Pure Space presents Black Smoke (2025 Remaster) by Andy Rantzen - our first-ever reissue, and a nod to a pivotal voice in Australia’s electronic music lineage.

Originally released in 2001 via the Creative Vibes compilation The Blue Hour Vol. 3: Deep Blue, Black Smoke is a deep cut from one of Eora/Sydney’s most quietly influential producers. Known for his work with Pelican Daughters, Itch-E & Scratch-E, and countless solo projects, Rantzen’s fingerprints are all over the foundations of Australian dance culture.

In revisiting the track for reissue, Andy uncovered three never-before-released alternate mixes buried deep in his DAT archive. Each offering a fresh perspective on the original’s tight tek percussion and deep soaring synths.

The newly remastered original lifts with propulsive clarity and analogue weight, while Alternative Mix 1 brings added bass pressure and sharpened percussion. Alternative Mix 2 introduces a classic acid lead, warping the groove into something more angular and elastic. Alternative Mix 3 slows the tempo and rinses the bassline, shifting the track into a darker, stauncher terrain - a twisted inversion of the original heat.

Nearly 25 years on, Black Smoke remains vital - a reminder that some frequencies never fade, they just keep mutating.

@andyrantzen

Tracklist:
01 - Black Smoke (2025 Remaster)
02 - Black Smoke (Alternative Mix 1)
03 - Black Smoke (Alternative Mix 2)
04 - Black Smoke (Alternative Mix 3)

Releases 17 July 2025

PS022
Written, produced, mixed and arranged: Andy Rantzen
Mastering: Mark
Artwork: dampwetbody
Words: Andy Garvey
Format: Digital

Tracks written, produced and mixed by Andy Rantzen on Gadigal Land. Pure Space also operates on Gadigal Land. Pure Space and Andy Rantzen both acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands and pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Andy Rantzen - Black Smoke (2025 Remaster)

There’s something oddly comforting in the idea of a dead star still sending signals — distant, mechanical, yet somehow filled with meaning. Inertia, and the record as a whole, tap into that contradiction: the sensation of being impossibly far from home, yet still drawn toward something vast, unseen, and filled with memory.

While it may feel banal to visually represent what a pulsar in space looks like, the idea behind the cover is to reimagine that perspective — as if observing time and space passing by from inside a starship made of stone. The design draws loosely from sci-fi, Art Deco, and Moebius-inspired aesthetics.

Signals from the Stars is now available for digital download and vinyl preorder via Bandcamp — check our linktree for access, or stream Inertia now on all major platforms.

Written & produced by Đ.K. https://soundcloud.com/d-k-music
Mastered by Stefan Betke at scapemastering
Vinyl pressed at AFG Record Manufacturing
Distributed by Readymadedistribution
Curation & artwork by Severja

Buy 12"

Đ.K. - A2. Vela Pulsar

LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

LIVE001 features the live debut of Delta Division, recorded at the BM showcase Giri in Berlin on 11.06.25. 

The new alias of Giordano, co-founder of Fear_of_silence and previously known for immersive releases on Answer Code Request, Voitax, and beyond, makes its live debut with a set that blurs memory and imagination.

Set up used: Allen & Heath ZED-14, Octatrack, Analog Rhythm, Strymon Night Sky, Strymon El Capistan, Ableton Push. 

Delta Division:
@deltadivisionmusic
instagram.com/delta__division/ 

Beautiful Machines:
instagram.com/beautiful.machines_/ 

LIVE001: Delta Division

"a reverse puzzle: starting with structure, ending in disintegration."

welcome to the abstract sonic world of seoul-via-paris dj and producer k.o.p. 32. taking us a journey through the depths of the murky underworld, the hyper minimal session flips the switch between immersive, introspective sound design and grey area influences. 

drawing from his parisian roots and his current base in seoul, this diversity of influences lends itself to k.o.p. 32’s output. his productions lean towards meticulous drum grooves and textured atmospheres spanning across deep techno, halftime, drum & bass and freetek with releases across annulled, de rio, a-biotic, metaphore industrie, de rio and qilla records. i’m completely obsessed with his productions! they’re so deep and easy to get lost in. that feeling of being neither here nor there whilst you listen, away in another world. pyramid of knowledge is another alias of k.o.p. 32 and in 2021, he embarked on a new journey, launching his own label beyond the bridge which has released records from some of our other favourites including spekki webu and gi. well worth the dig through to get to know the world that k.o.p. 32 orbits in better as well as reading our interview below : ) 

interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-234-kop-32

@pyramidofknowledge

⋆˚࿔ untitled 909 podcast 234: k.o.p. 32 ⋆˚࿔

BC : https://steeplejackrecc.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear-him-in-my-tinnitus

Faultlines - I Hear Him In My Tinnitus

Music From:

Hearwig https://soundcloud.com/hearwig
al dente https://soundcloud.com/al-den-te
Sleep Exchange https://soundcloud.com/sleepexchange
RXEX https://soundcloud.com/rxexx
Urban Space Electronics https://soundcloud.com/urbanspaceelectronics
auquap https://soundcloud.com/auquap
noom https://soundcloud.com/m-nematode
Glome https://soundcloud.com/pseudoglome
Borg Queen https://soundcloud.com/finnidris
Autogenesis https://soundcloud.com/auto-genesis
Cutting Room https://soundcloud.com/cuttingroomusic
HAM https://soundcloud.com/ham-laosethakul
Noneless https://soundcloud.com/nonelesss
Showerhead https://soundcloud.com/showerhead_dj
life light 
night magnet https://soundcloud.com/paradisvortex
LOIF https://soundcloud.com/loiflan

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Together forever,
In static and dust

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Mastered by Borg Queen at Syntonix
Artwork by Eek

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Steeplejack operates on Stolen land.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the land.
We pay our respects to their elders past, present, and future.
Sovereignty was never ceded.

Faultlines - I Hear Him In My Tinnitus Sampler

Released in October 2025 + a double CD with TLF II + III.

The Levitating Frog III (Presented by Repulsive Force)

Faultlines - I Hear Him In My Tinnitus

https://soundcloud.com/cuttingroomusic

https://steeplejackrecc.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear-him-in-my-tinnitus

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Together forever,
In static and dust

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Mastered by Borg Queen at Syntonix
Artwork by Eek

--

Steeplejack operates on Stolen land.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the land.
We pay our respects to their elders past, present, and future.
Sovereignty was never ceded.


PREMIERE - Cutting Room - Franky

The French producer Pablo Diarra aka Saïph launches his own label Songe Anima Records (Sonam) with the first release, Griffe Sonam EP, showcasing various influences ranging from techno, contemporary trance and ambient, out on September 19th.

Pre-order: https://songe-anima-records.bandcamp.com/album/griffe-sonam-ep
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@saiph_sound

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Premiere: Pablo Diarra - Fluctuation décoloniale

Artist: Esgeem, Vroomfondel 
Track Name: Fountain Effect
Record Label: Orbitando
Catalog Code: [ORB012]
Mastering:Diagram
Buy Link: https://orbitando.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-velocity
Release Date:  September 18, 2025

Support the artist here:
Esgeem,Vroomfondel 
SC: @esgeem - @vroomfondel93
IG: www.instagram.com/_esgeem_/
www.instagram.com/vroomfondel93/

Orbitando:
SC: @orbitandorecords
IG: www.instagram.com/orbitando_records/

premiere: Esgeem x Vroomfondel - Fountain Effect [ORB012]

Mit der neuen EP Love Bombing bekommt ihr 4 Tracks, die euch zum Entspannen einladen. Der Klang hat eine Parallele zu Deep House und Deep Tech. Viel Spaß beim Anhören.

The new EP, Love Bombing, features four tracks that invite you to relax. The sound parallels deep house and deep tech. Enjoy!

Fauna - EP, Love Bombing

Raw Synthesizer Techno. All out of one Live Session.

may be a price to pay

Budapest based, mass-hypnotizing collective.
Feel free to contact us: techlabbp@gmail.com

@szoliver
https://soundcloud.com/slym_cloud

premiere: Esgeem x Vroomfondel - Fountain Effect [ORB012]

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