Special Request Announces New EP

Paul Woolford will release a new EP as Special Request.

Set to be released on the fabric-affiliated Houndstooth, the forthcoming six-tracker Stairfoot Lane Bunker follows hot on the heels of Special Request’s recent contribution to the Fabriclive mix series. In fact, the EP is described as an “addendum” to the mix, which featured five of its six cuts. Aside from those original works, Minor Science chips in with a remix of the title track.

Stairfoot Lane Bunker will be released April 7. Pre-order it and stream snippets at the Houndstooth store.

Tracklisting:

A1. Redrum
A2. Stairfoot Lane Bunker
A3. Telepathic Dog
B1. Replicant
B2. Five Lane Ends
B3. Stairfoot Lane Bunker (Minor Science Remix)

Weekly Selections: Telefon Tel Aviv & Baikal, Something Happening Somewhere, and Volte-Face & Kalawila

On Friday, at Berlin’s OHM, Patterns of Perception will host two techno masterminds in BleeD head Volte-Face and Sri-Lankan born, Sweden-raised Kalawila. The party will run from 1130 pm until 10 am with Andreas Maan and Steve Duncan on support duties. More information can be found here.

On Saturday night, Flash Nightclub in DC will host two artists at the top of their game, Ghostly International artist Telefon Tel Aviv and Maeve co-founder Baikal. The event will run from 8 pm until 4 am, with Flash-resident Edo warming up for the two internationals. In the Green Room, Team Zapata will play all night long, with Peter Croce, Martin Miguel, and Heights taking charge of Flashbar. You can find more information on the event here.

Finally, Fiction NYC has invited Something Happening Somewhere, the acclaimed record label founded by DJ and producer Nuno Dos Santos, for a showcase at a special warehouse venue at Mona Liza on Sunday, with 3D video projection mapping, mesmerizing lighting, and exceptional sound on a state-of-the-art KV2 system. Over the past 3 years, SoHaSo has crafted a distinctive sound with quality releases from a broad spectrum of artists; from the melodically rich techno of Love over Entropy to the breakbeat soundworlds of Kiani & His Legion. For this edition of Fiction, label head Nuno dos Santos will take charge alongside label favorite Love over Entropy and Maeve’s Baikal. Further details, including times, cost, and venue info, can be found here.

FRIDAY MARCH 10

Whatever Thursdays | Weekly House Party w/ Francesca Rose & Ruez – 3/9

the Black Rose – New York, US

March 9 @ 6:00 pm – March 10 @ 2:00 am

Lot 45 presents: Open Decks – Episode 32

Lot45 Bushwick – Brooklyn, NY, US

March 9 @ 7:00 pm – March 10 @ 2:00 am

Lawrence ( Dial / Smallville ) at Flash

Flash – Washington, DC, US

March 9 @ 8:00 pm – March 10 @ 3:00 am

SATURDAY MARCH 11

Telefon Tel Aviv, Baikal / Team Zapata [All Nite] at Flash

Flash – Washington, DC, US

March 10 @ 8:00 pm – March 11 @ 4:00 am

Heart Beat Presents Marc Romboy

Apocalypse Now Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

March 10 @ 9:00 pm – March 11 @ 4:30 am

Riva Starr

Verso – San Francisco, US

March 10 @ 10:00 pm – March 11 @ 2:00 am

Pete Tong, Golf Clap

The Works – Detroit, US

March 10 @ 10:00 pm – March 11 @ 5:00 am

Sbcltr presents Madmotormiquel, Jacob Groening, Patricio, Patrik Khach B2B MkO

Join the community for directions. – Los Angeles, Select a Country:

March 10 @ 10:00 pm – March 11 @ 6:00 am

Patterns of Perception feat. Volte-Face + Kalawila

OHM – Berlin, Germany

March 10 @ 11:30 pm – March 11 @ 10:00 am

Winter Techno Call – Showcase by Elektrotribe

Birgit – Berlin, Germany

March 10 @ 11:55 pm – March 11 @ 11:00 am

SUNDAY MARCH 12

Thomas Melchior at Flash

Flash – Washington, DC, US

March 11 @ 8:00 pm – March 12 @ 4:00 am

The Shakedown 15 Year Anniverary

The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA, US

March 11 @ 9:00 pm – March 12 @ 2:00 am

Hot Rabbit presents: BAD HABIT

Lot45 Bushwick – Brooklyn, NY, US

March 11 @ 10:00 pm – March 12 @ 4:00 am

Something Happening Somewhere

Mona Liza – Brooklyn, NY, US

March 11 @ 11:00 pm – March 12 @ 8:00 am

Weekly Selections: Telefon Tel Aviv & Baikal, Something Happening Somewhere, and Volte-Face & Kalawila

On Friday, at Berlin’s OHM, Patterns of Perception will host two techno masterminds in BleeD head Volte-Face and Sri-Lankan born, Sweden-raised Kalawila. The party will run from 1130 pm until 10 am with Andreas Maan and Steve Duncan on support duties. More information can be found here.

On Saturday night, Flash Nightclub in DC will host two artists at the top of their game, Ghostly International artist Telefon Tel Aviv and Maeve co-founder Baikal. The event will run from 8 pm until 4 am, with Flash-resident Edo warming up for the two internationals. In the Green Room, Team Zapata will play all night long, with Peter Croce, Martin Miguel, and Heights taking charge of Flashbar. You can find more information on the event here.

Finally, Fiction NYC has invited Something Happening Somewhere, the acclaimed record label founded by DJ and producer Nuno Dos Santos, for a showcase at a special warehouse venue at Mona Liza on Sunday, with 3D video projection mapping, mesmerizing lighting, and exceptional sound on a state-of-the-art KV2 system. Over the past 3 years, SoHaSo has crafted a distinctive sound with quality releases from a broad spectrum of artists; from the melodically rich techno of Love over Entropy to the breakbeat soundworlds of Kiani & His Legion. For this edition of Fiction, label head Nuno dos Santos will take charge alongside label favorite Love over Entropy and Maeve’s Baikal. Further details, including times, cost, and venue info, can be found here.

FRIDAY MARCH 10

Whatever Thursdays | Weekly House Party w/ Francesca Rose & Ruez – 3/9

the Black Rose – New York, US

March 9 @ 6:00 pm – March 10 @ 2:00 am

Lot 45 presents: Open Decks – Episode 32

Lot45 Bushwick – Brooklyn, NY, US

March 9 @ 7:00 pm – March 10 @ 2:00 am

Lawrence ( Dial / Smallville ) at Flash

Flash – Washington, DC, US

March 9 @ 8:00 pm – March 10 @ 3:00 am

SATURDAY MARCH 11

Telefon Tel Aviv, Baikal / Team Zapata [All Nite] at Flash

Flash – Washington, DC, US

March 10 @ 8:00 pm – March 11 @ 4:00 am

Heart Beat Presents Marc Romboy

Apocalypse Now Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

March 10 @ 9:00 pm – March 11 @ 4:30 am

Riva Starr

Verso – San Francisco, US

March 10 @ 10:00 pm – March 11 @ 2:00 am

Pete Tong, Golf Clap

The Works – Detroit, US

March 10 @ 10:00 pm – March 11 @ 5:00 am

Sbcltr presents Madmotormiquel, Jacob Groening, Patricio, Patrik Khach B2B MkO

Join the community for directions. – Los Angeles, Select a Country:

March 10 @ 10:00 pm – March 11 @ 6:00 am

Patterns of Perception feat. Volte-Face + Kalawila

OHM – Berlin, Germany

March 10 @ 11:30 pm – March 11 @ 10:00 am

Winter Techno Call – Showcase by Elektrotribe

Birgit – Berlin, Germany

March 10 @ 11:55 pm – March 11 @ 11:00 am

SUNDAY MARCH 12

Thomas Melchior at Flash

Flash – Washington, DC, US

March 11 @ 8:00 pm – March 12 @ 4:00 am

The Shakedown 15 Year Anniverary

The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA, US

March 11 @ 9:00 pm – March 12 @ 2:00 am

Hot Rabbit presents: BAD HABIT

Lot45 Bushwick – Brooklyn, NY, US

March 11 @ 10:00 pm – March 12 @ 4:00 am

Something Happening Somewhere

Mona Liza – Brooklyn, NY, US

March 11 @ 11:00 pm – March 12 @ 8:00 am

Atoll ‘Ikik Pt 1’

DJ and producer Andrea Ferlin, alongside Francesco Assenza, is the founder of SLEEP IS COMMERCIAL, the world-renowned party and label with releases under its belt from artists such as Topper, DeWalta, Little Hado, Andrey Zots, and Dunkle Dummies, Ferlin’s collaborative project with fellow label head Assenza.

Ferlin’s latest endeavor is Atoll, a solo production project and label—the label has released three vinyl-only 12″ records, with number four on the way in May—that has been supported and played over the last two years by artists such as, among others, Zip, Ricardo Villalobos, Margaret Dygas, Barac, and Cabanne. Outside of the eponymous label [Atoll Music], a double vinyl EP, titled Ancient Code, is on the way in April via Mama Recordings.

Ancient Code will feature six groove-led Atoll originals, alongside a remix from Jens Zimmermann. In support of the EP, Ferlin has offered up one of the EP’s tracks, a haunting ambient cut titled “Ikik Pt 1,” as today’s XLR8R download. You can pick up “Ikik Pt 1” via WeTransfer below, with the EP available for pre-order at Decks.

Ikik Pt 1

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Atoll – Ikik Pt.1 [MAMA003] from VANVIA on Vimeo.

Premiere: Hear a Cut from the New Repitch Compilation

Next week, Repitch Recordings will celebrate five years in existence with the 16-track Dys Functional Electronic Music compilation.

Falling in line with its title, the compilation aims to represent the label’s ethos of pushing music that deviates from the norm and common club functionalism. Headed up by the three label heads Ascion, D. Carbone, and Shapednoise, Dys Functional Electronic Music will also feature a who’s who of experimentally inclined techno, artists such as Pinch, Skudge, The Exaltics, AnD, Nuel, Sote, Zenker Brothers, Galaxion, Drvg Cvltvre, Chriss Moss Acid, Gaja, and Mike Parker.

Across the album’s 16 tracks, the label heads have curated a wide-ranging assortment of styles, everything from dark breakbeats to dense noise excursions, fractured rave, dub-infused ambience, and pummeling club techno.

To give you a taste of what’s to come, Repitch has offered up a full stream of Nuel’s dizzying “Biopunk,” available to listen via the player below.

Marco Shuttle Preps New LP

Marco Shuttle will soon release a new album, titled Systhema.

Systhema follows on from his 2014 LP Visione which arrived on his own Eerie imprint.

For the new LP, he has teamed up with the Spazio Disponible label of Donato Dozzy and Neel. According to the label, the album is “painted mainly with dark hues and with a masterful use of negative space—but it’s a darkness that provides the ideal projection surface for the kind of mental imagery that listeners might not know they had within them.” Fans of the Italian artist’s back catalog of singles (e.g. “Sing Like A Bird” or the more recent “Flauto Synthetico”) “will find much of the same drive and esoteric energy here but with that something extra which can only come with an extended amount of listening time.”

The artwork has been created by the talented NY-based artist/illustrator Neilsecluded.

Tracklisting

01. Adrift
02. Thebe
03. I Fail, You Fall
04. Eris
05. Con Sequenza
06. Venera 3
07. Olga
08. Ende

Spazio Disponibile will release Systhema on May, with “Olga” streamable below.

Take a Look at Softube’s Expansive Modular

Eurorack and modular synths have grown in popularity hugely over the past few years. However, the complexity of modular synthesis and the cost of building a rack has put it out of reach for many aspiring producers. While some software manufacturers have emulated modular synths, it’s rare to find an accurate recreation of the interface in the box.

Softube’s Modular platform—which Scott Monteith recently reviewed here—is created in conjunction with Doepfer and Intelijel and is a startlingly accurate emulation of the racks its modeled off.

In a recent video, available to watch below, Point Blank takes Softube’s Modular for a test drive.

Ron Trent & Red Axes Contribute to Rebirth Remix Package

Rebirth will release a double pack of remixed label classics.

Italian imprint Rebirth is set to drop an eight-track release, packed with remixes of its old label classics: Ron Trent revamps a Tevo Howard Cut, while Palms Trax takes on Butch & C. Vogt, and Israeli duo Red Axes give a new wave flavour to Robytek‘s “Luna Africana.” Also contributing are Roy Davis Jr, Ewan Jansen and Rampa amongst others.

The label celebrated a decade in business at the end of last year, by putting out a special compilation mixed by deep house legend Larry Heard.

Rebirth 10 (Remixed) is due out April 3. Pre-order it at Deejay.de or Juno.

Tracklisting:

1. Tevo Howard “Without Me” (feat. Tracey Thorn) (Ron Trent’s Music And Power Reprise)
2. Chromatic Filters “Slow Emotions” (Fouk Remix)
3. Bocca Grande “Below My Hands” (Roy Davis Jr Remix)
4. Taras Van De Voorde “1998” (Ewan Jansen Remix)
5. Butch & C. Vogt “The Infamous” (Palms Trax Smudge Mix)
6. Freaks “Conscious Of My Conscience” (Borrowed Identity Remix)
7. Robytek “Luna Africana” (Red Axes Remix)
8. Pastaboys “Deep Musique” (feat. Osunlade) (Rampa Remix)

Ron Trent & Red Axes Contribute to Rebirth Remix Package

Rebirth will release a double pack of remixed label classics.

Italian imprint Rebirth is set to drop an eight-track release, packed with remixes of its old label classics: Ron Trent revamps a Tevo Howard Cut, while Palms Trax takes on Butch & C. Vogt, and Israeli duo Red Axes give a new wave flavour to Robytek‘s “Luna Africana.” Also contributing are Roy Davis Jr, Ewan Jansen and Rampa amongst others.

The label celebrated a decade in business at the end of last year, by putting out a special compilation mixed by deep house legend Larry Heard.

Rebirth 10 (Remixed) is due out April 3. Pre-order it at Deejay.de or Juno.

Tracklisting:

1. Tevo Howard “Without Me” (feat. Tracey Thorn) (Ron Trent’s Music And Power Reprise)
2. Chromatic Filters “Slow Emotions” (Fouk Remix)
3. Bocca Grande “Below My Hands” (Roy Davis Jr Remix)
4. Taras Van De Voorde “1998” (Ewan Jansen Remix)
5. Butch & C. Vogt “The Infamous” (Palms Trax Smudge Mix)
6. Freaks “Conscious Of My Conscience” (Borrowed Identity Remix)
7. Robytek “Luna Africana” (Red Axes Remix)
8. Pastaboys “Deep Musique” (feat. Osunlade) (Rampa Remix)

Giammarco Orsini Arrives on Partisan

Giammarco Orsini will release a new EP on Partisan, titled Game Of Chance.

The Italian producer takes a delicate, classic approach to crafting his tracks, focusing on creating an infectious, soulful message with the simplest of ingredients, and this shines through on the EP.

From the funky bleep techno tones of “Planet Pan” to the dubby immersion of “Divenire,” the snappy shuffle of “Any Robots Here” to the blissed-out pads of “Point Of View,” this is refined dance music that radiates warmth.

Tracklisting:

A1. Planet Pan
A2. Divenire
B1. Any Robots Here
B2. Point Of View

Ahead of the EP’s March 22 release, snippets are streamable below.

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