TECH-UM002

A1 - Taupe - Altum 
A2 - Taupe - Shimmer 
B1 - Taupe - Joker 
B2 - Taupe - Black Box 

Pre order: https://deeptrax.bandcamp.com/album/two-sides-of-the-same-coin

We are delighted to share you that Taupe releases on Deeptrax' Tech-um label. After releasing on Indigo Aera's AE-X and Impress records in Berlin, Taupe launched his own recordlabel: Colours Records. On ‘Two sides of the same coin’ EP, Taupe displays his dualistic take on the techno genre, celebrating both its beauty and ruggedness.

With the Detroitish opener ‘Altum’, Taupe guides the listener into a blissful rabbit hole, filled with dreamlike-arpeggiators and pounding rhythms, bringing ultimo sci-fi sounds from far away.
‘Shimmer’ brings subtle acidic squelches, crisp hats and modulating synths paving the way into destination unknown.

On the B-side, Taupe takes a sudden left into more dark terrain. The menacing ‘Joker’ teases, agitates but ultimately drives you into a Dionysian state of madness which reminds us of Jeff Mills his fierce Axis stuff. Lastly, ‘Black Box’ will make sure that any residual ounce of energy in your body will get extracted with this vein 303 styled monster track!

Two Sides Of The Same Coin

Taupe - Two Sides Of The Same Coin (TECH-UM002)

Confidently channeling harmony, warmth and saturation in his spherical productions, Leipzig resident HAL (@h0a0l) serves up 4 sizzling forays into pumping dub-techno and proto-trance, each exploring fuzzy cerebral zones.

Both ‘I-295’ and ‘Tau’ push toward early morning dancefloor hypnotism, with opulent chords and pulsing acid undertones. ‘Skopje’ is a gorgeous lighter-footed melodic hybrid, while ‘Kido’ (co-produced by Leipzig local-legend @perm-3) enters celebratory, transcendent zones as it skips and bounces over 10 time-stretched minutes.

Mastered by Inland
Artwork by Tom Kavanagh

HAL - Placid (feat. Perm) [COUNTER030] preview

LNS and DJ Sotofett return to Tresor Records with The Reformer EP. This new record moves forward with a crystal clear, direct and controlled output, leaving their debut album "Sputters" as an end-mark of a sonic era. Here they evolve into a topography full of contrasts, where harsh digital artefacts, scanner sounds, and vocoder voices cast melodic colors across cold landscapes of club-ready electro. 

"Reform" plunges deep into an electro sound splintered by binary bits and submerged pads that beckon a serene melody, which echoes and loops to entangle with mutant voices, noises and buzzes. "Plexistorm" leads with synthesized strings and arpeggiated acidic bleeps until a thick bass emerges, sounding almost like a long-lost Analord record. Heavily shapeshifting with effects processing, it proves primitive movements in dubbing are the perfect counterpart to this precise electro sound. With "Electric Terraforming", the duo uncover charged energy sources required for life on another planet, as broad synth pads and memorable vocoder harmonies draw this earworm to a close. Mighty washes of dub rule on "909 The Controller" as a skipping beat invites a slow, rippling melody and percolating reverberated synths. 

The vinyl record has significantly different sonics to the digital release, and, exclusively, each side ends in a locked groove produced by DJ Sotofett.

BANDCAMP

LNS & DJ Sotofett - Plexistorm

LNS & DJ Sotofett - Electric Terraforming

LNS & DJ Sotofett - 909 The Controller

Sterac - Teknitron EP - Delsin Records - dsr-stc5

vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7212/
digital: https://sterac.bandcamp.com/album/teknitron-ep

a1. Teknitron
b1. Transpose
b2. Alastria

This fifth EP in the Steve Rachmad re-issue series contains a colorful combination of three tracks from different releases. Side A brings the sought after track 'Teknitron', originally released on his 3rd EP, originally released under his short-lived alias Black Scorpion back in 1995. 'Transpose' is taken from his first Sterac EP from 1994, while the last tracks 'Alastria' comes from his second album Thera, originally released in 1998. All tracks are re-mastered of course.

Steve Rachmad’s richly melodic strain of techno has resulted in a huge body of work he has been growing since the early 90s. His sound is the perfect distillation of machine soul – dubby atmospherics and crisp, danceable dynamics balanced in perfect unison. Amsterdam’s Delsin Records gathers together some of the Dutch techno figurehead’s most important, sought-after works in a new EP series, all remastered from the original DAT tapes from Steve’s archives. Artwork by Boris Tellegen.

Buy @ Delsin Shop

Sterac - Teknitron EP (dsr-stc5)

Wladimir M. - 2023 - Delsin Records - dsr-eevo009

buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7689/wladimir-m/2023
buy digital: https://wladimirm.bandcamp.com/album/2023

a1. De Belastingdienst
a2. Zie Het Onder Ogen
a3. Laisse-Moi
a4. Verraad + Ontrouw
b1. Rebecca
b2. Privé Onderzoek
b3. 21 22 23
b4. Geef Ons Een Agenda

'2023' is the rather unexpected new project of the Dutch cult hero Wladimir Manshanden. 32 years ago, in 1991, Wladimir M founded together with techno icon Stefan Robbers, one of the first Dutch techno labels: Eevo Lute Muzique.

While Robbers (as Terrace and Acid Junkies) pursued an international techno career in the years that followed, Manshanden preferred to remain in the shadows. His discography is as small as it is peculiar. But his track 'Evil' is an undisputed classic, back in the days, picked up and licensed by the likes of Carl Craig, Dimitri, while the re-issue a few years ago was picked up again by Nina Kraviz and others.

For that reason alone, '2023' is special. But it gets even better. And weirder. On his collaborative, music is produced by either Stefan Robbers or Bjorn Telkamp, new project, he disassembles the eighties pop hits of his youth into sober, futuristic spoken-word techno.

On the one hand, he does not shy away from some cringe (Dire Straits, Simple Minds, Tina Turner). On the other, he pays tribute to some genuine electronic heroes like Kraftwerk, New Order and (low and behold) Master C&J.

The path to the bare essentials leads through a futuristic labyrinth. Along the way, you get hints of monotone voices, cipher codes and wondrous Dutch titles like 'Privé Onderzoek.' The outcome is alienating and magical at the same time.

Wladimir M - 2023 LP (dsr-eevo009)

recorded Lazy Reflex Complex Label 
Vinyl Only

Star-Kid / Lenson / Ian Martin / 543ff @ LRC label launch 14.4.2023

The new FRiends and Family mix is live! For episode 45, we have a real treat from @shadyackk, just under an hour of club rhythms and techno bass explorations. Shadya is a DJ, producer, and resident for the Tempio Nero nights in Montreal. She has been the founder and label manager of @chezkitokat since 2006 and has been involved in music through writing lyrics and poetry since 1996. She was part of the electro-synth pop band Beat For Sale as a singer and performer (2006–2014). At the same time, she toured as an artist in France, Canada, and the US. Her mixing explores the dark side of techno. At the moment, she is working on new tracks and a live set.

In addition to her work as an artist, she is a music journalist for Panm360. She supports inclusive night life culture (MTL24H/24H, FANTOM), intersectional feminism, and fights against systemic racism.


LINKS:

https://ra.co/dj/shadya

https://chezkitokat.com/

https://soundcloud.com/shadyackk


TRACKLIST:

@1djplead - Liquify

@tsvisions - Hossan

@ladystarlightnyc - You

@magnapia - Alaska

Pariah (@voamlabel) - Caterpillar

@the-subliminal-kid - Big Ball

@slone-techno - Encore une fois

@vegim - Dying to survive

@z-i-g-l-e-r - Torsion waves

Vee - Aethar Prostitute Reduced

The Prescriber - Confucio

@axel-karakasis - Bouncy subject

@cocktailpartyeffectmusic - Gecko Slide

@1djplead - Baharat

Shadya: FRiends and Family Ep. 45

Skudge - Convolution (Levon Vincent Versions)

A. Convolution (Levon Vincent Scream Version)
B. Convolution (Levon Vincent CS-101 Version)

CAT# : SKUDGE-LVRMX23
Formats : 12” and Digital

Out 16th June 2023



Levon Vincent is on production for this reversioning 12” of Skudge’s 2010 techno-house Convolution. Is there another producer working today that's a more exciting prospect to hear reimagining this classic cut.

The resulting two sides of vinyl give that late 00s Levon feel of rhythm and pace, meeting Skudge’s hallmark sound.

It’s been over a decade since Skudge took charge and urged us to "give it on up". Convolution' forged two distinct genres while avoiding the trap of losing the attitude of both. The track was a strong take on Techno and House simultaneously and brought something new and interesting to the table.

Fast forward a decade since this effort marked the beginning of the Skudge journey, which not only caught the middle ground between Techno and House but also the ears of fellow producer Levon Vincent. Levon is the master of oceanic underwater funk, drawing in strands of dub, techno, and house.

Levon delivers two distinct versions. Side A, Scream Version recalls something like A.J. Sounds’ minimal techno classic from 1995; Basemental. Flipping over to the B-side, one can hear the Convolution atmosphere echoing between Levon and Skudge respectively.

DJ FEEDBACK

Adiel
“Amazing” 

Alienata 
"Nice one <3"

Ben Klock
"That Levon sound..... so unique..... thanks. Both great but the CS 101 version is my fav. Sublime"

Perc
"I've got all the time in the world for anything by Levon and these remixes are great. Thank you!"

Cinnaman
"great tracks! will play out"

Nina Kraviz
"<3"

Eduardo De La Calle
"Fantastic remixes …congrats Levon"

DJ Bone 
"Strong and funky release here."

DJ Deep
"Two of my favorite producers on one record yes!"

DVS1
"DOPE! Will support via Aslice."

Radio Slave
"woah !!! Love both of these mixes. Thank you : )"

Tim Sweeny (Beats In Space)
"Love it. Skudge x Levon Vincent is perfect."

Giant Swan
"proper ODD sound world. really like it - somewhere between early AFX and a rust game world. good sheet"

Machine Woman
"scream is the one for me!!! nice dub version"

Laurent Garnier
 "Excellent ......"

The Blessed Madonna 
"Really really great."

Skatebård 
"Lovely. Thank you."

Jason Kendig (Honey Soundsystem)
"love the intensity of the scream version and the cs-101 version is like coming up for fresh air. killer stuff! 

Mosca
“What a pairing - Scream Vrsn is close to perfection >>>"

Philip Sherburne
"Love the CS-101 version..."

Mano Le Tough
"beautiful stuff! a legend remixing a classic. :)"

Nihad Tule
“Hit!”

Levon Vincent Versions

SKUDGE-LVRMX23

A. Convolution (Levon Vincent Scream Version) Preview

https://www.deejay.de/Various_Nuances_de_Nuit_Vol_12_NUIT012_Vinyl__1048329

@djrobingraham
@nuancesdenuit

Premiere : Robin Graham - 2 Da Rhythm (NUIT012)

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.

LNS & DJ Sotofett - Plexistorm

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