James Andrew
Source of Sound EP

Idris Bena with the repress of his full length album on Forest Ill.x

Arkajo is back on his own imprint with his signature tinged, off-kilter percussion, shattering subs and hypnotic atmospheres. Featuring remixes from UK heavyweight Forest Drive West and Sweden's young wonderboy Ebende.

Otherworldy sounds on Boulderhead's Craigie Knowes debut. 3 space-age mutations that traverse the space between techno, minimal, and breaks.

The 27th release on Gestalt Records comes fromManchester-based Aiden Francis, spanning three originalcuts of driving techno and a levitating remix by SouthAfrican producer Terrence Pearce aka Biodive.

The Ossario EP presents four serpentine and labyrinthine techno tracks produced between 2019-20 by Andrea Bonalumi, also known as Big Hands. The title is an homage to San Bernardino alle Ossa in Bonalumi’s hometown of Milan, and personifies the ethereal and opaque atmosphere of his ouevre.Stylistically ‘Girde Maye/Astere’ embodies the interrelation between his Milanese roots and adopted home of London. Recorded one summer evening in Bow, it includes an original vocal by a Turkish immigrant, spoken in Italian - a paean to an unrealised, borderless world. This is followed by the pendulous, mutating bell tones of ’Modulo’, a fragmented and abstract epic of sublime beauty that defies easy categorisation.On ‘Oscillation’ the producer explores polyrhythms, which also functions as a tool for DJs to transition between tempos. The undulating groove of ’Cariatide’ rounds out the EP, a statement from a talented producer who deftly crafts a soundworld which is at once contemporary and historical.

Chicago native Bruce Ivery throwing down four stripped back blinders on Ryan Elliott's Faith Beat.