We live the beginning of the end of the world. The brutalities of capitalism dim our hope. Soaring unemployment, poverty, growing state authoritarianism, proto-fascist mobs, micro-organism plagues, increasingly horrific climate disasters…. Pessimism leads us to understand the urgency of rear guard battle and sabotage of existing orders. Our music is for militants who are fighting to salvage the destruction of our eco-systems; who are constructing truly liberating alternatives on the ashes.

PREMIERE : Yung Lemon - Primevil

Deep in the forest somewhere between steep hill, rushing river and magical creations there's a hidden treasure Jump on a journey with Positiver, with his uplifting debut EP for such an occasion. Timing is great, cuz sun is blasting.

Positiver is a fresh new producer based in VIlnius, Lithuania. His love for music started in DJ duo ''Absurd'', but few years, when pandemic hit the world and rushing life had to stop, it was a time to get back to your trueself. Inspired by musicians like Sweely, Adam Pits or Liquid Earth, experimentation with sound design began. Cozy bedroom grew into studio with synthesizers and jamming abilities. "Groovy drums, jumpy basslines, uplifting pads and acid motives is what drives me the most while jamming in the studio'' - he says.

https://soundcloud.com/positiveris

PREMIERE⚡️Positiver - Kinza

Temptation came in many shapes and forms, it was how you dealt with those occurrences that showed your character and  integrity. Whether it was a glutinous dinner, an indulgent purchase or a wandering eye, these were things that could strike at any moment. Some temptations could be flirted with, others could be entertained in moderation but on some occasions you'd be dancing with the devil; dancing in the garden of lust.

In 2016 Dalmata Daniel came into the world with the helping hand of Dutch DJ and producer DJ Overdose. He set the tone for the Hungarian label with his 05 Poly 800 Loop EP and made another contribution to their catalogue in 2019 with a split release alongside Sematic4. Powers of Ten marks lucky number three, and another trip through Overdose's raw, crunchy sound world. Backed up by a remix from local producer and label mate J.Mono, the three original analog tracks are a fusion of EBM, electro and old school vocoder disco.

Powers Of Ten EP

PREMIERE: DJ Overdose - Garden Of Lust [Dalmata Daniel]

https://soundcloud.com/hyaser 
https://soundcloud.com/bardouinmusic
🛒 https://bardouinmusic.bandcamp.com/music
🔊 https://youtu.be/ueBGbftlbUg

Seventh candy delivery from Bardouin Music with an atmospheric and euphorythmic EP by Lyon-based producer Hyas. This new chapter presents a dreamy and acid story with 5 vault gems - going through electro, speed garage and breakbeat with cloud-grazing synthesizers and echoing effects in the ocean’s depths. Welcome to the unexplored Angel Island Zone.

Tracklist: 

A1. Six Speeds
A2. Hydrocity
B1. Tubermelanosporum 
B2. TN Emeraude (ft. Sevenbeatz)
B3. New PC Music

PREMIERE: Hyas - Tubermelanosporum [Bardouin Music]

Melbourne based producer GREETINGS heads up Boots & Legs – an Italo focused label whose aesthetics float somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow – releasing records from Furor Exótica, Kayroy and more, and now he readies his Running Out Of Steam debut with four house and electro-fused dreamscapes.

Staying true to the label aesthetic of blending killer club grooves with introspective atmospherics, ‘ALONE’ is a cut of trance-licked house, M1 chords providing a disco-ball euphoria across the minimal, yet vibrant, soundscape. ‘Desires’ sees GREETINGS blend his admiration for Italo into a heavenly, 80s pop-ballroom experience designed for when the lights go on.

The B-side brings out the producer's electro influence; ‘That Was A Weird Summer’ is as Italo as it is otherworldly – a sound similar to what might be heard if aliens discovered disco – before ‘Don’t Die Wondering’ closes the curtain with a cut of stirring and transcendental analog-electro that's as rough as it is smooth.

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PREMIERE : GREETINGS - That Was A Weird Summer

It had been several days since they'd had contact; with each one that passed time seemed to drag, minutes felt like hours and hours felt like days. It seemed like the only solution to their ongoing feud, nothing else had worked for them - time and space was the only way to heal the wounds, if they could be healed at all. It took a lot of will power to stop themselves from connecting... Picking up their phones, flicking through one another's social media accounts, passing each other's houses - it had become ingrained; it was muscle memory.

Loss marks the fourth album from Tokyo-based Bristolian A Taut Line, and his first full length record in over five years. Set for release on his own label Diskotopia, which he co-helms with BD1982, the music represents a smattering of his influences, from dub techno, funk and trip hop to acid, ambient and jungle, all thrown into a pot and stirred up good and proper. Like the title of the LP suggests, the theme of loss contextualises the 12 tracks which for the first time feature A Taut Line's vocals and a palpable sense of expansiveness that has long characterised his output.

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PREMIERE: A Taut Line - Is It Creation [Diskotopia]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/crossovernetwork
Track: Almost Sorry
Label: https://soundcloud.com/dionysian-mysteries
Format: Digital EP
Release date: 23/09/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/OePsvzOqTCw

Big 5 track EP from Crossover Network featuring acid drenched electro break with Buzz Kill on remix duties.

PREMIERE | Crossover Network - Almost Sorry [Dionysian Mysteries] 2022

The hot air balloon drifted up into the sky, it could be seen overlooking the city, those perched in the tiny wicker basket below watched down upon a busy world of hustle and bustle.

The sky was clear but in the distance there was the odd cloud splattered against a deep radiant blue backdrop. The sun beamed down upon them as they continued to rise in the glow of the morning.

Perhaps this is what it felt like, flying that is. He’d always imagined it might be weightless and freeing, yet as he sat perched in the small booth he realised it was far more than that. It was a sense of being, a state of forever in which you might never land and touch back down to earth. That would be dreamy he thought..

Yuu Udagawa is set to release a new EP, a fruity assortment of fun electronic mischief which is reminiscent of early DJ Koze and old downtempo beat tapes. This one gets a big green tick and a thumbs up from us.

Cyphon - CYPHN01

PREMIERE: Yuu Udagawa - Forever [Cyphon]

This is a 2025 remix of my Meat Katie Remix Contest Entry Track from back then

Meat Katie - I Was There - Doc Woco ft. Extbreakz Remix -  [ 2025 Remix ]

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Saying somethings progressive is like telling someone they need to wait until the end.. any way, here's some progressive tracks I made in 2008 when my patience and tracks were longer...
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