Bass Agenda has been on a roll lately and the spring has arrived with several releases from electro’s darker end. “Necrophilia” from New Zealand’s Go Nuclear or “This Darkness” from Dutch project RXmode don’t leave any questions open about the dominating mood. Now electro tremors are coming with Zeta Reticula’sRead More →
A long player both in terms of time and essence, Marco Bernardi’s new release on Brokntoys is a cause for celebration. When thinking of his output in this decade, the artist seems to be in a continuous process of reinvention, in a natural and credible way lending distinct sound toRead More →
Kosh belongs to Casa Voyager posse that has put Morocco on the map of cutting-edge club music with a variety of tracks between techno and electro. The artist, 28-year-old Youssef Benjelloun from Casablanca, has joined the mini compilations and brought out a solo EP for the label that draws inspirationRead More →
Right before leaving for a holiday week in Malta, I got a message from Optic Nerve Engine, an electronic project from the main island’s smaller neighbour Gozo. By sharing new music, in a way they reminded me that the local scene is/was not limited to the electro artist Microlith akaRead More →
“H+ Sexualis” is a marvel from Glasgow underground, conceived by the local artist Vickie McDonald who has joined Domestic Exile for the debut release under the Kleft alias. Formerly associated with punk and noise groups such as Divorce, Mourn, Zone Collective and Cartilage, McDonald now supplies an adhesive for unifyingRead More →
After much-appraised “Ocular Animus” last summer, Ultradyne’s Pi Gao Movement has commissioned a vinyl release of secret UFO committee sound files that were recorded by the Majestic 12 alias in 2011. “Descendants Of Starfish Prime” is written with the blackest ink and comes from the junction of dark electro andRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Bent Crayon (US) DMX Krew is well in the limelight with a forthcoming new album Hypercolour and a new EP titled “Sweatisfaction” on his own Breakin’ Records that was on hiatus since 2011. Actually the electroRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Clone (NL) Corrupted chips meeting sector 303 Two Austrian artists united in the project DL/MS/ have started a new label with own productions and after experienced Dan Lodig, the duo’s other member Martin SovinzRead More →
An Unfolding Portrait. SEMANTICA 82 by Svreca Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Rush Hour (NL) On board of a perpeetum mobile If there are concerns about techno’s health, just call Dr Svreca. His new release ends the artist’s four-year pauseRead More →
Elypsia, an embassy of Detroit sound reborn Elypsia Records emerged in the second half of the nineties, as an European home for several Detroit artists – Claude Young, Dark Comedy (Kenny Larkin), D-Knox, to name a few. That time, Motor City’s own labels under the umbrella of Submerge distribution wereRead More →