FEEL MY BICEP PLAYLIST - part 2

Written, produced and mixed by Teo Bachs
Mastering by Nik Kozub
Graphic design by Ema Doležalová
Distribution by One Eye Witness

Premiere: Ekkel - Hradec Fog Fever [SEISMIC003]

On June 27, 2025, a long-dormant signal reactivates from Hamburg's hidden places: Helena Hauff and F#X return as Black Sites with R4 on Tresor Records—their first full-length album and the first release under the moniker since 2014. Like a hieroglyphic recently discovered and translated, R4 feels more like a long-awaited resumption than a comeback.

Recorded to tape with minimal editing or post-production the record is a classic example of the symbiotic relationship that can come from the interaction of human and machine. This punk ethos isn't invoked through distortion alone, but through method; in the album's breaking from the received wisdom of hardness tethered to speed as most of the tougher pieces are lower BPM and vice versa (with one notable exception in the mind-melting stomp of BLOKK).

Across ten tracks, Black Sites traverse a landscape where genre dissolves into intention. It migrates through electro's danceability, acid house's corrosion, and into the liminal realm of machine funk—a genre coined by Andrew Weatherall, which sounds like the results of technology dreaming of soul where the emphasis is on live execution, on immediacy over perfection—a sound forged in the act of creating, not polishing.

In a 2013 interview, around the time of the first Black Sites EP, Hauff was quoted as saying that she wants "things to fit together properly, but on another level, I really want them to make sense together." That principle animates R4: The album's form reveals itself in time, with each movement echoing and amplifying the others to create a synergistic whole.

From the opening crawl of C4 (a name that like the music foreshadows the explosions to come) to the end-of-the-night bliss of MOTHERJAM via the intense peaks of BLOKK, 707, and classic acid track 3D it's clear that R4 is a work made with serious intent; a refutation of a world where streaming has made the two-minute single the dominant musical form again. R4 demands immersion, not just attention. It is not a collection of tracks, but a singular, recursive experience: a mirror in which sound and listener repeatedly rediscover one another.

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Black Sites - 3D

From the black murk of primordial swamps stepped the forebears of the first amphibians, creatures who would learn, under the steady rain of time’s hourglass, to evolve several times in the span of a single life, to breathe through their skin; permeable, changing. 

Prague’s Amphibian Records label and collective reveals Kobayashi Maru’s ‘Induction Texture’ EP. As with his recent collaboration with Silhouette, it’s a release of two halves: two original solo productions pin markers deep inside driving, psychoactive club territory; two reflections—from Abo Abo and A Strange Wedding—capture the light of the originals and cast it back, changed but familiar. 

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Induction Texture

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Kobayashi Maru - Induction Texture EP -  AMPH004 - Preview

Presenting a portfolio of twitchy techno tectonics with a sharp line in corporate acumen, LDS returns to the market with a double-dose of limber futurism for PM+.
 
Stuttgart shock broker Luca Daniel Schwarz has been firing and perspiring on all cylinders since he went public around 2016. Past form for the likes of Subwax BCN and Blue Hour have all shown a deadly instinct for modern variations on the techno tradition, and he keeps pushing at the form with a fine balance between playful disruption and poker-face propulsion.
 
'Business Influencer Theme' is a jagged bolt of hi-tech soul littered with crafty edits, luminescent synth strokes and a mid-section pep talk to get you match fit for the midnight power lunch. 'Portal Merge (Peak Mix)' leans towards the growling, subtly emotive brand of electro pioneered by the Weatherall-Tenniswood dream team, bolstered with modernist sound design flex and another canny helping of sliced-up word salad.
 
Forecasting at the intersection of social commentary and cutting-edge club clout with devastating clarity, LDS packs a lot into his wry, laser-focused motivational workouts. The outlook is weightier than a hedge fund manager's bloated bar tab.

Mastering by: Isle Audio
Artwork by: Håkan Ullberg

LDS - Portal Merge (Peak Mix)

Leipzig-based label Proper Pull proudly presents: PROPEP001 – the first release in our new EP series. Reflecting Proper Pull's diverse sound spectrum, each issue will embody a different cohesive musical concept.

‘Corollary Movements’ by Esgeem delivers bass heavy post-halftime with a deep focus on atmospheric sound design. Each track fluently fuses dubstep and jungle aesthetics with psy and progressive elements. It also features a technoid remix by Kontinum – a well-known member of the local underground scene.

Label: @properpull
Buy: https://properpull.bandcamp.com/album/propep001-corollary-movements

Esgeem – Mesoglea (Kontinum Remix) [Proper pull]

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Artist: Catartsis
Track: Log
Label: SousTraitance

>> https://soustraitance-sstr.bandcamp.com

@soustraitance
@catartsis

CRUDE Premiere: Catartsis - Log

Prague’s https://soundcloud.com/amphibian_rec resurfaces with Induction Texture, the solo debut from https://soundcloud.com/kobayashi_maruuu. The EP distills cybernetic echoes into a synthetic pursuit, part swamp crawl, part signal chase, with https://soundcloud.com/aboabosound and https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding each offering their warped reimaginings along the way.

Find the full read here:  https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-kobayashi-maru---huorn

Induction Texture will be out on July 17th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://amphibianrecords.bandcamp.com/album/induction-texture

Premiere: Kobayashi Maru - Huorn [AMPH004]

DJ Ali's production skills and live sets have traveled throughout the underground scene worldwide. Having honed his craft over the years as both a musician and live artist, DJ Ali is known for his dedication to live performances and his love for nostalgic rhythms, drawing inspiration from the late '90s and early 2000s.
In addition to excelling in live sets, DJ Ali is a passionate DJ exploring the realms of Trance, Tribal, and percussive techno, bridging sounds from the past and present.

“In this mix I explore different sub genres of techno. The tracks I play are some of my favorite to play at the moment, some are bright and some are dark. A Lot of this mix is based around the theme of rhythmic and percussive techno highlighting the essence of the early 2000's style of techno. Some old, some new.” 

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𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘 - Ultra-modern psychedelic soundscapes meets broken-rhythms and syncopated drums. A Strange Wedding invites us to a world where genres blend together while sonic textures melt at the same time. This remix for Kobayashi Maru is coming out the 18/07 on Amphibian Records. Enjoy.

Artist: A Strange Wedding
Track Name: Kobayashi Maru - Induction Texture (A Strange Wedding Side Quest Remix)
Record Label: Amphibian Records
Catalog Code: AMPH004
Mastering: David Becker
Buy Link: https://amphibianrecords.bandcamp.com/album/induction-texture
Release Date: 18.7.2025
Follow:
▫️ https://www.instagram.com/astrangewedding/ 
▫️ https://www.instagram.com/kobayashi_maru____ 
▫️ https://www.instagram.com/amphibian_rec/
▫️ https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding 
▫️ https://soundcloud.com/kobayashi_maruuu 
▫️ https://soundcloud.com/amphibian_rec

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𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘 | Kobayashi Maru -  Induction Texture (A Strange Wedding Side Quest Remix) [AMPH004]

Next up on our label showcase: a one-hour descent into neofolk and DPBM.
Fucckkk no – Vienna-based artist Transki doesn’t bend his sound for fame and he sure as hell won’t chase algorithm-driven trends. “I can’t stand it when people try to flatten every subculture and niche into one,” he says. Staying true to his vision, Transki breaks away from the mainstream with a spiritual path mix of goa trance, progressive trance, Detroit electro-techno and ragga dancehall, all deeply rooted in raw ‘90s aesthetics.

@transki_mysticresearch

TERRA MAGICA #011 Mix Series – TRANSKI

Mahogany Soul

Wish I Didn't Miss You

Boundary

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ARTS presents the very first Cousin label called Warehouse Memories, Every other section of the label was part of the same exact label, Suprising? Not at All, this Label was born to give a direction to what we think of Rave in a more specific way, the idea is to give every single tool possible to inspire the future of techno, we don't want to lead, and we don't want to say what is wrong or what is right, This is the real definition of Rave, we want to simply show that there is a way to make music without standing to uninformed and standard patterns. The aim is purely artistic and is a statement in the Rave Culture.

We live in the time when rave is the word that is only used when people want to describe a fierce party or to describe colors. styles and some types of electronic music. Basically. the word -Rave- became sort of a metaphor. But back in the days. it was the name for the revolution. no less than that. Warehouse Memories was born to give a direction to that Revolution. this is Rave 001 by Ersatz Olfolks. Presented on 12", Full Color Pressed Cover, Shrink-Wrapped, with applied Sticker on the top and internal sleeve. Listen: bit.ly/2oURUvI
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Buy the 12" Worldwide or in these online shops: 
Vinyl: fanlink.to/FgY - #ARTSRECORDS
Digital: Always 1 week after the vinyl release.

B2. Ersatz Olfolks - Laminar Flow

Daft Punk - One More Time - The Sleepover & AIB Bootleg

Greg Haines - Azure

Pink Dreams

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