Villa Åbo in the alternative solo project of Swedish musician and producer Jan Svensson, who has been making electronic music for the better part of 30 years as the artist behind such aliases as Frak, Studio SS and Alvars Orkestra. Svensson also runs legendary Swedish dance and experimental music label Börft, the product of a mutual appreciation for Severed Heads and Terse Tapes. As Villa Åbo he released two records in 1997 on Börft and remained inactive for 17 years until the Dutch label Bio Rhythm coaxed him into revisiting the project and released a double 12? in 2014. Jan has since followed with a steady stream of 12” singles for Kontra-Musik, Noise In My Head and Radio Lundberg. “Magnetic Moves” is Villa Åbo’s debut album, originally released in an limited edition of 65 hand-numbered cassettes by Funeral Fog in 2016. Clocking in at over 46 minutes, this first-ever vinyl edition spreads the 8 ragged techno tracks across four sides for maximum loudness. Some songs are aggressively
potent, with cyclical synth riffs and razor-sharp acid lines riding a heavy, funk-fuelled techno groove. Others tracks are more fluid, vintage Underground Resistance or Derrick May with killer drum machine workouts that come in handy as DJ tools. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The record is housed in a custom made jacket designed by Eloise Leigh, featuring a photograph of Jan’s mother’s house, the meaning behind “Villa Åbo”. Each copy includes a double-sided postcard with notes.
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"Feeling numb from all the electronic dancemusic coming out?, moaning about how its become a bit samey, or are you just tired of your shitster friends saying its not like in the 90's anymore. This record will shut everyone in the room up. A1 is a deeply psychotic acid death march into confusion, so minimal and primitive (kick, snare, acidsquelch) it will challenge every beard and armpit and might even hypnotize the dj to the point he cannot mix in the next one. A2 is a straight up Commodore 64 SID track with mongoloid data elephants tooting over a wobbly and tarded electroish beat. B1 is a dystopic dreamy rave stomper, starting out kinda datacuddly but gets more and more serious, with choirs of fable mooers taking you into that virtual bad trip you need. b2 continues as expected with more c64 SID madness, so snary I cant even determine if its in 115 or 230bpm. But it leaves you with the feeling your ears and mind just been wrestled, smacked and poked at, and thats the point. This is no record for the safing chickenshit DJ." - /DJ Joakim Cosmo, Sweden. More

Since '87 a 13 year old Jan Svensson AKA Villa Abo has been the back bone of Swedish electronic experimentalist group Frak and behind one of the biggest inspirations for Butter Sessions, Borft Records. As always, Jan keeps pushing the boundaries on this 4 tracker. ' Kicking it off, 'Just a 309' is a stripped-back rough and ready house track in true 90's Borft style. On 'Mission Just Pam Pom' we are blasted with space zaps and bizzaro chords melted together with an irresistible beat and SFX from tomorrow. The weird-o-meter is stepped up a few notches on the B Side with the sluggish yet hypnotic burn on 'Separated Together'. A bonus collaborative effort on 'Pony-Flute' by Jan and another Frak member Duo J encapsulates us with a dramatic introduction of flute like synths and dark atmospheres taking us into the underworld.. More

One more powerful 12inch with 2 raw clubtracks. Tracks choosen from the now closed Villa Abo tour... More

With this release, Villa Abo (Frak) departs from the home planet of Borft to create Friendship Over Different Systems together with Kontra-Musik. Via twisted machine funk and a grand space opera of analogue synths, Villa Abo will Askew The Eternity. The steady pounding of drums and hearts through the Galaxy makes you want to keep your 1970:s X-wing ready for battle Between Doomsday And Now, but In The End we'll all dance together under a starry sky filled with debris from exploding Death Stars.

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Love Surrender original and Three other takes + two synthetic messages from Studio Styrka. That is what this vinyl contains. Love surrender has a more synthier style than the tracks recently released on Bio Rhythm. More

Sneaker delivering a quartet of insane analog rhythm/drum tracks that will make your wettest dj dreams come true. The Rhythm Composer EP is the culmination of two's years of painstaking refining. The result? Four pieces on one amazing sounding vinyl cut filled with warm, round bass, harsh snares and crashing cymbals from the Jacob Korn-custom-built RC-808 drum machine. The artist: 'to me the 12'' already is my statement of craftsmanship, my masterpiece in saturation and sound shaping. The tracks are stripped down to the bone - only drums. Constantly in movement. Through valve, flanger and cassette. Simple, yet complex. A timeless document of percussion, an ode to the beat.' Feeling is believing. More

Bio Rhythm returning to the mothership. Straight from Chicago Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being delivers two pieces of playful yet esoteric technosoul of the highest order. Enlightment. In the spiritual world all beings arrive as... [more]

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From Chicago Noleian Reusse (Africans With Mainframes) serves 3 tracks of alien jacking weirdness. The package is completed with a remix by labelboss Paul du Lac aka Paul West. More

Deep space techno tracks from beyond by Boston's Deviere (known from Jamal Moss' Mathematics records), approaching us like a time capsule from an alien past, reconnecting us with the ancient intergalactic spirits from beyond the celestial gate. More

Part 2! Enter the second circle - the realm of lust & perversity. This time the pleasure is brought by MB, Joe Lentini & Shitcluster, delivering some sh*t hot contemporary jacking blackmagic braindance jams for all you carnal sinners More

Double artist debut on Bio Rhythm, delivering its darkest release so far. Despite all corporate techno gentrification rises Mirror Man, from the ashes of what once was this dirty dystopian hardcore heaven, and he's a mean...

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Deep space techno tracks from beyond by Boston's Deviere (known from Jamal Moss' Mathematics records), approaching us like a time capsule from an alien past, reconnecting us with the ancient intergalactic spirits from beyond the celestial gate. More

The return of The Hague's black magician! It has been 13 years since The Parallax Corporation / Conservatives projects together with I-f and now Intergalactic Gary's is back. I-G hooked up with a new musical partner, the lovely and talented Pasiphae from Greece and together they deliver four very well-crafted tracks of contemporary machine-driven techno / cold wave romance, with the ecstatic title track 'Made of glass' being the floor burner that will unite dancefloors worldwide. With the 'Made Of Glass' ep Bio Rhythm proudly presents the absolute creme de la creme of the current Dutch West Coast 'noir' scene. More

The mighty Brassfoot (Apron) going overseas with a devestating ep on the Dutch Bio Rhythm imprint, delivering five grim yet hedonistic & intense post-modern voodoo jack tracks, kickstarting what appears to be the labels' second phase. More

Part 2, bringing even more future jackers and deep & deeper techno tracks! 'If I have to live there... you have to drug me...' More

Three more post-Chicago transcendental machine funk sessions by the Africans... You can't stop the prophet. More

First release in a series of two by the bad boy from Saarbruecken, bringing 3 crystal clear future jackers and deep & deeper techno tracks. Part 2 featuring Section 3 & 4 will follow later this year. All written and produced at Thee Phaynx. Seen the future... can't afford it... More

3 Shit hot tracks on MB's debut for Bio Rhythm... What can we say? 'The Miracle Sign' hit us by surprise... Title track is a beautiful and epic journey in techno soul quite rare to hear these days, reminding a bit of early nineties Detroit/UK techno and even some of the early Speedy J works, all with nowadays production skills. Stunning contemporary techno the classic way. Then from heaven to hell with '60606', an evil distorted 606 drum track guaranteed to damage kids brains worldwide... But no time to think long anyway cause there's 'We Only Have', an autistic out-of-the-box jack track providing a sneaky tool for the more adventurous dj. This will separate the gurners from the dancers. Top-notch showcase by the unstoppable man-machine that is Marco Bernardi..! More

Some say history has come to an end... we say the future is about to start... 2 Brand new nu-jack sessions by Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being and Noleian Reusse.




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Not the usual Bio Rhythm release... as far as they have any usual releases at all. Recently the label accidentally came across this lost treasure by Midnightopera (Workshop) and signed in at the spot. Produced in 2007, 'Five' is an epic 12 minute journey straight into downtempo/deephouse walhalla, making your sunday morning seem to last forever. The 2010 rework is delivered by bad boy Roger 23, diving into even deeper territories and adding some psychedelic elements to make it safely through the other side and back. Sunrise over Riegelsberg... Don't sleep! 250 black/red coloured copies, vinyl only.




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Crystal Maze's return on Bio Rhythm... G-string & Ma Spaventi delivering three cosmic techno jams of the absolute highest order, crafted & molded after dark at the Crystal's analog alchemist lab.


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The long overdue Bio Rhythm debut of chief metaphysics himself... Three takes of rhythm box boogie straight from the westside...

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Sumerian Fleet, Roger 23, Duplex & Louis Guilliaume bring you pleasure... covering the twilight zone in between EBM, wave/disco noir, house not house and technosoul, all in 21st century fashion. More