Released as cat.no. 016 of Fresscode Records on January 4th, 2k24 is the "Natural Desaster EP", the latest digital single outing cooked up by Combat Killer. Opening with the title track "Natural Desaster" we're drawn to the dancefloor by raw and relentlessly marching Techno drums accompanied by a simple, yet highly effective and slightly metallic main motif as well as elastic and ever shifting sawtooth bass movements before the subsequent "Defluxcompensator" caters a more muffled and spatial approach to drum programming backed by a variety of Tribal percussion layers, lively low end synths and ..read more

01. C'hantal - The Realm [Groovin Recordings] "Something for your mind, your body and your soul. It's the power to arouse curiousity...". No matter how long you've been invlved in electronic music, you will have heard these lyrics at some point in time and they'll most likely have given you major goosebumps - an effect they're known to have had since 1990, since this record has been around on the club scene. A major force ever since and sampled and re-sampled a gazillion times ever since here is the original once again, the iconic acapella version as well as the extended, even Proto-Breakbeat ..read more

Time for Techno. Trueskool Techno. Radio Flouka-resident baze.djunkiii takes on this mindset for this months show and takes all dedicated fans and followers of the genre on a 60 minutes all vinyl deep dive including driving, motor city-infused cuts, raw, screaming and almost forgotten underground tunes, dark and stripped down minimalism, percussive DJ-tools as well as hypnotic Acid modulations creeping into your brain - all carefully picked, selected and curated from almost thirty years of Techno history. decks: baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Carsharing Tapes] file under: Techno ..read more

Released as cat.no. 077 of his very own Macro imprint is "Alluvium", the latest almost 71 minutes spanning album outing by long standing experimental x conceptual composer x producer Stefan Goldmann. Exploring the concept of multiples of interlocking, non-binary rhythm and sound patterns occupying the same temporal space to create new forms of polyrhythmicity the opening tune "Axios" leads the way into this field providing a vast spatial amalgamation of Electronica and subdued Future Tribal sporting almost cosmic gravitas with the subsequent "Helicon" touching base with PostDubstep and Broken ..read more

Released via Oak Recordings on March 15th, 2k24 is "Serenade, I Miss You", the latest mini album conceived by Texas music staple Nicolas Hurt who presents an a little more than 24 minutes spanning take on solo guitar with this one. Presenting four pieces written and commissioned by Zeke Jarmon, Justice Philips, Claire Pucket and himself Nicolas Hurt dives deep into a sonic realm of oftentimes dreamy, rural, tender and inward looking modern composition and performance with especially the title cut "Serenade, I Miss You" bringing forth certain scenic x cinematic qualities alongside a romantic to ..read more

Released via the quite offensively named imprint Fischfresse on December 21st, 2k23 is the "LSD Land EP", a more recent digital two track single cooked up by the Tiefenrausch project. Opening with the title track "LSD Land" Tiefenrausch caters a slightly trippy and most likely PsyTrance-infused variation of AcidTechno for cybergoth ravers clad in bright neon colours whereas the subsequent cut "Las Mejores Disturbio" brings forth a quite distorted, multi-layered take on polyrhythmic underground Techno for the lo-fi crew ..read more

AI-based and generative music are a bit of a hot topic these days. Not for Arne Eigenfeldt though, who started working on early - and probably rather primitive - generative music systems in the 80s and has employed his own complex multi-agent operation systems dubbed Musebots as a means of autonomous and generative creation, composition and collaboration for more than a decade now. Now, at the dawn of accessible AI technology and the surrounding discussion of what the advent of AI might mean for creatives and musicians, Eigenfeldt once again works with his Musebots in their latest album "A Wal ..read more

Another fresh album released via the Greek Ambient x Post-PostRock imprint that is Sound In Silence as their cat.no. 110 on February 9th, 2k24 is "Encouraged To Lose", the latest full length album effort conceived by Durham, UK-based Ambient producer David Newlyn. Presenting a total of five brand new tracks rolled out over 33 minutes Mr. Newlyn presents a menu of deeply melancholia inducing sonic tapestry with quite a bit of a vintage edge, literally sending tender and romantic piano melodies onto slightly wobbly and decaying tape throughout the recording process to arrive at a slightly grainy ..read more

Released via the ever expanding Aut Records label on November 29th, 2k23 is "Nowhere Dense", the latest album outing conceived by the Max Arsava-led quintet which, beyond its leader, consists of Max Hirth, Ignaz Schick, Alex Bayer and Flo Fischer. Employing a set of instruments including turntables, voltage controlled sampler and further electronics alongside a more standard acoustic instrumentation the group is, roughly speaking, influenced by a mathematical and topological concept of infinite porosity described as a "Nowhere Dense" over the course of the 50 minutes and a total of eight track ..read more

Put out on the circuit as the very first release and cat.no. 001 of the fresh In Girum Records label on February 12th, 2k24 is "Encerclements", the latest album outing by Paris-based composer, producer and saxophone player Bertrand Gauguet. Over the course of eight tracks - "Cercle 1-7" followed by "En Route!" - and a total playtime of roughly 47 minutes Bertrand Gauguet explores a realm of experimental electronic - and probably electro-acoustic - music reminiscent of free flowing and dripping water as well as a gazillion of tiny metallic insects trapped in subterranean hollows in the albums o ..read more