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out soon: Munsinger – The Year Is One EP [Mutant Modality]

Artist:
Munsinger

Title:
The Year Is One EP

Label:
Mutant Modality

Cat#:
MMM004

Release Date:
18th June 2026

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Esoteric Dream

02.
The Hidden Room

03.
The Year Is One

04.
Esoteric Dream
(Ottoman Grüw ‘Lust Nightmare’ Remix)

05.
The Hidden Room
(Carmilla Sioux Remix)

06.
The Year Is One
(Damascus Knives Cut)

Press Info:
After a previous release focused on collapsing worlds, we’re back at it once again. In true Mutant Modality fashion, we dive straight into the dystopian discotheque — this time with Paris-based MUNSINGER, a DJ, producer, and live performer primarily inspired by machines and desire. With a sound mutating between old school mixtures of techno and EBM, dreamy New Beat atmospheres, and the glamorous allure of Electroclash: we are honored to welcome to the label a resident of the esteemed Forensics event series and one of the staples of the French underground club scene.

The EP draws inspiration from esoteric and underground films of the ’70s, with media detritus sampled from movie dialogues, unfolding through rolling four-on-the-floor rhythms and dreamlike, mysterious soundscapes — contrasted with analog drum patterns and industrial undertones. All original tracks were fully recorded on hardware and have been performed repeatedly by MUNSINGER in his live sets over the past few years — and have already spread havoc around Europe.

To top things off, we’re more than happy to welcome electronic veteran David Christian, aka Damascus Knives (also known for his industrial techno moniker Cervello Elettronico, affiliated with the pioneering German label HANDS), whom we encountered last summer in Brooklyn during a sweaty July night. We’re also ecstatic to showcase a remix from Carmilla Sioux, fresh off a vinyl release on her excellent platform “FROM HELL TO DISCO,” bringing Barcelona’s gritty underground sound. To close the chapter, label boss OTTOMAN GRÜW spreads his venom with a personal take combining destructive synth work and reverberated vocals coiling beneath layers of noise.

Snippets:
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Full Track Streaming:
soon

Special:
“Horror Show #88”

Recommendations:
single “Take Me” by Munsinger on Groove2000
compilation “5 Years Crave Tapes Compilation” w/ Munsinger on Crave Tapes
compilation “Body To Body 001” w/ Sina XX & Munsinger on Body To Body
“Control & Collapse” by 6SISS | Elaina Vierce on Mutant Modality

Buy Download:
Mutant Modality @ Bandcamp
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

Websites:
Munsinger
Munsinger @ Instagram
Mutant Modality

out for a while: Lost – Ten Commandments / Peace [NovaMute]

Artist:
Lost

Title:
Ten Commandments / Peace

Label:
NovaMute

Cat#:
12NOMU1

Release Date:
26th May 1992

Format:
vinyl

Tracklist:
A.
Ten Commandments

AA.
Peace

Info:
The first release on Mute’s sublabel NovaMute…

Lost were Nigel Fairman and Steve Bicknell.

Excerpt from early an NovaMute Bio
Prone to the flights of fashion, the music industry goes through more changes than a pantomime dame. From punk to easy listening it seems major corporations have tried to embrace the latest youth phenomena with a blinkered greed and slavering pursuit of the easy buck. The explosion of dance music in the late 1980’s caused a mass A&R; exodus out of dank gig venues and into the pulsating heat of smoky clubland. In the eyes of many labels dance music equalled mucho money, yet few labels possessed the history and capability to handle and understand this new musical form which survived outside the traditional confines of the music industry.

With hindsight it seemed inevitable that Mute Records would be one of the first labels to truly expand its focus and successfully embrace the burgeoning dance culture. A true maverick that had over the years built up a strong reputation for unleashing a barrage of idiosyncratic, electronically based experimental bands, Mute provided an ideal nest from which they could develop an interest in the dance scene. After all, it was their forward thinking attitude that led to the development of a relationship with Detroit’s techno renegades Underground Resistance, resulting in the X101 project; the UK’s first exposure to UR. So in 1992 NovaMute was born with a view to capturing the spirit and sound of the harder end of the fractured electronic dance sound. A true relative of Mute Records in all senses.

With a limited budget and a new born’s caution, the initial agenda differed considerably from its current purpose of artist development. The first batch of releases, including Unity 3’s ‘Age Of Love Suite’ and an offering from Steve Bicknell’s Lost, were licensing deals aiming to provide a wider UK audience base for white label and the more obscure European acts. Constantly scouring the globe for pioneering sounds, label founders Seth Hodder and Pepe Jansz secured such deals through their love of club culture, and, in doing so, strengthened NovaMute’s reputation.

….

Snippets:

Spinning The Vinyl:
“Ten Commandments”

Special:
Steve Bicknell – “Spacebase Mix Fabric London 25/05/2011”

Recommendations:
“A Day In The Life” by The Evader | Steve Bicknell on KR3 Records
Steve Bicknell’s “27” on KR3 Records
Steve Bicknell’s “Story Character EP” on 6dimensions
Steve Bicknell’s “Constant Movement” on Granulart
Steve Bicknell’s “Mind Patterns” on 6dimensions
Steve Bicknell’s “Modes Of Thought” on 6dimensions
LSD’s “Third Process” on LSD
LSD’s “Second Process” on LSD
LSD’s “Process” on Ostgut Ton
all stuff on NovaMute we featured

Buy Vinyl:
released in 1992

Websites:
Steve Bicknell
Steve Bicknell @ Instagram
NovaMute
NovaMute Germany

out soon: Spaaax – Eleven D EP [MindTrip]

Artist:
Spaaax

Title:
Eleven D EP

Label:
MindTrip

Cat#:
MT107

Release Date:
22nd May 2026

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Beyond Earth

02.
Eleven D

03.
Pelina

04.
Planetarium

Press Info:
Spaaax returns to MindTrip with Eleven D, his debut solo EP on the label following his contribution to the Mutable Minds XI compilation.

Based in Moldova and resident at the Metanoia Underground series, Spaaax builds music from the depths of the subconscious — hypnotic, rhythmically driven, and deeply atmospheric. Eleven D captures that approach across four productions that move between the mental and the physical without losing momentum.

This is MindTrip.

Cover image of NGC 198 by Pfirter. A faint emission nebula located in the constellation Pisces, it’s part of a larger complex of interstellar gas and dust illuminated by nearby stars.

Snippets:
soon

Special:
“DBR Podcast 63”

Recommendations:
all stuff on MindTrip we featured

Buy Download:
soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

Websites:
Spaaax
Spaaax @ Instagram
MindTrip

out soon: Steve Rachmad – 3-6-9 EP [Dekmantel]

Artist:
Steve Rachmad

Title:
3-6-9 EP

Label:
Dekmantel

Cat#:
DKMNTL121

Release Date:
19th June 2026

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A1.
3 Creation Energy

A2.
6 Physical Manifestation

B1.
9 Completion And Delivery

Press Info:
One of the true, undisputed pioneers of Dutch techno, Steve Rachmad appears on Dekmantel for an EP of peerless machine music. On the ‘3-6-9’ EP, the artist also known as Sterac, Parallel 9 and many other names plies a powerful trade in funked up, gritty and soulful techno made the proper way.

The connection between Rachmad and Dekmantel reaches back many years via his frequent appearances at the Dekmantel Festival — he has two performances at the 2026 edition as well as sets at Dekmantel Selectors lined up later in the summer. The ‘3-6-9’ EP lands ahead of an album and world tour that marks 45 years in service to electronic music, nodding to Rachmad’s earliest roots in electro funk through to his day- one embrace of house and techno as it made its way across the Atlantic from Chicago and Detroit.

There’s a rowdy, rave-spirited energy to the synth hook bucking its way through the centre of ‘3 Creation Energy’, coming on in brassy tones laced with artful distortion while the drums dutifully jack the way they ought to. There’s a more linear, pressure cooker quality to the tidal filter work guiding ‘6 Physical Manifestation’ to its own energetic peaks, while ‘9 Completion and Delivery’ surfs on coursing waves of arpeggiated lead lines before breaking through to the oceanic calm of grandiose pad tones.

There’s no mystery to unpick here — this is quite simply techno perfection made with the instinct and experience of a master of the form, whose life is synonymous with every inch of the culture.

Snippets:
click here

Special:
“DifferentSound invites … / Podcast #310”

Recommendations:
“Speedy & Steve” by Speedy & Steve on Mote-Evolver
Sterac’ “Light In The Darkness EP” on Token Records
Sterac’ “Different Strokes” on Mote-Evolver
Sterac’ “Numbers EP” on Mote-Evolver
split EP “Lightworks” w/ Sterac on Reclaim Your City
all stuff on Dekmantel we featured

Buy Vinyl:
Dekmantel store
Steve Rachmad @ Bandcamp
Deejay
Juno
Red Eye Records
Clone
Boomkat
Bleep
HHV
more soon

Buy Download:
soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

Booking:
Steve Rachmad

Websites:
Steve Rachmad
Dekmantel

out soon: Aleeks – Bloom EP [Life In Patterns]

Artist:
Aleeks

Title:
Bloom EP

Label:
Life In Patterns

Cat#:
LIP017

Release Date:
05th June 2026

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist Vinyl:
A1.
Boxcut

A2.
Crasher

A3.
No Future Without Past

B1.
Just Flowers

B2.
Echotex

B3.
Locked Groove #1

B4.
Locked Groove #2

B5.
Locked Groove #3

B6.
Locked Groove #4

Tracklist Digital:
01.
No Future Without Past

02.
Boxcut

03.
Crasher

04.
Just Flowers

05.
Echotex

06.
Deep Liner

07.
Tool 8

08.
Streets of Shanghai

09.
Locked Groove #1

10.
Locked Groove #2

11.
Locked Groove #3

12.
Locked Groove #4

Press Info:
LIP017 welcomes Bochum-based artist Aleeks to Life In Patterns. Despite being born in the early 2000s, he is deeply inspired by the sound of that era, channeling its essence into a forward-thinking take on modern techno. He has already made a name for himself with releases on ARTS, Oktogon, and Rave Your Soul.

His mini album “Bloom” offers a fresh reinterpretation of old-school foundations. Blending early 2000s infl uences with contemporary techno aesthetics, the record delivers a modern edge while remaining rooted in the fundamentals—driving rhythms, percussion-heavy grooves, and powerful low-end energy. Rich chords and atmospheric pads add emotional depth, shaping a distinctive and immersive sonic identity.

Spanning eight tracks, “Bloom” moves effortlessly from peak-time intensity to ambient textures and functional club tools, capturing the full spectrum of Aleeks’s sound and providing versatility for every moment of the night.
“Bloom” will be released on June 5, 2026, on vinyl and digital formats.

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