https://odopt.bandcamp.com/album/incident-ep 

Three years ago in a different life, we used to release tracks for people to dance in a club. We still miss it sometimes, so we decided to repeat the feeling. The second Born Free EP is what we personally think is our best, so we kindly asked the label to put it out on our personal Bandcamp page. To keep it fresh and more exclusive we added a very different version of the Navy Fit Republic track. It's called Dub State. It was born during a session of mixing with Leo and his mighty space echo when we tried to make a dubbed out bass in it, but in the end, and rightfully so, Sling picked the cleaner version. We couldn't agree more, but that second version remained in our hearts and we were waiting for a good opportunity to share it with friends. The pack also includes a poster and a great "Death Dancing Waltz" cover by one and only Marko aka Floating Bstrd, which now feels almost like a precursor of what happened with the world since then. We hope this waltz will end soon and the kick returns. And then comes a snare.

Dub State

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Premiere.DJ Blech - Baogje (Laster)

Dystopian lucid dreaming… Is this reality? Is this a nightmare? Are we sharing the same dream or are we all part of yours? 

We have no answers. But we do have the perfect soundtrack as Curses’ label Ombra International continue to join the most powerful dots around the world. Somewhere between dark disco and post-punk, it’s the label’s first vinyl release in some time with three debuts and two highlights from the recent Ombra International 17 ‘Destiny’ V/A EP. All things connected, all things unclassifiable, sitting somewhere between Italo, indie, acid house, electro, synthwave and beyond. 

Turkish dynamo Günce Acı takes the lead as she continues to accelerate into the scene with dominance. Her Ombra debut ‘Another Round’ pushes us head first into an acid primordial soup; Trippy, relentless and full of surprises, it’s another sure-fire sign of her exciting rise. 

Elsewhere long-time supporters and good friends of the label Juan MacLean and Hardway Bros also both make their label debuts. The former lays down the deep pulsating sensation ‘Monika’, a sojourn that stretches out over almost 10 minutes of heady, hypnotic bliss. Meanwhile the latter sends us love from his HQ outer space with the industrial strength euphoria bulldozer ‘Early Nineties’. Ploughman beats and cathedral keys, this washes away the bitter aftertaste of lockdown with unfiltered, uncut feels. 

And if that’s not quite enough worldly Ombra substance to fuel your dystopian dreams, then look no further as previous digital-only tracks Skelesys – ‘The Scorpio Sting’ and Jorkes and NIKKNAME – ‘Citizen’ are both revisited on this pivotal release for the label. Timeless music never dates; here’s to another 20 Ombra escapades…

V/A - OMBRA 020 - Dystopian Lucid Dreaming

PREMIERE : Hardway Bros - Early Nineties

Things had changed significantly when he reached home. The surroundings seemed unrecognisable; the buildings, the streets, the family run businesses — regeneration and gentrification had grasped the town with both hands and stolen its memories. How could just a few years make such a difference? Change was inevitable but this level of unfamiliarity left a sour taste in his mouth. What once belonged to him and every other inhabitant of this community had been snatched away.

Hot on the heels of their EP with Ninja Exotic Machine and Yeho, Bergamo imprint Pho Bho draft in six producers for a various artist release. 'Inverted Echoes' captures different strains of music for the dance floor, from bass-driven excursions to cosmic rhythms and downtempo cuts. Our pick from Lithuania-based Russian Pletnev, AKA Ponty Mython, closes out the A-side and flaunts his singular take on sequenced math beat laced with his deadpan vocals.

PREMIERE: Pletnev - Ti Ne Pravilno Menja Ponyal [Pho Bho Records]

We present to you our 3rd compilation, Cube, a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions. 

We welcome a brand-new group of artists to the label: Anatolian Weapons starts it off with a slow acid burner; Azaria follows with a hypnotic trance-y track; Ruksby picks up the tempo with an acid-infused EBM heavy-hitter; WLDV gets dark and dirty with an Industrial/EBM smasher; Kidaudra offers a high-tempo monster; Orchid delivers a fun electro-italo track; the recently formed Oblako Maranta project contributes a haunting leftfield tune; and Robert E. Livingood wraps things up with a lo-fi psychedelic new wave track. 

Cube is out on December 17th.

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PREMIERE : Anatolian Weapons - Melt

What came before didn't matter, it was only about the here and now. Living in the moment was not as easy as it sounded, if anything focusing on the present was a chore. It took brain power, a willingness to let go of the past, something that felt nigh on impossible at every turn. Tuning in required attention, more attention than could be mustered. It just took a little practice.

London's Inside Out Records are launching a brand new VA series 'Outsiders' to celebrate artists who are pushing creative boundaries with their music. The first is made up of 14 tracks that touch on all corners of the electronic spectrum from new faces and artists who've been part of the label's musical orbit for some time. Amongst those featured are Zillas on Acid, Steve Pepe, Surgeon's Girl, Ed Dix, Justine Forever and our pick, the hypnotic sounds of Italian collaborators A-Tweed and Azione Spettrale AKA Fabio Me Llaman Soltero.

PREMIERE: A-Tweed & Fabio Me Llaman Soltero - Coco The Pinscher [Inside Out Rec]

Spun Out Agency COMPILATION, find it on BANDCAMP!

Benedikt Frey - Delly

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🛒 https://thisberecordings.bandcamp.com/album/endless-sunday
🔊 https://youtu.be/xBgStgDEQMA

"Endless Sunday" results from the collaboration of Nomenklatür and vocalist ODGE, which follows their acclaimed EP "When the Winds Blows", released on Clivage Music in October 2022.
The track embarks us on a journey from Monday to the Endless Sunday, a story told by ODGE and paced by the beats and basslines that the French duo Nomenklatür are known for.

The EP "Endless Sunday" also features the dark electro tune "Explain to Me", a track as enigmatic as the blend of EBM, techno and electro-pop that the 2005-established duo Nomenklatür are able to produce.

Remixes by Krasnodar-based artist Volta Cab, aka Rambal Cochet complete the 4-track EP, out on the 18th of November.

Tracklist:

1. Endless Sunday (feat. Odge)
2. Explain to Me 
3. Endless Sunday (feat. Odge) (Volta Cab´s Post Punk Mix) 
4. Explain to Me (Rambal Cochet´s Turtle Trance Mix)

PREMIERE : Nomenklatür - Endless Sunday (feat. Odge) (Volta Cab´s Post Punk Mix) [Thisbe Recordings]

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🛒 https://fakenyc.bandcamp.com/album/fake2-120america
🔊 https://youtu.be/6WGPdWGInco

Cristiano Grim is back with the second number of his experimental zine/compilation , FAKE2-120AMERICA .
Obsessed by the work of the cult poet Pierpaolo Pasolini and his seedy film "Salo or 120 Days of Sodom" , the original short story behind by Marquis De Sade and Dante' s "Divine Comedy" structure which Pasolini mirrored during his screenwriting session with Sergio Citti, Cristiano Grim coded that “ anarchy of the power” in the contemporary North American society, through a desecrating prose and poignant portraits of a country drowned in 3 masochist "circles" : BLOOD, MANIAS and SHIT.
Original film photography was taken in the streets and the underground scenes of New York, Memphis, Nashville, Durham, Virginia and South Carolina. Jonathan Castro nailed his second collaboration with Cristiano Grim , disrupting his photography with a spirited overexposed technique and metallic colors. Music by : Alessandro Adriani which featured the whole A side of the release with 3 tracks with the contribution of Cosimo Damiano and Riccardo Chiaretti, legendary IDM musician CEX, Italian psychedelic duo Mushrooms Project, Californian musician Aaron Coyes (1/2 Peaking Lights), italian ambient musician Alexia Robbio, Roman techno producer Ida Mandato, New York industrial band INTRZN, Riga’s sound artist Reinis Semevics, San Francisco’s video artist and musician YNV, mystery vocalist VETA DAY.
The publication includes the essay “Sulphur, Sin or Synergy: On BDSM and Othering” by NVDP. Offset by SNEL, vinyl pressed by Deepgrooves , Mastering by Spaventi Studio, Manufacturing and Distribution by Bordello a Parigi , Logistics by Riccardo Feleppa.
FAKE2-120AMERICA includes : 2x180gr black Vinyl with 11 tracks + 36 pages offset zine with original film photography and poems by CRISTIANO GRIM , the essay “Sulphur, Sin or Synergy: On BDSM and Othering” by NVDP.

Tracklist:

Alessandro Adriani Feat. Cristiano Grim & Veta Day- Whoever Says The Truth Shall Die
Alessandro Adriani Feat. Cosimo Damiano & Riccardo Chiaretti - The Eternal Origin Pt.1
Alessandro Adriani Feat. Cosimo Damiano & Riccardo Chiaretti - The Eternal Origin Pt.2
Alexia Robbio - Global Security
CEX - Terat The Unfettered
Mushrooms Project - Harem
AC - Cocaine In The Morning
RR - Seashell Jam
YNV - Earth
INTRZN - Everlasting Light Of An Impending Doom
Ida Mandato - Inania

PREMIERE: AC - Cocaine In The Morning [FAKE]

V.A. - Tamed Monsters
out now

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S.I.F.S.I.D.

Now. The rules are simple - they lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them. 
Before. Those who floated in the ark were weightless and had weightless thoughts. They were neither hungry nor satisfied. They had no happiness and no fear of losing it. Their heads were not filled with petty official calculations, intrigues, promotions, and their shoulders were not burdened with concerns about housing, fuel, bread, and clothes for the children. Love, which from time immemorial has been the delight and the torment of humanity, was powerless to communicate to them its thrill or its agony. Their prison terms were so long that no one even thought of the time when he would go out into freedom. Men with exceptional Intellect, education, and experience, but too devoted to their families to have much of themselves left over for their friends, here belonged only to friends. This is not exist anymore.
"All Human – No Conditions” is the first solo EP by the French producer Itako. The opener “The Country That Does Not Exist” is a slow burning and bass-driven tune in which hypnotic synth and acid lines merge with North African vocal pieces. And then appears MR TC. The Glasgow based musician stretched “The Country That Does Not Exist“ into a tribal workout with breaks in which he lets the machines speak for themselves. This remix was smashing dosents of dancefloors in the end of 2019 and it will become a hit in 2020.
4 mixes 12" record is out January 31th, pre- orders taken at: https://rasrecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-human-no-conditions

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PREMIERE #780 | Itako - The Country That Does Not Exist (MR TC Remix) [Reach Another System] 2020

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With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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PREMIERE: A-Tweed & Fabio Me Llaman Soltero - Coco The Pinscher [Inside Out Rec]

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