After a quarter century of nearly nonstop activity, dystopian Detroit synth-punk institution ADULT. have perfected a strain of stylistic cohesion in the album format, "but for this we wanted something that's falling apart." Becoming Undone, the 9th official full-length by cofounders Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller, explicitly succeeds in this aim, simultaneously rejecting and reflecting the planetary discord that inspired it. Begun in the latter half of 2020 against a backdrop of unprecedented flux and seismic isolation, the duo kickstarted their muse by sourcing fresh additions to the rig: a vocal loop pedal for Kuperus and Roland percussion pads for Miller. Reconnecting with legacy influences like the politicized industrial percussion of Test Department and the queasy miscreant synthetics of TG's 20 Jazz Funk Greats sparked a series of fruitfully frenetic sessions, centered on themes of impermanence and dissonance. Miller's rationale is blunt: "We weren't interested in melody or harmony since we didn't see the world having that." From the tense technoid blitz of "Undoing / Undone" to the twitchy EBM of "Fools (We Are_)" and "I Am Nothing," the sides bristle with strident acidic revolt and black leather sequential circuits, unhinged and unforgiving. Elsewhere, slower tempos of purgatorial unraveling ("Normative Sludge," "She's Nice Looking") showcase a breadth of vocal FX, Kuperus sounding alternately indignant and possessed, decrying the crimes, fears, and failings of a deluded world. Throughout, the band's chemistry crackles with revulsion and strobe-lit dissent, equal parts exorcism and denunciation. "Humans have always been pretty terrible," Kuperus explains. "But every year the compromises of culture just accelerate." Becoming Undone is also freighted with a more personal pain, as Kuperus' father passed away during the height of the pandemic, just before the album took root. As his hospice caretakers, she and Miller faced the banality of finality, surrounded by objects drained of meaning, "the joy of having a body, but also the drudgery of having one." The record's bewitching closing track, "Teeth Out Pt. II" - which happens to be the first ADULT. song in the group's history without drums - speaks to this sense of doomed corporeal mass and the looming, lightless unknown that binds us all. A seasick haze swells and subsides in slow, low waves, flickering with ring modulation, above which Kuperus sings in a dazed, brooding, transcendent state, as if having finally glimpsed beyond the pale: "Some day / some day I will be silent and free / of this relentless gravity." More

Millennial dream boy Gen-Y and his twisted takes on everything! With his roots in Iran, hailing from Berlin he goes deep in, mixing up styles like Kanye mixes up opinions. On this follow-up Ep to the critically acclaimed Saturn Flow Ep from 2021, he keeps it funky and upbeat! On the opener Dreamboy, he collabs with Estonian singer Maryn E. Coote and takes the dancers on a smooth ride with a touch of 80's proto-house, electronic funk sound and vocals from Maryn's original version. River of Light and Time Of Death are proper flowing electro-funkers while Type 0.7 and Rari Jack ft. DJ Ebhardy are proper jackin Dj favorites! Closer Kirby Step takes the term 'funky acid' to another level. When you make tunes that are this cool there is no need to stick to one style... just enjoy what the universe transmits to the ether and vibe along! More

Powerful and alienating electro-techno tracks from PRZ! The Synthetic man gives us a little view of how his LFO Brain works and delivers a fierce follow-up on his 1st release on Clone. Hot tip! More

Clone Records releases the new sci-fi electro-techno album by The Exaltics. Its the 3rd album project for Clone Records after the 2014 "Some Other Place" and critically acclaimed 2019 album "2 Worlds". The Exaltics deliver an album full of futuristic modern techno tracks with beautiful distant atmospheres, alienating techno tracks and energetic robotic electro beats and a critical view on the current state of affairs on our home planet. More

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Re-issue of the amazing Sumerian Fleet 5 track ep full of big dark wave inspired tracks. The perfect sound track for a movie such as Irreversible. Scary, haunting and dirty! Do we hear some influences of The Cure? Liaisons Dangereuses? Adult.? Front 242?, John Fox?. By far the most inspiring electro release we've have heard in a while with its crazy industrial drive and dirty machine funk and robotic synths. Btw check out that last track Blech Erkrankung... That track alone is worth buying this record! Big. More

EDO8 aka Mr. Portamento, part of Doubledutch and half of the Cosmic Force (who had their debut on Clone Records in 1998!). Edo8 comes back with solo work on the Clone West Coats Series! After years of relative silence the dutch electro master hits back hard with this funked up 6 tracker of pure machine funk!. Techno, House and Electro rooted in the classics.... the undoubtable influences of early Detroit techno, Kraftwerk and 80's electro are present and stirred to a unique blend which results in Edo8's signature sound carefully developed and crafted over the last 25 years. More

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Volume 2 of the Exaltics triptych for Clone West Coast series. More

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Third and final part in The Exaltics' Some Other Place tryptich for Clone West Coast Series.

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The Exaltics make their debut on Clone Westcoast Series. This the first volume in a triptych of their stark, futuristic sound yet showing a more melancholic and introspective side this time. You can almost hear the longing for other places. More

Re-issue of The Hasbeens "Make The World Go Away". 3 timeless energetic Mechanical Disco tracks with dark new-wave/synth atmosphere. Remastered versions of the already heavy 2006 collab by Alden Tyrell and DJ Overdose now on the Clone West Coast Series. More

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The Detroit Party Train ain't stopping yet! 5 more classic Detroit in Effect tracks to Shake it a lil' faster! More

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The third and final part of the N.T.A. triptych by Versalife! Another amazing ep with 4 tracks that are like the night. Dark, sinister and intense! Electro/techno tracks as we like'em! More

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First part in the triptych of Versalife! Pure intense atmospheric electro techno tracks constructed on the costal areas of the dutch west coast. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do! (The following Versalife releases 06.2 and 06.3 are scheduled for the next 2 following months). More

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Versalife's N.T.A. part 2 is taking us further down deep into the night! This is some of the at widest, cleanest, most absorbing electro, techno tracks we've heard in a while! Especially the b-side tracks oozes twilight suave and atmosphere with its precise electro pulse and caressing midnight sounds. Versalife is creating a setting with sounds radiating the midnight atmosphere that reflects the twin peak-esque life on a almost deserted windy dutch coastal island where the clouds rush through the dark night time skies projecting all variations of grey and black on the mystifying dunes. Futuristic electro techno tracks with emotive synth work created with exploratory imagination. Very much recommended!

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The Men You'll Never See are back once again! Detroit In Effect's classic Unseen EP updated for 2019. Includes the Detroit Electrotechno anthem "R U Married". More

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The Detroit Party Train brings you more Detroit In Effect Classics Remastered for 2019. More

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1 8000 MILES DEEP (D.I.E. REMIX)
2 ANOTHER WORLD UNDERNEATH (ANIMISTIC BELIEFS REMIX)
3 SKYWAY CHASE (LEGOWELT REMIX)
4 ITS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE (THE EXALTICS INFILTRATION MIX)

A heavyweight remix compilation of tracks from The Exaltics' "2 Worlds" album. Detroit In Effect reworks "8000 Miles Deep" in true Motorcity style. Animistic Beliefs turn their hand on "Another World Underneath" in their signature analog style. Legowelt turns "Skyway Chase" in to a true westcoast stomper. The EP is rounded of with a new track from The Exaltics. More

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Fierce electro/techno by PRZ who beams down his intergalactic 'Wishmaker EP'. An amalgam of influences ranging from Electro, Detroit Techno and Italo Disco make for a classic Clone signature Ep that blends perfectly with stablemates such as Alden Tyrell, Detroit In Effect and The Exaltics on the Clone West Coast Series. Recommended! More

Powerful electro tunes on this new The Exaltics / Paris the Black Fu collaboration on the Clone West Coast Series. The 'Dis turb ance int he Tim eline' is a post apocalyptic electronic soundtrack for a world where nuclear mist, cyberatt acks and disinformation camp aigns hav e tran sform edso ciet y. W eex ist , re s istt he th rea t! !! More