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Filmmaker – Dehumanization (Self-Released)

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Label Description: This EP is about the overwhelming exponential data, corruption fatigue, blatant govt cover-ups, the ongoing wars, the struggle as an artist dealing with shadowban, bots in platforms, AI content creators, biased algorithms in social media, being undervalued locally, and all that off-sensations in the dystopian times we’re living.

Editor’s Note: For those interested, there is also an instrumental version of this EP as well.

Voidscan – Tired Monster (SHIFT+CTRL Music)

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Label Description:

I didn’t set out to make an album. I set out to survive some long, stressful nights.

I tend to take on many projects at one time, often too many and this album came from a place I don’t talk about much anxiety and isolation. I made Tired Monster during a period of serious burnout, physically, creatively, and emotionally. Not the loud kind, but the slow, creeping kind that wears you down until you barely recognize yourself. In between albums, and starting a record label, the music started as a way to process that. It’s the sound of pushing forward when you’re running on fumes, of feeling heavy but still restless. The “monster” in the title isn’t a villain, it’s the tired version of yourself that refuses to give up, even when you kind of want to.

This album is my most personal work yet. It blends my love for cinematic sound design with the darker beat driven textures I’ve always gravitated toward. You’ll hear ambient decay, distorted rhythms, and moments of tension and release that mirror how I was feeling while making it.

There’s no single genre here it’s my hybrid of cinematic electronic storytelling, crafted in isolation and shaped by late nights; the need to process life without words. I hope these tracks feel like a mirror, or maybe a companion.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed but couldn’t slow down… this one’s for you.

Thanks for listening to what I couldn’t put into words. 


Music by Voidscan

Cover Art by Maria Forsberg (www.instagram.com/forsberg_drawing/)

Layout by Voidscan (voidscanmusic.com)

Mastered at Structure|Edit Studio in Wildlight, FL (structureedit.com)

Released by SHIFT+CTRL Music (shiftctrlmusic.com)

No AI was used in the production of the art or music.

The Hedonistic Imperative – Planetoid 3 (Self-Released)

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Label Description: Planetoid 3

Decades of attempts later.
Escaping the pull of gravity.
Released into the void.
Yet another culmination.
I disappeared, intermittently.
I appear, briefly.
“Please enjoy this soundtrack to a parallel world. Creating, recreating, and fine-tuning this experience has brought me great satisfaction and much needed diversion. May listening to it provide you with something valuable as well.”

Third time’s the charm?

gribbles – githerments #02 (Self-Released)

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Label Description:

Another collection of orphaned tunes lurking in the nether regions of my laptop.

These are tracks that were lined up for a bit more polish and probable release – but since then my attention has moved elsewhere as I got all excited about new shiny projects and these tracks got left at the ‘nearly there’ stage. So they’re a little rough around the edges in places, but I’m claiming that as part of their charm.

That said, when I played a couple of these to people they got broadly appreciative nods – so I thought another githerments release may be in order.

It’s a bit of a mixed bag.

ether is so old, all I have is the audio file. Which is a shame ‘cos there was a lovely long reverb tail on the end and it’s cut off in the version I found sat in a random folder.

There’s upbeat electro in Storm, Noir-esque noodling with some spoken word in Thomas, and even some guitar on Tom Five.

Streets and Blue Hills are pseudo-themes for some never made US cop dramas.

Of course there’s a tune or two with stuff from my much raided US evangelists sample folder. Will I ever grow out of that?

There’s some sort of poppy songs, some sub Daft-Punk vocoder work courtesy of a Arturia pssst I found that I meant to replace the sample in. And some things I’m not sure how to describe.

All in all – something for everyone or maybe everything for someone.

Line up, baby!

.g
July ’25

Heaven Topology – Describer (Ingrown Records)

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Label Description:

Review from On The Fringes of Sound!
http://www.onthefringesofsound.com/2025/08/heaven-topology-describer.html

CDs available here and from the artist in a super limited quantity!

Please follow and support the artist here:
heaventopology.bandcamp.com
heaventopology.net

Previous release on Ingrown here:
ingrown.bandcamp.com/album/worldpath-yggdrasil

ING062

If you dig this we think you’ll dig:
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ingrown.bandcamp.com/album/i-2
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ingrown.bandcamp.com/album/bup-land-anomaly-audio

Council Estate Electronics – MIRFIELD (Avalanche Recordings)

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Label Description:

New album from the JK Broadrick & Diarmuid Dalton electronic music project Council Estate Electronics

Absorbing early industrial music, krautrock and dub / dub techno.

Exploring the immediate geography of the areas of Birmingham where Justin and Diarmuid were raised.

JK Broadrick – Electronics
Diarmuid Dalton – Electronics

Produced by Justin K Broadrick at Avalanche Studio, UK

2020 – 2024

AVALANCHE RECORDINGS / 2025 /
AREC081 /

Kompuls – Interalto (Ant-Zen)

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KOMPULS is the solo project of tim kniep, best known as one half of the industrial duo synapscape. a longtime figure in the german electronic music scene, kniep is recognized for his intense vocal delivery, complex rhythmic structures, and innovative sound design.

‘interaltro’, the debut album by KOMPULS, is an intricate fusion of depth and complexity, where rhythmic noise provides a dynamic foundation. the relentless pulse serves as a canvas for eclectic sonic threads, capturing the spirit of the times with subtlety and nuance.

balancing raw intensity with refinement, the album ventures into experimental territory, propelled by broken beats and technoid influences that create a surreal auditory experience. kniep’s sound design intertwines electronic, idm and glitch, creating a constantly shifting klangteppich – a sound carpet – where timbres evolve and fragment in perpetual motion.

ultimately, ‘interaltro’ stands as a cohesive artistic statement, inviting the listener into a layered exploration of structure and fragmentation, where sound unfolds with intellectual rigor and unpredictability.

KOMPULS : tim kniep
artwork by stefan alt

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