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DJ Sotofett and LNS have teamed up with Tresor Records for Sputters. The double-vinyl album with 15 cuts spans a hybrid of warped electro and psychedelic hypnosis, all the while remaining fixed in an. unmistakable dance release. Recorded between 2017 – 2020, and bookmarked throughout by intros and interludes dug out from archival material, it's a deconstructed yet classic compound of techno-sonics. 

LNS from Calgary, Canada, is rooted in braindance, electro and acid. Releasing 12inches on both her self-titled imprint LNS and Sotofett’s Wania - LNS, whilst in the studio, has often pointed out “the lacking blend of dub and electro in dance music”. 

DJ Sotofett, hailing from Moss, Norway, is among a myriad of things commonly known for the extended work of his Sex Tags Mania and Wania labels, without forgetting his afro, dub and jazz releases on Honest Jon's London. 

Together both artists give space to a guest appearance by E-GZR, a fellow Wania artist, to open the Sputters journey. The sinus bending drum stutter of K.O. by E-GZR collisions flanging basses and chronic-inducing synth pads to blueprint the technoid atmosphere to come. LNS & DJ Sotofett take control with El Dubbing, evoking an effect-heavy demeanour, typical of the Sex Tags Mania soundworld that DJ Sotofett is responsible for, this time rubbing up against solid electrified rhythms. The hypnotic moods carry over to Dúnn Dubbing's deep delays, freely running over a surprisingly minimal skeleton retaining a solid direction. Crafting a warmly emotive end of Side-A with sparse rhythms to perfection. 

A meaner turn introduces Side-B. Hints of electro are scattered everywhere, fat basslines, ricocheting drums and synths that mourn and drift in and out of harmony. Vitri-Oil exposes a tumbling sound design, fog-lit chords of material fragility and nosedives - with an alive mix that wallows and grows in equal measures. The side closes with Shim, a classic drift between house and techno releasing sensual euphoria with the albums first big surprise – grand strings. 

“LNS wanted to sell her TR-606, while my reply was for us to make a track with the 606 sounding so fresh that she'd never even think about selling it again” Sotofett states. Side-C proves the artists to be some of the most singular producers around with album centrepiece The 606. Clocking in over 10 minutes, it kicks off as a driving techno banger, chugging bass and big chords. Midway through everything falls away, and out of the void enter scattered drums and improv piano lines emerge, while twisted dubs lead us back in an enduringly warm groove. 

Side-D sets the clock back to the original electroid foundation of the album, casting fires with alien vibrations. Synchronic Bass Blort is a hard-hitting electro track, steaming sonics and thrills, its melodic hook diving in subterranean motions. On Sputtering the duo raspily beams into outer space, with fizzy motives that disfigure and dazzle while the harmonies of the closing track is for yourself to experience. 

DJ Sotofett and LNS deliver an album inhabiting a world full of sci-fi sonics and fierce groove. Their sound is free and live, simultaneously wondrous and sharp.

@sophatmixes 
@lauransparrow

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PREMIERE: LNS & DJ Sotofett - El Dubbing

Command Ep

Command

In The Morning Light

In The Morning Light (Terence Fixmer Remix)

Trap music at its finest! Listen here until Aug. 26th, when it releases on iTunes!

Set The Trap

Syntax

Syntax [One]

Buy here: Pan-Pot.fanlink.to/voodoo-signs

Digital release: 18th June 2021
Vinyl release: September 2021

A1: Voodoo
B1: Signs

@pan-pot return to their Second State imprint to serve up the label's sixth release this year. The illustrious Second State has been fostering the sound of some of techno’s biggest tastemakers and emerging artists for several years, with releases throughout 2021 so far being some of their strongest ones to date. "Voodoo Signs" EP however, is a shift from their usual productions, incorporating a breakbeat sound throughout the record, a step away from the duo’s familiar straight ahead techno weapons.

Hugely atmospheric and packed with conflicting elements, “Voodoo” is the punchier cut of the two tracks on the record. A palpitating muffled kick launches and is quickly joined by rapid percussion and dancing hi-hats that weave throughout the heaviness. As things develop, these turbulent elements are smoothly subdued to let doomy wails echo and build to a crescendo. The main vocal sample meshes with several other voices that ominously quaver over the original. A stabbing melody is then introduced, skittering over the foundations with broken beat drum hooks moving in unison.

On the flip side is “Signs”, a peak time fast paced club track with a driving beat. A stifled kickdrum and a singular bleating tone start things off, before the full weight of the drum is unleashed. A dark looming bass builds on top of cracking percussion and claps until it’s replaced by a distorted male vocal sample crying out “searching, searching”. In the second half, the bleating tone is pushed into the minor key and the bass looms, menacingly. The kick drum returns while the vocal sample becomes increasingly distorted until it fades out. A breakbeat cuts through the noise, switching up the energy and reinstating the hectic, club atmosphere.

@pan-pot
@secondstateaudio

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Pan-Pot - Voodoo

VA - Norman Nodge / Rifts & Dajusch / FJAAK [SPND20 006]
Spandau20 welcomes Berlin's most notorious law practitioner Norman Nodge to the
roster. The Berghain resident's first offering for the label "The Raid" comes in just as
furious as one of his DJ sets. He is accompanied by longtime friends & former
roommates Rifts & Dajusch, joining forces for "Dubiety" for the next release, which is
rounded off by label owners FJAAK and their track "Candide" on the flip.

Norman Nodge - The Raid

Tapefeed launch their new label with a storming techno EP, ‘Revolving Door’. Hear ‘Inveterate Liar’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-tapefeed-inveterate-liar

Revolving Door

Premiere: Tapefeed ‘Inveterate Liar’

Following their releases on Haven, Bite, and R-Label Group we are ecstatic to welcome New Frames (@newframesofficial) with their premier EP for LFEK.
Their A1 track delivers an opening volley in the form of a genuine diesel engine. “Heart Racer” goes full throttle with rolling acid arpeggiators and bittersweet melodies. A track we eagerly await in one of their infamous live sets.
In A2 “Burn Rate” offers a claustrophobic vision with its phantom whispers and pumping bass lines.
The B side kicks off with another entry into the ever-expanding, micro-genre bending multiverse of New Frames. B1 “Final Fantazy” delivers high octane action as breakbeats go head to head with trance stabs. And finally in B1 “Givv Fukk” ghetto riffs find themselves strapped onto industrial drums.

A2) New Frames – Burn Rate

2x12" vinyl, CD & download out now on Perc Trax
https://perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/a-low-level-love

Taken from 'A Low Level Love' by Manni Dee.

1) Persist & Change feat. Sylph. 
2) Take Time 
3) Yesterday's Hope 
4) You Puked In The Alley Where We Kissed 
5) Stride By Stride 
6) No More Heroes 
7) Betamax Interlude 
8) Pivotal Summer 
9) London In My System feat. Chris Liberator
10) You Don't Always Get What You Want 
11) Closer

A Low Level Love

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Manni Dee - You Puked In The Alley Where We Kissed (Perc Trax)

Download/Stream >> https://fanlink.to/resistor

Already a firm fixture on Canada’s underground techno scene, Joel West delivers a slammin’ single for Dense & Pika’s Kneaded Pains label, backed with remixes from MSTRKRFT and The GOAT.

Launching his own Groundwerk label in Vancouver back in 2017, Joel West has been shaping his label’s output with his own productions, as well as remixes for Mr. C’s Superfreq label and releases for Re:Define Records and Woodwork Recordings.

‘Resistor’ is a delivered at breakneck speed, so intense, you can almost smell the sweat on the walls, coming out of every pore of this industrial techno stomper!  Remixes come courtesy of MSTRKRFT, who serve up a punchy and vocalised version, and fellow Canadian artist The GOAT, who keeps things raw and gnarly with extra acid spice!

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Joel West - Resistor (The GOAT Remix) [clip]

PRE-ORDER: https://vilcravo.bandcamp.com/album/klockworks-32

Power duo VIL & Cravo debut on Klockworks with a high-spirited 3 tracker showcasing their warm approach inspired in soul and funk tracks from the 80’s and early 00’s.

Both behind Portugal’s freshest collective Hayes, the duo started their project 6 years ago with the idea of bringing colour, light and groove to the scene.

Fusing funky techno with soulful vocals, this EP reminds us of the carefully chosen euphoric moments Ben Klock drops in his sets with hope to get them back this summer.

Klockworks web-shop:  https://klockworks.de/shop/kw32/

Klockworks 32

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Premiere: VIL & Cravo 'Links'

Download/Stream >> https://fanlink.to/sound-bath

Dubfire really needs little in the way of introduction, but for the uninitiated, the hugely prolific DJ & producer has been at the forefront of the electronic scene since the earliest days.  As one half of house music titans Deep Dish, through to his more techno focused career as Dubfire, huge singles like ‘Ribcage’ and ‘Roadkill’, and his own SCI+TEC label, the Iranian born artist has more than left his mark on the dance music scene.

‘Sound Bath’ drops on Dense & Pika’s Kneaded Pains label and illustrates the resolute sounds that Dubfire has become revered for.  A minimal and stripped back production keeps active with metallic and fissured tones, as an ever-present percussive loop anchors this impressive club cut, where the ‘less if more’ ethic is deployed auspiciously.

Rising star, Sophia Saze, has been impressing with her productions and remixes for labels such as Tresor, Counterchange and Krill Music, and her take on ‘Sound Bath’ centres on the addition of an arpeggiated synth line and acid pulses that really ramp up the energy levels!

Dubfire - Sound Bath [clip]

Out now on Rekids: lnk.to/REKIDS184

Following 2020’s ‘Mirror Man’ LP on Radio Slave’s Rekids, Detroit pioneer Robert Hood returns to the label with a four-track EP of his trailblazing minimal techno. Leading the release, ‘Chroma Light’ opens with cinematic pads and pounding 4/4 patterns as twisted synthesis modulates throughout for a striking start. Followed by ‘The Majestic (Deeper Edit)’, with rattling percussion and fiercely relentless stabs, Hood shows his intent in creating propulsive, dancefloor focussed cuts across the EP.

On the flip, ‘The Majestic’ takes the B1 spot, expanding on the previous track with wild synths and his signature machine-like drums before ‘Ultrasonic Room’ closes out the release with eerie atmospherics and an underlying hypnotic pulse taking centre stage.

A founding member of Underground Resistance alongside Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills, Robert Hood is one of techno’s originators, with his decorated career spanning three decades across labels like Tresor, Peacefrog, Music Man Records, and of course, his own M Plant.

Robert Hood

The Majestic

Robert Hood - The Majestic

Alex Gopher (Digital Exclusive Collector)

The White Lane

A TON of old stuff.  Well,...  It's historical anyway,,., :)  (for me...)

The Deep

Fourth Dimensional Slop

Rebecca Delle Piane - De Hive

Listen here to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of @jamesruskin's and Mark Brooms aka @beardman's track „OCS" via @jamesruskin-blueprint, released digitaly on the 27th november and on vinyl on the 18th december.

Read our introduction here: https://bit.ly/2KJVjeQ

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