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Unequal cycles in search of synchronous experiences: On his new album »Pounding«, Frank Bretschneider tells of distance, convergence and congruence in a continuous, ever-changing flow of events. What is often regarded as an unquestionable dogma in club music (for which Bretschneider has provided significant impetus since the 1990s) – the groove – appears precarious, unstable, and in motion. Pulse and accent are volatile encounters and have to be found again and again for short, delightful moments. Music becomes a constant process of negotiation.
In search of new sound spaces, Bretschneider has recently worked a lot with modular synthesizers, both solo (for example on »abtasten_halten«, 2020) and in collaborations, including the project Beispiel together with Jan Jelinek. »Pounding« was created using similar means - conceived in 2020 for the Pochen Biennale in Chemnitz, subsequently developed further and recorded in March and April 2023 on a sample-based modular system. And in fact, Bretschneider is once again exemplarily scanning his own sound material, such as dub effects that listen to themselves disintegrate; but also the human voice, or more precisely: the stuttering of fragments of speech, far in the distance but omnipresent, like a mysterious narration. Aesthetically, the eleven pieces form part of a series of works with a focus on percussion. Bretschneider has already perfected this approach with albums like »Rhythm« (2007) and has been shifting the perspective ever since, for ever new results.
Shifting is the basic principle of »Pounding«. Bretschneider combines elements that are in different aggregate states, changing their relationship to each other and thus ensuring the complex overall movement. He lets one to two-bar loops run against each other and through small manipulations, develops a network of rhythms that creates a hypnotic state in the counterplay of repetition and mutation, between clearly recognizable meter and disorientation. There are comparable approaches in aleatoric music. Bretschneider combines them with sounds and patterns that are reminiscent of step sequencer logic and at the same time go far beyond it. The result is relational techno. Never obvious, always restless and exciting.

Pounding

Frank Bretschneider »Evening News« taken from »Pounding«

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frank bretschneider’s new project SINN + FORM (MEANING AND FORM) is based on the idea of a fundamentally chaotic world as we know it from mathematical or physical theories and models (dynamical systems, probability theory, stochastic systems), and the constant attempt of man to recognize and to describe, predict, control and change this world.

musically, this system is simulated electronically using a modular synthesizer system. various modules produce a constant flow of randomly generated data that modulate the decisive musical parameters (pitch, note length, volume, tone). the attempt of SINN + FORM in this context is to transform this stream of events into a musically relevant system of chaos and order, dynamics and statics, content and form by means of an improvised but deliberate process of constant control and influence.

aesthetically, the project recalls the electronic music of the mid 20th century: studios such as the IRCAM in paris, stockholm’s EMS (elektronmusikstudion), the WDR »studio for electronic music« in cologne, or new york’s »columbia- princeton electronic music center«. SINN + FORM also captures the dynamics and energy of a spontaneous improvisation, last but not least as a reaction to a complex world, a world in permanent crisis.

the material was recorded in july 2014 at EMS, stockholm, using the buchla and serge analog synthesizer systems. 

frank bretschneider. free market (excerpt). taken from frank bretschneider. sinn + form

Speedy percussion meets screwface basslines: the Parisian club maestros are in session. 

Trying to find one word to describe the music of Amor Satyr and Siu Mata could run you into difficulty. But if we were to try, we'd reach for amphibian: slippery, nimble and evading borders with ease.

With solo and shared releases on labels like SSPB, HARDLINE, TraTraTrax and their own WAJANG, they have evident kinship with what moves contemporary dance floors. The pair are also linked to the rise of an alchemical style they like to call "speed dembow"—taking the looping rhythm of dembow before pitching it up to modern club tempos and adding muscle.

Combining tribal techno, baile funk, dubstep, jungle, dancehall and beyond, their RA Podcast makes for one hell of a ride, with over two hours of romping percussion, lysergic effects, high drama and plenty of wobble.

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RA.948 Amor Satyr & Siu Mata

messing around w 2 loops in Rekordbox iOS, a 2 bar kick / done and a 1 bar bass sample from They Live intro.

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a pure artistic statement signifying a new chapter for the medellín-based producer pasq who welcomes a new name and direction. 

previously working under the alias arcane prospect, pasq dropped the moniker towards the end of last year following a period of reflection on his art, not being fully happy with his output so far. this new name has allowed pasq to explore new possibilities, experiment more with his sound and enters the chat with fresh excitement. alongside his work as a dj and producer, pasq runs the label artificio alongside rainmaker which they launched in 2020 and have since released records from the likes of erre ye, noise casino, rasgar, Æon series, and rachiid paralyzing as well as records from themselves including the recent double-header a fuego y a fondo. 

to tie in with their weighty joint ep release, pasq discusses the motivation behind the new name, running artificio, his recent ep with rainmaker and his early relationship with music.

interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-216-pasq
buy: https://art-ficio.bandcamp.com/album/a-fuego-y-a-fondo

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Untitled 909 Podcast 216: Pasq

Sagga is ephemeral objects’ debut in the realm of dub ambient. In Buddhism, sagga is a term for heaven, a blissful realm of existence where beings are reborn after death as a result of their past actions. The music video for Sagga is a collaboration between ephemeral objects and Kaila Bhullar: youtu.be/IEnVH5FNsdI?si=UYfSSdGq9oPPHl5I

ephemeral objects is a Chinese-Vietnamese-Canadian interdisciplinary artist, sound artist, VJ, DJ based on unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver, Canada. She produces ambient, experimental, noise, and drone inspired music.

True to her name, her visual creations carry this sense of ethereality, focusing on textures and organic forms, both ephemeral and suspended in time at once. She merges generative videos with real footage to create her own unique, audio-reactive and abstract style where rich colours, spanning the full spectrum, wash over the screen, streaking the viewer’s mind with a strong image of the audio-visual journey at play. ephemeral objects has created music videos for forward-thinking Canadian electronic music labels, such as Mood Hut and NAGA. She is half of i+eo an audio/visual duo project with her collaborator IHA.

She is also a resident of Acceleration Radio, an open format FM radio, live stream, and events collective focusing on audio/visual experimentation, where she can fully dive into her interdisciplinary interests. In 2024, she was invited as one of ten emerging Canadian artists to participate in MUTEK Montréal's first Incubator program. 

Credits
from Earth Amulets, released February 21, 2025

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ephemeral objects - Sagga [Wuji]

À l’occasion de la sortie de son nouvel EP sur Temet, Rodrigue Dubois prend les commandes pour deux heures de set. Il démarre en solo, naviguant entre bass, trap et techno, avant de retrouver son amie Nina TamTam pour une seconde partie plus rock et expérimentale, sous leur alias commun Gentle Glock.

TemeT invite rodrigue et Gentle Glock - 02 Mai 2025

SPEED is back with another round of the Artist Invitation Mix series, featuring an incredible artist. We're excited to present a mix from https://soundcloud.com/frankbretschneiderofficial representing Berlin for this edition of the series.

Frank Bretschneider is a musician, composer and video artist in Berlin. His work is known for precise sound placement, complex, interwoven rhythm structures and its minimal, flowing approach. Bretschneider’s subtle and detailed music is echoed by his visuals: perfect translated realizations of the qualities found in music within visual phenomena.

Bretschneider was raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz since 1990), where his aesthetic developed as he listened to pirate radio and smuggled Beastie Boys tapes in the former East Germany. After studying fine arts and inspired by science fiction radio plays and films he began experimenting with tape machines, synthesizers, and modified guitars in 1984, as well as exploring the possibilities of exchange between visual art and music by various means such as film, video and computer graphics.

In 1986, after establishing his cassette label klangFarBe, Bretschneider founded AG Geige, a successful and influential East German underground band. In 1995, Bretschneider and fellow AG Geige member Olaf Bender founded the Rastermusic record label which eventually merged with Carsten Nicolai’s noton to form raster-noton (now raster media) in 1999. Since then Bretschneider has released more than 30 albums on various labels including Mille Plateaux, Faitiche, 12k and Line, and is performing at music/media festivals worldwide.

Tracklist
Good Things End – The Field – From Here We Go Sublime – 2007
Cocoon Dark Dub – Moritz Von Oswald – Cocoon Compilation J – 2010
Parallel Transport – Polar Inertia – The Last Vehicle EP – 2012
Variable Mu – Progetto Tribale – Volume 7 – 2020
WF/60 – Tonne – Do You Copy? – 2006
Prefiero Una Manta – Pep Gaya – Qwartz ED4 – 2006
Serum – Dorisburg – Serum/Venom 12" – 2017
Melancholic Daimon – Retina.It – De Occulta Philosophia Vol.1 EP – 2015
0031 – Julia Govor – Jujuka 01 – 2018
Avanti – G-Man – Avanti – 2002
Jr 500 – Alka – Deployed – 2008
Proof – Stanislav Tolkachev – When You Are Not At Home – 2016
Luna – Nuel – Konstrukt 005 EP – 2017

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FIST returns for its 9th anniversary with a full-force takeover featuring Isabella Koen alongside residents DJ Clone and Word of Command

https://www.instagram.com/funisstilltransgressive
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FIST: 9 Years with Isabella Koen / DJ Clone / Word of Command @ The Lot Radio 06-20-2025

notes of moss w/ MILANA | Live on HydeFM | 07/08/25

Peder Mannerfelt @ Sauna Radio 12.07.25

Om Sri Matre Namaha fluyendo afinado a la frecuencia de lo eterno, un mantra que resuena en mis venas y ahora vibra en el aire en frecuencias que trascienden el tiempo.
Este track no es solo música: es un mantra y un código.

Om Sri Matre Namaha (Original mix) Humo

Inside the rusted cathedral of machines, the ritual begins.
⛧ MΛCHINΞ RITUΛL: STEEL SERMON ⛧ is an EP forged at 132 BPM — a relentless blend of industrial techno, hypnotic trance, and ritual minimal. Metallic resonance, tribal percussion, and trance arpeggios collide to form a sermon spoken only in pulse.

Tracks include: IRON CHOIR, CIRCUIT LITANY, MECHANIC PRAYER, CHROME ASCENT, RUSTED HALO, SYNTH REQUIEM, OBSIDIAN ALTAR, DATA INCANTATION.

▶️ Best experienced in darkness, on headphones, at maximum volume.

Genres: Industrial Techno · Hypnotic Trance · Dark Techno · Minimal Techno · Electro-Industrial · EBM · Experimental

#MachineRitual #SteelSermon #Apotheosis #ÆtherfluxRecords #IndustrialTechno #HypnoticTrance #DarkPulse #EBM #TechnoWithoutPermission

MECHANIC PRAYER

Full stream of Frank Bretschneider's dubby "Elastik," a track from his forthcoming album 'Lunik,' out February 16 on Shitkatapult. 

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2018/02/premiere-hear-a-dubby-cut-from-frank-bretschneiders-new-album/

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Lunik

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SPEED specialises in creating a unique, safe and explorational space for those who are passionate about hard, heavy and fast electronic dance music.

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