Playlist February 2025

25.01

premiere of "Lost" by st.raumen feat. Local Suicide
taken from the EP "Hexenmotte", released soon on straumenmusic

EP Details:
https://novafuture.blog/2023/05/03/st-raumen-hexenmotte-ep-straumenmusic/

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Artist: st.raumen feat. Local Suicide | @t-raumschmiere, @localsuicide
Label:  straumenmusic |  ----

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Order via Bandcamp: https://nfredirect.de/?r=STRAUMENMUSIC005-BC

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st.raumen feat. Local Suicide - Lost [STRAUMENMUSIC005 | Premiere]

Introducing „FJAAK 010 - FJAAK THE SYSTEM“
This 23-track journey showcases their own blend of UK breakbeat, techno, acid, 2-step, drum & bass, jungle, trip-hop, and ambient sounds.
Featuring collaborations with Modeselektor, Skee Mask, Red Eye, and former FJAAK member J. Manuel, this album paints a fusion of styles. FJAAK's vision of an ideal club atmosphere, where genres blend seamlessly, and the groove takes center stage.
Discover FJAAK's latest musical journey and dive into their unique soundscape today.

FJAAK - Breathe Underwater

Eitan Reiter presents the third release from his label, Impulse. This time, he revisits established tracks that have solidified his reputation. Each track has been expertly sharpened in his live sets. The original version of the opening piece, Blue Planet, was released on Boshke Beats Records. However, Eitan decided to start the Ups & Downs EP with a previously unreleased but dancefloor-tested remix. This version of the track blends early techno, electronic body music (EBM), and raw trance into a cohesive sound. While influenced by the aesthetics of the 1990s, the production quality reflects Reiter's status as a top-tier producer.

The second track, Ups & Downs (Glitch Remix), showcases intelligent electronica with an ambient atmosphere. It merges synth-wave explorations reminiscent of science fiction soundtracks with classic Detroit electro rhythms and experimental industrial noises, creating an emotional journey through virtual reality.

While the four-on-the-floor version of the third track, Lost Souls, was initially released on Boshke Beats, the new, previously unreleased remix draws ideas from indie dance, neo-punk, and dark disco influences, incorporating ethno chants that highlight Reiter's imaginative approach. This creativity has positioned him as an unpredictable artist in the electronic music scene.

The final track, Undertaker, is a staple in Reiter's performances at open-air events like Boom Festival and is now available to the public through this exciting release. Consistent with previous releases, this EP adheres to a unique future-meets-retro concept that challenges linear perceptions of time.

@eitanreiter 
@impulse-audio-records

Eitan Reiter - Blue Planet (Remix) [Impulse Records]

JEAHMON! Redux - REDUX014

Beatport ► https://www.beatport.com/release/raufaser/4809908
Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/1gWylQ4A5sVdMqIkONsSwu

MDP. Back on track. Raufaser. Woodchip Wallpaper. Acidish. Painting black. Reduced. Rough. Rock!

Raufaser

Marc DePulse - "Raufaser" (Original Mix)

out on nein
https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kick-it-like-you-mean-it

VOODOO MELUK - SUCKER PUNCH

Our next event: ra.co/promoters/125255

FREE DL: https://hypeddit.com/gasoiidtechnomisery
Support us: www.onlytr4nce.bandcamp.com/

𝑺𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑪𝑬: 𝑺𝑬𝑳𝑲𝑬𝑹 - 𝑻𝑶𝑶 𝑴𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑴𝑬 (𝑨𝑫𝑨𝑴 𝑪𝑼𝑻𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑹𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑿)
https://tinyurl.com/ONLYNXC-REPENTANCE

For ONLYTRANCE's EP III we welcome NXC & art nightcore artists @gasoiid and @fallenshrine. 'INRI' is an audiovisual triptych that takes you on a modern retelling of the biblical journey of Repentance, Rebirth, and Renewal. Listening instructions: As you hit play, close your eyes and let the music wash over you— you'll begin to sense the undercurrent of Gaia coursing softly through your veins. Posture your wounded heart to the bass drum and watch as you unlock the healing from the higher consciousness within. Didn’t you know that 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 was God's music? They really are found in the details.

ONLYTRANCE
@onlytr4nce
instagram.com/onlytr4nce

gasoiid
@gasoiid
https://www.instagram.com/gasoiid/

Artwork instagram.com/rokobelavie

Mastering @belavie

free

GASOIID - TECHNOMISERY

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Bladee & Mechatok - God (CRUSH3d Remix)

Party-starting stompers from a crossover star.

Even if you've never met Adam Longman Parker, AKA Afriqua, you can get to know him pretty well through his music. His lyrics ("Would you house me in a house, would you house right in my mouth?" from "Dr. House"), track titles ("Wagwan Bhagwan?") and cover art exude a charmingly cheeky demeanour that makes his music personable. It helps that his latest records are absolute smashers–funk bombs with jacked beats and bouncy grooves.

Once ensconced in the minimal world, the Virginia-born artist gravitated towards Miami bass, Midwest house and zesty techno before the pandemic. Thankfully so: his recent discography combines Moodymann's slinky swagger with The Neptunes' killer sense of rhythm. Just like those legendary acts, Parker carries weight in both the underground and mainstream—he's released with Tomorrowland label CORE Records and DJ'd at Ibiza superclubs, while still appealing to more headsy crowds.

His career expansion hasn't cost him his principles, either. A champion of Black history and culture, the classically-trained pianist infuses overlooked Black musical traditions like psyfunk into his work. Coloured, his debut full-length, was a tribute to what he called the "Black musical tree."

"Genre is just temporary housing," the now Berlin-based producer noted in a recent Instagram post. That mentality informs his RA Podcast. From '90s-inspired house and luxurious harp melodies to some of his originals and even a "Satisfaction" remix, it's a celebration of unpretentious, feel-good music. Put simply, it slaps—hard.

@afriqua

Read more at ra.co/podcast/972

RA.972 Afriqua

Rinse FM Podcast

I. JORDAN - 18 January 2025

A haunting reimagining of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game,” in honour of the late David Lynch recorded for the Beta Biennial of Architecture.

The release arrives as a tribute to David Lynch, featuring visuals from his recreation of the Trinity nuclear test as seen in Twin Peaks: The Return.

“The Biennial originally commissioned the track, and I closed my show with it there, but it felt like the right time to finally share it with the world. David was a big influence on a lot that underpins Fantastic Twins and this is my swan song to an amazing person.”

Following her acclaimed 2023 album, “Two Is Not A Number,” the great Julienne Dessagne’s Fantastic Twins project continues to surprise; in this instance, transforming the original into something entirely new.

DOWNLOAD HERE: https://fantastictwins.bandcamp.com/track/wicked-game-fantastic-twins-trinity-version

@fantastictwins

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Fantastic Twins - Wicked Game (Fantastic Twins Trinity Version) [Free Download]

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/drift/284354

Release date: 27/09/2010

“This album is about the cold dark grey Berlin winter” – Marc Houle.

A simple statement, sure – but anyone who experienced Berlin during the winter of 2009 / 2010 will know exactly where Marc is coming from. Each day and night the temperature remained below freezing, the sky grey from an unsettling lack of sun. Ice covered streets from Kreuzberg to Prenzlauer Berg. The conditions did, however, grant Marc the opportunity to spend all of his waking hours in the studio, absorbing the warm welcoming heat generated from his analogue synths. The experimentation during this winter period was the catalyst for Marc’s latest long-player for Minus – quite possibly his most accomplished and personal release to date.

Drift is an album of tracks inspired by the prolonged Berlin winter, and the depression, which it so often causes – from the chill of the coldest nights felt on tracks such as Inside and The Next, through to songs that encompass the frustrations of gray skies such as Seeing In The Dark. Marc has created a season of emotions and in doing so put forth his own personal frustrations towards what is considered “techno” in its most basic form. Locking himself away during a winter season to fully embrace his own idealism has resulted in an album on which his rebellious nature and desire for a more experimental musical mentality has cast him further from the standard practice of our techno underworld. His grievances are at their most clear on the title track, which is an intense, and ultimately angry, techno belter produced as the winter season caused feelings less of “beauty” and more of suffocation.

Drift is not without moments in which the sunlight peeks through the layers of heavy clouds, however. Tracks such as Sweet and Hitcher Man provide the audible interpretation of a person dreaming of warmer climates. The not so forgotten idea of being elsewhere, with the experience of finally seeing the snow fade away and the clouds drift towards springtime skies. By the time the album reaches its finale, with the track Hammering, it’s clear that Marc’s winter blues have receded, as the few remaining patches of ice melt into puddles of past musical memories. While summer has not yet arrived, the sun is starting to make its presence felt, warming the city streets once more.

A mainstay of the Minus camp, Marc Houle has been known to push the boundaries with his output for the label, always adding tweaks and twists from analogue synths, unexpected, obscure sounds, and an onslaught of vocals and playfulness. He is a producer clearly not satisfied with following the guidelines set by other techno practitioners. His take on electronic music is one in its own, a personal sound that draws upon his early influences from industrial, retro and Detroit, along with a modern vision of path-finding techno. His ability to play with ideas and equally provide functionality for the floor sets Marc Houle apart. And his latest venture for the label, although inspired by the coldest moments of the year, is undoubtedly hot as fire.

Tracklist:

1. Inside
2. Seeing In The Dark 
3. Sweet
4. Drift
5. The Next 
6. Hitcher Man 
7. Melting
8. Hammering

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
www.marchoule.net/
www.facebook.com/marchoule.official 
www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
www.twitter.com/MarcRHoule
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marchoule 
www.dj.beatport.com/marchoule 
www.juno.co.uk/artists/Marc+Houle/
www.discogs.com/artist/Marc+Houle 
www.itemsandthings.com


Marc Houle - Hitcher Man | Minus | 2010

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