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    Gabriel's latest album, ambient and melodic tracks to sooth the soul. Recommended.
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    Roland AIRA Compact S-1, a handheld SH-101 w/ various expanded features. Sonicware Liven Texture Lab, sampler/granular synth/effects processor.
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    I've been on yet another spending spree due to some seriously affordable second hand units in EX condition coming to my attention, got my hands on a ASM Hydrasynth desktop and Behringer Deepmind 12D for 40 % off each (compared to retail price at Thomann), and a Waldorf Blofeld desktop for 55 % off. I also found a pair of Arturia Rackbrute 6Us for almost 50 % off, so now I'm installing my semimodulars in them, making electricity easier to manage (two wall plugs instead of 10). I'm already friends with the Deepmind, but the Hydrasynth requires a bit of intense exploration.
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    Headphone Commute says things.
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    So good. I've been a Degiorgio fan since the early 1990s, and he still hits the mark with every release.
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    The final Exalt release available for pre-order. Coloured 3x12" w/ t-shirt and other goodies, Tracks from Darren Nye, Ever Vivid, GRIT, John Shima, Lucky & Easy, Morphology, _Nyquist, Paul Hierophant, Posthuman, Russ Gabriel, Scape One, SCN1, Shadow Acid, Steve Rutter, The Hidden Figure, Transparent Sound, WRNR, and Zodiac Childs. 2xCD, 2xCassette will be available later. Extremely highly recommended.
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    Electro mainstay Uros Umek returns as Zeta Reticula, top-shelf material. Highly recommended.
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    Igloo says things.
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    Surgeon on how he ditched the studio to record an album with a tabletop live setup: "It’s funny, but people desperately want to know what gear I’m using" (Musicradar)
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    Out now.
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    Large Language Model, e.g. ChatGPT.
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    New E.R.P., top-shelf electro, but alas - vinyl only. Highly recommended.
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    That's something I've been thinking about and asking myself during the past 30-odd years of record collecting, and I think it's a fair question. Although I've let playing only vinyl go years ago, there are still oodles of labels releasing only vinyl and holding back on digital, which I find uncomfortable due to the environmental factors of vinyl production and distribution. As we all know, vinyl is a petrochemical product, and coupled with the carbon footprint of distribution (i.e. transportation) it's many orders of magnitude worse for the climate compared to digital; there's also the artificial scarcity angle, limited editions, rent-seeking scalpers etc. adding to the mix of nastiness, but I've still not been able to let go of vinyl completely. It strikes a hard bargain, and I'm whittling down my vinyl dependency - I wish I had the tenacity to just stop buying vinyl and go fully digital - but I don't think I'll ever be able to completely swear it off. 'It's becoming harder and harder': Is the dance music 12-inch on the way out? (Resident Advisor)
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    They're usually made available on Bandcamp when the pressing has sold out.
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    Yet another amazing Kahvi Collective release, Architect of Echoes painting the horizon with sound. PWYW, highly recommended.
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    My preorder now has a release date, which is the 21st.
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    BLASPHEMY. APOSTASY. HERESY.
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    Usually the limited edition vinyl becomes available through WDG's Bandcamp first, but it's not there either. Juno's specific date has been changed to coming soon. Oh well.
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    Expansive, melodic, downtempo-beat-laden electronics from a fantastic collaboration, some BoCesque undertones very apparent. Highly recommended.
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    The 8th full-length album from Lowfish, CD/digital expanded with extra tracks from earlier releases. You know what to do. Highly recommended.
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    PWYW compilation of tracks from the likes of Hexalyne, MTCH, RENEGADE ANDROID, and more; the artists have been supplied with a set of samples, and they do what they will with them. Highly recommended.
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    Seventh release on DiN's Tone Science series, top shelf ambient explorations. Highly recommended.
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    Koova is better known for his stunning electro releases, but with Explorer 183 he dives into deeper territory, sometimes evoking almost Biospheresque sounds and feels. Highly recommended.
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    Deep house maestro Derek Carr gets another massive archive material album release (the first one was A Future-Retrospective Of Art after Knoe 5/1-3); there are some tracks that have been released before, but most of them are exclusive to this release. RIYL Ian O'Brien, John Tejada. A lot of the early Carr releases go for 40 € or more, and are not available in digital, so these compilations and re-releases are essential for those after his earlier oeuvre.
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    Keith Farrugia's been on a massive roll, he's put out three albums recently (this one, Let The Music Flow on Infiltrate, and Hum Of Human Dreams on Furthur Electronix) while keeping up with a steady stream of EP/12" releases on Orbital Mechanics, Acid Synthesis, and more.
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