Hayter is a member of the Leipzig-based Clear Memory Crew and Label. He has collaborated with projects such as Westlake & Hayter, Dog Balls, and Das A&O, and enjoys spending his time in the studio exploring different tools and techniques. His solo debut, Everyday, was released late last year on Kri Records, followed by the self-released five-track EP, Inspector Todd, just a few days ago.

Tracklist:

1. Kinder aus Asbest - Market
2. Rational Youth - Coboloid Race
3. Atom™ - Harry
4. Credit 00 - Love Warriors
5. Bound By Endogamy - Whithered FLowers
6. Front 242 - Conditionnel Humain (Prothese)
7. Griescherr - Perspektivwechsel
8. Detlev Holz - Plateforme Delta-6
9. M Parent - I'll Beat Your Ass
10. Meo - Rescue Me (Christian Gleinser)
11. Alpha Sect - Sacred Beliefs (Trenton Chase Remix)
12. Shokh - Speeg
13. Maelstrom - Alt50Ser
14. Beta Evers - Out Of My Life
15. Unit Black Flight - Tragedy On The 4th Floor
16. Silicon Scally - Homeworld
17. Carl Finlow - Anomaly (manganoid C64 Cover)

Follow:
@hayter_cm
https://clearmemory.bandcamp.com/
https://hayter.bandcamp.com/album/inspector-todd/

Strange But Dance Music #195: Hayter

Oscillating between hypnotic textures and broken beats, Haeminum creates a powerful atmosphere of darkness in his raw electro music. With a strong aesthetic signature, he explores themes of duality and contrast, reflecting the tension between light and shadow, confronting fears and fascinations, and evoking the eerie, unsettling beauty of the folk-horror genre.

Which artists has influenced you the most? 
- I believe one of my biggest influences is FVNERALS, a doom/metal/ambient band that I absolutely love. Metal is the genre I listen to the most; I don't usually listen to much electronic music. However, I have to admit that artists like GESAFFELSTEIN and MAENAD VEYL are exceptions. I've been listening to them weekly for years now.  

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future? 
- I'm working on a new EP for my label, "As Martyr Records." I believe it will have a similar vibe to my last EP, "Pensée Noire" — heavy, dark, and melancholic. However, I'm still working to bring something new that will surprise the listeners.

Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now? 
- Sleep Token, a mysterious indie-pop metal band that came out of nowhere, has a unique approach to music and consistently delivers original sounds. HAUK creates a dark electro style with Russian folk influences, while Visonia, a deeply emotional composer, can move you to tears with his new wave and ambient music. There are many talented artists, but these three are definitely worth listening to.  

What inspires you now to create music? 
- I have a strong sensitivity to visual art. You could say I’m a cinephile. Some directors, like Nicolas Winding Refn, Gaspar Noé, or Robert Eggers, share this sensitivity to beautiful imagery with strong contrasts. Each of these directors crafts films that go beyond storytelling, transforming them into visual and sensory experiences that linger in my mind.Additionally, photographers like Nona Limmen, who explore themes such as "witchcraft," "gothic art," and "folk darkness," deeply inspire me.
When I compose my tracks, I always have a sort of "picture" in my head. It could be a color, a specific place, or a feeling. No matter what, I always try to create a core essence or "heart" for each track.

What set-up do you use when creating music?
-  I don’t own much. I used to play guitar in metal bands, so I focus on using my guitar and effects pedals to create saturation and atmosphere. I also sample some horror movies, but don't tell anyone.

Follow:
@haeminum

Strange But Dance Music #196: Haeminum

AMP3R (aka Amper Clap), DJ and Producer. 
A fan of electronic music from a very young age, in 1999 he started as a DJ, absorbed by the breaks scene of southern Spain. He is the founder of Urban Connections, a label born of the need to strengthen the electronic scene by joining well-known artists with shadow artists with great potential, with a series of compilations covering any style of electronics.

Tracklist:

01. üNN - Three Pilots [Elektrolux]
02. Novo - Inoculed (Version 1.0) [Psi49net]
03. Madelman - Minispace [Geometrik]
04. Electroid - France Éléctronique [Drehstrom]
05. The Operator - The Operator [Djax-Up-Beats]
06. Komputer - Komputer Krash [Mute]
07. Insect Jazz - Insect Funk [Elektrolux]
08. Christian Berg - Stereotype [Psi49net]
09. Bass Kittens - Sluggo Anatomy [Pretension Records]
10. Klys-Tron - E.X.E.L. [!K7]
11. N)E(M - Das Auge (Midimiliz Remix) [Elektrolux]
12. Redagain P & Keen - Urlaub Am Strand [Lo-Fi Stereo]
13. Le Car - Audio File Three [Sabotage Recordings]
14. Volruptus - We'll Be Alright [трип]
15. Elektrosmog - Tranceformer [Djax-Up-Beats]
16. Ectomorph - Telekinesis [Sabotage Recordings]


Follow:
Soundcloud: @amper-clap
Bandcamp: https://amperclap.bandcamp.com/music
Instagram: www.instagram.com/amperclap/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@amperclap
Facebook: www.facebook.com/amperclapproductions
Discogs: www.discogs.com/es/artist/3538584-Amper-Clap

URBAN CONNECTIONS
SoundCloud : @urbanconnections
Bandcamp :http://urbanconnectionsnetlabel.bandcamp.com/music
Instagram : www.instagram.com/urban_connections_label
Facebook : www.facebook.com/urbanconnectionslabel
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/label/905461-Urban-Connections

Strange But Dance Music #197: AMP3R

UK-born, Melbourne-based Hedchef creates the kind of sharp, off-kilter club constructions that disorientate and delight the dancefloor in equal measure. Showing discipline to a militant ethos of pushing the envelope, futurism and point-blank rejection of nostalgia, irony and pastiche, Hedchef’s groove-based, breakdown-light arrangements align closer to classic techno and electro than dubstep or garage, whilst his razor-sharp sound design draws from influences closer to drum ‘n’ bass and the UK bass-driven music spectrum to add imaginative, gritty edges to the rolling flow.

It’s this intricate musicianship which has seen Hedchef release on acclaimed labels including Scuffed Recordings in London, New York-based Worst Behaviour and Berlin’s International Chrome, with a stacked schedule of releases coming out in 2025 that continue the mission of expanding the boundaries of functional club tools. These tracks can be heard in the sets of some of the world’s most venerated DJs and tastemakers, from Dave Clarke and Anastasia Kristensen to Detroit In Effect, Jensen Interceptor and Solid Blake. Most recently, his collaborations with cross-genre wizard Doctor Jeep have been a staple in the international club circuit.

Tracklist:
NVST - Pages With Flames (Anyways Edition) [forthcoming Maloca]
Randomer - Velvet [L.I.E.S]
Pluralist - Hands Up [unreleased]
Kerr Jack - Body Language [Skive Collective]
Poor J’Darr - Ballad [unreleased]
Jamie Genome - wash [forthcoming LOFS]
Bengal Sound - Young Skeleton [Innamind]
Cimm - Squeeze [Section 7]
T Linder - Sugar Sugar Salt [Motech Ltd]
Hedchef - Fool’s Errand [forthcoming YUKU]
Briain - Noise Pollutant [Art-E-Fax]
Coido - 7th Movement [YUKU]
Hedchef - Wordless Brinkmanship At 30,000 Feet [unreleased]
Phasmid - Hadal Zone [Gimme A Break]
Georg-i - Body Static [YCO]
Jamie Genome - Not Quite [forthcoming LOFS]
Hedchef - Plated Brass Recursion Mechanism [forthcoming YUKU]
Perc - Milk Snatcher’s Return (Zisko Ceremonial Mix) [Perc Trax]
Hedchef & Hank Schussmann - Earthcrimes [unreleased]
Eubo - Dos Gardenias [Skive Collective]
K-65 - Matador [Typeless]
Pylot - I’m Always [Laburnum Records]
Moose & JJ Mayer - Hundred Milli VIP [unreleased]
Ben Pest - Polygriddin [Intrinzic]

Which artists has influenced you the most? 
- I often get the most inspiration from non-musical sounds I just happen to come across, and particularly ones that are non-organic - industrial fans, unusual feedback, an oddly creaky door - but artist-wise I'd go with Drexciya, Burial and Sunn O))).

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future? 
- Lots of stuff to come this year - the most imminent is an EP on Prague-based imprint YUKU which I'm very happy with, and a longer collection of tracks on a Dutch label to be announced soon. I'm also playing with visual ideas for launching my own label, so it's probably a long way off but keep your eyes out for that.

Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now? 
- The aforementioned YUKU, Typeless, Scuffed, Pinkman, Amniote Editions, Nerve Collect.

What inspires you now to create music? 
- Working with other musicians in my capacity as a tutor and engineer - learning is always a two-way process and I'm often unbelievably inspired to write some of my own material after a good session working on someone else's.

What set-up do you use when creating music?
- 100% software - I have used and owned various pieces of hardware in the past but I just adore the level of flexibility you have to iterate, automate and revisit ideas whilst working in the box. In the studio I primarily use Ableton, Vital, Reason Rack, VCV Rack, the Fabfilter suite and a few other plug-ins.

Follow:
@hedchef

Strange But Dance Music #198: Hedchef

Tracklist:
Surg(Be) - Nevrotic [Conkordance]
Korzi - Stinging Nettles [Bone Idle]
Beyond the Black Hole - Protonic Flux [Nebleena]
Galtier - Augment Thud [Nostro Hood System]
Morken - Van Cleef [brokntoys]
Ekzon - Shadow Dancer [S.Lab Ltd]
Ninechecker - Create A Scene [CHP Recordings]
Franz & Shape v TenGrams - Quantum Drift [Bass Agenda]
Fleisher - Fangs [Tripalium Corp]
CALAGAD 13 - Unconscious Self (Erhalder Remix) [Cosmic Tribe]
Grow - My Bionic Hand [Ovelha Trax]
Synthetix - Serial Data Collision [ZerosAndOnes]
AXIS3340 feat. Akkaelle - Brain Connection [Zodiak Commune]
ADJ - Gremlinzzzz [Strange But Dance Music]
Marco Resmann - Destination [Kompakt]
Interweave Electronics - Alpherg [forthcoming on Strange But Dance Music]
Cocktail Party Effect - EGG [Shephard Tone]
Panama North - Duck & Cover [New York Haunted] 

@mikaregards

Strange But Dance Music #199: Mika Regards

Featherstone is a producer and live performer from Adelaide, Australia. He’s released music with labels such as Gated, Neptune Discs and Nebulae and also runs his own imprint, Ernest’s Way. This DJ mix features some of his favourite artists, alongside a few of his tracks (including some upcoming and unreleased music) and focuses on the more emotive side of electronica/electro.

Tracklist:

1. Featherstone - Reflections 
2. Moy - Binary System 
3. Reedale Rise - Lorelei 
4. Featherstone - Eclipsed 
5. Bufo Bufo - Remote Viewing 
6. Cruise. - Unearthed
7. Featherstone - Unreleased 
8. Lloyd Stellar - Raum & Zeit
9. Zobol - Hardware Graveyard 
10. Featherstone - Unreleased 
11. Cignol - Asking For A Friend
12. Sansibar - Technology
13. Anthony Rother - Don't Give Up 
14. Cignol - Semiprimes 
15.  Featherstone - Morning Star

Follow: @featherstone_adl

Bandcamp: https://featherstone1.bandcamp.com/

Strange But Dance Music #200: Featherstone

Matija Vidojevic lives in Krusevac and has been playing electro-techno for ten years. This year his mixes were released on Intergalactic FM, Fade Radio, Meta Moto. He participated in the electro challenge on Intergalactic FM and after that he received a mix from Esther Dune and then from Exotikka on Radio Vilnius and Fade Radio as a guest.

Follow:
@user-491991026

Strange But Dance Music #201: Matija Vidojevic

The idea of the Decayed Matrix was an observation of decay within environments in Britain. In some areas its a bit like Detroit. The loss of industry leading to the decay. Steve is from Croydon, London where this decay is evident. And so that has a big influence on his mood. Surrounded by cold concrete towers, struggles to find work, numerous gangs, local debts and isolationism caused by different cultures being located into a small area and having to live on what little work or poorly paid jobs exist. Or schoolkids being drawn into the takings of crime. It can influence an artist to write same kinds of music - either hard, scary, or melancholic. And sometimes emotive, which can represent peoples dreams to live a better life. Steve wanted to push the boundaries of sound in Electro in a search for something new, yet trying to keep it grounded in robotic rhythms. He continues that search of sound and influence whilst living in a town on the edge.

Tracklist:
1. Darklight 
2. Am I 
3. Parumleo 
4. Formalhaut
5. Elba 
6. Citadelle 
7. Revati 
8. Azmidi
9. Decayed Matrix
10. Crux
11. Alpherg 
12. Sabik 

All track written and produced by Steve Shears
Mastered by Steve Shears
(c) all rights reserved

SBDM Premiere: Interweave Electronics "Decayed Matrix" LP

Since 2015, Eendracht forged himself a singular universe throughout his travels, especially in the Uk and the Netherlands. He seeks his roots into rave techno, electro, and up to hardcore techno. His name, synonym of unity and harmony, reflects the uniqueness of his performances, without hiding an indubitable violence. Co-founder of Ethos Records, Armen Crew & resident of ÖND in Rennes.

Which artists has influenced you the most?
- Vanadís, Regis, Laurent Garnier, Identified patient , Reka, Astropolis (festival), ÖND (Collective).

 What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future?
- Keep learning ableton. Second Ep or Album expected 2025/2026 on a brand new label. Nice collabs with friends. A single on Virtual Reality's forthcoming various artist (Atix’s Label).

Which artists/labels are more relevant to you now?
- Label : Jade, Rave or die , Pinkman, Human Disease Network, Nerve Collect, Ethos Records, Tripalium Corp, chien sans collier , Bunker Ny, Vives
Artists : R325, Minnimum Syndicat, Atix, Cwtch, Voyager Solar System, Malesa and 3/4 Taxi System, Gamma Intel , Hermeth, Identified Patient

What inspires you now to create music ?
- Love, friendship and listening to a lot of music.

What set-up do you use when creating music?
- 2 CDJ850 and an old A&H Xone 23 mixer as a dj. Ableton + Push + groovebox MC303 and VST's as a producer.

Tracklist : 
DJ Tankard - Electro Freak (Slim Shae Remix)
Commuter - Unreleased
Cignol - Suspicion
/DL/MS/ - Calanhi Pt. 2
Cignol - Botnet
/DL/MS/ - Divide & Conquer
/DL/MS/ - Accelerated Frequency (Shun Remix)
Romphea - Fragging
Corbi - My Own Everything
Datawave - Mercury Dawn
Doctor Jeep - Cyber Funk
ADJ - Karma
Hadamard - The Capitalist
COIDO & Delta Division - Multipla
ADJ - Imhotek
Konerytmi - Hiekkalinna
INSECTOIDS Promie Seagxll - Eridana
Nullptr A.T. - Field
Ekata - Unreleased
Calagad 13 - Biomantics
Urazov Audio – Darkstar Speaker
Sachazam - Beneath the Surface
Lectromagnetique - Emotional Response
Pixelord - Кислота
Sachazam - Concrete Labyrinth
D3U5E - Sirens
Benedikt Frey - Trees
Fisk - Be Back
K-65 - Matador
Jenasi eid55558.55 - Trip
Arnaud Is Dancing - Second Split
antide - FACTS
Tsanga - None of this Shit will last

Follow:
@eendracht
https://bandcamp.com/eendracht
https://www.youtube.com/@metaldsrdr
https://www.instagram.com/eendracht.wav
https://fr.ra.co/dj/eendracht
https://www.facebook.com/djeendracht/

Strange But Dance Music #202: Eendracht

Based in Tokyo, Shun is a DJ and producer who transforms the organized chaos of the city into raw, emotive grooves. Known for blending hypnotic rhythms with industrial textures, he crafts tracks that push the boundaries of electro and techno. With releases on prominent European and North American labels, Shun bridges cultures through sound, creating immersive atmospheres that resonate globally. Behind the decks, he delivers genre-defying sets that captivate audiences with unexpected twists and an electrifying groove.

Which artists has influenced you the most? 
- In the electro scene, I’ve been heavily influenced by artists from the CPU, Drexciya and Dopplereffekt.

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future? 
- Nothing is confirmed at the moment, but I’m planning a collaboration project.

Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now? 
- There’s no specific label, but I’ve been keeping an eye on new releases from techno labels that are clearly influenced by electro.

What inspires you now to create music? 
- Conversations with DJs and producers I meet at parties.

What set-up do you use when creating music?
- Roland System-100, Korg Polysix, and various software.

Tracklist:
1.	DJ Tankard - Bass Lockdown
2.	Data Assault - EU SOU O ALIBI
3.	The Hacker  - Harmonia
4.	CEM3340 - I Don't Know (Feat. 2030)	
5.	Negroni Nails - White Matter
6.	Sam Binga & Fracture - Trippin’
7.	Serge Geyzel - Memorize [Dagga remix]
8.	Local Code - Wat U Wanna
9.	Shun - White Background
10.	DJ MELL G & Unklevon - Mechanic Feels
11.	u25711 - Humanity Rehearsing
12.	Alex Ranzino - Confessions
13.	L.F.T.  - Asche (Vox by Nils Fock)	
14.	DJ Godfather - Funk for the Trunk
15.	Saigg  - Independencia S 	
16.	Doiléir - Closing Chapter

Follow:
@shun1music

Strange But Dance Music #203: Shun

Electronic podcast since 2016 and a label. DJ and live sets from artists and producers from all over the world.
The purpose and objectives of this podcast and label is not only to explore all sorts of different facets of Electro and Experimental Music, but also to reveal the influence on music through the location of the artist.

Discography:
SBDM001 / Alpha Visitor - Obey And Reproduce LP
SBDM002 / SOD-90 - Teeth Against Metal LP
SBDM003 / 6SISS - Bacteria EP
SBDM004 / X-Truder - drumWERK EP

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