Concept:  Create a narrow gauge train engine sound as it is coming to and passing through a crossing using a Bastl Kastle 1.5 Mini Modular Synthesizer. The work is almost an experimental techno piece but I'll settle with calling it 'electronic'. After a bit of research on what these trains sound like the one sound that is quite accurate is the bell sound. The other running engine sounds are close enough too. 

Mastered on September 7, 2025 using Bandlab Mastering:  Mastering Preset is Universal, Intensity is 50%, Input Gain is -3.8 dB. Effects changed prior to mastering. 

Instrument:  Baslt Kastle 1.5 Mini Modular Synthesizer. 

Signal Path:  Kastle 1.5 Audio-out to Rucci 4-chnl Passive Mixer out to USB Audio Adapter mic/line-in to Chromebook to Bandlab. 

Kastle 1.5 Patches
Waveshape to Stepping

Bandlab Effects: 
* 120bpm, 4.4 Timing
* Guitar Input
* Feedback Killer is 2.2
* EQ3-M (3-band EQ with Mid Sweep) (Low is +2.8 dB, Mid is +6.5 dB, High is +1.6 dB, Mid Sweep is 1776 Hz)
* Gain Automation (fade in at start and fade out at the ending)
* Dimension B Chorus (Preset is 01)
* Multi-Filter (Frequency is 974 Hz, Resonance is 5.8, Gain is +2.7 dB, Filter is Peaking)
* Univerb (Mix is 29%, Type is Innovation Hall)
* Vintage Limiter (Gain is +1.38, Attack is 4.39, Release is 5.74, Knee is =7.49, Enhance is =0.98, Volume is -0.85)

File Format: WAV, 16-bit 44.1kHz

Photo "A Train is Traveling on a Railroad Track" by M. Winkelteir. Pexels License. 

"Narrow Gauge Railroad Crossing" is copyright by jtechno electronic music. Email for permission to use.

Narrow Gauge Train Crossing

Kirill techno

Artist: Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement 
Title: Water Above The Head
Label: Bed Of Nails
Format: 12''
Cat-No: NAIL005
Release Date: 2013

Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - These Spirits Are Thought To Live Far Out At

Taken from the upcoming LP "Solen träffar topparna först" out on Further Records, spring 2018.


Written, recorded and mixed in Skärs Ängar, Fårö, Sweden 2016 by Johan T Karlsson and Andreas Tilliander

Innerst Inne - Solen träffar topparna först

ФАКТУРА continues to explore the depths of the Ural electronic scene. Next in line is a cassette by a musician from the city of Serov, Ivan Somov, who is releasing music under the name NotNotice.

NotNotice music is filled with the atmosphere of occultism, it introduces into the trance, plays the role of an excellent instrument for the dance floor.

 "The Constructor" is based on methods of cutting different sounds into separate samples. Tarkovsky, the sounds from the office, recorded by my girlfriend, the transformer and some other details fell under the scissors. By picking up the sliced pieces of sound, like goods on pallets, in slightly noisy techno canvases.

https://soundcloud.com/faktura_ural

Pre-order

PRÈMIÉRE: NotNotice - "Method of System" [ФАКТУРА]

Dmitry Distant & Arnaud Lazlaud - De ton absence
Out now on @ElectronicLeatherette
https://smarturl.it/DmitryDistant-DeTonA

De ton absence

Dmitry Distant & Arnaud Lazlaud - De ton absence (Single Version)

'Palais’ is a 12 track multi-faceted exploration of Kris Baha’s musical sensitivity. The one man band’s namesake LP title, ‘Palais’ is based around the concepts of alienation, detachment, melancholia and lust. All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Kris between 2015 - 2018 in Berlin, laced in his signature industrial sound. ‘Palais’ encompasses a range of shades from dance-floor works ‘ Living Nothingness’, 'Brink Reality (Part 2)' & 'Non For The Sane’  to experimental cinematic undertones 'You Told Yourself This Would Get Worse’. Also embodied are modern classics like the machine funk metallics of ’Steel Sands’  and ‘Defied’, a year 2042 cyber punk hit. There’s even a dark room inspired theme for the black leather lovers. From his own batch of psychedelia to post-punk and electronic romanticism this album is full of surprises and we at Cocktail d’Amore Music are absolutely proud to present this outstanding work.

A2 - Living Nothingness

New release out on the second installment on @artefakt-official label De Stijl.
’Vi’ is an ambient track allmost solely produced with my Alpha Juno 1 and also an unofficial homage to one of my favorite groups, Tangerine Dream (and offcourse my Alpha Juno), especally the sound they had in the 70's and early 80's.

All my favorite melody scales at once, the track took long time to make, atleast 1,5 years I was sitting with it. The point of that was maybe to add some real reflection to the work around why i choose to make certain melodies at different times and events. It's an reflection of the past in my life during the last 10 years. I find it to be best to listen to if you sit down in a chair and really phaze out or lay in bed. It requires the listeners attention and respect.

Support the release at bandcamp directly: 
https://de-stijl.bandcamp.com/album/de-stijl-02

Buy your copy at Delsin:
https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6560/various-artists/de-stijl-02

Or buy your copy at Hardwax:
https://hardwax.com/26409/various-artists/de-stijl-02/

Discogs;
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Various-Artists/release/14655444

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y65090EBa6g

Korridor - Vi

Strange Affairs 05/20 by Exhausted Modern

Here comes the fourth release by Almería-based electronica artist Mynationshit titled ‘The Tycoon’. This is another addition to the independent label ‘Waste Editions’, run by Mynationshit’s frontman Carlos Martín along with his brother Ale. 

This record highlights Martin’s latest musical touches. Its melancholic undertones juxtaposed with humble romanticism will inspire you. Indubitably, this Spanish artist’s distinguishable nature mixes 
elements of Electro, Dark Wave, Synth-Pop and Post-Punk. 

Picture Johnny Cash and Peter Murphy singing catchy tunes to each other while on a cosmic journey to an unknown planet where synths and prose accompany their melodies.

Pre-order :https://wasteditions.bandcamp.com/album/mynationshit-the-tycoon

Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - These Spirits Are Thought To Live Far Out At

System Failure