Brexit or not, London just isn't easy. Frustrated Funk, high drama by design... Na mean?

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Returning to Houndstooth a year since the release of his One Sound / Layer Lock EP is Second Storey. After spending most of 2015 focussing on his collaboration with Laurence Osbourne - Second Storey & Appleblim present ALSO - over at R&S Records, Alec Storey came back into the fold as part of the Houndstooth 3rd anniversary compilation earlier this year. Now he returns to the label in full with a gleaming new EP, Bismuth. Initialising the release, title track Bismuth takes inspiration from a documentary on the visually impressive metal. Affected by its angular, complex 3D elements and fluid like structures the music itself mirrors the element’s appearance deploying the intricate precision of IDM creating its own multiplex of textures.Melodic poly rhythms and chord structures define the track from the outset which work neatly with Storey’s trademark tight percussion, which sits in that golden spot between bass and electro. Bringing the tempo up a couple of notches, Grand Rapid lives up to its title. Urgent in nature, it reflects the environment it was created in - crafted on a laptop while speeding through the countryside on a train. Propelled by its ever-present bassline groove, percussive elements speed and whir by in this pacey venture.
Finally, Helicat completes the EP, built around the interplay between the main riff and synth percussion elements; from the outset bit-crushed bass drops and pommels out an electro-esque off beat rhythm while the synth line gives its circling answer.

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Formerly known as Al Tourettes, and half of R&S's ALSO (alongside Appleblim), Alec Storey unveiled his Second Storey project in 2013. 'One Sound' is the second single from his debut LP 'Double Divide', and intertwines Second Storey's electro and bass music influences over six restless, bouncy minutes. Brand new 'Layer Lock' is equally frenetic, but echoes IDM in its micro-melodies and unconventional structure. Two of Storey's idols take up remix duties. Luke Vibert provides a sampladelic version of 'One Sound', adding splashes of colour in the finest cut 'n' paste style. Meanwhile Cristian Vogel transforms 'Layer Lock' into a shape-shifting head-nodder whose rhythmical shifts delight and confound in equal measure. The 12" is cut to 180g vinyl by Matt Colton, and limited to 500 copies.

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Tracklisting
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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Tracklisting:
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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Tracklisting:
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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Tracklisting:
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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Tracklisting:
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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2022 Repress

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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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Tracklisting:
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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Tracklisting:
A1 No Moon - No Way Back
A2 No Moon - Small Moves
A3 No Moon - Go 2 Bed
B1 No Moon - Vegetarian At The BBQ
B2 No Moon - All Roads Lead to Here

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No Moon returns to Mechatronica with an intricate blend of tripped-out machinefunk, colorful breaks, obscure bass music slo-chuggers and outsider electro, following up on his Sirens EP from 2018 on the Berlin based label and collective.

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Zeta Reticula returns for his third release on Mechatronica with a dystopian blend of cold machinefunk and ominious electro rollers.

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2022 repress

The ever-potent duo returns to Mechatronica with a fistful of murky electro bangers, following up on their Vapour Waves EP released on the Berlin label last year. Watch your bins!

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Four years after Nuova Napoli, Nu Genea are back with Bar Mediterraneo, a new album and journey, which projects the
sounds of the Neapolitan duo formed by Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina even further.
Nu Genea's Bar Mediterraneo is an idea of a shared place where people meet and fuse together; a space that leaves its
doors open to travellers and their lives, always exposed to the whims of fate. Some of this can be experienced through the
multitude of sounds that come together in the tracks, layers of different acoustic instruments, voices and synthesizers
merging in a unique musical blend.
Opening up to the voices of many different people, separated by languages but united by the sea and the music, Nu
Genea's hometown, Napoli, becomes a true place of encounter.
You can hear this all along. In "Gelbi", a gorgeously deep and propulsive Ney flute plunges into murky waters of the
melancholic Tunisian dialect sung by Marzouk Mejri. In "Marechia'", unbridled happiness and sun ooze from the delicate
vocals of Célia Kameni and create an acrobatic bridge between French and Neapolitan language. In "Straniero", your
soul is arrested from the moment the slow spell-binding mandolin ignites the hypnotic patterns recorded by the legendary
Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. In "Bar Mediterraneo", the title track, bittersweet guitar’s riffs, analog waves and choirs are
overwhelming the song giving you what you would like to hear on a boat trip along the Amalfi Coast.
Nu Genea couldn't afford to overlook their firmly anchored roots into the Neapolitan culture and its dialect with "Tienaté",
where the power of neapolitan language (interpreted by Fabiana Martone) supports those quarter-tone strings and the
uncessant folk-disco groove that spreads to the entire song. In "Praja Magia", repetitive mandolin riffs lead the song,
giving space to a choral yet tight vocal line that speaks of Varcaturo, a village close to Napoli. In "Rire", a volley of poetic,
deceptively laidback, lyrical fury interpreted by Sicilian Marco Castello intimately combines with a highly musical, multitextured
instrumental backbone and the swoon of a chanson in its heart. In "La Crisi'', the lyrics of a Raffaele Viviani’s
poem from 1930 have been adapted to a laidback jazz-funk groove in full NG style. In "Vesuvio", revaluing the evocative
verses and powerful mantra of Vesuvio, Nu Genea re-adapted to the dancefloor a folk song by the working-class band E’
Zezi from Pomigliano D'Arco, combining the voices of a school choir with Jupiter-6 arpeggios and bold percussions.
Bar Mediterraneo is the place where people constantly return to transform curiosity into participation, tradition into
sharing, unfamiliar into familiar. When travellers come through its “doors”, carrying their treasures of words and emotions,
they aren’t strangers any more. They take part in a shared experience, enriching themselves and others by leading to
unexpected musical journeys.

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A1. Bar Mediterraneo
A2. Tienaté
A3. Gelbi (with Marzouk Mejri)
A4. Marechià (with Célia Kameni)
A5. Straniero
B1. Praja Magia
B2. Vesuvio
B3. Rire
B4. La Crisi

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Pure Virgin EP, compiling 3 original tracks that were produce by Vietnamese artist "TrinhNu" during the most intense lockdown in Vietnam, is considered as a love letter to the early 90s dance music - unconventional, progressive and fearlessly fun. “A Shout Going Out” kicks off as a quasi-breakbeat House track, accompanied by the nostalgic samples. “The Cliffhanger”, inspired by European proto-Trance, offers a mystical ambience and a darker atmosphere to the club. On the other side, peak-time “Tu Nay” is the journey of ravey sounds with euphoric M1 synth-lines and classic samples. Liquid Earth guides “Tu Nay” into an orbit around a trippier and richer sphere of Tech House.

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2024 Repress

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A1 Rene Wise - Sucker Punch
A2 Rene Wise - Lucky Number 7
B1 Rene Wise - Devil in The Saloon
B2 Rene Wise - Gorilla

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British tour de force Rene Wise is an exciting talent synonymous with hair-raising and hard-nosed Techno. A name that's been confidently claiming its stake in common lexicon with a passion for polyrhythms, forward-looking frequencies and kaleidoscopic beats. It's the mind-expanding potential of his favourite genre that forms the basis of his new vinyl release on Bassiani Records. Drawing on personal experiences of the psychedelic sort, he also cites the role of atmosphere and spatial configuration in the making of his sound, in his own words: 'the space that the music is presented in, is hugely important and there are some very unique and special spaces in the world that capture the true essence of how techno music should be experienced. Bassiani is one of these places.' Well that praise goes both ways, it's hard to imagine a more fitting EP for the club. This four track release is both an homage to the Bassiani floor and a powerful dive into a trippy realm of Techno Wise has spent his years as a musician diligently exploring. A third eye journey across oscillating soundscapes and sonic horizons from the trailblazing techno wunderkind.

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One of the biggest, breakbeat channelling stompers out there, courtesy of the in-demand duo Borai and Denham Audio, finally gets an official release with three fiery remixes via Room Two Recordings. A track that’s ripped through airwaves and club dancefloors alike, ‘Make Me’ has all the hallmarks of a future classic. Doused in Amen breaks, rattling subs, rave stabs and an instantly recognizable mid ‘80s Donna Allen sample. Together the track feels like a long forgotten rave anthem from the ‘90s with its mix of high intensity breaks and soulful vocals.

With the original sample cleared, three producers step up to remix this undeniable anthem. First Sheffield’s Big Ang with her Rave To The Grave remix, playing homage to her hometown with a bassline and bleep flavoured rework. Mani Festo then hits hyperspace with his glitched out, jungle warper, before Paul Sirrell closes out proceedings serving up a huge slice of piano house heat.

DJ Support:
Peggy Gou, Prospa, Special Request, Annie Mac, DJ Seinfeld, Kolsch

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Tracklisting:
A1 Creeds - Push Up
A2 Creeds - Slap The Bassline
B1 Creeds - Stolen Memories
B2 Creeds - Get Your Mom Down

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