“14tracks: Nause Techno”

listen read

Dual Action

Body Automatic

listen read

Dual Action

Body Automatic

Another Hospital veteran turns his hand to techno with heavy results

listen read

IVVVO

Burn

listen read

IVVVO

Burn

Opal Tapes' recent signing hocks up a cloud of blunt bass and keening loops

listen read

Alberich

Paneriai

listen read

Alberich

Paneriai

Kris Lapke attempts to systematically disintegrate your speakers and your body

listen read

VALLENS (DVVLLXNS)

Xochitl

listen read

VALLENS (DVVLLXNS)

Xochitl

Inverted ambient techno soundscaping by Jon Porras of Barn Owl

listen read

PETER VAN HOESEN

Europa / Unlit Bonfire

listen read

PETER VAN HOESEN

Europa / Unlit Bonfire

Geometric techno syncopations doused in prickly digital noise

listen read

PETE SWANSON

Pro Style (VIP)

listen read

PETE SWANSON

Pro Style (VIP)

A vicious stretch of bruising, incendiary noise techno malevolence

listen read

MPIA3

Your Orders

listen read

MPIA3

Your Orders

The spirit of Robert Armani and Caustic Window finds a new vessel

listen read

Unit Moebius Anonymous

SD23 D

listen read

Unit Moebius Anonymous

SD23 D

Original Dutch techno agitators do it to death

listen read

Milton Bradley

Trapped In Eternity

listen read

Milton Bradley

Trapped In Eternity

Proper bad trip techno coated in spectral acid noise

listen read

L.B. Dub Corp

Choctaw Dub (Original Mix)

listen read

L.B. Dub Corp

Choctaw Dub (Original Mix)

Luke Slater aka PAS at his most detached, shapeless, and intriguing

listen read

Container

Refract

listen read

Container

Refract

American noise techno pioneer on a mission...

listen read

MCMXCI

Untitled 2

listen read

MCMXCI

Untitled 2

The other side to 1991; raspin', aggressive, and bang in the middle of the 'floor

listen read

Hacker Farm

Grinch

listen read

Hacker Farm

Grinch

Infectiously wyrd West Country junktronica for the hardcore

listen read

Rene Hell

S. LV Turn

listen read

Rene Hell

S. LV Turn

Primordial modular abstractions lashed to a strobing pulse

“14 tracks: Nause Techno”

This week we round up 14 pieces arcing across techno, junk electronics and noise. The application of overdriven electronics and throbbing beats is nothing new, really; the early industrialists and power electronics set, even the maddest Chicago types and gabbers have been at it for decades. But in recent times a whole new school has emerged of belligerent bastards taking license to pile on the distortion over pretty much everything. It's in part a political/aesthetic reaction to a decade of glossy, clean-cut house and techno minimalism and also down to more base instincts that simply weren't fully gratified by the noise underground: it can sometimes get a bit boring standing still to 40 minutes of face aching distortion; just add some churning rhythms to the equation and et voila, you've got a f**king party! OK, that's maybe a bit reductive, but if we're going to attribute the rise of 'Nause Techno' to anything, it's a craving for more visceral sensation, whether thru volume or kinaethesia, and there's no arguing that this stuff won't stimulate areas other sounds don't reach. Make of it what you will, but for us, this is some of the most exciting and gratifying music available right now, offering myriad options for expression to any wayward musicians bored by the strictures of established genres.