As each machine began to power up he could feel the surge of electricity in the room within which he stood. It were as if the building itself was being powered by some sort of strange external force from beyond. 

The lights flashed and flickered, illuminating shadowy corners of the old abandoned warehouse. This was like sneaking a peek into the darkness and the unknown, like something not supposed to be seen. 

As the cables sparked, it became clear that this was to be no ordinary night. The power was on. 

Canapé Records are set to release a new EP from Daddy Hyphen. This is a record label that we've been keeping a close eye on as of late following a series of leftfield club records which sit between genres drawing influence from UK bass, techno and electro. This is a heads down affair, we reckon it will sound great on a big rig.

ASTRAL HOOK-UPZ

PREMIERE: Daddy Hyphen - Distrakter [Canapé Records]

* FULL INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-cmd/

Corina MacDonald aka CMD has been busy recently, releasing two EPs in the last few months of 2021; Precarious Pursuit on Bandcamp and Social Factory Reset with the US label Fixed Rhythms. For Montrealers, her voice might be familiar from CKUT radio where she hosts the program Modular Systems every other Sunday. As a producer and DJ, she has performed at editions of MUTEK, Piknic Electronik, Igloofest, and in many of Montreal’s club nights and venues, where she fuses synth-laden aesthetics of acid, techno, electro, and house music. This mix is representative of some of her musical predispositions, setting the more abstract and ambient up against some techno and electro gems, mixing up the old guard and newcomers alike.

Steve Moore - VII [In The Machine Age]
Archivist - Psion (Claudio PRC Remix) [Sure Thing]
Damon Wild - Amber [Infrastructure New York]
HVL - Stereo Rainbow [HVL]
Annie Hall - Verd Mar [CPU]
Pye Corner Audio - Verberation Lab [Ghost Box]
Bézier - 林百貨 [Honey Soundsystem]
Skulptor - Support Systems [Fokus Global]
Teleself - Nervous System [Power Plant]
Lucita Octans - Qlofruo
Sepehr - Darklord [Klakson]
Lok44 - Volta [TRUST]
Force Placement - Millipede [Private Selection]
Francesca - Screwtape [Pleasure Club]
Plastikman - Helikopter [M_nus]
Escaflowne - Tha Neu Blenda
Jeff Mills - Automatic [Purpose Maker]
Nuel - OK Face [Latency]
K. Hand - The Creator [Tresor]
Grammar of Movement - Sad Juno [Lobster UNDR]
Rebecca Goldberg - Mood Organ [Detroit Underground]
Christina Chatfield - Concatenate II [Mysteries of the Deep]

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Providing his debut for Ransom Note Records offshoot Insult To Injury, our fellow Amsterdammer and ECHOBOX radio DJ Oneven (a.k.a. Andrew Visser) offers up five pieces of electronic meatiness for our ravenous consumption. As a duel British/Dutch citizen, his electronic music heritage is strong and he draws on early IDM / Braindance methods to create a unique, trademark sound. With a huge passion for hardware, Oneven tries to keep the music as organic and honest as possible, mistakes and all.

Lead single (and synth master class) VM1S2RM springs out of the trap first, hurtling along at breakneck pace, peppered with curious bleeps, noises and percussion stabs, this IDM monster leaves little breathing room. Next up, M52t5, comes down a few gears and treats us to some laid back, electro tinged 808 beats and beautifully ethereal chords over the industrial, Kraftwerk-esque synth lines.

brrytmt takes us into another world completely, tugging at the heartstrings with its expressive, lofi chords, rolling over the top of some beautifully heavy, distorted beats. Tissue continues in that vein, more subdued machine sounds are juxtaposed to the frantic 707 rhythms and repeating vocal edit, conjuring up an eerily stunning scene.

Rounding off, we’re treated to more stirring, processed sounds with Dlaciebie. A sparse and precise piece of automaton music that invokes a certain sadness, proving once and for all that, machines do indeed have emotions...

Gebarentalen EP

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Oneven - Tissue [ITI#19]

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Takeover Nehza Records : Rnbws - 19 Février 2022

This moment had been a long time coming, years worth of training and practise came down to a short frame of around ten seconds in which all else hung in the balance. This was not a game, oh no quite the opposite.

As the floodlights dimmed he tried to drown out the noise from the rowdy and excitable crowd of onlookers who knew not who he was or what he was about. For them this was quite simply entertainment, a night on the town and chance to gloat the next day stood by water coolers and over paperwork.

For him this was much more, this was science in sport. He got ready to throw the first punch...

Mantissa release a new EP from Bristol based producer Bex. This is her second release and comes hot off the heels of a late 2021 release which made quite the statement.

This time her energy has been channeled into the return of nightlife and experiences on the dancefloor. Purpose built for the clubs, this one goes deep and "Sport In Science" was our pick of the bunch..

PREMIERE: Bex - Science In Sport [Mantissa]

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Elsa is an emerging artist from Switzerland. Hailing from Basel, she’s on the cusp of releasing her debut extended player via @schanzeacht replete with buoyant electronics and breakbeat trips, marking a promising debut.

Elsa - Bubbles [SchanzeAcht]

Belia Winnewisser's debut EP on Die Orakel is a beautiful 6 tracker comprising of braindancing breakbeats intertwined with radiophonic artefacts, lingering between warm melodic pads.

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Release Date: 
15th April 2022

Artist Name: Belia Winnewisser
EP Name: Mother Earth Took Poison In Her Soil
Cat Number: ORKL-18
Track Name: Unattainable Promises
Label: Die Orakel

BUY: https://dieorakel.bandcamp.com/album/mother-earth-took-poison-in-her-soil

Follow: 
https://www.instagram.com/lord.beliar/
https://soundcloud.com/beliawinnewisser
https://www.instagram.com/dieorakel/
https://soundcloud.com/die-orakel

We want to hear your new music. If you have something you want us to listen to, please email danielle@originssound.com

OS Premiere: Belia Winnewisser - Unattainable Promises [Die Orakel]

Not only was it in his character to be noncommittal, but indecisiveness and uncertainty seemed to dictate his every decision. It would take something very special - or, more to the point, someone very special - to change his behaviour. That day did arrive. He couldn't quite put his finger on what he liked about them, it was an unspeakable feeling that he'd never had before, but for the first time in his life he had no doubt in his mind about what he wanted.

First landing on Bristol-based imprint Shall Not Fade in 2018 with regular collaborator Newborn Jr., Warsaw-based producer Earth Trax, AKA Bartosz Kruczyński, has since gone on to house two solo full length releases on the imprint, LP1 and LP2 Ambient Dance, both back in 2020. Now he returns for his hat trick, The Sensual World, a release written and produced during the pandemic. Spanning a plethora of different sounds and moods, the 13-track release is another showcase of Bartek's ability to craft music that touches all corners of the electronic spectrum, from dreamy house cuts to emotive rave and pounding industrial techno.

The Sensual World

PREMIERE: Earth Trax - No Doubt [Shall Not Fade]

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