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[Track Premiere]: Strathy – Südstern [Ohne Kommerziellen Wert]

Artist:
Strathy

Track:
“Südstern”

Label:
Ohne Kommerziellen Wert

Related Release:
album “Calluna”

Websites:
Strathy
Ohne Kommerziellen Wert

out for a while: Priority Alpha – Cold War Part 1 [self-released]

Artist:
Priority Alpha

Title:
Cold War Part 1

Label:
self-released

Cat#:
none

Release Date:
25th June 2024

Format:
download

Tracklist:
01.
Das Programe (Achtung!)

02.
The War in Vietnam

03.
The War in Vietnam
(Directors Cut)

Press Info:
Das Programe telling story about dark times of East Germany and their secret brainwash program experiments, dark style synths combined with robotic 909 German style drums.

The War in Vietnam, title speaks itself – flashbacks straight from Vietnam war, with broadcast, propaganda videos voice samples and sound fx with additional shorter ‘Directors cut’ version.

Track Das programe (Achtung!) was featured in Electronic Sound Magazine: Cold War Electronica on CD > electronicsound.co.uk

Full Track Streaming:

Buy Download:
Priority Alpha @ Bandcamp

Websites:
Priority Alpha aka OProject

[Playlist]: A Random NovaFuture Blog Playlist November 2025

Info:
… here is our new NF playlist for November 2025 …

Listen:

Tracklist:
01. Felsmann + Tiley – “Open Fields”
02. Goldfrapp – “Koko (Sun’s Signature Remix)”
03. Alpha Sect – “Felt Her Knife (Tobias Bernstrup Remix)”
04. Local Suicide & Skelesys – Submission (Alpha Sect Remix)”
05. Weever – “Et Les Cloches Sonnèrent!”
06. Pernox – “Cruel Intentions (Alpha Tracks Remix)”
07. Jonas Xenon – “Berlin Pink”
08. Border One – “Split Recall”
09. Chris Liebing & Speedy J aka Collabs 3000 – “Acid Trezcore”
10. Snuffo – “Pursuit Of Happiness”

Websites:
NovaFuture Blog landing page

out soon: Apparat – A Hum Of Maybe [Mute]

Artist:
Apparat

Title:
A Hum Of Maybe

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
STUMM524

Release Date:
20th February 2026

Format:
vinyl, CD, download & streaming

Tracklist Bandcamp:
01.
Glimmerine

02.
A Slow Collision

03.
Gravity Test

04.
Tilth
[feat. KÁRYYN]

05.
Hum Of Maybe

06.
An Echo Skips A Name

07.
Enough For Me

08.
Lunes

09.
Williamsburg

10.
Pieces, Falling
[feat. Bi Disc]

11.
Recalibration

01.
Glimmerine

02.
A Slow Collision

03.
Gravity Test

04.
Tilth
[feat. KÁRYYN]

05.
Hum Of Maybe

06.
An Echo Skips A Name

07.
Enough For Me

08.
Lunes

09.
Williamsburg

10.
Pieces, Falling
[feat. Bi Disc]

11.
Recalibration

12.
An Echo Skips A Name
(Alternate Take)

Press Info:
Six years after his Grammy-nominated LP5, Sascha Ring – aka Apparat – takes a bold dive into the complexities of life with his sixth studio album.

A Hum Of Maybe is detailed, finely crafted, and wonderfully unpredictable. At its core, the record is about love – for himself, his wife, and his daughter – and holding onto it, protecting it, and constantly recalibrating as it is in a constant state of flux. As the title suggests, the songs explore being stuck in between: not a clear yes or no, but A Hum Of Maybe.

Ring elegantly combines the perspectives of an electronic producer and a classical composer, working closely with long-time collaborators Philipp Johann Thimm (cello, piano, guitar) – who also co-wrote and co-produced the record – Christoph “Mäckie” Hamann (violin, keyboard, bass), Jörg Wähner (drums), and Christian Kohlhaas (trombone). The album also features Armenian-American artist KÁRYYN – Apparat’s Mute labelmate – on ‘Tilth’, and Berlin-and Rome-based musician Jan- Philipp Lorenz (aka Bi Disc) on ‘Pieces, Falling’.

A Hum Of Maybe is complex, deeply personal, and embraces a state of limbo, marking an exciting new chapter for Apparat.

Snippets:

Video:
“An Echo Skips A Name (Alternate Take)”

Special:
“The Devil’s Walk Guest Mix | Radio Campus France”

Recommendations:
Apparat’s “LP5” on Mute
Apparat’s “The Devil’s Walk” on Mute
Apparat’s “Krieg Und Frieden (Music for Theatre)” on Mute
all stuff on Mute & sublabels we featured

Buy CD:
Mute Bank
Apparat @ Bandcamp
Juno
WOM
HHV
more soon

Buy Vinyl Limited Edition:
Mute Bank
Apparat @ Bandcamp
Decks
Deejay
Juno
WOM
HHV
more soon

Buy Vinyl:
Mute Bank
Apparat @ Bandcamp
HHV
Decks
Deejay
Juno
more soon

Buy Download:
Apparat @ Bandcamp
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

Websites:
Apparat
Mute
Mute Germany

out now: Ian Boddy & Chris Carter – Caged (25th Anniversary Edition) [Mute]

Artist:
Ian Boddy & Chris Carter

Title:
Caged (25th Anniversary Edition)

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
CCIB1CD | CCIB1LP | ICCIB1

Release Date:
28th November 2025

Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Concussed
(2025 Remaster)

02.
Coriolis
(2025 Remaster)

03.
Slab
(2025 Remaster)

04.
Sub-Aura
(2025 Remaster)

05.
Disembodied
(2025 Remaster)

06.
Caged
(2025 Remaster)

07.
Under-Dub
(2025 Remaster)

08.
Claustrophobia

09.
Uncaged

Press Info:
Ian Boddy and Chris Carter have announced details of the 25th anniversary edition of their underground classic Caged. Out on 28 November 2025 on The Grey Area of Mute, the album has been remastered and is expanded with two new compositions reimagined from the original audio files: ‘Claustrophobia’, reworked by Chris Carter, and ‘Uncaged’, reworked by Ian Boddy. Together, these new versions revisit Caged’s DNA from opposite ends of the spectrum, one tightening its grip, the other breaking free.

Chris Carter says, “I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since we got together in each other’s studios and recorded Caged. It was such a laid-back process – no stresses or dramas, just a good time making some cool music with some classic gear. It’s been great revisiting that old material to come up with something new yet still ‘Caged’ for this Mute anniversary release. The new vinyl edition sounds even better than our original incarnation.”

Talking about the collaboration, Ian Boddy explains, “They say opposites attract and although Chris & I come from different ends of the electronic music spectrum Caged just gelled, and I think we created an album with a timeless quality to it.”

First released in 2000, Caged united two giants of experimental electronic music – Throbbing Gristle’s Chris Carter, a pioneering force in industrial and electronic music for over five decades, and Ian Boddy, composer, sound designer, analogue synth aficionado, and founder of the ambient/electronic label DiN. Having known each other casually for years, Boddy invited Carter to collaborate for his then-new label; Carter immediately agreed, and together they produced a work of startling power and textural depth. Across its shifting soundscapes, Caged plays with chance and paradox, where a whisper swells into a crescendo, a beat dissolves into a tone, and nothing remains still for long.

Snippets: