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TECHNO / DARK TECHNO

@gvrllrvllg
Includes Russian Spirit, from the banks of the Neva
Catalog - NOISAA008
Artworks: @user-910894825
Mastering: @tommymork_official

03. GVRLLRVLLG - Prevailing Insanity

02. GVRLLRVLLG - Catastrophic Transmission

01. GVRLLRVLLG - Abusive Progression

Almost a year after the release of Peter Van Hoesen’s highly acclaimed album 'Perceiver' on his Time to Express imprint, the Belgian producer returns with ‘Life Performance' - a brand new live recording which was captured into a single, long- form listening experience during a specially curated Time to Express label night at Tresor on July 19, 2013.

Coming in October on Berlin's techno institute and record label, Tresor, this new live album represents an important step forward for the producer. Since 2006, Peter has played live in a variety of different settings and situations, from festival circuits and dark, sweaty venues to working with dance and theater companies on stage. Each live performance brought with it a necessary evolution in approach, which led to a varying sense of real ‘live’ interaction. At first, with a setup centered around a laptop, a drum machine was added, then slowly more and more machines entered into proceedings. 

Ultimately though, it was the computer that was to hold central guard in the coordination of each disparate sonic element.

Now, the laptop is being pushed aside, making way for the hardware to be brought fully to the fore, allowing for greater artistic freedom and expression. The focus is to be placed upon live improvisation in the creation of something wholly unique and ever-evolving. Sculpting this sound in real-time, allowing for the exploration of a multitude of possibilities and contorting parameters, in essence, a child-like approach to the idea of ‘playing’, of not being limited by the world around, is what drove this project forward. As Peter explains,

“Making the tracks with the setup in mind as opposed to transposing tracks made in the studio into a live setting is much easier, and much more fun. You can improvise with it freely - and for me that [improvisation] was most important - then decide, in that specific moment, about its tonality and its synthesis. I’m a big fan of synthesis. I don’t work with samples often. If you use samples, there’s no way to really sculpt them - not just from a technical perspective, but also from an artist viewpoint. There’s a freshness and directness you get from being able to interact with the music and audience on a much deeper level than normal.”

Over the course of sixty minutes, the listener is exposed to a broad palette of sounds and patterns. Textural shifts, gentle rhythmic blends, dynamic synths, hooks and arpeggios coagulate into an exceptional aural experience, exemplifying an approach to music production in a live context that is both personal and unique.

8. Peter Van Hoesen - Deceive Perform

“Night does not show things, it suggests them. It disturbs and surprises us with its strangeness. It liberates forces within us which are dominated by our reason during the daytime.”

Like Brassaï, Roger Semsroth has spent the last decade trawling the shadows and writing in the dark. But where the seamy streets of nocturnal pre-WWII Paris provided the canvas for Brassaï’s widely heralded photography, it’s the sonic sluices of post-war Berlin and from the self-contained netherworlds of the city’s underground techno nexus that Sleeparchive derives from.

Taking its title from one of Brassaï’s famous sequence of prints, ‘A Man Dies In The Street Pt.2’ presents the second round of the eight track project developed by Sleeparchive (along with three secret locked grooves.)

As ever the genius is in the reductive palette, that here Semsroth paints into a rich splay of emotions mimicking the initial anxious discovery of the body, the curiosity of the gathering crowd, the excitement and building anticipation through to an aggressive and pummelling sense of realisation on the close. But is it at the loss of life, or the loss of spectacle? As Brassaï toys with ambiguity in his photographs, Sleeparchive’s music is just as hazy, deep and full of shady nuances that, like treasure, only appear if you’re willing to keep probing.

B1. Sleeparchive - 7

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OUT 08/07/2022

Groof Invisible Ep SUB_tl 072
Second round by Groof in the house with Invisible EP offering four slices of expertly crafted techno, from dreamy and floaty to hypnotic and cyclical.
Invisible is the perfect beginning or the perfect epilogue in a proper set, a solitary and deep kick drum with a dreamy drone floating on top for 6:20 minutes.
Parabólica speeds up the tempo and uses continuous panned sequences to fill the sound spectrum. Minimal but tremendously effective.
Play_a opens the B side, again obsessive synth lines run over a precise drum workout with occasional high frequency details running through the stereo field. Tooly as hell.
Stalker closes the EP, starting with analogue bubbles soon joined by a fat bass drum in an homage to the early D.A.F. sound.
Direct and shitless techno tools for those who know.
Mastered by Leandro Gámez @ The Quiet Room , Madrid.
Artwork by Nuria Estúñiga.

SUB_tl 072_Groof_Invisible  EP

Slam - Mover EP [Soma639D]

1. Mover
2. Signals
3. Obsidian
4. Grit

Slam finish off a massive 2022 with their latest release, the Mover EP. Constantly progressing their sound, the duo have crafted 4 heavy duty tracks that straddle varying degrees of techno and once again display their commitment to their sound.

The pace is set with Mover opening the EP with thundering, unrelenting drums that pause briefly only to unleash another layer of fury with buzzing rave stabs. The driving Signal is up next featuring that classic Slam groove against a backdrop of punishing, looped out beats. Obsidian pushes a more twisted and hypnotic sound with trippy synths layering up against sturdy percussion once again. Grit closes out the EP with crisply produced percussion rattling across alarm like synths delivering on proper peak time madness.

Mastered by Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Mastering.

Mover EP

Mover

Slam - Mover [Soma639D]

Buy link: www.gombocrecords.com
EP (or single) Title: Jungle Killa EP
Artist: Impulsive Behaviour
Label: Gomboc Records
Catalog Number: GOMB64
Release Date: April 28th
Format: Digial
Mastering: Dist
Artwork: Dist
Tracklist:
Killa In The Streets
Wicked
Hear This Junglist
Killa in the Streets (CTLX Remix)
Artist SC: https://soundcloud.com/cltxx
Label SC: https://soundcloud.com/gombocrec

Premiere: Impulsive Behaviour - Hear This Junglist [GOMB64]

A side : DRVG CVLTVRE : Horned Be The Hunter
B side : UMWELT - Guts Of The City

- Pressed Vinyl 10 Inch (100 LTD White & 300 Black)
- Release Date: 15 December
- Mastered & pressed by Records Industry
- Toppler Distribution 

For its third release, French indie label Rave Or Die introduces two dys-topian & dark tunes with haunting atmospheres from Drvg Cvltvre (Viewlexx, Nervous, Shipwrec) & Umwelt (New Flesh Records, Satamile, Kommando 6). A serious release for smoking dancefloors.
Now, you have a choice... Rave Or Die !

BUY digital

DRVG CVLTVRE & UMWELT - RAVE OR DIE - ROD03

Mike Huckaby - Basement Trax

Artist: Scan 7 
Title: The Resistance EP
Label: Tresor Records
Cat No: Tresor.255

Tracklisting:

A1. The Resistance
B1. Why Not?
B2. In & Out Of The Groove

Synonymous with Detroit, Techno, and Tresor, Scan 7 have remained protagonists of the Berlin-Detroit axis since it was first forged in the sweaty obsidian of the club’s original Wertheim vault home. Now, over 20 years later, the masked techno collective pay tribute to the triptych’s matted histories on ‘The Resistance EP’.

With identifiable nods to Scan 7’s Underground Resistance affiliations – the label that launched the group, and whose militaristic and political philosophies can be found littered throughout their discography – the EP begins with quintessential Detroit strings and groove before delving into darker techno territory. On the A-side, “The Resistance” offers an uplifting and delightfully nostalgic jaunt through dance music past, using all those favourite and immortal house tropes to deliver instant gratification. Meanwhile, the B-side shows off Scan 7 as masters of warm, yet shadowy techno – plus their trademark drum work – in the hypnotic “Why Not?” and driving, basement-ready “In & Out Of The Groove”. 

Alongside many outings on Tresor’s renowned compilation series, Scan 7 produced two albums for the label – ‘Dark Territory’ in 1996, followed up by ‘Resurfaced’ in 1999 – before leader TrackMasta Lou’s Cratesavers Muzik took over as the group’s primary recording outlet. ‘The Resistance EP’ is a welcomed return to Tresor from one of its stalwart artists, and paves the way for a retrospective compilation on 20 years of Scan 7, due out at the close of the year.
