Growing up on the north Atlantic island of Iceland bestows one with an unusual and often intense relationship with light and colour: Summers come with endless days, Winters with scant sunlight yet increased sightings of the Aurora Borealis; the mysterious and awe-inspiring glow across the sky. Channelling these energies, Exos comes to Tresor with his Green Light EP, a five-track collection of the sort of spectrally rich techno synonymous with the Northman's 27-year career.

Across the EP, the five tracks fizz and pulsate driving ever forward, making the release's title a three-way play on words referencing the continuous travelling of photons, the verdant warping of the Northern Lights, and the universal colour for Go, for forward propulsion. Smart wordplay can also be found in titles like Gr&aacute;tt Silfur, a term in &Iacute;slenska (literally "grey sliver") which signifies a tension between two parties, further extending the colour metaphor and dark/light dichotomy found elsewhere.


The digital release comes with three extra tracks that continue the dynamic energy, pushed along by the same shifting, mutating force where the music often feels like voices calling out from the darkness or the shimmer of light as the sun rises across the horizon.

Green Light EP continues this year's blazing return from an artist who, similar to his output, is never stagnant: ever changing form yet ever moving forward.

BANDCAMP

Exos - Only One Way

Support here: https://soma-records.bandcamp.com

PREMIERE: AgainstMe - Waltz In Limbo [SOMA675D]

Hybrid Productions Sound Architecture proudly presents [HPX143] Tellurian, by Mikrotakt. Returning from outer space with his second solo EP for Hybrid. Nothing less than extraordinary extraterrestrial.

1. Amidst Discord
2. Embrace The Unknown
3. Tyranny
4. Psychological Freedom

Out in all portals 21st of October, 2024.

Label links:
Bandcamp: h-productions.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/carilekebusch

Artist links:
SC: @mikrotakt
IG: www.instagram.com/mikrotakt/
BC: mikrotakt.bandcamp.com/
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Mikrotakt

PW PREMIERE | Mikrotakt - Amidst Discord [HPX143]

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Support the release: https://tokenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flauta

A natural fit for the Token label and now a regular contributor, Nørbak presents his new release ‘ Flauta ’ on the Belgian imprint. Keeping things driving and dense, his productions boast a raw intensity, continuin g to describe spacious rooms with roaring atmospheres.

‘Despida’ sharpens the tone and focu ses its elements. Proving he can do just as much damage with a more minimal approach, Nørbak drops the claps for shakers and whips up a distorted stab as the main driver of the track. Despite the versatility of his records, there is something very homogenous about the tonality of his drums and synths - they seem electric, and ‘Despida' truly nails that aesthetic. 

Format: 12I / digital / streaming
Catalogue Nr.: TOKEN129

Track Listing:
A1. Nørbak - Flauta
A2. Nørbak - Despida
B1. Nørbak - Golpe
B2. Nørbak - Camarada

Follow Nørbak
SoundCloud: @norbakmusic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/norbakmusic
Instagram: www.instagram.com/norbak_hayes
Resident Advisor: www.ra.co/dj/norbak
Beatport: www.beatport.com/artist/nrbak/526312
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0TwXWZcwzGVVOa1Vdu3UEj

Follow Token Records
SoundCloud: @tokenrecords
Website: www.tokenrecords.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tokenrecords
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kriztoken
Resident Advisor: www.ra.co/labels/1310
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/token/8898
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0pPgj6kv4sQdB63gJLrVph
Bandcamp: www.tokenrecords.bandcamp.com

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Website: www.6amgroup.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/6amgroup
Twitter: www.twitter.com/6amgroup
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SoundCloud: @6amgroup
YouTube: www.youtube.com/6amgroup


Premiere: Nørbak "Despida" - Token Records

Pre-order the EP here:
modwerks.bandcamp.com/music

Artist: Ø [Phase]
Title: Living Proof
Label: Modwerks
Catalogue: MDWXLP011
Format: Vinyl + Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: #Techno
Release date: October 25, 2024

Written & Produced by A Burchett at Modwerks London
Mastered by by A Burchett at Modwerks London
Artwork by Ø [Phase]

Tracklist:
A1 - Ø [Phase] - Shape Shifter
A2 - Ø [Phase] - Number Zero
B1 - Ø [Phase] - Living Proof
B2 - Ø [Phase] - Deluge

Follow #ØPhase here:
@ashley-phase
www.instagram.com/phase_modwerks/
www.facebook.com/ashleyphase/

Follow #Modwerks here:
@modwerks
www.facebook.com/modwerks
www.youtube.com/c/modwerks
www.instagram.com/modwerks_ltd/

Premiere: Ø [Phase] - Deluge [MDWXLP011]

Bandcamp: https://trau-ma.bandcamp.com/album/teddy-bear-bee
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/teddy-bear-bee/4739649

Tony Hoffman - Amegilla (Original Mix) [TRM320]

Track: Take It From Here (Toru Ikemoto Remix)
Artist(s): Takt, Toru Ikemoto
Label: E-HRZN Records
Catalog: EHRZN018
Format: Digital 
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release date: October 30, 2024
Mastering: Mikrotakt (Madrid, Spain)
Artwork: Yan Cook (Kiev, Ukraine)
Graphics: Diana Franco (Miami, USA) 

Artist Links (Takt):
SC: https://soundcloud.com/takt_no
IG: https://www.instagram.com/___takt/?hl=en

Artist Links (Toru Ikemoto):
BC: https://toruikemoto.bandcamp.com
SC: https://soundcloud.com/toruikemoto
IG: https://www.instagram.com/toruikemoto/?hl=en

Label Links (E-HRZN Records)
SC: https://soundcloud.com/ehrznrecords
BC: https://e-hrznrecords.bandcamp.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/ehrzn_records/?hl=en

BCCO Premiere: Takt - Take It From Here (Toru Ikemoto Remix) [EHRZN018]

Support here: https://biterecords.bandcamp.com/album/altars

Characterised by a discernible signature of harmonious yet implicit tensions, DJ and producer Hayden Payne’s (aka Phase Fatale) contentious palette of both precise sonic and narrative elements shape his world of techno. Presenting his second EP of 2024, ‘Altars’, the BITE Label boss forecasts a confessional state looking onto a decomposing world through the perspective of frenetic energy, evolving polyrhythmic sequences and fleshy dancefloor vigour. 

Built on a trifecta of three original productions, as well as two featured remixes from Kangding Ray and Setaoc Mass, the extended play is a walk through of Phase Fatale’s cadence for dancing around the structural framework of his tracks with superlative control, entwining rhythms from contrasting metres of electronic composition. Altars’ production of electric reverberation follows a trajectory of cybernetic kicks, stabs of short circuit zaps and heartbeat style drum loops embellished by the serene textures of euphoric gleams and sensual chords, augmenting a sonic motif of dystopian salvation. 

The remixes fortify the body of works gritty soundscape with Kangding Ray’s complex sound aesthetics delivering a frantic buzz of sonic tachycardia and Setoac Mass’ experimental spliced shrapnel from the tracks origin creating murky, blizzard-like scatterings. Walking a fine line between themes of the divine and sacrilegious, Phase Fatale’s conscious composition of hedonistic, multi-layered techno and complex world-building narratives further emphasises his production's structure and geometry. 
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Altars

PREMIERE: Phase Fatale - Lament Configuration (Setaoc Mass Remix) [BITE034]

BLANKA - Breaking Rules [SK11X028] [28.11.24]

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Artist: Lian B
Label: Metroow Records
Track Title: Improper Law [MOP002]
Download: FREE

Metroow Records is an emerging force in the hard groove scene, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of underground techno. Founded by DJs and producers, Metroow focuses on delivering raw, hypnotic rhythms and powerful grooves that resonate with the heart of the dancefloor.

PREMIERE | Lian B - Improper Law [MOP002]

At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future. 

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit. 

Tresor Records was founded in the same year and began to serve as a platform for exporting the new sounds associated with Tresor all around the world. Emergent musicians from Michigan, such as Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance and Drexciya, were pivotal in shaping these early years. Their visits to Berlin would kick-start dialogue between the youth movement in Europe and these musicians. This story is one of friendship and community-building, inextricably linked with cities like Detroit, Birmingham or Edinburgh, where like-minded friends built something truly special, where revelatory rhythms soundtrack decaying industry in corrupted metropoles. 

Tresor Records has been the fertile soil for dozens upon dozens of creative minds, from the very luminaries of the scene who developed electronic music over the last three decades through to contemporary protagonists who are currently defining the sound of the future -  A more than 300 strong catalogue displays an unmistakable identity - the Tresor spirit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.

Exos - Only One Way

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