Kuboraum announces the launch of their second Digital Sound Residency, 
after a long collaboration with the independent electronic music scene, the digital sound residency is a project which underlines how strong is the bond between Kuboraum and contemporary music; 
inviting experimental, electronic and contemporary music artists to re-design their aesthetic through an exclusive soundtracks for Kuboraum's digital room www.kuboraum.com available for everyone to download subscribing to Kuboraum's newsletter.

The second host of this series is the pioneer of the Birmingham electronic music scene, the man behind several projects which changed the electronic music scene, the Downwards founder, artist and producer REGIS.

LET LOVE DECIDE, written by REGIS, is an extract from the one-off performance LET THE NIGHT RETURN by Karl O’Connor aka REGIS which took place in June 2019 at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus in Peloponnese - Greece. 
A remarkable UNESCO world heritage site devoted to Asclepius - the Greek god of medicine. The 2,360-year-old, 14.000 capacity open-air Auditorium which is still standing in its original form and shape, as the oldest and last remaining blueprint of architectural acoustics, naturally became the ideal setting for the act. 
In LET LOVE DECIDE Regis is shifting between his signature acoustics old and new, designing a huge spectrum of his deep personality while using his incredible cult voice.

Kuboraum is honored to receive LET LOVE DECIDE as a gift from one of their favourite artists and friend.

written by Regis
published by Downwards
mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab

Kuboraum Digital Sound Residency: www.kuboraum.com/digital-sound-residency/

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REGIS _ KUBORAUM _ LET LOVE DECIDE

Knife presenta el podcast 179 por Low Order.
Grabado con vinilos y CDJs.

“Conciencia sin rasgos, sin fin, luminosa por todas partes: aquí el agua, la tierra, el fuego y el viento no tienen pie. Aquí lo largo y lo corto, lo tosco y lo fino, lo justo y lo sucio, el nombre y la forma, todo llega a su fin”.

Knife presents podcast 179 by Low Order.
Recorded live with vinyls and CDJs.

“Consciousness without feature, without end, luminous all around: here water, earth, fire and wind have no footing. Here long and short, coarse and fine, fair and foul, name and form, are all brought to an end”.

Tracklist:

1. Show Me The Body - Trash [Lorna Vista]
2. BR1002 - Body's Frequency [KR/LF]
3. MDD - Kneel [Dead Svn]
4. Bestial Mouths - Slitskin (Orphx Remix) [Negative Gain]
5. Debby Friday - Indulge Me [Deathbomb Arc]
6. Ye Gods - Sacrifice [L.I.E.S.]
7. David James Drume - Diegesis [Bank Records NYC]
8. Viiks - Viscere [Morta Black]
9. Endlec - Exeton [Void+1]
10. AN-i - Rabble [Cititrax]
11. CUT 989 - TPOTT [CUT 989]
12. Trax-X vs. Atom-X - Tylkar [Re-Load]
13. Ceili - Murder They Wrote [Falling Apart]
14. Cyperplasm - Neural Terror [Iron Lung]
15. Denis Rabe and Ricardo Garduno - New Ways [Illegal Alient]
16. LXS - Kompresst (Kessel remix) [Technopolis]
17. Low Order - Vain Cause [Low Order Productions]

Knife Podcast 179 | Low Order

Name of Artist/Project: The Fifth Stigma

Name of Release: Shielded by Thorns

Format: Mini LP Vinyl & Digital
Catalog Number: VENA005
Release Date: April 2024

Purchase link: https://venaeform.com

Vinyl and Digital Track Order List:

Vinyl:

a1. Shielded by Thorns (Revelations)
a2. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority 
a3. Shielded by Thorns (Low Order Remix) 	
a4. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority (Nigh/T\mare Remix)

b1. The City Guarded by Automatons
b2. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority (Boyd Schidt Remix)
b3. The City Guarded by Automatons (Crystal Geometry Remix)

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Tape (for the tape same files as digial masters):

a1. Shielded by Thorns (Revelations)
a2. Shielded by Thorns (Surit Remix)
a3. Shielded by Thorns (Low Order Remix)
a4. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority
a5. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority (Nigh/T\mare Remix)
a6. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority (Boyd Schidt Remix)

b1. The City Guarded by Automatons
b2. The City Guarded by Automatons (Crystal Geometry Remix)
b3. The City Guarded by Automatons (3.14 Remix)
b4. The Last Alliance
b5. The Last Alliance (Hypnoskull Remix)

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Digital

1. Shielded by Thorns (Revelations)
2. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority
3. The City Guarded by Automatons
4. The Last Alliance
5. Shielded by Thorns (Surit Remix)
6. Shielded by Thorns (Low Order Remix)
7. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority (Nigh/T\mare Remix)
8. Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority (Boyd Schidt Remix)
9. The City Guarded by Automatons (Crystal Geometry Remix)
10.The City Guarded by Automatons (3.14 Remix)
11.The Last Alliance (Hypnoskull Remix)

Written + Produced by: Rodolphe Vidal

Mixed by: Rodolphe Vidal

Mastered by: Tim Vitek

Artwork & Design by: Elaine Stam

About EP: Reminiscences of a past that never was. This new chapter is a narration of an oneiric tragedy/drama (at the apogee of a realm?) about risking it all to overthrow the throne. Glory, Disgrace, wealth, ambition, misfortune, loss. Put down the mighty from their seats, exalt the lowly in an utopian new order.


About Artist:
The Fifth Stigma is an industrial and esoteric project, exploring the realms of history and wonders from forgotten eras through music.
Tired with the direction of contemporary techno, The Fifth Stigma aims to craft a slow, heavy and raw metallic techno, influenced by history, emotions and obscure world music, driven by a blend of several genres in times where everything seems to go faster, look alike and tend to be too easily accessible and instantly consumed.
Production wise, he forges intimate pieces, creating sonic atmospheres filled with fantastical imagery, conjured by the artist's imagination, which have a compellingly oneiric quality, whilst always exploring new sounds from different horizons, from liturgical to techno, from noise to punk electronics.
He recently joined as resident DJ Los Angeles’ illustrious warehouse raves curator Dirty Epic, the collective behind the Compound series and Re/Form festival.
The Fifth Stigma’s selections flourishes of meticulously sorted dance-floor tracks ranging from techno to EBM to less known sub-genres, journeying across the wide scope of electronic music.



Socials:
https://www.instagram.com/venaeform/
https://www.facebook.com/Venaeform
https://www.instagram.com/venaeform/

Artist Socials:
https://www.facebook.com/thefifthstigma/
https://soundcloud.com/thefifthstigma
https://www.instagram.com/the_fifth_stigma/

5.The Fifth Stigma - Kneeling Before Acknowledged Superiority(Nigh/T\Mare Remix)

Elements of Joy / Stave - SPLIT#4
Pre-order now available: pielectronics.bandcamp.com/
Release Date: February 14th, 2025
Format: 12'' / digital
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SPLIT#4 is the final release for the 10th anniversary year of the π project, featuring Elements of Joy (a.k.a. UVB) and Stave, both returning to the label after their earlier appearances with PI08 and PI07 respectively.  The vinyl release showcases six original tracks—three from each artist—with bonus tracks included in the digital release. 

On the A-side, Elements of Joy delivers 3 original tracks of New-Beat leaning techno, including one song that features vocals by Zanias.  
The opening track, "Prutaneousa (A1)" connects the dots between his previous entry on the label and this one with the use of retro, 80s inspired vocal samples, but this time on a rather driving beat sequence than an industrial/noise one. 
"A Master of Distress (A2)" dives deeper into a hypnotic mood while “Vampiric Habits (A3)” takes it even further to an ethereal atmosphere through the input of Australian vocalist Zanias. 

On the B-side, Chicago producer Stave presents his signature hypnotic, broken-beat techno. The side opens with "Weingart (B1)", a characteristically Stave textured track. "900MPH (B2)" combines IDM elements with dynamic broken rhythms, while "Capital, Selves (B3)" blends experimental with Grey Area influences. 

The digital release includes two more bonus tracks: an energetic EBM techno piece by Elements of Joy and an atmospheric techno by Stave, completing this diverse split release. 

SPLIT#4 is a fitting close to the project's milestone year, celebrating a decade of our π vision.


@uvb @zanias
@stavesoundsystem

SPLIT#4

Pre-order

ELEMENTS OF JOY/STAVE - SPLIT#4 [PEVA10] //Snippets

Knife presenta el podcast 194 de OTTOMAN GRÜW, apodo tecnoide del artista con sede en Bruselas Jean Grünewald, fundador del sello MUTANT MODALITY. El artista ha encontrado su estilo singular de composiciones frenéticas y texturizadas, mezclando ecuaciones rítmicas y voces distorsionadas en paisajes sonoros interdimensionales, el explora temas relacionados con el horror corporal, lo poshumano y la alienación/trascendencia a través de presentaciones en vivo, producción musical y sesiones de DJ. Con lanzamientos en sellos como X-IMG, New Flesh/Rave Or Die, Soil, Gwi Myeon, Khoinix y su propia plataforma Mutant Modality, OTTOMAN GRÜW contribuye activamente a la escena global con una producción sonora sustancial. Esta búsqueda de una estética que traspase los límites ha llevado al artista a los escenarios de toda Europa con artistas como Orphx, Sarin, Unhuman, Reka o Hypnoskull, entre otros.
Siguiendo la oscura herencia del EBM, el Post-Punk y el Techno influenciado por el Noise, aporta en esta mezcla sus amplias influencias a una consistencia estética, manteniéndola intensa, poco ortodoxa y no exenta de un cierto sentido de misticismo. 

Grabado en julio de 2024 en Glazart (París).

Knife presents the podcast 194 by OTTOMAN GRÜW, the technoid moniker of Brussels-based artist Jean Grünewald, founder of MUTANT MODALITY label. The artist has found his singular style of frenetic, textured compositions, blending rhythmic equations and distorted vocals all over interdimensional soundscapes, he explores themes related to body horror, post-human and alienation/transcendence through live performances, music production and DJ sets. With releases on imprints such as X-IMG, New Flesh/Rave Or Die, Soil, Gwi Myeon, Khoinix and his own platform Mutant Modality, OTTOMAN GRÜW actively contributes to the global scene with a substantial sonic output. This research for a boundary-pushing aesthetic has led the artist on stage across Europe with the likes of Orphx, Sarin, Unhuman, Reka or Hypnoskull - amongst others.
Following the dark heritage of EBM, Post-Punk and Noise influenced Techno, he brings in this mix his wide influences into an aesthetic consistency - while keeping it intense, unorthodox and not without a certain sense of mysticism.

Recorded in July 2024 at Glazart (Paris).

https://soundcloud.com/ottomangruw
https://mutantmodality.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ottoman.gruw/
https://www.instagram.com/ottomangruw/

Knife Podcast 194 | OTTOMAN GRÜW

'Necessary Machinery' is the first track of Primal Extensions EP. I was adamant that we release this record in the dead of winter, a time of short days and long nights, but also a time of gathering strength and deep introspection.

For many years I was gripped by the idea of working within techno music yet also outside. How to resolve a contradiction. How to map the unmappable. How to find a way to make a logical proposition and its opposite both true. On my quest I first had to find and define the boundaries of the object I was dealing with. I found that some of the fundamentals of techno music are a steady beat and binary subdivisions. An eternal grid, the fabric of techno reality from which all common patterns are derived.

I found a solution in prime rhythm, a vast and beautiful world of music topology. Polyrhythms of prime number ratios. Each prime rhythm potentially generates a new grid, a whole new parallel universe of rhythm, relationships, frequencies.

I hope you enjoy the result and that you find the music energizing and simulating.

Necessary Machinery

Our next premiere is from a fresh new sublabel "BLENDE HUB" - a platform tailored to unconventional club music, designed for experiencing it in less-dancefloor-oriented enviroments.

We’re kicking things off with an LP by the West German duo Lotus Fx. Their nine tracks of deep, ambient-oriented IDM pay a humble homage to the 90s Warp Records era. Serious “Krefeld Electronics”—an ode to the sensation of unconditional collective solitude.

Artist: Lotus Fx
IG: www.instagram.com/lotus___fx/
SC: -

Release & label curated by @hohe-audio & @milespinkert

Tracklist:
1. Lotus Fx - Echoes Of A Promise
2. Lotus Fx - Fear Of No Form
3. Lotus Fx - Reachpoint M2
4. Lotus Fx - Apocalypse Now
5. Lotus Fx - Wasps
6. Lotus Fx - Hundred Years Of Solitude
7. Lotus Fx - Twin Peaks
8. Lotus Fx - The Orchid
9. Lotus Fx - Frost

Cat. Number: BLENDE01
Release Date: 28.02.25
Format: Digital

Artwork & Photography by @bongvr
Mastered by @hohe-audio at Yacht Club, Cape Town.

AF Premiere: Lotus Fx - The Orchid [BLENDE HUB][OUT28.02.25]

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Jezgro Podcast 005 - Ontal https://soundcloud.com/ontal

Ontal is a collaborative project which consists of Boris Brenecki and Darko Kolar, both hailing from Serbia. Without progress, music becomes repetitive and trivial. For this reason, Ontal set aside the cast-iron principles of today’s genres and committed to the world of imagination. In this world, there is no place for the constantly recycled concepts of darkness and destruction that dominate certain genres. Neither is there place for the hedonistic simplicity of other genres. In fact, there is no place for genres at all. Progress and future are the only focus. The sound of Ontal found its home on labels such as Hands Productions, Mord Records, π electronics, Noiztank and more. The story continues…

Jezgro Podcast 005 - Ontal

Music by HSXCHCXCXHS
Artwork by Pedro Maia

Rösten 2019

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