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On mnjm label, techno finds a new voice in the Arab diaspora
It’s just as dark, just as blistering and powerful, but with sharper details, nuanced rhythms. Arabic-speaking techno from mnjm in Berlin reinvigorates the genre by shedding some of its cookie-cutter repetition and making it come alive all over again.
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Poly_Chain’s bumpy electro mix for Mixmag Ukraine slaps hard
When reality slaps you, slap back. Poly_Chain, aka Kyiv-born multi-talent Sasha Zakrevska, has a pure-fire mix of “bumpy electro” and adrenaline-driving broken beats, a lot of it unreleased (though some of it you can and should buy.) The Choreography and Merriment departments say you’re welcome.
Remembering Achim Szepanski, Mille Plateaux founder and dissident
We’ve just learned of the passing of Achim Szepanski, founder of Mille Plateaux and Force Inc. labels, icon of glitch, “Clicks + Cuts,” and a visionary beacon of experimentalism across Germany and internationally. And just as importantly, a dissident. Here is a collection of remembrances in English and German.
Free Mintropolis EP Kirn & Meindl this weekend; modular and techno
Peter Kirn - August 25, 2024
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