Techno music

Our Sunday selection: Chris Liebing – Love Those Who Fight With Passion And Faith EP [CLR, CLR106] Chris Liebing drops ‘Love Those Who Fight With Passion And Faith EP’ on CLR this January. For the first CLR release of 2023, Chris Liebing drops a heavy-hitting EP for his own imprint, the two-track ‘Love Those Who Fight With Passion And Faith EP’. Leading the release, ‘For Those Who Fight’ combines…

Our Saturday selection: Speedy & Steve – Speedy & Steve [Mote-Evolver, MOTE065] Speedy J and Steve Rachmad join forces as Speedy & Steve for a four-track techno EP on Luke Slater’s Mote-Evolver this February. Dutch artists Speedy J and Steve Rachmad have long been defining the techno underground with seminal tunes on a range of influential labels. For their new release, the duo jammed in Speedy’s…

Our Friday selection: Dave Angel – Glide [Rekids, REKIDS215] Techno legend Dave Angel drops ‘Glide’ on Radio Slave’s Rekids this January. Dave Angel was a regular on Brixton-based pirate radio station Phase One in the late ‘80s and an integral part of the UK Techno scene ever since, remixing the likes of Underworld, Orbital, and Model 500, and founding Rotation Records in the ‘90s. Turning his…

Our Sunday selection: Various Artists (Ramiro Lopez, HNTR, Madeaux, Zeplin, Mattia Saviolo) – MODULE 2 [Factory 93, F93RECS037] Factory 93 returns with the second instalment of ‘MODULE’, welcoming Ramiro Lopez, HNTR, Madeaux & Zeplin and Mattia Saviolo to the label. A new mini-compilation series launched earlier this year, Factory 93’s MODULE shines a spotlight on a collection of up-and-coming…

Our Saturday selection: Various Artists (incl. Mark Broom, Theo Nasa, Shinedoe, and more) – Actualize Part 1 [Rekids Special Projects, RSPX50A] Radio Slave announces Rekids Special Projects ‘Actualize’ compilation and DJ mix Rekids Special Projects, the no-nonsense techno-focussed sub-label of Radio Slave, aka Matt Edwards’ Rekids, launched in 2017 and has since released music from the likes of…

Our Friday selection: Ignacio Arfeli – No Machine [VOLTA Records, VOLTA004] Berlin-based Ignacio Arfeli is next up on VOLTA Records with a four track EP of synth heavy and moving techno. A percentage of this label’s profits go to charities and causes chosen by the artists that are involved. Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina and based in Berlin since 2019, Arfeli is a relative newcomer but with…

Our Sunday selection: Black Loops & Innocent Soul – High Cutz Vol. III [Stolen Goods Records, SGR001] Lele Sacchi & Asian Fake’s Stolen Goods Records returns with the third instalment of Black Loops & Innocent Soul’s ‘High Cutz’ series, accompanied by a remix from Italian house legends Pastaboys. After a debut compilation featuring the likes of Bawrut, Elisa Bee, Ruff Stuff & label head Lele…

Our Saturday selection: Ben Sims & Mark Broom – Circular Motions EP [Hardgroove, HARDGROOVEDIGI018] Ben Sims and Mark Broom drop split EP for Hardgroove. The UK Heavyweights’ ‘Circular Motions’ EP features two new tracks from Broom and three from Sims’ vaults. A master of the drummy groove, Broom opens the EP with ‘Nothing to Do’, a propulsive track that counterpoints its powerful drum track with…

Our Friday selection: DESNA – Psychic Liberation [Frequency Made Music, FQM002] DESNA unveils the sophomore release on Frequency Made Music with ‘Psychic Liberation’, continuing her exploration of healing frequencies within techno and beyond and reuniting with Sapien Medicine. Launching a label is often a daunting task. Yet, it’s something NYC-based DJ/producer DESNA is welcoming in her stride as…

Our Sunday selection: Lugovskiy – Natural Decay [Lugovskiy, L003] Ukrainian artist Lugovskiy unveils four breakbeat-fuelled, blissful daydreams titled ‘Natural Decay’. ‘Natural Decay’ surfaces in a vortex of melodies surrounded by bubbling, floating synths. Serving as the perfect demonstration of how Lugovskiy masterfully unearths deep emotion from his workstation, ‘Peak’ follows up with bouncing…

Our Saturday selection: VA – This is Techno Jazz Vol. 2 [Jazz-o-Tech, JOT026] The Jazz-o-Tech label serves up a second volume of „This is Techno Jazz“ which again lays out a clear sonic statement. This double album is a deep dive into the label‘s carefully nurtured sound with music from artists all over Europe. What unites this label and its broad array of artists is a desire to fuse the…

Our Friday selection: Industrialyzer – Snake Whisperer (incl. Radio Slave remixes) [Rekids, REKIDS214] Industrialyzer drops ‘Snake Whisperer’ on Rekids, backed with two Radio Slave remixes Industrialyzer, real name Ricardo Rodrigues, is a Lisbon-born, Amsterdam-based DJ and producer who has released music on the likes of Ben Sims’ Symbolism, Tronic, Suara, and his Groove Matters imprint. Arriving…

Spencer Parker – Dream The Future (Amanda Mussi Remix) [Work Them Records, WTR052]

Our Sunday selection: Spencer Parker – Dream The Future (Amanda Mussi Remix) [Work Them Records, WTR052] Brazil’s Amanda Mussi delivers a remix of Spencer Parker’s 2021 track, ‘Dream The Future’ for Parker’s Work Them Records. An arpeggio fuelled raw house cut in its original state, Mussi’s version of ‘Dream The Future’ bumps the tempo, layers synths and a crafty 303 and tips a nod to nu-beat,…

Rebekah – No Escape EP [Elements, RBK010]

Our Saturday selection: Rebekah – No Escape EP [Elements, RBK010] Rebekah drops her first solo EP in two years, ‘No Escape EP’, on Elements this November. One of the world’s leading techno acts, Rebekah returns to her Elements label after outings on Soma, Perc Trax, Mord, and many more. The Birmingham-born, Berlin-based artist delivers five uncompromising tracks on her much-anticipated solo…

B. Riley – Palm of My Hand (incl. Tony Rohr remix) [MOOD, MOOD084]

Our Friday selection: B. Riley – Palm of My Hand (incl. Tony Rohr remix) [MOOD, MOOD084] B. Riley drops ‘Palm of My Hand’ on Nicole Moudaber’s MOOD this November. With previous releases on DTL Records, Safe Space, and his own CMD CTRL imprint, B. Riley’s original productions have seen support from the likes of Carl Cox, Chris Liebing, DVS1, Rødhad, and of course, Nicole Moudaber. The…

Andy Martin – Antiguos Astronautas [Diaspora Echoes, DE001]

Our Sunday selection: Andy Martin – Antiguos Astronautas [Diaspora Echoes, DE001] Diaspora Echoes launches with Andy Martin’s ‘Antiguos Astronautas’, a futuristic techno long-player exploring an immersive sci-fi narrative ‘Ancient American cultures usually are seen as something that belongs only to history books and museums, collapsed civilizations with no relevance in our modern world. With the…

RLGN – Romantichrist EP [Lone Romantic, LR024]

Our Friday selection: RLGN – Romantichrist EP [Lone Romantic, LR024] RLGN joins forces with a series of collaborators on his new Romantichrist EP, on Maceo Plex’s Lone Romantic. Russian innovator RLGN has a rough and ready techno sound that has come on Boysnoize Records, Private Persons and Don’t Recordings. He is part of the experimental wave of post-Soviet artists mixing up scruffy basement…