Experimental Techno

FRANZ JÄGER
Drive West EP

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https://newrhythmic-records.bandcamp.com/album/drive-west-ep

Newrhythmic Recs’ next release is by Sweden's Franz Jäger. Expect an energetic techno EP filled with hypnotic sounds and hefty rolling bass patterns.

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1 | Cellans 
2 | Drive West
3 | Praise
4 | Mould
5 | Shed in 
6 | Astromico

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Cat #: NRDR133
Label: Newrhythmic Recs
Release date: 11.07.2022 Bandcamp - 15.06 other shops
Written, produced & mixed baby FRANZ JÄGER 
Mastered by Jose Angel Palacios 
at Newrhythmic Studio - León

Franz Jäger - Drive West Ep [Newrhythmic Recs]

Contact: shalloweddj@gmail.com
www.youtube.com/shalloweddj

My latest work, released on the 8th of September 2022.

Vital

@antiverseworld ,  the new event dedicated to mental dancefloor oriented music taking place once a month in Carbone club (Paris), and curated by the former Concrete (Paris) founder/A&R Brice Coudert, is launching its own label Antiverse records.

The very first release of the imprint, Mental Tools vol 1., is an extended 10 tracks EP produced by RAAR, showing all the spectrum of sounds that you could experiment at Antiverse, from Minimal Techno to Psy Trance or Bass Music, but always with a minimalistic approach and a strong potential to bend minds and drag them into very deep waters.

With several tracks that reached millions of streams, Raar is both acclaimed for his Techno bangers and impressive Djsets, as well as for his talents as a sound designer and producer of a more IDM-inspired sound that made him release, among other things, an EP on Lith Dolina (AD 93's sublabel), and see one of those tracks ranked among the 100 best of 2021 by WARP-affiliated platform, BLEEP.

The 10-tracks pack on Antiverse records is as the same time a piece of music that could be listened in one go like an album, but also a very strong arsenal of musical weapons for Djs.
credits
released March 23, 2023

Produced by Raär
Mastered by Pieter De Wagter / EQuuS Mastering
Artwork by Vollume Studio

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IMOGEN - SHOUTOUT 2 LDN

Trigger

Open World Game (UFO95 Remix)

To speak to Luca Daniel Schwarz aka LDS about his music is to be enthusiastically guided into a complex world of his own creation: clean and powerful techno which pulses with life from the textured patterns and drum sequences that have fills and accents that would make anyone who's picked up a set of drumsticks envious.

Yet this ecosystem of noise is deceptive; Schwarz's process for making music is very different to how a live drummer would create the same subtlety of performance. Forever researching new technology, Luca got deeply interested in different programming languages, and created a series of probability based music tools for manoeuvring sounds and sequencing.

Manipulating those probabilities takes a skillful alchemy, needing understanding of both musical structure and how the tools he devised work. To return to the drummer analogy, if the drummer is focussed and intentional in the moment of playing, then the method used in LDS tracks is almost diametrically opposed, with all of the intention coming in the assembly of the instruments, potential paths, and gateways; once play is pressed the music flows, following all the rules that were set in advance, not unlike a domino run or Rube Goldberg machine.

And like a domino run, the results are fascinating and, ultimately, fun: staccato vocals pop in and out in 'zipp prompt'; laser-like synths pulse; background noises sweep across the aural plane of the dub techno of 'diff, blockmix' and 'pow' adding texture that brings vitality all-too-easily missed out when complex mathematical processes become entwined with music creation. The high sensitivity to texture and rhythmic detail in Stadion Progg is multiplied further on Jean Redondo's remix - whose track, Hypersonic, was the backbone of 2023's 'yet' compilation on Tresor.

The balance between technology and a sense of fun might also come from the maker; it's not easy to overstate Schwarz's passion for what is now his favourite way to make music, "it never gets boring. There's always a moment of anticipation to see what actually emerges." And the true "power of 2" comes into play when the resulting music can be fed back through the system again and again, potentiating the music in exponential ways.

BANDCAMP

PREMIERE: LDS - zipp prompt

With no time to waste, French label https://soundcloud.com/useless-seconds returns for its second round of high-impact cuts. This time, they call on https://soundcloud.com/souzo, the Le Midi-based producer and https://soundcloud.com/rinse_france resident, to step up with The Other Side, a five-track expedition into the outer edges of low-end futurism. 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-souzo---haze-modulator

The Other Side will be out on March 25th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://uselessseconds.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-side

Premiere: Souzo - Haze Modulator [US002]

Dj Trekk - Minori

Artist(s): Peryl
Label: Augmented Research
Catalog: [ar_005]
Release Date: 20.01.2026
Format: Digital + Vinyl
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Minimal, Experimental
Mastering: MaSpaventi
Artwork: Anton Braun

Artist links: 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/peryl_music
Bandcamp: https://peryl.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peryl_/?hl=de


Label links:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/augmented_research
Bandcamp: https://augmentedresearch.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/augmented.research/

Pre-Order Link: https://augmentedresearch.bandcamp.com/album/peryl-phase-alternations-ar-005

GTG Premiere | Peryl - Binary Fusion [ar_005]

Klagelied - Remix

Buy link: https://rewlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sin-retorno-ep
Artists: REID, V.A
Label: REW.
Catalog Number: R027
Release Date: 30/12/25
Format: Digital
Mastering: KODA
Artwork: Pedra
Label links: @rew_wav

PREMIERE: REID - Hasta Que Salga (VSHT Remix)

FURTHER LISTENING:
self-titledmag.com/sorcery-orbature-samuel-kerridge-remix/

Manufactured Conflicts EP

Sorcery - Orbature (Samuel Kerridge Remix)

He started his engine as the machine sprung into life beneath his weight. He was perched dangerously upon the bike as it roared and groaned with the might of a great beast rumbling inside. Out here in the midst of the desert there was nothing but sand and the flickering stars which glimmered in the dense black abyss which lay beyond the line of sight. The headlights of each motorcycle darted and beamed through the black highlighting the occasional shadow of onlookers in the late night. He was a specialist and soon he would zoom off into the world which lay beyond, he looked upwards and out at what might come next...

Electroménager is a new record label based out of Stuttgart having just announced the release of the first EP on the imprint. It features an assortment of driving UK techno and ambient soundscapes by Thodén who is then remixed precisely by Scottish producer Perko.

PREMIERE: Thodén - Specialist (Perko Remix)[Electroménager]

RDG feat Ill Chill - Lemon (Rune Bagge Remix)

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Esther - Carbon

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PREMIERE: Thodén - Specialist (Perko Remix)[Electroménager]

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