Andy Toth casts a long shadow in the Detroit scene. From being co-founder of the Detroit Grand Pubahs to working as an engineer and mixer, he’s worked on so many records that you know but in his egoless way, didn’t know he was part of. Being the co-author of “Sandwiches” took him around the world, but more importantly it was the hold music for Mudgie’s, a legendary Detroit Deli run by another long standing denizen of the Detroit underground, Greg Mudge. Greg Mudge was a true pillar of our techno community in Detroit, from showing us the venue for the first leaky roof No Way Back, to throwing his own events and supporting great people. One of those people was Andy Toth, who he was constantly pressuring to release his music, and this became a major theme of Greg Mudge’s memorial.  When Greg suddenly passed last September, some friends came in to DJ his memorial like Derek Plaslaiko. When it was Andy Toth’s turn he played only his own productions and we were all just so blown away. Mudgie was always asking Andy “what’s up with those tracks?” And this record is the answer,  a testament to that thought, and to the deeply layered and detailed work of Andy Toth. Andy has created a uniquely dense Detroit Sci Fi trip through sound, with elements of acid, electro, techno that result in an advanced and mature adventure in sound, reflecting his roots in the Detroit scene, but pushing it into new hypnotic futures, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

A1 - Subspace
A2 - Temporal Distortion
B1 - Mind Meld
B2 - Lost in Translation
digital bonus - Mind Meld (extended)

Subspace

Andy Toth - Subspace (Preview Clips) [IT 48]

pre-order :: https://trust.bandcamp.com/album/calanhi-remixes

austrian electro explorers /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms) assemble an international all-star crew of sonic scientists, rhythm agitators, and techno bass renegades to take apart and reconstruct their recent 'Calanhi' album.

buckle up and join Electric Indigo (@indigo), 214 (@214_electro), Mister Bellini (@mister-bellini), Reptant (@reptant_the_lizard), Annie Hall (@anniehallmusic), Roger23 (@roger23), R 325 (@room325), Shun (@shun1music), and Beatprozessor (@beatprozessor) on a high-g warp-speed ride across the known electroverse.

mastered by Keith Tenniswood (@radioactiveman)
art by dextro_org

Download

[TRUST40.RX] /DL/MS/ - calanhi remixes [out december 2022]

buy here: https://whoispaula.bandcamp.com/album/shades-of-acid


Vertical67 - Shades of Acid

A Side (45 RPM) 
A1 - Soleil Acid
A2 - Woozy

B Side (33 RPM)
B1 - Head In The Clouds
B2- Broken Rays
B3 - Sea Of Lights

Who Is Paula WIP003

Format 12” (incl. Free DL Code)
Digital Formats (Bandcamp only)

Written & Produced: Thomas Pahl
Artwork: Sebastian Grap
Mastering: Johanz Westerman
Pressing: Deepgrooves Pressing Plant

Paula took a trip. And as she was walking on clouds,
beautiful clouds, hovering through kaleidoscopic
forests and gliding through multicolored reefs, she
couldn’t help but cry. In glee, in absolute
enchantment. And when she had to leave, all that was
left were Shades of Acid. And dry tears, tears of joy.

There will be a release party at Crack Ballmer Berlin March 3rd. 2023 ✌🏽

Shades Of Acid

WIP003 - Vertical67 - Shades Of Acid - Snippets

First Various Artists EP on eudemonia with four electro tracks by Sound Synthesis, Hermeth, Caramel Chameleon and Larionov each exploring the acid side of the universe.

Tracklist:
A1 - Sound Synthesis - Magical Harmonies
A2 - Hermeth - Berlin Sunrise
B1 - Caramel Chameleon - Bordone Acid
B2 - Larionov - Solar Wind

Release date:
31.03.2023

Preorder: 
https://kompakt.fm/releases/acid_explorations

https://soundcloud.com/sound-synthesis-official
https://soundcloud.com/hermeth
https://soundcloud.com/caramel_chameleon
https://soundcloud.com/larionov

Magical Harmonies

Various Artists - Acid Explorations EP

Lazercat - Void Droplets

• VTX014, EP, Vinyl black, 12″, 33 rpm
• Released: End of March 2023

A1 - Dissociation Constant
A2 - Why Be You (When You Can Be Me)
A3 - Void06
B1 - Void06 (KafkaCtrl Remix)
B2 - Droplets
B3 - Take Me To Your Discothèque

Vortex Traks is proud to present the return of Lazercat. Void Droplets showcases the Canadian artist's love for old-school electro, while the B3, "Take Me To Your Discothèque", pays tribute to the 2000s italo-revival sounds of her youth. Features a moody remix from French electro wizard KafkaCtrl. Limited to 200 copies.

• Mastered by Jacob Korn at TailOut Studios
• Painting by Alex Harders
• Distributed by Bordello A Parigi: https://bordelloaparigi.com/

Digital album on Bandcamp:
https://vortextraks.bandcamp.com/album/void-droplets

12" limited to 200 copies:

Bordello A Parigi: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Bordello
Clone: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Clone
Decks: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Decks
Deejay.de: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Deejay
HHV: https://bit.ly/VTX014-HHV
Juno: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Juno
Redeye Records: https://bit.ly/VTX014-RedEye

Lazercat SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/lazercat
Lazercat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lzrct/

Void Droplets

Lazercat - Void Droplets (out now)

Vinyl → https://bit.ly/3JB6FN2
Artist: @dl-ms 
Title: The Good Life
Format: Vinyl, 7'' / Digital
Catalogue: DRL07
Tracklist →
A1.C’s Way
B1.EYT

Digital →
DI1.Thinner Than Idris
DI2.Wedding In Dub
DI3.37

www.diffusereality.net
linktr.ee/diffusereality

/DL/MS/  - The Good Life [Vinyl]

It was perhaps only a matter of time before Si Begg rocked up on Central Processing Unit. Now an esteemed veteran of British beat tracks, Begg’s name has become synonymous with quality club productions ever since he burst onto the scene three decades ago. In the years since, Begg has released scores of records on some of the most prestigious labels in the business - Tresor, NovaMute, his own Mosquito. As such, his debut on the Sheffield imprint whose name has become a sign of quality since it launched in 2012 seems like a wholly logical progression for one of electro’s most consistently excellent producers.

Begg’s casual mastery of his sound is shown off by the fact that he doesn’t over-egg the pudding of the Energie Electrique EP. Rather than doing sonic cartwheels to get people’s attention, Energie Electrique is characterised by the way Begg adds or subtracts elements to sturdy grooves. It’s an approach which makes for a collection of tunes that manage to bring the boogie from the off while they also hide all sorts of aural Easter eggs amidst the mix.

On opening cut ‘Energy’, a droning start full of crisp drum programming soon develops into a head spinning electro groove reminiscent of Kraftwerk’s Computer World. An acid-laced bassline waxes and wanes, modulating in intensity across several minutes as Begg sprinkles in percussion, synth blurts and vocoder vocals. It’s a slyly insistent rump-shaker, and the - ahem - energy that the track provides carries through into following number ‘Buckfunk Beatz’. This joint begins with a gnarly, chattering synth sound before the sizzle and snap of a broken-beat kick-hat loop locks into place. While still very Kraftwerkian, ‘Buckfunk Beatz’ also has the playful grizzle of contemporary practitioners like Cardopusher and Begg’s fellow CPU operator Silicon Scally.

Things switch up at the start of Energie Electrique’s second side. Rather than rolling out a high-octane groove, Begg delivers a low-slung mid-tempo roller called ‘MS10 Machine Funk’. The programming on the kick drum here could almost pass for a dirty south hip-hop production if Begg didn’t lace it with such a strangely compelling use of the oscillator - sometimes squealing, sometimes squawking, sometimes wobbling, always thrilling. The mix flecked with chordal stabs, ‘MS10 Machine Funk’ is a masterclass in combining danceable beats with the quest for thrilling sounds that is so often the mark of a truly musical mind.

To round things out, Begg brings us back to the beginning. ‘Electro P1 B’ is a delightfully dystopian bit of Drexciyanism. Piston-hiss drum programming, nervy atonal synth nodules, some cavernous reverb deployment - this is a body-mover if ever you heard one, and one executed with all the style, aplomb and panache you’d expect of Begg.

Si Begg takes his Central Processing Unit bow with the Energie Electrique EP, a quartet of club tracks to rival anything in his vast and vaunted discography.

RIYL: Kraftwerk, Silicon Scally, Drexciya, Cardopusher, Annie Hall

Energie Electrique

Si Begg - Energie Electrique

Gladio Operations inaugurates 2023 with its seventh release titled “Split Machine”, a new series of shared EPs, where in this first episode the producers Jauzas The Shining and Cycloplex go halves on the EP.

The French producer returns to Gladio with three cuts which possess his peculiar and characteristic rugged sound. The EP launches with "Business Machines” and “Isla De Encanto”, two powerful cuts with aggressive and noticeable basslines filled-up with dark textures. Jauzas gifts us a last cut titled “Equation”, a nod to the EBM sound, where he preserves the same darkness as in the previous cuts.

On side B we encounter the Spanish producer Francisco Aguado, who has recently released his first work under the "Cultivated Electronics" label under his new electro alias, Cycloplex. With two cuts titled “Intercepted” and “Acid Machine”, Cycloplex reveals his particular minimalist vision of electro sound in an abstract journey of excellent monotonous rhythms.

Jauzas The Shining - Business Machines

TL Premiere #1218 (2023.04.17) : Zobol - Saturation Diving [Who Is Paula]

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For this 83rd Premiere of 2023, we have a track by the Electro Producer from Birmingham (UK) "Zobol" (@Zobol) titled ‘Saturation Diving’ from his forthcoming EP "Reality Testing" on the Berlin label founded and run by whø? (@who22) : Who Is Paula (@who-is-paula).

The EP will be available from April 28, 2023 in Limited Edition 12" Vinyl (incl. Free DL Code) + Digital Formats (Bandcamp only). 

Pre-order :
▶︎ Bandcamp : https://whoispaula.bandcamp.com/album/reality-testing

▶︎ Clone : https://clone.nl/item72580.html
▶︎ Decks : https://www.decks.de/track/zobol-reality_testing/cl3-c0
▶︎ deejay.de : https://www.deejay.de/Zobol_Reality_Testing_WIP002_Vinyl__1020679
▶︎ Hard Wax : https://hardwax.com/00393/zobol/reality-testing
▶︎ Juno : https://www.juno.co.uk/products/zobol-reality-testing/938935-01

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Release Info :

Zobol - Reality Testing [Who Is Paula // WIP004]

Paula said: there are words they tried to print, there are thoughts they tried to speak, there are pictures you cannot show, photos you cannot snap and lyrics that you cannot sing. Think as I think, she said, see as I see, I kiss your thoughts, I kiss your dreams, I leave my steps upon your reality.

Snippets : soundcloud.com/who-is-paula/wip004-zobol-reality-testing-snippets

Tracklist :
A1. Hell Bender
A2. Element Of Risk
A3. Astronomical Significance
B1. Saturation Diving
B2. Reality Testing

releases April 28, 2023

Written & Produced : Jon Chmielewski
Artwork : Dave Balstert
Mastering : Johanz Westerman
Pressing : Deepgrooves Pressing Plant

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Follow Zobol :
Bandcamp : www.zobol.bandcamp.com
Beatport : www.beatport.com/artist/zobol/437193
Facebook : www.facebook.com/ZobolUK
Instagram : www.instagram.com/jonski.zobol
Juno : www.juno.co.uk/artists/Zobol
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/Zobol

Follow Who Is Paula :
Bandcamp : www.whoispaula.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/label/1917001-Who-Is-Paula
Instagram : www.instagram.com/who__is__paula
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/who-is-paula

TL PREMIERE : Zobol - Saturation Diving [Who Is Paula]

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