A mind-blowing journey of deconstructed club music, ambient, gabber, drill, and experimental bits to mark a new series of releases from the Toulouse-based (but globally plugged) digital label Hyperlink.

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PREMIERE: Aeoi - Honesty Hurts (Hyperlink)

‘Mixtape_01’ is the debut drop from Vienna-based ssolve, and a low key hit of the reset button on a range of electronic musics. Reconstituting strewn sounds from club nights and noise gigs, ssolve’s fresh sound takes in liberated dark beats from gqom, kaleidoscopic neoperro, along with guttural industrial throbs (and screams). ssolve moulds these pieces into a fresh little world of heady glocalised bass, beats, and bombast. Behind the mixtape’s sounds lie years of experience ghost-writing, producing, and sound-designing for a range of projects.

Finally let loose, unconstrained, ssolve’s tentacles blossom across cinematic granules of thudding light on ‘Ultra Forever’, sculpt an intimate ambient prayer on ‘Waves’, or slice samples into visceral dancefloor-ready riddims on ‘RYTM F’, ‘RYTM C’, and ‘RYTM D’.

Born in Germany, ‘89 to a Namibian/German Household, ssolve has lived in Vienna for over a decade. ‘mixtape_01’ was co-created with Enesi M., Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir, and Ernst Lima.

Text by Tristan Bath
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releases February 9, 2024

Cover: Ernst Lima
Written, recorded, mixed by ssolve
Track 11 & Track 7 written with Enesi M.
Track 4 written with Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir
Track 10 written with Ernst Lima
Track 3 written with Christiane Peschek for her Installation "FOREVER" @Alba Gallery, Vienna 2023

RYTM F

Merlin Modulaw's latest project, ‚Lost & Found‘, is a EP that spans six carefully crafted tracks, pushing the boundaries of contemporary club music with a blend of genres and textures. The release highlights Modulaw’s unique production style, combining slower grooves, raw club sounds, and sharp, metallic textures to create a sound both gritty and immersive. Among the standout features of the EP are a powerful collaboration with Estoc and innovative remixes by genre-blending artists Manuka Honey and Xzavier Stone, each adding their distinct touch to the project.

Produced, mixed & mastered by Modulaw
#5 co-produced by Estoc
Remixes by Manuka Honey & Xzavier Stone

Artwork by Dimitri Erhard


SALICYDE

HERSTORY

Fast dance track I sketched out in August, and made tweaks to since then. Got some lovely help from friends and some useful pointers from Tom VR, who I sent this to a few months ago. 

Was super happy that Louf played this last weekend on his NTS set, so I'm really excited to put this out. Cheers!

Octec

Glow

Ultra

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No Time For Questions - Mastered

Home of Mattis is a deep and dark Melodic House track, blending hypnotic grooves with cinematic textures. At 123 BPM in A minor, the track unfolds with a tight, rolling sub-bass, grooving mid-bass, and crisp handclaps on 2/4. Wide pads, evolving arpeggios, and extended breakdowns create an immersive, emotional atmosphere, while subtle spoken phrases and piano textures add a mystical, haunting depth.

A perfect fit for fans of Melodic House & Techno, Deep House, and Progressive House – equally powerful on the dancefloor and in a late-night listening session.

Home of Mattis

Haunted

Premiere #164

Artist: SWARMM
Title: Angular Mass
Album: ""Extract/ Transform/ Load" EP
Label: Holotone
Format: Digital
Release: May 08th, 2020
Buy link: bit.ly/2y6OxK1
Interview: bit.ly/3f0eXOg

Futurism and Rave Culture.
It was made on a home-made computer. And that was what I would do and that’s how this started.

// EXTRACT
“Rave culture was exploding and everyone was trying to make a bit of cash and make it bigger and bigger”. Guerrilla explained. “That’s when I got into the whole world of electronic music. It was all the same thing - just people going off on a musical journey”

//TRANSFORM
That journey was the same experience which G-Dragon had with electronic music when he was 16.
“I went to the Local art festival, and people would be partying all night long and just on drugs and paying for anything. It was a nightmare”, said G-Dragon.
He recalls how his friends who went to the art festival were “just totally on drugs. It was a real nightmare to go into that crowd”

//LOAD
extract transform loadA_state. 0x0 f7a7000 - f7a7ffff fffff800’8ffac000 prog.cop:814:39: error: “HSTSPState has not been declared f7a70000 - f7a7ffff fffff800’8ffe0000 prog.cpp:815:38: error: ‘LoadAttrs’ has not been declared f7a70000 - f7a7fffff error: ‘addToStatic’ has not been declared struct RasterizerStateDummy fffff800’8fff1dff System.

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HTNdig002 - EXTRACT / TRANSFORM / LOAD

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SWARMM - Angular Mass [Holotone]

Brazilian-Canadian musician and designer based in Montreal.

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