Days seemed to pass by in a blur; they no longer knew what date the calendar showed or what time the clock struck each hour. They extracted fragmented voices from the haze; noticed a change of light in the room; an all engulfing silence slowly taking over, but life was now indistinguishable from dreams and imagination. Like a series of over exposed photos left to wither and fade in a drawer or the fuzzy static that flickered on the TV, they were hovering high above, no longer playing a role in their own life, only watching it play out from the darkness...

London's Control Freak Recordings have got a debut outing on their hands for their first release of 2023. It comes courtesy of Memory Play, the guise of Dialogue co-founder and one half of production and live duo ASYTRYD, Jo Kašpar. The first of two EPs (the second of which will be landing later this year on the label), these three rich techno mutations give us a window into Jo's skilled and meticulous approach to sound designs. Generated on his hardware set up and honed during a three month residency, the music begins his journey into a more personal and conceptual sphere, where he can express himself freely and use performance as a 'method of healing'.

Choice EP (MP3)

PREMIERE: Memory Play - Protect Your Joy [Control Freak Recordings]

Full stream of Pugilist's "Misanthrope," taken from his Negative Space EP on Of Paradise, out February 24.

Pre-order: https://pugilist.bandcamp.com/album/negative-space
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@ofparadiserecords
@pugilistmusic

Negative Space

Listen more

Premiere: Pugilist - Misanthrope

Control Freak are proud to present the first ever complete vinyl run for Mindforms. Alongside the record, Syz & Control Freak have curated Clubforms, a collection of remixes from some of their favourite producers, each bringing the original release firmly onto the dancefloor with their own production flourishes.

Keplrr twists ‘Essence’ into a deep, loopy and meandering afterparty favourite.

• www.controlfreakrecordings.bandcamp.com

@controlfreakrecordings
@syzuk
@keplrr

PREMIERE : Syz - Essence (Keplrr's Pulse Mix) [CTRLFRK007R]

https://shawcuts.bandcamp.com/album/tessen
Title: Tessen
Artist: Farron
Label: Shaw Cuts
Cat.: SCDEF01
Date: March 1st of 2024

Tracklisting:
A1: Fortuna Deadstock				
A2: Third Hand Smoke	
B1: Second Angle			
B2: Dynamo Redo

Infotext:
Tessen were folding fans with concealed outer spokes made of heavy iron plates. Some swordsmanship schools provided training of the tessen as a weapon. Besides using the razor-sharp spokes as an attacking tool, the tessen was also used as a throwing weapon, for fending off knives and darts and as a swimming aid. Samurai could also secretly take them to places where overt weapons were not allowed.

Distributed by Triple Vision Record Distribution

12":
Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/3szwpnu3
Hardwax: https://tinyurl.com/tp6ak83x
Juno: https://tinyurl.com/4dhkd8te
Decks: https://tinyurl.com/fvekm679
Deejay: https://tinyurl.com/ycywbe6t
Redeye: https://tinyurl.com/v2h5euuc
Horizons: https://tinyurl.com/kbskcnyr
HHV: https://tinyurl.com/bde27nu2
Freestyle: https://tinyurl.com/3uz5t76d
WordAndSound: https://tinyurl.com/bdhvhvsd
Cyman: https://tinyurl.com/3aybjzyz
Techno Import: https://tinyurl.com/47ktjhfe
and more

TESSEN

[SCDEF01] FARRON - TESSEN

Artwork by: Skala Design, Jahn Koutrios, Guillermo Lucena
Mix & Mastering by Embeat / Matthias Millhoff in Berlin
Written & Produced by Manuel Fischer

Vinyl: 22.03.2024
Bandcamp: 22.03.2024
Streaming: 10.05.2024

Tracklist:
A1 Rehbinder Effect (05:21)
A2 Solitude (04:20)
A3 Imperil (03:39)
B1 Quantum Lock (04:24)
B2 Santa Sapina (05:08)
B3 Kompakt Phasa (03:03)
C1 Parallel But Never Crossed (03:54)
C2 Umarell (05:56)
D1 Rusty Chair (03:59)
D2 Wood Delievery (03:00)

"With his newest LP „Exxodus“, Zurich’s Manuel Fischer returns to his home base Ozelot, presenting ten meticulously crafted tracks that refrain from ever only being one thing or the other. Sitting comfortably between genres like IDM, Dubstep, or Electro, Exxodus is a representation of Fischer’s current musical interests and a story of artistic progress. A story which, at its core, has always been about exploring new frontiers and finding new means of expression. It only makes sense for Fischer to release „Exxodus“ with Ozelot, the discipline-bending collective he co-founded in 2017: what started as a record label soon developed to become a creative studio working in a broad range of artistic disciplines. In line with this approach, the project presents itself in different ways, embracing all its transcendent potential: next to its physical manifestation as a transparent double vinyl, designed by Skala Design,Jahn Koutrios and Guillermo Lucena, it’s the foundation for Fischer’s new live AV show, for which Ozelot will conceptualize and create and execute the visuals. Coming to a town near you in Summer 2024. For the digital space, the studio imagined an experimental and playful way to access the music, using the album as malleable base material in an immersive website. A familiar approach we’ve already seen for Ozelot’s latest release, the Skyline EP by Radiofear, and which is now established as an essential element of every new project, taking the convergence of the virtual and physical realm seriously. 
„Exxodus“ succeeds in being many things at once. Mainly, it’s a musically confident body of work and an adequate follow-up to Fischer’s first long player „Roadkill Grill in Novosibirsk“ from 2019. 
Many of the elements he favors as a producer are in place: the Electro-informed groove on “Imperil”, a warped sample on “Rusty Chair” (is that a dog barking?), and shuffling granulated breaks everywhere you turn, like in “Rehbinder Effect” or “Parallel But Never Crossed”. Additionally, the scope of the project allows for it to be read as an act of collectivity, in which a group of creaAves comes together to discover new artistic possibilities. Written by Fischer, in his hometown Zurich and further South in Switzerland in the secluded Ticino region, he consequently extends an invitation to others to get involved. 
If this open-minded approach resonates, you are cordially invited to join the party.“

Exxodus

BANDCAMP

OZED010 - "EXXODUS LP" - MANUEL FISCHER

Big club focus. Ready for your USB. Each of the tracks offer the dance floor a different direction and exploration in underground electronic music. Francesco’s debut EP is hyper textured, drawing influences from contemporary UK Club Music but with simplicity and naivety of early 2000s Techno and Dubstep: just club functional tracks with no frills.

https://stoneground.bandcamp.com/album/sss007-francesco-skip-kronplatz

https://soundcloud.com/skip011
https://soundcloud.com/stonegrounduk

PREMIERE: Francesco Skip - Wrong Gliderz [STONEGROUND RECORDS]

Side Profile (Original Mix)

Out Now - https://common-ancestors.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-grows-in-a-straight-line
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Nothing Grows In A Straight Line [CA009]
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Debut Album from AK-One.
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11 individual tracks make up this two part continuous play. Created with home listening in mind each track rolls in to the next so the album can be enjoyed as one sprawling journey. Primed for indulgent home listening or floaty after party levitation.
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To be in equal parts gentle and powerful. Written in the sun on a dusty roof in a small coastal village in south Morocco.
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Written & Produced by AK-One
Mastered by Joseph Buchan
Artwork by AK-One
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Surging

All Over Asdek Petite Biscuit [KoKa Remix] 

SKIO 140BPM | COMPETITION ENTRY

Great fun remixing this for SKIOs comp - go check out the original its a journey. Tried to keep true to the original with the changing styles and mix it up with some old school dubstep!  **NOTE** Updated song change 23|8 rookie error uploaded the wrong initial file. You'll notice adaptations to the final drop

@petitbiscuit @asdekofficial @skiomusic
#AllOverRemixContest

All Over Asdek Petite Biscuit - KoKa Remix [SKIO Entry]

1 Jahr Svenza Special x WeiZnMann PArt

Digital Marmoset - Bottle Throw - Free DL

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