Electro

Phil Klein & Matt Whitehead team up as Model Citizens for a slab of classic style electro. BACK IN STOCK! minor wear on bottom left corner, hence the reduced price

White label pre-release, copy in excellent condition (NB:  accurate image is for the copy available right now is the white label with hand written infos on the label.)

1 Materie in BewegungLSD (Next to the River) Electric Der Film da Drin Verschwörung der Gehirne2 Red Army Snipper Es gibt kein Kommunismus weil es Deutschland gibt Gartenbau I’m Classless Production TideAfter the full length cds “Nein, Nein das ist nicht der Kommunismus” and “Wir hatten noch was vor” classless kulla and istari lasterfahrerare now here with their third release in a row. as the previously releases been quite a big weight this release only covers 10 tracks, but this time, instead on digital compact disk it materializes as vinyl record and download.the main theme of this release is insurrection and mental states or lets say conditions ( the titel translated is something like this in a way ). anyway the record starts up with a amen punk stomper followed by a more idmsk break track with a tripping lead sequence. third track is a wild amen basher also thats leaded by a dirty acid line. the fourth track is more between drum and bass and indy guitar thats slanted into metal or something like that. last tune on side a is a more lecture aural exerimental track where kulla is talking about the conspirity of the brains. flipside starts with a track that sounds something between punk and orchestral metal, its a song about a red army snipper woman in the second world war. this track is followed by a tune about why there is no communism ( because there is germany ) – kinda electro track. the third one is a funny ska raggae tune about dope smokers and the fourth one classless talks about what is it to be him and what is it not. last track is a duett with oona about the live of working people.vinyl record comes with full printed cover with lyrics on the backside and download code.300 copies been pressed.

The second release on Void Tactical Media is a split EP from Dimentia and Split Horizon with two tracks each. The Split Horizon tracks could previously be heard on the Stormwave CDR.  More in a hard electro style with an experimental edge than breakcore these are four excellent cuts out just in time for their current european tour. Comes in silk-screened sleeve and with an insert with a text by Split Horizon and artwork by Dimentia.   <iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eu9Tkqk2nEA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

A1 Maskk* – Face To Face     A2 Fridak – Stop Talking     B1 Michael Peeto – Detouch     B2 Rikkboy* – Mrnl Confidential Kernel Panik from 2011 released as a collaboration with Hydrophonic <iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WGVqO-br7W4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X5NzAQ-RnYQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Idm meets a kind of experimental dubstep on this transparent vinyl 7" on one side and an 80's sounding wave-pop track on the other side. comes with an additional DVD-3" which contains two videos and ten audio-remixes of the two tracks, the remixes are by tomoroh hidari, lenz, sonovo, intricate, trickform, afshar, swimmingpool-productions, worlds-abart, mimaku spldat and michael langlois.

Collaboration of Rachael Kozak, DJ Controlled Weirdness and Christoph Fringeli on 5 tracks of caustic electro perversion. Recorded in 2001 in Berlin, this shows the different artists from an unusual side. Limited to 500 copies, only few are left now!

Legendary electro record from Detroit feat. Lynn Powderhorn a.k.a. Rachael Kozak! <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dylfc7CMdhA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

2005 release by the legendary South London bass controller. 4 tracks of excellent hard electro! A1 - South London Bass A2 - Lets Jam AA1 - Bass Rock [Edit] AA2 - Marble Madness

5th installment in the series of 6, this time a homage to Kraftwerk! Strictly limited edition! RESTOCK - mint copy! <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kSqbTMoRSoY?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Very limited white label only release - 250 copies only. Stamped paper sleeve with original insert.

The third release on Monolith is by Fire At Work and inlcudes a Hypnoskull remix. Label info: The sensational contribution of the Roman project Fire at work, risen over the millennium end, delivers the next 12″ release of the label. The sounds and visions of the two producers are coming directly from the most radical electronic counterculture’s pot, the industrial dimension and the radical sound choice seem to be the best and right way to tell the story of a dystopian reality, a meaningful choice useful to criticise humans and their civilisation. The complex of the Fire At Work production represents an act of cultural resistance, therefore Monolith Records seems to be the right and natural follow up of a long multidisciplinary journey. This release is the meeting point of two generations sharing a similar electronic countercultural background, in the middle of the ruins of a modern world which is nothing but a ripped-off planet, a consumed scenario where the radicalisation of the exclusivity leads the beings to the recurring Post-humanistic alienation. The music journey develops through cuts deliberately violating the borders of genre and style, leaving to the dark decaying soundscapes the duty to shape coherence. The overall dimension of this work floats in a tension between the mental form of the synths and the implacability of the concrete drumming asset, that alternates straight and broken beats merged by the same obsessive character. In order to consistently remark the intention behind the production, the Remix by hypnoskull for ‘Re_Sample The Future’, a tool shaped by an heavy distorted timber that brings lyrics to clarify the common denominator of the EP: a totalitarian vision of reality involving the rejection of the status quo, together with the roles and the scopes of a totally dehumanised system. The 2.0 Man is unarmed and similar to a cadaver, and his desires and senses are reconciled by a perpetual stream of information, a data replacement of reality. The one way direction streaming can be interrupted by noise, as the element able to distort meaning the unexpected element occurring in the middle between the matrix of the message ed his audience. Given such conditions the style choice becomes part of the concept itself, and it is far from any kind of ‘induced’ choice.

Limited gatefold sleeve

Now Monster X on Opal Tapes/Black Opal, four  tracks of heavy experimental electro!

Limited to 200 copies on semi-transparent/smoky vinyl in teh Holotone limited series. One side by Dadub, the other features a remix by Pure!

The latest from the Berlin based Russian label with a four tracker of experimental electro, including a JASSS remix. <iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/976591033&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/armalabel" title="Arma Records" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Arma Records</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/armalabel/sets/arma-021-ena-wired-ep" title="ARMA 021 / Ena / Wired EP" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">ARMA 021 / Ena / Wired EP</a></div> For the new Arma release Ena explores different, distinct facets of his sound across three productions. “Pale” distills his vision of techno as a minimalist, repetitive construct. Working around non-standard time signatures, he creates a densely woven lattice of percussive pulses, which cut a polyrhythmic path through nightmarish sheets of noise. “Secondary Color” uses a broader palette that opens the Ena sound up to the light,,, “Wired” heads further away from the grid in pursuit of sound design exploration, as a rack of pipes and chambers strike, boom and chime against artful distortion and cavernous reverb. While Ena has historically been hesitant about remixes of his material, he warmed to the idea of long-time Arma friend JASSS reworking “Wired”. Taking the track into her own fiercely individual sound world, she uses the harmonic tonality of the original as a jump-off point for an epic, emotionally forthright chiller loaded with coldwave bombast, trap hats and Silvia’ own voice.Coming from entirely different angles of approach, Ena and JASSS are bound together by their fearless individuality. You can sense the slithers of pre-existing music somewhere in their constructions, but such familiarities are no more than faint echoes of places they passed through on their way to somewhere new.Cover artwork by Judex Franju

A split between Lvrin and Maoupa Mazzocchetti on Arma Records. <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2798395436/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://armarecords.bandcamp.com/album/arma-020-lvrin-maoupa-mazzocchetti-split-ep">ARMA 020 / LVRIN / Maoupa Mazzocchetti / Split EP by ARMA</a></iframe> Following releases from Rude 66, Vakula and Mick Wills, Arma continues to explore the dark and wild corners of contemporary machine music via a new split 12” featuring LVRIN and Maoupa Mazzocchetti.LVRIN is a Russian producer entrenched in the guttural thrill of distorted hardware techno. His previous releases have surfaced on Pinkman, Crimes Of The Future (alongside Dmitry Distant) and Sign Bit Zero, while his A Bleak Reality alias landed on Lux Rec sublabel Mrt. These reference points make clear the sound world LVRIN occupies, where blown out boxes spit out gnarled beats and slimy basslines through an overdriven desk. The entwined scepters of post punk and industrial loom over his nocturnal incantations, the clamour of the melodies bleeding into the hiss of the reverb for a gloriously deviant end result. It’s no surprise to learn these vibrant pieces were captured in one take – the impulse and energy of the performance supersedes the need for nitpicking and refinement in the mixdown.Brussels-based Maoupa Mazzocchetti has been weaving defiantly unconventional strains of electronic music since first emerging on Unknown Precept and Mannequin. From the acclaimed Laugh Tool LP to last year’s Gag Flag on Editions Gravats and an essential leftfield reggaeton collaboration with Clara! on Les Disques De La Bretagne, Mazzocchetti’s path has been wildly unpredictable and highly original. This non-trend continues with the vivid shapes he marks out on the B side of this record. There’s a rugged, body-poppin’ thrust to the grooves that power all three tracks – all the stronger to carry the madcap sampling and mischievous synth splashes that shape out the music’s identity. These are short, sweet blasts of ideas dripping in personality and originality – equal parts deadly serious and deliriously flippant, and essential listening for anyone who enjoys straying from established paths while still rocking to the beat.Cover artwork by P.KuznetsovRelease Date: 22 March 2019

Mick Wills Cuts on Arma 17 <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2072346157/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://armarecords.bandcamp.com/album/arma-017-mick-wills-m-w-cuts">ARMA 017 / Mick Wills / M.W.Cuts by ARMA</a></iframe> Arma Records returns with a rare treat from legendary DJ Mick Wills. Mick has been active in the seedier corners of electronic music for more than 30 years, first immersing himself in the world of hi-NRG and new wave before embracing the house, techno, acid and electro explosion of the late 1980s. Aligned with DJ Hell in the 90s and more recently the Intergalactic FM crew, he’s the quintessential selector. A life spent digging in the undergrowth for deviant dance music has given him the edge that makes a truly gifted spinner, without riding on hype or studio productions.However, Mick isn’t adverse to the odd outing on vinyl, having previously appeared on International DJ Gigolos both solo and as The Kinky Lovers with sometime partner Isabella Venis, but these moments are few and far between. For this release on Arma, Mick has given us two edits that speak to his distinctive style as a DJ – the original tracks are cult choices re-moulded into deadly, subversive club weapons. The brooding darkwave of “Himmelfahrt 89” is enough to turn the most indifferent bar crowd into swaying, baying denizens of the night, while “Stay Silent” pummels out a relentless electro motif that teeters on the edge of destruction for 11 thrilling minutes.These aren’t crowd-pleasing DJ tools, and neither are they slick and easy edits of obvious classics. This is a peek into the inner workings of a man with decades of experience working masses of flesh into a sweaty fever pitch using sounds you’ve never heard before.The mastering on Mick’s edits was undertaken by none other than Dutch electro legend Rude 66, while the striking artwork on the sleeve sees Arma reach out for the first time to French artist Judex. The nerve-shredding, broken Op-Art assault was originally found in a book published by cult illustrator Sam Rictus.  credits released June 10, 2017

Rude 66 is back with an EP on Berlin based Russian label Arma. <iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/630458058&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/armalabel" title="Arma Records" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Arma Records</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/armalabel/sets/arma019-rude-66-the-witch" title="ARMA 019 / Rude 66 / The Witch Trials EP" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">ARMA 019 / Rude 66 / The Witch Trials EP</a></div> The latest release on Arma comes from Dutch legend and devoutly deviant underground operator Ruud Lekx, aka Rude 66. With a legacy that reaches back to the early 90s and the rough and ready Dutch electro sound of Bunker Records and The Hague, he’s maintained a distinctly non-conformist approach that touches on acid, Italo, techno and more besides, all finished with the punky attitude that sets him and peers like Unit Moebius and I-F apart.The tracks gathered together on The Witch Trials EP come from throughout Lekx’s career. As the artist himself says, “tracks from wildly different eras and sessions suddenly can combine to form one coherent EP. It’s almost like the A-side tracks were waiting for 20 years to be combined with the B-side tracks.”The overriding theme that binds together these timeless machine excursions is that of medieval witch trials – a global phenomenon that peaked in the 15-1600’s. Considering the suspicion, propaganda and mass moral panic involved in this strange curio of distant history, Lekx points to the parallels with the current age, “of political polarization and fake news accusations flying all over.” The EP title is also a tribute to two records close to his heart: The Fall’s Live At The Witch Trials, and the one-off Witch Trials project by members of the Dead Kennedys, Adrian Borland and Christian Lunch.“Werewolves & Poisoners” and “The Crusade Against Idolatry” are both archive tracks from the 1994-5 period when Lekx made his first albums for Bunker Records. The first track’s charging arps, rugged kicks, nagging acid lines and discordant paranoia all speak to that trailblazing period, while “The Crusade…” revels in canny programming of interwoven synth lines feeding into an unhinged, psychedelic rampage that reflects the righteous fervour and spiritual confusion of the EP concept.“The Absence Of Diabolism” opens up the B-side with a different tone, having been produced in 2016 and demonstrating the deeper acid undulations Lekx has become known for in more recent years. Still delivered via the same trusted tools he was using in the 90s, the sound feels like an extension of the Rude 66 vision rather than a separate entity. “Envious Are All The People, Witches Watch At Every Gate,” a cut from the late 90s, closes the EP out in a spacious, snarling exploration of broken acid electro laden with cinematic sweeps of synthesizer and a constant sense of unresolved tension.Across these four tracks, Lekx displays the scope of his craft as Rude 66 while also proving that timeless music can make sense in any context, and that the threads of inspiration in an artist’s journey can be followed, explored and even resolved 20 years later, when you least expect it.Cover artwork by P.Kuznetsov

The fifth lesson in the Bass Academy features teachers Bass Junkie and Gods of Technology (remixed by Phil Klein and Simon Brown)

Label info: After spending his youth in Gran Canaria, southern Spain, Artik sank himself into the cold industrial atmosphere of Berlin. Unsettling ambience and hammering percussion break up the rhythms that define Artik as an artist. The Robots At Dawn is a choice selection of 5 tracks inspired the Asimov book of the same title. Futuristic and rough, the EP opens with an ambient sleeperhold, onward through 3 pure dancefloor cuts, and closing with a necksnap funk distort vocal track. All designed by a sound engineer and lover of the purist electronic music, to make you writhe in rhythm with our machine planet. <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2750103711/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/album/the-robots-of-dawn">The Robots Of Dawn by Artik</a></iframe>