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GROOVE LA CHORD - DEEPARTURE IN TIME - REVISITED

Scan 7 - No Place Like Home (Deeptrax Records, DPTX - 021)

The Remixes, Pt. 2

Flash Flood (Function Remix)

DJ HMC   6 AM

XX 16

XX 16 A1

Saoirse - Gentle Romance

Free Download

DECADANCE - Angry Tyler

Buy on Bandcamp

Resonating Fabric (Radio Edit)

Boss label Techgnosis Records is coming in hot with a massive release in IsoQuant & Sandokan's 'Asylum', and this killer remix of the title track from Aphe is some absolute top-tier work. We just know you'll dig this one!

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The powerhouse duo of Sandokan and IsoQuant deliver a timeless classic with their epic EP release, 'Asylum'. 2 tremendous original creations are bolstered by 4 remixes by an all-star lineup of remixers in Aphe, Ruls, OneShot and Nikki Sig & Hynamo. Hypnotic, progressive psytech with soul is what you will find in spades with this stellar sonic offering. Dive in deep!

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https://go.protonradio.com/r/rljpzfaF1DZ_o


PREMIERE: IsoQuant & Sandokan - Asylum (Aphe Remix) [Techgnosis Records]

“Underground Circuit” dives into the core of the nightlife pulse — a fusion of deep house warmth, tech house precision, and classic house groove.
Built around rolling basslines, tight percussion, and hypnotic rhythms, the mix moves like electricity through a hidden network of late-night dancefloors.

Smooth melodic textures blend with minimal, driving beats, creating a vibe that’s both intimate and energetic.
Whether it’s a dimly lit basement rave, a deep lounge session, or a sleek club room, Underground Circuit delivers a steady, immersive flow designed for true underground house lovers.
It’s rhythmic, moody, stylish — and made for dancers who feel the music beneath the surface.

Follow DJ GKØRE: [instagram.com/djgkore] [tiktok.com/@hardtechno2025] [mixcloud.com/DJGKØRE] [link.deezer.com/s/31tU3DGynZrbXcmXWWwrr] [mixcloud.com/DJGKØRE/subscribe] [open.spotify.com/artist/5uDSznqyJ…XgSrm_4O7mgZcNng]

No Sleep Zone

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28-11-2018

OVR - Reversing Into Tomorrow [LINOVR]

‘Paul’s Horizon’ – @Ryan-Elliott’s first EP in six years – falls musically between Berlin and Detroit, between house and techno and between hypnotic repetition and unpredictability, revealing a subtle ear for groove and composition.

It’s the DJ’s perspective that has informed the Berghain / Panorama Bar resident's own analogue productions, with ‘Paul’s Horizon’ turning its focus toward deep and slick percussion. This is apparent from the get-go, with the title track’s triangle/clap interplay, funky 5-6 kicks per bar, and bleary-eyed atmosphere. From there “Martinsville Morning” slows down into an understated sunrise groover, led by bassline, strings and pads. EP closer “Grafton Road” turns up the pace again with gasps for hats, aggressive punctuating snares, and a modulating synth bubbling-up throughout.

Paul's Horizon

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Ryan Elliott | Paul's Horizon

Real Ammunition Ep

Civil Defense (Original mix)

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FLOORPAN "THE MASTER'S PLAN" (CLASSIC MUSIC):
https://cmc.lnk.to/cmcd141d

Before I got into this music I wanted to be an originator ; I wanted to be original".
Founding member of the legendary group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister Of Information' with ‘Mad’ Mike Banks & Jeff Mills, his seminal works on Jeff Mill's Axis and his very own M-Plant imprint paved the way for a wave of stripped-down dancefloor minimalism that directed much of techno's path throughout the late Nineties.
Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. 

"Growing up in Detroit, I grew up with Motown in the house - a lot of Motown and Philadelphia soul, artists like Marvin Gaye of course and Curtis Mayfield. I remember Isaac Hayes, the soundtrack from ‘Shaft’ had come out. My father was a jazz musician; he played piano, trumpet and drums. My mother was in an R’n’B group.
We listened to a lot of Motown - in fact, my grandfather’s first cousin is Berry Gordy.
"I was influenced by my father - I wanted to play trumpet like he did."
Robert's father tragically died when he was just 6. The photo of Robert siting down holding a trumpet is his fathers.
"I had to beg my grandmother to let me borrow the trumpet to take a picture with it"

In the early 90's he began to concentrate on his own production 'Vision EP', the 'Riot EP' and X-102 were big stepping-stones for him as they were the first releases he worked 100% on his own. The X-101 to X-102, were Waveform Transmission projects with Mills for Tresor. He slowly progressed to work more and more on his own, but collaberated on some of the first Axis releases with label owner Jeff Mills as H&M (Hood & Mills) with ‘Tranquilizer EP’ and ‘Drama’.

He soon decided it was time for him to start his own label to focus on what was in his soul musically. M-Plant started in ’94. I had developed this “grey area” sound - what I mean by that is that in Detroit, even when the sun is out, there’s something in the atmosphere. I don’t know if its pollution or whatever, but the sky has that grey haze over it. It’s got to be something from the industrial factories there. I’d never really heard a sound like that before and it came from a Roland Juno - it was a chord sound that really went along with my depiction of what Detroit was at that time. A lot of buildings were abandoned and there was a lot of lifelessness in the city, especially downtown. The M-Plant, in minimalism, kind of reflected that. I remember thinking of Detroit like a museum. You know, like a work of art standing still, suspended in time. There wasn’t a whole lot of activity going on.

Releasing singles such as "Internal Empire,", “The Protein Valve” "Music Data," and "Moveable Parts", "The Pace", more recently "Range", "Alpha" and that isn't even touching his other monikers Floorplan, Monobox, The Vision, etc.
"M-Plant is what I've always wanted to hear: the basic stripped down, raw sound. Just drums, basslines and funky grooves and only what's essential. Only what is essential to make people move. I started to look at it as a science, the art of making people move their butts, speaking to their heart, mind and soul. “It's a heart-felt rhythmic techno sound. M-Plant is just M. minimal. “

Although his desire to remain underground has been replaced by an urge to reach a wider audience, mainly via his housier, disco, gospel moniker Floorplan with his daughter Lyric Hood,   Hood remains fiercely critical of artistic and economic movements destructive to inner-city communities and has combined his musical enterprises with outreach and social activist ends.

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Robert Hood - Floorplan

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