DVS NME is the man behind the weekly radio show/daily blog called 'Dark Science Electro' and has been a dedicated contributor for the Electro community in the past decade.

He returns with a 25-track album which is a thematic tribute to the  German philosopher, Karl Marx. Even the album cover borrows directly from Marx, re-adapting the original cover of the 1848 pamphlet entitled 'The Communist Manifesto'.

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PREMIERE : DVS NME - Barrier To Entry

London-based sound mangler & audio-artist extraordinaire Rico Casazza drops his first EP for Insult To Injury, the Ransom Note Records sub-label run by Timothy Clerkin.

Drawing influence from the 80's Electro scene, early UK Jungle and the darker realms of Dub Techno - 'Atompunk' is as evocative as it is full of lazer-sighted purpose.

Techno meets D&B genius, Eusebeia then takes the reins for the 'Atompunk' remix, dishing up a menacing hardcore and jungle-tinged, breakbeat assault.

PREMIERE : Rico Casazza - Atompunk

With ‘100% Dope’ we find Central Processing Unit bringing up their hundredth catalogue number, and you’d struggle to find a more fitting artist to ring in a century of releases for the label than Cygnus. The one born Phillip Washington has been with CPU since the very beginning, his 2012 LP ‘Newmark Phase’ representing the first record ever released on the imprint. That album’s combination of textured techno and grizzly Drexciyan electro set the tone for CPU perfectly, and it’s no surprise that Cygnus has returned to the Sheffield imprint several times down the years.

While ‘100% Dope’ is an expert demonstration of what Cygnus and CPU do, this EP also shows just how much both artist and label have grown over the past nine years. At its heart ‘100% Dope’ is a set of prime machine-funk from a master of the form, but these are also some of the most daring and innovative tracks that Cygnus has ever produced. 

Take opening cut ‘Bad RGB Controller’. In the undulating synth lines we have a ghost of grime as well as Drexciyan drive, and as such the track reminds one as much of Mr. Mitch or Last Japan as it does, say, Dopplereffekt. Furthermore, ‘Bad RGB Controller’ shifts gear around the halfway mark into a highwire electronica mode which has the wit and spark of prime Bogdan Raczynski. Entries like ‘Float Back To The Surface’ are similarly unpredictable. There's some lovely industrial techno bite to this one - the snare drum will echo in your head long after the party’s died down - but Cygnus periodically pulls out the rug from underneath us with passages of impressionistic texture that almost border on sound art. 

‘Float Back To The Surface’ is one of a trio of vocoder-led jams here. On ‘Throwing Shade’ we hear I-F and Egyptian Lover, with Cygnus’ vocals clattering around like pronouncements from some funked-out robot overlord atop hissing-piston drums. Then there’s the enticingly-titled ‘CPU Records’. ‘CPU Records’ delivers all the crisp electro snap we’ve come to expect from a record emblazoned with that signature black-and-white artwork, yet this thing is also widescreen and cinematic in ways that demonstrate the maturation of the Cygnus sound. With a wicked vocoder vocal that celebrates the label’s many achievements, ‘CPU Records’ is a victory lap tune if ever we’ve heard one.

Central Processing Unit keep it 100 on for this new EP. ‘100% Dope’ by Cygnus is CPU’s 100th catalogue number, and the Texan producer delivers on the promise of the record’s title with a collection of brilliantly unique electro joints.

RIYL: Bogdan Raczynski, Mr. Mitch, I-F, B12

100 % Dope

Cygnus - 100% Dope

TL Premiere #611 (2021.06.18) : Nullptr - Mesospheric Cruise [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 163rd Premiere of 2021, we have a track by the veteran UK Electro Producer and DJ, Eddie Symons, aka "Nullptr", titled ‘Mesospheric Cruise’ from his upcoming EP "Terminus" on the independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music : Central Processing Unit (CPU Records).

"Nullptr - Terminus" will be available on July 30, 2021 in Limited Edition 12" Vinyl EP + Digital here : https://shop.cpurecords.net/album/terminus

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Release Info :

Nullptr - Terminus [Central Processing Unit]

Preview : www.soundcloud.com/cpurecords/nullptr-terminus

NULLPTR never fails. Since emerging in 2016 with the Optical LP, Eddie Symons’ project has become a byword for top-draw contemporary electro productions. After triumphantly returning to Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit with 2020’s Future World full-length, NULLPTR follows that album up with a new quartet of machine-funk slammers. Striking a balance between highwire, twitchy rhythm programming and some deft textural work, the Terminus EP demonstrates exactly why the NULLPTR name is so respected in the world of electro.

The first half here almost showcases the two sides of the NULLPTR sound in microcosm. Opening track ‘Connected’ zips along like one of the racers from a Wip3out game. The 808s are all booming breakbeats and hissing-piston hats, with a jittery synth bassline nipping in and out of the spaces left vacant by the drums. Atop these swirl eerie keyboard pads, the reverb from them draping across the rest of the instruments like fog above a city. By contrast, following cut ‘Mesospheric Cruise’ is the yin to ‘Connected’s yang. Where its predecessor was tense and coiled, this lilting number is expansive and open like a primetime Virginia joint - though the point where the wistful house pads strip back to foreground the twinkle-toed electro beat still has a pleasing crunch to it.

The B-side of Terminus serves dystopian snap from the off. Genre masters Drexciya are invoked by ‘Syndicate’. The needle-gun bassline here turns itself inside-out across these five minutes, and all the while the tune is laced with some evocative shadow-realm synth pads. A similar energy courses through the EP’s closing title-track, a cut which also brings into play a booming four-to-the-flour that gives it an unstoppable sense of forward-motion. Like ‘Connected’ and ‘Mesospheric Cruise’ - indeed, like all of the NULLPTR material that Central Processing Unit has brought us down the years - these jams will sound positively devilish when deployed in a dark basement.

The Terminus EP sees electro don NULLPTR (Eddie Symons) deliver four slices of unadulterated machine-funk heat.

RIYL: Virginia, Cardopusher, Drexciya, Silicon Scally

The next release is CPU 100!

Tracklist :
1. Connected
2. Mesospheric Cruise
3. Syndicate
4. Terminus

All tracks written and produced by Eddie Symons.

Mastered at Computer Club Sheffield
Design by Human / www.humanstudio.com

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Follow Nullptr :
Bandcamp : www.bovaflux.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/43028-Bovaflux
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SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/bovaflux
Twitter : www.twitter.com/bovaflux
Website : www.bovaflux.co.uk

Follow Central Processing Unit :
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Terminus

Mesospheric Cruise

TL PREMIERE : Nullptr - Mesospheric Cruise [Central Processing Unit]

Buy Link: https://avoidantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/indentured-servitude

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PREMIERE: D&S - Conjecture [Avoidant Records]

Artist - Title: Dez Williams – Hexentrik
Catalogue #: WOOD087
Release Date: 06/30/2021
Format: Digital, Streaming

dezwilliams-woodwork.bandcamp.com/album/hexentrik

01 – Hexentrik
02 – Screenshot
03 – Formit
04 – Nowtt
05 – Ohaguro
06 – Entangled Data Banks

Dez Williams' second Woodwork outing further frames his imaginative productions within a wide conceptual space encompassing several styles of deep electronic underground music. Expressive noisy synth riffs and soaked stabs lace their way through a series of jams which pull equally from modern and vintage varieties of techno, acid, house and electro. The resulting sound and feeling averts description or definition, yet there remains an absolute sense of lineage and vague familiarity in the midst of this set of explorative works.

From the quirky acid bass and melodic bleeps of the title track, 'hexentrik', through dub meditations invoked by 'screenshot', with the raw machine sound of 'formit' and enlightened pattern play central to 'nowtt', the EP winds its way toward the eastern pentatonic 'ohaguro' and the dramatic interstellar acid, electro-techno afterburner 'entangled data banks'. This collection offers up several mix-ready individual flavours that also serve an engaging chronicle heard start to finish.

Woodwork Recordings: www.woodworkrecordings.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/woodworkrecordings
Soundcloud: @woodworkrecordings

Dez Williams: dezwilliams-woodwork.bandcamp.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dezwilliamsmusic
Soundcloud: @dez-williams
Elektronik Religion: dezwilliams.bandcamp.com

hexentrik

PREMIERE: Dez Williams - Entangled Data Banks [Woodwork Recordings]

TL Premiere #639 (2021.07.16) : ALONZO - Shitto Maltese [Kraftjerkz]

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For this 191th Premiere of 2021, we have a track by the music producer based in Brooklyn, NY, originally from Miami, FL "ALONZO" titled ‘Shitto Maltese ’ from the V.A. EP "Machine Funk Is Our Game Volume 5" on the label based in US and founded in 2007 by Kid Ginseng : Kraftjerkz.

"Machine Funk Is Our Game Volume 5" will be available from October 1, 2021 in Limited 12" Vinyl + Digital on Bancamp here : https://kraftjerkz.bandcamp.com/album/machine-funk-is-our-game-volume-5

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Release Info :

Machine Funk Is Our Game Volume 5 [KRAFTJERKZ 055]

The Kraftjerkz compilation series Machine Funk is our Game is back with another installment. Volume 5 features some long-time players like Alonzo and DJ Di’jital, while also introducing some new names to the Kraftjerkz roster as well. Alonzo starts the comp strong with a hyper catchy, growling cut that derives its fuel from a low, moody synth line that expands like a monster coming out of the murky abyss. High-pitched, zany synth rhythm keeps everything in balance, though, and the looping melody on this track is so solid that you can endlessly ride it. Konerytmi’s track, “Replikantti” is an electro cut whose tight, truncated percussive elements and warp-speed synth arpeggiation creates both the melody and the rhythm, keeping us hooked from start to finish. The EP turns a bit with the next track, “TicTac” by Zarcon, that begins with a UFO-infused vocal, before squelchy acid melody and speedy, twinkling synth takes over. DJ Di’jital’s track, like all of the tracks he releases on Kraftjerkz, is a quality standout, and its name says it all. “Jit it Up” delivers a hefty dose of Detroit-style jit / footwork, with its driving electro beat and laser-quick synth that seems to touch 150 BPM territory. What follows is the vocoder-laced cut from Cybereign, “Breathing Apparatus,” remixed by Mr. Kraftjerkz himself, Kid Ginseng. Finally, just when we think we’ve maxxed out our senses, the EP ends on the super weird, super original track, “Shaftwerk” from Bart Karlos. It’s a no-holds-barred banger meant to work the body. Bottom line: there’s really no filler on Machine Funk is Our Game, Vol 5. It might even be the best installment of the compilation series yet. In terms of quality, this is electro at its finest, and any of these six tracks would enhance any late-night set. 

Tracklist : 
1. ALONZO - Shitto Maltese 
2. Konerytmi - Replikantti
3. Zarcon - TicTac
4. DJ Di'jital - Jit It Up
5. Cybereign - Breathing Apparatus (Kid Ginseng Remix)
6. Bart Karlos - Shaftwerk

Mastering : Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete Mastering USA
All publishing owned by each individual artist
One-sheet written by Taylor Bratches

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Follow ALONZO :
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/3690463-Alonzo-9
Facebook : www.facebook.com/ALONZO.elektro
Instagram : www.instagram.com/___alonzo____
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/alonzo902

Follow Kraftjerkz :
Bandcamp : www.kraftjerkz.bandcamp.com
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Machine Funk Is Our Game Volume 5

Shitto Maltese

TL PREMIERE : ALONZO - Shitto Maltese [Kraftjerkz]

The label is back with a new record from Koova (head of London Modular Alliance) and MSRG, who was involved in the label's last release. 

This record is the result of quality work with synthesizers, modulars and drum machines. 
The music reflects the highest level of artists and the ability to work in a multi-genre format. 

Each track is unique and touches on different subgenres of electronic music from IDM to electro.

Koova
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/koova

Analog Concept
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ancpt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/analogconcept

PREMIERE: Koova - DLD (Analog Concept)

UK electronic legend Carl Finlow makes his full debut on Avoidant Records (Soma Records electro sub label) with the clinical Engines Of Creation EP. Easily one of the most highly respected producers to come out of the UK, Carl has a discography going back over 20 years and spanning multiple genres. After his first outing the label as part of the ‘Defend Your Planet’ compilation, Carl drops 4 classic, superbly produced cuts of hi techno electro funk.

Take an interstellar trip with Reckless, a track that bounds through the the cosmos, radiating its high energy output.

Released 27/08/2021 on vinyl and digital.

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https://soundcloud.com/carlfinlow
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PREMIERE // Carl Finlow - Reckless [Avoidant]

XY0815

Next up we have a synth slayer born and raised in Leipzig. Finding himself among people in the local Techno scene that had a more honest and sincere approach to treating each other caused him to not only grow as a human but also had a massive impact on his musical preferences. 

In 2014, after some years on the dancefloors and a head full of amazing music, he and a friend decided to give it a try and began making some techno on their computers. After he played around with his first synthesizer, he fell completely for the world of electronic music and making music began to be a big part of his everyday life. Since then, He is constantly experimenting with new gear, software and sound processing approaches. 

Last year his approach changed from his usual tangled computer workflow he went to his now tried-and-trusted powerhouse: the Octarack. 
DUSK163 is only his third live set (with his second being last weekend at Cosmic Voyage) but what a stunning performance it is, using the Electribe & Digitone in cohesion with the Octatrack to guide you through a vast amount of soundscapes and rhythms which pay homage to all the different kinds of music and influences he likes to incorporate into his work.

Keep an eye out for this inspirational sample flipping & hardware twisting translator for more of his releases on labels like brokntoys, Yuyay and all of his self-released goodness right after you've checked this bomb live set, naturally.

Let his music do the talking

SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/xy0815
Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/artist/5362236-XY0815

DUSK163 By XY0815

Florida Breaks style Samples by Huda Hudia!! mixed by DJ Lane.

TL PREMIERE : Nullptr - Mesospheric Cruise [Central Processing Unit]

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