uk underground techno music

incl. osunlade rework

kicking off the dkmntl ufo series is esoteric techno stalwart peter van hoesen. the berlin based belgian dj and producer has attracted a dedicated following for his signature sound of ebm-tinged productions, and will continue to do so thanks to his distinctive take on how to inaugurate our new platform. from dystopian kinetic techno (‘cartesian taiko’) to an anarchic and dub heavy break beat jam (‘duet dub’), and from the rolling and hypnotic peak-time intensifier (‘p2me’) to synth-heavy seductive high tech soul (‘qaudra’): van hoesen casually wallops you round the back of the head with gargantuan bass vibes. dekmantel is adding a new series to their label called ufo. following the same-titled stage on the annual summer festival in amsterdam, the ufo releases focus on the same sound spectrum. in the forthcoming months, starting in may, ufo will be inaugurated by marcel dettmann, randomer, dj stingray, peter van hoesen, and voiski.

it’s difficult to imagine the bunker new york without donato dozzy. the roster of artists who have played the party over the past decade-plus reads like a proper who’s who of modern techno and house, but if there s one artist in particular whose sound and vision has had an outsize impact on the bunker, both as a party and as a record label, it would be donato dozzy.

brill filter house cuts ...vocals a la spandau ballet >> axwell imprint

limited edition of 500 copies with gatefold sleeve and an exclusive postcard.

next key vinyl comes from vela uniform, including a collab with blawan. vinyl only.

merveille & crosson return to visionquest this october with their second long player, entitled cerulean and featuring nine original compositions from the duo. 2012 saw the release of cesar merveille & ryan crossons critically acclaimed inaugural long player drm, seeing the pair veer their output into abstract realms and embrace a more eclectic left on centre production style. here five years later the pair return with their second album cerulean, again tipping the focus over to a modern classical, jazz, ambient and abstract aesthetic, featuring collaborations with juliard trained classical pianist julien quinten, no regular play’s greg paulus on trumpet, wareika’s henrik raabe on guitar, yonathan levi on double bass, moritz baumgartner adding additional drum work and berlins signum saxophone quartet. across the ‘cerulean’ project merveille, crosson and all involved offer up an amalgamation of sounds and styles from the freeform jazz odyssey styles of even tides and nordic bummers to the ethereal ambience of intro (almost raw) and mcyh whilst subtly nodding towards their minimal roots with acid pal and qaudra. the pair also radiantly display their love for the new age modular synth style with arp and life in the 80s with intricately programmed, dynamic melodies throughout, all in all resulting in a truly unique and forward thinking project from an array of talents.

dabj favourites denis sulta & ct trax make a welcome return alongside mysterious new boy fear-e! denis sulta lives in a bedouin temple in a far off eastern land where he lounges in his imperial bed chamber surrounded by a bevy of beautiful women. these scantily-clad, exotic felines soothe his body and mind with an array of mystical massages as he lies on his luxurious ruby red, egyptian cotton sheets. he only drinks the finest buckfast wine and dines on delicious delicacies from far flung corners of the globe. so, thank the lord he was willing to give this up, jump down to the basement and lay down time 4 prayer, another fucked up dirty funk sulta classic. denis tags in fear-e for his dabj debut. candis quadra is a sexy wee off the shoulder number that’ll have you goggle eyed and panting for more. on the flip, ct trax completes the mouth-watering line up to smash home two winners and lift the trophy for the all stars.

kojiki groove is magnesiis second release on chronocircle. compared to his previous circle002, this is more of a club orientated 12inch rather than its hypnotic psych-techno predecessor. magnesii makes hypnotic music, preferably in a space out of time and reality. embracing the absence of computers and screens, the absence of any digital window into the world. some magnesii tracks form a conceptual whole, circle002 is an example of this: its a piece of music made to epitomize a psycho-dramatic hallucinate trip from the past. sounds to emulate saturated and hypnotic imagery

hiroshi watanabe remix, robert armani remix! supported by ben klock, marcel dettmann, frank muller, marcel fengler, sascha dive, dario zenker, steven tang

corporate stand for : hard, dark, jackin techno! 3 wicked hardtechno release combined in one special limited sales pack. this is hard techo to the bone, play out loud, but at your own risk!

sandy warez drops a monster ep on the corporate label with 4 tracks of hard distorted madness.. supported by rush, paul langley, jaime bissmire, rowland the bastard and lenny dee

der londoner dubstep-pionier und hotflush-labelbetreiber scuba aka paul rose beweist seine einzigartigkeit mit einem 75-minŸtigen fabric-set aus 42(!) Ÿber- und nacheinander gelegten tracks. unterschiedliche kŸnstler wie pearson sound und patrick cowley, donato dozzy und midland treffen in einer dŸster-verfŸhrerischen atmosphŠre aufeinander, so dass man sich zwischen pumpendem lo-fi techno und subsonischen bŠssen im rave-kosmos verliert.