Category: 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.

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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

Artist:
Nicolas Bougaïeff

Title:
Sunday Summer EP

Label:
NovaMute

Cat#:
NOMU199

Release Date:
09th July 2025

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Sunday Morning At Panorama Bar When Things Go Sideways

02.
Blue Seventeen

03.
Organelle

04.
Summer Beach Bar Where Jodie Foster Goes In The Movie Contact

Press Info:
Nicolas Bougaïeff returns to NovaMute this July with ‘Sunday Summer’, the third and final entry in his ‘Prime’ Series, following ‘Primal Extensions’ and ‘Prime Function’ earlier in 2025. The series explores what Bougaïeff coins as prime rhythms — polyrhythms derived from prime number ratios. These asymmetric, complex structures unfold across each EP, inviting deep listening and disorienting groove, and so far winning support from the likes of Surgeon and Laurent Garnier.

Opener ‘Sunday Morning at Panorama Bar When Things Go Sideways’ sets the tone with skittish rhythms, rumbling low-end, and glitchy synths, imperfect by design and rich with experimental edge. ‘Blue Seventeen’ then brings high-velocity chaos with freakish pulses, incendiary hi-hats, and frantic acid lines that tear through the mix before ‘Organelle’ ups the pressure with muscular drum loops, gritty textures, and dystopian melodies that feel like otherworldly transmissions. Closing out proceedings, ‘Summer Beach Bar Where Jodie Foster Goes in the Movie Contact’ offers a moment of calm with a dubby, mid-tempo groove laced with organic sounds and whimsical melodies that drift in and out of focus like a mirage.

Based out of Berlin, Bougaïeff is a cerebral artist with a PhD in minimal techno and a creative reach citing Bach, Kraftwerk, visual art and mathematics for inspiration. A longtime Mute affiliate, he co-founded Liine (creators of the Lemur music app), launched the Berlin Academy of Electronic Music, and runs the BAEM Studio platform, where he shares acclaimed production tutorials.

Full Track Streaming:

Video Special:
“Live at Archives Sonores, Berlin (February 22, 2025)”

Related Releases:
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Prime Funktion EP” on NovaMute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Primal Extensions EP” on NovaMute

Recommendations:
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “EP3” on NovaMute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “EP2” on NovaMute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “EP1” on NovaMute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Recursive” on Denkfabrik
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Begin Within” on Mute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Higher Up The Spiral” on Mute
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Dust (Remixes)” on Mesh
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s “Dreamscape” on Denkfabrik
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Deckalog” on Denkfabrik
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Resilience Interlude” on Denkfabrik
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Les Sauvageries” on Denkfabrik
Nicolas Bougaïeff’s album “Principles Of Newspeak” on Denkfabrik
all releases on Mute & sublabels like NovaMute

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