dark entries flashes back to the grimy streets of new york city circa 1982 to bring us an unreleased album from cult outfit ike yard. comprised of stuart argabright, michael diekmann, kenneth compton, and fred szymanski, ike yard sits between the sinewy proto-body music of the neue deutsche welle and the shattered grooves of their no wave peers in new york.

welcome to ‘magic maze’ a guided meditation from oslo’s helene rickard. over two sides of a c60 cassette, the norwegian dj curates an immersive journey through imaginary landscapes and possible musics, marrying the organic and synthetic into a deep tissue massage of healing frequencies. showing infinite patience, the camp cosmic regular gradually oscillates between fourth world exotica and pastoral new age, at once opening our minds with the celestial splendour of crystalline chimes connecting us all with future primitive hymns. as we float along under helene’s benevolent gaze we encounter each of the elements, oceanic reverb, vaporous reeds, earthy drones and smouldering tones, each imparting its own ancient wisdom as we pass.
but enlightenment seldom comes without adversity and the mixtape’s most divine moments often appear in the wake of disorienting intensity. fortune favours the brave, and if you free your mind, open your heart and follow the twists and turns of the ‘magic maze’, your rewards with be both earthly and divine.

almost otherworldly in its vastness and serene beauty, many musicians have drawn from the well of inspiration that is arizona’s sonoran desert, but few are quite as accomplished or prolific as steve roach. an ambient pathfinder and electronic innovator, his back catalogue as vast as those breathtaking vistas – sonic renderings of arid landscapes littered with saguaro cacti are found in good company alongside didgeridoo-focused experiments and ethereal drifts that navigate the event horizon, between the brilliance of space and a black abyss.
reminiscent of philip glass’ minimalism and the kosmische stylings of tangerine dream, ‘skeleton keys’ seemed to fall somewhere between the two. conjuring expansive meditations amongst the impossible tangle of wires that dangle from his apparatus, roach opens portals from the grand canyon state into a cluster of newborn stars with intricate, intelligent sequencing and modular synthesis.
recorded between 2005 and 2015 from roach’s famed timeroom and timehouse studios, the album was fully realized through advancements in technology, specifically, synthesizers.com’s large format analog modular sequencer. organic, fluid and intuitively kneaded into his spooling soundscapes, it’s now to be committed to cassette for the first time, bridging the synaptic gap with a new ‘expanded’ version that elongates the original 74-minute duration.

new collaboration between ford foster and lansdowne making their debut on just left white

“homoheterogeneity”, originally released in january 2015, is the debut album from raccoglimento parziale, the duo formed by andrea giachetti and stefano meucci (the clover, silent people). in eight dense tracks, the album builds piece by piece an arcane language, made up of electromechanical beats, powerful basses, digitized guitars and broken samples, assembled in a liquid and fluctuating atmosphere. “homoheterogeneity” is a microscope’s view, a revealing blow-up over a cloud of microsounds, sometimes digital, sometimes organic. it’s a discovery of new life forms, homo/heterogeneous to our eyes - and to our ears. delivered on vinyl 33 rpm and mastered by frank merritt at the carvery in london, the album boasts on the cover the experimental photographic work of sandro crisafi, who visually recreated in the darkroom the chemistry that connects these fluctuating sounds.

limited 2017 repress !! first release from upcoming parisian label unlearn: chris mitchell (vanguard sound! - plan b recordings) was given total freedom for this ep. he delivers 3 massive tunes between house and techno while xdb takes care of remix duty. the ep was mastered at mb mastering. vinyl only.

asymmetry symptom presents his second release after orbis ep, dzar return on his own imprint with a darker and more experimental project across techno, edm and minimalism. b.o.w (behaviour of waves) ep is a subtil combinaison of ambient digital sound and analog element.

bxl003 is the third release of the artist-run brussels based label bxl. this third release by simon halsberghe features a collaboration with sagat (real name wiet lengeler), who previously released on the brussels’ label vlek and had his music included in the fabric mixes of both ben klock and joris voorn. the track is called the set-up and is a relentless sawtooth rave tune that finds it’s balance between the heydays of belgian techno and more contemporary ‘hi-fi’ attitudes towards functional yet idiosyncratic dance tracks. on the b-side space tom sounds is a deeper and more hypnotic trip with lush broad pads that provide a space for the mind as well as sonic pressure on the body. the last track, snared, takes things into breakbeat territory. with razor sharp snares and a pulsating baseline this track lives somewhere in the venn diagram overlap between rave, front 242 and an air raid siren going off.

death metal

murcia born hit maker not a headliner strikes back with his first solo on his own kaos series nah, where he will be able to express freely his musicality.

pushing the boundaries of intelligent dance music higher into experimental-adjacent analogue territories, where abstract serenity and complex analogue developments entangle in an organic symbiosis of sorts, noordens newest puzzle in sound comes courtesy of two label habitues, orion moustache and panta rex. staying true to their genre-unbound dna and innovative vision, both artists each contribute a trio of oblique sound equations, conjuring up both identifiable rhythmic patterns and off-piste downtempo digressions to shape a grammar truly their own - not quite your usual function-oriented dj tool, but not floor-opposed either. hybrid and agile, this co-op between orion moustache and panta rex oozes inspirational spaciousness and ascetic sophistication thru and thru.

a collaboration between two prestigious italian bands, the wizards of dub and the masters of big-band ska-jazz, in perfect symbiosis. classic black vinyl edition.

straight outta soul n palms, soulful re-edits for the more discerning ear

the fourth release on the binÄr-label is a split between border one and blanka. the ep starts with a peak time sound, continues with dreamy bleeps and ends with two deep and hypnotizing tunes. the tracks are mastered by nihad tule.

repress - travelling extensively across asia and africa between 1974-1985 to study music, roberto made many field recordings and collected many instruments on his travels which he would then combine with synthesizers and electronics back in italy. big tip!

limited brown cloured vinyl

recorded between 1981-1983

a compilation of 12 classic songs from bollywood movies between 1958 - 1984.

the flying dagger is cressida’s first release on shaw cuts, which deals with themes of greed, revenge, honor, chivalry and the internal struggle between good and evil that exists within all of us.

2023 reprerss! / binary digit’s second ep on new label zeitnot. five club-ready cuts encompassing acid, electro and techno. on the a side you have two fast paced 135+ acid electro tracks in the form of crook acid and sneaking out of the club. untitled 38490 conjures up images of euphoric rave house whilst untitled 2 goes for a straight up dmx krew electro vibe. zeitnot is a collaborative project between anil lal (furthur electronix) and jordan carnall (seven hills). our ethos is simple: to showcase/release quality electronic music on hand stamped, white label vinyl. from electro to acid techno, breaks to braindance, these cuts were pressed with the club in mind. dark rooms and smoke machine required.

reissue ,the future sound of london präsentieren ihr 2012 er album jetzt auch erstmals auf vinyl. das material auf -environments 4- stammt aus ihrer kreativen hochphase 1992-1993 und war bis 2012 komplett unveröffentlicht. zusätzlich befindet sich die -neue- aufnahme -murmurations- auf dem album. electronic listening der sonderklasse!

four bbc sessions from green day, recorded between 1994 and 2001. pressed on doublemilky clear vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve. includes liner notes by steve lemacq.

witness the fusion of two distinctive creative forces in the “demons & the ghost” ep, an unparalleled collaboration between voxnox’s core artists, blame the mono & dlv.

4 tracks with a careful balance between beauty and austerity, harmonizing elegance and restraint with the booming energy of techno and funk.

founded by rene wise, moving pressure is a record label aimed to explore the immersive dialogue between soundsystem music and the human body, celebrating the profound connection of sound and movement. repress expected in june!

members only is back for 2024 with another entry in what must be one of the most creatively off-the-wall series of edits ever committed to wax. the 4 cuts on offer here deftly blur the lines between disco, house, and ebm reminiscent of the music box or medusas. 4 the ones who know.

a sonic journey, a mix of electronic music, advanced pop, a story, a hypnotic trip between sardinia, iceland and ibiza - a journey in kabaret maker style. limited edition of 150 copies, available on vinyl only.

latin freestyle was a dizzying, passionate, ultra-modern music. it was the aural equivalent of a can of thirst-quenching quatro or a spanish harlem dance-off, and it became the electronically constructed bridge between disco and house.

lanete 51 back at it again weird va with tracks from friends & crew, between marseille & liverpool. expect strong releases all along this year from the boys