The Rotterdam-based label and agency On Board Music proudly marks its 10-year anniversary with a carefully curated compilation of likeminded artists. This milestone release showcases those who have shaped the label's sound and identity, while also setting the tone for the years to come. On Board 10 features nine tracks on vinyl, complemented by five exclusive digital bonus tracks.

The collection traverses a diverse spectrum: from the immersive depths of Altinbas' atmospheric journey Submersion to the intricate, rhythmic craftsmanship of Polygonia's drum-workout Broken Temptation, and from GiGi FM's ethereal dub-techno exploration Maova and Dorisburg's percussive, Nordic-techno gem Sensorik. The release blends introspective meditativeness with dancefloor-ready energy - a balance between home listening and club environments. It's atmospheric, trippy, dubby, broken, ambient, techno - all the sounds that define the essence On Board Music.

Release date vinyl/digital: March 31 / April 4, 2025
Distributed by: Clone
Mastered by: Enisslab Studio in Rome
Visual and design by: Artur Olès
© On Board Music 2025

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On Board Music
Release date:
4 April 2025

Polygonia - Broken Temptation

To speak to Luca Daniel Schwarz aka LDS about his music is to be enthusiastically guided into a complex world of his own creation: clean and powerful techno which pulses with life from the textured patterns and drum sequences that have fills and accents that would make anyone who's picked up a set of drumsticks envious.

Yet this ecosystem of noise is deceptive; Schwarz's process for making music is very different to how a live drummer would create the same subtlety of performance. Forever researching new technology, Luca got deeply interested in different programming languages, and created a series of probability based music tools for manoeuvring sounds and sequencing.

Manipulating those probabilities takes a skillful alchemy, needing understanding of both musical structure and how the tools he devised work. To return to the drummer analogy, if the drummer is focussed and intentional in the moment of playing, then the method used in LDS tracks is almost diametrically opposed, with all of the intention coming in the assembly of the instruments, potential paths, and gateways; once play is pressed the music flows, following all the rules that were set in advance, not unlike a domino run or Rube Goldberg machine.

And like a domino run, the results are fascinating and, ultimately, fun: staccato vocals pop in and out in 'zipp prompt'; laser-like synths pulse; background noises sweep across the aural plane of the dub techno of 'diff, blockmix' and 'pow' adding texture that brings vitality all-too-easily missed out when complex mathematical processes become entwined with music creation. The high sensitivity to texture and rhythmic detail in Stadion Progg is multiplied further on Jean Redondo's remix - whose track, Hypersonic, was the backbone of 2023's 'yet' compilation on Tresor.

The balance between technology and a sense of fun might also come from the maker; it's not easy to overstate Schwarz's passion for what is now his favourite way to make music, "it never gets boring. There's always a moment of anticipation to see what actually emerges." And the true "power of 2" comes into play when the resulting music can be fed back through the system again and again, potentiating the music in exponential ways.

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PREMIERE: LDS - mud zu

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For the past decade, Feph has been steadily focusing on sound design and modular synthesis to create her own appeal to electronic music.

The most recent years have also been dedicated to the growth of two record labels, Zosimos and Alchemista Records. Both are showcasing a spotlight on international talent, while also maintaining a regular schedule of self-releases on both vinyl and digital imprints.

Her music has also gained international support, being released on labels succh as Palinoia, The Gods Planet, Subsist, Further Sessions, Analog Solutions, and Omnidisc, to name a few.

The current focus is on production and live performance, which has already been showcased in venues such as Miami's Club Space- The Ground, and iiiPoints Festival.

Feph continues to create with an experimental approach in mind, paving her unique way in a wide-ranging wordl of electronic music.

Feph:
▫️ SC: https://soundcloud.com/fephmusic
▫️ IG: https://www.instagram.com/feph___

Crescent London:
▫️ https://linktr.ee/crescent.london

Coqui

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The Berlin via Rotterdam DJ and producer Nadia Struiwigh is bringing her new EP through the British techno veteran James Ruskin's Blueprint Records, out April 4th.

Pre-order: https://blueprintrecords.bandcamp.com/album/x1-shift-ep
More: www.orbmag.com/music

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@nadiastruiwigh

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Premiere: Nadia Struiwigh - X1 Shift

Decoder - Anutva - Delsin Records - dsr-c24

buy digital: https://decoderdtx.bandcamp.com/album/anutva
buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/8968/decoder/anutva

a1. Sunya
a2. Neglect
b1. Soil
b2. Phasing

Dallas based producer Decoder (@iamdecoder) lands on Delsin with four versatile techno interpretations. From deep and immersive techno hypnotica to emotive electro bliss. It’s a well rounded EP with some type of elegance from a young producer who seems to have been doing this for decades. Decoder’s sound palette is warm and forceful, very direct yet still sensitive.

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Decoder - Anutva (DSR-C24)

Exclusive premiere on KEYI: Dr. Rubinstein x Blind Observatory – Express Lane

Continuing to expand on their sonic world, BPitch Berlin present the ninth iteration of WE ARE NOT ALONE, a 12-track compilation bridging diverse forms and frameworks held together by a genuine love for the underground. For their first collaboration, Dr. Rubinstein and Blind Observatory deliver ‘Express Lane’ — a groovy acid trip with moody electro undertones, hypnotic rhythms, and forward-driving energy that perfectly blends their distinct sonic identities.

Artist: VA
Title: We Are Not Alone Pt. 9
Label: BPitch Berlin
Catalogue: BPX040-PT9
Format: 2x12 Vinyl + Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: #Techno
Release date: April 18th, 2025

Support the label, buy it here:
wearenotalone.lnk.to/part9

@bpitch-control
@dr-rubinstein
@blind-observatory




PREMIERE Dr. Rubinstein x Blind Observatory - Express Lane [ BPitch Berlin ]

With her versatility on display, @dinakhashan turns inward through a soul-stirring suite of ambient works on @air-ways-552304462's second outing. The Berlin-based trance virtuosa veers from the dance-floor-focused sounds many know her for with five stunning contributions to @alpha-tracks-official’s new label. 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-dina---rift

Assembly will be out on May 1st, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://air-ways.bandcamp.com/album/assembly

Premiere: DINA - Rift [AW02]

In the spring of 2017, we hosted our first open-air gathering. Now, eight years later, we’re celebrating the 8th anniversary of Ute. We are starting the jubilee year with this first anniversary release, compiled by our co-founder Marius Bø - a CD celebrating our past, present and future.

Buy: https://ute-rec.bandcamp.com/album/utecd0041-8-years-of-ute

Release date: May 19

Artwork by Ross Paul McEwan
Mastering by Nik Kozub

Oprofessionell - Evolver [UTECD004.1]

TEKATEK

Give it back

ZNA - ueueueue

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.

PREMIERE: LDS - mud zu

Tresor Records

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