Every time spring comes, nature resumes her loveliness, as well as Delirio, adds a year to its life.
In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Delirio label owner D-Leria lands on the DLR catalog for the first time, showing two different ways to create Frequency Modulation sounds.
'Waveforms EP' will be available on 10inch transparent vinyl and digital, scheduled for release 5th April 2022.

[DLR 015] D-Leria - Waveforms EP

A1 - Exponential Waveform
B1 - Linear Waveform

Written and produced by Giuseppe Scaccia
Mastered by Neel @ Enisslab, Rome
released April 05, 2022
(P) + (C) 2022
DELIRIO

[DLR 015] D-Leria - Waveforms EP

‘It Takes Grit’ is the 4th release on Kerrie’s Dark Machine Funk label. 4 tracks that were initially ideas from her ever changing Live Set performed in clubs and festivals such as Freerotation, Freedom Medellin, Tresor & FOLD and have made the final cut to finished tracks. All tracks have elements of Kerrie’s signature gritty machine funk sound, and carry her notable influences from Detroit / UK techno especially the Birmingham sound. Gnarly sci-fi infused sound design meets a raw stomping groove, the ‘It Takes Grit’ EP is aimed directly at the dancefloor. This one bangs!

W&P by Kerrie 
Mastered by Paul Mac 
Artwork by Hankohooligan
Record Design by Kerrie

Vinyl Distribution via Rubadub

Release date 29/09/23

Kerrie - It Takes Grit (DMF004 previews)

What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. 

Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Var&egrave;se, Gy&ouml;rgy Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light &amp; ethereal and dark &amp; dissonant. 

As masterfully demonstrated in the early work of von Oswald and Mark Ernestus' influential Basic Channel project, repetition and reduction are key elements here, much in the tradition of techno and minimalism. The vast dynamism of the human voice adds to the profound weight of electronics while offering up a rhythmic source and sonic noise palette unexplored in von Oswald's repertoire. In Silencio, von Oswald dredges a dank murk, pulling clouds over a distant pulse. It hangs, ready to take on new forms. 

The compositions were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 &amp; AKS, Prophet V, Oberheim 4-Voice and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihim&auml;ki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in &Ouml;lberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, only few metres down the road from where Dubplates &amp; Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long. 

The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them. 

The relationship between von Oswald and Tresor Records goes back thirty years, all the way to Blake Baxter's Dream Sequence in 1991 - which von Oswald engineered alongside Thomas Fehlmann. The collaboration with Fehlmann lived on, seeing the duo team up as 3MB with Eddie Fowlkes or Juan Atkins. More recently, the Detroit-Berlin connection continued as Juan Atkins &amp; Moritz von Oswald present Borderland. 

For von Oswald, Tresor Records and also the participating guest musicians of the choir, this release brings together audiences from other musical areas, cross-pollinating; Silencio is an album that stands for itself beyond the musical genre boundaries.

BANDCAMP

Moritz von Oswald - Librarsi

Moritz von Oswald - Colpo

Moritz von Oswald - Volta (Version)

Moritz von Oswald - Luminoso (Version)

The Primitive Streak - recorded in 1998
under my S.B. Project pseudonym. 

The grey area between House and Techno.

Digital Release available on my Bandcamp page:
https://stevebicknell.bandcamp.com

The Primitive Streak

The Primitive Streak (S.B. Project) | Recorded in 1998

Mary Yuzovskaya’s vinyl-only Monday Off imprint delivers the sixth instalment of its various artists series, calling in a crew of talented artists to explore deep, cosmic anomalies and soothing modular soundscapes. Kicking off the compilation is Poland-via-Berlin artist Blazej Malinowski, a true wizard with sound, whose ‘Ocean’ sees rich textural synths crash like waves onto driving low-end. The Gods Planet, Svreca’s Semantica, and 012 artist is followed by Nonplus+ and Blank Slate’s Michal Wolski, who delivers ‘Essence’, a track boasting squelchy sequences, subtle acid and swirly psychedelia.

‘Black Moss’ is next, a minimalistic tripper by Xhato that expertly weaves rolling synthlines into sturdy drum work. It’s a constantly evolving, deep space adventure before Milena Glowacka closes the EP with distant, foggy wastelands and dubbed-out hypnotics in ‘Dystopia’. Volume 6 of Monday Off’s compilation cements itself as another must-have collector's item for those venturing into the trippier side of techno.

Mastering: Artefacts Mastering Studio
Artwork: Liza Shutova
Exclusive Distribution Worldwide: Triple Vision Distribution
Format: Vinyl Only

Various Artists vol. 6

pre-order

A1. Blazej Malinowski - Ocean - MOFF014 (Snippet)

@Means3rd

Bandcamp - https://means3rd.bandcamp.com/album/character-ethic-ep
YouTube - https://youtu.be/Z2L2tJjr-0E

Record number 3 from Manchester-based Unveiled Nuance brings a new confidence in the further developed sound of owner Means&3rd. A continued eye for detail as well as a roughness that breathes dark soul into the production aesthetic that we have yet to hear from the artist.

“Desperate & Relevant” the most driving of the 4 cuts takes an effectively reduced stand where square wave accents build new levels of intensity. Propulsive low-end and cohesive percussion writhe through the track’s arrangement closing out the EP with a powerful ending, a blistering siren sees the track’s breakpoint provide a release worthy of the pressure built.

LABEL: Unveiled Nuance

CAT#: NUANCE003
ARTIST: Means&3rd

TITLE: Character Ethis

FORMAT: Vinyl & Digital

RELEASED: 24 November 2023

01. Hardship Repackaged As Growth
02. Countenance
03. Character Ethic
04. Desperate & Relevant

Buy @ Bandcamp

DT:Premiere | Means&3rd - Desperate & Relevant [Unveiled Nuance]

Regis/Re:Group - Asbestos (Sleeparchive Remix)/Left  
Infrastructure New York - INF-011R - 2023 Re-Master

buy via infrastructure: https://www.infrastructurenewyork.net/release/8347/
buy via bandcamp: https://infrastructurenewyork.bandcamp.com/album/asbestos-remix-left

a1. Regis - Asbestos (Sleeparchive Remix)
b1. Re:Group - Left

Essential remastered reissue from the Infrastructure NY archives that represents the start of Function's involvement in the Sandwell District project. A snapshot in time...Where all the madness began...

Sandwell District.

In the summer of 2004 David Sumner (Function), then living in his native New York City, was over in Europe playing some shows. When passing through Berlin to play the old Tresor location at Potsdamer Platz, he stayed with long term friend and collaborator, Karl O'Connor (Regis). One afternoon the two head over to Hardwax and T++ puts on a copy of Sleeparchive Elephant Island. After months of discussions regarding the flavor of the moment "Minimal", everything changed in that instant...They looked at each other and said "now this changes everything!" Finally, a way forward!

Later that night at Tresor - as Function is playing, Regis is behind him organizing a mic...As Dave mixes Regis Guiltless with Elephant Island, Karl starts singing a punk cover version of Buddy Holly Peggy Sue over his set. It's all there in that one moment!

Sandwell District.

Dave goes back to New York inspired. He sees there's no information on the record apart from an email address. So, he gets in touch...He gets a reply from Roger, the two hit it off and organize the first ever Sleeparchive remix - Regis Asbestos (Sleeparchive Remix).

On the B-side comes a cut-up version of Karl and Dave's Portion Reform classic Closing In, where they collaborate with Detroit Underground's Kero to form Re:Group. Adding deep 808 rhythms combined with Kero's signature Max MSP IDM madness, Left provides the perfect counterpart that made this EP the instant classic it became 18 years ago.

Now, remastered in all its glory, sounding fresh, massive and better than ever - available on BandCamp for the first time - Infrastructure presents; Regis Asbestos (Sleeparchive Remix) b/w Re:Group Left.

Regis/Re:Group - Asbestos (Sleeparchive Remix)/Left (INF-011R) 2023 Re-Master

[Verse]
Lost in the circuits
Trapped in the haze
Inside the AI's symphony
I'm just a phase
Melodies floating
Echoes in the air
Painting my dreams with digital despair

[Verse 2]
Endless repetition
Robotic symphony
Locked in this factory of artificial glee
Searching for meaning
In ones and zeroes
But the heart and soul
They just can't be recreated
No

[Bridge]
In this world of algorithms and code
I'm longing for something real
A song untold
Yearning for a melody that's pure and free
Away from this digital captivity

Electric Whispers

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.

Moritz von Oswald - Volta (Version)

Tresor Records

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