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TL Premiere #547 (2021.04.19) : Silicon Scally - Revelations [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 99th Premiere of 2021, we have a track by veteran UK Electro producer, now based in France, Carl Finlow, aka "Silicon Scally", titled ‘Reveleations’ from the upcoming EP "Revelations" on the independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music : Central Processing Unit (CPU Records).

"Silicon Scally - Revelations" will be available on May 28, 2021 in Limited Edition 12" Vinyl EP + Digital here : https://centralprocessingunit.bandcamp.com/album/revelations

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Release Info :

Silicon Scally - Revelations [Central Processing Unit]

Preview : www.soundcloud.com/cpurecords/silicon-scally-revelations

Since debuting on Central Processing Unit with 2018’s Projections EP, Silicon Scally has averaged a release a year for the Sheffield label. New offering Revelations finds the one born Carl Finlow keeping up that hit rate. Both Finlow’s name and his many aliases have become bywords for top-draw electro productions since he first emerged in the mid-90s, and Revelations is no different - this is dystopian machine-funk of the highest quality.

With its burbling electro groove, piston-precise drum programming and plethora of gurgling synths, Revelations’ opening title-track comes beamed in direct from the Dopplereffekt realm. However, as well as being a mid-set weapon of serious heft, the manner in which Finlow daubs the track with some plaintive synth chords will also bring just a hint of pathos to the dance. That wistful edge quickly dissipates when following cut ‘Walk Over’ homes into view - ushered in by eerie, paranoid synth work, ‘Walk Over’ has an air of technoid ghoulishness to it which invokes John Carpenter sparring with Egyptian Lover. 

Revelations’ flip is taken up by a pair of remixes that go deep on the A-side jams. The first of these sees Finlow himself setting aside his Silicon Scally cap and reworking ‘Walk Over’ under his own name, upping the eerie feel of the original still further by enveloping the track in icy atmospherics as well as phasing grizzled synths and wailing sirens in and out of the mix. Following close behind is Fleck E.S.C, whose reworking of Revelations’ title-track marks a first appearance on CPU since 2018 for this French electro expert. Fleck E.S.C delivers a low-slung synth-funk masterclass here - as the track’s laser-gun bassline invokes Drexciya, the producer guides the listener through a variety of shadow-realms populated by metallic clangs, insectoid chattering and some strangely hypnotic textures.

Silicon Scally (Carl Finlow) continues his fine run on Central Processing Unit with the Revelations EP, a set of steely electro bangers which comes backed up by remixes from Fleck E.S.C and Finlow himself.

RIYL: Dopplereffekt, Drexciya, I-F, Jensen Interceptor, 96 Back

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Tracklist :
1. Silicon Scally - Revelations
2. Fleck E.S.C - Walk Over
3. Fleck E.S.C - Walk Over (Carl Finlow Remix)
4. Silicon Scally - Revelations (Fleck E.S.C Remix)

Revelations written and produced by Carl Finlow.
Walk Over written and produced by Franck Collin.
Track B1 produced by Carl Finlow.
Track B2 produced by Franck Collin.

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

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Follow Silicon Scally :
Bandcamp : www.carlfinlow.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/5055-Silicon-Scally
Facebook : www.facebook.com/groups/272001402207 | www.facebook.com/groups/1060324197712077

Follow Central Processing Unit :
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Website : www.cpurecords.net
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Revelations

TL PREMIERE : Silicon Scally - Revelations [Central Processing Unit]

For this @DarkScienceElectro premiere we check in with Russian imprint Analog Concept. The label is back with a new record from Koova and MSRG.

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.

Clips: https://soundcloud.com/ancpt/ancpt004-koova-msrg-human-machine-interface-ep
Buy: https://www.deejay.de/Koova_%26_MSRG_Human-Machine_Interface_ANCPT004_Vinyl__975280

Additional resources:
www.analogconcept.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/analogconcept
http://www.facebook.com/analogconcept

Buy Here

PREMIERE: MSRG - BubbleO7 Getaway

TL Premiere #628 (2021.07.05) : Francois Dillinger - Can't Wake Up (Ivna Ji Remix) [Roulette Rekordz]

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For this 180th Premiere of 2021, we have the "Ivna Ji Remix" of the track by the Detroit based Electro & Techno producer "Francois Dillinger" titled ‘Can't Wake Up’ from the upcoming Compilation "DET:ROI - The Remixes" on the Belgian label created in mid 2002 by Ikko and Poladroïd : Roulette Rekordz.

"DET:ROI - The Remixes" will be available from July 7, 2021 in digital only on Bandcamp : https://rrkz.bandcamp.com/album/det-roi-the-remixes

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Release Info :

DET:ROI - The Remixes [Roulette Rekordz - RR23D]

If the DET:ROI EP's are a connection between Detroit and Charleroi, this compilation goes much further, establishing a link between some of the most exciting electro producers from all around the world: USA, Netherlands, Scotland, France, UK, China, Croatia, Germany, Belgium, Romania...

More than a simple compilation, this is the result of a collective work, made with love and care, by members of a community with a vision, led by passion.

Tracklist :
01. Francois Dillinger - Can't Wake Up (Ivna Ji Remix)
02. Francois Dillinger - Dig Yourself Out (Serge Geyzel Remix)
03. Francois Dillinger - Autonomous Vehicle (The Droid Rewire)
04. Francois Dillinger - Can't Wake Up (Avidya Remix)
05. Francois Dillinger - Dig Yourself Out (Isolated Material Remix)
06. Francois Dillinger - Can't Wake Up (Paul Hierophant Remix)
07. Francois Dillinger - Can't Wake Up (Cyphon Remix)
08. Francois Dillinger - Autonomous Vehicle (Deemphasis Remix)
09. Francois Dillinger - Autonomous Vehicle (Rain Remix)
10. Francois Dillinger - Autonomous Vehicle (Lord Jalapenos Remix)
11. Francois Dillinger - The Forever Finder (Lloyd Stellar Remix)
12. Francois Dillinger - Autonomous Vehicle (Poladroïd - Car Mechanic Remix) 
13. Poladroïd - Friday Nights In Stolen Cars (Jauzas The Shining Remix)
14. Poladroïd - Meet The Locals (Cercle Futur Remix)
15. Poladroïd - Friday Nights In Stolen Cars (Lloyd Stellar Remix)
16. Poladroïd - Meet The Locals (B0t23 Remix)
17. Poladroïd - Theme From DET:ROI (Magik Bitum Remix)
18. Poladroïd - Romance (Datacrashrobot Remix)
19. Poladroïd - Romance (Alavux - Rasputin Remix)
20. Poladroïd - Romance (Dublo - Savage Lover Remix)
21. Poladroïd - Romance (Wee DJs Vs dbacon Remix)
22. Poladroïd - Theme From DET:ROI (Francois Dillinger Remix)
23. Poladroïd - Theme From DET:ROI (Stormfield Remix)
24. Poladroïd - Theme From DET:ROI (MANASYt's Novichok Mix)

Artwork : Laurent Debraz
Mastering : LLoyd Stellar

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Follow Francois Dillinger :
Facebook : www.facebook.com/fdbeardd
Instagram : www.instagram.com/fdbeardd
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/fdbeardd

Follow Ivna Ji :
Bandcamp : www.ivnaji.bandcamp.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/ivnaji
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/ivnaji
Twitter : www.twitter.com/ivnayuri

Follow Roulette Rekordz : 
Bandcamp : www.rouletterekordz.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/label/16200-Roulette-Rekordz
Facebook : www.facebook.com/rouletterekordzzz
Instagram : www.instagram.com/rouletterekordz
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/roulette-rekordz

DET:ROI - The Remixes

Can't Wake Up (Ivna Ji Remix)

TL PREMIERE : Francois Dillinger - Can't Wake Up (Ivna Ji Remix) [Roulette Rekordz]

Sizzling and rattling power beats by George Lanham under his The Sixteen Steps moniker. Credit 00 takes responsibility for the remix of the Trinxat track in his own remarkable style!

https://clone.nl/item65084.html

3 Trinxat (Credit 00 Remix)

https://www.discogs.com/Zobol-Ocean-Acidification/release/19668301

Zobol's debut on Nocta Numerica (Vinyl / Digital)

Pre-order your copy here:

Bandcamp: bit.ly/2TF6qKP
Syncrophone: bit.ly/3lPLyMv

Clone: https://bit.ly/2YWreQn
Phonica: https://bit.ly/3jP09Xo
Juno: bit.ly/3xDknHh
Deejay: bit.ly/2XiVqnW
HHV: bit.ly/3lS2bHn
Redeye: bit.ly/2VLuIUg
Decks: bit.ly/3AyChg8

EP EXPECTED FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER 2021

Catalog number: NN020
Title: Ocean Acidification
Artist: Zobol
Distributed by Syncrophone (Worldwide)
Artwork: Christophe Le Gall
Mastering: MA Spaventi

A1 - Acidotic Waters
A2 - Biodiversity
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B1 - Carbon Cycling
B2 - White Coral Wastelands

Zobol - Acidotic Waters

Out now: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/the-storm

EP playlist:  soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/out-now-shedbug-the-storm

@shedbug touches down with a deadly and dazzling blend of venomous machinefunk, electromagnetic disturbance and the future sounds of global cybernetic conflict.

Shedbug - The Storm

[ Buy on Bandcamp ]

Shedbug - Hadal Zone Expedition [MTROND010]

TL Premiere #655 (2021.08.06) : Fleck E.S.C. - That's It (Pablo Splice Fan Boy Revision) [Woodwork Recordings]

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For this 207th Premiere of 2021, we have the "Pablo Splice Fan Boy Revision" of the track by French electronic music producer, now based in Tokyo, Japan "Fleck E.S.C." (aka Franck Collin) titled ‘That's It’ from his forthcoming EP "Responsible Grown Up Remixes" on the Canadian Label operated by Pete Grove : Woodwork Recordings.

"Fleck E.S.C. – Responsible Grown Up Remixes" will be available from August 13, 2021 in digital here : https://fleckesc-woodwork.bandcamp.com/album/responsible-grown-up-remixes

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Release Info :

Fleck E.S.C. – Responsible Grown Up Remixes [Woodwork Recordings - WOOD092]

This set of remixes provides an intriguing companion to Fleck E.S.C.'s 'Responsible Grown Up' EP,
released on Woodwork in May. The four inventive producers enlisted for this project went to task recontextualizing the original parts, each crafting a personal shout out the original EP.

ADJ's powerhouse take on 'Substitute Placebo' enhances the bubbling, freakish qualities of the track
while adding some signature muscle and swagger and a subtle dark rave essence.

Kim Cosmik ups the ante with a tidy smackdown version of 'Grassland'. Kim's version brings a hefty
sub and a bouncy break into the arrangement while the main parts remain intact but slanted with a
cracking new style and urgency.

UnSonore, a childhood friend and close acquaintance of Fleck E.S.C., stretches boldly into the outfit
of 'Responsible Grown Up'. A wandering abstract progression slowly twists into a retro synth pop jam
sounding a lot like it could be an instrumental of Duran Duran or Tubeway Army.

Pablo Splice then sticks the landing with a dizzying spin on 'That's It', blending melodic phrases of the
original version into a droning, disoriented tech-noir tribute.

Tracklist : 
01. Substitute Placebo (ADJ rewarp)
02. Grassland (Kim Cosmik remix)
03. Responsible Grown Up (UnSonore remix)
04. That’s It (Pablo Splice fan boy revision)

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Follow Fleck E.S.C. :
Bandcamp : www.fleckesc1.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/fr/artist/2109580-Fleck-ESC
Facebook : www.facebook.com/fleckesc
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/fleck

Follow Pablo Splice : 
Bandcamp : www.pablosplice.bandcamp.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/PabloSplice
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/pablosplice

Follow Woodwork Recordings :
Bandcamp : www.woodworkrecordings.bandcamp.com
Beatport : www.beatport.com/label/woodwork-recordings/75139
Discogs : www.discogs.com/label/8080-Woodwork-Recordings
Facebook : www.facebook.com/woodworkrecordings
Instagram : www.instagram.com/woodworkrecordings
Mixcloud : www.mixcloud.com/woodworkrecordings
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/woodworkrecordings
Twitter : www.twitter.com/woodworkrecords
Website : www.woodworkrecordings.com

Responsible Grown Up Remixes

That's It (Pablo Splice Fan Boy Revision)

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TL PREMIERE : Fleck E.S.C. - That's It (Pablo Splice Fan Boy Revision) [Woodwork Recordings]

TL Premiere #818 (2022.01.20) : Silicon Scally - Inhibitor [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 16th Premiere of 2022, we have a track by veteran UK Electro producer, now based in France, Carl Finlow, aka "Silicon Scally", titled ‘Inhibitor’ from his forthcoming LP "Field Lines" on the independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music : Central Processing Unit (CPU Records).

"Silicon Scally - Field Lines" will be available on February 11, 2022 in Limited Edition 2 x 12" Vinyl LP in gatefold sleeve + Digital.

▶︎ Pre-order : https://shop.cpurecords.net/album/field-lines

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Release Info :

Silicon Scally - Field Lines [Central Processing Unit]

Carl Finlow keeps on keeping on. As the world changes around him, the veteran producer continues to do what he does best - craft top-quality electro tunes which invoke the sound’s Drexciyan heyday, yet carry themselves with an assurance that is all of Finlow’s own. 

Finlow remains a prolific producer more than a quarter of a century on from his emergence. Still averaging several records a year across a variety of aliases, recent times have seen Finlow forge particularly strong links with the Central Processing Unit label. Now, after a run of EPs for the Sheffield imprint which began with 2018’s ‘Projections’, Finlow’s Silicon Scally project offers up CPU’s first drop of 2022 in the form of the ‘Field Lines’ LP. 

Silicon Scally productions have long been marked out by how they combine piston-precise beat programming with more textured synth play. ‘Field Lines’ runs with this formula to deliver some of Finlow’s most atmospheric material to date. At once shadowy and expansive, listening to ‘Field Lines’ is the aural equivalent of taking a night-time drive around some futuristic metropolis. 

The beats cruise sleekly here. Many of these burbling machine-funk numbers hover at mid-tempo, the crisp clip of their drum programming given shape and depth by all sorts of percussive tones fizzing around at the fringes of the mix. Even when ‘Field Lines’ seems to set its sights on the club - the Bunker Records-aping ‘Amino’, for instance, or the dystopian whizz-bang of ‘Static Fire’ - the tracks here strut sturdily rather than giving in to full-on freakouts.

However, from this sturdy base, Finlow moves outwards. Working with tones which range from rapid-fire machine-gun bass to keening, dawn chorus keyboard pads, Finlow leads us through the futurescape with the expertise of a seasoned guide. Cuts like ‘Submerged’ and ‘Yield’ are brilliantly cinematic, blooming from those reliable drum pulses into miniature masterpieces of nocturnal electronics. Elsewhere on ‘Field Lines’ there is a mechanical majesty to ‘Inhibitor’ and ‘Altered Domain’ which invokes the brave new worlds that Kraftwerk repeatedly conjured in their heyday.

Central Processing Unit’s first release of 2022 is ‘Field Lines’, an LP of electro-funk explorations from Carl Finlow’s Silicon Scally project which will thrill regardless of whether it’s experienced through headphones or out on the dancefloor.

RIYL: Drexciya, Kraftwerk, Cygnus, Annie Hall

Tracklist :
1. Receptors
2. Empty Subways
3. Inhibitor
4. Amino
5. Homage
6. Submerged
7. Static Fire
8. Yield
9. Altered Domain

All tracks written and produced by Carl Finlow.
Mastered at Computer Club Sheffield
Design by Human / www.humanstudio.com

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Follow Silicon Scally :
Bandcamp : www.carlfinlow.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/5055-Silicon-Scally
Facebook : www.facebook.com/groups/272001402207 | www.facebook.com/groups/1060324197712077

Follow Central Processing Unit :
Discogs : www.discogs.com/label/424941-Central-Processing-Unit
Facebook : www.facebook.com/cpurecords
Instagram : www.instagram.com/cpurecords
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/cpurecords
Twitter : www.twitter.com/CPURECORDS
Website : www.cpurecords.net
YouTube : www.youtube.com/user/cpuoutput

Field Lines

Inhibitor

TL PREMIERE : Silicon Scally - Inhibitor [Central Processing Unit]

TL Premiere #872 (2022.03.20) : vaimler - Relic

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For this 70th Premiere of 2022, we have a self-released track from the electronic music producer born in the UK "vaimler" titled ‘Relic’.

"vaimler - Relic" will be available from March 27, 2022 in digital only on Bandcamp : https://vaimler.bandcamp.com

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Follow vaimler :
Bandcamp : www.vaimler.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/vaimler

Relic

TL PREMIERE : vaimler - Relic

The Blackploid resurgence of recent years continues to gather steam. After laying dormant for some time, Martin Matiske’s project roared back into life in 2021 with a pair of EPs for Central Processing Unit. It doesn’t look like he’ll be taking his foot off the gas any time soon - not only does the new Blackploid collection Planetary Science complete Matiske’s hat-trick for the Sheffield label, but it also serves as a prelude to the full-length album which Blackploid will deliver on CPU in 2023.

If that LP is as good as the tracks we get here, then it’s safe to say that we’re on to a winner. This EP contains a quartet of top-tier machine-funk productions, the kind of crisp post-Drexciya joints we’ve come to know and love Blackploid for. Each track on Planetary Science makes good on the record’s title by delivering club tackle flecked with FX which sound distinctly like spaceships blasting off into the cosmos.

There is also progression across Planetary Science. While it still aims for the dancefloor, Planetary Science is a somewhat more textured listen than either Strange Stars or Cosmic Traveler, Blackploid’s previous CPU drops. Most notable is the increased use of synth pads, with Matiske draping chord progressions over all of these tracks in order to give his music a newfound depth.

Blackploid’s subtle evolution is clear from the opening track. ‘Dimension Unknown’ may begin with a precision-engineered groove reminiscent of an early Legowelt joint, but things soon soften with the introduction of some rich keyboard chords. A few well-chosen bleeps and bloops flit in and out of the mix, but whereas some would use these to scuff up the track further here they are warm and playful.

The more confrontational stance of following cut ‘Magnetron’ makes it a yin to ‘Dimension Unknown’s yang. Blackploid works with similar tools here - machine-gun beat programming, chords playing off boinging bass - but there is a tension and buzz to the track which isn’t apparent on its predecessor. The synths have a slight Eighties deep space thriller vibe about them, and the FX cut through the mix with more bite.

‘Magnetron’s energy carries through to ‘Wire’, the first track on the Planetary Science B-side. Here a big, brutish bassline takes centre stage from the off, a chunk squarewave equal-parts Dopplereffekt and early Eskibeat. Around this swirls a queasy brew of synthesised tones, with the component parts all arranged in order to channel ‘Magnetron’s sense of unease.

Planetary Science closes out with ‘Neurotransmitter’. On this cut, Blackploid returns somewhat to where we started off, finding a midpoint between ‘Dimension Unknown’s more spacious feel and the livewire flavour of ‘Magnetron’ and ‘Wire’. Tension remains, particularly when Matiske serves up one of the EP’s snakiest basslines, but there’s also a deftness to the synth pads here which makes ‘Neurotransmitter’ a little softer around the edges.

Blackploid limbers up for a forthcoming full-length on Central Processing Unit with Planetary Science, an EP of stargazing electro joints that quietly expand the project’s sonic world.

RIYL: Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, DMX Krew, I-F, Annie Hall

Blackploid - Planetary Science

It begins in your face with booming bombastic rhythms, almost pummelling, and you immediately know the world you’re inhabiting but then abruptly there’s a sugary melodic left turn that would make Aphex Twin blush.  This piece Wooly Mammut is something as a signifier of the album as a whole. Just when you think you have Tim Koch pegged, suddenly a whole other world appears.  

Volplaning is a master class in edgy machine funk, a dance party on the edge of the circuit board, where a feverish psychedelia breeds within the rigidity of locked grids and sequenced loops. It’s subtle but it grows throughout the pieces, whether it’s the periodically exuberant hyper energised squelches, the dystopian pitch downs or mournful synthetic Blade Runner laments, these flourishes are the sounds of subversion, of a refusal to adhere to expectation. They’re anti-establishment electrics – because Volplaning is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 

Do electrics dream of scattered nightmare dubs?  Or do they prefer complex skittery rhythms, taut ironclad bass and oscillating synthetic flourishes? Volplaning is new world electronica, a place where genres collide, techniques collide, tempos collide and expectations collide.  

So much is happening beneath the surface, more often than not the foreground keeps you rhythmically locked, while all manner of atmospheric weirdness roams freely behind. At first you think this music is rigid, percussive, even repetitive, but Volplaning is the audio equivalent of those magic eye pictures where if you focus on the beats and taut machine funk, and relax your ears, a whole other world appears often moving in an entirely different direction. So turn on, tune in and open your earlids. It’s all here.

RIYL: Plaid, Autechre, Jega

Tim Koch - Volplaning

Splitradix FFT is a fast Irish transform (FFT) rhythm for computing the discrete musical acid (aux note relative), and was first described in an initially little-appreciated paper by R. Yavne (1978) and subsequently rediscovered simultaneously by Central Processing Unit label owners in 2021. (The name "Splitradix" was coined by one of these re-inventors, S. Hennelly.) In particular, Splitradix is a variant of the Electro-Vocoder FFT rhythm that uses a blend of analogue 2 and 4: it recursively expresses an emotion of length N in terms of one smaller aux of musical N/2 and two smaller DFT of Fenix PCM/70.

Synthesizing Your Future

Splitradix - Synthesizing Your Future

Blackploid has become one of Central Processing Unit’s stalwarts in the past couple of years. Martin Matiske’s project contributed a trio of EPs to the Sheffield label across 2021 and 2022, with each of them showing off the kind of electro chops and production sensibilities that made Blackploid an ideal fit for an imprint which also boasts the likes of Cygnus, Silicon Scally and Bochum Welt among its catalogue.

Now, for CPU’s first release of 2023, Matiske levels things up with the debut Blackploid LP Enter Universe. Across these twelve tracks, Matiske leaves us in no doubt that he’s a prime mover in the world of modern electronic music. Enter Universe does not let up from start to finish, delivering a dozen pieces of leftfield electro that draws from the sound’s greats while also showcasing an unpredictability and flair that is all of Blackploid’s own.

The tone is set from the first frosty chords of opening cut ‘Pulsation’. The track traverses the starscape on pitter-patter drums and chirruping synths, a lively and slightly dystopian roller with an adventurous undercurrent reminiscent of classic Rephlex drops. It’s a style which Blackploid often draws for throughout the rest of Enter Universe, albeit with elements added or subtracted at each stage.

Indeed, this album features some of the most unusual production you will hear on any record this year. While the grooves pulse away in a manner reminiscent of Drexciya or Legowelt, Blackploid layers the mixes with a whole cornucopia of synth tones. ‘The Mission’ boasts a bleep-bloop breakdown that sounds like malfunctioning rotary telephones; ‘Silent Room’ is a ghoulish jam which harks back to Warp’s legendary Artificial Intelligence compilations; ‘Automatik’ and ‘Wormhole’ are defined by some brilliantly strange low-ends - you’ll be thinking of Mr. Oizo’s ‘Flat Beat’ with the wiggly former, while the gurgling, writhing anti-lead that dictates ‘Wormhole’ is oddly thrilling and more than befits the track’s title.

This inventive approach is also apparent in some of the structural choices on Enter Universe. While the tracks here all keep a steady, dancefloor friendly pulse, several of them surprise you by switching up the approach after a minute or two. ‘Pulsation’, ‘Automatik’ and ‘The Mission’ all feature moments where a new element - extra hi-hats, a synth line entering from leftfield - inject fresh impetus into the tune to keep the listener on their toes.

Blackploid may push the sonic envelope on Enter Universe, but this does not mean there is no room for melody. In particular, the cuts here which most strongly channel ‘Computer World’-era Kraftwerk do so by fronting some slyly tuneful work, particularly in the low end of the mix. ‘Unidentified’ serves up delightfully springy chords, ‘Cell Mutation’ leads from the bassline, and ‘Space Curve’ features little cells of melody and counter-melody working together to close Enter Universe out on a high.

Blackploid’s debut LP Enter Universe marries Drexciyan electro and Warp-school electronica with some brilliantly inventive production choices.

RIYL: Legowelt, Cygnus, Proswell, Jensen Interceptor

TL PREMIERE : Silicon Scally - Revelations [Central Processing Unit]

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