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 Release Date: 15.04.2014

With the release of Alberto Pascual´s 'Modeler EP", CLR welcomes a new artist to the label roster while the Madrid based DJ/producer adds another record to his remarkable list of releases on respected Techno imprints, including the legendary Drumcode LTD and Plus 8. CLR076 contains four brand-new compositions of crystal clear, bass-heavy and enthralling Techno from one of Spain´s internationally renowned players. His tracks have been accurately described as 'nebulous and aerial groove material dedicated to the suave, stretched and paced night-time' and his efficient production style abstains from any unnecessary element or gimmick. The four tracks focus on the essential roots of uncompromising, absorbing Techno and the individual track titles 'Modeler", 'Doer", 'Modifier' and 'Sculptor", which are all related to some kind of hand-made work, might as well be a reference to this original and honest production ethos. Alberto Pascual is one of those restless creators of raw, solid Techno who should be kept closely under watch and the present 'Modeler EP' is another faultless and intriguing CLR release.



Alberto Pascual - Modeler (CLR 076)

Biodub Remix - NOETICS - ROTTERDUB

Juno Records: Fresh from ruling the Red Bull tent at this year's Sonar Festival, the ever excellent Cosmin TRG adds to his annus mirabulus. We've waxed lyrical about the Romanian's deviations towards a distinctly unique take on the techno thump for Rush Hour and Hessle this year, and both tracks here continue to demonstrate his growing talent for productions in this area. "Fizic" arrives in a swell of purple synth flourishes, finding a bumping low end groove that fights its way through a relentless shower of neon stabs and rough industrial textures. Complementing this is the more euphoria inducing "De Dans" which takes full effect when the skittering array of kicks and snares drop into place. The playful way that subaqueous synth lines are introduced adds to the energy filled sensation. In a word, big!


Fizic.DeDans.FiftyWeapons

Label co-founder and unstoppable creative force Lauren Chalmers, aka Silent Era, presents Modern Artefacts, her debut EP for Of Paradise. Meticulously crafted, deconstructed, reimagined, and rebuilt in the purest of forms, Modern Artefacts is a powerful, genuine, and unmissable debut that has been distinctively approached and deftly assembled.

Comprising four sub-heavy, psychedelically-tinged, and hyper-fused bass and techno compositions, each one perfectly nuanced, Modern Artefacts emerges from the pitch-black like a warped, richly textured collage, heralding in a new dawn all of its own. If there’s ever been a time to say an artist is one to watch, it's now. 

1. Hallucinations
2. Sudden Fall
3. Pattern Recognition
4. Standing Stones

@silent_era


Modern Artefacts

OP031 // Silent Era - Modern Artefacts

Format: 12"
Cat: SUB 003
Released: 21 Jul 25

Pre-order: https://clone.nl/item79617.html 
Mastering: blackparticle

[SUB003] - Sound Synthesis - Emotional Space EP (Submersive Underground)

Amphibian Rec. w/ Kobayashi Maru | Shella Radio 17.04.2025

@ninjaexoticmachine (@matteocoffetti x @kakofonico)

𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 - 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕒 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕖 - OUT JUNE 10
Order cassette / Download: https://bambooshows.bandcamp.com/album/mana-verde

_______VAI A CASA, SEI UBRIACO!
Bamboo Shows presents today the fourth and final opus of its 'vai a casa, sei ubriaco!' cassette series focusing on sunitty, an Italian reinterpretation of Fourth World Music through the prism of the world wide web.


_______ NINJA EXOTIC MACHINE – MANA VERDE
Amongst all the Italian encounters Bamboo Shows made over the years, here come Matteo Coffetti and Kakofonico under their moniker Ninja Exotic Machine. The Turinese duo plays a key role in the development of sunitty, both with their different musical projects and the vanguard leftfield bass label Pho Bho Records they run with Tundra & Federico Spini.

With their ‘Mana Verde’ LP, Matteo Coffetti and Kakofonico recount the fanciful ‘legend of the Mana Verde Forest’, thus depicting their porous vision of electronic music. In this enchanted lands, wacky improvisation meets the syncopated rhythms of Riddim and Dancehall, post internet weirdeleria echoes with stretched vocals, and deep bass-lines bring the whole party to a contagious dancing mania.

‘Mana Verde’ is the final installment of the ‘vai a casa, sei ubriaco!’ series, extending this sunitty panorama from psychedelic ambient and folkloric noise to leftfield bass and post internet dancefloor materials. To be further explored in the dedicated mini-zine.


_______ MORE INFOS ABOUT ‘THE LEGEND OF THE MANA VERDE FOREST’
Mana Verde by Ninja Exotic Machine is a sonic folktale rooted in sunitty - a playful practice of microcomposition, digital folklore, and chaotic improvisation. Set in a mythical forest where junky elves, mucky rhythms, and wandering sounds collide, the album traces a surreal journey through ecstatic gatherings, collective metamorphosis, and lysergic communion.
Each track unfolds as a chapter in an ever-mutating mythology where the beat becomes a spell, nonsense reveals unexpected truths, identity dissolves into sound, and the forest itself learns to dance.

Order cassette / Download: https://bambooshows.bandcamp.com/album/mana-verde

02_Ninja Exotic Machine_Selva Melma

@kamounmusic has developed a signature sound where percussive intensity meets atmospheric depth, blending polyrhythmic drums with modern electronic textures. His fascination for traditional tribal percussion, paired with influences from minimalist field recordings and British bass culture, generates a hypnotic energy that resonates with the raw power of contemporary electronic music.

On 'Wave Prophecy', his first 12" on Dance Data, Kamoun showcases his distinct range - from deep tribal grooves to high-energy dance tracks, Kamoun fuses rhythmic complexity with avant-garde sensibility, forming a unique and addictive sonic palette.

As If the full 5 tracks weren't already enough of a treat, we've also got a fresh remix from our friend @sepehr-a, who takes La Panthère to a tantalizing place with his 'pantheress' rendition.
credits
releases August 1, 2025

All tracks written by Abderrahmene Hamitouche
Mastered by Mark @ A Colourful Storm
Artwork by Jesse Pimenta
Remix by Sepehr

Wave Prohphecy

Wave Prophecy

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Kamoun - Wave Prophecy EP [DDR009]

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instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kop32music/

Beyond the Bridge by K.O.P 32 @ GIMIC - 24 July 2025

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-havsmorker-ilvader/

Following our recent news article on Kokong Festival, today we turn our attention to the festival’s inaugural sampler - a curated glimpse into the artists set to perform this weekend inside the iconic geodesic dome at Pub Stallhagen on Åland.

Spanning four tracks, the compilation brings together leading voices from the Nordic electronic music scene: FISK, the analog techno alias of Finnish producer and Elektron product specialist Daniel Troberg; the exploratory textures of Andreas Tilliander and jazz trumpeter Goran Kajfeš; the murky Baltic atmospheres of Havsmörker; and the pulsating club energy of Norwegian techno veteran Mental Overdrive.

Our pick from the sampler is the opening track 'Ilväder' by Scandinavian duo @havsmoorker. Comprising Anton Johansson and Axel Jonsson, the pair fuse field recordings, analogue synthesis, and traditional acoustic instrumentation into immersive folktronica and ambient works. Their sound conjures a sense of sensory navigation - foggy, spatial, and deeply intuitive.

Steeped in atmosphere, Ilväder is both murky and crystalline - a meditative piece that weaves mystical synth lines with effervescent percussion, blending natural elements like flute with earthy, ancient textures. The result is an experimental, downbeat track that gently leans toward the techno spectrum, while remaining rooted in introspection and place.

Havsmörker - Ilväder [KOKONG]

https://soundcloud.com/sam-black747 https://soundcloud.com/markhamroad
🛒 https://markhamroad.bandcamp.com/album/got-me-down-mr008

London-based producer Slacker lands on Markham Road Records with an exercise in both sample juggling and unrelenting pressure. Got Me Down's trio of waveforms spin the same vocal chop to produce some heavy, club-ready sounds. These three tracks lie on the pacier side of the BPM range, instructing a late-night application of their rhythms.

Leading out with the title track Got Me Down, Slacker pounds the subs harder than a Nona making pesto. Fitting somewhere between hard tech and dubstep, Got Me Down is a roller coaster of ups and downs (but mostly ups) that aims to leave dancers rather eager to stay on the floor.

The EP continues with a call and repeat called You Don’t Care. Developing over various percussive lines and bass swells, the track showcases Slacker’s expertise in sorting, pacing, and delivering THE drums. Just like Pooh Beatz, "He Like The HI Hat God Kinda."

The track also gets a spin courtesy of Europe’s other mega metropolis. Paris-based De Grandi morphs You Don’t Care into a step-friendly bass tech track in his latest remixing endeavor. In this remix, two heavy driving sections are laced together by a rather introverted bridge to allow dancers to regain their footing. As per the rest of the project, the remix maintains elements of the original vocal chop while introducing new percussive and rhythmical accoutrement.

Tracklist:

1. Got Me Down
2. You Don't Care
3. You Don't Care (De Grandi Remix)

PREMIERE: Slacker - Got Me Down [Markham Road Records]

Biocym @ The Last Planeta Pravda 08-08-25 Ankali, Prague

Due for vinyl release on MEANWHILE SOUNDS soon............

CLOUDED HORIZON

Sores Of Attraction (Rush Hour)

Sepehr - Hallucination Express

A: Separat
B: Izolat

Released by: 50 Weapons 
Release/catalogue number: 50WEAPONS008 
Release date: Feb 4, 2011 

Separat/ Izolat - out February 04/2011 50 Weapons

As a producer, DJ & label owner Cosmin Nicolae’s dedication to developing a rich and wholly personal artistic landscape provides the driving force behind one of dance music’s most unique & industrious individuals.

Opening the door on Hessle Audio over a decade ago - an outlet that has gone on to become a defining voice within electronic music in the 21st Century, Nicolae’s list of affiliations reads like a who’s who of top tier contemporary dance music record labels. Appearances on Amsterdam’s Rush Hour and Gerd Janson’s Running Back, as well as a brace of singles alongside LP’s Gordian and Simulat on the now defunct 50 Weapons - not to mention work for Semantica and Bleep, have cemented Cosmin TRG deep in the psyche of the ever shifting amoeba that is the dance music zeitgeist.

In many ways, what lies at the heart of Nicolae’s work - beyond the extraordinary pairing of high end sound design and club functionality, is an innate ability to bind his discography - to create a streamlined sonic vision without compromise, one that moves with purpose and vigour outwards to explore in depth structures that exist on the very periphery of House & Techno, Ambient & experimental electronics - but maintain a unique and recognisable finish. Few artists could boast a discography that marries 2016’s ubiquitous In Your Body, an anthemic spoken- word-meets-Tool-Techno leviathan released via Nicolae’s own club-focused Sportiv outlet, with Semnal - a gloriously executed LP of shifting, otherworldly Experimental music delivered under the artist’s given name via the Opal Tapes label.

Cult concept missive Hope This Finds You Well, Nicolae’s 2019 reflection on corporate culture furthers this same dichotomy - a stunning wide-angle Ambient LP on Fizic - the label operated by the artist as a home to more conceptual iterations, that followed hot on the footsteps of a remix for Bpitch founder Ellen Alien & the fourth instalment on Sportiv - both offerings heady club constructions in their own right.

On the road, both DJ sets and live performances mirror this healthy sentiment - with Nicolae as comfortable on main stages showcasing his take on hyper-modern propulsive Techno, as he is presenting the low slung avant-garde preoccupations of his more leftfield alias’. There’s the constant feeling that both these practices feed back into one another, and that from each respective vantage point, Cosmin TRG is able to make the kind of dynamic & intuitive artistic decisions that few can - keeping his work fresh & current without concession - ceding to his own desire to further his vision as a creator of sonic abstraction without losing sight of the dance floor.

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