Amplify Series - Techno, Electro, and more

Punshukunshu - "Rushing Headlong" (Diffuse Reality/Periphylla) [8/20/2021] Released on Periphylla Series, Rushing Headlong takes an irie approach to heady and ambient ebm. Support the release: https://diffusereality.bandcamp.com/album/punshukunshu-rushing-headlong-phy121 Follow Punshukunshu : Soundcloud - @punshukunshu Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Punshukunshu Instagram - https://www.instag...

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard Berghain and KHIDI resident and BITE label boss @phasefatale for its sixteenth episode of Amplify Series. Phase Fatale is the Berlin-based techno project of Hayden Payne. Since 2014 the New York native has earned a reputation as a techno innovator, both for the broad spectrum of dystopian, gritty, industrial- laden electronics included in DJ sets as well as his deep unde...

Dirty Epic presents its fifteenth episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @cyberlife-music aboard. Cyberlife is the side project of the Parisian artist @deikean. Both dj and producer inspired by a wide range of electronic genres, between dub techno, IDM, drum and bass, tribalistic world music, ambient, trip hop & psychedelic music, Cyberlife, a passionate human being born for e...

Dirty Epic presents its fourteenth episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @agent-orange-nyc aboard. Having cut his teeth during the legendary 90’s era raves and clubs in his native New York City, he has proven himself over the years as a pioneer and architect of modern day dance music. He’s spent the last 25+ years pushing a sound that holds true to the raw unfiltered soul of...

After debuting on Unknown Movements’ last compilation, then recording a live hardware set as one half of Roam for the label’s podcast earlier this year, Parisian producer dc11 delivers a solo EP of deep, modular techno, backed by a remix from UM boss Other Form. Employing modular synths to stumble upon ideas, refine micro loops, and build texture, dc11 (real name Lucas Marchal) has amassed a sizea...

Dirty Epic presents its thirteenth episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @djelledee aboard. The Brazilian-born, New York City based artist has been a fixture of the city’s club scene for over a decade. Known for her ability to control a room—shifting between techno, house, and breaks, she is also a drummer and has an intuitive understanding of timing and rhythm. Her music sel...

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard its resident @thefifthstigma for its twelfth episode of Amplify Series. American born, now living in Paris, France, The Fifth Stigma is an esoteric musical project. Tired with the direction of contemporary techno, The Fifth Stigma aims to craft a slow, heavy, and raw metallic techno, influenced by history, emotions and obscure world music, driven by a blend of several ge...

Dirty Epic presents its eleventh episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @truncate aboard. After being introduced to electronic music back in the early 90's in Los Angeles, a teenage David Flores was hooked. He started DJing across Southern California on the DIY warehouse, backyard, desert, and rave circuit. His style then was as varied as the local scene - a myriad of sounds r...

Dirty Epic presents its tenth episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @blackasteroid aboard. Black Asteroid is Bryan Black. Former engineer for Prince, one half of the critically acclaimed MOTOR, DJ, producer, live performer. Black is a force of electronic power and precision whose current incarnation as Black Asteroid sees the auteur in his most decisive campaign to date. Weap...

Dirty Epic presents its ninth episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @x_ti_n aboard. Austrian-born, she started off producing electronic music and being active part of Salzburgs underground techno szene, with two releases out on local labels. Berlin shaped her exploring worlds between dark dystopian techno, hypnotic and experimental ambient, which she blends in carefully curat...

Nothing is Real & Andrea Cossu "Eterea EP" (Unknown Movements) [May 21, 2021] Unknown Movements continues its journey into deeper and more hypnotic waters with the label’s first release of 2021: a stunning collaboration between two of Italy’s finest contemporary techno exports, Nothing is Real (trau-ma, The Gods Planet, Illegal Alien Records) and Andrea Cossu (Semantica, The Gods Planet), backed b...

Dirty Epic presents its eighth episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @dj-hyperactive aboard. Chicago born and bred DJ and producer Joseph Manumaleuna aka DJ Hyperactive needs little introduction to those versed in the history of techno. As one of Daft Punk’s “Teachers” and “brother of the humble”, according to Resident Advisor, his contributions to the underground continue to...

Dirty Epic presents its seventh episode of the Amplify Series podcasts, this time welcoming @radioslave aboard. Matt Edwards is a bonafide powerhouse of underground dance music. Over the course of more than fifteen years, the Berlin based artist has established himself as a leading A&R, influential producer and esteemed DJ, all with his own unique and immediately recognisable style. In that time,...

Dirty Epic welcomes the Canadian producer @747 for the sixth episode of Amplify Series. @747 is a DJ and producer from Vancouver. Best known for his acidic contributions to Aquaregia, he continues to impress with each and every release. Like his hypnotic DJ sets, his tracks are constantly evolving with a mixture of lush pads, dreamy soundscapes, and the sonically pleasing sound of the 303. Inspire...

Dirty Epic welcomes the Serbian artist @lag for the fifth episode of our Amplify Series podcast. A promoter of the underground culture, a DJ and a respected producer - Serbian-born Lag is the on the forefront of the new wave of techno artists. It is easy to notice from his sound that he did not take the usual route on his musical journey. He grew up on punk, acquired a classical education in music...

Dirty Epic invites German artist @deniserabe for the fourth episode of our Amplify Series podcast. Denise Rabe released her first 12” on German imprint Mutewax in 2015. A solo EP on Arts sub label Arts Collective quickly succeeded her debut the same year, leading up to the label publishing her third release in 2017. This is also the year Denise actualized her own eponymous label Rabe. September 20...

Dirty Epic welcomes the Italian mastermind @alessandro-adriani-mnq for our third volume of our Amplify Series. Of Roman origin, currently residing in Berlin, Alessandro Adriani is the driving force behind Mannequin Records, one of the most relevant shadow institution offering since 2008 wave and industrial releases but also talents such as Fallbeill, Maoupa Mazzocchetti, JASSS, An-I and December.....

Dirty Epic welcomes for its second episode of their Amplify Series the Detroit based DJ and producer @merachka. The motor city artist perpetrates a long tradition of masked acts such as Underground Resistance and Scan 7 and she is famous for including her vocals in her sets and for having remixed techno legends such as Jeff Mills, MoReese, and of course, her partner in crime, Detroit's one and onl...

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard the Los Angeles-based DJ and producer @silentservant (Sandwell District, Jealous God, Hospital Productions) for the first episode of their Amplify Series. Juan Mendez has been composing for a decade an obscure and powerful techno under the name of Silent Servant. Cradled as a teenager by post-punk, the Californian has retained the taste for dark and tense atmospheres, wh...