'Compute 1' pairs André Winter and Carlo Ruetz on Marc Romboy's Systematic Recordings. Winter (Hamburg, rooted in early Detroit techno) and Ruetz (a Beatport-topping minimal techno producer) deliver two moody, hypnotic cuts — 'Akat 1' and 'Swac' — at 126 BPM. Dark, melodic and dancefloor-strict.
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Tal Fussman on Rekids with 'Definition'. The Berlin-based, Israeli-born producer blends house, jazz and 80s-tinged disco into four emotional cuts running 103–129 BPM, from 'Freedom Defines House' to 'Even Rome Wasn't Built In a Day'. Deep, melodic and distinctive.
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Konstantin Sibold's 'Lost In Space' on Drumcode. The Stuttgart producer — genre-fluid since his 2013 Innervisions breakthrough 'Madeleine' — leans melodic here, the title track featuring Kaf3r alongside 'The Arrival' and 'Dark Matter' at 129-133 BPM. Emotive, hooky melodic techno on the Swedish label's bigger end.
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Joseph Capriati's Montreal mix lands as a triple-pack on Global Underground, the UK home of the landmark DJ-mix series. The Naples techno DJ and producer threads seventeen cuts — his own 'Meandri', Rino Cerrone, a Carl Cox rework of HoneyLuv & Roland Clark, Solomun, a DJ Rolando remix — across...
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Johannes Heil, the German techno producer who started out in Heiko Laux's Kanzleramt, lands on Odd / Even with the 'By Night EP'. Four parts of raw, hypnotic and menacing driving techno running 126–129 BPM. Each given a full vinyl press, true to the label's one-canvas-per-release approach.
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Bart Skils on Drumcode with 'Roll the Dice'. The Amsterdam producer, a longtime mainstay of Adam Beyer's label, turns in two cutting-edge, dancefloor-focused techno tracks — the title cut at 133 BPM and 'Into the Clouds'. Direct, big-room driving techno built for the main floor.
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Volume three of Drumcode's A-Sides Vol.10 series, three driving-techno cuts at 129 BPM from Victor Ruiz, Ilija Djokovic and Veerus. Adam Beyer's Swedish institution stays in its bigger, dancefloor-focused register here, from Ruiz's 'Love Story' to Veerus's 'I Know'. Functional, peak-time techno.
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