Category: Release Features

Artist:
Rigor

Title:
Feeling Out Of Place EP

Label:
Transhuman Society

Cat#:
TRASY006

Release Date:
21st August 2026

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Feeling Out Of Place

02.
Misplaced Mind

03.
Emergency Loop

04.
Emergency Loop
(J.Blofeld Remix)

Press Info:
TRASY proudly presents its next release: RIGOR – Feeling Out Of Place EP, featuring an outstanding remix by J. Blofeld.

Built around hypnotic grooves, deep atmospheres and uncompromising sound design, Feeling Out Of Place EP explores the feeling of isolation and transformation through powerful, driving techno. RIGOR delivers a raw yet emotional collection of tracks that move seamlessly between introspection and peak-time functionality, while J. Blofeld adds his own signature interpretation with a darker, warehouse-focused remix.

Remaining true to the vision of TRASY, this release is designed for DJs and listeners who appreciate timeless, hypnotic techno with depth, tension and purpose.

Snippets:

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“Misplaced Mind”

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“Yax Invites #161”

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Artist:
Steve Rachmad

Title:
Light And Time

Label:
Dekmantel

Cat#:
DKMNTL123

Release Date:
07th August 2026

Format:
CD, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Reality Programmers

02.
Quantum Infiltrators

03.
Silent Revolution

04.
The Field Of Reality

05.
Intention And Consistency

06.
Divine Blueprints

07.
The Final Mission

08.
Invisible Warriors Of Light

09.
Wok And Pumpkin

10.
Star Origins

11.
Redhead

12.
Cosmic Memories

13.
Multidimensional Bridge

14.
Shadow Work

15.
Encrypted Instructions

Press Info:
Making a bold change of direction as he toasts 45 years working in electronic music, Steve Rachmad dials up the symphonic dimension of his musical practice for Light and Time — a widescreen trip to techno’s outer reaches. As one of the true originators of Dutch dance music, Rachmad brings a wealth of experience to his first album for Dekmantel even as he adopts new production methods to create his most ambient body of work to date.

A strong melodic sensibility runs through all of Rachmad’s work. His 1995 album The Secret Life Of Machines under his Sterac alias remains a landmark of lush, emotionally charged, deep-diving techno, while classic workouts like ‘Helix’ and ‘Gnosis’ (as Parallel 9) foregrounded powerful synth lines. Up until the upheaval of COVID, Rachmad’s studio practice had been squarely focused on synths and drum machines, but when (along with the rest of the world) he was stuck at home reevaluating his situation, he found himself exploring the world of film scoring.

Experimenting with Native Instruments’ sampling software Kontakt, Rachmad taught himself how to arrange and layer orchestral instrumentation. Having rarely used sampling in his music before, the distinct fluctuations of recorded orchestral players opened up a new dimension that has become the foundation of Light and Time, the first of many albums Rachmad has ready to go in a more downtempo, home-listening vein.

Throughout Light and Time, harmonious passages take centre stage as Rachmad audibly stretches out. At times the orchestral samples arrive in a pure, organic form, while elsewhere they merge and mutate into synthesised elements. His techno legacy manifests throughout, in abstract form. In lieu of strident beats, we’re offered fractal, scratchy rhythms guiding uniquely shaped noise and natural sounding percussion with a human lilt. These fluctuations are no accident — they’re a result of Rachmad playing much more of the album by hand after years in thrall to the precise machine pulse of arpeggios and sequences.

The album never feels restricted by one dogmatic approach. At times, Rachmad’s embrace of moody soundtrack composition fills the whole picture, as on haunting string piece ‘The Field Of Reality’. Elsewhere he dips into low-slung electro soul for ‘Invisible Warriors Of Light’ while ‘Cosmic Memories’ revels in alien synthesis with a dramatic bite. ‘Encrypted Instructions’ tweaks and processes string samples through angular prisms to close the album out with an experimental flourish.

Rachmad’s long and winding history in electronic music naturally folds into these new modes of expression, and the end result is a sumptuous, many-sided album that showcases the hidden depths of a techno legend’s musicality.

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Recommendations:
Steve Rachmad’s “3-6-9 EP” on Dekmantel
“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

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Artist:
Kelovolt

Title:
Diese Fragile Praesenz EP

Label:
Minimood

Cat#:
MINIMOOD027

Release Date:
11th September 2026

Format:
vinyl

Tracklist:
A1.
Diese Fragile Praesenz

A2.
Diese Fragile Praesenz
(Voltmar Version)

B1.
Diese Fragile Praesenz
(Anthony Linell PM Remix)

B2.
Diese Fragile Praesenz
(Black Merlin Remix)

C1.
Diese Fragile Praesenz
(CV313 Gravitational Pull)

C2.
Diese Fragile Praesenz
(Die Wilde Jagd Remix)

D1.
Diese Fragile Praesenz
(CV313 Dimensional Dub)

D2.
Diese Fragile Praesenz
(Anthony Linell AM Remix)

Press Info:
At the heart of ‘Diese Fragile Praesenz’ lies a melancholic yet propulsive drone, constructed from a field recording and drenched in white noise. Around this softly glowing orb Kelovolt constructs a vast, shifting, sombre soundscape. Lush, magisterial pads, starry-eyed synth work, cold washes of tape hiss and static melt in and out of the mise-en-scène. Crumbling walls of bass and distortion collapse in slow motion even as rich, brasslike harmonies elevate the listening mind. Long keening synth notes emerge from the fog, intertwining with falling tubular figures, a journey through a wormhole of sound both monumental and fragile.

The accompanying reinterpretations approach this deeply rich source material with discerning reverence. Voltmar’s version deepens the grain of the original, with sharper percussion and washes of static that blow through the mix like little gales of dust. Anthony Linell’s PM and AM remixes delve into a darker emotional core, placing at the centre a low, shadowy synth pulse around which mists of tape hiss and distortion swirl. Black Merlin steers the track down the path of eerie psychedelia, echoing clicks and dubwise space around a groove often found in the deeper chasms of contemporary techno.

Elsewhere, Die Wilde Jagd stretches the original into a mesmeric landscape of drones, occasional distant percussion and heavy fog, punctuated by fleeting moments of melodic clarity and beautifully resonant bell tones. CV313’s pair of reworks complete the collection by exploring two complementary dimensions of the original through his signature dub approach. The Gravitational Pull mix feels the most true to the title track, amplifying its starry-eyed, celestial qualities, with a softer, hazier version built around a deep bass groove, while the Dimensional Dub descends into vast caverns of echo, resonance and alien texture – strong dub-techno sensibilities loom large in this mix.

Endlessly contemplative, endlessly exploratory, minimood027 is a trip to its own sonic galaxy that spirals inexorably outward, carrying the mind to ever wider astral planes. But at the core is that ever-pulsing drone, the black abyss that draws consciousness powerlessly back into the great nothingness.

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