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The product of an intercontinental friendship and a shared love of unorthodox club music, Tehran’s Taboo Collective present a 4-track collaborative exploration of broken-beat techno from label boss gestaltwandler and prolific Australia-based producer Hedchef.

Releasing work from an artist outside of Iran is a first for Taboo - the collective play a crucial role in the Tehran underground both in releasing forward-thinking club music and organising joyous community-driven parties which remain, as the name suggests, ‘Taboo’ in day-to-day Iranian life.

Rhythmic patterns jerk and shift over sinister atmospheres and chest-rattling bass throughout ‘How The Tides Shift’. Hedchef’s cinematic and brooding opener ‘Seventeen Petty Afflictions’ builds tension over the course of six and a half minutes before gestaltwandler raises the tempo for snarling dancefloor obliterator ‘Certainty’.

Onto the remixes, where gestaltwandlers’s ‘Over-the-Counter’ mix of ‘SPA’ cranks up the suspense to anxiety-inducing levels as a soaring, acidic synth cuts through the fog. To finish off the release, Hedchef’s ‘Entrenched Scepticism’ mix of ‘Certainty’ harks back to his UK roots with dubstep-tinged halftime beat structures and persistent Reese bass chunk.

Released on June 27, ‘How the Tides Shift’ is an essential pack of envelope-pushing club tools for the next generation.

gestaltwandler - Certainty (Hedchef's Entrenched Scepticism Mix)

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Support from Hannah Wants, Om Unit, True Tiger, Majestic, Scullious, Charlie Tee (Kiss FM), Dosage, Crown Duels, Cropper, Liable + more

Futureproof dissonant club tools.

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Releases on SPE:C, Taipan Trax, YUKU, Scuffed Recordings, Worst Behavior, International Chrome, Etched Records + many more

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Tracks supported by Detroit In Effect, Jensen Interceptor, I Hate Models, Solid Blake, Kettama, Dave Clarke, Gamma Intel, Madam X, Assembler Code, Addison Groove, object blue, Manni Dee, Emerald, SPFDJ, Sam Binga, Om Unit, Eomac, Anastasia Kristensen, Nite Fleit, Anna Morgan, re:ni & Laksa, James Newmarch & Voicedrone, Aloka, Ayesha, Kris Baha, Partiboi69, LCY, Oblig, Salome, Justin Jay, Sissel Wincent, Aura T-09, Darwin, Yushh, Identified Patient, DJ Mell G, Nikki Nair, Dusk & Blackdown, Stones Taro, Freshta, Jay Carder, Opium Hum, Bullet Tooth, Marsman, Hermeth, Hassan Abou Alam, Bluetoof, IMOGEN, Ma Sha / Sha Ru, Doctor Jeep, Jossy Mitsu, Hodge, Mincy, Volruptus, Mad Miran, Kessler, Metrist, False Persona, Coido, Ternion Sound, Ila Brugal, Sicaria, Clouds + more

gestaltwandler - Certainty (Hedchef's Entrenched Scepticism Mix)

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