Pick your poison! Skream bites down for Steel City Dance Discs Volume 23. The Croydon (London, U.K.) native strikes hard with a 3-track injection of heaving dance floor venom. A motley of pumping rhythms courses through the veins of this EP as he reaches into his diverse repertoire of soundscapes. The record opens up with Doolally – a euphoric House shaker intoxicated with nostalgia. Now in its grip, Space Ghetto swells up with tight breaks and aching bass; the tune is peppered with head nods to early hardcore tropes and a voice recording of Big Miz. Symptoms persist with Drago The Destroyer, which finishes us off with a rapid onslaught of chest thumping kicks and off-kilter synth rushes. More

A man of many talents Skream makes a welcomed debut on the mighty Crosstown Rebels with the epic ‘Still Lemonade’ including a remix from the stupendous Redshape. A masterpiece for the peak time dancefloor ‘Still Lemonade’ sees melodic and emotive synth lines flow over rolling percussions with a powerful breakdown and build destined to make the crowd erupt. Over on the flip Redshape adds a grumble in the bassline, playing with the track for an intricate and subtle build but keeping in line with the original it soon progresses into a high intensity dance floor bomb. A fantastic double header of a release and destined for big things! Londoner Oliver Jones aka Skream is off to a flying start in 2015, working on his Crosstown LP, curating his own nights at XOYO for three months on a weekly basis and continuing his popular Radio 1 show where he covers everything from disco to techno. Starting out as one of dubstep’s first most prominent and prolific producers he then went on to achieve commercial success and critical acclaim with Magnetic Man alongside Artwork and Benga reaching no.5 in the UK Album Chart and reaching no.10 in the UK Singles Chart. Berlin resident, Redshape is a man of mysterious identity wearing a red mask for all of his shows. His impressive live act has seen him play at the likes of DC10 and Panorama Bar and releases can be found on Delsin, Music Man, Running Back and Styrax Leaves. More

Is there anything left to say about Oliver ‘Skream’ Jones the original Dub-step wonder kid that hasn’t already been said, probably not, but for those of you that don’t know here’s a brief history. Skream is one of the founder members of the then UK’s Dubstep movement alongside Digital Mystikz, Benga, Loefah, Kode9 etc and has taken the scene from its original darkest depths of Croydon to the top of the worldwide charts in less than 7 years. Currently one third of the chart topping super group ‘Magnetic Man’ alongside Artwork and Benga, the latter with whom he has travelled the globe DJing, selling out clubs, gigs and festivals wherever they go and who now have a semi regular prime time dance show on BBC Radio 1 showcasing the freshest and heaviest Dubstep joints. I think it’s safe to say without Skream the world of Dubstep would be in a very, very different place. Although some of Skream’s recent productions are finding their way onto daytime radio he has always been an ambassador of hard experimental underground UK dance music and this is exactly what he has delivered for DEEP MEDi. Gritty & Phatty Drummer are his second release for Mala’s (label and showcase Skream’s unquestionable production talent and ear for some of the coldest, stripped back skeletal rhythms around, both tracks are packed with enough dread and sub-weight to give you nightmares, strictly soundsystem music…
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Retina.it debut on Nonplus Records, with five tracks of analogue driven Techno/Electronic music More

Charles Duff and Daniel Fisher have known each other since well before their respective forays into dance music. They serendipitously crossed paths at some point in the early 2010s with mutual friends in the NYC club kid scene. Shortly thereafter they realised they both were keen to ditch the vapid hipster bullshit that had fueled their early careers thus far in order to pursue something pure: techno. Mind you, this was at a time when it was not terribly cool to be into underground dance music. If anything, they both were greeted with massive skepticism from their peers but that didn't ultimately deter them. Both went from relative obscurity to regular slots at Berghain. And for two American kids musing in a pathetic bedroom studio, this was nothing short of a dream come true. A prophecy had been fulfilled. The two tried their hands at numerous attempts at collaboration over a 5 year period but nothing seemed to stick. Most of it sucked horrendously according to them. But not on this occasion. The stars finally came into alignment and they were able to execute a concise group of tracks that finally made sense together. Which brings us to Threads. Threads, an homage to the uber-dystopian BBC docudrama from the 80s, sums up their dynamic approach to tracks. It's an alienating, sinister take on techno that somehow manages to not fully lose faith in dire times. Much like life today. More

Emerging from the wake of his sold out release with Zehnin Records, Paleman continues his experiments with textural and visceral modular music exploration for his debut 3 track EP for Nonplus Records. A side “Sweltering Rain” is a powerful piece of groaning, urgent dance floor minimalism, charging forward with a ritualistic, undulating droid line set against scorched, otherworldly drones. B1 “Cells” opens with scurrying modulated white noise and reverberating cosmic texture patterns set against a monolithic kick drum ostinato. The elegant minimalism develops with radioactive analog synth alarms and stark futuristic vocal glitches as the track barrels forward with momentum. B2 Titan Vulture explores an undiscovered alien landscape evoking imagery of liquid pools of methane, erupting geysers and swirls of otherworldly elements. It is an absorbing, chugging and captivating piece of textural escapism, evolving as it goes whilst still featuring the elegant and considered minimalistic touch that runs throughout the EP. More

Ellen Allien prepares to release her first ever solo EP outside of her BPitch Control imprint and has chosen a label she avidly admires, Boddika's Nonplus. The title track is both a thundering call to action and a love letter to the unifying power of rave culture. While its lyrics may seem vague at first "take a stand for or against what?" they unravel their mystery while the track unfolds gradually. Starting off as a sparse basement banger, ‘Take A Stand’ slowly escalates into an acidic anthem before subtly changing its course once more towards the end. Over the course of ten and a half minutes, Ellen Allien revives the cheerful optimism of the original techno revolution while positioning herself against the joylessness inherent to so much techno these days. This is a revolution you can dance to. On the b-side, ‘Trigger’ takes us into an equally hypnotising trip down the wormhole of contemporary rave culture. Combining a hard-hitting groove with a muffled, bouncing acid bassline, it will have basements and big rooms alike dripping with sweat. On ‘Flying Objects’, Ellen Allien uses her voice once more, this time to round off what could just well be the official musical manifesto for what she usually refers to "space techno" - a colourful, futurist statement that leaves no ass unshaken. More

When Alexander (Boddika) got in touch asking for some new fresh music I knew it was a really important step for me. Nonplus is a stable reference label in the Techno scene and it was a unique opportunity. I thought the open minded philosophy of the label would help me a lot and I could create more experimental works. I decided to produce the tracks in almost one take… turned on the synths and looked for the perfect range and character of sounds and spent some weeks recording it, finishing with some edits before the final mixing. The final results were more than expected. Harmonic Rain, the Ep main's track has a really special groove, with a main melody which is transposed and slightly altering it gives me a good feeling. The Ep feels to me like a complete journey itself. With peak time tracks, and more experimental and "warm up" music. Loops but not loops. In summary, I'm really happy with this release and with the beginning of this musical relationship with Boddika and the Nonplus team." More

The Blink single is a labour of love spanning over 2 years evolving from Reshape’s Live Series. The ‘Tunnel mix’ takes its title from being road tested at the now closed Tunnel Club in Paris and both tracks are a homage to early UK and Detroit techno which Redshape holds fond memories of from his youth. More

Burial releases 2 new tracks on Nonplus, out in October!!

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A collection of tracks written & produced in 2016, Milan, Italy, including some of his first solo material after focusing on his CW/A project with Francesco Leali aka Clockwork for a few years. An audio engineer by trade, Avatism records electronic music and operates Parachute Records from his Milan-based studio. With original compositions and remixes on Nonplus, Vakant, Decca, R&S and his own imprint, the young Italian is well-respected for his own brand of dilapidated, muscular dance music. Performing solely as a live act, his improvised transmissions echo through the walls of clubs like Fabric, Berghain, Concrete, Panorama Bar and festivals of the calibre of Sonar, Audioriver and EXIT, either alone or under the guise of CW/A. More

Musician, journalist, radio host. In his works he is looking for a balance between the corporeal and the contemplative aspects of music. Sound induced by him can be described as something between techno, deep techno and dub techno, under a deep impact of broadly although not always explicitly understood ambient. More

Fresh off of a pair of well-received EPs on his recently-launched Manhigh imprint, Berlin’s highly respected techno auteur Henning Baer makes his first appearance on Nonplus with 4 excellently crafted, saturated machine techno tracks on The Idea of Instinct. Following on feelings suggested in the title, the EP opens with a pair of more contemplative pieces: the title track’s spare arrangement puts mechanical rhythmic drive behind its exploration of dusky electronic atmospheres, while the feeling of ‘DNA’ is both brighter and slightly pacier, its hypnosis deriving from the pads and synthesizer sequences that circle the drums. ‘CCC II’ takes a darker approach to a similar idea, this time with the suggestion of polyrhythms in the distant and heavily-treated percussive elements circling in the background behind uneasy ambience. It builds to the closer ‘Spiritual Quest’, where overlaid rhythms in 3 and 4 are not easily reducible and create the tension at the track’s centre driving it to its conclusion. More

Creepin' in plays with the gray areas that exist between genres, contrasting with the clarity of the digital synths and over saturated analog drums. Next up Ineffekt is acid electro cut with thrashing percussion held together with 808 drums. Red Alert is the only track with a vocal. Classic Roland drums, deep sub and hardware synths mixed with the hypnotic vocal overlays make this one for the freaks. Sky Pager is slow cooked mid 90's jacking business, the kind I'm known for. 808 Trash Pile is an acid hammer of a cut with the drum and synth doing a maniacal game of call and response.
More than ever I used digital and analog together creating more sinister vibes on these tracks. The tracks for me also reside in a gray area that is in between house and techno and at the same time analog and digital. More

Acclaimed Be As One boss Shlomi Aber makes a big step up here by putting out a trio of his killer techno cuts on the always excellent and forward looking NonPlus label run by Boddika. His XY Play EP continues in his no nonsense, ‘floor facing style and impresses once more. Shlomi Aber is an underground titan who runs his own musical empire in the form of his Be As One label. He has made it into an essential outlet for no frills house and techno and his own output has found him in fine favour with DJs and dancers alike. Playing all over the world and also serving as an expert at the Emerging Ibiza festival on the White Isle, here he comes correct once more. The title EP XY Play is a brain frying affair with cantering drums and stern synths bringing a dark and intone vibe to the groove. Way Old Story is just as heads down but less ominous, here the synths are a little spooky and add intrigue to his slick rubbery drums. Last but not least Related Sources is a hunched over house track with dub in its kick drums and a desolate industrial feel in the landscapes above. Atmospheric from the first to the last moment, this is another killer EP from Shlomi Aber. More

Nonplus has been pushing the envelope for forward thinking music since its inception in 2009 and the next EP confirms this. There is little known about Hexagon Son but the raw and intricate sound of the Spiral EP suggests this is no newcomer. From the hypnotic swirls of Spiral17, the raw robot funk of Opia to the deconstructed tape driven re-imaging of Blipworx. The Spiral EP covers all corners of the expansive world of Techno. More

Eduardo makes his return to Nonplus with the Sensitive Compartmented Information EP. Eduardo is one of techno’s most dedicated underground legends and continues on a path unaffected by fads or fashions. Following on from his Sequoia Symposium in April last year again we have a 4 tracker exploring the deep realms of techno More

He's not what you'd call a prolific producer but the old saying of 'quality over quantity' couldn't ring truer for Marcellis. With just 3 releases in the last 12 years starting with a single on 2004, followed by an EP on Workshop and then his album on Millions Of Moments, any new work is highly anticipated. Its been a long time coming for Nonplus but every bit worth the wait. 3 tracks covering a range of styles from the ice cold analogue quirkiness of 'Sleep', to the bumping 4/4 offering of 'Indigo Skyfold' through to the jazzed out chugger 'Can They Do Tha (G Love Real Raw)' its an honour to have Marcellis as an addition to the catalogue. More

Nonplus 035 passes the torch to Finnish producer Samuli Kemppi who’s built a solid back catalogue over the last 15 years and in that time has also become a pioneer of electronic music in Helsinki. His radio show Deep Space Helsinki (Alongside Juho) developed into one of the cities most popular club nights and also into his shared record label DSH. His debut on Nonplus brings us 3 slices of no nonsense deep space techno. More

Nonplus continue with the Source Direct re release and remix series and here we have one of the most influential dnb tracks ever written, Source Direct - The Crane, which was a 90s classic at the forefront of the future thinking genre. Alongside the original track there was an alternate version found on an old DAT tape which will now surface on NONPLUS LTD 003, and on remix duties, Inland & Function give their take on the track giving it the 4/4 techno treatment. More

Radio Slave’s 'Dont Stop No Sleep' has gone under the knife with the remix treatment from some of electronic musics finest producers. Robert Hood, A Tale Of Us, and Roman Poncet & DJ Deep all deliver their own takes on the original in their own unique styles and breathe new life into this classic slice of techno. More