When you are on top of a building in Manhattan and a diety appears before your eyes and you are wearing a backpack with enough nuclear charge to blow up the whole city and said diety asks if you are a god...  just say no, tell them you are ½ GOTT. 
https://soundcloud.com/scannoir and https://soundcloud.com/sneakerdj have come together to cement their love of Synth Pop with a wonderful new track which evokes the title of the track 'Die Nacht' and suits us down to the ground at 44100 because we all love the night.
Uncanny Valley have been prolific this year and once again are on hand to deliver yet another killer which is more industrial than a cybernetic organism travelling back in time to invade your dancefloor and give you a hammer to dance to. This is music.

½ GOTT – EP (UV048)

01.  Sehnsucht 
02. Die Nacht
03. Erstling

Release Dates:
Bandcamp + Record Stores: 8-10-2018
Download & Streaming platforms: 22-10-2018

https://soundcloud.com/scannoir 
https://soundcloud.com/sneakerdj
https://soundcloud.com/uncanny-valley-dresden

PREMIERE | ½ GOTT - Die Nacht [Uncanny Valley] 2018

On its third release, @Deviant-Disco-1 continues to dig up lesser known gems of various origins with a hot batch of four brand new edits. The French rarities label sticks to its peculiar aesthetics and welcomes you once again to an enthralling musical trip — starting with Tchamy Patterson’s groovy & percussive afrobeat only to spiral into Barnes' and Ygalove's hypnotic The Mongol Raid slow-mo trance edit and steering from La Décadanse's tropical and sensual rework of vintage hit Amazoniaque all the way down to Éric Vincent's obscure 80s French erotica.

'The Mongol Raid' is the result of Deviant Disco's new beat connoisseur Ygal Ohayon (@trashdisco) aka Ygalove teaming up with mysterious producer Barnes (from Barnes & Wobble). Ygal bumped into a trancy, unmarked german white label from the 90s ; he pulled the age-old 'oops — wrong speed' 33 RPM trick and waited for Barnes to come along with his magic scissors. With the cheeky addition of an oriental synth going properly bananas, their collaboration gave rise to this entirely rebuilt, borderline industrial tune. A wholesome slow trance monster!Release 

Date - 19/04/19

Sinchi Blog - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/the-mongol-raid-ygalove-barnes-edit/

Youtube - https://youtu.be/CZXn6FVben8

PREMIERE - Unknown Artist - The Mongol Raid (Ygalove & Barnes Edit) (Deviant Disco)

There was a beautiful flower nestled at the top end of the garden, it cast a mysterious shadow in the heat of the sun. It was a pleasant summer's day and and they each sipped from a glass of cool lemonade whilst taking in the mystical beauty of the orchid. The ice trickled down the sides of each cold glass and left a damp residue on the warm wooden table as music played in the distance. This was summer and it was to be the hottest on record. Time for a flake...

From the cold land of Saint Petersburg, Calypso welcomes newcomers Radial Gaze to the label for the first time. The sun kissed label has a penchant for tropical inspired dance music, often with an intriguing twist and something special up the sleeve.

PREMIERE: Radial Gaze - Orchid Flake [Calypso Records]

Alexander Pletnev started an entirely new journey under his own name two years ago. Release after release on forward thinking and respected labels like Media Fury, KUMP, Fleeting Wax, SZE and Hard Fist, he has built a solid discography of incredible diversity - from percussive DJ tools to viscous synthetic EBM to dreamy weirdness.
His latest EP titled "Voranto Bros" is a long awaited return to Le Temps Perdu and the prime example of refined musical storytelling. Title track is a cinematic tale, a sound novel about two migrant brothers hitting the shores of USA in the dawn of XXth century to became vicious gangsters, broken souls ruling the night of NYC. Dusty tape hiss, off kilter percussions and melodies all alternate to later sink under the weight of heavy drums. While Hope They Wont Come Back is a severe instrumental ballad with low drums, talking bass lines and noisy guitar riffs - five minutes inside confused man's mind.
On a remix front, Cocktail D'Amore's head honchos Discodromo strip Voranto Bros down to bear bones to deliver EBM style dance floor burner. And Harold Boué aka Abstraxion aka Lion's Drums of Biologic Records fame delivers menacing remix for Hope They Won't Come Back, a dark & mystic journey, which unwinds slowly and builds up to unexpected climax.

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PREMIERE : Pletnev - Voranto Bros (Discodromo Remix)

Super Drama are back with the fourth release on their own Super Drama Records. Recent releases on Phantasy Sound and Moshi Moshi Records have been very well received, and they bring "Victim" out with a haunting, sublime remix from London favorite ELLES. Catch them djing next at Margate Arts Club alongside Hannah Holland on October 19th, and then back at their home Dalston Superstore October 25th. An E.P on Moshi Moshi and more releases on their own label coming in the next few months will round off a very busy year for Super Drama.

https://soundcloud.com/superdramasuperdrama

PRÉMIÈRE: Super Drama - Victim [Super Drama Records]

During the lockdown we are selling our collection of remixes for a couple of months exclusive on our bandcamp featuring our latest one for https://soundcloud.com/manulouis on https://soundcloud.com/le-pacifique and igloo

thanx for your support
https://frontdecadeaux.bandcamp.com/album/front-de-cadeaux-remixes

Première: https://soundcloud.com/44100hzsocialclub/premiere-814-manu-louis-internet-front-de-cadeaux-remixle-pacifique-records-igloo-records

Manu Louis - Internet (Remix By Front De Cadeaux)

Bandcamp is waiving its fees again to support the music community in these trying times. For this occasion, Samo Records label head Facets will release 5 edits/reworks he made during quarantine, only available from Friday until midnight (EST) Monday. For the same period, Samo also doing 25% off our whole catalog. These Bandcamp purchases will help us fund the future releases they have in store. 5 Mixes digital record out today, purchase here: https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/album/facets-quarantine-cuts?fbclid=IwAR08H5NYptuN9PFsgWWG65ZTBs9X1n5KlzsJaQcvb-Yr1hbyVQfaoY8_AII

https://soundcloud.com/facets-music

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PREMIERE #956 | Facets - Thoughts & Prayers [Samo Records] 2020

#6 will be last pack of my edits collection. With 2 oldies and 2 quarantine time jams. Two versions of “Men With Secrets”, smokers choice Scotch version, passive aggressive Lily Ann, and your mom’s high school dance track revision on acid.

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RD EDITS VOL. 6

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EDITS VOL. 6

Two of the Swedish underground techno scene's brightest luminaries team up for the third instalment of their promising label When Disco Goes Wrong. Since Högt I Tak (SXDNS179) and Mindbender decided to join forces and start sewing together, Sweden has been definitely put on the map of the “new” Indie Dance/Dark Disco scene. Their plethora of personal influences gave birth to an interesting concoction of sonorities, resulting in solid originals and collaborations which have been well-received by artists and people in general. 

For their forthcoming release, the single “Mental Raver”, after being featured in three different outfits (“Original Remake”, “Break The Acid Mix” and “Acid Is Cool Mix”), receives a gala attire designed by London’s own machine pagan and consumerism techno maestro MAN2.0 (SXDNS081), who totally remakes the track into absolute hedonism joy. The rusty old machines screeching and squelching until an otherworldly beautiful breakdown sends Högt I Tak and Mindbender’s Mental Raver straight into space. An insightful interpretation that increased the already high quality of the release.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Beatport page of the label: https://www.beatport.com/label/when-disco-goes-wrong/87649

Follow @man2point0, @marten-attling & @janne-berglund, peeps!

PREMIERE121 // Högt I Tak & Mindbender - Mental Raver (MAN2.0 Remix)

CRYWAVYBABY from Saint Petersburg is all about Darkwave, Coldwave, EBM. Dark aesthetics  and sensual vibe galore! The underdog's delivering of an impressive dark-disco selection brought her to the channel.

FEINCAST XII - CRYWAVYBABY

After the enthusiastic response to our first compilation, 2019's "Sphere," we're back with a second installment called "Spiral," concluding this year's Samo releases.

We're welcoming all-new artists to this edition with a nice variety of different styles and vibrations. 

The 8 tracks we’re thrilled to present to you come from: Mickey Dagger ft Athena (Giallo Disco), Montessori & Korssakov (Ombra International), Etane (Sulk Magic), Chase Smith & Karl (WT Records),  BarumBarum (Sinchi), Barney In The Tunnel  Ft Kim Little(Tunnel Signs + Kato - Ca$hminus), Birds (Hoga Nord) and label head Facets.

Out exclusively on Bandcamp December 4th

Artwork: Nikola Sladkov

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VA - Spiral (SAM006)/ SNIPPETS  Out Dec 4th

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