Electro

Born from the sizzling beats of the Roland TR-808 drum machine, electro emerged as a genre in the 1980s as a hybrid of emerging electronic music and techno styles with hip hop, synth pop and funk.

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Ebbs’N’Flow debut on Kalahari Oyster Cult with “Bunch of Amateurs”

Breakbeats, esoteric synth riffs, hazy FX and so much else to love from these utterly mad bastards.
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Electro Records, Samplers and Lots of Cocaine

The Supreme Court weighs in on the fate of a 1984 breakdancing jam with a wild backstory.
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Rooted: Laurent Garnier in the new issue of 5 Mag

Electronic music pioneer Laurent Garnier, Monty Luke, Petals In Sound, Henna Onna, Paul Johnson and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, released May 2024.
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Change My Mind: Space Disco & Italo-Balearica from Rollover DJs

Narcotic glitterball dancefloor fodder and a bonus alt-garage-core Bawrut remix from Milan's Rollover DJs on Change My Mind.

Dear Johnny: a V/A as lovely as its namesake from As You Like It

Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
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Nini Nobless of Canadian electro disco pioneers Lime has died

A "dazzling innovator of this art form," Nini Nobless broke new ground in electronic music in the early 1980s with synth disco duo Lime.
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First Cut drops a 3 track V/A on “Crossing The Red Line”

First Cut welcomes TR One, Giles Armstrong and Reflection Port Assembly on shiny black wax on Crossing The Red Line.

DJ Rocca – Code Rush

Code 041 is another brilliant musical excursion from the wildly eclectic but always on point DJ Rocca
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Photonz makes 12 house cuts about nothing

Photonz drops an album of spares, rares and sketches as a yummy bandcamp only release for diggers and DJs seeking ultra deep cuts.
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Moodymann, Carl Craig remix Alexander Robotnick’s seminal “Problemes D’Amour”

The surprise sleeper hit of an illustrious career - Alexander Robotnick was already working on video art, soundtracks and world music when it began to gain a cult audience - "Problemes" has been reissued many times but never quite like this.

Beyond Heaven: Discovering the hidden history of Chicago house music

In Beyond Heaven, Mario Luna and publisher Brandon Johnson collect artwork from more than a decade of Chicago house music history, from the early days of legendary pioneers to lost icons of dance music.
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The Sound of Tomorrow: Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon Recordings

Freerange and Delusions of Grandeur add a new sibling to the label family. Tom Roberts on the launch of Cyphon Recordings.
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Premiere: Yuu Udagawa – Stay With Us [Cyphon Recordings]

The debut release from the new sibling label to Freerange and Delusions of Grandeur comes from Japanese DJ and producer Yuu Udagawa. Stay With Us is a heavy, hazy and surprisingly soulful electronic masterpiece from Cyphon Recordings, out February 3 2023.
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Sanctified electro from Rico Casazza on Escandon

Escandon by Rico Casazza is a phenomenal EP, of rich techno and electro drunk on pure ether.
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Live techno vibes on System of Survival’s Handling EP

Techno that sounds jacked out of the PA from System of Surival and Fventi.
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Punchdrunk synth spirits brewed up by Liquid Earth on The Electronic Brain

A nose dive into junkyard synthesis on the new vinyl imprint from Liquid Earth.
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Chicago’s justindemus returns from hiatus with the Rapture EP

An amazing record that sounds like it was wrenched out of a man, Rapture from justindemus is out now from Julia Govor's Jujuka.

Nala is exploring “the marriage between punk inspiration, badass women and dance music”

Shaped by the electronic music underground of Miami and LA, Nala steps out with her new label Mi Domina, exploring "the marriage between punk inspiration, badass women and dance music."
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Paddy Thorne drops Lost Cause Part 2 album

UK producer, DJ and live performer Paddy Thorne's Lost Cause Pt. 2 is an album of quality techno-tinged electro and, without wishing to labour the point, electro-tinged techno.
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Suburban Knight is dropping his first album in 12 years

Hi8tus is an appropriate title for the full-length from Deeptrax and a producer known for exceptionally high quality and deeply influential techno discography.

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