September 2022

Our yearly compilation returns with our fourth installment, Polygon, a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions.

We once again welcome a brand-new group of artists to the label: Virtue Signal (@virtue_signal) starts it off with a big chord carpenter-ish track; Bustié (@bustiemusic) follows with a heavy-bass electro track; Alpha Sect (@alphasectmusic) feat. The Hanged Man (@thehangedmanebm) gets dark with an EBM smasher; Cavalry Stone (@cavalrystone) picks up the tempo with an arpeggiated heavy-hitter; Clock Serum continues with a high-tempo Industrial/EBM smasher; NiKiT (@nikit) offers an electro monster; Jack Carel (@jakovc) delivers a deep electro beast; and Gem Wallow (@gemsekime) wraps things up with a driving leftfield psychedelic number.

Polygon is out on December 2nd, 2022.

1. Virtue Signal - Ominous Mirage
2. Bustié - More Mirrors
3. Alpha Sect feat. The Hanged Man - Hype Fame Glory
4. Cavalry Stone - Shut up
5. Clock Serum - Falling Around
6. NiKiT - Transmission
7. Jack Carel - High Windows
8. Gem Wallow - Inside Lagoon

Compiled by Facets & Penitence
Artwork by Nikola Sladakovic

Buy/ Download/ Stream

VA - Polygon (SAM012)

Jugendlicher

Kiwiburn

A harder edit of a track that is close to our hearts 💖💖 Enjoy! xxxx

Free download: https://hypeddit.com/track/02qpmb

Free Download

Ignition Technician - Throw Your Hands (99SHOTPOWER Edit)

A Story of Italo Disco, Indie Dance, Slow Motion, New Wave, Breakbeat ...is now starting.

INCOMING : Shubostar - Spiegel Feat Justine Forever #Internasjonal

Release date : 2021-07-09

Buy : https://internasjonal.bandcamp.com/album/spiegel

We're happy to announce our latest addition to the Internasjonal family.

Hailing from South Korea, Shubostar has been immersing herself in the ever evolving underground scene of South Korea and Thailand and now in Mexico.

Her eclectic music taste spans various style from disco to techno but her music has a common theme of ' Cosmic'. Dark Disco perhaps?
Leaving the labelling to journalists and record stores we simply call this fresh fodder for dancing feet

☎ Connect ☎

SC :
https://soundcloud.com/shubostar
https://soundcloud.com/justineforever

FB :
https://www.facebook.com/shubostarofficial
https://www.facebook.com/Internasjonal

INSTA :
https://www.instagram.com/shubostar/
https://www.instagram.com/inter.nasjonal/

INCOMING : Shubostar - Spiegel Feat Justine Forever #Internasjonal

omg clubs are back! can u believe it :o

Free Download via Hypeddit - https://hypeddit.com/track/iuhrdz

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Follow me on insta pls - www.instagram.com/franck_carouse/

and on TikTok too - www.tiktok.com/@franck_music?lang=en

Better Late Than Never

Get this track now: https://10pillsmate.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-euphoria

Cardiovascular tugging, euro-dance energy from Berlin based DJ HEARTSTRING on 1Ø PILLS MATE; for the lovers, the listeners and the trancers. Uniting the worlds of donk, euro-dance, trance and techno, the emerging producer is less concerned with opinions of the chin-stroking purists and more concerned with fun - crafting sensual and infectious pop-techno bangers that have fun firmly on  the menu.

‘In Der Nacht’ inspires images of that club scene from Blade - a vampirish, dark and distinctly Berlin twist on the typical trance aesthetic.

DJ HEARTSTRING - In Der Nacht [1Ø PILLS MATE]

@azole - Pulpa
Label - @where-were-we

Release Date: 04/05/2022

♫ Info + Buy ♫ : https://www.sinchi-collective.com/premiere-azole-pulpa-endrik-schroeder-driving-to-heaven-remix-where-were-we/

All Sinchi premieres available on 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sinchicollective 
Spotify- open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFr…1ff4a1026348467b

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE – Azole – Pulpa (Endrik Schroeder ‘Driving to Heaven’ Remix) (Where were we?)

My contribution to the next "Crysta Ampullaris Vol. 5" V/A on La Forge with my boy @shonen-bat <3 

video clip on HATE : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxhisiOgXUQ
buy : https://laforgemusique.bandcamp.com/

Video Clip

Shonen Bat & JKS - Garonor (93 Club Mix) [La Forge]

Schaltkreis Wassermann is one of the pioneering electronic groups of the early eighties. really happy i got asked to do a remix on this classic OUT NOW on BANDCAMP

BANDCAMP

Schaltkreis Wassermann - LUX (Benedikt Frey Remix)

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/joakimbouaziz, https://soundcloud.com/maximep
Track: Blue Sun
Label: https://soundcloud.com/throneofblood
Format: Digital, VA
Release date: 09/09/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/of3PDgUo4uQ

It’s hard to believe it’s been 16 years since Throne of Blood Recordings began. Originally conceived as a platform to release vinyl singles from NYC legends The Rapture, the label has grown and evolved into a stalwart of leftfield electronic music and a launchpad for some massively influential artists including Daniel Avery and Bicep.
This new yorker label never needed an excuse to celebrate, but hitting this milestone has made us contemplate our place in the world, reflecting on the relationships that have made Throne of Blood such an integral part of our lives and our legacy as an incubator for tomorrow’s most remarkable artists. So we’ve put together a series of anniversary EPs that bring our past and future together on the dance floor.
The first of four releases, Anniversary EP #1 features longtime friend and label collaborator Chloé Thévenin of Parisian powerhouse Lumiere Noire Records, label manager Max Pask in collaboration with Tigersushi mainman Joakim (for the first time since their killer edit of Evan’s Pyramid for Cultures Of Soul), NYC techno mainstay and Bunker affiliate Justin Cudmore, and Liona, a wildly talented producer from Ulaanbaatar.
Four musical points of view with one goal in mind: making people dance. And there’s loads more to come across four EPs dropping this Fall.
Artwork by Gordon Harrison Hull (co-founder of Surface To Air and Phoenix Rising)

PREMIERE | Joakim & Max Pask - Blue Sun [Throne Of Blood] 2022

ITALO MODERNI brings Modernation Vol.4 it’s the last compilation from 4 and this time on vinyl. We finish this compilation with the best quality in production with artists like Timothy J. Fairplay, Alessandro Adriani, Chino, Chupacabras, Leroy Se Meurt, Univac and Adrian Marth. The A-side sounds like a late-80s industrial EBM cut but with a strictly new future concept inside of each track, while the b-side goes more Electro eighties weird sounds strong with metallic beats perfect for the adventurous working DJ. Everything with that futuristic touch that surrounds us today in the electronic music scene.

Alessandro Adriani
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alessandro-adriani-mnq
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alealemnq
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adriani.alessandro/

Italo Moderni
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/italo_moderni
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/italomoderni
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/italo_moderni/

PREMIERE: Alessandro Adriani - Avenir (Italo Moderni)

@chloe-dj-producer - The Foss 

Label  @ThroneofBlood

All Sinchi premieres available on
Youtube -www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJiiJt2HkHMSeZJIIQgQTA
Spotify- open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFr…1ff4a1026348467b

PREMIERE - Chloe - The Foss (Throne of Blood)

Samo Records (@samorecords) yearly compilation returns with their fourth installment, Polygon, a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions.

Samo Records welcomes a brand-new group of artists to the label: virtue_signal starts it off with a big chord carpenter-ish track; Bustié (@bustiemusic) follows with a heavy-bass electro track; Alpha Sect feat. The Hanged Man gets dark with an EBM smasher; Cavalry Stone picks up the tempo with an arpeggiated heavy-hitter; Clock Serum continues with a high-tempo Industrial/EBM smasher; NiKiT offers an electro monster; Jack Carel delivers a deep electro beast; and Gem Wallow wraps things up with a driving leftfield psychedelic number.

More Mirrors

Bandcamp

Bustié feat. B. West - More Mirrors [Samo Records]

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Alpha Sect Feat. The Hanged Man. "Hype Fame Glory" is a killer composition injected with muscular doses of EBM that comes off Samo Records fourth V.A. 'Polygon', a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions. Fusing techno, industrial, electro, EBM and beyond, the release features tracks from Cavalry Stone, Alpha Sect Feat. The Hanged Man, Jack Carel, Clock Serum, NiKiT, Gem Wallow, virtue_signal  and Bustié.

Out Dec 2nd on Bandcamp. Pre-order: https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/album/polygon

@samorecords
@alphasectmusic

PREMIERE: Alpha Sect Feat. The Hanged Man - Hype Fame Glory [Samo Records]

https://soundcloud.com/cavalrystone
https://soundcloud.com/samorecords
🛒 https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/album/polygon
🔊 https://youtu.be/F6Em3W5YfJ4

Samo Records yearly compilation returns with their fourth installment, Polygon, a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions.

The label once again welcomes a brand-new group of artists to the label: Virtue Signal starts it off with a big chord carpenter-ish track; Bustié follows with a heavy-bass electro track; Alpha Sect feat. The Hanged Man gets dark with an EBM smasher; Cavalry Stone picks up the tempo with an arpeggiated heavy-hitter; Clock Serum continues with a high-tempo Industrial/EBM smasher; NiKiT offers an electro monster; Jack Carel delivers a deep electro beast; and Gem Wallow wraps things up with a driving leftfield psychedelic number.

Tracklist: 

1. Virtue Signal - Ominous Mirage
2. Bustié - More Mirrors
3. Alpha Sect feat. The Hanged Man - Hype Fame Glory
4. Cavalry Stone - Shut up
5. Clock Serum - Falling Around
6. NiKiT - Transmission
7. Jack Carel - High Windows
8. Gem Wallow - Inside Lagoon

PREMIERE: Cavalry Stone - Shut up [Samo Records]

@Alan-Strani -Le Pacifique (feat. Tessa Martin) 

Label - @BordelloaParigi

♫ Info + Buy ♫ -  https://www.sinchi-collective.com/alan-strani-le-pacifique/

All Sinchi premieres available on;
Youtube -www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJiiJt2HkHMSeZJIIQgQTA
Spotify- open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFr…1ff4a1026348467b

♫ Info + Buy ♫ -

PREMIERE – Alan Strani - Le Pacifique (feat. Tessa Martin) (Bordello)

Our yearly compilation returns with our fourth installment, Polygon, a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions.

We once again welcome a brand-new group of artists to the label: Virtue Signal (@virtue_signal) starts it off with a big chord carpenter-ish track; Bustié (@bustiemusic) follows with a heavy-bass electro track; Alpha Sect (@alphasectmusic) feat. The Hanged Man gets dark with an EBM smasher; Cavalry Stone (@cavalrystone) picks up the tempo with an arpeggiated heavy-hitter; Clock Serum continues with a high-tempo Industrial/EBM smasher; NiKiT (@nikit) offers an electro monster; Jack Carel (@jakovc) delivers a deep electro beast; and Gem Wallow (@gemsekime) wraps things up with a driving leftfield psychedelic number.

Polygon is out on December 2nd, 2022.

Clock Serum - Falling Around

Sand had blown over the deep footprints that followed them for several miles; hopefully they could still find their way back to camp without the markings. The weather had become more and more extreme, grains of sand blinded them and lodged in their throats as they fought their way through the wind, it made it difficult to make out the shapes of the dunes and the trees around them. Suddenly something came into view; a huge towering sculpture that felt incredibly alien against the landscape. Maybe it was just a mirage or a figment of their imagination, but it seemed to be looming closer and closer casting an unsettling silhouette against the dark sky. 

Samo Records open their doors to a new batch of artists for the fourth edition of their annual compilation series. Just like the titles of each instalment suggest - so far we've had Sphere, Spiral, Cube and now Polygon - the music comes in all different shapes and sizes, giving a snapshot of the influences that the label hold dear. For 2022's outing, they bring together several artists including Virtue Signal, Jack Carel and Gem Wallow, who offer up their own dark, psychedelic takes on electro, EBM, machine funk and leftfield electronics.

PREMIERE: Virtue Signal - Ominous Mirage [Samo Records]

https://soundcloud.com/phonorem
https://soundcloud.com/timetoplayr
🛒 https://timetoplayrecords.bandcamp.com
🔊 https://youtu.be/x_IxkqBtsOE

Time to Play Records strikes back with a new 4 tracks ep, late night club-ready, with heavy bass-kicks tracks straight to your chest.
Filippo Tazzer, label manager and executive producer, continues in his search for underrated talents, enhancing his talent, musical sensitivity and evident production skills. After having entrusted the baptism of the label to Reekee and Colosimo, the moment is propitious to introduce another Italian Producer:
Phonorem, fresh with a new album called “Algorythm”.
Phonorem production skills in those 4 tracks embrace different styles forged by his 90’s hip-hop and drum and bass roots, by mixing synthetizers and drum machines with samples.

SEAMLESS, the track that gives the EP its title, is a deep-house track with double bass - bassline and atmospheric scenarios by manipulating old Italian movie soundtracks samples.

PREE, is a downbeat track which made homage to DJ Premier beats, with some melodies created with a Chinese hammered dulcimer.

FLIP DOWN gives a high contrast experience: fusing a raw drum machine rhytm with dreamy pads and a mysterious vocal.

LOW FAT is a heavy bass kick track with some sythetizers-melodies with a story to tell. With a happy end.

Tracklist: 

SEAMLESS  
PREE 
FLIP DOWN
LOW FAT

PREMIERE: Phonorem - Seamless [Time To Play Records]

Arsenii is a DJ, producer and our friend from Moscow. His podcast for us is fairytale full of dreamy synthetic landscapes, dipping into cosmic depths and some Soviet romantic.

@arsenii

Krossfingers Podcast 76 - Arsenii

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