Inverted Audio Podcast

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-rafael-anton-irisarri-signals-from-a-distant-afterglow We’re proud to premiere ‘Signals from a Distant Afterglow’, the emotional centrepiece from Rafael Anton Irisarri’s forthcoming album Points of Inaccessibility (out 6th February). Built from slow-burning bowed strings and smouldering drones, the track reaches its most affecting moment through the ghost...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-michael-claus-surveillance-species Michael Claus’ latest release Static Drift on Club Moniker leans firmly into heavy, propulsive techno, blending clattering percussion, submerged synths and glitchy rave energy. Written over three years during his move from the Bay Area to New York, the record marks a shift from his moodier dub-influenced work toward peak...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-conor-cc-air Following the rush of Hidden Allure, Conor CC returns to Origin CC with Air - a darker, more deliberate cut trading peak-time speed for low-slung tension. Rolling at 120 BPM, the track pairs break-driven rhythms with a thick, rumbling low-end. Distorted vocals, echoing mids and razor-sharp percussion lock into a groove that feels both hypnoti...

REVIEW > https://inverted-audio.com/review/hame-elan Fresh from a run of acclaimed releases, @hame-compathy presents his debut LP Élan on @yoyaku. Known for his warm yet driving take on deep house, the album captures the subtlety and emotional depth that have defined his recent work. Opening with lush, enveloping pads, Élan unfolds as a cohesive, endlessly listenable journey - intimate, immersive...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-ufo95-pulsation-3 French producer UFO95 returns with A Brutalist Dystopian Society on MORD, an uncompromising techno album inspired by the stark power of Brutalist architecture and its wider social meaning. Drawing on themes of protest, tension and failed utopias, the record distils heaviness, minimalism and raw energy into fourteen razor-sharp live-drive...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-peryl-nullity/ Berlin-based techno producer @peryl_music lands on German record label @augmented_research to deliver his latest album Phase Alterations, an exploration in the highly detailed world of analogue synthesis. Nullity distills the sound of Phase Alterations into (just shy of) 6 subterranean minutes of brooding drone work, aquatic, distorted synt...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-ben-kaczor-feeling-of-wind-home Swiss producer Ben Kaczor returns with 'Peace In Mind', a deep and driving four-track EP on Berlin-based label Stólar, featuring a remix from Spanish producer Tibi Dabo. Following his standout 'To Baby Bones' EP on Lola Haro’s Small Steps imprint, Kaczor continues to refine a sound that balances emotional weight with crisp...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-forward-memory-scholzs-star Artist Series 02 marks the next step in Alt Dub’s steady expansion, uniting Forward Memory, Thomas + James, Gradient and Beppu as they each reinterpret the label’s warm, spacious dub aesthetic through their own lens. Together they push Alt Dub’s sound deeper into hypnotic, analogue-rich territory, with Forward Memory’s “Scholz’...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-harrison-bdp-mushy-peas A new sub-label emerges from Neptune Discs - and who better to launch Jupiter's Depth than deep-sea house explorer Harrison BDP. His new 4-track EP bubbles up from the ocean floor with molten energy, conjuring visions of alien lifeforms drifting around hydrothermal vents. Packed with with volcanic energy - giving life to thousands...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-jonnnah-consume-me French producer Pierre Paumier returns as @jonnnah with his new LP What They Left on Second End Records, a wintry blend of dub techno, bass, ambient, and slowed breakbeat textures. Among its standout moments, “Consume Me” drifts from a foggy dub techno haze into an understated downtempo groove, carrying a subtle trip-hop mood that feels...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-yamaan-night-flight Ahead of their 15th anniversary, @100percentsilk have assembled Late Shift Silk, a collection of tracks from a group of mostly new, and some familiar, names to the label. Label favourites such as Charles A.D. and Shine Grooves stand alongside new additions to the roster such as Warden and Dorosoto. The compilation is less a look in the...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-tile-plazas-healing-pond 100% Silk is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the upcoming compilation Late Shift Silk. Featuring a slate of new and familiar names, the California label commemorates a decade and a half of sounds that range from chill room dub, pool party house, and rooftop techno. “Healing Pond” is an oasis lying just beyond the horizon. Wi...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-renato-fiorito-sei-di-nuovo-qui Electro-acoustic composer Renato Fiorito returns with Bastimento, a site-specific work built from field recordings captured along the dramatic coastline of Mount Bulgheria in Italy’s Cilento National Park. Developed as a three-act performance across three distinct coastal locations, the album channels the swelling Mediterra...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-tharn-last Tharn returns to Belgian imprint Crossfade Sounds with Reach, a three-track dive into vaporous, slow-burning dub techno. Misty ambience, weightless rhythms and whispery vocals form a hazy, dreamlike space - music made for quiet, reflective moments rather than the club. @soundavenue

REVIEW & TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/u One year on from Life Isn’t A Fountain? - the Lex Records EP where archival post-punk was reanimated through meticulous sample-work - the elusive producer U returns with a project that reaches further back and digs far deeper. On ARCHENFIELD, U turns their attention to the Herefordshire borderlands, where English and Welsh histories intermingle...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-tuxe-nada-a-pulso Tuxe’s debut EP Cem por Cento (100%) captures an artist shaped by constant movement, blending the distorted basslines and chopped vocals of São Paulo’s queer underground with the tropical rhythms and warm pads of Brazil’s northeast. Written between São Paulo, a Northeast tour, and a run through Europe, the EP feels like an auditory love...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/snad @snad steps up to deliver IA MIX 396, accompanying a feature in which he reflects on the making of his new record AM Yard on @scissorandthread. He discusses the year-long experiments behind its hazy textures, the influence of his temperamental Ensoniq DP4, the late-night nods to Chez & Trent, and the hardware-driven workflow that shaped t...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-ozzy-jones-asking-your-name Ozzy Jones issues his debut album "between you and me" on Dutch imprint Intercept. The project is the raw, urgent result of a life-altering epileptic seizure Jones suffered in 2019, an event that shattered his sense of self and forced him into solitude, reflection, and emotional reconstruction. @ozzy2016 @interceptrecords

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-dudal-de-roover-b Pieter Dudal & Adriaan De Roover are set to release their collaborative album "Pivot Rotations" next month - a continuously mixed collage of tape loops largely taken from recordings made at live shows in Ghent, Brussels, and Meakusma Festival in Eupen. "b" is the third track on the album, although its arrival becomes unnoticeable during...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-ea-rueger-flight-reflex E&A Rüeger return to mark Blizzard Audio Club’s 5-year anniversary with Flight Reflex, a synth-driven, tension-filled cut from the BAC+5 compilation. Built on evolving pads, crisp rhythmic plucks and rolling arpeggiators, the track moves between orchestral-tinged ambience and energetic 4/4 peaks. Brief but deeply resonant, it leave...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/intrusion When Stephen Hitchell released The Seduction of Silence in 2009 under his Intrusion alias, the double-CD immediately established itself as a landmark in the dub techno continuum. Across deep, glacial chords, cavernous bass and hypnotic atmospheres, Hitchell expanded the Berlin/Detroit lineage into something spiritual and introspectiv...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-aukio-sound-ft-john-folass-sakpata Ethnomusicology plays a central role in the work of Aukio Sound, Helsinki-based electronic artist and DJ, and this @futuraresistenza release is no different. Drawn from recordings made during his time in Benin, the 4-track EP contains two tracks with their own alternate dub versions to compliment. Both works feature voca...

On Saturday 15 November, Border Community alumni The MFA (@mfallstars) joined us at Inverted Audio Record Store in Peckham to celebrate the reissue of The Difference It Makes, featuring new remixes from Joe Goddard and Nathan Fake. Huge thanks to everyone who came down and made the evening so special. BUY VINYL: https://inverted-audio.store/products/the-mfa-the-difference-it-makes-remixed-remaster...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/mike-parkers-epilogue-field-records/ Dutch imprint @fieldrecords reveal the release of 'Epilogue', a new triple vinyl pack from American producer Mike Parker (@geophone), revisiting the artist’s celebrated output on the now-defunct German record label Prologue. Across the collection, Parker’s productions balance stripped-back techno with finely tuned textures, vee...

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-marco-maldarella-sulcus @kr3_records round out their fifth anniversary with a split extended player from Jin Synth and Marco Maldarella. Dubbed 'The Neural Abyss', the release "invites listeners on a profound exploration of hypnotic, deep brainwave states". Bologna-based Marco Maldarella's contribution "Sulcus" is the focus of today's premiere. Where prev...