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GLM - Stryker Hydraulic Tension feat Sam Cooper
Reptant - Get Me Out Of Here

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Nerve - White Tie Smalltime Counterfeiters
Nullstaat - Worse Than Nothing

Artwork by Cosmo Feltham & Will Rosenfeldt
Mastering by Corey Kikos
Distributed by Diamonds and Pearls

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From the EP 'NAIVE009/JKTN070'
Release date: January 10

Jacktone Records and Naive have combined forces to bring you a split EP featuring the jagged punk techno of San Francisco's gayphextwin and the melodic breaks and bass of Valencia's Pépe.

Artist: @odi_me
https://www.facebook.com/gayphextwin/
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/gayphextwin

Label: @naivetrax
https://naivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/naivetrax/

Label: @jacktonerecords
https://www.facebook.com/JacktoneRecords
https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=12980

Premiere : Gayphextwin - Saunter [Naive / Jacktone]

Who is Bit Folder? There have been whispers about the identity of Central Processing Unit's latest signing, and many theories have been presented as to who's behind the project. Some say it's a young upstart fresh on the scene, others insist that this is the work of an old head. Either way, initial investigations have proven inconclusive, and the Bit Folder project remains shrouded in mystery.

There may be a way to untangle the Bit Folder riddle through listening to the artist's new EP Silicon Frontier. There is classic early Warp in here, a dash of Rephlex too. More contemporary styles also come to mind - FireScope, the label helmed by B12's Steven Rutter, and Analogical Force are two of the imprints recalled, and Bit Folder also shares some space with fellow CPU artists Datassette, Noumen and the aforementioned B12.

What's for sure is that Silicon Frontier is a futuro-rave adventure that conjures up the brave new world hinted at by its title. Like the classic 90s techno/IDM that it channels, this record gleams with the sounds of the android future. Keyboards glisten and shimmer, their tones at once stargazing and hallucinogenic; hi-hats open and close like steam valves; synth lines move in and out of each other to create all these lovely little cells of melody. Some tracks even play with tempo itself, beats glitching or slowing down completely as if you've just dropped a dose of (electro-)soma, but Bit Folder always manages to snap them back into place just as they seem to be breaking apart. For an artist's debut release it is very deft production - but then again, could it be that we've heard from Bit Folder before?

Silicon Frontier kicks off with 'Youka', a 150-bpm IDM-techno number that squiggles and squirms like AFX in Analord mode. The title-track follows, its beautiful opening zooming out into a unique melange of wobbling bass and final-frontier keyboards. 'The Tritan Cord' pushes us further out into deep space - there's something very Drexciyan about this track, though rather than pure revivalism 'The Tritan Cord' in fact displays the kind of dense worldbuilding we see in the work of Gerald Donald and James Stinson, its dinky synth lines and whirring drums sliding and out of one another to create a cinematic dancefloor trip. Silicon Frontier closes out with 'Legs Akimbo', a speedy number that injects those same chirruping drums/synths with the playful energy of DMX Krew and Squarepusher.

Even while it channels the sounds of some of electro's most important sites - Detroit, London, CPU's native Sheffield - Bit Folder's debut EP Silicon Frontier still manages to sound fresh and new. Now, if only there was some way to discern the man behind the mask…

RIYL: B12, DMX Krew, Datassette, D'Arcangelo, James Shinra

Silicon Frontier

Bit Folder - Silicon Frontier

Just Keep Breathing

Muszika invites Generali Minerali (GEO) / podcast #034

https://soundcloud.com/zdsmusic

ZDS is an Edinburgh based photographer and artist who uses his astrophysics degree and love of sci-fi to inspire his productions, exploring a cosmic future across a spectrum of genres. 
Every month ZDS puts out a range of mixes as part of his growing 'Spectra' series, each mix taking a deep dive into various sub-genres across electronic music, fusing an array of fresh releases and unheard gems into thematic audio-vistas. 
This attitude also comes through in his live performances such as at world famous Sneaky Pete's, focussing on an immersive seamless journey that unlocks an space-bound state of mind - without compromising on the heat.

So far this year he has released a spacey 6 track multigenre EP on Sumorai's Human King label, and you can find him, and the tracks in the mix by All Trades and AXJ200, on the new electro VA from Reality Club Records, along with the likes of Hermeth and Shawn Cartier. This mix also features some unreleased works, hopefully coming out at the start of next year.
 
Tracklist:
ZDS - Machine Energy (WIP) [Unreleased]
Versalife - Mystica [2020 Vision]
AXJ2000 - Trickle [Reality Club Records]
A Sagittariun - The Soft Machine [Craigie Knowes]
Terrestrial Access Network - Multimode [Dionysian Mysteries]
L.M.A - Glass Cannon (Alex Jann Corrupt Data Mix) [Censor]
Deano - Stainless Steel [City Bowl Wax Network]
A-Sim - Express Yourself [LKR Records]
Assembler Code - Lateral Transfer [Censor]
ZDS - System (WIP) [Unreleased]
Lårry - In My Restless Dreams [Fusion Diagnostics]
False Persona - Subtraction [Self Released]
Alex Jann - Function Collider [Censor]
Litherland - Strife [Mood Of The Era]
Mystic Letter K - Frontspace [MLK]
Iota - Terminus (Reptant's Lizard Tech Mix) [Pure Space Records]
Ma Shu Ru - Face [Kindergarten Records]
The Droid - 606 Strike [Specimen Records]
All Trades - Hec [Reality Club Records]
ZDS - Detroitian Dynasties (WIP) [Unreleased]
Nightwave - Power Plants [Hotflush Recordings]
Lårry - Celphine Cut [Fusion Diagnostics]
Alex Jann - Sustain Contact [Censor]
Rings Around Saturn - Subterranean Electro [Pure Space Records]

CyberDomain - ZDS

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