*murmur* is the second single taken from the forthcoming akase debut album *graspers* which is due out in 2016 on !k7.

electro sounds by akase

* rust* is the debut single from the new collaborative project between harry agius (better known as midland) and vocalist robbie redway. the project was formed in leeds, written in london and finished in berlin under the influence of ewan pearson. as midland, harry agius has built a reputation for releasing delicately brilliant bass driven house and techno, and over the course of his various releases he has hinted at a desire to explore sounds away from the dancefloor. coupled with the songwriting talents and vocals of robbie redway, *rust* is the first taste of that exploration.

2020 re-release... midland is back with his first original solo material since last year, with the new ep double feature. tracklist a1 stop, don t let the beat b1 double feature here is the forthcoming 12 inch from midland entitled *double feature.* having released two killer remixes this year for the howling and akase, this is the first original midland material since last years *duster* that came out on aus music. *double feature* is set for release on regraded, a subsidiary of midlands own graded imprint intended to focus on sample based disco tinged house which is exactly what this release is. two tracks aimed at the dancefloor featuring live percussion cuts, dreamy strings and midlands signature bassline programming. supported by ben ufo, joy o, jackmaster and gerd janson

berlin based japanese industrial synth duo group a make their debut on mannequin records with a killer 3-tracks self titled ep. tommi tokyo (synth, drum machine, vocals) and sayaka botanic (violin, tapes and sampler) released 2 studio albums and 1 live album in tokyo, before to move in berlin in 2016. with their mixture of dark minimal synth, avant-noise, striking visuals and performance art, the duo still carries on the very breath of early industrial pioneers such as throbbing gristle, die form, klinik, cabaret voltaire. the ep was recorded in tommi s bedroom and later mixed together with mannequin records head alessandro adriani in his own studio in berlin. the first two tracks of the ep, t.o.p. and ketabali represents the duo personal reaction against the current economy, an up yours to capitalism, news and politics, all permeated by industrial rhytmic-noises and words with no meaning. the b2 alibi instead was inspired by an autobiography of hi-red centre(japanese avant-grade art group in the 60-70 s) written by one of the members, genpei akasegawa. tommi found the word alibi in the book and she just started singing about the group. as she never wrote lyrics for that, during their live performances they are always improvised, so changing and mutating every time.

the 3rd release from tokyo based init. the label owner shintaro.d s solo single including the remix work from rio kawamoto who released under skadat and what now becomes.