Techno

Pascal Nuzzo “Kaneda” - Nuzzo brings his underground influences to good use here, recalling styles like French Filter House and 90's techno and dark progressive, which have played an important role in his development as an artist. Nuzzo takes his cycle of beating metallic drums to a new experimental high here before the sound of a whirling car or spaceship rushes by, teasing at the rising tide of the chorus as it starts up with sizzling synthesizers to back it up. The hammering, cracking beat that follows plays well with the previous sounds as they turn to more blunted, deeper tones. Nuzzo won’t settle here either, though, when a chattering joins in that bridges through the chorus to a quickened pace. This surprise could be jarring if they didn’t dovetail so well into each other, and the pulse stays with us to the end. With tracks like this, Pascal proves himself as an artist to watch for, a new star that has only just started to spread his light.

UNRILIS016 - Pascal Nuzzo - Kaneda (Original Mix)

After a storming 2014 with releases on VIVA, Quartz and Snatch Off, ONNO is back with his first EP for 2015 on Adam Beyer's acclaimed Truesoul label. For this 3 track EP, ONNO explores the more techno focussed part of his sound, while retaining that bottom heavy, hip hop inspired groove that he is renowned for. 

The title track, aptly named "Techno Jam" kicks off proceedings with a bang. Straight up heavy techno beats are broken up by a processed vocal snippet before bringing everything back full force. On the flipside we find “Come On”. For this track, ONNO follows a less-is-more approach, focussing on just one hypnotizing melody line and blending this with a looped hip-hop vocal to create a dancefloor cut. Digital only track “Breakbeat Bats” completes the package with some analog synths and heavy 909 rides. All in all, this is essential stuff. 

ONNO -  Come On - Truesoul - TRUE1256

Toms Due - Fly Over

<p>Sasha Carassi returns to our extended crew with a bang. His ruthless and surgically precise productions have an expert eye for dance floor functionality. Impossibly catchy riffs and earthquaking bass lines are his thing,and he owns it here with these 2 new cuts.</p>

Sasha Carassi - Afternoon Deelite (Original Mix) [Octopus Records]

Terror Acid

Drunken Kong - Hypnotize (Manic Brothers Remix)

North Star/Silent Space released 06/11 

Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/1hso5vV
R&S - http://bit.ly/1GEdCEb
iTunes - http://hyperurl.co/3lpxd5

Written by Matteo Milleri and Carmine Conte. Additional production on Silent Space by Boddika & Joy O.

North Star/Silent Space

Tale Of Us - Silent Space

From the album The Black Light, out November 23 via EXILE. 

Buy: http://www.junodownload.com/products/johannes-heil-the-black-light/2916618-02/

Johannes Heil - Scene Eight

This week's Debut, and penultimate instalment of our 50WEAPONS Debut series, comes from L.A. native, Truncate (also known as Audio Injection). First dropped as part of Function's Berghain '07 mix, "86" compressed kickdrum and creeping, cyclical synths building up to a climax in typical Truncate style. On catalogue number #048, Truncate is joined by fellow driving force of contemporary techno, Benjamin Damage, whose A-side complements "86" in its acid-inflected, groove-tinted techno track, "Battle".

50WEAPONS048 drops on December 4th.

Pre-Order

Truncate "86" - Boiler Room Debuts

Benny Rodrigues returns to Dutch label Balans Records under his ROD alias in January, with his 4-track Balans EP.

Whilst each of the tracks have a hypnotic quality about them, it's the bubbling acid and heady pulse of 'Lego' we share with you today. Mysterious and entrancing, the track offers five-and-a-half minutes of unadulterated techno.

The EP continues an impressive run by Balans, following weighty efforts by Mike Parker and Staffan Linzatti. Label boss Darko Esser is also the mind behind Wolfskuil Records - a more varied label genre-wise, where his "own taste is the red tape" - and Wolfskuil Ltd - the "more experimental" wing.

ROD's Balans EP drops January 15th, head to the artist's Facebook and SoundCloud pages, and the Balans Facebook to get all the latest from both parties.
https://www.facebook.com/rodmalmok
https://soundcloud.com/rodmalmok
https://www.facebook.com/balansrecords.

ROD - Lego

DKMNTL031 // Robert Hood - Paradygm Shift Volume 1
a. Robert Hood - Form
b. Robert Hood - Lockers

http://shop.dekmantel.com/release/5143/paradygm-shift-volume-1

Dekmantel is thrilled to announce an exciting new project by the impeccable Robert Hood. Over the course of three EPs and one album, the Detroit legend presents Paradygm Shift. The first EP is scheduled for the 22th of February. Hood: ‘‘The idea behind Paradygm Shift is similar to a shift in our focus. We can become so complacent; we are so comfortable with our surroundings, I think this is the time for electronic music to find a new mindset.’’

Hood is thrilled about his new adventure on the Dekmantel label: ‘‘I’m glad to partner up with them on this project. I have a very good relationship with Dekmantel. I remember the first time I met them, how laidback these guys were. I performed in this illegal bunker, a dj-set, and the atmosphere was just amazing, awesome and open-minded. It seems like a natural progression to collaborate on this project now. We share a mutual responsibility not to let fall things just in place, but to make things happen. Dekmantel is about making things happen, and so like minds think alike.’’    

Inspiration for Paradygm Shift came from a shift in Hood’s own focus. ‘‘I have been busy with my Floorplan alias and reintroducing Monobox over the years, but at the same time I felt it necessary to reiterate Robert Hood as an electronic music artist who is bringing minimalism back in the forefront, and not to get lost in the melody. I want to get back to the simple repetitive programming that I’m known for, and to me it was returning to that, but shifting the listeners’ focus and not staying on this plane like we are used to.” 

This approach clearly manifests on Paradygm Shift Volume 1, the first EP that kicks of the series with great anticipation. Two tracks that have ‘Rob Hood’ written all over it: minimalistic beasts, bursting from energy and meticulously crafted by the hand of a master producer. ‘Form’ slowly but surely creeps upon you, a slow starter, but in the end the techno funk-finesse will roar like a Detroit car engine. ‘Lockers’ follows a slightly more melodic path, keeping the momentum by delivering body shaking, pulsating techno, deep and timeless just the way we like it.


DKMNTL031 // Robert Hood - Paradygm Shift Volume 1

Balans Records 2016
Balans EP
https://pro.beatport.com/release/balans-ep/1671863

ROD - Float

Last summer his 'Len Faki Goes Black' remix of 'Black On Black' slammed around dancefloors with it's devilsh low-end and now his 'Len Faki Goes White' edit offers up a more serene take on the original. 

The basslines are more prominent and there's less menace, providing a cut that will both warm-up and transport any crowd who hears it. Powerful stuff from the German mainstay.



More exclusive music

Premiere: Scuba 'Black On Black' (Len Faki Goes White Remix)

Anetha - Black Widow

Anetha - Orchids Curse

Dax J - The Invisible Man EP
Monnom Black 009

A1. The Wonk
A2. The Invisible Man
B1. Wir Leben Für Die Nacht
B2. The Bounce
B3. Surrender (feat. Cat Yen)

Release Date - 4th March 2016

Available on Vinyl & Digital

After his acid, rave influenced debut full length ‘Shades of Black’, Dax J releases "The Invisible Man EP" for Monnom black 009. Dark, acidic, 90’s inspired rave cuts. 

MONNOM BLACK 009_Dax J - The Invisible Man EP

We have the premiere of 'Lockers' and it's classic, rib-shaking Hood. 

From the first beat you're drawn in with pulsating riffs, thick, weighted kicks and fierce, groove-inducing snares. Before the melodic sound of Floorplan hits, let's go back to where it all began and who better to take us there than the king himself.

Premiere: Robert Hood 'Lockers'

Cristoph
Genesis / Exodus (Truesoul)
Beatport: http://bit.ly/GenesisExodus

Cristoph - Genesis (Truesoul)

Dense & Pika’s latest Drumcode release comes in the shape of a heavy four track EP, ‘Calf EP’. The four tracks showcase Dense & Pika’s signature industrial and dynamic style, each track bringing its own unique sound to the release whilst being unified by the sledgehammer intensity throughout. The release is laden with sporadic vocals, clanking samples and serious kick drums throughout - another heavy hitting, ear whipping release from Dense & Pika.

Dense & Pika - Edging Forward - Drumcode - DC155

It only took 20+ years of being top of the Swedish electronic music game for Pär Grindvik to launch his first ever full length release. Isle of Real features ten tracks which traverse a landscape of techno, experimental, electronica and ambient splendour. Written whilst on the road for several months on end, renowned producer and Stockholm LTD label head Grindvik took to hotel rooms and plane journeys for his nomadic production sessions – later polishing, recording and perfecting these demos in Peder Mannerfelt's Stockholm studio.

Throughout the album, Grindvik demonstrates his talent for finding the melodic soul in mechanical sounds. Isle of Real runs with a theme of spaces once inhabited, long since abandoned and reclaimed by the creep of nature. To us, "Headland" encompasses this most coherently and impressively. Built upon timeless techno blueprints, "Headland" aims to haunt with its eerie reverbed bells lingering far beyond its final notes.

A tale unravels in Isle of Real's plains and peaks. A long overdue LP debut from one of electronic music's key storytellers. Catch the pre-order of the double 12", out on May 24th via Grindvik's own Stockholm LTD label.

Techno

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