Premiere: Carlo Maria – Fast Backwards

Matt Blair
Carlo Maria follows in the footsteps of his compatriot Lory D, crafting a brand of Italian sci-fi techno he can call his own. Back on Brutaz after a debut for the Polish label close to three years ago, the Mila...

If-Only Podcast #42: Mr Assister

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Dialling the tempo in either direction, the enduring quality of Mr Assister's output has been a keen fascination with rhythm and percussion. There are ties to James Blake and the 1-800 Dinosaur imprint, notably...

Premiere: Flora FM – Dematerialize

Raf Farias
Quick off the mark for 2019, Flora FM (real name Taylor Hawkins) sets the pace with Mycelination – a new 4-track EP and latest offering from the newborn TerraFirm label. Drawing inspiration from the rich techn...

Premiere: Bigeneric – Deltoid

Elliot Stevens
Fragrant IDM from the same clutch as the Irresistible Force, B12, Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe, and other Artificial Intelligence; the seventh release from Mélodies Souterraines wanders through a buoyant haze ...

If-Only Podcast #34: GiGi FM

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Dancer, radio host, trap enthusiast, techno futurist, DAW enchanter; GiGi FM is many things, but the persona this Netil Radio resident and GEM (Gestural Electronic Music Collective) founder has cultivated is si...

Video Premiere: Lårry – Systems_hyperthread

Matt Blair
Unseen forces spawning a temporal glitch, pushing computer-rendered hallucinations and VHS reveries into a warped fifth dimension. As the rift in space-time deepens, so the intensity of our journey grows, the s...

If-Only Podcast #32: Koehler

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Not to be confused with the Director of the German Institute on Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies who shares his name, Berlin-based producer Daniel Koehler eschews the confines of genre which too oft...

Premiere: 90 Process – Strictly Cut

Simon Rowbotham
It feels like a hot minute since 90 Process dropped The OJ² from Metz EP earlier this year on 10 Pills Mate. A barn-storming, fully-formed EP, it flourished across warehouses everywhere with the hard kickin’ dr...

Premiere: Exhausted Modern – Beta Pictoris

Matt Blair
Endless Illusion keep things local as Czech duo and long-time collaborators Aliver and label founder Exhausted Modern converge on the Prague-based imprint's latest white label offering. Our pick is 'Beta Pictor...

Premiere: JAI/MAHL – #ICU

Matt Blair
Deepness in dance music is a massive cliché, to the point where anything with a rich bassline and emotive melody can be lazily labelled as such. Rather than sonically, true deepness is often achieved when the m...