Recording from АХОЛА festival 2021.
@hipushit

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TESTFM x вир мир w/ Maksimovna — 23/07/22

'Marble' was produced in 1997 by a guy from Amsterdam. It became known years after, when it was included in a keygen software for Ableton Live. The author himself found out about this fact just a couple of years ago.
The track was available to anyone on Mod Archive, yet still we felt there was a reason it should appear on CRUISE compilation as it reflects the spirit of the time we all cherish and try to recreate at our parties.
We've reached the author and asked whether he'd like to release this track officially. We found out Hans was only 15 when he wrote 'Marble'. Not only he gave us his blessing, but also did a new mixdown of the track for CRUISE tape, almost 25 years later!

Artist: Reactor Grits / @reactor-grits
Title: "Marble"
Label: Cruise Records / @waxninja
Release date: 16 September 2022
Format: cassettes & digital
Buy: https://linktr.ee/cruisewhois

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CRUISE is a Moscow-based night that focuses on 90s finest — old school hip-hop, garage house, breakbeat hardcore and jungle. Every once in a while local vinyl enthusiasts, artists and radio hosts from Wax Ninja crew (Artem Xio, Foxxylove and MB4) and Tiger Balms crew (Skye, Fine) gather nostalgic music lovers so that they can cruise through different BPMs and genres in a home-like atmosphere.

This release is the essence of CRUISE captured on tape: 15 tracks from the crème de la crème of the Russian underground scene. A full-scale journey into the sound of drum machines, analog synths, obscure samples and what not; a heart-warming homage to music from New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, London, Manchester, Essex, Bristol and different cities across Italy.

N-Tone, Maxi Skratch and Luge are there with their beats and scratches; HI TOP and Osipenko Bus Stop (Ant To Be when he makes jungle) deliver some proper UKG; Keroz and DJ 0000 (DJ 1985’s alter ego) are going deep and melodic; Cream Soda, BRTS, Scruscru & S.Timoshenko and Heavy Blunt fill this tape with house bangers; Artem Xio, Mix Master Kutyma, FTRRLT alongside Amsterdam native Reactor Grits do breakbeat and drum’n’bass. And don’t forget about the funny skits that turn this compilation into an 90s style album that tells a story.

To make your CRUISE even more real — this tape release was enriched with an olfactory dimension: look out for a scented scratch & sniff card inside your box!

PREMIERE: Reactor Grits — Marble (2022 Mix)(Cruise Records, 2022)

Artist: Greenwald / @greenwald32
Title: Is What i Like
Label: urwaxx / @urwaxx
Release date: October, 2022
Format: vinyl/digital
Order/pre-order: https://urwaxx.bandcamp.com/album/is-what-i-like

Label's words: "urwaxx returns with a long awaited second vinyl from Greenwald. Inside 5 tracks showing exploration of electro and breaks music. “Is What I Like” represents a reflection of his own vision of these styles.

The premiered track, ‘Is What I Like’ continues to explore ghetto sound. The track uses samples from different eras which are connected in a united atmosphere".

Order/pre-order

PREMIERE: Greenwald — Is What I Like (urwaxx, 2022)

Artist: @wei-xzy
Title: Bhang LP
Mastering: Thomas P. Heckmann 
Label: PHTM @phtmmusic
Date: December 22, 2022
Format: digital/bc only
Pre-order: https://phtm.bandcamp.com/album/wei-xzy-bhang-lp-ft-08808-a-beennooutside-nichaleta-rha

PREMIERE: wei.xzy — lose in r eyes (ft. RHa) [PHTM005]

This mix we've got from Roma Nemov, a DJ who knows how to surprise, hypnotise and make you dance eventually. Just press play to take this trip. 

@danceofdecision

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TESTFM MIX 12: Roma Nemov

Droog Records’s second EP gives us a soft touch of nostalgic house music that arouses feelings of love and hope. Интересные Ощущения (Interesnye Oschuschenia) and Renata Litvinova “rate this planet with zero points” and Enfant and Elena Solovei are starting “a new life, pure as spring”.

Artist: Интересные Ощущения / @interesnyeoshchushchenia
Title: Этой Планете Новая Жизнь
Label: Друг Records / @droog_records
Format: digital
Buy: https://droogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/--2

PREMIERE: Интересные Ощущения — Этой Планете (Друг Records, 2023)

“I Am Here Now, When Will You Be Here Again?” collects 28 contemporary voices, from or with connection to the music landscape of Copenhagen today. 

In 28 songs and more than two hours of music ”I Am Here Now, When Will You Be Here Again?” presents a multitude of expressions. An empty holiday retreat, a portrait of a season’s end. Echoes of emotion, laughter in the background, someone cried here too. Sandalwood scent or patchouli, rain pools gathering on the piled up daybeds, it is colder now. If the storm comes, i’ll let myself get carried away too. I am here now, when will you be here again? 

The compilation is presented digitally and as a limited set of cassettes out late October “I Am Here Now, When Will You Be Here Again?” is the newest addition to a lineage of Posh Isolation compilations. Sung in voices of today it echoes a past cry; 

“Give me a mask to put my face in. A mask to put over my other mask. What do I care if some curious person sees my flaws? Let this mask, with its black eyebrows, blush for me.” 

Artist: Lyra Valenza / @lyravalenza
Title: "I Am Here Now, When Will You Be Here Again?"
Label: Posh Isolation / @poshisolation
Date: October 27, 2023
Buy: https://poshisolation.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-here-now-when-will-you-be-here-again

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PREMIERE: Lyra Valenza — Reverie (Posh Isolation, 2023)

Meet our new guest, another gem we found in Brazil and totally fell in love with. In this mix he comes in with a relatively more foggy and relaxed side of the local sound.

badvi is a brazilian dj and beatmaker from east side São Paulo. His research is extremely varied, ranging from house to brazilian funk, passing through styles such as hardstyle and vogue,  always giving preference to frantic and fast-paced rhythms in dj sets, to make crow go wild.
@victorfelinto

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In this issues vip client and uvd tsao are sharing the brightest edges of modern dance music from Central and South America. Extremely feminine and avantgarde, flamboyant and provocative, ghetto-born and roots-blending – it doesn’t pay much attention to so-called "good taste and the acceptable" and now it’s probably one of the biggest sources of ideas changing the global electronic music.

Other issues: on.soundcloud.com/dVUh4

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Ay Papi Issues w/ badvi

Artist: @altoaria
Title: To Keep My Own Dream
Label: @rhz000
Release Date: February 14th 2024
Buy: https://rhz000.bandcamp.com/album/limerence

PREMIERE: Alto Aria — To Keep My Own Dream (Rhizome, 2024)

French Geneva-based artist NUNU is known for unique sound crafting, infusing each composition with distinctive character.

NUNU embraces versatility and gritty club aesthetics in his experimental approach, creating pieces that resonate with unfiltered authenticity.

Label's word: “Experimenting with analog and digital sound sources, NUNU blurs the line between genres, using gritty textures and sound design to deliver 7 tracks ranging from drum driven tools to atmospheric pieces”.

Artist: NUNU / @nunununu
Label: @99ctsrcrds
Buy: https://99ctsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/user-friendly
Release Date: January 1, 2024

PREMIERE: NUNU — Juggler (99CTS RCRDS, 2024)

The 16th issue of our mix series was recorded by Chaotic Discord, known for his meticulous selections in DJing, producing tracks, and running his own record label, @tsarskoyeselo

TESTFM MIX 16: Chaotic Discord

Glad to share a second episode of False Awakenings Loops with Umresh. Here you'll get an arthouse in the world of mixes. It could easily be the soundtrack to Safdie brothers movie or something similar. 

False Awakenings Loops show aims to create a series of audio narrative essays focused on topics like love, dreams, sleep, life, and death. Each track in the compilation serves as its own story or chapter, contributing to the overall narrative. Through the art of mixing, the music itself becomes a language, conveying complex themes and emotions.

The author of the show, Umresh is a multi-genre DJ originally from Siberia, who has primarily showcased her talents in Prague and Berlin. Her DJ sets and mixes feature music that has had a profound emotional and intellectual impact on her, both in the past and present.

@umreshakadashik

other episodes: https://on.soundcloud.com/fBYQB

False Awakenings Loops w/ Umresh — 06/01/24

Artist: @beennooutside
Label: @cll-kll 
Out: 7th January 2024

Buy: https://cll-kll.bandcamp.com/album/cctv17

PREMIERE: небылснаружи — насыпь (cll-kll, 2024)

In a fusion of science and sound, Kalocain's debut vinyl release, "Genetic Memory," unfolds an eerie tale. "W.N.G." opens a portal to an ancient world, where forgotten tongues unveil cryptic secrets. "Genetic Memory" weaves ethereal connections between ancestral recollections and the present, warping the fabric of time. "Ivermectin" delves into the surreal realms of molecular melodies, as if sonic DNA deciphers sound's enigmas. Remixes from Normal 4, Patricia Kokett, and Jacques Satre reshape the auditory cosmos with a dash of the bizarre. 

To amplify the weirdness, Evaldas Bubinas aka Hermandrowing, concocts mind-bending artwork, beckoning listeners into a realm where sound and art meld in uncanny harmony. 

But that's not all! The digital copy unveils an additional original track, "Groove Drift," along with a wild array of remixes by Henry Greenleaf, Frankfurt Bass, and Dogpatrol. 

"Genetic Memory" isn't just music; it's a transcendent odyssey blending the past, present, and the surreal future, with a digital twist that will leave you questioning the boundaries of sonic exploration.

Artist: @kalocain / @dogpatrolinaction
Label: @electric_shapes
Release: February 9, 2024 
Buy: https://electricshapes.bandcamp.com/album/genetic-memory

Genetic Memory

PREMIERE: Kalocain — Groove Drift (Dogpatrol Remix) (Electric Shapes, 2024)

"Under the unusual casing of the Schönfeld album are many small cogwheels, whirring drive belts, elastic support straps and clattering cylinder heads that want to push the experimental device towards the dance floor and succeed in doing so. 
An ant city with a functioning infrastructure from whose towers the trumpet riffs, professionally played by the master himself, resound. 
The stubborn otherness with the artist's masticating signature is what secures the album a temporary place on my Mp3 player." – Sandrow M. (Uncanny Valley)

Artist: Schönfeld / @tromboneschoenfeld	
Album: "Interconnected Lip Vibes"
Label: Kontrapunkt / @kontrapunktsound	
Release date: 1st March 2024
Format:  tape & digital
Stream/buy: https://kontrapunktsound.bandcamp.com/album/interconnected-lip-vibes

PREMIERE: Schönfeld — It's Just The Time (Kontrapunkt, 2024)

Following acclaimed underground releases on labels like Schacke’s imprint Moral Defeat, Katharsis and Perfect Aesthetics, Danish electronic musician Sortlegeme (the solo moniker of Jeppe Dalsgaard Andersen) returns with his most spellbinding work to date. “They Are Many” is an album of sprawling textures that like music in its most intuitive state captures the essence of the indescribable.

Built from polyrhythmic synth lines that surge towards sensory overload, “They Are Many” is equally full of subtle layers that emerge delicately from the foundations. In this ever-evolving sonic landscape, one senses the earthly, deliberate movements of tectonic plates colliding before settling into yet another million years of relentless grind. It's a soundscape that teeters on the edge of a total breaking point: a beautifully ominous foreshadowing of collapse.

Andersen reflects: “I was playing Starcraft at the time I made this music, and I think the Zerg was an inspiration and model for this kind of life. I was thinking about creeping and crawling things. The
album reflects on the world humans might leave behind in our self-destruction and how opportunistic species might thrive in our absence, like weeds sprouting from the ashes of a forest fire. I was always big on post-rock, and this setup allowed me to do big buildups in that style.”

With “They Are Many,” Andersen fully embraces a departure from any rhythmic constraints in his music, allowing for expansive exploration throughout the album. While hope – or what is left of it –
might seem sparse in the album's 45-minute journey, the music is punctuated by beautiful, voice-like melodies that are eventually overwhelmed by a noisy climax, leading to a profound numbness. The sensation is akin to synthesizers forging their way towards the void.

Andersen: “We as humans are often consumed by our knowledge, ethics, and complex systems, but sometimes it's important to remember that life's origin is pure survival. Our present culture is overly intellectual, and I find myself drawn to the instinctive, opportunistic aspects of life, much like a hive of smaller organisms operates, without conscious thought. We tend to view everything from our individualistic, single-body perspective, forgetting that the world's very essence is multiplicity.”

Artist: @sortlegeme
Pre-order/order: https://srtrecs.bandcamp.com/album/they-are-many

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PREMIERE: Sortlegeme — Drowning In The Swamp (Barkhausen, 2024)

Analog Concept's SCENA ACID series enters its 3rd chapter, this time with Suseki presents '303 Variations' EP. True to the title and label aesthetic, these 4 tracks are full of fun personality and intricate, detailed production resulting in a seamless yet dynamic integration of techno based style.

Energetic, thoughtful, yet otherworldly & relentless perfection for the senses and dancefloor - within each track adventure, you'll be delighted with sonic travels through layered atmospheres of lysergic techno funk, progressive trance, electro, new beat, industrial vibes and more;

Suseki presents '303 Variations', … the confident acid with purpose that pushes the boundaries of your speakers and your imagination.

PREMIERE: Suseki — Present Priboys - Consciousness Is God (Scena Acid, 2024)

Recorded at Paradajz Radio, Belgrade
@leshutler
@paradajzradio

SCHIZIĆ x TESTFM w/ Leshutler — 16/02/2024

Recorded at Paradajz Radio, Belgrade
@werfol
@paradajzradio

SCHIZIĆ x TESTFM w/ Werfol — 16/02/2024

New release is coming up from Fluchtlink. 

4 club ready tracks present a diverse palette of influences from ravey breakbeats to four on the floor acid trance. 

Dive into the sonic realm of futuristic beats, zaps, bleeps and mesmerizing sequences spiced with crafted sample cuts in this eclectic rave EP.

Artist: @tonyobatonyo 
Label: @idasound 
Buy: https://idasound.bandcamp.com/album/rumbla
Release date: 29 Feb 2024

PREMIERE: Fluchtlink — Feet Licker (IDA, 2024)

"In 2020, I came up with the idea to record an album, the concept of which revolves around immersion in various genres (trip-hop, post-punk, ambient, synthwave, trance), as well as blending genres within tracks, giving them different "rooms" or spaces. I was searching for something new, to see how I could feel in different roles. I started making the album quite slowly and often encountered a lack of resources (instruments, studio time, etc.).

I also had a dislike for vocals and little experience in experimenting with singing. A characteristic feature of the album is its occasionally dark, melancholic, mystical sound, immersing listeners into a space of alienation, akin to silence. Nothing is heard, nothing is seen, the fear of silence. It's as if that fear flickers here too.

In March 2022, I was forced to move and couldn't finish "Silencio." I had to try to work on what remained on the disks and introduce something new. Through obstacles and a series of failures, I managed to complete the album. I am silent no more!" ~  Werfol

Artist: @werfol
Purchase: https://werfol1.bandcamp.com/album/silencio
Released: March 1, 2024

PREMIERE: Werfol — Noir (Self-released, 2024)

Heaven On Earth is a transcendental act standing at the crossroads of a whole spectrum of genres related to noise, full of religious awe.

The mix we collected especially for TESTFM will show the origin and the direction our project is going to follow — from the classics of post-industrial to its latest emanations. Our debut album is ready and will be released soon on the label, the name of which we would like to keep secret for now. Besides, in the second part of the mix you can hear our unreleased demos.

@colour0
@losthelmet
inst: https://www.instagram.com/heavenonearth.project/

TEST MIX 17: Heaven On Earth

Nørus & Dj Whipr Snipr team up for Gravitational Attraction on Nerang Recordings. The duo air their Second collaborative EP With flavours from breaks, electro, techno and beyond.

Title: Invisible Commission
Artist: Nørus & DJ Whipr Snipr / @djwhiprsnipr 
EP Title: Gravitational Attraction
Label: Nerang Records
Release Date: March 8th, 2024
Buy: https://nerangrecordings4211.bandcamp.com/album/nrng015-n-rus-dj-whipr-snipr-gravitational-attraction

Gravitational Attraction

PREMIERE: Nørus & DJ Whipr Snipr — Invisible Commission (Nerang Records, 2024)

Introducing another notable talent hailing from South America: Entrañas, a musician from Quito, Ecuador, is one of the crucial producers in the experimental music scene of the region. His work is characterized by exploring and transforming Latin American music, especially Ecuadorian native sounds and rhythms. He mixes them with ambient, bass, grime, and club music, achieving a nontrivial dope effect that you will surely feel in the mix below. His music is filled with rich textures, deep basslines, powerful drums, and dark, hypnotic melodies. Entrañas frequently collaborates with prominent artists in the industry and has released his music on labels such as Tratratrax, CTM, NOFUTUR3, NAAFI, Traaampaaa, and many others.

@entranas

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In this issues vip client and uvd tsao are sharing the brightest edges of modern dance music from Central and South America. Extremely feminine and avantgarde, flamboyant and provocative, ghetto-born and roots-blending – it doesn’t pay much attention to so-called "good taste and the acceptable" and now it’s probably one of the biggest sources of ideas changing the global electronic music.
Other issues: on.soundcloud.com/dVUh4

Ay Papi Issues w/ Entrañas

"Couple of my demos from summer '23 that somehow ended up from the folder 'untitled' to the folder 'complete.' Featuring cracked VSTs, YouTube rips, samples from cheap 90s CDs, and a lot of sarcasm plus sincerity at the same time. It's definitely 'name your price' tag music, but it's nicely mixed with additional help from Cnstruct, mastered by simply the best, Lopazz, and comes with lovely design by Mollakaev. Feel free to support! And remember to always stay hydrated." ~ Zhilin

Artist: @andrei-zhilin
Title: Stars&
Purchase: https://zhilin.bandcamp.com/album/stars
Released: 13 March 2024

PREMIERE: Zhilin — Stars& (self-released, 2024)

Recorded at (daytime) broadcast in friendly gathering by @crewq & didomik. Tbilisi, Georgia.

crewq & testfm: ri — 17/02/2024

crewq & testfm: furrr — live — 17/02/2024

crewq & testfm: Evgeny Bylina — live — 17/02/2024

crewq & testfm: sahaa — tapes — 17/02/2024

Recorded at (daytime) broadcast in friendly gathering by @crewq & didomik. Tbilisi, Georgia.

@tvjllwg7vi7x

crewq & testfm: Doctor Notchy — tapes — 17/02/2024

Amarhac is an audiovisual artist from Mar del Plata, Argentina. In his productions, futuristic soundscapes are explored through synthetic and digital sounds. He also incorporates digital art and 3D animations to visually enhance the sound scenes.

Asplenium, his 2nd release on the label, moves through different ecosystems within a unified narrative. It is divided into parts, but the aim is to provide a single, uninterrupted listening experience without cuts. The EP incorporates IDM, broken rhythms, deconstructed and ambient tones, all layered under a highly defined palette of textures and sound design.

Artist: Amarhac / @amarhac
Label: @nodolabel
Release date: 24 April 2024

PREMIERE: Amarhac — Part 6 (Nodo, 2024)

Artist: metra.vestlud / @metra_vestlud
Album: Crystallllliiiine
Label: Фактура / @faktura_ural
Release: 15 April
Format: Cassette

Buy: https://faktura-ural.bandcamp.com/album/crystallllliiiine

PREMIERE: metra.vestlud — Maallachittebiird (Фактура, 2024)

Emil Mirzoev—sound enthusiast, dj and vinyl collector with ever evolving territories of sound explorations from electro-acoustics and world music to experimental electronics and bass/dub music. Curator of charity events in Tbilisi  "fff". Recently shared his selections on radios like Rinse, Lyl, Kiosk, Mutant radio and Tempo Não Pára.

This mix is mainly a reflection of what Emil would play in a club recently, straight forward narrative of deconstructed bass, contemporary dub techno, bleep and some dubby songs and airy ambient for intro and outro.

@emmiill24

TEST MIX 18: Emill Mi

Полиритм Шоу w/ Igor Juravlove — 23/05/2019

Полиритм w/ Tiagunin b2b Juravlove @ TESTFM ~ 05~11~2019

TESTFM x K-30 w/ Полиритм — 22/08/2020

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