A mini album by Taavi Tulev aka HAPE is born for summerly playlists. The Estonian returns to the Finnish label EABE, after the EP “Night Life” in 2024, to explore the sizzling side of electro. The opener “Normal Track Name” gives a flying start to the five-tracker. In a blindRead More →
Colorado underground is calling in the fiery transmissions of “Rit”, the album of scorching synth improvisations by Ryan McRyhew aka Entrancer from Denver. Released on the local Multidim Records, the experimental full-length is having fun with different breeds of noise and unusual rhythms. The first tones of aptly titled “Haunt”Read More →
Vivid side of dub techno dominates the third instalment of “Reflexions”, put together by the Canadian label Echo Locations. Last year an EP of its co-founder Mark Adam Paul caught my attention and the new four-tracker helps to keep the imprint on the radar. The first shift belongs to XyizRead More →
Night riders are are forming an unbreakable alliance, to welcome the new digital EP by Kmyle. The title track accesses all areas with machine driven hypnosis, the bass harmoniously working with multiple sturdy layers. Without falling too deep into proto-Goa excesses, big room flavor arrives with “Transversalis”, which turns outRead More →
Alumnus of the coveted Further Recordings (“Spirals”), the Australian Mosam Howieson has now landed on Semantica. The digital full-length reminds that the label from Madrid is not solely a supplier of techno trips, but once a while releases well-chosen tranquilizing sessions. “Ether” is an enjoyable work through various moods inRead More →
For a supply of unhinged rave sound in 2024, Comarca is a perfect match. The artist from the Club Gordo posse in Valencia has joined Peder Mannerfelt’s squad with two physical tracks that will smash the floor. “Ben Depressa” is built on saw-toothed bass kick that runs close to 150Read More →
A potent collaboration of The Exaltics and Paris The Black FU, the latter known as Mack Goudy of Detroit Grand Pubahs and Techmarine Bottom Feeders (oh, how much I like this name). After a few meetups on labels like Solar One and Clone, they reunite on new digital EP that bringsRead More →
In May 2024, Jako Krull joined Taavi Tulev aka HAPE for a gig in Hall, Tallinn’s real underground club, where, in fact, the floors lie over the ground. Their new project Plasma Blotter dropped a ecstatic PA of modular and caustic madness, at the 5th anniversary celebration of the HouseRead More →
Look into the uncanny eyes of a predator and get hypnotized when the French artist Panthera drops three tracks of neo italo bliss in “Vengeance”. Charming synth sequences and tender female murmurs carry the sugary opener “Planet Of Black Fear”, with a playtime of about nine minutes. The next one,Read More →
Dub techno’s new coming, if I may say so, has reached the Latvian capital. Riga Dub Orchestra debuted with the digital EP “Dub of Riga” on the local imprint ECOUL SND a few years ago. The second release appears on Tāda Gaita, a label launched in 2022, and now welcomesRead More →