
9- Spherical Coordinates - SCNWO-20
10- Christian Wünsch - Beta v.0.5
11- Error Etica - TV Treated 
12- Giorgio Gigli - Synergetic Exposure
13- Donor  - Cell 424
14- Oscar Mulero - Northern Work
15- Go Hiyama - Mean
16- Ben Gibson - Devine Process
17- Exium - Arkanis
18- P.E.A.R.L. - Memoria
19- Subjected - Shift
20- Kwartz - Control
21- Tripeo – Zebog

PoleGroup presents the second opus of his CD mix series Unknown Landscapes Vol 2: a compilation of unreleased tracks, mixed and compiled by a member of the PoleGroup platform.

To make up the second volume, Christian Wünsch has selected 21 previously unreleased tracks. Besides tracks by Reeko, Spherical Coordinates, Exium, Christian Wünsch, Kwartz and Oscar Mulero, the tracklist includes works by many new faces at the label, such as Claudio PRC, Adriana Lopez, Woo York, Giorgio Gigli or Tensal.

With this second volume, PoleGroup invites you to discover a powerful selection of unreleased tracks from high-quality techno producers, all mixed by Christian Wünsch in an almost 70 minutes long compilation.

An extra feature about this mix series is that the selector chooses a maximum of 4 tracks from the mix CD that will be exclusively released on vinyl.
For this edition Christian Wünsch has chosen tracks from Woo York, Tripeo, Claudio PRC and Christian Wünsch

PoleGroup28CD - Unknown Landscapes/ Mix Vol. 2 and
PoleGroup29 - Unknown Landscapes selected 2 - EP,  (vinyl) 
will be released on December 15.

www.polegroup.net


CD Mix Unknown Landscapes Vol 2 -  by Christian Wunsch (PREVIEW)

47006

Phase Fatale | Under Marble

Taken from Grebenstein - Gloss EP coming Feb 2017 on Horo.
Limited Edition Crystal Clear 12" - http://found.ee/HOROEX3

Gloss is officially launched on 18.02.17 at OHM in Berlin with Grebenstein (live), Oake, Sam KDC, Presha, DiNT - https://www.facebook.com/events/1388610554523322/

Grebenstein is a producer, DJ and visual artist living in Kassel, Germany. After playing in several bands as a drummer and guitarist he made his solo-debut with a 4-track EP on the Regis helmed label - Downwards Records in November 2014. 

The ‘Gloss’ 4 track EP for Horo comes after his Downwards Records follow up ‘Strong, Proud, Stupid, & Superior’ with Seefried was released in October 2016.

Non club tracks for open minded clubs.

https://soundcloud.com/grebenstein
https://www.facebook.com/j.grebenstein/

Gloss

Grebenstein - Gloss

HOLOVR - You Belong 2

HOLOVR - Melody 4 Your Mind

https://warmuprecordings.bandcamp.com/album/retina-ep-wu49

Release date 7/7/17

Alderaan
Retina EP
WU49
 
Vinyl
A1- Ancient Particles
A2- Parallax
B1- Retina - Oscar Mulero remix
B2- Retina
 
Digital
1- Ancient Particles
2- Parallax
3- Retina - Oscar Mulero remix
4- Retina
5- No Quarter

A new talent is added to our roster, this time the argentinian Alderaan, after several releases in labels such as Animal farm, Mindtrip, Planet Rhythm and our very own Aine.

He offers five slices of modern techno, heavy percussive based but whit a lot of intelligent elements inside. 

First cut is Ancient Particles, multiple drum layers, heavy reverberation and obsessive sequences as sound palette. 

Parallax follows in the same style but adding more drone action and bell like lines in a clever arrangement. 

Oscar Mulero remixes Retina getting rid of the textures and focusing in rhythm and repetition in a minimalistic remake.

Retina is a cosmic exercise, with galactic resonant bleeps, atmospheres and ambiental components in a dreamy structure.

No quarter returns to percussive territories, again with drones and atmospheres floating over the beat in an hypnotic travel thru deepness.

Timeless techno for the mind and for the body, soul as a weapon.

Preview - Alderaan - Retina EP - WU49

Track from NE42 Anthony Linell – Emerald Fluorescents 2xLP

Pre-order: http://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com

Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome

Anthony Linell – Fractal Vision

From the upcoming "Redeemer" LP (HOS-494) to be released October 2017 on Hospital Productions

Spoken Ashes

Midfield EP

Luigi Madonna, Roberto Capuano - Midfield

Antonio D'Africa, SALL - Backwards (Original Mix) 160Kbps

Delsin Records' Inertia series is back with a powerful four tracker from Yan Cook. The producer from Ukraine has also released Delsin’s main label and associated Ann Aimee, as well as Planet Rhythm and Cooked. He makes straight up techno that arrests your attention and does just that again here.

'Toucan' is first and is a spangled, underwater techno track with gurgling lines wrapping round shuffling percussion and insistent drums. It's one to get into your head, while 'Puffin' is more physical, with more warped synths and paddy drums woven together into a fluid, rippling groove that never lets up. The drums on 'Dialogue' are deep and land with real resonance while dubby chords rattling out to the horizon. Last of all 'Flamingo' is the most manic of the lot, with hi speed synths and booming drums all coming together to make for powerful, sub shaking and room filling techno madness.

Dialogue EP

[Inertia-7]

Yan Cook - Toucan [Inertia-7]

Out now (Vinyl + digital):  https://LifeAndDeath.lnk.to/Displaced    

Various Artists - Displaced Soundtracks

Release Date: November 3rd, 2017
Label: Life and Death
Format: Vinyl / digital
Cat #: LAD030

A1 Artefakt - Magnetic Midnight
A2 Black Merlin - OPI
A3 Appleblim - Sacred Rowan Grove
B1 Stimming x Lambert - Trafic Aérien
B2 Kink - Megadrop
B3 Fango - Nung
C1 Axel Boman - Just Imagine (Part I & II)
C2 Duncan Gray - Smelly Little Man
D1 Simian Mobile Disco - Hades Rocket
D2 Redshape - Theme
D3 Danny Daze - Orb

Seven years into its celebrated journey, Life and Death assembles its third and most adventurous compilation to date - Displaced Soundtracks.

For the first instalment in a new series, DJ Tennis has given free rein to some of his most trusted contemporaries, enabling many of today’s most respected dance music producers to display their hidden talents as composers. Gathering music from a long-aborted film, the collection stands as another bastion of Life and Death’s perpetual evolution.

Duncan Gray embraces dissonance, Black Merlin, Appleblim and Artefakt go interstellar and Fango channels post-punk squat music. Hades Rocket showcases the expertly-sequenced synth work that has graced Simian Mobile Disco’s illustrious career, while Redshape revisits all the right sides of 80’s Wave and Library music. Danny Daze and synth-savant KINK embrace non-standard tempi with great success, while Axel Boman delivers sitar-laced gospelhouse without a bass drum. Elsewhere, your favourite producer’s favourite producer, Stimming, team’s up with pianist Lambert and the pair learn to fly.

Inspired and challenging, Life and Death ventures into their eighth year confidently, constantly evolving without compromise.

KiNK - Megadrop

Dekmantel   and   Worldwide   FM-affiliated   DJ   Esa takes  Daymé Arocena's  steady-swaying, lighters-in-the-air   moment   to   more   uptempo   territories.   Propped   up   by   an   ‘80s   drum   machine   bounce,   soft-dappled   synths swirl   around   an   extremely   well-executed   xylophone   melody.   As   a   set   of   remixes,   they   achieve   no   mean   feat:   flipping   a melancholy   ballad   to   an   all-out   party   banger.   On   Eleggua,   Esa   takes   a   more   esoteric   angle   –   a   slow-build,   synths-and-bleeps chugger,   Daymé’s   distinctive   exaltations   are   the   track’s   driving   force.   

This   3-track  12”   is   another   impressive   effort   from   the   South African   DJ   sure   to   feature   heavily   in   clubs   worldwide.

Out on Brownswood 10th of November 2017

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Daymé Arocena - Como (Esa's Havana Synth Mix)

After years spent plying his trade as Abdulla Rashim, Swedish techno producer Anthony Linell has returned to his birth name as of late. Having already released a pair of albums in 2017, the Northern Electronics co-founder has now lined up the 'Layers of Reality' EP, which is due to arrive on November 27. Ahead of that, we debuted the alternately bleepy and floaty sounds of "The Levels of Existential Space" on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@abdulla
@northernelectronics
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Layers Of Reality

Anthony Linell "The Levels Of Existential Space" [First Floor Premiere]

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