Artist: Stefan Goodchild
Track: Shadowed
Label: https://soundcloud.com/triplegeekrecordings
Format: Digital, EP
Release date: 14/10/21
Purchase: https://found.ee/stefangoodchild_movinghandsep

Following on from the ‘WSAD EP’ on Triple Geek Recordings and his’ Kyle EP’ for the excellent Kiwis + Coconuts label Stefan Goodchild brings you four more varied cuts on his 5th EP, ‘Moving Hands’. Squelchy sub filled electro, deeper progressive flavours, mid tempo electronica and drone filled atmospherics are all present. The EP has picked up early support from Horse Meat Disco, Timo Maas, Anthony Pappa, Dave Seaman, Steve Parry, Just Her, Nick Muir and Chad Jackson among others.

Moving Hands EP

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PREMIERE | Stefan Goodchild - Shadowed [Triple Geek] 2021

A veteran of the German electronic music scene, Holger Zilske’s new single for Hypercolour most certainly doesn’t have its sound in the past, as a heady mix of electro beats, vocals and pop sensibilities mash up for a refreshing release.

A mainstay on the legendary Playhouse label (along with fellow Hypercolour collaborators Roman Flügel and Losoul), as well as numerous pseudonym projects for labels like BPitch Control and Get Physical, Zilske drops a couple of electro-tinged barnstormers on his first release of 2022.

Holger Zilske - Someone (HYPE094) [clips]

LYO is back and ready to take your breath away with the second volume of their compilation series «Driving Blind».
They follow up on their first exquisite offering with an even wider and larger selection of 23 tracks from captivating artists from all over the globe. Selected with care and love, it will bring you on an electronic journey pushing boundaries of style featuring only fresh new original music!

DynArec - Roaming The Icefield

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/leone-music-966380100
Track: Labyrinth
Label: https://soundcloud.com/electronicmusicdivision
Format: Digital EP
Release date: 07/02/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/UIIOQkPYEYY

Rome’s Leone510 readies ‘It’s Our Time EP’ for Lorenzo Dada’s Electronic Music Division this February.
Run by Lorenzo Dada, Electronic Music Division is the record label of Centro Studi Musical Roma, a music academy in Rome founded in 1983. Having debuted in 2018 with ‘Today’ EP on his Vonsail label, the Rome-based Leone510, aka Giordano Leone, draws upon an emotive and rich palette of sounds for his first release on Dada’s imprint, the three-track ‘It’s Our Time EP’.
Leading the release, title cut ‘It’s Our Time’ sees melancholic melodies and atmospheric pads swirl together over sharp, propulsive drums, making for an engaging and moving piece. ‘Kiss The Rain’ follows, with floating arpeggios drifting across a full-bodied low end as injections of sampled noise puncture through the mix.
Rounding out the release is ‘Labyrinth’, a deep drum & bass inspired jam. Dulcet bass tones, jazzy chords, and rattling breakbeats combine for a psychedelic-tinged experience, closing out the EP in refined style.

It's Our Time EP

PREMIERE | Leone510 - Labyrinth [Electronic Music Division] 2022

There were strange shapes scattered across the sky, they were a reminder that they weren’t alone out here. Floating through the night sky towards a destination unknown, she watched from a little window at the flickering stars and the dancing comets which weaved between the shadowy clouds and murky black.

She had once thought that space was a scary place but not now. How could she when it was now the only place left to call home? Perhaps that was the same with all fear – it was simply a case of inhabiting it, living amongst it until the threat began to disappear and perspective was realigned.
 
Night Defined is an Austrian electronic music label based in Salzburg and founded by Juergen Vonbank. It has evolved over the years having released an eclectic array of music from the likes of SW, Șerb, Eduardo De La Calle and more.

The latest split EP to emerge on the label features tracks from Mesak, Nurah, Mary Yalex and Even Tuell. It is Mesak’s which we bring to you today.

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PREMIERE: Mesak - Palic [Night Defined]

An eerie calm had settled on the beach. The sea was still under the jet-black sky, which was dotted with pinprick stars, like a billion tiny torches shining down from the heavens. The moon cast shadows on the sands and the tranquillity was enhanced by the gentle sound of the waves as they drifted up onto the shoreline and back again. In the distance you could just about make out the thrum of the soundsystem from the bar in the far corner of the beach. It could be playing any song you wanted and anyone you knew could be in there, waiting for you to arrive with a hug and a smile and whatever else you fancied…

It’s a double celebration for the Ransom Note and Bytes family today! As well as being the release day for the four-track Remix EP featuring reworkings of tracks from Water Groove, the stunning debut album from the multi-instrumentalist composer and visual artist Yoann Pisterman, it is also the 40th birthday of R$N friend Enrique “ELO” Leon, the Venezuelan/Colombian DJ also known as Leeon. He just so happens to have provided one of the remixes on the EP, so R$N is posting it to mark this special day.

ELO’s ethereal take on Marbling soothes the mind with a meditative aura of sonic crescendo. As the music evolves, it feels as though we are transcending through unknown dimensions, pervaded by introspection and bliss. This take on Marbling was inspired by a recurrent midnight sitting down at Playa Marmol in Río Claro, a nature reserve in Colombia.

PREMIERE: Yoann Pisterman - Yoann Pisterman - Marbling (ELO Marble Beach at Midnight Remix) [Bytes]

"ESC" will be the second release on SchanzeAcht. Breaky drums, atmospheric pads, well-known samples and weird basslines can be found on the EP. The tracks combine several genres, leftfield house, techno, even garage - a bit of everything, so I hope you find something you like :)

Mixing: Elsa Müller, Johann Müller
Mastering: Leon Smith, Subvert Central Mastering
Artwork: Lucie Schrag, Elsa Müller

PREMIERE : Elsa - Sick And Twisted

He'd become a master in the art of lying; his charm, wit and good looks helped him in that arena. The lines had blurred so much between fact and fiction that he almost believed his own tall tales these days - he'd created a persona that was so far removed from the way he used to be. Many of his old friends no longer felt like they knew him; his priorities had changed and somewhere along the road he'd lost himself.

Art punk ravers The Umlauts are following up their recent release for PRAH Recordings with a remix package featuring several producers and label alumni. Each bringing their own styles to the table, and all a perfect fit to amp up the frenzied energy of the originals, the EP rallies the likes of London based sound-designer Yuri Suzuki, Teleman drummer Hiro Ama and duo Uh, among many others. 

Speaking about Yuri Suzuki's track, the band said: "Yuri Suzuki’s remix of The Fact was pure joy to hear, we love it. It remedies the samba punk of the original with pure unfettered dance groove. Am I tapping my foot? Yes. Am I nodding my head? Yes again. Am I doing a slightly awkward side step? Indeed I am, oh yes. Yuri is the perfect birthing partner. Go and listen to everything else he has made, listen twice, it’s all brilliant."

Remixes

PREMIERE: The Umlauts - The Fact (Yuri Suzuki Remix)

Lovemaker

When Radial Gaze meets Nicola Kubebe, the result is Iron Pinky Toad — a title that sounds either like a secret kung-fu move or a lost cartoon book. But don’t be fooled — this one hits hard.


The long-awaited collab brings three original tracks — Phantom Limb, Lights of Phoenix and the title cut Iron Pinky Toad — that effortlessly bridge the gap between slow-burning tribal techno and the raw pulse of new beat nested into an early techno nutshell. Imagine dancing barefoot in a ritual under a disco eclipse — you’re getting close.

To seal the record, Playground Records boss Martin Noise steps in alongside rising sensation Anastasia Zems, pushing the release into full-blown dancefloor sorcery. The groove is deep, the bass is sweaty, and the toad… well, the toad is on fire !

Dropping Friday, July 18, 2025, via THISBE Recordings — available on vinyl and digital. Spin it, stream it, or whisper its name into the smoke at 3AM — either way, the dancefloor won’t know what hit it.

Let the amphibian groove begin.

  

 

Artwork by Christoffer Budtz

Iron Pinky Toad

Phantom Limb

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PREMIERE: Mesak - Palic [Night Defined]

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