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First in the TRUST XY recombination series. /DL/MS/, Keith Tucker, The Exaltics, and Privacy remix DJ Glow, Microthol, DJ Stingray, and VC-118A.

"Crises invite introspection. To counter the social and cultural void of 2020 we have asked friends and favorite artists to analyze, extract and recombine our electric DNA for the TRUST XY recombination series.

DJ Glow’s (@gl03) ‘The City’ opened the first TRUST release back in 1998 and starts off XY.1 as well. Viennese duo /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms), whose album debut will drop on TRUST later this year, turns its brittle lo-fi funk into an airy electro stepper, complete with the original’s classic arcade samples.

Keith Tucker needs no introduction as a Detroit techno master, from early Direct Beat to this year's Optic Nerve album for Axis Records. Microthol (@microthol) remixed his ‘Plastic People’ back in 2003, and he returns the favor with a slamming electrofunk take on ‘Binary Systems’ (TRUST18).

Two masked electro heavyweights and TRUST alumni meet on side B, with The Exaltics (@the-exaltics) reshaping DJ Stingray’s (@djstingrayofficial) ‘Herd Instinct’ from TRUST20. Sherard Ingram’s unmistakably lightfooted beats are paired with a propulsive bassline and seductive synths of The Exaltics’ design.

With Privacy (@privacyprivacy) we have shared DJ booths, bunk beds and hangovers, and we are very happy to welcome him to TRUST at last. He chose to deconstruct ‘Eha’ off VC-118A’s (@mohlao) debut EP (TRUST22). Always one to gleefully sidestep expectations he winds down the original’s sparse electro dub into a foreboding doomsday hip hop instrumental.

Future parts of the XY recombination series will feature remixes by Ultradyne, Peter Mannerfelt, Alex Cortex, Clatterbox, Stenny, D.Tiffany, Microthol, Second Storey, DJ Di’jital, Luxus Varta, and more."

out october 4, 2021
distributed by @clone-distribution :: clonedistribution.com/release/64446
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: DJ GLOW x /DL/MS/ - the city (04:27)
a2 :: MICROTHOL x KEITH 'K-1' TUCKER - binary systems (03:56)
b1 :: DJ STINGRAY 313 x THE EXALTICS - herd instinct (04:13)
b2 :: VC-118A x PRIVACY - eha (06:18)

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[TRUST XY.1] /DL/MS/ :: KEITH 'K-1' TUCKER :: THE EXALTICS :: PRIVACY [out october 2021]

"Every 4,044 years comet Calanhi enters the inner solar system, returning from its cold and silent voyage through the Oort cloud. As it approaches perihelion, billions on Earth gaze into the night sky, transfixed by the celestial spectacle of their lifetime. While solar winds tear at the comet’s surface, deep inside the glowing ball of ice, ancient machinery springs to life."

Over the past five years Daniel Lodig and Martin Sovinz aka /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms) have been continually commuting through the electro singularity, constructing their unique brand of fragile bass music from extradimensional sound salvage, and spreading their frequency patterns via the subspace channels of @frustratedfunk, @pomelorecords, @vigram and TRUST. 

‘Calanhi’ is the Viennese duo‘s debut album – 12 tracks that combine the eternally fresh aesthetics of Detroit-style electro with a relentless curiosity for rhythmic and harmonic experimentation. Seismic club thumpers like ’Invisible Bits’, ‘Mountains’, and ‘Trusted Funk’ alternate with moody ambient interludes, boldly constructed beat inventions, and blissfully melodic acid breaks. Two collaborations further switch up the flow: Nigerian artist @g-rizo (@hezekinapollutina, Deejay Gigolo) drops her cryptic rhymes on ‘Divide & Conquer’, and Spanish singer Xx Isis xX (@isiskuaygarond) provides vocals for ‘Accelerated Frequency’.

Mastered by Keith Tenniswood aka @radioactiveman. Sleeves designed by dextro_org. 2xLP vinyl version ships with postcard and Bandcamp download code.

distributed by @clone-distribution

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[TRUST40] /DL/MS/ - CALANHI LP [out may 2022]

"They entered the structure at dusk, barely able to comprehend its magnitude in the dim red twilight of the setting Agamid sun. Extrasensory hallucinations, infinitely folded spaces and quantum impossibilities had quickly separated Reppi T. Lizrd from the Gecko Force. Now his air supply was dwindling, and his limbs were numb from wandering endless corridors and strangely illuminated hallways, yet his determination to reach the centre of the palace only grew. The one-eyed tyrant was waiting."

Hailing from the land down under and currently taking the northern hemisphere by storm, @reptant_the_lizard joins forces with TRUST for his 'Halls Of Perception' EP - five tracks of blistering electro bass, percussive beat workouts, and bleepy moments of transcendent bliss. 

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[TRUST41] REPTANT - halls of perception [out october 2022]

pre-order :: https://trust.bandcamp.com/album/calanhi-remixes

austrian electro explorers /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms) assemble an international all-star crew of sonic scientists, rhythm agitators, and techno bass renegades to take apart and reconstruct their recent 'Calanhi' album.

buckle up and join Electric Indigo (@indigo), 214 (@214_electro), Mister Bellini (@mister-bellini), Reptant (@reptant_the_lizard), Annie Hall (@anniehallmusic), Roger23 (@roger23), R 325 (@room325), Shun (@shun1music), and Beatprozessor (@beatprozessor) on a high-g warp-speed ride across the known electroverse.

mastered by Keith Tenniswood (@radioactiveman)
art by dextro_org

[TRUST40.RX] /DL/MS/ - calanhi remixes [out december 2022]

Using the latest causality modulation technology Ultradyne, Peder Mannerfelt, Second Storey, and Alex Cortex have interfered in the creation of 4 TRUST classics from the far future. 

XY.2 continues the TRUST XY recombination series with a second volume of sonic fictions. industrial electro legends Ultradyne (@pi-gao-movement) join techno avantgardists Peder Mannerfelt (@the-subliminal-kid), Second Storey (@second_storey), and Alex Cortex (@alex-cortex) in remixing tracks by Microthol (@microthol), Clatterbox (@clatterbox), and /DL/MS/ (@dl-ms).

out march, 2023
distributed by @clone-distribution 
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: MICROTHOL x ULTRADYNE - hostile invasion - land of injustice mix
a2 :: CLATTERBOX x PEDER MANNERFELT - semi-automatic
b1 :: MICROTHOL x SECOND STOREY - dissonanz
b2 :: /DL/MS/ x ALEX CORTEX - last smoke

[TRUST XY.2] ULTRADYNE :: PEDER MANNERFELT :: SECOND STOREY :: ALEX CORTEX [out march 2023]

"beyond panoramic bridge windows the domed habitats of generation ship ‘Outerworld’ extend far into the starry sky. squeezing synth milk into his coffee Commander Voorn surveys the instrument panels that illuminate the ship’s simulated night. 360.000 souls asleep below him, 25 lights years to go. everything was going according to plan."

undisputed techno legend @orlando-voorn (aka Format, Fix, Tank, Frequency etc) joins us for TRUST42 with an EP of cutting edge broken beats. from percussive bass banger 'Shockwave' to spacious sci-fi electro ('Outerworld', 'Reverse Psychology'), and the future funk of 'Space Trap', here's a true master showing off his skills.

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vinyl/download/stream :: https://linktr.ee/orlandovoorn.outerworld

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mastered by @brian-sanhaji
artwork by dextro_org

[TRUST42] ORLANDO VOORN - outerworld [out june 2023]

woken from his infinite cryosleep sentence, conforce operative boris bunnik is sent out to investigate an autopoietic conspiracy virus in the depths of the possibility matrix. 

'self-replication' is versalife's TRUST debut and the third release in the label's covert systems series.  

out now
distributed by clone.nl
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: raptures of the deep
a2 :: scepsis
b1 :: gentrification
b2 :: pathogen

[TRUST27] VERSALIFE – self-replication [out september 2016]

second release in the experimental TRUSTe series. tsx is oswald berthold, part of farmersmanual and cd_slopper (with florian hecker). for tsx he has seeded his neural networks with electro, trap and skweee flavours, resulting in four tracks of eerie low-bit funk.

out now :: http://trust.bandcamp.com/album/recur

[TRUSTe02] TSX – recur [out february 20, 2017]

m_step's roots reach back to the heyday of vienna's Cheap Records, and the echoes of the label's seminal style can still be heard on his TRUST debut: stone-cold electro funk meets the kind of low-slung basslines and laid-back jazz chords that the viennese producer, dj, and (double) bassist contributed to classic releases of 550 Rondy, Pulsinger & Tunakan, Sluts 'n' Strings & 909, and even Kruder & Dorfmeister remixing Madonna...

out april 2017
distributed by clone.nl
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: xylograph
a2 :: atarv5
b1 :: cold dust
b2 :: annabelle

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[TRUST28] M_STEP – cold dust [out april 2017]

Lok44 and Dibek are /DL/MS/, dropping a malicious four-tracker as their joint TRUST debut. The haze hangs heavy as /DL/MS/ leave straight techno by the wayside, drilling deep underground into unexplored acid break deposits. 'Rogue Intent' shatters tectonic plates with grinding breaks, fierce analogue instrumentation, and the fumes oozing from their boreholes are going to set your head spinning.

out may 2017
distributed by clone.nl
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: indisciplinado
a2 :: yep
b1 :: reptilian genetics
b2 :: last smoke

[TRUST29] /DL/MS/ – rogue intent [out may 2017]

2017/06/21 :: second storey lab compromised ## ectoplasmic mutation in progress ## attack of the modlings suspected ## observed phenomena are spreading through telephone lines and fax devices ## london and vienna nodes affected ## containing by communication blackout...

vinyl: https://clone.nl/item46387.html
digital: https://trust.bandcamp.com/album/telekinesis-via-fax

[TRUST30] SECOND STOREY – telekinesis via fax [out june 2017]

TRUST year XX starts with four ghostly apparitions from /DL/MS/, the viennese duo behind last year's 'Rogue Intent' as well as one of the most-played electro tracks of 2017 - their remix of Second Storey's 'Attack Of The Modlings'. 

'Exit Ghosts' takes the /DL/MS/ sound far into haunted new orbits, trading some of its earthy rumble for more ethereal emanations. stark and sombre bass signals return, but find themselves enveloped in delicately threaded string anomalies, copious amounts of melodic ectoplasm, and spirit-like liquid funk dilutions. 

out june 2018
distributed by clone.nl :: https://clonedistribution.com/release/50814
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: tides
a2 :: honakida
b1 :: exit ghost
b2 :: terminal din a

Exit Ghost

[TRUST31] /DL/MS/ – exit ghost [out june 2018]

TRUST's Ever-Victorious, Iron-Willed Commander (백전백승의 강철의 령장) introduces his Populist alter ego with his first release on TRUST since his 2007 Pulsinger collaboration, 'Radio Earth'. Keep winning bigly with four fiery, dense electro cuts designed to feed your unfettered paranoia and make electronic music great again. second release in the TRUST XX anniversary series.

out july 2 2018
distributed by clone.nl :: https://clonedistribution.com/release/51157
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: psychometric profiling
a2 :: matriarch
b1 :: (spectrum)
b2 :: electromagnetic
b3 :: simulation city

[TRUST32] DJ GLOW presents POPULIST [out july 2018]

cascading fields of light have begun to appear around nova prospekt colony, accompanied by strange aural phenomena. our scientists have yet to determine if the apparitions are of natural origin or possible manifestations of an alien intelligence invisible to our scanners. chief @conforce exobiologist boris bunnik  will lead a small team into the cascades in an attempt to observe, record and analyse the phenomenon.

out september 10 2018
distributed by @clone-distribution :: https://clonedistribution.com/release/52089
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: echoes of a resonant cascade
a2 :: nova prospekt
b1 :: 2 a spacts
b2 :: exosuit

[TRUST33] VERSALIFE - nova prospekt [out september 2018]

TRUST's motor city sleeper agent DJ Di'jital presents six logic bombs from his underground workshop: Utilizing priceless zero-day exploits, 'ElectroHop1' consists of highly effective audio code, designed to bypass your government-issued neurochip's social control functions. Deactivate your emotional response balancer, individual taste mainstreamer, and the dreaded audio-motoric feedback inhibitor with this invaluable tool set. order now via your favourite darknet node. 

out january 21 2019
vinyl via https://clone.nl/item53818.html | https://www.juno.co.uk/products/dj-dijital-electrohop1/712236-01/ | https://hardwax.com/80465/dj-dijital/electrohop1/ | https://www.decks.de/track/dj_dijital-electrohop1/ce0-nb
digital on https://trust.bandcamp.com/album/electrohop1
distributed by clone.nl :: clonedistribution.com/release/53818
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: electrohop1
a2 :: jit to this
a3 :: input main
b1 :: gamma radiation
b2 :: 808 kits
b3 :: entity (the getdown)

[TRUST34] DJ DI'JITAL - electrohop1 [out january 2019]

Narrowly escaping the tragic events of 61 Cygni E, Microthol have landed on a previously undiscovered planet in the Arcturus system. Aided by a 3D-printed army of nanobots they have managed to subdue a dominant local species of cute but murderous feline shapeshifters. Enraged xenoethicists and ailurophiles have crowdfunded an invasion fleet to return the rogue operators to earth. 

out march 2019
vinyl via https://clone.nl/item53825.html | https://juno.co.uk/products/microthol-transmissions/712237-01/ | https://hardwax.com/80628/microthol/transmissions/  
digital via https://trust.bandcamp.com/album/transmissions
distributed by @clone-distribution :: clonedistribution.com/release/53825
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: hostile invasion
a2 :: armoury funk
b1 :: dissonanz
b2 :: transmission 0604

[TRUST35] MICROTHOL - transmissions [out march 2019]

life before the procedure had become a nightmare. crushing waves of sadness, anger, and fear would envelop every fragment of waking thought and wash it from her consciousness. treatment wasn't cheap but effective: a complete artificial replacement of her endocrine system, handily controlled from an app on her @luxusvarta wristwatch. she set her mood to composed alertness as she got ready for her meeting. 'IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE', flashed the dial in bold letters. 'not now', she thought. her taxi was here.

out june 2019
vinyl via https://clone.nl/item55829.html | https://hardwax.com/81178/luxus-varta/colder/ | https://www.juno.co.uk/products/luxus-varta-colder/728239-01/
digital via https://trust.bandcamp.com/album/colder
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: flash tension
a2 :: sex after midnight
b1 :: kim's revenge
b2 :: side effect
b3 :: invisible

[TRUST36] LUXUS VARTA - colder [out june 2019]

@conforce's semantic algorithm resumes transmission, rewiring our perception of time, space, and electromagnetic frequencies. prepare to be programmed...

upcoming march 02, 2020
distributed by @clone-distribution :: clonedistribution.com/release/58775
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: neogenesis
a2 :: cosmic language
b1 :: recirculator
b2 :: gravitational anomaly

[TRUST37] VERSALIFE - cosmic language [out march 2020]

It was right after midnight as Dr. Polig headed towards the Isolated Testing Facility at Dexta Biolabs. Government orders had called for the immediate destruction of samples TR-38 – organic molecules of possibly alien origin, sourced from a meteorite impact site in northern Alaska. The samples were presently spread across 44 petri dishes at the ITF, and Polig accelerated his steps, resentful of the bureaucratic twaddle which had kept him busy for hours.
As he approached the facility he noticed something was out of place. The containment lab's security door had been left wide open, and the shift supervisor was not at his desk. Before any of this could sink in, another detail caught his eye: A faint blue glow was emanating from behind the airlock door.

out now
distributed by @clone-distribution :: clonedistribution.com/release/60051
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: spandex
a2 :: volta
b1 :: dexta
b2 :: she's in

44problems

[TRUST38] LOK44 - 44problems [out august 2020]

"deep inside Detroit's Norwood Motors plant Dr Dijital had been working hard on his secret project: the hypersonic ElectroHop II engine, powered by nothing but sound waves and bound to revolutionize the auto industry. now he only needed to hold off the corporate spies and saboteurs until the test run..."

Detroit electro legend @dj-dijital-1 is back with a selection of six new sonic assault weapons, elevating his original techno bass style to new levels for your jack, jit, and juke pleasure.

out in february 2021
distributed by @clone-distribution :: clonedistribution.com/release/63177
artwork by dextro.org

a1 :: crackworld
a2 :: nweo saga
a3 :: electro dub
b1 :: electrohop II
b2 :: di'jital loves lucy
b3 :: doppler

[TRUST39] DJ DI'JITAL - electrohop II [out february 2021]

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