Hello everyone! It’s that time of the month again — our Staff Picks are here!
Ten outstanding releases, including several LPs, a powerful various artists compilation, and the stunning 3LP “Epilogue” by Mike Parker closing the selection. Moving freely between pure ambient, IDM explorations, techno, and refined electro.
Dive in and enjoy the sound.

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☉ Kliche – Dabrea [Blank Mind]

Under his new alias Kliche, London-based producer Biri reemerges with “Dabrea”, a record that feels both liberated and precise — a fresh start shaped by intuition and rediscovery. Released via Blank Mind, the four tracks flow through lush, dubwise atmospheres where rhythmic urgency meets emotional depth, evoking the exploratory spirit of early rave culture without falling into nostalgia. Dabrea captures a transitional moment — the sound of an artist stepping away from club conventions in search of new freedom. The result is a delicate balance between braindance-inspired melodies and soundsystem pressure, crafted with a tactile sense of space and tension.
It’s not just a new chapter for Kliche, but a reminder of how renewal can sound: vivid, weighty, and quietly transformative.
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☉ Repulsive Force – The Levitating Frog III

Ute.Rec co-founder Filip Storsveen returns under his Repulsive Force alias with “The Levitating Frog III” — the third chapter in a remarkable series that continues to trace the DNA of ’90s electronica. Across six tracks, Storsveen drifts through trance-laced melodies, trip-hop beats, and refined shades of electro, shaping a sonic landscape suspended between introspection and rhythmic tension. Each piece feels like it hovers slightly outside of time — meticulously crafted, emotionally balanced, and rich in texture. The Levitating Frog III stands as both a continuation and a culmination: a coherent, elegant exploration of the ethereal side of contemporary electronic music. Released as a double CD, the edition also includes tracks from The Levitating Frog II.
A beautiful object, and a truly inspiring listen. Tip!
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☉ Various Artists: Broken Horizon [Crescent London]

Crescent London presents “Broken Horizon”, a various artists featuring four solid, meticulously crafted techno cuts by Alderaan, Mod21, Michal Wolski, and Magna Pia. Each track unfolds as a chapter in a shared narrative where tension, texture, and awareness define the atmosphere. Alderaan and Mod21 carve hypnotic, introspective journeys rooted in raw physical energy, while Michal Wolski and Magna Pia expand the spectrum toward cosmic and ritualistic dimensions.
A cohesive yet diverse collection from four producers who have never ceased to evolve their sound without compromises.
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☉ Cahl Sel – Traces – Reflective Records]

With “Traces”, his debut album on Reflective Records, Cahl Sel crafts an introspective yet expansive voyage through strange synthetic worlds. Across twelve tracks, the artist dissolves the borders between ambient and techno, building a body of work that feels at once physical and weightless — the sound of exploration rendered in pure texture. Emerging from years of live experimentation across sacred spaces, backroom clubs, and open-air gatherings in Northern California, Traces captures the evolution of an artist in full control of his craft. Each piece unfolds like a fragment of memory suspended in time, distilled from improvised hardware sessions into something both intimate and unbound.
An ambitious album that invites the listener to drift — to lose orientation, and to find beauty in the blur between form and formlessness.
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☉ Igor Dyachenko – Remnants Of Noise [Offret Music]

“Remnants of Noise” by Igor Dyachenko moves like a sonic fog — dense with suggestion, silence, and texture. Conceived as the soundtrack for Offret FW 25/26, this limited-edition vinyl turns the runway into an intimate, sensory experience where every sound feels like it’s resurfacing from a distant memory.
Dyachenko weaves field recordings, delicate drones, and organic tones into a fluid composition that drifts between the natural and the artificial, the architectural and the inner landscape. The result is a suspended journey — melancholic yet radiant — capturing the fragile beauty of impermanence.
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☉ Tighe – Empty Units [Bait]

Bristol-based producer Tighe makes his debut on Bait with “Empty Units”, an EP that bridges the weight of dubstep’s early days with the spacious sensibility of dub techno. Rooted in a dub mixing approach, the three original cuts unfold as stripped-back, percussive rollers sculpted for sound systems, where depth and restraint take precedence over excess. Remixes by Pianeti Sintetici and Yogg push the release into more futuristic terrain — reshaping Tighe’s skeletal framework into sharp, high-energy mutations around the 150 BPM mark.
A promising debut that captures the tension between nostalgia and forward motion — raw, focused, and finely tuned for the night.
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☉ VC-118A – Avian [Delsin Records]

Samuel Van Dijk returns to Delsin under his VC-118A alias with “Avian” — an EP that reaffirms his mastery in shaping electro into something both narrative and contemplative. The Finnish artist crafts a sonic landscape where tension and melancholy coexist in perfect balance, elevating the language of electro to new emotional dimensions — intimate, sophisticated, and subtly unsettling.
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☉ Courtney Bailey – In Dream [Second Circle]

With In Dream, her debut album on Second Circle, Courtney Bailey opens a window onto a luminous inner world — a place where dream logic, memory, and nature dissolve into sound. Across eight tracks, the Tokyo-born, Berlin-based artist blends digital textures, gentle acid lines, and soft-spoken vocals into a radiant, weightless flow. There’s a sense of childlike wonder running through the record: melodies move like light across water, while rhythms breathe with organic grace. Inspired by Dream Dolphin and shaped by her encounters with the natural landscapes of Australia, In Dream feels both earthly and ethereal — music that observes, absorbs, and transforms.
A debut that invites you to drift — tender, luminous, and endlessly alive.
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☉ In Transit – In Transit [FELT]

After years of silence under his many aliases, Dave Huismans — known for reshaping the language of rhythm as A Made Up Sound and 2562 — reemerges with “In Transit”, a self-titled LP released on FELT that reveals a more introspective side of his artistry. Originally sketched out more than a decade ago and refined with patient precision, the album unfolds across six tracks of celestial downtempo vignettes, built entirely on a Korg ESX sampler. The result is an intricate tapestry where shimmering melodies, fractured rhythms, and atmospheric tension coexist in perfect unease. In Transit feels both alien and deeply human — rhythmic yet weightless, grounded yet constantly slipping away. It’s Huismans at his most delicate and conceptual, mapping an emotional space that sits somewhere between memory and motion.
A quiet, luminous chapter in his ever-evolving sonic journey.
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☉ Mike Parker – Epilogue [Field Records]

The king Mike Parker returns to hypnotize our minds once again. “Epilogue” gathers twenty timeless works originally released during the golden years of underground techno — a monumental collection that feels less like a retrospective and more like a passage through memory itself. Listening to these tracks today is like standing inside a magnetic field that never lost its charge. Each groove spirals inward, each pulse carries the discipline and precision of an artist who turned repetition into revelation. There’s no nostalgia here — only the reaffirmation of a vision that shaped how we listen, how we move, and how we perceive sound. We won’t indulge in commentary or comparison. Instead, we invite you to listen — to experience the work of one of the greatest producers in electronic music history.
Mike Parker has inspired generations of artists and listeners, and with Epilogue, he continues to do so — silently, powerfully, endlessly.
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