Maelstrom returns to Central Processing Unit for the fourth time, and it's the one born Joan-Mael Péneau's lengthiest drop on the Sheffield label yet. The French artist has been a mainstay in the European electro game since the 2000s, and Malestrom brings that experience to bear on new LP The FM Tapes. He goes about this album with the assurance of a seasoned pro, combining his mastery of electro production techniques with a trademark guile to craft an expertly-paced eleven-track affair. The first section of The FM Tapes sets out the album's stall with style and aplomb - listeners are in store for a rich feast of off-kilter machine-funk which will feature no shortage of intriguing detours. On opener 'Ondes Courtes' the mix throbs with all manner of strange electronic gristle: a distorted bass hum rattles the monitors; wisps of distortion float across the mix; eerily pretty keys wax and wane before giving way to a radar pulse. 'Ondes Courtes' is an ominous slouch of a scene-setter, and it lines things up perfectly for following cut 'Alt50ser' to lock in. This track's churning, gurgling mid-tempo rattle brings to mind the wacky insistence of Modeselektor. Maelstrom repeats the slow-fast one-two again directly afterwards - 'La Vie Sociale Des', a strange nugget that sounds like an early Eski instrumental stripped for parts and blasted into the cosmos, is an ideal prelude to the twitchy space-funk of 'My Digitone'. Maelstrom's staying power in the electro world comes, in no small part, from his ability to apply his delightfully idiosyncratic choices to some of the genre's staple production tropes. On The FM Tapes, he marks himself out once more as a pleasingly unorthodox talent by taking tracks in unexpected directions to produce surprising - and often rather moving - results.

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Veteran French producer, Maelstrom made his Cultivated Electronics debut in 2018 with 'ECZO EP'. Now more than two years later and following a new album on RAAR, he returns with another EP, this time for CE's vinyl-only subsidiary, Cultivated Electronics Ltd. Joan-Mael Peneau has been making music for over fifteen years, with a history of aliases and side projects, illegal raves thrown in warehouses, fields and basements, but he soon came into his own under his Maelstrom moniker, releasing music on the likes of RAAR (the label he co-founded with Louisahhh in 2015), Cultivated Electronics, Central Processing Unit, Mechatronica, Private Persons and Discos Atonicos. Though his name suggests chaos, Maelstrom's music delivers intention, focus and precision that are evident on his 'Expression Directe' EP, which features four new tracks of deep and expressive electro-funk.

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Maelstrom links up with DeFeKT and Berlin syndicate Mechatronica, to deliver four bloodcurdling electro and techno cuts for the floor, forcefully designed to activate bodies and transport minds. Not for the faint hearted.

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Maelstrom is the latest artist to feature on the new Craigie Knowes offshoot 'C-KNOW-EVIL'. As expected the record is raw and intense with the full force of P?neau's production on display across both sides of this record. It comes in the same format as the first C-KNOW-EVIL release with 2 tracks pressed to 10" and slipped inside a sleeve design by Scottish graffiti artist, Rakem.

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RAAR is deeply proud to present the first full length album from label co- founder Maelstrom, entitled "Her Empty Eyes". Both an evolution of the producer's rich history and an intellectual departure from everything that has preceded it, "Her Empty Eyes" is a work that is uncanny, challenging and meditative.
Continuing upon the cross-media mission of RAAR, the LP is in fact the outline of a sonic novel

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he Vinyl Factory has teamed up with French label Zone for another rugged techno four tracker, this time from close associate and well established production talent Maelstrom. Though his name suggests total chaos, Maelstrom’s music belies intention, focus and precision. Often marked as ‘exciting newcomer’ to French techno, Maelstrom has actually been making music for over fifteen years. With a cryptic history of aliases and side projects, illegal raves thrown in warehouses and fields and basements, the artist has really come into his own under this moniker. The ‘Optics’ EP showcases metallic techno, acid house, industrial noise and stark ambient sounds, forging smokey machine music for those with a penchant for post punk and a soft spot for the spikier end of the techno spectrum

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A1 Helga Neuer & Zeta Reticula - Firebird
A2 Helga Neuer & Zeta Reticula - New School
A3 Helga Neuer & Zeta Reticula - TSTE99
B1 Zeta Reticula - Distress Signal
B2 Zeta Reticula - Investigate The Signal

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Zeta Reticula and Helga Neuer return for their second and final collaborative EP on Mechatronica, with an outstanding collection of interplanetary electro rollers for the mind, body and floor. In loving memory of, and dedicated to, Helga Neuer aka. Damjan Bizilj.

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A1 Serge Geyzel - Ready?
A2 Serge Geyzel - Things Happen
A3 Serge Geyzel - Sag
B1 Serge Geyzel - It's Gonna Get Stuck In Your Head
B2 Serge Geyzel - Energy Status
B3 Serge Geyzel - Sceptic

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Serge Geyzel debuts on Mechatronica with a killer collection of hypnotic electro, twisted acid lines, futuristic breaks and gut-wrenching machinefunk.

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A1 Zeta Reticula - Dial That Number
A2 LUZ1E - Data Motions
A3 Serge Geyzel - I Don’t Know You, But I Know The Symptoms
B1 Ufaze - Non-Stop Overstimulation
B2 Vertical67 - Tear Down Those Walls
B3 Aura Nox - I Should’ve Known

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The first record in a new series of VA releases from Mechatronica, Constellations Vol. 1 features Zeta Reticula, LUZ1E, Serge Geyzel, Aura Nox, Vertical67 and Ufaze.

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A1 Umwelt - Stellar Oscillations
A2 DJ MELL G & Unklevon - Mechanic Feels
A3 Ben Pest - Shodan
B1 Ctrls - An Equal
B2 PRZ & Ori - Be Scared of Clowns
B3 Viikatory - 8 IN_8

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A1 L.F.T. - Toxic Piss
A2 L.F.T. - Cursed Ship
B1 L.F.T. - Cursed Ship (IMOGEN remix)
B2 L.F.T. feat. Cardinal & Nun - Digital Drips
B3 L.F.T. - Vancouver 1982

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L.F.T. returns to Mechatronica with his unique, signature blend of new wave and breakbeat influenced electro for the mind, body and floor. Boldly shaped by distorted drum machines, gut-wrenching grooves and haunting vocal chops, the KeyGenerator EP comes backed by an explosive IMOGEN remix and an occult collaboration with Cardinal & Nun. A spellbinding record on its own, and another crystal clear testament to L.F.T.s razor sharp sonic vision and ability to generate new styles from the past, present and future.

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A1 Vertical67 - Emitter
A2 Vertical67 - Hidden In The Waves
A3 Vertical67 - Shattered Glass
B1 Vertical67 - Halo
B2 Vertical67 - Amorphous Shape
B3 Vertical67 - Mirrored

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Vertical67 finally lands on Mechatronica with a set of hypnotic, melodic and dystopian club tracks spanning across electro, techno, breaks and acid.

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A1 Viikatory - Cartesian Space
A2 Viikatory - Universe
A3 Viikatory - Universe (Luz1e's alternate universe remix)
B1 Viikatory - Cold Mountains
B2 Viikatory - Equinox
B3 Viikatory - Equinox (Poly Chain remix)

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Viikatory debuts on Mechatronica with an intergalactic set of electro explorations, backed by Poly Chain and LUZ1E remixes.

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A1 Noroi - Bullet Head
A2 Noroi - Hammer Antenna
A3 Noroi - Breton Seaside Weather
B1 Noroi - Heart Under Blade
B2 Noroi - Sectorial
B3 Noroi - Black Tsubasa

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Noroi debuts on Mechatronica with a uniquely futuristic collection of razor sharp, forward-thinking rave tracks across electro, left-field techno, bass music, broken beats and more. Cut-throat club hybrids for the heart, mind and floor.

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A1 Poly Chain - Leopard 2A4
A2 Poly Chain - IRIS-T
A3 Poly Chain - MiG-29
B1 Poly Chain - Tryton
B2 Poly Chain - ATACMS
B3 Poly Chain - CAY CESAR

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Poly Chain aka. Sasha Zakrevska presents a blistering set of cold, radical and introspective electro tracks on one of her most entrancing records to date.

Weaving influences from a wide palette of styles across electro, IDM, techno, trance, breaks and experimental sounds, the Ukranian composer and DJ builds stories and shapes patterns seemingly from another dimension, yet clearly close to heart.

Undoubtedly a commentary on experienced hardship, strong willed hope, unjust conflict and most importantly the power of expression through music, SMART-155 is a testament to possibilities and a reminder of the importance of unity.

Poly Chain is an alias of Sasha Zakrevska - a composer, curator, DJ and graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. She is currently based in Berlin due to full-scale invasion.

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A1 Second Storey - Disrupted Dialect
A2 Second Storey - E Honda
A3 Second Storey - Cold Snap
B1 Second Storey - V-Runner
B2 Second Storey - Lotto KiX
B3 Second Storey - Oddball Midi

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Speedy electro, bass music, IDM influences and bleeped-out machine funk fluidly come together in absurd, playful and rattling ways, as Second Storey explores spotless broken rhythms and fractured forms of sonic expression from the future.

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A1 Credit 00 - Count 8
A2 Credit 00 - Ratlife In The Sunshine
B1 Credit 00 - Breathe One Two
B2 Credit 00 - The Mental Voice
B3 Credit 00 - Cosmic Ghetto

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Following up on his Data Phobia and Beats For The Streets EPs on Mechatronica, Credit 00 returns to the Berlin label with a mind-bending blend of past, present and future, carefully pieced together in a way that could come from no other. From the mind to the floor, from dark and cold machinefunk to blazed-out sun grooves, Credit 00 leaves no sonic traveler yearning.


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A1 Ctrls - You Win
A2 Ctrls - The Wash
A3 Ctrls - NP Soup
B1 Late Night Approach - L Ultimo Ritmo (Ctrls remix)
B2 Ben Pest - Strict Saws (Ctrls remix)

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Ctrls lands on Mechatronica, and fiercely mutates forward-thinking electro with machinist bass music into a cold-blooded and carefully programmed record, for the mind and for the floor.

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A1 Alex Jann - Psy Culture
A2 Alex Jann - Data Exploit
A3 Alex Jann - Infomaterial
B1 Alex Jann - Kill Disk
B2 Alex Jann - Let Us Control Your Mind

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On a futuristic backdrop of piercing electro and sinister machinefunk, Alex Jann lands on Mechatronica with a dystopian vision of the weaponised nature of software, and its mind-altering powers to exert control through data exploitation and infomaterial manipulation.

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A1 Black Dot - Morality Of Violence
A2 Black Dot - Black Dot (Version X)
A3 Black Dot - Black Dot (Cardopusher remix)
B1 Black Dot - Kiss Of The Leaf
B2 Black Dot - Hatred
B3 Black Dot - Autumn Remembrance

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Induced with hopelessness by power structures from the future, Black Dot lands on Mechatronica White with a deep rooted urge to wrestle institutions, soak in isolation and escape into the cosmos. Backed by an all consuming Cardopusher remix.

Black Dot is a collaborative effort by Christian Kroupa and Le Chocolat Noir.

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A1 Luz1e - Intro
A2 Luz1e - Escapism
A3 Luz1e feat. DALO - Sonic Impact
B1 Luz1e feat. DALO - Language Of The Unheard
B2 Luz1e feat. DALO - Sensitivity
B3 Luz1e - Sensory Perception

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Luz1e debuts on Mechatronica with a breakout blend of delicate electro and dystopian machinefunk, carefully reinforced by DALO's haunting vocals and drenched in futuristic atmosphere

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A1 /DL/MS/ - Canvas
A2 /DL/MS/ - _? ??
A3 /DL/MS/ - IC-1101
B1 /DL/MS/ - Play With Us
B2 /DL/MS/ - Come Again
B3 /DL/MS/ - S.I.T.G

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/DL/MS/ debuts on Mechatronica with a radiant blend of forward-thinking electro cuts and futuristic bass music.

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A1 Credit 00 - Let It Roll
A2 Credit 00 - Islamatronic
B1 Credit 00 - Streets
B2 Credit 00 - Electromotive Force


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Merciless machine funk, haunting soundscapes and rugged electro styles, drenched in concrete and vigorously fortified by the iconic German producer's sonic development through 90s street culture. Credit 00 moves like no one else.

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A1 Ben Pest - 8 Octavial
A2 Ben Pest - Amirite
B1 Ben Pest - VCS Wig
B2 Ben Pest - Strict Saws

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Ben Pest debuts on Berlin's Mechatronica with four lethal electro cuts, built to morph minds and move bodies.

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