Following on from September's "Sonic Underworld EP" by Shlomi Aber & Kashpitzky, James Ruskin's label delivers another first as Chloe Lula presents her Blueprint Records debut with the "Torpor EP".Her debut on Blueprint, "Torpor" is a reflection of her stylistic evolution, bringing the sounds of ambience and synths into a clean, contemporary techno framework.

Chloe is a resident DJ at Tresor. She's played at Berghain, Boiler Room, Khidi, Movement weekend in Detroit, and countless clubs, festivals and parties across Asia, Europe, and North and South America alongside artists like Kanding Ray, Helena Hauff and Lewis Fautzi, becoming known for atmospheric, acidic sets that dig deep into the niche recesses of techno. In addition to her career as a DJ and producer, Lula is a cellist-her debut instrumental full-length will be out on James Ginzburg's Subtext label in November 2024-and the senior producer of Resident Advisor, where she hosts and curates panels and interviews as a broadcast journalist at festivals like Nuits Sonores, Dekmantel, Unsound, Rewire and more.

Her debut on Blueprint, "Torpor" is a reflection of her stylistic evolution, bringing the sounds of ambience and synths into a clean, contemporary techno framework. A lifelong reader, each track-and the EP's name itself-pays homage to a book or piece of writing that has been influential in her development as a writer and an artist.



Tracklist
A1. Chloe Lula - Pattern Recognition
A2. Chloe Lula - Recoil

B1. Chloe Lula - Smiling In Slow Motion
B2. Chloe Lula - Magnesium


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A1 Lakej - In Contrast
A2 Lakej - Persona Non Grata
A3 Lakej - Powers Of Corruption
A4 Lakej - To The Core
A5 Lakej - Enmity
A6 Lakej - Age Of Violence
B1 Lakej - Velvet Morning
B2 Lakej - Forced Trigger
B3 Lakej - Indoctrination
B4 Lakej - Within Range
B5 Lakej - Ascension
B6 Lakej - Framework

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It's been a tough fight worth fighting as we all drive along betting on another day.
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A1 Maasym - Fallen Into The Hereafter
A2 Maasym - Distal Pinnae
A3 Maasym - Secunda
A4 Maasym - Swamp Margin
A5 Maasym - Kaocto
A6 Maasym - Dahlien
A7 Maasym - Through Agonistic Behaviour
B1 Maasym - Takahe
B2 Maasym - Ants Burrow Their Way In
B3 Maasym - Lutter
B4 Maasym - Deserteure
B5 Maasym - Peruvian Lily
B6 Maasym - Absorbing Grey Tones

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***
It is all ash
and dry leaves
and grief gone.
We are the hunted.
***

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A1 DisX3 - Binary Structures
A2 DisX3 - Lost Coordinates
B1 DisX3 - Resonance Studies
B2 DisX3 - Oscillating Matter

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***
it was going to be all grey.
at last.
for a while.
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A1 Dimi Angelis - X-Ray Eyes
A2 Dimi Angelis - Satellite Walk
B1 Dimi Angelis - Wild Bird
B2 Dimi Angelis - Strobosonic

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The morning kept coming on in and there was nothing we could do.

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A1 SHXCXCHCXSH - QQQQ
A2 SHXCXCHCXSH - QQQE
B1 SHXCXCHCXSH - QQQA
B2 SHXCXCHCXSH - QQQI

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as the shadows assume
shapes
we fight the slow
retreat

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A1 Pyramidal Decode - Fighter
A2 Pyramidal Decode - Inferno
B1 Pyramidal Decode - Dominio
B2 Pyramidal Decode - Trasformazione

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***
We only asked for leopards
to guard
our thinning dreams.
Run with the hunted.
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A1 Roll Dann - Echoes of you
A2 Roll Dann - Fading lights
A3 Roll Dann - The Black Orchard
B1 Roll Dann - Paradox of Desire
B2 Roll Dann - Shadows of admiration

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***
there's no clarity.
there was never meant to be clarity.
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A1 PWCCA - Dweller of darkness
A2 PWCCA - Beings and prophecies
B1 PWCCA - Sprouts from the grave
B2 PWCCA - Alacife
C1 PWCCA - The Offspring
C2 PWCCA - Under the black tower
C3 PWCCA - The tree from its roots
D1 PWCCA - Legions and splendor
D2 PWCCA - Ashes of the coven

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***
My heart is a thousand years old.
I am not like other people.
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A1 UVB - Mixtion
A2 UVB - Second Life
B1 UVB - Anxiety
B2 UVB - Supertronic
C1 UVB - Zakajèn
C2 UVB - Five O
D1 UVB - Psihòza
D2 UVB - Cardiff Luv


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- 2025 repress

Including the big hit "Mixtion"!
Originally released in 2014.

***
I walked away from the mirror.
It was morning, it was afternoon,
it was night.

Nothing changed,
it was locked in place.

I was born for this.
Shot like a flower in the dance.

***

Early support by: Blawan, Perc, Clouds, James Ruskin, Truss, Pfirter, Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer, Drumcell, He/aT, P.E.A.R.L., Slam, ROD, Lucy, AnD, Gary Beck, Paul Birken, Exium, Ansome, Sawf, Henning Baer, Dustin Zahn, Objekt, Adam X, Rebekah, Norman Nodge, Markus Suckut, Jonas Kopp, Marcel Dettmann, Takaaki Itoh,...

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2025 Repress

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A1 The Advent - TK421
A2 The Advent - Clap Trap
B1 The Advent - Bad Transfer
B2 The Advent - Mugger Scum

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The place is now
let us accept the time forever
and you'll wear your silver shoes.
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A1 Endplate - Dead Sheep
A2 Endplate - Nobody in Charge
B1 Endplate - Acid in Food
B2 Endplate - Plastic Inside

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***
I was born
to hustle roses
down the avenue
of the dead.
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2ß25 repress

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A1 Mathys Lenne - Vol De Nuit
A2 Mathys Lenne feat. Maris Shilton - The Impact
B1 Mathys Lenne - The Door Of Perception
B2 Mathys Lenne - A Chemical Love Story

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***
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is light somewhere.
***

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A1 Radial & Bas Mooy - Jacht
A2 Boyd Schidt - SAD VAR
B1 Mu¨zmin - Crocket
B2 Michal Wolski - Flow
C1 Temudo - Leaving the Old Flesh
C2 Kerrie - Hidden Agenda
D1 Rommek - Vaporized
D2 Viels - Saturnalia
E1 Roll Dann - Human Furniture
E2 Endlec - Vomv
F1 Earwax - The Extraordinary
F2 Liza Aikin - Linden
G1 Shaney & Zadig - Downwards
G2 Operator - Vector Tunnel
H1 Mathys Lenne - The Road is Wider Than Long
H2 Time Traveler - Astaroth 4

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Mord
Rotterdam
Herdersmat
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A1 Metapattern - Lost Tapes
A2 Metapattern - Begin
A3 Metapattern - Exosphere
A4 Metapattern - Kinabalu
A5 Metapattern - Strata
A6 Metapattern - Swarm
B1 Metapattern - Dreams
B2 Metapattern - Trins
B3 Metapattern - Pendulum
B4 Metapattern - Replenish
B5 Metapattern - Fluidity
B6 Metapattern - Resolution

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Lost days,
lost fades,
lost tapes,
lost shades.
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A1 Casual Treatment - Passage Dans La Salle du Temps
A2 Casual Treatment - Voices From Beyond
A3 Casual Treatment - Upset at Symbols
A4 Casual Treatment - Sins & Secrets
A5 Casual Treatment - Requesting Quiet
A6 Casual Treatment - Pressure Unit
B1 Casual Treatment - Black Box Revelation
B2 Casual Treatment - Timeline
B3 Casual Treatment - While My Guitar
B4 Casual Treatment - Failure Analysis
B5 Casual Treatment - A Disenchanted World
B6 Casual Treatment - Illumine
B7 Casual Treatment - System Integration

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manufactured
in heaven
to create
your own hell
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A1 Amorphic & Tensal - AT4 - The Sleepwalker
A2 Amorphic & Tensal - AT3
B1 Amorphic & Tensal - AT5
B2 Amorphic & Tensal - AT6

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***
blind men
walk through the skin
of another life.
feeling shadows,
it is morning.
***

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For our fourth release, we welcome Basel-based producer Ben Kaczor. ‘To Baby Bones’ showcases the tracks produced as part of Ben’s first live set presented at Above Below Festival in 2024.

Written as a homage to a loved one, the title track of the EP is a gentle soundscape traveling through memories and subtle body shivers, far away yet never out of heart’s reach. ‘Bridge’, as if hung high above, suffuses the air with a thick emotional haze, lifting slowly as a walk along a fragile structure ends. Wistfully transforming present into past, ‘This Blue Light’ melds with the orange glow of the sun and dissolves into a white cloud. Driving and fizzy ‘Punchbag’ brings all the dreamers down to earth. Immersing them straight into the buzzing front left, it buoyantly concludes an ode to the melody of life and the joy of a loving heart — To Baby Bones.

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Dream Sonic Research kicks off its self-titled imprint with a debut release of four tracks crafted for forward-thinking dancefloors. Ethernal Horizons opens with deep techno textures, 303 acid squelches and immersive ambient layers. Alchemic brings a vintage mood, a straight-to-the-point melody and ’80s-inspired snares, delivering a hard-hitting, dancefloor-ready cut. On the flip side, Bleep Systems fuses Italian-progressive basslines with UK-style bleep rhythms, before the closing track Information Superhighway drives into faster territories, offering precise, hypnotic tools for movement. A first step for the artist and the label, and a clear statement of intent.

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A1 Stallo - Bleenthal
A2 Stallo - Wavoom (Takaaki Itoh remix)
B1 Stallo - Wavoom
B2 Stallo - Bleenthal [Reinvented] (Fabio Florido remix)

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Swiss-born, Berlin-based artist Stallo makes his anticipated vinyl debut on Casanova Bar Records with Mifepan EP.

After first appearing on the label in 2020 with a contribution to [CBB007] a digital VA, he now returns as the main artist on [CBR008], delivering two original tracks that define his signature sound.

The EP opens with Bleenthal, a hypnotic journey built on rolling drums and immersive textures. On the flip, "Wavoom" pulsates with a constantly evolving synth, pushing forward with relentless energy.
Elevating the release, Japanese techno legend Takaaki Itoh delivers a raw and powerful remix of Wavoom, while Italian innovator Fabio Florido reinvents Bleenthal with his cutting-edge sound design.
Mifepan EP is a bold statement from Stallo, an immersive exploration of deep grooves and evolving driving textures.

Written and produced by Fabrizio Stallone in Berlin, in 2024!
Remixes by Takaaki Itoh and Fabio Florido.
Mastered by Koschitzky Mastering
Cover by Stallo Artwork by Laia Flynn

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A1 Feph - A Realisation
A2 Rasser - Constant Pulse
B1 Mathys Lenne - A Gentle Singularity
B2 Xhato - Lemon Swirl

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"Mary Yuzovskaya's Monday Off rounds out 2025 with its eighth vinyl-only various artists compilation, arriving 12th December, featuring Feph, Rasser, Mathys Lenne, and Xhato.

Opening the record is Florida's Feph, co-operator of Alchemista Records and Zosimos, with 'A Realization', where wild electric currents crackle over a subtle, sharp beat as shocks and zaps scatter into the darkness. Spanish DJ and producer Rasser follows with 'Constant Pulse', a hulking techno chugger of warped rhythms and hammering metallic hits. On the flip, France-born Germany-based Mathys Lenne, known for outings on Mord, ORBE, and Blue Hour, offers 'A Gentle Singularity', its tumbling percussion and drone-like synth casting a hypnotic spell while sparkling high-end shimmers above. Previous Monday Off contributor Xhato then closes with 'Lemon Swirl', a mystical finisher where soft sequences snake through brooding ambience, providing a guiding light as the kick drum marches resolutely."

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A1 Suon||ncisi - 003-002 A
B1 Suon||ncisi - 003-002 B

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Ancient passages
for golden talismans,
iron converts on illuminated slabs, vapors to the sky and tribal songs
among towers never touched by an eye.
Earthly history wanders
still
on unwritten runes.

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A1 Avant.OCS & Red Rooms - PULSAR
A2 Avant.OCS & Red Rooms - CLOCKWORK
B1 Avant.OCS & Red Rooms - AXIS ROTATION
B2 Avant.OCS & Red Rooms - BLADE

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Avant.OCS & Red Rooms return with "Clockwork". Four functional techno cuts where hypnotic tension and raw atmospheres converge, blending the distinct signatures of both artists into a precise and immersive EP.

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A1 Luigi Tozzi - Yavin 4 (Ambient Mix)
A2 Luigi Tozzi - Yavin 4
B1 Luigi Tozzi - Binary Sunset
B2 Luigi Tozzi - Wobani

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- 2025 repress -

180 grams black vinyl repress - comes in hand-stamped Kraft sleeve.

Early support from Alan Backdrop, Cio D'Or, Deepbass, Ness, Svreca, Mod21, Slam, Oscar Mulero, Patrick Siech, Refracted, TM404, A Sacred Geometry, Etapp Kyle, Exium, Iori, Jonas Kopp, Kwartz, Retina.IT, Takaaki Itoh, Eric Cloutier, Brando Lupi and Dasha Rush to name a few.

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Wild by nature, the Does of the Florian Pellissier Quintet could never be contained in a creative pen that would have forced them never to cross potential geographical limits. Travelers, spending their energy without restraint to let the hard bop of their jazz wander and export itself wherever the groove guided them, they went as far as Africa or South America, from the Cape of Good Hope to Rio. Rio, precisely where, for their last appearance, exposure to a brief electric current had carried them into outer space. A revelation.
Furious strides, exhausting gambols, the Does had done so much that they could not escape the obvious call of calm and serenity. Freed from distances, and after a stop in Colombia to mingle with the crowd at the Barranquilla carnival, it was California and its Pacific coast they reached, to rest before the peaceful immensity of the ocean.
One hundred sixty-five million square kilometers, an infinite expanse to contemplate in order to fling wide open the gates to an even vaster space. A spiritual domain conducive to the search for new sounds. That of the open sea, where measuring miles is neither relevant nor meaningful, and where the only compass becomes the musical tracks the Does follow.
Beneath their coppery hooves, to the crystalline sound of the Fender Rhodes and the sweep of electric layers, the path to take revealed itself in this meditative and abstract realm they had never before explored. Invited to join the purely organic textures, the synthetic notes distilled a few aromas of sweetness into an album of ten tracks, where the FPQ abandoned written scores on some pieces in order to be guided only by the inspiration born of a newfound freedom.
Blue when they began their journey five albums ago, their coat has now taken on the colors that illuminate the Pacific coast. That moment when, as you gaze at the horizon swallowing the sun, only glowing shades filter through—reddish, orange, violet.
Departing without haste or frenzy from one of the shores bordering the ocean, the voices of Archie Shepp, Iggy Pop, and DjeuhDjoah still resonating in their antlers, the Does may now be on the opposite shore. Carried all the way to the Japanese coast by Hokusai’s wave…

TRACKLIST:
A1. The Weed
A2. Carnaval de Barranquilla
A3. Archie et John ft. Archie Shepp
A4. The Movie Critic
A5. La Naissance de la Comédie
B1. Wonderful World Leaders
B2. Pacifiques Biches
B3. Only Fan ft. Iggy Pop
B4. Où C’est Qui sait ft. DjeuhDjoah

Bonus Track (Only on CD)
10. Jazz Myst (Pacifiques Biches Original Sketches)


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Following our acclaimed Chez Damier release, Skylax proudly welcomes back the brilliant Byron The Aquarius. A true craftsman from Alabama, Byron blends the spirit of Detroit's deep house with live jazz energy, echoing legends like Theo Parrish and Moodymann. This new EP, Afrofuturism, is a statement of intent: four deeply musical tracks rooted in soulful rhythm and cosmic funk. From the spiritual groove of the title track to the introspective dub of Sunday’s Ain’t The Same, this is Byron in top form — keys blazing, grooves flowing. With past releases on Sound Signature, Axis, Eglo, Apron, and Shall Not Fade, Byron’s music continues to light up the underground from Detroit to Berlin. Artwork by H5 – the legendary studio behind visuals for Daft Punk, Air, and Vitalic. Whether you’re a house head or jazz lover, Afrofuturism is a timeless piece for real dancers and dreamers. Strictly for the heads. Vinyl only. No repress. Skylax Records.

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A1 Oscar Mulero - The body
A2 Oscar Mulero - Like a black rainbow
B1 Oscar Mulero - Golden dome
B2 Oscar Mulero - Sacred place

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