Just Won't Do

Letztes Jahr durfte ich den Zauber des Neiphos Festivals zum ersten Mal erleben und ich war begeistert. Mit viel Liebe zum Detail, Spielerein, einem umfassenden musikalischen Angebot, Workshops, Bands, Installationen...einfach wundervoll.

Es war mir eine Ehre erneut spielen und mit den Besucher:innen gemeinsam tanzen zu dürfen. Danke an die Crew vom @Neiphos_festival es war wieder ein Träumchen <3

Für alle die noch mehr zum Neiphos wissen möchten, hier ein Auszug aus ihrer Internetseite:

Der Neiphos e.V. besteht aus jungen Menschen aus der Region Havelland und Ostprignitz sowie aus Berlin. Gemeinsame Freude an Musik und Kultur waren ihr Beweggründe für die Gründung des Vereins und der Planung des ersten Festivals.

Ihr Ziel ist, die Kultur in Brandenburg zu fördern und als gemeinnütziger Verein in Ostprignitz-Ruppin und dem Havelland zu integrieren.
Neben ihrem jährlich stattfindenden Festival engagieren Sie sich auch anderweitig regional. Ihr aktuelles Projekt ist der Spielplatzbau im Ort Rübehorst, in der Gemeinde Großderschau im Havelland. 

Von Anfang haben Sie sich zum Ziel gesetzt, regionale Strukturen zu nutzen und zu fördern. In dem Bereich Versorgung arbeiten Sie mit regionalen Anbietern zusammen. Während des Festivals sind regionale Essensstände bei Ihnen zu finden. 

Sie bauen vieles selbst – wie beispielsweise ihre Bühnen, den Kinderbereich und den Barbereich. Viele Helfer:innen aus der Region unterstützen Sie dabei.

Des Weiteren arbeiten Sie mit Bauer:innen während der Aufbauphase des Festivals zusammen. Aus der Umgebung gibt es freiwillige Helfer:innen, die Sie beim Aufbau des Festivals unterstützen.

Bertha @ NEIPHOS Festival 2025

Noumen returns to Central Processing Unit after a six-year absence with Altum. This bumper record, the Ukrainian artist’s fourth release for the Sheffield label and first since 2019 double-LP Obscurium, serves to remind us all why Noumen’s music has been lauded by the likes of Mixmag and Resident Advisor in the past. Altum is a consummate piece of contemporary electronic production, a technoid exploration of outer-edges electronica that nods to genre greats like Autechre while still maintaining its own unconventional charm.

Across well over an hour of music here we find Noumen repeatedly playing punchy mid-tempo beat work off of some more cerebral tuned synths. Altum kicks off with the epic ‘Oion’ - beginning in that Autechre/AFX mid-tempo zone, full of deep-sea bangs and whirrs, the track slowly builds to a final stretch of delay-drenched keys which set us free amidst the outer cosmos, almost Sun Ra-style. It’s a perfect liminal-space roller and an apt scene-setter for Altum.

‘Oion’ provides a blueprint for several of the album’s other highlights - plenty of the joints here adopt that same approach of hitting hard with the drums and soft with the synths. Second track ‘Splitter’ takes on the baton from ‘Oion’ while souping up the kick to warehouse levels; the beats in ‘Far Wind’ splutter like a needle skipping on a mid-90s Tresor drop; ‘Fate Carette’, all eerie looped synth leads, is a highlight as the album enters the home straight.

The rhythm production (which, it should be noted, is exemplary throughout Altum) is ratched up in intensity on a handful of numbers. ‘Telemask’ displays a delightful breakbeat - if you’d told me this was sampled from golden age A Tribe Called Quest, I’d have believed you. Mid-section anchors ‘Awe’ and ‘Axis’ are glitchers in the Mike Paradinas mould, with the latter showing off some pleasing steel pan-esque synth leads for good measure. And while Altum generally maintains a processional pace throughout, there are points where Noumen toughens up the drums for club deployment - ‘Unveilness’ shows off a real chunkiness in the low end, closer ‘Spurling Sign’ plays a satisfying rolling groove off of ever-layering synths, and the title-track is an alien machine-funker in keeping with fellow CPU electronauts like Silicon Scally and Cygnus.

Noumen’s third album for Central Processing Unit is a pleasingly hefty double-LP which builds on the zany invention of acts like Modeselektor and Autechre to delightful effect.

FFO: Autechre, Aphex Twin, Modeselektor, Bochum Welt, LFO

Noumen - Altum

~ all vinyl, as always ~

Simo Cell - Feel Di Kouala Vybz (Livity Sound)
Djrum - Three Foxes Chasing Each Other (Houndstooth)
Lee Gamble - Kuang Shaped Prowla (Pan)
Second Woman - 100407jd7 (Spectrum Spools)
TR-One - VCO Friday (First Cut)
Vice - Leave a Message (Black Nation)
Model 500 - The Passage (Apollo)
MNLTH - Neptune 44 16 (WéMè Records)
Gescom - Tangle Ill (Skam)
group A - Ketabali (Mannequin)
Curve – Falling Free [Aphex Twin Remix] (Anxious Records)
Mor Elian - Xeric Zula (Hypercolour)
Carl Finlow - Vorlon (Science Cult)
Morphology - Drumlin (De:tuned)
Kas - Like Sunlit Threads (Ilian Tape)
Dsylecta - Left on Para (Out of Sorts)
Laksa - Wanda (Re:Lax)
Tzusing - Residual Stress (Pan)
LFO - Jason Vorhees (Warp Records)
Caskré - GYDA TERFSGAETH GYSON (GASH COLLECTIVE)

Philip Ryan - Psychophone mix

The long awaited single featuring legendary Strange Music alumni Krizz Kaliko, this song is a vibe ready for any and all to enjoy.

Chase Me (feat. Krizz Kaliko)

One last final drop before the eventual release of LEGIT's debut album: CROWDED SPACE. This EP has 3 incredible songs, including 1 fan favorite from LEGIT's live performances, as well as 2 brand new never before heard tracks that pay homage to the pairs solo catalogues.

Short Hair

(They Call Me) Crazy 3

Is You Scared, Pt. 3

Streets of days old bathed in an orange glow

Sodium Vapor

WENCH GET LOW

SHORT HAIR

CROWDED SPACE

H0E$ (REMIX)

Un banger sombre et électrique pour Halloween 🎃 — basses qui cognent, mélodies hantées, ambiance démoniaque. “Crank Halloween” fait vibrer les catacombes, entre égotrip et frissons. 💀🔥
#Plug #TrapSeason #HalloweenVibes

SCREAM

Un son dmv brumeux où le flow se perd entre nonchalance et puissance. "Mumble" c’est le mélange parfait entre froideur et ego trip, un son qui te met dans le mood sans forcer

MUMBLE

(Repost) HAZI VOL. 3 – le son revient plus fort. Même flamme, même frappe, aucun changement dans la rage. Si t’avais raté le drop, c’est le moment de rattraper.

HAZI_VOL_3

🎤 A Jacksonville Rap Duo featuring John Legit and Skam The Rapper 🔥

Central Processing Unit, commonly referred to as CPU Records, is an independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music.

Distributed by Kudos Records London UK.

We are not currently seeking unsolicited demos. Due to the volume of digital submissions, it is impossible to listen and respond to each one.

Vinyl DJ Mixes - Techno / Electro / House / Bass / Electronica

Manchester based electronic musician, creating whatever feels right at the time.

🪐 Booking // booking.bertha@gmail.com

Bertha // (Proggy) House / Electronic / Breakbeat
Lysergid // (Hypnotic, Nordic & Proggy) Techno / Trance
½ Two Girls One Horse

🌕 2026
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01 / 16 - ROSA (Greifswald)
01 / 09 - Fundbureau (Hamburg)

🌓 2025
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12 / 19 - Süß war gestern (Berlin)
12 / 11 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)
12 / 06 - ROSA (Greifswald)
12 / 03 - KIKI Vintage (Leipzig)
11 / 06-30 - Vacay month
11 / 05 - Fabrique / Gängeviertel (Hamburg)
10 / 29 - Garage Ost (Leipzig)
10 / 15 - Lack & KIKI Vintage (Leipzig)
10 / 10 - ROSA (Greifswald)
09 / 27 - Beate Uwe (Berlin)
09 / 19 - ROSA (HGW) as Two Girls One Horse
08 / 30 - Kinkel Festival (Secret location)
08 / 23 - Neiphos Festival (Kyritz)
08 / 10 - 3000° Festival (Feldberg)
08 / 01 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)
07 / 18 - kap.tripití Open Air (Leipzig)
07 / 16 - Secret Rave (Leipzig)
07 / 12 - DUQO (Leipzig)
07 / 05 - Fundbureau (Hamburg)
07 / 04 - ROSA (Greifswald)
06 / 23 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)
06 / 13 - Süß war gestern (Berlin)
06 / 06 - Rote Erde Festival (Taucha)
05 / 28 - Secret Rave (MV)
05 / 23 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)
05 / 02 - Kulturlounge (Leipzig) - Privat event
04 / 30 - ROSA (Greifswald) as Lysergid
04 / 29 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)
04 / 23 - Elipamanoke (Leipzig)
04 / 20 - Südpol (Hamburg)
04 / 05 - Lapidarium (Greifswald)
04 / 04 - Club 9 e.V. (Greifswald)
03 / 21 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)
03 / 12 - Garage Ost (Leipzig)
03 / 08 - Pittlerwerke (Leipzig)
02 / 22 - Elipamanoke (Leipzig)
02 / 08 - Kulturlounge (Leipzig)
01 / 08 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)

🌑 2024
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12 / 28 - Fundbureau (Hamburg)
12 / 21 - ROSA (Greifswald)
12 / 06 - ROSA (Greifswald)
11 / 22 - Kulturlounge (Leipzig)
11 / 16 - Theaterwerft (Greifswald)
11 / 13 - Garage Ost (Leipzig)
09 / 27 - Kulturlounge (Leipzig) - Privat event
09 / 13 - DUQO (Leipzig)
08 / 31 - TARMAC Festival (Flugplatz Allstedt)
08 / 23 - Neiphos Festival (Kyritz)
08 / 11 - Crack Bellmer (Berlin)
08 / 09 - ROSA (Greifswald)
07 / 30 - Husch Ecke (Greifswald)
07 / 12 - Garage Ost (Leipzig)
07 / 06 - Kinkel Festival (Secret location)
06 / 15 - Meeresrausch Festival (Peenemünde)
06 / 07 - ROSA (Greifswald)
06 / 01 - Südpol (Hamburg) - Pop-Up Stage
05 / 21 - Club 9 e.V. (Greifswald)
05 / 04 - Kulturlounge (Leipzig) - Privat event
01 / 01 - Objekt klein a (Dresden)

Bertha not only inspires the people around her with her positive energy and penchant for creativity on the dance floor but also on the decks. With her feeling for the music and the vibe in the room, the Hamburg native develops an atmosphere of a pleasant get-together and leads those who love dancing into a world of the fantastic. She herself describes her sound geographically: early education in Hamburg, teenage years in MV, garnished with Berlin and Leipzig sprinkles. Bertha plays whatever moves her heart. True to the motto “Gets in your ear. Stays in your head.”

New tracks tagged #SKAM