It was rather a revolt than live PA what happened at MayDay in Westfalenhalle Dortmund 20 years ago, on 30 April 1993. Infamous PCP (Planet Core Productions) crew from Frankfurt was admitted to the stage to present the current state of hardcore techno to the crowd, and they really didRead More →
Release date is in May 2013 Stas Tolkachev was the first Ukrainian to enter the DJ booth of Berghain and the techno and photo artist from Dnepropetrovsk now lands on Milan’s M_Rec Ltd Grey Series with his solo effort of five tracks. It’s introduced by a swarm of electric beesRead More →
Release date is in May 2013 Emerging from the chilly vastness of the North, Varg is a lonesome wolf howling with the voice of 303. Invited to be the first artist on Abdulla Rashim’s start-up Northern Electronics, Varg presents an ambitious LP to show the power of slow-motion acid journeys.Read More →
Release date is in April 2013 Now this is like an interrogation by rogue law enforcement officers in a damp and dark room, your hopes to escape as bright as the dusty 25 watt bulb hanging from the ceiling. Powerful and menacing, the second release in the 10-inch series ofRead More →
New York’s Donor belongs to the acclaimed players of the global techno scene and after appearances in the first edition of the Nonnative series and a remix for Developer (“Brujas”), the cosmopolitan returns with the first solo EP on Svreca’s label and injects some fresh blood to Semantica.Although Donor’s batchRead More →
Compiled by DJ Andy Düx in 1993 for the seminal Groove mag from Frankfurt, this chart reflects the heyday of gabber and hard (acid) trance with many pivotal German labels and artists listed. The first spot was grabbed by “Nightmares Are Reality”, a growling and pounding LP by C-Tank, anRead More →
Italian imprint M_Rec Ltd, brainchild of the Milanese DJ and Producer Max_M, has been a publishing platform for the label owner, along with Cassegrain, Giorgio Gigli, Samuli Kemppi, Juho Kahilainen and many more. Now Sawf, a Greek techno man concealing his real identity, has landed on the 16th release ofRead More →
Semantica continues its tour around the world in a company of three foreign artists and a fellow Spaniard who take the Nonnative series to the fourth installment.Stanislav Tolkachev from Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine opens with automated step-dance powered by caustic notes in synth stabs, followed by Obtane’s “Thunder Will Purify Us”, which runs onRead More →