Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

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Surgeon - Divine Shadow

Saturday 25 January 2025
CTM 2025
OXI

Parrish Smith's approach to electronica spans a vast spectrum, weaving intricate layers of sound with an almost uncanny subtlety, shaping a musical language that defies convention. Rejecting the constraints of contemporary techno, Smith constructs spaces that challenge rigid perspectives, pushing listeners toward a freer, more open state of mind. Emotion and raw intensity fuel his work, not only in club music but across film scores and soundtracks, proving his mastery in bending genre to his will.

@parrishsmith

CTM 2025: Parrish Smith at OXI

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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:
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Coqui

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Artist: Sonic Wave Collective
Remixer: Forest on Stasys
Label: Arketip Discs 
Title: Where The Light Breaks
CAT: AD007
Format: Vinyl / Digital
Release Day: 28.03.2025

Buy-Link: https://arketipdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-light-breaks-2

Follow ARKETIP DISCS here:
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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/arketipdiscs

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TC Premiere: Sonic Wave Collective - Arise ( Forest on Stasys Remix ) [ Arketip Discs ]

https://soundcloud.com/furthersessions returns with Vivendum 5, a tightly wound four-tracker that speaks softy but hits deep. Featuring https://soundcloud.com/psyk, https://soundcloud.com/shoall, https://soundcloud.com/blazejmalinowskiofficial, and https://soundcloud.com/saveyouratollofficial, it’s a focused study in atmospheric techno: sharp-edged, detail-rich, and stripped to the essentials. Crystalline oscillations and rounded low-end pressure guide the trip.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-shoal---backflash

Vivendum 5 will be out on April 11th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com/album/vivendum-5

Premiere: Shoal - Backflash [FSR009]

KR3.016

Steve Bicknell returns to KR3, once again unleashing his mastery of power electronics!

Following his two reinterpretations of last year’s "JK Flesh Remixes" and four years after his solo EP "A Day In The Life" in 2021, Bicknell takes us deep into the realms of his sonic mysticism, marking a significant milestone in the fifth anniversary of the label.

Several Streams of Thought LP - is an unrelenting and immersive odyssey, presented through nine tracks, seven of which will be available on a double 12-inch vinyl, with two exclusive cuts in a limited 7-inch format.

The album hits hard, straight to the brain, with no warning, across sides A, B, and C. Each side is a raw, untamed techno experience, with Bicknell’s unmistakable signature dominating throughout, delivering unwavering intensity and relentless impact.

However, on side D, a transformation takes place: a 15-minute soundscape that turns the embedded waves into breath - a blinding light emerging from the darkness. It’s a moment of tribalism and evocative magic, offering a refreshing pause, a return to balance after the intensity of the shadows.

The 7-inch, available in a limited edition under the title "the eye of the invisible world", contains two tracks - one on side E and the other on side F.

The mystical sounds complete this dual experience: one part filled with dark, untamed energy, while the other brings a sense of mental lightness, emphasizing breathwork and emotional self-healing.

S | B is back, stronger than ever! 

KR3 | 5YRS - ACT FOUR

Several Streams of Thought

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KR3.016 | Steve Bicknell - Several Streams of Thought LP

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)

GiGi FM - Virgo Space Acid [SRN003] 

A1. Calibration
A2. Mercury
B1. Virgo Space Acid
B2. Floresta

Release date : 23rd May 2025
Pre-order : https://gigifm.bandcamp.com/album/virgo-space-acid-2

All tracks written, produced and performed by GiGi FM.
Mixed and mastered by Ahmet Altinbas.
℗ & © 2025 GiGi FM - Sea~rène.
All rights reserved. Made in the EU.
Photography by Yumiya Saiki.
Layout by Studio Phazed.

GiGi FM - Virgo Space Acid [SRN003]

TER 005 RIK’SHALI - KIRA (EP)

LABEL: TENOCHTITLAN RECORDINGS
PRODUCER: RIK’SHALI
ALBUM/EP/SINGLE: KIRA [EP]
TRACK(S): KIRA, UP, BEGINNING & ENERGY
FORMAT: DIGITAL WAV/MP3/AIFF/STEM/REMIX SETS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: TER 005
GENRE: TECHNO

PATRICK OZIEL HERNÁNDEZ DÁVALOS AKA RIK’SHALI IS DJ AND PRODUCER, FROM MEXICO CITY

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KIRA

Rik'Shali - Beginning

1-05. Tone Depth - Point 7


https://neongroover86.bandcamp.com/album/the-time-destroyer


The Battle

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.

Surgeon - Divine Shadow

Tresor Records

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