a natural extension of the brvtalist multidisciplinary platform, brvtalist sound recordings seeks to further the aim of its namesake and release the unexpected, unconventional and the unholy from across the universe of sound.

third ep from adapta aka steve conner, mixing production techniques old and new for the latest 4 track offering

uexkull is a new project from dave conner. these four tracks have been selected as an introduction to his sound. any interpretation is left to the listener. cut at 45rpm by rashad at d & m berlin

nice price deal !!! limited edition of 250 handstamped copies.

operating from one of the midlands most rejected and decaying brutalist structures, this new label is committed to vinyl releases. adapta is steve conner. steve began making music in 98 when he formed bitstream with his brother dave, releasing music together until 2008. after a 3 year break following a cycling accident, steve has fired up his analogue equipment again. his setup is constructed around a completely redesigned memorymoog from 1982, with roland and elektron hardware. everything is controlled via a custom designed interface, and recorded live.

barcelona arts collective hex readies the final 2020 release from its hex recordings stable with under black helmets >lose something to gain everything< ep landing mid-january >lose something to gain everything< sees lithuanian producer under black helmet turn in four tracks ranging from the haunting, beatless >running barefoot< to the more familiar territory of acerbic industrialism on the title track. regardless of the bpms utilised across the ep, each piece on >running barefoot< is joined by an ethereal melodic motif employed variously to either colour the whole track or subtly employed to create tense contrasts. hex founders paolo ferrara & lorenzo raganzini deliver a remix of >running barefoot< that, during its six and a half minutes, flies through a dense, ever-evolving patchwork of brutalist techno that steadfastly refuses to stay in one place.

strog limited splatter version. barcelona arts collective hex readies the final 2020 release from its hex recordings stable with under black helmets >lose something to gain everything< ep landing mid-january >lose something to gain everything< sees lithuanian producer under black helmet turn in four tracks ranging from the haunting, beatless >running barefoot< to the more familiar territory of acerbic industrialism on the title track. regardless of the bpms utilised across the ep, each piece on >running barefoot< is joined by an ethereal melodic motif employed variously to either colour the whole track or subtly employed to create tense contrasts. hex founders paolo ferrara & lorenzo raganzini deliver a remix of >running barefoot< that, during its six and a half minutes, flies through a dense, ever-evolving patchwork of brutalist techno that steadfastly refuses to stay in one place.

first terrace presens the new album from brutalist rhythm explorer sofheso.

new album by dj marcelle

first release for the italian label alley version is a split built up of rugged jackin patterns and brutalist house jams, all recorded on tape by mituo shiomi and drum machine.
limited to 200 copies.

early 80s. christiane f and tron meet over a brutalist landscape. clock is ticking. electronic pioneers bang up post punks. dirty hits. take more. time is running out. northern european sub-cultural appropriation to destroy the dance. still, it sounds good. and it looks nice. nice sleeve art. move along. move along.

• 2lp edition of justin broadrick’s crushing industrial turns as jk flesh for hospital productions
• combines suicide estate and antibiotic armageddon
• greyscale spectrum of brutalist techno / abyssal acid dub / tramadol tribalism / noxious noise textures
• cut at d+m, berlin
• riyl regis, birmingham at night, kareem

berlin based zehnin keeps up a fine release schedule by asking blawan to remix its inaugural ep from lucy. once again focussing on experimental, ambient and techno sounds, it is another fascinating release. blawan has been in his own sound world for years now. releasing on the likes of hessle audio, hinge finger and his own ternesc, hes made brutalist, heavily textured tracks, big room tools and dark grooves with freaky sound design. its all helped to make him one of the most interesting producers of the day, and here he shows another side to his sound. first up is his version of ‘the hermit, which is seven spacious and mysterious minutes of creeping pads and implicit rhythms. dark but inviting, its stripped back, hollowed out techno that manages to be hugely absorbing and menacing without any clearly defined drums. on the flip is the equally beguiling ‘the high priestess. deep, subliminal kicks set the tone as groaning riffs, train-track percussion and distant, tortured pads all slowly hypnotise. it builds in pressure and creeps you out as it locks you ever further in. this is evocative dead-of-night music that says a lot in impressively economical ways.

proof of the rude health of the australian underground abounds with this new label from phile, who step out with a self-titled debut ep that tells you all you need to know. this is searing, brutalist techno crafted with invention and imagination - the dense crackle of the beats and scorched peals of synth on -found in blood- are a visceral force to behold. -marauder- is mellow by comparison, furnishing a minimal beat with live bass, dramatic string licks and steadily building atmospherics. the analogue dirt of -abhor- is positively evil, and that s before karina utomo s none-scarier vocals come into play. brimming with personality and demanding of your attention, phile made themselves a duo to watch in one fell swoop.

purist synth pop and electro from june and lowfish
300 copies only, orange vinyl.

london-based producer, visual artist and nts radio host kit grill has announced a new 5-track ep, titled westway. the ep will be available digitally along with a limited run of 200 vinyl copies designed by alex sullivan, with cover photography by grill and an accompanying video by london director laurie lynch. westway draws on grill’s personal experiences of living in a cityscape and echoes the industrial, fast-paced and repetitive rhythm of his home city, london. the ep was recorded over the course of several months from early 2015 to february of this year, the propulsive beats and driving, shimmering synthwork across tracks like ‘distance’ and ‘street runner’ inspired by and echoing the brutalist beauty of the capital, culminating in the euphoric, widescreen string flourishes of closing track ‘stairway’.

chicago veterans justin long and ken zawacki debut their circling vultures project on l.i.e.s. with three tracks of jackin mid-western techno. the duo sucessfully harness their influences from medusas and the warehouse techno scene of the 90s to create a beating high octane ep full of metallic synths and contorted rhythms somewhere along the lines of djax meets dan bell meets relief records. sure to be in all the bags this summer, this will not be the last you hear of this pair.

vin sol, our san fran drummachine fiend, makes his second appearance on jack for daze. four of his brutalist style chicago tinged house tracks tailored for sweaty, dark, raw concrete basements

bt09 - invisible darning brings together 4 unique acts, covering a wide spectrum of techno and electro. crystal maze s crossroad blues kicks off the ep with slow mo tripped out techno. dez williams hand on mouth follows up with spaced out, stargazing electro. on the flip we have switzerland’s echo 106 - 100m splutter bringing stuttering arpeggiated synths for an epic showdown. closing the ep albert van abbe resurrects his dormant the pulse projects for the brutalist crunching grounds. very limited copies. vinyl comes hand stamped complete with individual screen printed artwork unique to each copy.

waltzing the line between techno and avant garde, her sixtrack >for sweden< ep finds a fitting home at peder mannerfelts eponymous label. machine woman, aka anastasia vtorova, is a sovietborn, berlinbased, audio and visual artist. >growing up in the ghetto of leningrad in the 90s surrounded by political unsuitability and brutalist architecture will shape you for life, but so will discovering boney ms night flight to venus<

‘etra’ is the second lp from portugese manuel carvalho, and can be seen as an extension of the ideas and themes explored on his debut 12” ‘citadel’ for paralaxe editions. here across 9 tracks manta breathes life and light into the potentially heavy exploration of the manifestation of the human ego in architecture, and our perceptions of inner/outer space. the weight of such ideas manifests itself in an sound realm where radiophonic interstellar explorations collide head on with a smooth yet brutalist techno vision. the vinyl lp includes a download code.

brutalist techno beat-down from the heart of the canary islands, gilmer galibard finally comes through with a massive techno four-tracker for the lt black label series. showcasing a rugged production style, gg manages to simultaneously sound like a palm tree-crushing bulldozer whilst keeping the rhythms and grooves undulating under booted foot.

white visitation, who debuted on blank sate 006, returns with a full ep that showcases his vast musical capability. the mexico city native doesn’t submit to the boundaries and limitations of genre to frame his musical identity. prepare for a barrage of brutalist percussion, heavy melancholy and exercises in elegance and elation.

the new wave of dutch brutalist techno. ekman and drvg cvltvre have been forging a sound steeped in bunkers nihilism and dystopia but also very much their own. ekman drops two piping hot tracks that blend distorted machines with hypnotic melodies and drvg cvltvre drops a prolonged 15 minute workout in uvb static and communications, propelled by a heavy beat and a 303!

the tracks here are in the brutalist machine house vein and the source material for * we come together* (by mazi as asp and john griffin as awoke) will be familiar to devotees of roots chicago house. the brodanse brothers * sleep won t come* is remixed by audio soul project and awoke. chicago based multi-instrumentalist jonn wallen contributes the dense * aesthete* under pseudonym *by gordon gartrelle*. * we get together* is a tribute to the 90s house that inspired us to start making music years ago. people reminisce about how things used to be better, but you must breath in the present. we keep with us those hallowed bones but let pain and suffering fade into the mist. we let memories fade in the depths of our neural web so as not to be paralyzed by the burden of sentiment. we forget to stay sane.

broken arrows are the powerhouse duo of londons bill ambrose and spruxx. united over an envy inducing collection of vintage and modern synths and drum machines. broken arrows are the sound of a slime coated pansexual club d amore as populated by malfunctioning ed-209s getting real freaky. taking cues from classic ebm, minimal synth, these three dark-fucking-wave destroyers are complimented by a remix from the one-man-brutalist-factory known as drvg cvltvre, taking the title track and twisting it into a reimagined 8-bit nes grinder / grindr. mastered by phelan kane. art by eric lee. always limited. download code included.

special triple pack for all you artreform lovers out there - contains three classic releases
arr004: io (mulen) - criminal stuff
arr009: io (mulen) - criminal stuff (remixes)
arr010: joss & d. lamar - rolling (frank lorber mixes)

bristols facta and hodge are a pair of rising young producers who, more than most, have absorbed the influence of tempas early music and wielded it to create something defiantly their own. hodge has been on a powerful run of form over the last two years, with a string of acclaimed 12 inches for livity sound, idle hands and hotline striking a unique balance between brutalist sub-bass muscle and vortex-like whirls of voice and percussion. factas releases for soundman chronicles and idle hands have been equally striking - dark, hypnotic and dread-filled rollers for the moodiest of dancefloors. you can hear both producers approaches vying for attention on this collaborative 12 inch, and the resulting tension turns the atmosphere electric.

• london brutalist dream team of label boss perc and regular perc trax artist truss return with a superb 4 tracker
• limited 1st pressing comes on clear vinyl in a clear poly bag and double-sided insert

200 copies only! after great original *criminal stuff ep*, io (mulen) backs with remixes ep includes amazing version from artreform label owner joss, swiss tech-house producer dachshund and berlin-based producer rick bull aka deepchild.

following his well received fabric mix comp in december 2013, ben sims returns to his own theory imprint with yet another ring release in the form of *reflection*, which features two original new tracks, a remix from rod and a vinyl exclusive. the eponymous opener is a strident, 909 + 707 driven affair that fuses overlapping, stereoscopic tones to a gently distorted and brutalist groove that sits somewhere between dance mania and detroit. *break glass* is the second original on offer and has been a heavily requested track for the past few months. the perfect partner to *reflection*, *break glass* is similarly overdriven but heavy on the sort of mechanical funk that sims does so well. rods version of *reflection* is a linear assault which ebbs and ows with purpose throughout a linear and intense arrangement while sims remix of *break glass* zeros in on bone rattling percussive aesthetics and vox samples, in much demand after featuring on his fabric mix cd.

london brutalist dream team of label boss perc and regular perc trax artist truss! limited 1st pressing comes on clear vinyl in a clear poly bag and double-sided insert

diva is a project which explores the outer regions of technos psyche - combining the trippy sensuality of chris & cosey with the brutalist analogue aesthetic of the likes of robert hood or liasons dangereuses. inspired by the vocal histrionics of strobe lit sirens such as loleatta holloway and jocelyn brown, diva calls on the protean roots of basement club music. lead track >paris stabbing< is a stunning excursion into motor city madness, abstracted disco vocals clash with a broken digi-arpeggio and hooverish bass break down, whilst the flip side >but i ve never< imposes a detuned synth siren over an industrial bass sequence and sp1200 piano stabs to eerie effect. also included is the >paris stabbing (beats)< which pares down the original, adding detuned melodic percussion into a minimalist after hours tool.

lil silva returns to night slugs to drop the second installment in our new club constructions series.
cc is all about stripped-back, raw and highly functional tracks made specifically for the club. where l-vis 1990s first venture into the series presented a brutalist vision of house, silvas volume 2 represents the vital flip side to the concept: broken, grimey rhythm tracks.

spacig hypnotischer detroit mit viel charme und jede menge sexappeal, just a classic --> ltd white coloured edition !!

spacig hypnotischer detroit mit viel charme und jede menge sexappeal, just a classic--> ltd green coloured edition !!

ultraphat album with great electro tracks with acid & techno influences ...feat miss kittin & mount sims !!!

pastoral/tropical soundscapes and post-brutalist compositions by max loderbauer and jacek sienkiewicz from their ÒendÓ cd seem to evoke those situations where can actually hear objects, shapes and time flow itself, a sort of synaesthesia which erases and obliterates beginnings and ends of events, processes and phenomena. apocalyptic and contemplative spaces generated by this pair of seasoned sound creators explode genre bastions of ambient and idm, leading into the spectral areas once explored by such pioneers and popol vuh or ilhan mimaroglu. above all, etheric and extra-sensitive ÒendÓ marks the meeting of two incurable individualists, who use various tools of their trade to come up with a surprisingly atemporal effect, an insistent pulse of detail on an ever-morphing background. without vivid commentary and recognizable soundbites of the present, ÒendÓ is simultaneously an interesting projection of hopes and anxieties of the new age. core of tracks included on the record has been produced on the occasion of max and jacek appearing as a live duo during 2015Õs berlin atonal festival, which resulted in well received Òalpine-tatra-himalaianÓ ep Òridges-. remaining compositions are natural conclusion of their friendship, conversations, meetings, trips and recording sessions that operate according to the rule of free improvisation with a reduced instrumental setup.