#PervertMixtape x Stardos (Italo)

In recent years, Blackploid has come to be one of Central Processing Unit’s signature artists. The German producer has averaged more than a record a year for the Sheffield imprint since he first landed on CPU in 2021. This prolific run continues with Cosmic Drama, Blackploid’s second LP for the label. The album takes the baton from its predecessor Enter Universe in style, delivering twelve tracks of top-quality machine-funk that draw down from electro’s classic artists while also imbuing proceedings with a playfulness that very much gives things a signature Blackploid-ish flavour.

Cosmic Drama sets its stall out from the off. The opening run of ‘Alien’, ‘World Construction’ and ‘Virtual State’ all deliver piston-snapping beats which anchor pleasing melanges of B-movie synth lines. Alongside this, Blackploid adds little flourishes which add buoyancy to each joint - a syncopated bassline reminiscent of I-f’s late-90s classic ‘Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass’, crackling robo-voiced commands, skittering synth chords which wash across the mix and so on. It’s the work of someone completely at ease with their craft, comfortable enough to take risks without upsetting the apple cart of their sound’s core appeal.

Blackploid’s idiosyncratic approach to synth work is something which distinguishes Cosmic Drama from the pack. Electro has long been a genre which prides itself on innovation on the keys, but few producers are willing to push their sonics as far as Blackploid does - take the seasick churn of pads and processors on ‘Multiverse’, for instance, or the way John Carpenter-esque single-note lines dovetail with gurgling synthetic pulses and eerie, spacious chords on ‘The Lab’, a highlight of Cosmic Drama’s midsection.

Cosmic Drama skips along at club tempo throughout - every one of these joints will get bodies moving in dark rooms across the galaxy. However, even when tracks maintain their single-minded pursuit of machine-funk perfection, they never forget to deliver on the hooks. Blackploid has lead lines (and counter-melodies) to burn here, and each track knots them together in ever-more intriguing ways as they plough onwards. Drexciyan heads will be thrilled by the sci-fi delights of ‘Species’, for instance, while Blackploid brings melodies as cold as they are catchy on the aptly-named ‘Polar Dunes’. By the time Cosmic Drama hits upon the vroom-vrooming bassline line of closer ‘Contact’, you’re fully enthralled to the album’s combination of broken-beat heft and synthetic melodiousness.

RIYL: Drexciya, I-f, Cygnus, AFX

Cosmic Drama

Blackploid - Cosmic Drama

Decommission Me

The 89th Passenger - BJ001 - SET

1 - Farewell To Julia - Our Melodie (2025 - Unreleased)
2 - Caramel Chameleon - ...And You Feel So Lucky (2024 - Nottetempo)
3 - Not Even Noticed - Cyber Rhythm (2024 - Who Is Paula)
4 - Promising/Youngster - Back On Track (2024 - Touched Music)
5 - The 89th Passenger - Waiting To See You Again (2025 - Beyond Jupiter)
6 - Agatha Bird - Man In The Middle (2021 - Unreleased)
7 - Sound Synthesis - Planet Hope (2021 - Distant Worlds)
8 - Fasme + Maelstrom - Almond Blossom (2021 - Central Processing Unit)
9 - µ-Ziq - Fogou (2024 - Planet Mu)
10 - The 89th Passenger - We Only Remain (2025 - Unreleased)
11 - Uf0 - Luka Ricci (2024 - Fourier Transform)
12 - Bufo Bufo - Ghost Print ( 2022 - Altered Sense)
13 - Polly Scattergood - Cocoon (Maps Remix) (2014 - Mute Artists)
14 - Abfahrt Hinwil - Phase 4 (2022 - Lapsus Records)
15 - CRC - Disposal Robot 139 (2023 - Furthur Electronix)
16 - ----
17 - Shadow Acid - The End (2023 - Exalt Records)
18 - The 89th Passenger - Untitled (2025 - Unreleased)
29 - Uf0 - Unconditional (2025 - Beyond Jupiter)


Beyond Jupiter [EPISODE 01] -  The 89th Passenger

A personal selection featuring exclusive tracks from Bordello A Parigi @bordelloaparigi . Much love and respect to all the artists and the label for the endless inspiration! 

Tracklist 

1. Elfenberg - Forever Alone

2. Figi, Luca Dell'Orso - Mr. Computer

3. Martin Matiske - Dimension Phantasy (Captain Mustache Remix)

4. Hyperstellar - Words In A Void

5. Evolution (L&L) - Radio (Armonics Remix)

6. Endrik Schroeder & Miss Kittin - The Hope

7. Seth Booth - Interzone

8. Cohn - Margiela In The Streets

9. Machinegewehr - Sans

10. Lords Of The Future - Subliminal Proximity

11. LVCA & Otis - Synthesised Emotion

12. CT Kidobó - Racing Thoughts

13. Italoconnection - All Over

14.  Alektra (Daniel Monaco & John Noseda) - Shake Your Body

15. Luca Dell'Orso - Tomorrow's Already Here

The Sound of Bordello A Parigi – A Tribute Mix

A bi-monthly journey into the brighter side of the 80’s on Operator radio. I will play mainly classics I deeply love, but there will be also room for contemporary productions in the same spirit.

For updates follow me here: www.instagram.com/marsmandj/

Italorator w/ Marsman - 1st July 2025 🌌

01. Reel By Real - Surkit (Keith Tucker vs Strand 'DIODE Reprise' Remix) [EPM Music]
02. Minimum Syndicat–	Knowing That We Know Nothing [Zodiac Commune]
03. Client_03 - You Are A Machine [client03.bandcamp.com]
04. Dark Vektor & Nea - Algorythm Love [Mars Frequency]
05. Tiga - Easy (Gesloten Cirkel Remix) [Turbo]
06. Nachtlinie - Broken Circuit [Computer Controlled Records]
07. Intergalactic Mechanic - The Shadow [Computer Controlled Records]
08. Zeta Reticula & Helga Neuer - I Am Mensch [Mechatronica]
09. Jensen Interceptor - Strings Of Fear [Pinkman]
10. Alex Jann - Mind Control Uses [Cultivated Electronics]
11. Pye Corner audio- Underneath [Lapsus]
12. 214 - Side Binds [Borg Recordings]
13. Electronome -  een Drumcomputer en een Synthesizer [Interr-Ference Communications]
14. E-Bony - System Error (the Hacker Remix) [Dame Music]
15. DJ Di'jital - Return Of The Hacker [Mechatronica]
16. Drexciya -  You Don't Know [Underground Resistance]
17. Kluentah - the Return [Zement]
18. Nite Fleit - Empty Nest Syndrome [Return To Disorder]
19. Vitalic - La Rock 01 [International Deejay Gigolo]
20. E-Bony - Machine Code [Dame Music]

E-L-E-C-T-R-O mix August 2025

Originally recorded in the Dutch towns of Ureterp and Groningen between 2003 and 2005, 'Through Friendly Waters' marks a pivotal moment in Reimer Eising’s —better known as Kettel— journey through melodic braindance and ambient electronica. With his classical training on piano and a refined sensibility for gentle electronic textures, Kettel weaves together shimmering piano motifs, warm ambient textures, playful breakbeats, and pastoral atmospheres that shimmer with emotional resonance.

First released in 2005 via his own label Sending Orbs, the album soon achieved cult status among IDM fans, celebrated for balancing playful compositional elegance with heartfelt sonic depth. TFW still remains as a timeless soundtrack that perfectly encapsulates why Kettel remains a key figure of electronic music enthusiasts two decades on.

To honour its twentieth anniversary, Lapsus Records presents 'Through Friendly Waters (20th Anniversary Edition)', marking the album’s debut on vinyl within the Perennial Series. This edition has been remastered by Alex Ferrer and redesigned by Basora, resulting in a deluxe version that also includes the tracks "Unistar" and "Toen", which were originally released only on CD by the Timothy Really label back in 2007.

· Buy link (Bandcamp): kettel.bandcamp.com/album/through-friendly-waters-20th-anniversary-edition

Written and produced by Reimer Eising. Recorded in Ureterp and Groningen 2003-2005
Remastered by Alex Ferrer.
Original artwork by Jeroen Advocaat.
Artwork update by Basora.

LPS-PS18.
www.lapsus.cat

© 2005 Sending Orbs
℗ 2025 Lapsus Records

lapsus.bandcamp.com

Buy Link (Bandcamp)

Kettel - Pinch of Peer - 2025 Remaster [LPS-PS18]

In April, we had the honour of hosting one of the all-time greats: Intergalactic Gary. We're thrilled to finally share the recording of his set that night at Low Profile Studios, so you can relive the dancefloor magic. Over the course of two and a half hours, you'll hear Gary’s mastery in full effect as he glides through Italo deep cuts, proto-house meltdowns, space-disco voyages and much, much more.  

We’ll be returning to Low Profile Studios for another night of sonic synchromysticism on the 23rd of August, this time with Alicia Carrera and Jonah Considine.

Intergalactic Gary at Club Pantheon - 18.04.2025

Algal Bloom - 218Ac0p6mT

Tema Tracks

Baronen - Insine In The Brine

A graveyard for loops / songs / experiments / playtime / samples / etc that i probably can't be bothered to play with anymore.

Baronen - Insine In The Brine

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