First in the TRUST XY recombination series. /DL/MS/, Keith Tucker, The Exaltics, and Privacy remix DJ Glow, Microthol, DJ Stingray, and VC-118A.

"Crises invite introspection. To counter the social and cultural void of 2020 we have asked friends and favorite artists to analyze, extract and recombine our electric DNA for the TRUST XY recombination series.

DJ Glow’s (@gl03) ‘The City’ opened the first TRUST release back in 1998 and starts off XY.1 as well. Viennese duo /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms), whose album debut will drop on TRUST later this year, turns its brittle lo-fi funk into an airy electro stepper, complete with the original’s classic arcade samples.

Keith Tucker needs no introduction as a Detroit techno master, from early Direct Beat to this year's Optic Nerve album for Axis Records. Microthol (@microthol) remixed his ‘Plastic People’ back in 2003, and he returns the favor with a slamming electrofunk take on ‘Binary Systems’ (TRUST18).

Two masked electro heavyweights and TRUST alumni meet on side B, with The Exaltics (@the-exaltics) reshaping DJ Stingray’s (@djstingrayofficial) ‘Herd Instinct’ from TRUST20. Sherard Ingram’s unmistakably lightfooted beats are paired with a propulsive bassline and seductive synths of The Exaltics’ design.

With Privacy (@privacyprivacy) we have shared DJ booths, bunk beds and hangovers, and we are very happy to welcome him to TRUST at last. He chose to deconstruct ‘Eha’ off VC-118A’s (@mohlao) debut EP (TRUST22). Always one to gleefully sidestep expectations he winds down the original’s sparse electro dub into a foreboding doomsday hip hop instrumental.

Future parts of the XY recombination series will feature remixes by Ultradyne, Peter Mannerfelt, Alex Cortex, Clatterbox, Stenny, D.Tiffany, Microthol, Second Storey, DJ Di’jital, Luxus Varta, and more."

out october 4, 2021
distributed by @clone-distribution :: clonedistribution.com/release/64446
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: DJ GLOW x /DL/MS/ - the city (04:27)
a2 :: MICROTHOL x KEITH 'K-1' TUCKER - binary systems (03:56)
b1 :: DJ STINGRAY 313 x THE EXALTICS - herd instinct (04:13)
b2 :: VC-118A x PRIVACY - eha (06:18)

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[TRUST XY.1] /DL/MS/ :: KEITH 'K-1' TUCKER :: THE EXALTICS :: PRIVACY [out october 2021]

Digital Pre-Order:
jinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jin-04

In its 4th installment, JIN, the Taipei, Taiwan-based label, continues its cosmic journey with a set of tracks that simmer between peak-time dance floor and early morning afterhours vibe. First upsee Bangkok's Siamese Twins mainstay Sunju Hargun, 1/2 of Mogambo, returning to JIN with two A-side tracks.

The first “Chale” is a modern ode to classic trance that will leave dancefloors from Bangkok to Berlin in ecstasy. His second track-フーイズカサンドラ("Who is Kassandra") is a post peak-time 7-minute acid bomb that spins and reverberates in every direction. 

The B-side features two remixes of “Chale”. First up, Barcelona's wunderkind Marc Pinol removes the trance needle and rebuilds the track creating a perfectly dubbed-our cosmic trip between musical galaxies. Finishing the E.P. Taipei's own Initials B.B. incorporates guitar samples turning the original into a futuristic, new wave-like slow burner that leaves one floating between planets.

@sunjuhargun
Release Date : Oct 2021

Sunju Hargun - フーイズ カサンドラ [JIN 04]

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

Full Track Visualiser: https://bit.ly/3IhPDBW

https://soundcloud.com/sunnysibar
https://soundcloud.com/kalaharioystercult

Rushing us headlong into a vorticist maelstrom of hard-edged drum stutter and polychromatic synth fragmentation, Sansibar sophomore long-player for Kalahari Oyster Cult - “Sans Musique” - tackles the very essence of post-trancey, breaks-loaded UK blends with unabashed joy to wreak havoc on his path. Throughout seven tracks oozing burnt kerosene and depleted uranium residue merged with a hint of sacred incense, Sansibar deploys his extra-wide vision for the present and future of dance music.

“Scully” attacks pedal to the metal, hi-intensity bass onslaughts and knee-buckling breaks roaring as the groove slings us at bullet-speed into a hot, narrow barrel of floor-focused aggression. 

Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Sansibar is a non-pareil cosmic traveller - also producer, resident DJ at Kaiku and Post Bar and wave agitator on IDA Radio and EOS Radio - whose genre-unbound sound credentials for the likes of Kalahari Oyster Cult, Natural Sciences, Émotsiya, Darknet, Avoidance et al. have helped establish as one of today’s most intriguing talents in the European scene.

Sansibar - Scully (Earth People Mix) [DV Premiere]

A core part of the Control Freak Recordings family, London based artist @keplrr has built a reputation as a deft & talented producer with unparalleled attention to detail. In the wake of the widespread support for his 2020 EP ‘Reconstructed Club’, we asked four producers we have long-admired to flip a track from the original release. The result is ‘Club Reconstructed’ - a collection of remixes which distill the spirit of Keplrr’s original record into new forms.

First up, Holding Hands boss @desertsoundcolony serves up one of his signature slammers, locking Convection into a thumping four to the floor groover. Berlin-based @kondukukonduku, who has carved some of the most kinetic, angular club tracks of recent years with releases on Nous’klaer Audio, Spazio Donsible and others, provides a second interpretation of Convection, time-stretching the original material into a slow-motion panic attack.

On the flip, @syzuk makes his return to the label after 2019’s highly acclaimed Bunzunkunzun EP, applying his organic touch to Esoteric Functions with a ‘refunction’, which blurs the line between techno and 140 - packing some serious low-end and a cheeky mid-way switch-up to send the dance wild. Rounding things off, Milan’s @piezopz proves his reputation as one of the most inventive producers on the scene, repurposing Bod’s Realm into an aggy, warped & technoid ‘Doom Ragga Mix’.

The EP will also be available on our first ever colour run, available exclusively via Bleep and Phonica - limited 100 copies only on translucent red vinyl in a full-colour reverse board sleeve. As a Bandcamp exclusive, we’ll also be offering limited double packs, including ‘Club Reconstructed’ alongside Keplrr’s recently repressed original release.

Bleep: https://bleep.com/release/267401-keplrr-club-reconstructed-desert-sound-colony-piezo-konduku-syz-remixes
Phonica: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/keplrr-club-reconstructed-desert-sound-colony-konduk-control-freak-london/178149

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Club Reconstructed (Desert Sound Colony, Piezo, Konduku & Syz Remixes) Previews [CTRLFRK004R]

@curtiselectronix is proud to present "Destroy Your Future", the new LP from the one and only @galaxian. In the last years Mark Kastner aka Galaxian has become a prominent figure in the underground scene because of his high quality productions and his unique take on electro. We all know electro started with futurism and well, this work is pure futurism. Each cut is a trip into his restless creativity. Each track is a mind altering exploration of a deeply cinematic soundscape with a massive number of elements perfectly fused together with his "one of a kind" sci-fi aestethic that immediately pulls you out of the schemes. Caustic distortions, post industrial environments, mind expanding electronics and primitive drum patterns are only the main elements of this sci-fi masterpiece. There is no "Detroit Nostalgia" in it. This is sonic militance. The same that inspired the originators back in the days. When you play it, time runs faster and future looks closer. We are on board, but Galaxian is the only pilot of the ship.

Discogs:
https://www.discogs.com/it/release/21883267-Galaxian-Destroy-Your-Future-

Release date:
7th March 2022

preorder:
https://clone.nl/item67873.html
https://clonedistribution.com/release/67873

Galaxian - Destroy Your Future LP (CRTSX008)

"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]

X’trapolis is under threat... 

Word is spreading fast that the powerful and long-feared Agamid lizard known by many as Reptilius has been sighted building a dangerous army on the outskirts of Squamata, exhausting the forests natural resources and leaving previously thriving, culturally significant and beautiful areas decrepit and lifeless in a greedy, capitalistic move to gain control. 

Completely unaware of this, Reptant returns home to X’trapolis after spending 5 years conducting extensive research on Earth’s unique analogue technology. 

With his esteemed Lizard Tech Militia stuck back on Earth, Reptant finds himself alone and must seek help from the infamous Gecko Force if he wishes to succeed in protecting his home. 

The Gecko Force are a lounge of superior prehistoric native Gecko’s rumoured to have been some of the only survivors from the brutal Agamid colonisation of X’trapolis which occurred many generations ago. 

With their power and extensive knowledge of X’trapolis, the planet and all of its delicate and precious lifeforms just might stand a chance... 

Return To Planet X’trapolis was written, recorded and mixed by Reppi T. Lizrd AKA Reptant at Squamata Studios, X’trapolis 2019-2020. 

@reptant_the_lizard
Mastered by Alden Tyrell (@aldentyrell)
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut. (@marco-pellegrino)
Pressed at Record Industry.
Distributed by One Eye Witness. 

LKR Records, 2020, Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. 

“Dedicated to all the Lacertilia in the galaxy, May your forests remain untouched and liberated”

Pre-Order the Vinyl:
Bandcamp: tinyurl.com/LKR010-Bandcamp-PreOrder
One Eye Witness (Distributor): tinyurl.com/LKR010-OneEyeWitness

Return To Planet X'trapolis

Reptant 'Return To Planet X'trapolis' // Album Previews // LKR010

Wladimir M. - Evil / Planet E (Skee Mask Remix) - Delsin Records - dsr-eevo004

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6825
digital: https://wladimirm.bandcamp.com/album/evil-planet-e-skee-mask-remix

a1. Evil
b1. Planet E (Skee Mask Remix)
b2. Disappointment (Vocal)

The second part of two additional EPs in Delsin's Eevo Lute re-issue program includes a full 45 rpm cut of the Wladimir M. classic 'Evil'. On the b-side a fresh and drum heavy interpretation of 'Planet E' by Skee Mask. With almost non of the original parts available Skee Mask turns Wladimir's vocal lines up side down and transforms it into a 140 bpm breakbeat monster. Closer of the EP is the strong and emotive 'Disappointment' track, for first time on a vinyl single.

Buy @ Delsin Shop

Wladimir M. - Evil / Planet E (Skee Mask Remix) (dsr-eevo004)

Artist: Louis Marlo
Track: U.F.O's Over New York
Label: https://soundcloud.com/felt-sense-recordings
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital
Release date: 18/01/21
Purchase: https://feltsenserecordings.bandcamp.com/album/who-wants-alchemy

The third outing on Felt Sense Recordings once again comes via label head Louis Marlo. Quality over quantity is FSR's approach, nailing each release with a blend of high-grade dance music. FLTSNS003 is no exception.
Who Wants Alchemy? straddles Electro, IDM, and Techno across the 5 track 12". Sliding 808's, glistening melodies, and process-driven electronics - all rounded off by a stellar remix by 2020's man in demand, Lou Karsh.

Who Wants Alchemy?

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PREMIERE #1395 | Louis Marlo - U.F.O's Over New York [Felt Sense] 2021

Giordano lands on Sävy Records for the label's first outing of 2021. "Into Your Mind" is an emotive 4-tracker picking up where the greatly received SAVY001 kicked off. The EP neatly weaves together elements of techno, breaks and ambient with a unique dynamic that makes the Berlin-based Italian producer rise above the noise.


𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚

𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚:
15 March 2020

Pre-orders via Clone.nl

𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨:
https://clone.nl/item63547.html

SAVY002 | GIORDANO - INTO YOUR MIND EP [PREVIEWS]

Sävy is a record label run by the Finnish-born, Berlin based DJ IDA. 

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