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TEKKKKKKNO

The word hypnosis gets thrown around a lot. We don’t use it lightly.

The well seasoned Tokyoite presents 6 originals in this list that tick all the boxes for an altered state of consciousness: long interlocking grooves, suspended in mercurial harmony as seen in “Varuna” and “Interplanetary”, heightened focus and concentration in the broken, escalating rhythm of “Orcus” and the low-pH levels of “Quaoar”. Ultimately seen off by the elegant mesmerism of “Edgeworth’s” cascading snares and looping vocal chant, and the ever shifting balance of “Albion” and it’s unnerving ambience.

A release deeply invested in spatial exploration, but is it the milky way, or a deep neural network we’re looking at?

DJ Sodeyama - Edgeworth [SNG056D] (Snippets)

Spiralling endlessly, Saku Niamh’s angular, edgy beat science makes a perfect match for our 57th outing. Setting off with a nod to golden-era intelligent drum and bass on “soul talk”, piling up the angst on the quasi-industrial hammering of “sick”, and pushing out lysergic, IDM-techno hybrids on “circling” and “melting”. Niamh’s music hints its origins in deeply personal plights through buzzing, sharp sound design, fantastically rounded off with the lethargy of an aptly titled “peace in me”.

saku niamh - there will come soft rains [SNG057D] (Snippets)

Sungate welcomes Samuel Wallner with Wisconsin Romantic, a 4-track suite of raw elegance and understated power.

Tracing to the geographical breeding ground of Techno, and operating in the shadows of fogged-out memory, Wallner crafts a language that whispers more than it speaks. Opening with “Communicate”, a skeletal transmission pulses with emotional interference, while “Romanticism” dives into rounded deepchord dub transmissions carved into rhythm.

“My Own Fog” meanders through celestial atmosphere, a vaporous reverie anchored by perfectly measured percussion. “Og Status” closes the EP with militant poise, pacing itself through echoic play, dubby, brooding, and tightly wound.

Wisconsin Romantic is a slow-burning elegy for distance, disconnection, and romantic dissonance, functional on the floor, but haunted by the industrial ghosts of the coldest America.

Artwork by Abel Fdez.
Mastered by Maspaventi

Wisconsin Romantic

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Samuel Wallner - Wisconsin Romantic EP [SNG058D] (Snippets)

Sayne and Escalated Edits have known each other for quite some years already. Escalated Edits is the new alias of Remy Unger, who recently released a powerful EP on Ben Sims' esteemed Hardgroove label. Joining that momentum is Sayne, the fresh techno moniker of Nuno Dos Santos.

Their latest joint EP for Sungate came to life during a creative retreat in a secluded house surrounded by nature. They chose to isolate themselves to fully focus on music, and to unwind. Over the course of their stay, the duo crafted four dynamic tracks that now form the essence of this release.

Through 4 club-focused originals, the duo hone in on precise harmonic stasis, entrancing minimalism, and a resulting groove larger than the sum of its parts.

Deeply tipped for those in search for the essence of techno, the contents of this EP are a surefire floor burner at all hours, on stages of all sizes.

Sayne & Escalated Edits - Daltonic EP [SNG059D] (Snippets)

Raytek  returns to Sungate with Alphabet City, a four-track release of lean, percussive techno rooted in American tradition and built for utility.

"Lights Above" opens with tightly programmed toms and dry, disciplined groove. It moves with intent, holding tension without overreaching. "Alphabet City" strips things back even further. Sharp drum work, subtle distortion, and a loop-driven structure that keeps the pressure steady. "Loisaida" leans into rhythm. Every hit is measured, every sound functional. No excess, just forward motion. "Familiar Place" closes with dubbed out elements and a deeper realm. Still direct, still floor-oriented, but with a touch more space around the edges.

Clean, efficient, and unrelenting. Alphabet City is pure drum science from a producer who knows exactly where to cut.


Raytek - Alphabet City [SNG060D]

Premiere Tsuanmi Records
Artist · Christian Wünsch
Track · The End of the Monarchies

Premiere  Tsuanmi Records · Christian Wünsch · The End of the Monarchies

The Attic Music label strives to keep us dancing in these difficult times with a new EP from red hot young Portuguese talent Nørbak featuring a remix from the label’s owner Fabrizio Lapiana. 

Over the last four years, Artur Moreira has quickly established his avant-garde techno sound on labels like Semantica, Soma, Warm Up Recordings and his own label, Hayes. Always exploring the deep and dark end of the spectrum, he has picked up props from the likes of Oscar Mulero and Dasha Rush while going on to establish his name around Europe with killer sets at places like Tresor in Berlin. 

The excellent 'Pledge I' opens up with a menacing groove that burrows late into an underground cavern. It sounds earthy and organic and the rock solid kick drums get you into a state of hypnosis while the scurrying synths add more details in which to get lost. 'Pledge II' is another masterfully heady and journeying track that layers up more rubbery, propulsive kick drums with fizzing, electrified synth sounds and pads that encircle you and get you into a state of trance. It's hugely warm and atmospheric. 

Over the last decade, Lapiana and his label have become synonymous with evocative techno soundscapes on the finest labels around. Here he serves up a remix of 'Pledge III' that is perfectly smooth and seductive, with soft, looping melodic phrases slowly shapeshifting and melting your mind as they do so. The drums burrow deep into the night and make this a timeless minimal techno classic.  Last of all, 'Pledge IV' is a silky techno track that rolls to infinity, with cosmic pads and subtle melodies all weaving around each other and tying your brain in knots.  

This is another tasteful EP of high grade techno that works mind, body and soul.

Artist: Nørbak
Remixer: Fabrizio Lapiana
Title: Pledge
Format: 12'' and digital
Catalogue: ATTIC021

Release date:
19.06.2020

Tracklist:
A1. Pledge I
A2. Pledge II
B1. Pledge III (Fabrizio Lapiana remix)
B2. Pledge IV

Mastering:
Tema Mastering

Artwork:
Fabio Milito & Dominique Weber

ATTIC021 | Nørbak: Pledge (incl. Fabrizio Lapiana remix)

Here you have the new sound voyage in our digital branch. Again showcasing a long distance travel in the form of an album. 
It is really inspiring to find that there are young producers out there like that are pushing the boundaries and trying to sound futuristic and original in this mediochre instagram days.
This is the case of CONCEPTUAL half of the Berlin based duo  Beat Movement. 
He offers ten diverse approaches to scifi techno, ranging from the cinematic Red Sun and Null Respekt to the dynamic and floor oriented numbers like Basilisk, Nocturnal or Blue Spirit. To the twisted and abstract Upside Down, Healing Dance or More wants more ...or the tribal and shuffled exercises like Paradise of Poets and Tasmanian Devil.
As we said, original, risky, futuristic, and carefully done by a young producer that will have for sure a lot more to showcase in the coming years.

Release date: June 5

CONCEPTUAL
Null Respekt LP
WU63d

1 CONCEPTUAL - RED SUN
2 CONCEPTUAL - BASILISK
3 CONCEPTUAL - NOCTURNAL
4 CONCEPTUAL - BLUE SPIRIT
5 CONCEPTUAL - UPSIDE DOWN
6 CONCEPTUAL - HEALING DANCE
7 CONCEPTUAL - MORE WANTS MORE 
8 CONCEPTUAL - PARADISE OF POETS 
9 CONCEPTUAL - TASMANIAN DEVIL 
10 CONCEPTUAL - NULL RESPEKT

https://warmuprecordings.bandcamp.com/

Preview - CONCEPTUAL - Null Respekt - WU63d

After a successful return in 2019, Krill delivers a fourth encore to the three-part 27 track VA titled Okiami.

This time the focus is on up and coming artists from all over Europe with a special spotlight on Ukraine where the label founder has recently relocated.
Assonance, Synthkey, Detcom & Enforming and Danilenko all join the series from the capital city of Kyiv reflecting the raw and expressive energy that flows through the streets of Podil. The track ‘Knives On Reds’ holds a special place in the VA as a memory of the recently passed artist Enforming who was Detcoms collaborator at the time. Spanish newcomer Phalcon and rising artist Anna Kost who recently put out some excellent work on Londons’  Pls.Uk deliver peak time heat in straight and broken beat forms from their base in Berlin. Nima Khak [SAND] and +Plattform whose work can be heard on Bergens collective Ploink, bring some much-welcomed northern groove into the mix while to the south, Athenian - Mr Dello delivers an all out driven analogue assault.

KRLDIGI001 - Part IV
1. Assonance - That Day I Came Early From The Party
2. Nima Khak - Antons Shaker
3. +Plattform - Kafkaan
4. Synthkey - Metaloop
5. Phalcon - Dissociative Object
6. Anna Kost - Verso II Nulla
7. Detcom & Enforming - Knives On Reds
8. Mr Dello - Kawaiar
9. Danilenko - Vision Of Perfection
Artist: Various
Title: Okiami 
Label: Krill Music
Cat#: KRLDIGI001
Release Date: TBA
Format: Digital


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https://krillmusic.bandcamp.com/
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IG: @krillmusicofficial

KRLDIGI001 VA - Okiami Part IV

Eric Axelsson debuts on Sungate with Post Effect and Tabletop. Two classy, pure and driving productions that showcase Eric’s vision of the underground sound of the Swedish scene. Modus joins the release remixing both tracks and turning them into two highly effective DJ tool Techno stompers.

Eric Axelsson - Tabletop
Eric Axelsson - Tabletop (Modus remix)
Eric Axelsson - Post Effect
Eric Axelsson - Post Effect (Modus remix)

@eric-axelsson-1
@modus_gla

Eric Axelsson - Tabletop (Incl. Modus remixes) [SNG013D] (Snippets)

Live recording from CEM's set at ∄ on 22nd of August 2020.
@cemdukkha
Photography: Vic Bakin, Cem

APXIB ⑳ CEM

✭ Contemporary electronic music record label
✭ Run by @moysantana @hakkmusic
✭ Artwork by Abel Fdez.
✭ Twice a month Observatory on @openlabradio

Demo submission: demos@sungaterecords.com