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Digital Release: 12th June 2020

01: The Reason Y, Tømas Sinn - Trip Tales
02: Secret Cinema - Zürich
03: Risa Taniguchi - She
04: Quenum - Fact Action
05: One Track Brain - Triathlon
06: Jos & Eli, Magit Cacoon - Tropical Heart
07: Joran van Pol - Derelict
08: Frazi.er - Sleep Deprived Vibration
09: Eme Kulhnek - Efforts
10: Duss - Kevin The Second
11: Bleur & MB1 - Humans
12: Blackrachas - Five O’Clock

Your favorite compilation series is back with more of the pummeling, moody techno you’ve come to expect from Second State – plus a few surprises.

On 'Trip Tales', Watergate resident The Reason Y and relative newcomer Tømas Sinn team up on a driving, hypnotic techno cut built for big rooms and post-peaktime blear. Dutch veteran Secret Cinema picks up the pace on 'Zürich', a deliciously unsettling blend of distorted stabs, tribal arpeggios and an atmosphere that is at once tense and mysterious. There’s a lightness and delicacy to Risa Taniguchi’s 'She': The Japanese producer layers hi-hats, rattles, a strong, lean, bassline and airy synths for a techno track compelling in its subtlety; a welcome contrast to harder beats. Swiss techno don Quenum goes for understated suspense on 'Fact Action', a slow-building mood piece that unfurls with the drama of a cinematic score and is perfect for between-banger breathers.

Prepare to take off into another dimension with Triathlon’s 'One Track Brain', a pulsing, futuristic trip shot with sci-fi lasers and springy bass: It’s a one-track ride to oblivion. The tinkling synths that welcome 'Tropical Heart' signal a different side of Second State: Three emerging Israeli talents, Jos & Eli and Magit Cacoon team up on this kinetic, warm track with a proggy core. The results are spiritual, ethereal and dynamic; a breath of fresh air. A walloping kick to introduce Dutchman Joran van Pol’s 'Derelict' pulls the comp back into hard, dark territory. Menacing echoes and fidgety synths create a prickling unease that, much like the kick, never lets up. 'Sleep Deprived Vibration' paints an evocative scene: flashing strobes, t-shirts wet with sweat, faces in various states of blissful disarray. You know exactly what Glaswegian producer Frazi.er is talking about here: the best kind of sleep deprivation, fueled by the electrical charge of tracks like this one.

Argentinian Eme Kulhnek lets 'Efforts' simmer like a perfectly cooked stew, gradually shifting out of subtle atmospherics and shrouded voices into faster and more curious terrain. Keening, circular bleeps and chanting conjure something primitive and magnetic. The Polish producers DUSS, meanwhile, head to the race track with 'Kevin the Second', a motoring, high octane thrill ride loaded with revving synths, snapping percussion and masterful pauses and drops. Greek duo Bleur & MB1 bring the listener on a cosmic trip anchored by thumping beats with 'Humans' which, contrary to its title, operates in a “parallel universe” involving time machines, robotic female voiceovers and an industrial yet melodic whirr and hum. The Italian producer Blackrachas made 'Five O’Clock' with the witching hour in mind. Burbling drones, tickling synths and monstrous mumblings combine in an ominous melange bound to hit the spot as the moon casts its last shadows.

Consistency is reassuring, but variety holds interest. On SUM 8, Second State offers the best of both worlds in what is arguably their most colorful and wide-ranging compilation to date.

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Blackrachas - Five O'Clock

Originally from Morocco and now based in
the UK, BLILI partially started out with an
interest in trance music in the early 2010's
before ever stepping into techno. Intrigued
with spinning records and making crowds dance, he taught himself how to blend and
mix tracks. A producer first and DJ second
with ten years under his belt, having played
at some major local nightclubs such as E1,
Ministry of Sound, Egg London and Venue MOT to name a few, producing came naturally. With a list of top labels for his releases including ASS3, Reload Records, Space Kraft, Redlof and more - BLILI has been pushing forward his musical vision since his debut release in 2018 gaining international support from pioneering artists such as Richie Hawtin, Dave Clark, Dax J, Kaiser, Luke Slater and more. His sound is a distinct blend of techno that combines the industrial warehouse aesthetic with advanced synthesis techniques, creating repetitive sequences and hypnotic grooves, all united by a sense of economy to get the hardest impact out of just a few elements.

The Guarulhos-born, Dublin-based, Skullbreaker is a Brazilian and Portuguese Hard Industrial Techno DJ/Producer and event manager of Babylon Global Radio, who has always been connected with music since childhood having a lot of gold influences which paved his way to where he is now.
 He had started his DJ career in the big São Paulo and at the moment he is becoming well-known on the Techno Dublin scene, where he is currently refining his craft getting support by Jeremy Wahab,   biggest local DJs and the Urban Wave label.

His massive sets and music involves special and deep journeys always bringing his followers on a different story through his evolution. 

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Fan Page: www.facebook.com/Skullbreakerbeats. 
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SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/871657796
He started playing in the big São Paulo, Brazil, but was in Europe where he started to deserving his name when dove in Hard/Industrial Techno.

His sets and music involve special, deep journeys and dancing heavy grooves always bringing his followers on a different story through his evolution.

I like many styles including Edm, House, Techno, Hip Hop, Latin, Pop etc.

Second State is the platform Pan-Pot calls home, acting as a label through which they can release tracks, host events, showcase fashion and present visual ideas to Techno lovers and dance-floor soldiers  from all over the world.

hi ! It's me..your friendly neighbour hood musician
(Djing and producing since 1998...)

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