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Bochum Welt - Saint (Heinrich Mueller) [Z Version] - preview

written by: @johnselway
label: @serotonin-records
release date: 9/3/2018

buy: https://www.beatport.com/label/serotonin-records/7305

Selway - Brainchild

2xLP pressed on black vinyl at Archer Records, Detroit -

https://ithq.bandcamp.com/album/stalker-it-42

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Ectomorph occupy a unique and strange place within Detroit Techno history. Founded in 1994 as an inspired reaction to DBX, Basic Channel, Rob Hood, Sähkö, and Drexciya, they released their first 12" singles in 1995 as an attempt to make Detroit music for Detroit itself, rather than exclusively for export.

The mystique of their early singles led to mythic status and a strong underground cult following, which they have continued to develop through releases on their own Interdimensional Transmissions label. Their live shows are legendary for their ability to fluidly incorporate improvisational techniques into synthesized music (and for the sheer amount of hardware that they bring to the stage). The Ectomorph show is all analog, no computers or samplers or even drum machines: all sounds come from the modulars and the mountains of Moogs.

Ectomorph (now officially comprised of BMG & Erika) reconvened in 2016 to write new music, which led to a series of live shows where the new material was tested via performance and allowed to evolve in form. To capture the energy of these performances, the new material was recorded in the studio totally live, multitracked for further engineering, but with no editing whatsoever. This music, to borrow a phrase from Derrick May, is what it is. The entire album was recorded live in one or two takes in the Interdimensional Laboratories in Detroit. This is the sound of the idea that is Ectomorph, presented in its natural and organic format, live and improvisational.

Interdimensional Transmissions (or IT) is a Detroit-based label founded by BMG (Brendan M Gillen) in 1995, with its first release the debut record by Ectomorph. The label has come to represent the left-hand path within Detroit Techno, Electro, post-disco, etc. IT often takes a wide musical lens and incorporates history as a way to find something both pure and new. IT is collaborative in nature, and functions as a dialogue between label partners BMG, Erika, & Amber. IT parties have also gained a cult status internationally, with their recurring No Way Back events becoming the focal point of a sort of post-rave cultural phenomenon and the annual after party highlight of Detroit's Memorial Day weekend.

Written and Performed by Ectomorph
Produced by BMG

Recorded live in the Interdimensional Laboratories, Detroit.

Mastered By Neel At Enisslab Studio In Rome
Cover photo by Baboophotography
Sleeve Designed By Brendan M Gillen
Vinyl Mastered By Carl At Trutone
Pressed At Archer Records In Detroit
Distributed by Fit

IT 42 © 2018 Interdimensional Transmissions. 
Published by Interdimensional Publishing (ASCAP)

Stalker

Ectomorph - The Alarm

BUY VINYL: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/vinyl/de-bons-en-pierre-ep-no-1/

We are proud to present two new EPs from De Bons en Pierre, the duo of Beau Wanzer @bwanz & Maoupa Mazzocchetti @maoupa-mazzocchetti . Beau Wanzer spends the majority of his days sifting through paraffin embedded animal tissues and reading old issues of Fangoria, occasionally breaking his monotonous routine to record in various fits and bursts. As well as solo material, he is also in numerous projects including Streetwalker, Mutant Beat Dance, Civil Duty, and Corporate Park. Maoupa Mazzocchetti is the pseudonym of Florent Mazzocchetti, a French producer based in Brussels. His sonic vision is one which constantly straddles the line between wild experimentation and rhythmic compatibility, drawing influence from early concrète, 80's tape scene and Birmingham school techno. 
After working together on the ‘Crepes’ EP that we released in 2017, De Bons en Pierre reunited for a two day recording session in Brussels. The duo recorded 13 tracks that we’ve split across 2 EPs with 6 tracks on ‘EP No. 1’ and 7 tracks on ‘EP No. 2’. Beau says, “We hooked everything up and just pushed play. We didn’t really discuss much about the process….it was very ‘spur of the moment’.” The equipment set up included a Roland TR-808, TR-606, SH-101, CR-78, CR-8000, two Syncussions and effects. Each EP contains 25 minutes of dance floor perversions that tackle an array of rhythmic forms. Sludgy synths, serrated percussion and viscous distortion goops over leviathan rhythms. All songs are mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. ‘EP No. 1’ is housed in a sewage green jacket featuring a monster mask duo and spiky motifs designed by Florent Mazzocchetti, and ‘EP No. 2’ is radioactive orange with a different pair of monster masks.

EP No. 1 

De Bons en Pierre - EP No. 1 PREVIEW CLIPS

@Rhyw next on Fever AM.

Alex Tsiridis, one of Techno’s more prolific producers, returns to the label he operates alongside Mor Elian. Tsiridis has used the Rhyw alias to explore more abstract interpretations of both the Techno genre, and the wider dance music spectrum. 

On this particular missive Tsiridis looks to his musical roots, growing up in the UK for inspiration, with a pair of high tensile, deconstructed club tools. Both find their focus in the low end, with the artist looking to the silent space between percussive strikes as much as any one sonic component. Vocal cuts lend the tracks their identity, with careful shifts and edits thereof lifting both recordings up far and above the sum of their parts.

The result is satisfying & undeniably effective - Tsiridis’ output as Rhyw has always been deceptively simple - favouring economy of elements over a crowded sonic space. This latest effort is no different, a well executed & welcome addition to the discographies of both artist and label.

Track List:
A. Biggest Bully
B. Felt

Release Date: 20th May 2019 
12" vinyl (+hand screen printed cover) & digital

Pre-order: https://feveram.bandcamp.com/album/biggest-bully-felt-fam05
Biggest Bully video: https://youtu.be/244i-DSMWw8

Rhyw - Biggest Bully / Felt (FAM05) PREVIEWS

available at clone.nl now:  https://clone.nl/item56192.html
KRAFTJERKZ 036 now available for digital download: https://kraftjerkz.bandcamp.com/album/machine-funk-is-our-game-volume-3 available on vinyl here: http://www.downtown304.com/index.cfm?sID=90460
A diverse collection of electro music which spans the distorted and raw to clean and refined sounds. Stallone The Reducer starts the comp with overdrive drums and funk rhythm. Weakmassive is up next with a Swedish type electro track. Kid Ginseng delivers a track with sexy lady vocals and latino edits. Drakkar Noir steps up with a deep and raw dancefloor mover! Bookworms contributes an uptempo avant-garde hardware tweaker. Finally Foil comes through with some hard 808 business including blade runner synths. This comp is a monster! KRAFTJERKZ 036

Machine Funk Is Our Game Volume 3 // previews KJ036

Sent Items is a 4-Track EP that mixes Electro, New Beat and Acid music. The EP will be out on June 17th and available in digital & vinyl on all the usual platforms, Limited edition of 300.

https://soundcloud.com/betonkust
https://soundcloud.com/nocta-numerica

PRÈMIÉRE: Betonkust - "Fentanyl" [Nocta Numerica]

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-dmitry-distant-arnaud-lazlaud-de-ton-absence-timothy-j-fairplay-remix

Pockets full of ammos and fire in his hands, London-based crackerjack @timothy-j-fairplay adds his unique spin to Latvian producer @dmitrydistant's new single, 'De Ton Absence', featuring Canadian vocalist Arnaud Lazlaud and due to hit the streets early July.

De ton absence

Dmitry Distant & A. Lazlaud - De Ton Absence (Timothy J. Fairplay Remix) [Electronic Leatherette]

Buy vinyl & digital from the source > mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/f-zi-ep

All tracks from the EP > soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/norwell-fuzio-ep-mtron014

Norwell returns to our main label with a haunting set of electro driven sounds, fusing atmospheric breaks, ethereal jungle styles and acid-soaked electro for the floor into a versatile EP, further intensified by Solid Blake's relentless hi-octane remix on the flip.

Out now in most digital and vinyl shops. Selected stores >

UK 
Juno - bit.ly/30Pcher
Redeye - bit.ly/2SvORYK
Unearthed - bit.ly/2GmRKGk 

DE 
Hardwax - tinyurl.com/yy7am76g
HHV - bit.ly/2Oelvzp
Deejay - bit.ly/2M6bWjr
Decks - bit.ly/2JJclGS 

NL 
Clone - bit.ly/2XX17r7 

Distribution >

 Triple Vision - bit.ly/2LAUSTd
Clone - bit.ly/2GmRI1a 

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Next party: Mechatronica x aufnahme + wiedergabe 24hrs w/ DJ Hell, Thomas P Heckmann, Broken English Club & many more
Location: Griessmühle, Berlin
Date: 31/8 - 1/9
Early bird tickets & more info: residentadvisor.net/events/1277171

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Norwell - Fúzió EP

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Norwell - Ultima Thule [MTRON014]

The beams shot through the dense black night with a dazzling flash. The cars were laser guided as they weaved between the towering skyscrapers and the landscape of a city from the future. Adverts flickered and flashed upon tall buildings as onlookers watched down from towerblocks - the cars buzzed between the concrete pillars at the speed of light in the hope that they would not crash and career to a horrible end. The finish line was in sight and soon the crowds would roll into view...

Tone Dropout is a record label with which we hold a close affinity. The label has been a symbol of what's good in rave culture for many years now and the rough and rugged diy approach to their music has won over the hearts of many a dancer. 

The new EP is forthcoming and features a multitude of belters.

PREMIERE: Dawl & Sween - Laser Guided [Tone Dropout]

http://solventcity.com

http://facebook.com/solvent

http://discogs.com/artist/Solvent

For over a decade, Jason Amm’s work as Solvent has neatly defied categorization. His music is too sweetly melodic for techno or acid, his compositions too fiendishly detailed for synth-pop. He was too steeped in the sounds of the ‘80s to participate in the incipient IDM scene; he was briefly lumped in with the short-lived electroclash movement, only to outlive it; he’s played “minimal wave” parties and goth clubs, indie-rock shows and techno all-nighters. But even as words fail in the face of Solvent’s music, its pleasures are anything but elusive.

Today, Zimbabwe-born Jason Amm lives in Toronto, ON, where he spends his time obsessively grappling with an outsized collection of vintage analog synthesizers, samplers, and sequencers. Solvent first materialized in 1997 with a string of singles and full-lengths (1998’s Solvent, 1999’s Solvently One Listens) on Amm’s own Suction Records, the Toronto-based label he founded with Lowfish’s Gregory DeRocher. The watershed release Solvent City (2001) on Berlin-based Morr Music introduced Amm’s sound to a wider audience, and Apples &amp; Synthesizers (2004) marked Solvent’s move to Ghostly International. Along with notable remixes of artists including Soft Cell, Alter Ego, and Adult., Solvent tracks have appeared on high-profile DJ mixes and seminal compilations.

Solvent’s most recent record on Ghostly International, 2010?s Subject to Shift, marks a turn for the darker as Amm embraces his love of the abrasive sounds of acid and industrial. And while a sinister tone or two now dances among Solvent’s sparkling hooks and bright streaks of synthesizer, and while Amm’s music drifts even further from accepted genre-specific reference points, Solvent’s sound has only deepened. After more than ten years of composing love songs for robots, Amm sounds like nothing more than himself.



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