New York techno luminary Adam X debuts on Pinkman with 4 tabs of extra-strength acid specially designed for peak-time club sets. Opening in typically thunderous fashion, the overdriven kick of A1's aptly-named Laying It On Thick sets a tone that doesn't relent for the duration of the record. No-nonsense and straight to the action, Adam X's distinct approach to crafting dancefloor hits shines throughout as multiple 303 refrains weave through stripped back drum patterns for unforgettably hypnotic results. While A2's Trailing Effect drops the tempo a couple of notches, its head-scrambling acid psychedelia would take any bustling dancefloor on a trip long into the early hours. The three remaining tracks give no let-up, fostering a frenetic energy that just can't be contained. In the game since the very beginning, the Sonic Groove label-head has dedicated years to his craft and they're all on display here with slick, classy productions that punch through the speakers to move bodies and minds. More

Trends come and go as we have seen, unlike many, Brooklyn-born Adam X isn't one to follow trends, but rather set them. Now entering his 30th year of DJing and 25th year running his Sonic Groove label much of the world of dance music has come full circle since Adam started back in 1990. With that said there was no better time to explore his vast back catalog then the present as it's all the more relevant right now.

As many younger contemporary techno djs have taken to the faster, harder, stronger route as of late, this was par for the course back in 1992, where this compilation begins. What we have here is a collection of formative psychedelic acid tracks specifically made for the raves that were happening all over the world at the time.
Many of the tracks here had previously appeared on cutting edge labels such as Direct Drive, Drop Bass Network and Magnetic North, who were all spearheading the sound at the time, we also get two unreleased cuts from the vaults, plus a rare collab with Thomas Heckmann.
Back then the goal was simple- to push the limits of this fresh sound, and see how far they could actually go with their 303s; this music now filling warehouses and clubs worldwide. The eleven tracks on this record undoubtedly take rave-extremity to new heights whilst keeping the integrity (and brutality) of the music intact and the crowd in a frenzy.

Guaranteed to destroy the club as much now as they did in back 1992.

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Detroit originator Blake Baxter with a massive return to form here. Four mixes of the sexy floor-rocker "Sexuality", an old school tribute to the naughty naughty. Mixes range from midtempo Detroit house/techno to peak hour, percussive techno and warehouse acid a la old school Djax and Hardfloor, with Ben Sims, Frankie Bones and Dietrich Schoenmann on duty. More

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A1 Bryan Zentz - Street Creeper
A2 Bryan Zentz - Stygian Calculus
B1 Bryan Zentz - Mopsjack
B2 Bryan Zentz - Data Dancer
B3 Bryan Zentz - Rogue Sine

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Bryan Zentz, also known as Barada, is a techno luminary back on the scene with a new five-track release. Blending classic Chicago sounds with a futuristic twist, his music transports listeners to the golden era of acid techno and house. Zentz's career began in the early '90s, releasing music on visionary labels like Experimental, Bush, Definitive, and other genre-defining imprints of the era. His ongoing innovative approach ensures that his music looks towards the future while giving a nod to the past. Prepare to be captivated by the raw energy of Barada Trax Six
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A1 Rhys Fulber - Fall Awake
A2 Rhys Fulber - Damage C'est Damage
A3 Rhys Fulber - Technology
A4 Rhys Fulber - European Skies
B1 Rhys Fulber - Circle Of Absolutes
B2 Rhys Fulber - The Heir
B3 Rhys Fulber - Despite The Noise
B4 Rhys Fulber - Driven

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Acclaimed electronic music artist Rhys Fulber returns to Sonic Groove with his latest album, "Balance Of Fear". Once again, Rhys delivers a masterfully crafted selection of eight songs that seamlessly blend techno, industrial, electro, and EBM elements, layered with thought-provoking atmospheric melodies. The album serves as a soundtrack for navigating through dark times, decaying cultures, the misuse of technology, the erosion of social structures, manipulated spirituality, and the consequences of disaster capitalism. To stay afloat in these turbulent floodwaters, one requires a "Balance of Fear". More

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A1 Statiqbloom - Face Annihilation
A2 Statiqbloom - Fire Of Heart
A3 Statiqbloom - Obsidian Obscura
A4 Statiqbloom - Cessation Of Light
B1 Statiqbloom - Hidden From Form
B2 Statiqbloom - Cold Steel Howl
B3 Statiqbloom - Treacherous Eyes
B4 Statiqbloom - The Earth Drank Blood

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Statiqbloom's new album "Kain" is embodying the true essence of industrial music, going beyond just a particular sound and encapsulating an outlook on the world. The fusion of forward-thinking, dystopian sounds, pulsating basslines, and mid-tempo rhythmic beats, all of which contribute to a masterfully crafted industrial techno experience. More

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A1 Damon Wild - Somewhere But Here
A2 Damon Wild - Capture The Moment
A3 Damon Wild - Sync Quantum
B1 Damon Wild - DMT
B2 Damon Wild - The Space Between
C1 Damon Wild - Moving Parton
C2 Damon Wild - Subforms
C3 Damon Wild - Sea Dweller
D1 Damon Wild - Moribund
D2 Damon Wild - Within
D3 Damon Wild - Bittersweet

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Let's rewind back to 1990 and the early beginnings of the techno scene, forthcoming techno legend Damon Wild's descends upon Brooklyn, New York. Upon arrival Damon forges an alliance with Frankie Bones and Adam. He joins the team at Groove and ran the mail order department for their recently opened ''Groove Records Shop''.
Quickly moving into music production, Damon presents a slew of releases under different aliases; building his name quickly on the still developing global techno circuit. Simultaneously, he activates the cult classic label ''Experimental Records'' which goes on to release many rising techno stars over the following years.

In 1994 Damon launches Synewave Records, this time with a focus on a freshly innovative, stripped down jacking-hypnotic techno. The label goes on to play a big and memorable part in techno history, influencing the many generations to come.

Fast forward to the present, Damon goes full circle to his beginnings with Sonic Groove (formerly the Groove Records Shop) and records a thought provocative, cutting edge album for his old friend and label owner Adam X.

With an eye always focused on sound innovation, Damon's latest album ''Pleasure Builder'' is a masterpiece of sound design, expanding his take on a genre he helped create 30+ years ago, ''Hypnotic, Groove Techno''. This album is a must have for techno fans of all generations. More

Daniel Myer is a legend in the vast world of electronic music. Known under many aliases, his work spans the spectrum of many different underground music styles. His most known projects are the IDM flavoured 'Architect', the industrial-techno 'Rendered' and popular EBM acts 'Haujobb' and 'Liebknecht' the latest which recently engaged the world on tour with legendary acts Nitzer Ebb & Front 242. Daniel now joins the prolific artist roster of Sonic Groove with a stunning techno-electro full length debut. Carefully constructed over the last three years, ''Hingabe'' is a diverse musical masterpiece from start to finish. File under : A plus plus underground techno-electro. More

Long time Sonic Groove artists Orphx return for their first release on the label in five years with "The Way Through All Things". Continuing their mission to push the envelope of skillfully crafted hard edged electronic music, this latest extended 4 song player is their roughest and toughest on the label to date: crushing industrial rhythms, hypnotic sound design, and voices on the edge of panic. More

LA veteran techno producer, AXKAN, lands his new full-length album on SONIC GROOVE. Inspired by a wave of torturous dreams during the pandemic, AXKAN dedicated his isolation time to curate the sound of this 12-track LP, NIGHTMARES. Dropping his signature soundtrack of angst fueled broken beat industrialized techno, AXKAN further displays his sophisticated sound architecture by delving into darker melancholic, experimental and rhythmic noise territories. Add three collaboration pieces featuring long-time friends ORPHX, UVB and AYARCANA and we have a well rounded album of monstrous proportions. More

Original Sonic Groove family member, Reade Truth returns to the label after a 20+ year hiatus. His latest effort, ?2nd Qtr ? consists of four hard-hitting acid techno workouts. Once again Reade bristles with his uniquely psychedelic style that has many of the techno vinyl purists paying high prices for his past releases on Discogs. Get ready for an intense acid fueled journey thru your mind and into the stars beyond.? More

American label mainstay Realmz returns to Sonic Groove with another spectacular four track EP of hard edged Industrial Techno. Entitled "Left To My Devices", Realmz once again shows off his originality in combining elements of Industrial music with Techno. You will even find a nice deep dark acid track to close things out. This ep is firmly solid on all four tracks. A must hear for any industrial techno lover!
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Diagenetic Origin is the latest artist signing to the Sonic Groove label roster, Hailing from Sweden, Diagenetic Origin is fresh new techno blood from
a country that has produced many a top techno artist over the years. Debuting with his first release ever, Diagenetic Origin is sure to take hold quickly of the techno scene with this viciously strong four track E.P. of darkly delightful pumping techno grooves. Their is no filler only killer tracks on this debut release from Sweden's next top techno talent!
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Orphx , one of the main leaders of the industrialized techno movement returns to Sonic Groove with their latest new 12" Hunger Knows No Law". Delivering the goods once again to SG. Orphx combines a mixture of tightly woven, deeply & bleepy hypnotic sound designs layered over fierce industrialized drum rhythms. Electronic hypnosis for the dance floor. As was the case with their previous SG releases this one is sure to be played many a top techno dj. "Hunger Knows No Law" is being timed for release with Orphx's European live show tour early this Spring. Along the tour will they will make their debut at the legendary techno Mecca in Berlin , Berghain. More

Sonic Groove welcomes close friend Henning Baer to the SG artist roster. Henning is one half of the team behind one of Beriin's most successful techno events "Grounded Theory". He along with MIlton Bradley also own the recording label K209 which has released his own solo work. Henning makes his debut on Sonic Groove with "Drop Out" EP. A stunning 4 song release that spans a wide spectrum of dark, deep, gritty, analogistic industrial techno & rhythmic noise sounds layered over 4/4 and broken beat rhythms.
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Ancient Methods and Adam X step into the ring to battle it out on this latest Sonic Groove release Ancient Method's have developed a strong cult following in the hard techno scene over the past three years with a series of very original sounding 12"s releases on their own imprint of the same name. Producers Trias and Baeks are old school techno Berliner dj's who held residency at Tresor Club for well over 10 years. Adam X and Ancient Methods befriended each other in Berlin in 2008. The main commonality in forging a solid friendship between them was their passion not just for Techno but for the Rhythmic Noise side of the Industrial music scene. It would only make sense with mutual respect of each others music to record a release together. Here on their first collaboration they blend together their distinctive styles to create a fresh new sound of techno, industrial and arrhythmic and dysrhythmic noise machine funk. Enjoy More

If there was one secret weapon to win a war for real techno music it is Realmz out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After a series of digital only releases on Sonic Groove over the past three years, the timing for Realmz to hit with a 4 track EP on black wax is now with Sonic Groove’s huge 20th anniversary event and label celebrations. The music of Realmz can be classified as deep, dark atmospheric, Detroit styled techno with an industrial twist. Realmz is for sure a name you will hear a lot more in the near future. More