There were eyes everywhere - they watched and gazed upon the world, passing judgement and creeping on the sensibilities of the innocent and vulnerable. 

Some called them sentinels, others knew them as watchers. Perched on each street corner it was their job to keep the peace and ensure that everything was in order and as it should be. That was what the system would want after all, order. For if there were not to be order then what sort of chaos might be left? 

This was the world in which they knew it...

Datasette is an acclaimed producer having released music via the likes of Ai Records, Apollo/ R&S, Wall Of Sound, CPU and Shipwrec. Now he delivers a cutting edge, futuristic ep which combines elements of dub with ambience and electro on Lapsus.

Sentinel

PREMIERE: Datasette - Sentinel [Lapsus]

Arkan (Ukrainian: Aркан, Aрґан) is a popular circle dance of the Ukrainian Hutsul people (from Hutsulshchyna, southwestern Ukraine), traditionally performed around a burning bonfire by the men.

The flute sample taken from the amazing Carpathian sample pack created by Gasoline radio.

Cover from movie Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) by Sergei Parajanov

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Arkan

NR Sound Premiere #11

Artist: Notte Infinita
Track: Yeah, Classic
Label: Twin System
Album: In The Slush (iii) [TLPITS03]
Mastering: Johnny Arthur
Release date: 22.04.24
Order the digital album here:  https://twinsystem.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-slush-iii-2

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Premiere: Notte Infinita - Yeah, Classic [In The Slush (iii)]

Sciama presents eight tempo-spanning tracks illustrating his signature sound design and beat science expertise on Collapse of Order for OODA2.

Following several essential releases on the venerated Auxiliary imprint, Collapse of Order sees Sciama interlace tactile rhythms with tensile signals and ethereal vocal vapours, anchored by a deep, low-end pressure - evoking a simultaneous sense of desolation and anticipation.

Observe-Orient-Decide-Act.

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Sciama - Collapse of Order

[BSUN011] Formant Value - Funzione EP (incl. Valentino Mora & Notte Infinita Remixes)

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BC: appendixfiles.bandcamp.com/album/appx-…sient-state

APPX:15 Transient State

pi premiere: Clima - st [Appendix.files]

Carrier - Tender Spirits
Cat # CRRR003
Label : Carrier

Vinyl / Digital / Streaming 04/04/25

available now from Boomkat https://boomkat.com/products/tender-spirits

Carrier presents Tender Spirits, the third turn on his eponymous series that explores his abstractions at its most sparse and cerebral.

Space maintains great purpose for Guy Brewer, having experimented with this previously for multiple drum-focused missives as Carrier. On his latest release, he treads deeper into the furthest regions of dub deconstruction, with Tender Spirits offering a serene path to the inbetween.

Across 8+ minutes, Light Candles, To Mark The Way moves towards the muted sublime; a gentle half time’d bliss that ebbs and floats across the enveloping mist. Slow Punctures gradually returns to dusk, eerily surveying the hollowed-out remains of its dub architecture with an off-kilter lurch. Carpathian echoes further in stark reduction, a weightless atonal zone anchored by the abstracted pressure suspended within.

Tender Spirits tracks Carrier at exciting new parallels, unfurling his most ascendant and capacious music to date. 


Written & Produced by Guy Alexander Brewer
Mastered by Rashad Becker @ Clunk, Berlin
Iconography by MENSLIES
Photography by Benjamin Lehmann
Digital layout by Atack.uk
distribution via boomkat.com.

Carrier - Tender Spirits

Narvalos - Selkis / Dakini

Exciting to share the next one on the label with a 2-track EP born from just friendship and years of quiet evolution.

This one goes way back — to 2018, when Marco sent over a folder of live jams, recorded somewhere between Tucidite (Milan) and Chirignago (Venice). Years later, two of these tracks finally see the light, and it hits like a full-circle moment both for the label and the artists.

Both cuts recorded live straight from the machines, no polish, no presets — just analog grit, instinct, and a deep dive into samples pulled from nature and far corners of the world.

Written and Produced by Marco Segato and Alessio Costantino
Mastered by Daniele Antezza at Dadub Mastering Studio
Design by Linkin Bios
Original photo by Francesco Freddo



Narvalos — Selkis / Dakini | XM012

Dubstep with a punk pulse. Straight from Leipzig’s DIY scene, https://soundcloud.com/old-man-crane drops four heavyweight cuts on https://soundcloud.com/baitlabel with the Hepp EP. Each track lands as a murky staple, tailor-made to shake up sound stacks. 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-old-man-crane---quork

The Hepp EP will be out on July 11th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://baitdubstep.bandcamp.com/album/hepp-ep

Premiere: Old Man Crane - Quork [Bait16]

Follow the forest trail marks, and a new 𝗛𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 will appear. 
A relaxing yoga session by 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 (@fluidmatter), for personal healing and enlightenment. 

𝖥𝗋౿౿ 𝖣𝗈⍵𐓣ᥣ𝗈ɑᑯ : https://hypeddit.com/virtualforestrecords/fluidmatterdancefloormindfulnessannouncement

𝗛𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 is an ongoing collection of unofficial edits and other tools for sound explorers, crucial for long ventures. All free of charge.

Artist : Fluid Matter
Album : Hiking Equipment
Format : Digital
Cat# : VFREE

written & produced by @fluidmatter
mastered by AES Dana at @ultimae studios
artwork by @fluidmatter
© 2025 Virtual Forest Records

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Fluid Matter - Dancefloor Mindfulness Announcement [Free Download]

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