Submerged is a fusion of breakbeats, Electro and modular synthesis. The main lead sound was captured from a live modular studio jam.
It is planned to be released as part of Art Mechanical COG004 along with similar pieces of electronic music.

Submerged

Boris Bunnik is the man behind both @Conforce and Versalife and a handful of other aliases. He has been active in producing music of many genres for many years and is now involved in making patches for synthesizers as well. Boris is a versatile and creative soul from the island of Terschelling, Holland. He uses music-making as a way of exploring his place in the world, explaining his feelings, and of processing life. 

Find Versalife:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/versalife.electro
Presets & Samples: www.gumroad.com/conforce
Music: www.conforce.bandcamp.com
Bookings: fran @ sungaterecords.com

Track purchase: https://clonewestcoastseries.bandcamp.com/album/night-time-activities-pt-ii

Night Time Activities Part 2

Versalife

Electro Rewind: Versalife - Electronic Suspect (2011)

PRE-ORDER: https://linktr.ee/suctionrecords

Artists: Lowfish / Solvent
Title: suction001
Label / CAT#: Suction Records / suction001 (25th anniversary reissue)
Format: Vinyl 12-inch/Digital EP
Release date: November 11, 2022

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Suction Records, the Toronto-based electro/IDM label founded in 1997 by two emerging producers, Lowfish (aka Gregory De Rocher) and Solvent (aka Jason Amm), the latter still overseeing the label to this day. The label’s inaugural release was a split Lowfish/Solvent 12”, marking both artists’ debut vinyl appearance. 

Gregory and Jason had known each other since high-school, but a deeper friendship was forged during their university years, after Gregory introduced Jason to early Rephlex releases by Aphex Twin and µ-Ziq. Gregory had been making electronic music in his bedroom for more than a decade, but it was those Rephlex releases that ignited Jason’s passion to do the same. After several years of obsessive gear buying, music making, and playing tracks for each other, Lowfish and Solvent had hit their stride, and their demos even attracted the interest of legendary early IDM labels labels Skam (for Lowfish), and Isophlux (for Solvent). But things were slow-moving in those days — letters, faxes, phone calls… nothing was panning out. So that’s when they decided to start their own label, and put out 300 copies of this 12”, suction001.

The label was heavily inspired by contemporary artists like AFX, Autechre, and Panasonic, but on suction001, those influences collided with their ‘80s synth-pop and industrial roots to create something unique. 25 years later, it still sounds fresh, and like nothing else out there. On suction001, 808 drum machines are run through distortion and breakbeats are chopped and mangled, contrasting with melodic OMD-style leads and catchy synth-pop basslines — a sound the label would refer to as ‘distortion pedal new wave.’ 

Over the past 25 years, Suction’s sound has morphed and evolved, but in recent years has shifted back to it’s original Rephlex-inspired roots. That makes 2022 the perfect year to revisit this wild, 1997 debut, now reissued in a new, expanded edition for it’s 25th anniversary. The reissue adds 2 bonus tracks — a 1999 remix by Detroit electro-punk duo ADULT., along with a previously-unreleased version of Lowfish’s A1 cut, and also features new and improved artwork, including an insert with full label discography. 

Limited to 500 copies, and comes with a Bandcamp download card.

Tracklisting:

A1. Lowfish “Helski Gotenks”
A2. Solvent “Course Hub with Garnish”
A3. Lowfish “Helski Gotenks (version)”
B1. Solvent “Flexidisc”
B2. Lowfish “Your Last Legs”
B3. Solvent “ESP (edit)”
B4. Lowfish “Peanut Butter Castles”
B5. ADULT. vs Solvent “Flexidisc (remix)”

ADULT. vs Solvent "Flexidisc (remix)" (from suction001 25th anniversary reissue)

Lazercat - Dissociation Constant
Taken from Void Droplets (VTX014)

Dissociation Constant is the opening track from the forthcoming Void Droplets EP, expected to release in the end of March.  The whole 6-tracker preview is out on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/vortex-traks/lazercat-void-droplets

Lazercat SoundCloud: @lazercat
Lazercat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lzrct/

Digital album on Bandcamp:
https://vortextraks.bandcamp.com/album/void-droplets

12" is limited to 200 copies:

Bordello A Parigi: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Bordello
Clone: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Clone
Decks: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Decks
Deejay.de: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Deejay
HHV: https://bit.ly/VTX014-HHV
Juno: https://bit.ly/VTX014-Juno
Redeye Records: https://bit.ly/VTX014-RedEye

Void Droplets

Lazercat - Dissociation Constant

More tracks from the release:
https://soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/ersatz-olfolks-stella-mtron009
https://soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/kosh-black-noise-mtron009
https://soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/ocb-rush-mtron009

12" vinyl & digital out now: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/mtron009-ep

Moroccan Casa Voyager crew open the record, Kosh carefully manufacturing an expanding spacey electro drive and OCB lacing old school electro flavours with breaks, acid and devastating groove.

On the flip, harder and darker electro sounds evolve as Jauzas The Shining drops a potent electro/acid track in 'Machine', followed by 'Stella' - a murky, ever-intensifying journey through electro, breaks and industrial soundscapes by French producer Ersatz Olfolks.

Available in most digital shops and record stores >

DE
hardwax.com/80302/various-artists/black-noise/
hhv.de/shop/de/artikel/kosh-ocb-jauzas-the-shining-und-ersatz-olfolks-mtron009-610564
www.decks.de/artist/kosh-ocb-jauzas_the_shining-ersatz_olfolks/ohv-1
deejay.de/Kosh_OCB_Jauzas_The_Shining_Ersatz_Olfolks_MTRON009_MTRON009_Vinyl__332993

UK
unearthedsounds.co.uk/collections/electronic/products/kosh-ocb-jauzas-the-shining-ersatz-olfolks-mtron009
redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/101600-mtron009-kosh-ocb-jauzas-the-shining-ersatz-olfolks
juno.co.uk/products/kosh-ocb-jauzas-the-shining-mtron-009/704408-01/

NL
clone.nl/item52977.html

Distribution:
triplevision.nl/release/MTRON009
clonedistribution.com/release/52977

Discogs:
discogs.com/release/12736338

MTRON009

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Jauzas The Shining - Machine [MTRON009]

Split EP
Special limited (White vinyl ! – only on this website!)
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WeMe056/WeMe313.21  Skyfarma  B1 "Etude"

LIES-142
Gladio-Means to Freedom lp
samples from the upcoming 7 track album
to be released May 2019

Means to Freedom

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Gladio-Means to Freedom(LIES-142) LP Snippets

A2 from the upcoming [BT37] Annechoic - rw nw prt m hrw, out next month
@annechoic

Annechoic - Sheut

Carl Finlow has been one of the most singular voices in electro for over two decades. From the records he makes under his given name to his numerous collaborations and alternative monikers, Finlow’s music is suffused with playfulness and imagination. Silicon Scally is the most prolific of Finlow’s alias projects, and on Dormant, the third Silicon Scally release for Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit, Finlow constructs four pieces of thrillingly futuristic broken-beat electro.

From the opening cut ‘V Electro’ to Dormant’s closing title-track, Finlow’s production is incredibly detailed here. These tracks never stand still, their little cells of synth and percussion always evolving. When combined with some stomping drum programming, the final result is an EP which has that rare balance of endless danceability and genuinely innovative production. It’s the sound of a master creator letting loose while also managing to keep everything in the pocket, a marvel of moving parts.

Dormant’s tone is set from the first booming beats of ‘V Electro’. The track’s dense mesh of dystopian synth nodules will have you thinking of the nastiest, scuzziest Unit Moebius tune - if the aliens came to take you away, ‘V Electro’ is what they’d be playing as they beamed you up. Following track ‘Bode’ tweaks the vibe of ‘V Electro’ in a couple of key ways, jacking the tempo up to around 140 bpm while also incorporating some funk-flexing organ stabs which give ‘Bode’ the flavour of a Herbert production blasted into hyperspace. 

Dormant’s B-side kicks off with ‘Proximity Sensor’, a cut whose steady drum pulse and chunky bass motif take us back to the very earliest days of rhythmic machine music - Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and the like. Mind you, the track’s slinky synth lines are pure Drexciyan machine-funk, a vibe which is kicked into overdrive on Dormant’s eponymous closer. Finlow’s most intense production on the record, ‘Dormant’ is a polyrhythmic whirl which completely sweeps you up, leaving you no choice but to submit to its devilishly danceable impulse.

After a few recent drops which have expanded the sonic world of Central Processing Unit, Silicon Scally’s Dormant EP is a reminder that the Sheffield label still does circuit-frying electro better than anyone else out there.

RIYL: Jensen Interceptor, Unit Moebius, Drexciya, Assembler Code, James Shinra

Silicon Scally - Dormant

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-annie-hall-miedo-estetico

@avoidantrecords out of Glasgow - an offshoot from Slam's legendary @soma - surface with a hefty electro compilation entitled 'Defend Your Planet'.

WeMe056/WeMe313.21 Skyfarma B1 "Etude"

WeMe Records

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