On June 27, 2025, a long-dormant signal reactivates from Hamburg's hidden places: Helena Hauff and F#X return as Black Sites with R4 on Tresor Records—their first full-length album and the first release under the moniker since 2014. Like a hieroglyphic recently discovered and translated, R4 feels more like a long-awaited resumption than a comeback.

Recorded to tape with minimal editing or post-production the record is a classic example of the symbiotic relationship that can come from the interaction of human and machine. This punk ethos isn't invoked through distortion alone, but through method; in the album's breaking from the received wisdom of hardness tethered to speed as most of the tougher pieces are lower BPM and vice versa (with one notable exception in the mind-melting stomp of BLOKK).

Across ten tracks, Black Sites traverse a landscape where genre dissolves into intention. It migrates through electro's danceability, acid house's corrosion, and into the liminal realm of machine funk—a genre coined by Andrew Weatherall, which sounds like the results of technology dreaming of soul where the emphasis is on live execution, on immediacy over perfection—a sound forged in the act of creating, not polishing.

In a 2013 interview, around the time of the first Black Sites EP, Hauff was quoted as saying that she wants "things to fit together properly, but on another level, I really want them to make sense together." That principle animates R4: The album's form reveals itself in time, with each movement echoing and amplifying the others to create a synergistic whole.

From the opening crawl of C4 (a name that like the music foreshadows the explosions to come) to the end-of-the-night bliss of MOTHERJAM via the intense peaks of BLOKK, 707, and classic acid track 3D it's clear that R4 is a work made with serious intent; a refutation of a world where streaming has made the two-minute single the dominant musical form again. R4 demands immersion, not just attention. It is not a collection of tracks, but a singular, recursive experience: a mirror in which sound and listener repeatedly rediscover one another.

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Black Sites - II

Old World

TAW007 - Natascha Kann

Indefinite Pitch PREMIERES. Edition 795

Orca Silent - Left Hand Path

Path
[DPST002 | Deephist]

Production | Orca Silent
Mastering | Deephist
Artwork | Deephist

Released by Deephist from Victoria, Canada
Release Date: June 27, 2025

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https://soundcloud.com/orcasilent

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Path

Left Hand Path

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[𝙰𝙱𝚃-𝚅𝙰⁰⁰⁸ ]: Aggressivity Not Welcome

Bandcamp: https://artbeiton.bandcamp.com/album/aggressivity-not-welcome

   Release Date: 16th July 2025
 Label: Art Bei Ton
Mastering: Tomás González
 Distribution: Triple Vision 
Artwork: Apo.G   

Tracks:  
1. Koscoy - Hyphae (05:40)
2. Innerworld - Murmora (07:47)
3. eRee - Vaughan (04:46)
4. Worg - Xiphos (06:37)
5. VIVEZ - Le Bruissement Des Arbres (05:35)
6. Hal - Swings (06:05) 
7. ERR0 - Son (05:51)
8. Boyd Schidt - Gipsy Folk Tales (06:07)  


 Art Bei Ton is releasing its 8th VA under the title “Aggressivity Not Welcome”, as a statement on the current political climate. We stand together in opposition to all forms of oppression, and those who use their power to commit violence and discrimination against humans and all living beings.
Featuring artists from different corners of the world, this 8-track compilation showcases a diverse range of sounds — from ritualistic drums to deep and trippy techno.

Opening the journey with some 85Bpm ritualistic drums, the Mexican artist Koscoy guides the listener through a hypnotic soundscape of ancestral rhythms and textured layers. 
The talented Indian producer and DJ Innerworld offers an introspective journey, blending psychedelic elements, hypnotic pads, and atmospheric textures with subtle percussive details.

With this deep techno tune, Japanese artist eRee guides us through her minimalistic sonic journey, traveling through cinematic sounds and organic textures. 
Mesmerizing audiences for years, Italian artist Worg offers another hypnotic and driving track — a perfect dancefloor tune.

A master at blending deep, hypnotic, and driving techno elements, Berlin-based artist VIVEZ creates a meditative space with pulsating rhythms and trippy layers.
Through his track “Swings,” Hal delivers a deep and driving techno experience, blending dark soundscapes with trippy elements. 

Lisbon-based duo ERR0 deliver a driving and trippy track, blending groovy basslines and rhythmic percussion — a perfect tool to energize the dancefloor. 
Closing this VA, the amazing Georgian artist Boyd Schidt casts a mystical spell on the listener with trippy rhythms and obscure incantations.

[𝙰𝙱𝚃-𝚅𝙰⁰⁰⁸]: Aggressivity Not Welcome

Spring/2025 (Ryan James Ford Tbilisi Sunrise Remix)

Shadows: Haunting Vocals

The final track, Shadows, features haunting vocals with the lyrics "I'm living in your shadows, I'm living on your mind, remember your first time and it's safe, the key is to find you." These words evoke a sense of mystery and intrigue, and I'm excited to see how listeners will interpret them. The track is a reflection of my experimentation with vocal processing and atmospheric sound design.

from Unusual Connection, releases July 16, 2025

Ayra Nishati -sHAdows

hidden waves is a collaborative ambient project recorded over four days in may of 2025.

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𝙿𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 ¹³⁵: 𝙸𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎
(@inrt)

For the 135th episode of our podcast series, we are happy to invite the talented Portuguese artist 
 Inerte! He recently released a track together with Floating Machine on our label, as well as, releasing and playing at our event in Lisbon, under his duo alias Fonzo!

Featuring some Hypnotic Techno and ritualistic sounds, his set is an immersive journey, setting up some good vibes for you to start your day ~

More info about Inerte :

Inerte, aka Ricardo Afonso, is a Portuguese-born and based artist who began his musical journey in 2010. His work is deeply inspired by hypnotic energy, breaks, textures and atmospheric soundscapes.

He is co-founder of atmos.lab records and half of Fonzo project.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/inrt
IG: https://www.instagram.com/fonzo.pt/


Art Bei ton Podcast ¹³⁵: Inerte

In this mix by @kheymysterio Prepare to immerse yourself in the space between club energy and immersive listening, creating sonic journeys that invite both movement and abandonment, weaving hypnotic soundscapes that blur the line between introspection and transcendence.

SC: @kheymysterio
iG: https://www.instagram.com/william_khey.mysterio/

Artwork c.elestyalthreads
iG: www.instagram.com/c.elestyalthreads/

NO BORDERS PODCAST 71 - KHEY MYSTERIO

Stormy - Una lunga tempesta estiva

Hypnotic, Deep Techno | Ambient | Groovy
Founded and curated by Adrian.Gambin since 2017.
Based in Malta.

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