• CF Review | Dissolving Spaces, Circular Loops: Ficture’s Tart Opens the Door to Grudge Against Beauty on EC Underground

    CF Review | Dissolving Spaces, Circular Loops: Ficture’s Tart Opens the Door to Grudge Against Beauty on EC Underground

    EC Underground is a multidisciplinary collective, music label and talent agency based in South Florida. Since 2018 it has bridged European and UK electronic music in the US, fusing electro, electronica, IDM, glitch, techno and drum & bass, and supports creative voices worldwide through live events and its ambient sub-label EQ. Igloo Magazine has called… Read more

  • CF Signals: Muhammad Taha – Memory Card New [Hxagrm Records]

    CF Signals: Muhammad Taha – Memory Card New [Hxagrm Records]

    Hxagrm Records, our beloved Spanish label based in Valencia, returns after a hiatus, sustained over the years as a research archive of augmented cognition. And for this return, what better than to do it with new talent? For this release — the label’s number 060 — the imprint welcomes Muhammad Taha to the team. He… Read more

  • CF Review | Suspended in Time: David Heine and the Crackle of Memory on WEIRDMOUTHRECORDS

    CF Review | Suspended in Time: David Heine and the Crackle of Memory on WEIRDMOUTHRECORDS

    What does a record sound like when it refuses to forget? On Suspended in Time, label head David Heine answers with an uncompromising statement: a focused body of work shaped alongside the most important musical companions of his recent years, Konstantin Kost and AMAS. The EP is the fifth release on Weirdmouth Records (WMR005), out… Read more

  • CF Signals: Oaktek – How It Ends [Black Shapes]

    CF Signals: Oaktek – How It Ends [Black Shapes]

    Oaktek emerges as a new artistic identity, created to connect with audiences through a deep, hypnotic journey into the world of techno. Driven by powerful rhythms, Oaktek builds enveloping soundscapes in which the lines between percussion and melody blur, in a raw and introspective exploration of techno’s darkest emotional core. From Rome, Italy, Black Shapes… Read more

  • CF Signals: Ancestral Landscapes – Deep Form [Espectro A]

    CF Signals: Ancestral Landscapes – Deep Form [Espectro A]

    Ancestral Landscapes is the electronic music project of a producer and DJ from Messina, Sicily, whose sonic identity is built from the darkest and most introspective territories of underground techno. Drawing on the experience gained from his previous project, SAAM, he has developed a language of his own that privileges atmosphere, texture and hypnotic progression… Read more

  • CF Signals: Clemente Loffredo – Port_ Alba [Prophet Recordings]

    CF Signals: Clemente Loffredo – Port_ Alba [Prophet Recordings]

    Prophet Recordings is one of our favorite labels in the underground circuit. Faithful to the side of the form that truly produces and reproduces the artistic form of electronic music, the Italian label was created to respond to the need to express music without the filters of the market, in favor of an artistic expression… Read more

  • CF Signals: Pumuki – I Love Dance [Behind The Noise]

    CF Signals: Pumuki – I Love Dance [Behind The Noise]

    Pumuki is a Madrid-born artist, DJ, and producer, born in 1982. His musical career began in 1997, starting out mixing techno and continuing with electroclash. Today, his style is indie dance and italo with touches that marked him in the past; hence, his productions span styles such as indie dance, italo, dark wave, and electroclash.… Read more

  • CF Signals: Sander Zabicki – Under Pressure [EXP Records]

    CF Signals: Sander Zabicki – Under Pressure [EXP Records]

    Sander Zabicki is a rising figure in the world of DJing and electronic music production. Known for his ability to fuse hypnotic techno with deeply emotional nuances, Zabicki has quickly carved out a distinctive place in the scene. His music reflects a deep knowledge of the genre’s roots while pushing boundaries with innovative sound design… Read more

  • CF Signals: Afterlife – Lay Me Down [Subatomic UK]

    CF Signals: Afterlife – Lay Me Down [Subatomic UK]

    Afterlife has never been interested in repeating clichés or familiar textures. Each album represents a new challenge, a continuous search for new creative possibilities whose rewards multiply every time. So much so that this new album might be the best of his career to date — and the proof is in the music itself. Across… Read more

  • CF Signals: Leonor – I Feel Strange [Nativo]

    CF Signals: Leonor – I Feel Strange [Nativo]

    Leonor is a DJ and producer from Guadalajara, Mexico, currently based in Tournus, France. Nativo is a record label and event promoter specialized in dance music. Founded in 2020 by Roliva, Fausto and Prince Terrible, it emerged with the aim of creating a safe, equitable and conscious space for those who are part of the… Read more

  • CF Signals: Allan Gallego – Perro de Pueblo [Arido Records]

    CF Signals: Allan Gallego – Perro de Pueblo [Arido Records]

    Allan Gallego is a DJ, producer, live artist and label owner based in Miami, known for his raw and hypnotic techno sound. With versatile sets, Allan has earned a reputation for taking dancefloors to unexpected places, captivating audiences with a unique style and keeping them absorbed with powerful rhythms. His unwavering dedication to the craft… Read more

  • CF Signals: iBOT – Whisper (iBOT D’n’B Edit Mix) [Research From Space Records]

    CF Signals: iBOT – Whisper (iBOT D’n’B Edit Mix) [Research From Space Records]

    iBOT (Ivano Marsalisi) is an Italian DJ, producer and rhythm-maker, born in Turin in 1985, who identifies with the modern current of hypnotic, minimalist, modular techno with a raw texture. His sound combines structural rhythm with a studio methodology driven by the mystical. Founder of Research From Space Records (established in 2021) and based in… Read more

  • CF Signals: Carara – PTN Select 001 [Gynoid Audio]

    CF Signals: Carara – PTN Select 001 [Gynoid Audio]

    Carara has a sound defined by an attitude that reads as slightly arrogant but always firmly grounded in a versatile yet well-delimited sonic design. That combination is one of the qualities we appreciate most in his work, and it returns now on the mythical label Gynoid Audio, where he presents two volumes of PTN Select.… Read more

  • CF Signals: Tagmond – Baha [Broque]

    CF Signals: Tagmond – Baha [Broque]

    Tagmond is the artistic name of Michael Dieling, a German electronic music producer and live artist. Working with hardware, modular instruments and live performances, Tagmond develops musical ideas through experimentation rather than following a fixed formula. His work includes releases on SNOE and Traum Schallplatten, as well as a live modular performance and an interview… Read more

  • CF Signals: DAHER – Give Me Hope [Research From Space Records]

    CF Signals: DAHER – Give Me Hope [Research From Space Records]

    DAHER works in the most lucid form of contemporary techno — the kind that does not rely on spectacular effects to earn its place, but on accumulation and rigor. In a present saturated with showy tricks, the producer consolidates an aesthetic stance: first with a debut release on the Spanish label Subsist Records, and now… Read more

  • CF Signals: Snuffo – For a Better Tomorrow [Snuffo]

    CF Signals: Snuffo – For a Better Tomorrow [Snuffo]

    Snuffo (Benedikt Schmidt), who usually appears masked, has forged a singular trajectory in electronic music over the years. His work is driven by a constant search for new forms of expression, guided by artistic curiosity rather than trends or fleeting recognition. Born in 1981, Snuffo’s musical path began in the mid-1990s. Today, this German artist… Read more

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