Shiny ice or ICE train? T for train or trance?

A duo based in Tel Aviv & Bali brings you two trancy breakbeat cuts to answer all these questions. With remixes from a Dusseldorf wizard and a Vilnius-based traveler. Take a seat. Fasten your seatbelt. Your journey to the lands of fantasy begins now.

Shine T

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PREMIERE : Uninc & Kolomensky - Ice Train (DJ Normal 4's Molten MixX)

V/A : Driving Blind (Vol. 3)

LYO is back and ready to take your breath away with the third volume of their compilation series "Driving Blind". They follow up on their second exquisite offering with a selection of 23 tracks from captivating artists from all over the globe. Selected with care and love, it will bring you on an electronic journey pushing boundaries of style featuring only fresh new original music!

TRACKLIST //
Akasha System 
Ana Helder 
Anastasia Zems
Bézier
Borusiade
Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Raï
Cute Heels
Das Komplex
Dazion
DC Salas
DJ City
Fruit DJ 
John Parsley
Krokakai
Manner of speaking
Nuevo Prohibido
Roy of the Ravers
Stump Valley
Tech Support
The Dude Of Stratosphear
Unit Black Flight
Véronique Samsung
Younger Than Me & Skelesys

https://soundcloud.com/ssyysstteemmss https://soundcloud.com/ana-helder https://soundcloud.com/anastasiazems https://soundcloud.com/bezier https://soundcloud.com/borusiade https://soundcloud.com/corneliusdoctor https://soundcloud.com/tushen_rai https://soundcloud.com/cute-heels-live https://soundcloud.com/daskomplex https://soundcloud.com/thedazion https://soundcloud.com/dc-salas https://soundcloud.com/djdjcity https://soundcloud.com/fruitdj https://soundcloud.com/johnparsley https://soundcloud.com/krokakai https://soundcloud.com/inamannerofspeaking0https://soundcloud.com/neuverboten https://soundcloud.com/royoftheravers
https://soundcloud.com/stump-valley https://soundcloud.com/tech-supportuk https://soundcloud.com/thedudeofstratosphear https://soundcloud.com/unitblackflight https://soundcloud.com/veronique_samsung https://soundcloud.com/youngerthanme https://soundcloud.com/skelesys

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LYO Presents : Driving Blind (Vol. 3) Snippets // OUT 16/12/2022

Anastasia Zems hits all the right buttons with “A Week Before,” a timeless erotica piece. Her seductive broken beats are in lingerie, leaving you with no option to resist. The vixen’s brew is in your bloodstream, and you can hear her laugh.

Release date July 2, 2021. Read more and order at: https://whypeopledance.bandcamp.com/album/8-years-of-whypeopledance

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Anastasia Zems - A Week Before [Whypeopledance]

Unanswered emails piled up, unread messages clogged his inbox - he had no desire to answer their pleas or succumb to the days worth of grovelling. There was little that could be said to change the way he felt, no amount of words or showering of gifts would change things, this time he couldn't forgive and forget - even if he wanted to. Grudges had never been his thing, it was generally more effort than it was worth, but on this occasion the situation was unforgivable... 

20/20 Vision's Exit Planet Earth series began life back in 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning and lockdown was around the corner. Originally intended to provide a snapshot of how artists were feeling at this time through captivating, original music, the series soon took on a life of its own and is now reaching the ripe old age of 10. Each release features music from stalwarts and emerging names, and on this occasion involves over 25 artists from across the world. Largely concerning itself with music close to the label's heart - namely electro and techno - this 10th volume includes music from Egyptian Lover & Soul Clap, Kosh, Annie Hall, London Modular Alliance, Mr Ho and Xiaolin, among many others.

PREMIERE: Mr Ho & Xiaolin - No Change To How I Feel [20/20 Vision]

A collaboration between mastermind Benedikt Frey & his friend O-Wells, as part of Frey's debut EP on Malka Tuti.
Record is out 17/01/2023

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40hz

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Benedikt Frey & O-Wells - 40Hz

The sun began to set in the distance, sucking the warmth from the day and leaving a bitter chill in the air. In daylight the landscape was breathtaking but under the veil of darkness everything changed. The hills distorted into new forms, the trees became twisted and contorted, the shapes of the valley morphing and moving as if they were coming to life. The people and animals were different too; it was as though they were under a spell, hypnotised by the glowing moon and the blanket of stars that cascaded overhead.

Terra Magica know their onions. Since launching in spring of 2021, they've served up gem after gem of weirdo club music, welcoming with open arms artists like Rambal Cochet, Poly Chain, Mogwaa and many more to join their psychedelic world. Focusing predominantly on Various Artist releases, their next is more of the same, this time featuring new, unreleased magic from the likes of Tadan, Iro Aka, Moisk and a few nuggets from the label bosses, Mirko Hecktor and Tom Sprenger, individually and under their joint guise Hektisch Sprengen DJs. CLUB TERRAM has got a bit of everything we love: a sprinkle of cosmic goodness, a peppering of acid and some of those Goa trance flavours - very tasty.

PREMIERE: Iro Aka - Deshaper [Terra Magica]

Exclusive: Credit 00 - Save The Forest!

Alexander Dorn, better known as Credit 00, returns to Uncanny Valley to release his No More Sad Trance EP, a four tracker highlighting the artist’s musical extravaganza as well as love of experimentation when it comes to own productions and therefore consists out of a conglomerate of sounds and influences reaching from Jungle, Garage over to Trance and 90s Pop and more. Save The Forest!, the last track on the EP, shows signs of Trance-typical sounds with slight 90s nuances put over a lush bass line. Wobbling chords, slight Acid bleeps and short Break-esque round off the track making one musically dive into the rain forest as the before mentioned sounds create not only the atmosphere of it but also deliver an approach for a visualization of the scenery. 

Credit 00's EP No More Sad Trance is out on Uncanny Valley.

Buy the EP: https://credit00.bandcamp.com/album/no-more-sad-trance

Artist & label information
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Uncanny Valley: https://facebook.com/uncannyvalleyrecs // @uncanny-valley-dresden // https://instagram.com/uncannyvalley.de

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EXCLUSIVE: Credit 00 - Save The Forest! [Uncanny Valley]

https://soundcloud.com/odopt
https://soundcloud.com/serenades_show
🛒 https://fanlink.to/srnds003
🔊 https://youtu.be/oIyQ8l9AGPM

Serenades returns with the continuation of a series of split-format releases that talk about living, working, creating and interacting with completely different people from different parts of the world.

Odopt and Dolphins have created enchanting and enigmatic pieces for different experiences - whether you're left alone with your deep thoughts or on the contrary trying not to think about anything on a full dance floor. That's the magic of music, in its monologue or dialogue with you, it can answer many of your questions.

Things were different when we started preparing this release and we couldn't imagine what the year 2022 would throw us into, but we still try to remain committed to love, peace and mutual understanding.
No war!

Dolphins: Benedikt Frey, Markus Woernle, Nadia D'Alò.
Odopt: Grigory Nelyubin, Ivan Maslov.

Tracklist: 

A1 - Dolphins - Kombination
A2 - Dolphins - Commander
A3 - Dolphins - Commando High
B1 - Odopt - Fear
B2 - Odopt - Syntagma

PREMIERE: Odopt - Fear [Serenades]

With »V« Noorden presents the second album of Cologne-based artist Panta Rex.

Embracing your expressive states and your meditative inner moments, the slightly more minimalistic atmosphere of »V« is composed using a palette of sounds a wee bit darker than on the artist’s first album »LP1«.

They’re sourced from memories of first musical encounters and samples from new age records of Panta’s parents’ collection meeting field recordings, Orffian percussion, and analog machines.

Reflections on trance, energy, and escapism influenced the album’s production. We dearly hope you enjoy the music – be it dancing or resting.

https://soundcloud.com/panta-rex
https://soundcloud.com/noorden

PREMIERE⚡️Panta Rex - Beetle Ride [Noorden]

https://soundcloud.com/hoshina
https://soundcloud.com/musar-recordings
🛒 https://hoshinaanniversary.bandcamp.com/album/guru-guru
🔊 https://youtu.be/kzhGfezYPW4

In Japanese, the word “guru-guru” refers to the state of spinning, whirling.  This state is captured in the work of Japanese artist Hoshina Anniversary, who makes his third appearance on MUSAR with his EP Guru Guru and marks the return of the label after an extended break.

Hoshina’s self-titled brand of ‘watechno’ has appeared on well-loved dance music labels like ESP Institute, Volvox’s Jack Dept and Young Marco’s Safe Trip, alongside MUSAR where he also appeared as Shifting Gears back in 2022; an electronic-jazz-centered moniker.

His Guru Guru EP captures the latest snapshot of Hoshina’s sound and sees him draw from Japanese language as a through-line. The title track is the clearest representation of his ‘watechno’, where he uses Japanese instrumentation on top of a menacing EBM-style march. The track's slowly whirling momentum is the “guru-guru”.

On tracks like “Banri”, which means far away in Japanese, we see new shades to Hoshina’s work as he mixes a Japanese Wadaiko drum groove with acidic elements and piano melodies to make a track of contradictions which pairs roughness with elegance.
Whereas on “Usagi”, Japanese for rabbit, Hoshina fires up the BPM.
Piano melodies remain here but their effect is more drifting and emotive than on “Banri”.
“Kaga” is named after a place in the southernmost part of Ishikawa Prefecture, between Kanazawa City and Fukui City. On this track, Hoshina’s love for jazz comes through and even mirrors the work we heard from him under Shifting Gears. 

Tracklist:

A1 Guru Guru
A2 Banri
B1 Kaga
B2 Usagi

PREMIERE: Hoshina Anniversary - Kaga [MUSAR]

LETS TECHNO records

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Nigel J Anderson - Unspoken (Original Mix)

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Torture the Artist is a webzine, or a magazine made for the internet, geared towards those with a passion for contemporary electronic music, with subgenres including Techno, Tech House, Deep House and Eletronica, as well as a small amount of Indie and Alternative. Founded in 2014 by Holger Breuer, a German native and lover of the arts, Torture the Artist now consists of five team members from all around the world.

In addition to publishing interviews, music reviews, DJ charts and track premieres, the webzine hosts out a  podcast series called 'art:casts'. This medium gives DJs and producers the artistic freedom to highlight their different musical styles while not being restricted by factors such as setting, and connecting them to a wider audience. 

Being in its ninth year, Torture the Artist has gained a strong and active online support group, including music enthusiasts to label managers and artists themselves, creating a cohesive community with music as their bond.

EXCLUSIVE: Credit 00 - Save The Forest! [Uncanny Valley]

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