Techno: Dark / Leftfield / Industrial - part 5

In 2022 I have finally been able to start travelling and playing outside Japan again. It has been incredibly positive being able to see friends old and new, and share my music with audiences around the world. Now I am happy to be able present my new WIP release, which includes two tracks I have been playing on my recent tours. I hope you enjoy these, and I am looking forward to more experiences together on the floor. Take care, Wata

All tracks written and produced by Wata Igarashi. 
Mastered by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Artwork by Ayako Haruta.

01 Roar

.VRIL’s first EP for Kynant Records explores his trademark style of euphoric dub techno, whilst also diving deeper with spoken-word pieces in collaboration with two critical thinkers in the world of soundsystem culture and experimental music: Edward George and Isis Semaj-Hall AKA Riddim Writer. Acclaimed Dutch techno artist Steve Rachmad also dons his Parallel 9 alias for a remix. 

Written & Produced by .VRIL
Additional Production on B2 by Steve Rachmad
Vocals on A3 by Edward George
Vocals on B3 by Isis Semaj-Hall
Artwork by Irakli Kedia, Layout by Grant Gibson 
Distributed by N.E.W.S

B3 VRIL - Shifting (ft. Riddim Writer)

Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

BANDCAMP

Surgeon - Soul Fire

Surgeon - Divine Shadow

Pensa Poetico EP

Belly Jolie Movements

Artist: Re:Axis
Title: 'Ethereal Delights'
Label: Qilla Records
Cat. #: QR104
Format: Digital
Release: 21st April,​ ​2025
Pre order: https://reaxis.bandcamp.com/album/functional-heartbeats

Sounds From NoWhere is pleased to premiere a new Re:Axis' track remixed by Ness on 'Qilla Records'.

Re:Axis returns to the fort with “Functional Heartbeats” - his first EP with us in 13 years.

This six-track release reflects a shared evolution, pushing forward with an old-school touch, guided by momentum that's both playful and precise.

The package comes with four original cuts, alongside two reinterpretations by seasoned craftsmen, Na Nich and Ness - each leaving their psychedelic imprint on the originals.

“Functional Heartbeats” moves with a steady pulse—expanding, contracting, and shifting with an innate rhythm.

@re_axis
@ness
@qilla

Premiere: Re:Axis - Ethereal Delights (Ness Version) [Qilla Records]

𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘
Release: Sonic Iterations Vol.1
Artist: Vanoni
Track Name: Youn
Record Label: murmurs
Catalog Code: MRMR001
Artwork: Lillian Rose | celestial_artillery
Mastering: Vipul Angirish at Audiosol
Buy Link: https://murmursrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-iterations-vol-1
Release Date: 30/04/2025
Follow: 
https://www.instagram.com/vanoni_
https://soundcloud.com/vanoni
https://instagram.com/murmurs.recordings
https://soundcloud.com/murmurs-recordings

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𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘 | Vanoni - Youn [MRMR001]

Throughout 2025, Tresor Records will reactivate Detroit house and techno originator Blake Baxter's vast Tresor catalogue digitally in chronological order, starting with 1992's Dream Sequence, closely followed by his 1995 album, Endless Reflection. 
To inaugurate and celebrate this retrospective of one the genre's true founders, an artist whose connections to Tresor go back to the very beginning, the label announces a special 12" release, Dream Sequence X, featuring remastered tracks from the early days and highlighting the harder side of his output.

Initially inspired by post-punk and funk, Baxter started making music as early as 1985. By 1991 he had already released several seminal records on classic labels like Underground Resistance, KMS, and Incognito, as well as providing multiple tracks to the groundbreaking UK compilation Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit, which was many European listeners' introduction to the genre, solidifying the term techno, and launching the international careers of many of the contributors.

1992 saw Baxter make the first trip to play Tresor, on the first UR Europe tour ever, thereby pioneering the now legendary Berlin-Detroit Connection. This visit led to a long and fruitful partnership with the club's new-fledged label beginning with Mills', Banks' & Hood's X-101 and Baxter's Dream Sequence, from which the first four tracks on the new 12" come.

Whilst he would become more renowned for his signature seductive vocals and a smoother music style closer to house music, these early tracks are heavier, classic 90s techno, revealing the influence of industrial, post-punk and pop of the time. 
Indeed the collection is something of a time capsule: jacking 909 drums, intense, ravey synth stabs, samples from classic soul breakbeat and the Speak & Spell voice synthesizer; classic sounds and styles of the era all make appearances on the record.
All tracks have been remastered by Manmade Mastering breathing a new vitality and sharpness for the modern dancefloor.

In a world where longevity is difficult and superlatives are too easily deployed, it is still difficult to overstate the long-lasting influence that Blake Baxter has had on modern music. His visionary output can be heard across modern electronic and pop to this day and with this series of remasters, there has never been a better time for the world to hear it at source.

Blake Baxter - The Warning (Remastered)

FUR:THER SESSIONS : PREMIERE 281

Artist: Sarah Wreath
Track: Haven (Pianeti Sintetici Remix)
Album: 光と影 (Hikari to Kage)
Label: Wabi Sabi Audio Imprint
Cat. No.: WS002
Mastering: Gio Conti (Artefacts Mastering)
Artwork: Javier Marimon
Format: Digital & Vinyl
Genre: Ambient / Ex[erimental & Deep Techno
Release date: 06/06/2025
Released by Wabi Sabi Audio Imprint, Netherlands

Buy it here:
https://wabisabi-ai.bandcamp.com/album/sarah-wreath-hikari-to-kage

Tracklist:
01. 光と影 (Hikari to Kage)
02. Haven
03. 光と影 (Hikari to Kage) (HI-C Remix)
04. Haven (Pianeti Sintetici Remix)
05. Haven (Jorge Fons Remix)

Sarah Wreath:
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Pianeti Sintetici:
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https://instagram.com/pianetisintetici

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https://soundcloud.com/wabisabi_ai
https://instagram.com/wabisabi__ai
https://wabisabi-ai.bandcamp.com

Fur:ther Sessions:
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https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/further_sessions
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https://facebook.com/furthersessions
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3irNAR4

Contact and Premiere Requests:
furthersessions[at]gmail[dot]com

PREMIERE: Sarah Wreath - Haven (Pianeti Sintetici Remix) [Wabi Sabi]

On this bonus episode of Eat Sleep Code, guest Gaines Kergosien shares his advice on realizing your maximum earning potential as a software developer. 

Developer Network

Six Figure Developer

Recorded and first released in 1999, "Drain Hum" is a perfect example of Mike Parker's signature sound.  

Some history of the track is published here:
https://mnmt.no/blog/flashback-mike-parker-drain-hum-1999/

"Drain Hum" by Mike Parker

Conducted

Immolare (First)

In demand Marco Lys makes his debut on Circus Recordings with two fine main room cuts that compliment once another.
Raving is an ode to the original excitement experienced during the unifying moments with strangers on the dance floor at rave...
While Circular hypnotically expands, transcending those moments with a menacing piano stab that unfolds and then explodes 


Venice born and raised, musically active for almost two decades, His releases & remixes have appeared on many of the worlds finest imprints. Combining the underground with a main room twist has gained Marco massive support and left huge foot print in Ibiza throughout last summer. Tracks like The Story Continues, his La Tromba Rework and the remix he did of Mas Pito were all huge summer break through tracks.

Marco Lys - Circular (Original Mix) [Circus Recordings]

Viels's first vinyl release on the dutch label Dynamic Reflection.
“Distrophism Ep" incl. Svreca remix released last year on May 8th 2018

Buy At:
https://dynamicreflection.bandcamp.com/album/distrophism-ep-dref39

Immolare (First)

Sandwell District

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