Seilscheibenpfeiler 003 comes from Canadian native Graham Douglas via his moniker Nautiluss. Having released several EPs on Turbo and Hemlock, he’s now bringing his bass influenced sound from Toronto to Berlin.
In Liquid Sky and Reak, Nautiluss puts his skillful use of percussive elements into action, completed by playful synth lines and thus creating heavy bass vibes which won’t let you keep your feet still. However, there’s no such thing as a comfort-zone for him! Inky, surely the hidden gem on this EP, shows a different side of his production skills: Starting like a 4/4 warehouse banger, it gets a full on twist a` la Nautiluss. An energetic ending to his first release on Seilscheibenpfeiler... More

Slammin' 4-tracker from Canadian producer (Audio Culture, Turbo, Hemlock) f/jackin, club-ready heaters w/melodies that hold up outside the party. Guest Vin Sol (Soo Wavey, Unknown To The Unknown). Support by Martyn, James Friedman, Laurent Garnier, Alinka More

Having released on some of the most influential labels, it is with great honor that Audio Culture welcomes the Montreal based artist, Nautiluss, to the family. The Solstice EP consists of four tracks and finds Nautiluss exploring warmer, more euphoric territories, and he does it right whilst still
retaining the boldness and toughness of his past work. The EP flows effortlessly from the big string euphoria on Solstice to the darker tones on Corvus passing the slightly off kilter shuffle on Neptune then comes to a close with the spaced out mix of Corvus. Without a doubt these will heat up any dancefloor in the cold winter months ahead. More

With his second EP for Turbo Recordings, Nautiluss pushes against the darker edges of modern techno and house, forging a sound that has earned support from supreme tastemakers like Martyn, Untold, Gesaffelstein, and Ivan Smagghe.
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Already championed by Martyn & Untold - who put out Nautiluss' collaboration with Skywave on his Hemlock imprint - and fresh off an excellent remix for ZZT, he's probably the closest any new Canadian artist comes to fitting into the new UK bass scene
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Freshly relocated to Pittsburgh by way of Detroit, Ali Berger is a prolific bastion of no-frills acid and house bombs. He takes a break from dropping dancefloor experiments on his Trackland Acid Dealerships label to join Spectral in releasing five of his most polished and modernized tracks to date. All of Sump Pump was produced within a month and utilized the same few instruments—making for a robust, hard-banging sound palette that orbits around the Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizer Box module and a single kick drum run through an Akai S1100. "Sump Pump" and "Dreaming of a World" deliver the kind of jacking, hypnotic acid that never goes out of style, while "Voices" and "Microbial Corrosion" bring in some infectious machine funk with a side of psychedelia. Sump Pump ends with "Pattern Buffers Depolarizing," a spacey broken beat jam that touches on Berger's experimental side. It makes for a vibrant five-tracker that's remarkably both distinct and cohesive. More

Producer Mark E hails from the West Midlands, an area of the UK that was at the heart of the industrial revolution and was also hit hardest by the decline of UK industry in the 1970s, and again by the economic crisis of our own time. It's an area with a distinct sound and atmosphere, one that manifests in the music of artists as diverse as Black Sabbath and The Specials, and one that plays into many of the ideas behind Mark E's 2014 full-length, Product Of Industry. Following that release, Mark E presents a late-year surprise with AVION EP. Featuring two new tracks from the producer plus remixes on two Product Of Industry highlights: "Bog Dance" and "Being Hiding". First up, White Material affiliate Alvin Aronson brings his minimal ambient productions to "Bog Dance" while the collaborate duo of Leon Vynehall and Christian Piers aka Laszlo Dancehall fire things up on "Being Hiding" to close out the EP. More

For his debut on Spectral Sound, San Francisco DJ/producer Matrixxman returns with a strong and versatile four ?track EP. Amulet is rich with analog ideas, and explores his interests in deep Chicago moods juxtaposed with techno futurism. Having previously made a name for himself in 2013 with the well received, underground hit The XX Files, his drum machine-laden rhythm tracks, and melodic experiments have enchanted the hearts of elite dance music tastemakers left and right. Using a number of classic Roland pieces for this release, Duff fluctuates between bouncing house rhythms and hypnotic techno. Most notably of the latter style is "The Caravan," with hefty, driving syncopation under scrubbing, distorted hints of melody that fit in perfectly alongside Audion and Spectral itself. "Venetian Mask" goes deeper with a hint of restrained jacking, calling up summer Sundays and setting up for "Enter Me," an infectious balearic excursion that will stick in your head for days and shows off Duff's ease with composition. Finishing off the Amulet EP is "Scimitar," which leans closer to a UK style of dubbed out bass coupled with an estranged yet futuristic touch of deep house. More