This compilation is a thrilling exploration of the evolving landscape of electronic music, where every track brings a new angle on the genre. Talented artists from all over the world have fused their diverse creative visions to produce a captivating musical journey that celebrates both variety and unity.

At the heart of this VA is the desire to push the boundaries of sound and reimagine traditional rhythms. Each piece offers its own narrative, filled with vivid emotions and daring musical choices. The artists have poured their unique styles into the collection, creating a harmonious and immersive sound. From deep atmospheric layers to vibrant, driving beats, this compilation offers something that will resonate with every listener.

Broken Voices

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Gina Demarchi - Outer Shell [ FLASH 391 ]

Produced by Calcul8 ( @calulate-8 ) & KunstTechnologe
Mixed by KunstTechnologe
Mastered by Cøunts ( @ccounts )

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Calcul8 x KunstTechnologe - Feeling Sassy [Free Download]

A new release by Moddullar, The darker sonority of this duet help us find the true essence of Techno, where a continuos line of sounds wrap us mentally. Both are aware that perfection is reachable, they strive to make the listener feel more than a spectator in their quest to find it. The duet searches for its place on the Electronic's big stages and to become a reference of the genre. Welcome to Injected Poison Records guys.

Kinetic Energy

Kinetic Energy EP [ Moddullar & Jose Pouj ]

Buy here: fanlink.to/jspr-boogie

Digital release: 20th November 2020

1: JSPR - Mainframe Boogie
2: JSPR - Blossom
3: JSPR - Parasite
4: JSPR - Fire

The hypnotic thrust of the opening, title track on JSPR’s Mainframe Boogie EP introduces some of the hardest sounds we’ve heard to date from the Rotterdam based producer.

"Mainframe Boogie" is a thumping, warehouse-ready cut that sounds tailor-made for Second State. “Blossom” dials back the aggression slightly, utilizing bleepy synths and pealing, high-pitched pads to temper a pounding backdrop. JSPR moves into darker terrain on “Parasite”, a track filled with all the paranoia and dread that the title inspires. Unsettling keys through the mid-section see tension levels rise further on this moody, pulsing track. “Fire” might be the highest energy track on the release. Whipping synths, blaring sirens and arpeggiating keys come together in a broody, storming cut to close out the EP.

After a string of successful releases on Pig & Dan’s Elevate label and with an impressive pedigree that includes a release on Richie Hawtin’s M-nus, Pan-Pot are delighted to welcome JSPR into the Second State fold.

@jspr
@secondstateaudio

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JSPR - Fire

Buy here: fanlink.to/sum9

Digital release: 31st December 2020

1: Allan Feytor - Portal
2: Chris Hirose & The Reason Y - Guilty Bliss
3: Ferhat Albayrak & Kuvoka - Tobe Alloys
4: Frankyeffe - Root
5: Giovanni Carozza - Ambigramma
6: Jay Lumen - Dust
7: Jürgen Degener - Spandau
8: Lucas Aguilera - Box Closed
9: Patrick Milaa - RS01
10: Richard Cleber - Invasion
11: Samanta - Hello

Pan-Pot’s Second State delivers the next installment of their compilation series, welcoming fresh talent and label mainstays for a dynamic fusion of intensity, character and the thumping techno that the esteemed Berlin imprint is best-known for. 

Brazil’s @allanfeytor kicks off with twisted echoing melodies and mutated rotating sirens in ‘Portal’, immersing listeners into a lucid tunnel that characterizes the track’s name. @chrishirose and @thereasonyberlin, welcomed back to their mothership Second State, team up for ‘Guilty Bliss’ and deliver a shuddering beat with a kick that commands a groove throughout. Up next are Turkish producers @ferhatalbayrak and @kuvoka with ‘Tube Alloys’, where toms add another layer to the percussion on the track, before being complemented by chirping minor keys, while distorted claps and hi-hats join to inject a surge of energy. 

@frankyeffe presses on and gets straight to business with ‘Root’, a pummeling cut with rigorous kicks and a mesmeric vocal sample blended throughout. Fellow Italian @giovannicarozza provides the roller here with ‘Ambigramma’. Hi-hats and claps echoing in the distance are layered over a thundering kick-drum, building suspense before reverting back to play with our anticipation once again. Footwork’s head honcho @jay-lumen-official pays homage to his trademark heavy bassline and vocal samples in his contribution ‘Dust’, a rasping cut with a rebounding male vocal, that evolves into rave territory for its final ascent. @jurdeg proceeds with ‘Spandau’, a peak time chugging cut laced with an eerie demonic narrative for the lovers of the heavier kind of techno.

Warped keys and distorted kicks follow in @lucas-aguilera’s ‘Box Closed’, accompanied by chunky kick drums that punch through, and perfectly random synth notes which blend together with maximum effect. ‘RS01’ from Second State newcomer @patrick-milaa delivers us a more mainstage feel. Kick drums tremor throughout the track along with a synth lead that elicits a sinister atmosphere, while an acid line and bellowing horns keep listeners guessing. @richard-cleber showcases a stripped down cut with ‘Invasion’, a contemporary polished track that doesn’t compromise on the kick. Rounding off the 9th compilation of the label is Lithuania’s @djsamanta with ‘Hello’, leaving us with a flurry of spacey instrumentals amidst a trippy sliced up vocal sample.

@secondstateaudio

Allan Feytor - Portal

Buy here: fanlink.to/gsm-beforewerun

Digital release: 22nd January 2021
Vinyl release: 12th February 2021

A1: Grindvik & Sylvie Maziarz - Bullet Tower
A2: Grindvik & Sylvie Maziarz - Before We Run
B1: Grindvik & Sylvie Maziarz - Utopia
B2: Grindvik & Sylvie Maziarz - Circles
05: Grindvik & Sylvie Maziarz - Light Storm [digital only]

@grindvik and @sylvie-maziarz join forces following the Swedish techno giant’s remix of Sylvie’s track ‘Increased’ in 2019. With an accomplished category of releases from Maziarz throughout the last two years, the rising Berlin artist and Berghain regular Grindvik unleash their thunderous 5 track collaboration with none other than the virtuous Second State.

The EP launches with menacing strains and flurried hi-hats in ‘Bullet Tower’. Similarly to the other tracks on the EP, this cut narrates a story using a particular element, in this case the clattering bells and shuddering bass brooding throughout to create urgency, soon intensified by distorted acid lines. Next up is title track ‘Before We Run’, led by a ferocious heaving kick-drum and a bubbling vocal that ripples over the hysteria. Synth notes swirl throughout and gradually overwhelm the rhythm, before it bolts through and drives forward once again.

The flip-side launches with ‘Utopia’. Driven by an unusual, wild percussion and drawn out foreboding synths, the duo commands focus with unbroken kicks against whirring beeps, tumultuous keys and jolting claps. Taking us on a trancey paradisiacal odyssey is ‘Circles’. Characterised by the subdued sample of a hospital monitor at the beginning and end, with ethereal drawn out pads that take us on a journey between earth and the other side.

The final track incorporates dense sonics to build to climax. Sharp synths rise and decline to drive you into a trance, while shattering kick and snare drums roll throughout, awarding ‘Light Storm’ its place as a definitive roller on this release.

@grindvik
@sylvie-maziarz

Grindvik & Sylvie Maziarz - Circles

Grindvik & Sylvie Maziarz - Utopia

Episode1
Duhongo EP

A1 - Sequential Loop
A2 - Hide And Seek
B1 - Duhongo

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Release date: January 18 2021

All tracks written by Episode1
Cat. No. JAM023
Format. Vinyl + Digital
℗ Evox3 music srls 
© 2021 JAM

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Duhongo EP

Episode1 - Hide And Seek (JAM023) Preview

Dublin DJ and producer Jack Fleming aka Son Orbis has stepped up to the controls as our 118th guest on our ever growing Local Selection mix series.

We're blown away by the constant flow of mixes and tunes coming from this island. We always strive to represent both up-and-coming and established artists at Four Four and we're delighted to have reached over 100 mixes in a few short years. Today it's a massive welcome to Son Orbis. 

Over the last few years Son Orbis has played regularly at clubs such as Wigwam, Button Factory and Hangar. The young producer has been working hard on the production side of things the last two years with releases coming out on Eton Messy Records and Milkit Sounds. With both releases gaining support from the likes of Joris Voorn, A Trak and 1-800 Girls to name but a few.

'This mix is blended with 90’s Trance, Bass, Breakbeat and Techno. All styles I’m really inspired by right now'.

For the next hour, Son Orbis is at the controls. This is your Wednesday soundtrack. Enjoy.

SON ORBIS
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Out now on Rekids: lnk.to/RSPX25

Continuing to run his no-nonsense techno-focussed sub-label with aplomb, Radio Slave recruits legendary UK DJ/producer Mark Broom for a mammoth eight track release on Rekids Special Projects.

Across ‘Mutated Battle Breaks’, Broom turns in eight fast paced techno rockets, each averaging three minutes in length. Short but absolutely sweet, ‘Mutated Battle Breaks’ embodies the exact kind of climbing-the-walls energy found at his DJ sets across the world, bringing his broad range of influences and experience to a label constantly pushing exceptional techno.

Releasing on labels such as Rekids, M-Plant, and Blueprint, the wildly prolific Broom has consistently been at the forefront of the techno scene for decades with his gritty, groove-based output while, away from the dancefloor, his The Fear Ratio project with James Ruskin continues to win critical acclaim.

Mark Broom

Marker

Mark Broom - Marker

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.