PREMIERE: Guentner/Spieth - Valenz [AFFIN]

Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth, veterans in the electronic music scene, have rekindled their creative synergy with their latest collaborative effort, "Overlay." The album, a culmination of decades of their distinctive styles, successfully melds Guentner's ethereal, atmospheric textures with Spieth's pulsating rhythms.

PremieresGilles WassermanOctober 18, 2023Markus guentner, Joachim Spieth, ambient techno

PREMIERE: Nils Edte x Adhémar - Across Sellenti (Adhémar Reshape) [Indefinite Pitch]

Much akin to an auditory vignette, is Clément Davout aka Adhémar’s reshaping of Across Sellenti by Nils Edte.

PremieresZach HueninkJanuary 31, 2023techno, Adhémar, nils edte, ambient techno, indefinite pitch

PREMIERE: The Allegorist - Blind Emperor [Awaken Chronicles]

Berlin-based artist, The Allegorist, has been meandering through stories with her purposeful and introspective take on electronic music. Each release explores themes that require joint participation from the listener as they look to flood your mind with images of fabled characters and places through her artistic soundscapes.

PremieresGilles WassermanFebruary 22, 2022the allegorist, ambient techno, techno, awaken chronicles

PREMIERE: Morpha - Yukatan [KVLTÖ Records]

Shortly following the release on the Profundo Collective label and a self-released album early in 2021, St.Petersburg-based Alexander Slonovsky aka Morpha closes the year with another wonderfully introspective output via Mexico imprint KVLTÖ Records.

PremieresGuest UserDecember 24, 2021morpha, KVLTÖ Records, Yukatan, Ambivalence, ambient techno

REVIEW: Blazej Malinowski & Claudio PRC - Future Retro [012]

In food, the art of pairing is subtle but important. Open a wrong bottle of wine with your dish and the meal is ruined: flavors either cancel each other or dominate one another or, worse, fight each other

Bandcamp Picks April 2021

It’s Bandcamp Friday, support your favorite artists and record labels! Here are the releases we found during our Bandcamp diggings in the last couple of weeks.

Sundays are for... HORS-SOL

Paris-based DJ crew and party provider HORS-SOL launched Outrebleu early 2020: a side project aimed at pushing ambient, IDM, experimental and deep techno music to the forefront of the Parisian scene, with multidisciplinary events and experiences

SundaysZach HueninkJanuary 31, 2021hors-sol, outrebleu, sundays, sundays are for, guest mix, ambient, ambient techno

REVIEW: Joachim Spieth - Ousia [Affin]

In the darker regions of techno, Joachim Spieth is a familiar name with an unmistakably familiar signature sound: extra deep melancholic pads set to a relentlessly driving beat, creating a stark contrast that is "oh so Spieth". But 2020 finds maestro unplugging his drum machine and playing more with his reverberated pads.

ReleasesSlava MalkinDecember 29, 2020joachim spieth, ambient, ousia, affin, ambient techno, review

PREMIERE: Sea Ef - Acid Sperimentale (Laura BCR Remix)[Faintest Ink]

The Berlin-based label, Faintest Ink welcomes the duo Sea Ef (Claudio Fabrianesi and Filippo Brancadoro) and their 'Acid Sperimentale' EP for the third release in its catalog.

REVIEW: Vril and Rødhåd - Out Of Place Artefacts [WSNWG]

Pyrexia (lat.), noun, an abnormal elevation of body temperature. There are many things that may lead to that - from viruses to heartbreaks, and “Out Of Place Artefacts” presented by Vril and Rødhåd, is one of them.