balans welcomes french mastermind >hemka<

for the next installment on darko esser s balans imprint the dutch producer tetelepta brings his slick, laidback tech house vibe to the label with -waiting for the flash- ep.

after her well received 707 collision ep on balans records earlier this year, the parisian dj and producer hemka returns on the dutch imprint with familiar ep presenting four stomping, big-room techno cuts.

(tripeo remix) the first installment of balans records in 2018 brings the talented female parisian, dj and producer, hemka, to the dutch label.opening the ep, 707 collision rushes in with subtly shifting groove repetition, suspenseful melodies and echoes of detroit. the atmospheric nocturnal rounds keeps the fast-paced rhythm with added sci-fi flavor - peak time techno at its best! the first installment of balans records in 2018 brings the talented female parisian, dj and producer, hemka, to the dutch label. opening the ep, ’707 collision’ rushes in with subtly shifting groove repetition, suspenseful melodies and echoes of detroit. the atmospheric ’nocturnal rounds’ keeps the fast-paced rhythm with added sci-fi flavor - peak time techno at its best! on the flip side balans records boss, tripeo, offers his own interpretation to the title track and following in that groove he works his magic to ecstatic, infectious effect in a playful, funky mood. ’707 collision (tripeo beatless tool)’ on the other hand is swapping the pressure for something much lighter, a sublime journey to the deepside.

(yotam avni remix) darko essers balans imprint returns this fall with one the most promising projects emerging from the electronic scene of tel aviv, deepa & biri. having previously released on derrick mays transmat, dj hells international dj gigolos and their own label black crow, the duo now presents their ælinear regression ep on the dutch label.

p-balans is activating again all its current accomplices in order to reinforce the heretic electronic scene of bucharest. a first collaboration of khidja, masters of psychedelic depths, and delusion men (comprised of holy fix and utopus), the reliable founding persons of future nuggets. all together delivering a smash techno-punk ep uplifted by an enchanting slowburner remix signed by borusiade.

having previously released on z.i.p.p.os fides imprint, 3kz now bring their powerful four tracker not from here on balans records. 3kz are z.i.p.p.o and kalean

utopus is ion d s project that deals with tehno heresies, not-minimal and fragmented melancholy. ion d is the ubiquitous main character of future nuggets standing as a producer behind many entities like steaua de mare, raze de soare, australopitecus oltensis, co-producing delusion men and appearing under different cameos in both volumes sound of the unheard from romania. on p-balans imprint utopus will endevour with club-oriented laboratory work, keeping intact the delics of each genre compressed in the amalgan. set yourselves up for some balanced grooves augmented by unfinished melodies, abstract dramaturgy and very serious tehnodelic motors.

it s not all minimal techno in romania, as the p-balans crew ably demonstrate on this second release from local hero the holy fix. the synths come down thick and gloopy on -the void- before -slagwise- ramps up the horror tones with a perfect distillation of what makes a soundtrack pop off. this is nightmarish disco music in the vein of maiovvi and the like, and it s delivered impeccably. there is a greater focus on club tones amongst the atmospheric fx on tracks & traps though, with -quite vicious- in particular conjuring up a thrilling, madcap romp through buffed up disco techno.

played by dj sofa, benjamin fröhlich, lesyeux orange
p-balans is a new imprint in the future nuggets emerging constellation. a tehnodelia ramification within the bucharest electronic scene that will host rising names like khidja and borusiade while introducing new characters like the holy fix (camil dumitrescu, co-member of delusion men) and utopus (ion d, producer of steaua de mare, raze de soare, anahore?ii among others) already featured on -sounds on the unheard from romania vol. 2-. keeping the same strategies of fusion and diffusion as future nuggets, p-balans will explore the space traversal to techno, entering and exiting the dark halls of the club through multiple doors

the first installment of balans records in 2016 brings the debut of young, talented italian artist, drafted, to the dutch label.

this four-tracker finds itself a perfect home in the balans collection, filled with masterly dutch artists taking a stab at timeless techno tracks.

the perpetually seductive mike parker delivers a remarkable performance with this solid four track addition to the dutch label balans records, continuously known for delivering modern classics.

balans welcomes back swedish-born staffan linzatti for his second release on the dutch imprint with dividing in two, an energetic two-track ep keeping consistent with the labels vision of delivering classic techno rhythms

making waves on his own label, dem records and the swedish barnhus label, stockholm based techno dj & producer simon haydo delivers 4 trademark hypnotic little monsters for balans!support by from blawan, shifted, ame, jonas kopp, svreca, cassegrain and much more

his eclectic background provides him with a fresh angle on classic techno, pushing the envelope for the genre in a manner we love..early support from laurent garnier, angel molina, samuel l sessions, pfirter and dj deep.

we welcome uks rising star jordan peak on board for his first fully fledged techno release

new artist dars to darko essers balans label. dark techno from rotterdam.support from inigo kennedy, deetron, gregor tresher and rolando amongst others.

fix, samsa and millian are peaktime, stripped down industrial machine funk monsters. a trio of bassheavy battle weapons wich will leave any dancefloor in shatters.

early support from jeff mills! we have been looking forward to this release for a while now and we are happy to share this amazing ep with you. swedish futurist staffan linzatti has joined ranks with balans and how!

were really extremely excited to unleash these 4 gems by amsterdams stefan vincent. early support by ame, raresh, untold, dvs1, dj deep, chymera

ever since his classic vangel release on ostgut ton we have been huge fans of samulis sound. needless to say we are very proud to have him on board

from friendly and uplifting (beware) to ultra-dark (subcutanteous tissue), abstract & dubby (detoxification) and home listening jazzed up electronics (aquarium), imugem manages to pull all of that of seamlessly without effort.

amsterdams tim wolff delivers 3 up-tempo techno tunes with strong detroit references, that showcase some one of his best work untill now

dutch minimalists dimi angèlis & jeroen search return for their second stripped down and abstract sonic affair on balans records.

balans head honcho darko esser is on duty for his very first ep on balans records. remixes comes from peter van hoesen and regis & function a.k.a. sandwell district. the new year couldnt have started better.

the mysterious rod enterns the balans arena with an uncompromising, abstract techno affair. little can we tell you about this mysterious character. only that a famous dj from rodterdam is behind this alter ego and that he did a very well received ep on ben klocks klockworks earlier this year.
the music coming from this persona is one hundred percent puristic, stripped down, dj tool techno. with a capital t you have seen that right! no nonsense hypnotism as we rarely see it nowadays. three or four sounds per track, each pushed and stretched inside out for maximum result. these tunes are made for dark, strobe lid cellars or underground techno temples such as berghain.
techno is back and this is about as abstract and underground as it gets. we look forward to release more rod records in the future.

colin mckeown a.k.a. the parallel has build up quite a name for himself the past 2 years with deep, dubbed and spaced out techno releases on prolific imprints such as komisch, nice & nasty and science timeless music from the emerald isle.

up next on balans is a brazilian old school house & techno talent extraordinaire. he operates under the monniker betek and has only one release on black stripe under his belt so far. this is about to change, because he will be a regular on the imprint from now on.
hailing from beautiful rio de janeiro, you might not expect an artist who is dedicated to old school roland drumcomputers and bassline machines. betek clearly has a big love for the edm past, but takes it well into the new millennium with a fresh angle.
you can expect more of betek this year!

balans records is the latest addition in the wolfskuil labelroster. devoted to pure and honost house, techno, acid and electro music with a distinct old school flavour, but also strongly settled in the here and now.
early support by norman nodge & laurent garnier.

4th out in 4 including remixes from gene le fosse, warren fellow, giorgos gatzigristos, piet van dongen! played out and top stuff for guy j, gregor tresher, joris voorn, technasia, orde meikle - (slam), hernan cattaneo, john digweed and many more!

techno and house heavyweights chymera and king roc who both delivered not one but 2 mixes for this ep!

we are very happy with the additions of manchester based underground cultfigure claro intelecto. his interpretation of clubhit >the return< will definitely be causing waves on the dancefloor.

we have scheduled a series of 4 remix singles to accompany the album release. for part 1 we are happy to announce nicolas masseyeff, andre lodemann and nuno dos santos on the remix duties!
seth troxler: >nuno dos santos mix is killer.<

the first feedback to the album has been overwhelming! classic drum sounds, deep melodies .. proper old skool vibed on here .. ! support by joris voorn, gregor tresher, karotte, deetron

inspiriert vom rumänischen kulturerbe, sei es film, tanz oder musikinstrumente, ist folclor abstract ein blick zurück zu den wurzeln auf der suche nach einer sinnvollen zukunft.

we focus our music and concept firstly to make good records. rocio is the debut ep from a new minimal dark techno label, 3 different tracks by a new artist and label co-owner dafr a.k.a matterwave, this cosmic lover make his first solo project including a remix of the swedish / berliner based producer and special influence for the label staffan linzatti (searchlights records, field records, chronicle recordings, balans among others).

cadans continues an incredibly strong run of releases with curved, his first drop for ben sims on-point hardgroove imprint. previous output for clone basement series as well as darko essers wolfskuil and balans as well as a collaboration with randomer for tasha s neighbourhood imprint have quickly established cadans (dutchman-in-london, jeroen snik) rep. on curved we re treated to yet more of the rising star s strident and sometimes disorientating rhythms. creep and dank open the ep with blistering purpose - all distorted 909 kicks and and hazy memories of strobes on seething dance floors. the title track kicks off the b-side with an aptly undulating and enjoyably unsettling slant to its main riff while the ep wraps up with chant a brilliantly effective drum-machine and vocal/horn sample workout.

4 melodic & dub inlfuenced techno gems. 200 copies limited edition blue ink hand stamped white label 12. this third disc introduces amsterdam local 543ff, the second contribution from taupe who brings another very warm detroit techno groover.label owners jasper wolff & maarten mittendorff show their love for dub techno and the talented duo d&s strike again with a broken, melodic techno trip.

the founders of future nuggets are delivering their debut full lp as delusion men, marking the peak of almost a decade long conspiracy. ion d (utopus) and camil dumitrescu (aka the holy fix) have amassed on this album tracks and bits spreading over many years, raw gems and shiny nuggets resulted from intensive electronica fusions. ion d needs no introduction, contriving as a producer projects like steaua de mare and raze de soare, his oriental knowledge is in full presence on this lp, starting with the eponymous track -stuck on the border-. camil dumitrescu s fresh project the holy fix is already making waves, consacrating him as dub and -technodelia- expert. after the smash ep of delusion men in collaboration with khidja (on p-balans sub-label), this lp comes as another irrefutable proof of bucharest s already mature -partially under the radar- scene of electronic psychedelic hybrids, fittingly represented by future nuggets and p-balans. no fillers just killers, not to be missed!

ion din dorobanti is one of the many monikers of the ubiquitous producer ion dumitrescu from bucharest. his 7” single on pingipung shows the oriental influences on bass music in his hometown. this release carries the manele, romanias wedding music which dominates contemporary pop styles since 30 years, towards new sonic realms. on the two tracks, he drag psychedelia and analog electro into the manele-sphere. the first one presents a radical afro-electro rework of alex pus&#806,,,,tiu’s “mi-e pofta&#774,,,, de tine ra&#774,,,,u”. ion din dorobant&#806,,,,i’s original production on the other side is a track pulsating on a 9/8 groove infested with synth nostalgia. all is spiced up by nicu chinezu’s on clarinet. ion dumitrescu is the co-initiator of the future nuggets label and its sub-label p-balans. they are both based in bucharest and run in heavy rotation at the pingipung office and in our dj sets. if he is not ion din dorobant&#806,,,,i he appears as australopitecus oltensis or utopus as a producer. among his productions are the brilliant debut lp by steaua de mare, the first lp of the legendary band rodion g.a together with strut records (london), the raze de soare ep and both volumes of -sounds of the unheard from romania-. these two summer anthems are part of the ongoing series of 7”-releases on pingipung. other singles recently came from ya tosiba, sven kacirek, andi otto or f.s. blummbastic.

consistency and a diverse but functional aesthetic have kept berlin based record label vakant ahead of most imprints operating in the same space. having released records since 2004 they have focused on working with only a select number of artists as they believe this is the only way to endure in a scene which is susceptible to trends, with premiesku being part of the family as well as the likes of dewalta and avatism. having already released a highly successful ep on the label in 2014, and more recently being a part of the labels latest anniversary compilation, 10 years vakant, the romanian trio return with a driving four track ep. this ep features catchy melodies, vivid emotion and driving, floor-focussed percussion, which consists of three original tracks as well as the ever-dependable varhat stepping up on remix duties. one of frances most exciting exports, varhat has already released a string of impressive records on labels such as mulen and howl. his interpretation of cu balans brings a signature sound which portrays a lighter more bouncy feel to the track. premiesku which consists of livio & roby and george g are a romanian joint alias that have been releasing and performing together for over nine years. their widespread influence on the flourishing underground scene is no secret, their innovative live performances, and constant flow of cutting edge productions remain one of their nation s leading lights in the field.

subosc is back with the second chapter of the “organic elements” series dedicated to techno music characterized by refined ambient aesthetics. the ep includes contributions from kessell (polegroup, granulart), hiroaki iizuka (known for his works on coda records, nheoma and his appereance on tresor), drafted (soma, balans, mmaudio) and ben buitendijk (field records, oblique, mosaic).
although the tracks are clearly aimed for the dancefloor, they are also perfect for intimate listening, since the modeling approach used considers a balance between the sharpness and effectiveness of traditional techno elements with the mellowness of dreamy textures, pads and atmospheres. inspiring, mind wandering, intense and analog souding are the most suitable adjectives to descrive these compositions, in which the mixture of influences from four minds blends in a unique outcome. a must have for all the collectors and lovers of modern techno with a soul attitude.
vinyl only release with a limited pressing!
already support from oscar mulero, kr!z, svreca, jeroen search, farron, etapp kyle, philippe petit, thomas hessler, pacou, mattias fridell, tensal, invite, abstract division, mental resonance, alfredo mazilli, joton, quail, shaded explorer, i.f.r, kwartz …

cadans is not a stranger to darko essers labels as hes seen a solo release on balans in 2013 and most recently put out a collaborative ep with the label boss himself on the tripeo imprint. throughout all four productions cadans deep, bass-heavy background is able to shine through with his extensive use of clever percussions.

mojuba sub label a.r.t.less welcomes another addition to the label roster, but dutch techno boss darko esser is no stranger to the game. in more recent time he showcased his talents under the acclaimed tripeo moniker, but now its time to unleash a powerful and very emotional ep under his original name. the wolfskuil & balans cofounder turns in two tracks for his label debut that will catch your attention right away, being capable to maintain any crowd from sunny festival ravers to lost in a moment underground clubbers!