It's been a long time coming but we finally decided to share one of our recorded live sets from the past few months. And what better than our first show back following the Covid hiatus than our set at the awesome Verknipt Festival 2021. This was a special one for us to be back in front of a packed festival crowd and is jammed full with our latest creations and studio bangers. We hope you enjoy!

Spektre Live @ Verknipt Festival, Utrecht (03.07.21)

01. Ross Alexander - Intro (Forte Techno)
02. BenyOne - 1986 (Naked Lunch)
03. Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg - Unanswered - Julian Jeweil rmx (Drumcode)
04. Matt Minimal - Back to back (Perfekt Groove)
05. Bodyscrub & Tom Laws - Breaking the shadows (Ground factory)
06. LowKey & Kardinal - Beyond the rave (Driving forces)
07. The Advent & Jason Fernandes - Reap what you sow - Luigi Madonna rmx (Sleaze)
08. LowKey & Kardinal - Test Dream (Phobiq)
09. Bodyscrub - Zero latency (Alleanza)
10. LowKey & Kardinal - Under my skin (Respekt)
11. Marco Bailey & Filterheadz - Rathouse (Intec)
12. Da Fresh & Maverickz - Free your mind - Spartaque rmx (Freshin)
13. LowKey & Kardinal -  The Riot (Driving Forces)
14. Mars Bill & Audiomatiques - Dark room (Octopus)
15. LowKey & Kardinal - Bells Angels (Analytictrail)
16.Thomas P Heckmann - Leid & Seele - LowKey & Kardinal rmx (Nachtstromschallplatten)
17.Flug - Snapshot (Analytictrail)

Mutual Respekt 112 with Lowkey & Kardinal

The B Sides

Away from Here

Remember The Future

Darkest Hour

Our recent remix for Gene Karz has just dropped on !Organism.

Hack (Spektre Remix)(!Organism) - OUT NOW!

Another Life (Kraftek)

1)	Pleasurekraft feat Casey Gerald - G.O.D. (Spektre Remix)
	2)	Spektre - Recall 90
	3)	Spektre - Gas Mask
	4)	Spektre - Needs & Wants
	5)	Spartaque - Who You Are
	6)	Mark Reeve - Fragile
	7)	Tom Laws - Dynamite
	8)	Spektre - Macon Heights
	9)	Simone Tavazzi - Hyperbolic
	10)	Spektre - Another Life
	11)	Spektre - Past Presence
	12)	Gary Burrows - Burning
	13)	Atroxx - Anvil
	14)	Origin Riddim - Mind Reader
	15)	Sebastian Groth - Snow Leopard (Gary Burrows Remix)

Mutual Respekt 217 with Spektre

Spektre are back on home turf once again, with a sinister two-tracker.

'Carnival Of Souls' sets the scene with the relentless bang of their trademark heavy kick drum. Opening with a dark and eerie atmosphere that appropriately matches the title, the lead synths develop into uplifting euphoria, as the tracks mood transforms in the breakdown.

Second of the two original tracks 'Land Of Strays' has a building tension with fluttering synths. The powerful vocal also lifts the track and provides great contrast with the growling tones of the ominous bassline. Undeniably a peak time cut of dancefloor focused techno, this is a spark to light anyone's fire.

Track three is SAMA's remix of 'Carnival Of Souls' which is a refined version of the original with the addition of his own grinding bass stabs and thinned kick drum to allow more focus on the synth parts. Keeping all of the originals energy, it has all of the same charm but with added depth for those who like things a touch deeper.

Finishing the EP is D-Unity's remix of 'Land Of Strays' and stripping away many of the originals synths it's a percussion lead alternate version. Using the vocal and only short bursts of synths, this darker version has more ferocity to it, and will no doubt be a favourite with those who play a harder style of techno.

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Carnival Of Souls (Original Mix)

Live set recorded at Lauter Unfug @ Suicide Circus in Berlin!

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Y-Traxx - Mystery Land (Spektre Remix) (Kraftek)

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Soul Movement

Our latest exclusive podcast for September 2018 featuring loads of forthcoming releases and our 'Eye Of The Swarm' EP on Filth On Acid. Respekt!

Spektre Studio Podcast (September 2018)

Spektre (Drumcode / Respekt), one of Britain's hottest techno duos, attacks the techno World with an unprecedented single! 'Without Warning' is Spektre's case study on today's Techno. Uncommon, speedy, dark and above all, trippy, it is a track that rewrites the rules on how a proper track should be. Melancholic and dark, but precise and crisp at the same time -a typical Spektre characterstic- 'Without Warning' is composed upon the concept of making a difference. Huge bass pads bring out melodies that move and travel the audience while on the same time spacey strings and groovy drum patterns generate the antithesis that makes the energy circulate in this excellent track's veins. Thomas Schumacher's (Drumcode / Noir) approach is manifested upon pure energy. Advanced engineering and authentic inspiration meet, to create a perfectly blended dark-as-the-gates-of-the-underworld killer groove and fresh rhythmical elements, all mixed along to forge a track destined to stir bedrocks and definitely question their structural rigidity! D-Deck (Alleanza / Phobiq) inserts his life experience in music-making into his remix and totally transforms the track, generating a new existence. This is a 4 AM track, definitely made to move large crowds. Rigorous and stern, yet driving and melodic, it's based on a solid drum pattern that concludes to an epic buildup where all melodic elements join the harmony and add their own perspective to end-up in a huge drop. Spektre, Thomas Schumacher and D-Deck are debuting in VOLTAGE Records.

Without Warning (Thomas Schumacher Remix)

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Following up on their now infamous "Another Life" EP, and their rework of Y-Traxx trance classic "Mystery Land", Spektre return to Kraftek with another statement release. The signature drums, the infectious hook, the vocal mantra running throughout, it's textbook Cosmic Techno primed for dance floor euphoria. The flip side of the title track continues the peak-time energy, but with a retro twist thrown in. Kraftek is proud to present "Back Into Consciousness".

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Retrograde (Kraftek)

Back Into Consciousness (Kraftek)

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After repeated chart topping efforts on Kraftek, UK duo Spektre return with the darkly seductive vocals of Berliner Juliet Fox. The rhythmic undulations of the groove create the perfect platform upon which Fox's vocals crawl on hands and knees, beckoning the listener deeper into the sonic landscape like some siren of techno mythology, but it's once the listener is fully entranced by her mantric incantation, "I'm Thinking About You....and the things you do to me...." that the Spektre boys unveil the final piece of this modern masterpiece: the hook. Unabashedly trance inspired without any of the corresponding uplifting overtones, no this isn't your old trance record with new makeup on - this is it's own animal and one fully aware of it's power. We are very proud to present - Spektre ft Juliet Fox "Thinking About You".

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Spektre & Juliet Fox - Thinking About You (Kraftek)

It’s been 11 years since we released the first Spektre production on Noir Music and I’ve been a fan of their music for even longer. 
So it’s a great honor to have them back on the label with this amazing Shadowline release. 
The UK duo is currently making some serious noise in techno-world and well deserved as they keep shooting out great music.
 On this specific release I wanted the guys to show off their excellent production skills, so we get both their in your face, raw and unpolished sound with the acid opener “The Maze” and the more trippy, afterhours hypnotic title track “Shadowline”. “Planet Noir” sits nicely in between with Spektre’s hardhitting beats and signature melodies.
 On top of that we got an incredible remix of “The Maze” by Robert S (PT) who made the acid-journey more minimal and underground.
  I’ve had these tracks for quite some time and I don’t get tired of playing these. In the fast-moving techno- industry that’s saying a lot.
 I am honored and super happy to have the guys back on my label.  
- Noir

Shadowline

Planet Noir

The Maze (Robert S Remix)

The Maze (Original Mix)

Without Warning

Against a Dark Background – the full-length studio album from long-standing British techno duo, Spektre – will be released in early 2020 on Pleasurekraft’s esteemed Kraftek imprint.

Following their critically-acclaimed debut album Casting Shadows Without Light in 2010 and their sophomore outing Cyclic Operations in 2013, Against a Dark Background will be the third studio long-player from partners Paul Maddox and Rich Wakley, who have been producing together under the Spektre moniker since 2006.

Currently in the top five-selling techno artists worldwide and with over 500,000 streams per month on Spotify, Spektre have taken the electronic music world by storm over the past few years, with their forward-thinking productions and high-intensity live performances resonating with legions of loyal techno fans across all corners of the globe.

Now key ambassadors for British dance music on a global level, Spektre’s chart-topping productions have received high praise from the likes of Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Pleasurekraft and Alan Fitzpatrick and the duo are often hailed as one of the most exciting acts to emerge onto the UK techno scene over the past decade.

Talking about the forthcoming album, Spektre commented:

It had been over 5 years since the release of 'Cyclic Operations' when we first started work on the new album in earnest, so we wanted it to be a representation of how our music has evolved in that intervening period. The writing process itself was a lot more reductive than the previous two albums. We holed ourselves up for a few months and hammered out loads and loads of ideas, then filtered and refined the pool through playing them out and getting feedback from a few trusted pairs of ears, until "Against a Dark Background" began to crystallise into its final form.

Against a Dark Background

What Once Was Lost (Preview)

Trying to Forget (Preview)

Trial of Tears (Preview)

Secret Location (Preview)

Mortal Coil (Preview)

Foreword (Preview)

Faith in Resonance (Preview)

Black Heart (feat Juliet Fox) (Preview)

Against a Dark Background (Preview)

Back Into Consciousness (Preview)

While we're all confined to quarters and looking for things to occupy us, we were excited to hear that friend of the label Transcode had been putting his time to good use, putting his own unique spin on "Carnival of Souls". We love what he's done with it, and are pleased to share it with you here as a free download!

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Spektre - Carnival Of Souls (Transcode Remix)[FREE DOWNLOAD]

Black Diamonds, Vol. 21

Minds Eye (Nicole Moudaber Remix)

Our special 2 hour guest mix for Berlin's 'Sunshine Live Radio'. Loads of new and exclusive lockdown music premiered. Happy New Year!!

Sunshine Live Radio: Spektre Guestmix (27.12.20)

Spektre's Upcoming Gigs
Sat 28 Mar, 20 
Rotterdam Rave, Maassilo Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fri 22 May, 20 
Dip Music, TBC, Mexico City, Mexico
Sat 13 Jun, 20 
Verknipt Festival, Recreatieplas Strijkviertel, De Meern, Netherlands
Sat 04 Jul, 20 
Beats for Love Festival, Dolní Vítkovice, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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After beginning life as an experimental side-project for members Paul Maddox and Rich Wakley, Spektre find themselves over a decade later as established and respected features of the Techno landscape.  As a production outfit, they have recently released on such imprints as Elevate, Phobiq and Unrilis, as well as their own Respekt Recordings (now approaching it’s 150th release) to the acclaim of their peers, with the likes of Adam Beyer, Carl Cox and Alan Fitzpatrick among their plaudits. As their near-permanent presence in the Techno download charts confirms, the quality and consistency of Spektre’s studio output is a given.  As performers, Spektre’s unique sound has taken them to some of the biggest and most highly regarded venues worldwide, with frequent bookings by the likes of Space Ibiza, Exit Festival, Pacha Buenos Aires and Burning Man. On stage, their long-standing chemistry and constant desire to experiment always results in an exciting spectacle. Their live exploits are also documented alongside guest slots from esteemed cohorts in a fortnightly Mutual Respekt Podcast, which is syndicated across the globe.

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