Seattle-based Northern Cold is a rising talent, carving his own path in high-energy trance and techno. 

Influenced by hypnotic rave music from classic eras along with darker elements from punk and metal, he isn't afraid to step across genre boundaries or take risks. 

He launched EONS Label in 2024 to highlight the best new tracks that capture this spirit. The label is rapidly growing and has already released original EPs from Northern Cold, CYNTHESZR, IN_DUAL, and FLuH.

In 2024, he became a resident DJ for Substrate Techno. This new collective has established a regular event series for hard techno in Seattle.

Follow Northern Cold here:
https://soundcloud.com/northerncold
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wXBnwdDE8CfeDtSvO4lrh?si=jYL3hmyQQ261hAC_LMGdEw
https://northerncold.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/northerncold.music/

Follow EONS Label here:
https://soundcloud.com/eons-label
https://eons-label.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HDNt494b6PupgMp7n9Sv8?si=a7bafe468ae54044
https://www.instagram.com/eons.label/

Northern Cold I Underground - ТЯΛЛSMłSSłФЛ CCXVII

This is my set from last weekend, recorded live at Substation Seattle. It's a hard techno opening set for the Substrate Techno show with CLAWZ and IN_DUAL. None of my original music featured in this one, since I played a bit slower than a peak time set. Kept it dark, heavy, and industrial though. Tracklist below. Enjoy!

1. Quantec - Motionless (Original Mix)
2. Lucinee - Drift (Original Mix)
3. TonalTheory - This is the World
4. Ekka - Bravo (SlugoS Remix)
5. EMILIANA - Shadow Work
6. ADAXAL - Hinners Point
7. Trust True - You Need This (Don Woezik Remix)
8. Sarell - Armed To The Teeth
9. Tham - No Right Life In The Wrong One
10. San Lopez - Modus Operandi
11. Morison - Tameless (SlugoS Remix)
12. Luckes, Lost Minds (DE) - Vortex (Marco Leckbert Remix)
13. Amstra - Meraki (Original Mix)
14. Randomer, Anetha - I Can't Believe (Original Mix)
15. I Hate Models - Transcendental Fusion
16. SlugoS - Into the Burrow
17. Tham - Nothing Lasts Forever
18. GNRØ - Inmortal (Original Mix)

[Substrate] Northern Cold - Live at Substation Seattle 3-15-2025

8TIMES8 embodies a place free of judgement, and the stress of humanity. Everyone is free to be who they are and express themself in a community that encompasses the reflection of their reality. We accept you as you see yourself. Through our shared love of HARD Techno, we release ourselves from the bondage of our everyday lives. We liberate ourselves from the stereotypes projected on us. Free yourself from the frustration of those who don’t understand.

8TIMES8 PODCAST 024 - D.A.V.E. The Drummer - LIVE LIFE HAZARD SET

Juliana Yamasaki - Plasma (Original Mix)

Albin Östberg, aka ConnecteD, is a producer from Sweden, known in the underground scene for his unique dark and industrial style. Greatly inspired by his fellow Swede Fabian Kempe, the legendary Ultraform, Albin's music is often dark and mysterious, characterized by his use of choirs, lots of atmosphere, heavy basslines and mythical themes. The old school Acid Techno, Psy Trance and Hard Trance artists from the 90's and 2000's has influenced his sound, with artists such as: Scot Project, Hennes & Cold, Audiowarp, Kamui and Ace Da Brain to name a few.
With tracks reaching a length of over 10 minutes, Albin goes against the mainstream norm of short tracks and hasty mixing. His music tells a story.

Albin began with his first EP in 2015, called ''Psychopath'', released on Xtraxx Records, and since then his music has been released on several underground Hard Trance record labels around the globe. Over the years he's also gotten support from some of the big names in the scene, such as: ASYS, Mark EG, Splinta, DJ Fausto, Renegade System, Louk, Nostic and many more.

His Youtube channel with over 10k subscribers grows by the day. It started as a way to ''preserve'' old school Hard Trance vinyl records digitally, and has become an archive of sorts, with lots of old and new underground rave music. Make sure to pay it a visit and discover awesome music.



Bandcamp: https://connected-swe.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6gKhbqTRBkwShOjlnLLGJ6?si=aFZJoFRdTKCiFyfk0Er-Fg

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/connected_official

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBuN7YIHjB40uXezntguDfQ?

Tracklist:
1. ConnecteD - Helheim (Original Mix)
2. ConnecteD - Halls of Amenti (Original Mix)
3. Mosquito - Darkness (ConnecteD Remix)
4. ConnecteD - Isle of the Sun (Original Mix)
5. ConnecteD - When They Arrived (Original Mix)
6. ConnecteD - Ishtar's Descent (Original Mix)
7. Joop - Another World (ConnecteD Remix)
8. Noizy Boy - Evolution (ConnecteD Remix)
9. ConnecteD - Anunnaki (Original Mix)


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ConnecteD // In The Mix

I gave Northern Cold's banging track 'Proxima' a 155bpm hard house rework.

Nothern Cold: https://soundcloud.com/northerncold
Eons Label: https://soundcloud.com/eons-label

Proxima (Shaun Activation Remix) [free download]

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OBSCUUR Podcast 36: Hortense de Beauharnais

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CHIEF303 - 3.03AM (August 2025 Mix)

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Argentine-born and Chile-based producer CementO returns to Holiday Addict with Unsane Vision, a techno EP that functions as both sonic time capsule and personal manifesto. Composed largely of unreleased material dating back two decades, this release captures the raw tension of an era marked by global anxiety — filtered through distorted rhythms, relentless BPMs, and politically charged samples that still sting with relevance.

The sound design is unapologetically abrasive. Kick drums land like blunt-force trauma, wrapped in analog hiss and saturated beyond conventional thresholds. Synths don’t shimmer — they groan, corrode, and rupture across the stereo field, channeling a type of industrial decay that feels less like aesthetic choice and more like existential condition. CementO leans into chaos, rejecting polish in favor of emotional directness.

What unifies the EP is its refusal to compromise. Each track is built to provoke, with dense rhythmic programming that borders on hostile and textures that demand physical spaces — dark clubs, illegal warehouses, nowhere polite. George W. Bush-era speech fragments interspersed across the record don’t serve as commentary; they’re used like debris, embedded in the concrete mix of CementO’s sonic architecture.

Unsane Vision doesn’t seek approval — it asserts presence. It’s techno that snarls rather than seduces, grounded in a DIY ethos and a clear desire to sound different for every pair of ears. For listeners drawn to the genre’s confrontational edges, CementO delivers something bracing, unfiltered, and fiercely rooted in its own logic.

Written & Produced by Javier Eleazar Araya Bastias | Mastered by Mas Bass | © + ℗ 2025 Holliday Addicts

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ConnecteD // In The Mix

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