Five tracks of future electro-funk from Spanish DJ and producer Lefrenk, who makes his Gated debut.

Across five expertly warped tracks, the EP pulls from 80s Balearic sunsets, fried breakbeats, warehouse-scented house music, and electro that’s been lightly basted in funk and grilled over a lovely DAW.

‘Brainstorm’ kicks off with pummelling beats then goes widescreen, like a sci-fi epic barging into your set uninvited but winning you over immediately. It’s bold, abstractly beautiful, and absolutely means business.

‘Clocks’ loops squelchy bass and a twinkling melody that develops masterfully, intent on living in your head proudly — like a tenant who pays rent on time and doesn’t play the saxophone.

‘Funk Awake’ could soundtrack a very stylish chase scene between two people in vintage tracksuits.

‘Ocaso’ slows it down a little — warm and woozy, but with snappy, electrified beats holding it up like a drunk at a bar vying for the bartender’s attention.

Rounding things off, ‘Relative Point’ floats somewhere between VHS nostalgia and late-night contemplation, where the insistent beat and bass hold steady and the synths do the wandering.

Five tracks of future electro-funk from Spanish DJ and producer Lefrenk, who makes his Gated debut.

Across five expertly warped tracks, the EP pulls from 80s Balearic sunsets, fried breakbeats, warehouse-scented house music, and electro that’s been lightly basted in funk and grilled over a lovely DAW.

‘Brainstorm’ kicks off with pummelling beats then goes widescreen, like a sci-fi epic barging into your set uninvited but winning you over immediately. It’s bold, abstractly beautiful, and absolutely means business.

‘Clocks’ loops squelchy bass and a twinkling melody that develops masterfully, intent on living in your head proudly — like a tenant who pays rent on time and doesn’t play the saxophone.

‘Funk Awake’ could soundtrack a very stylish chase scene between two people in vintage tracksuits.

‘Ocaso’ slows it down a little — warm and woozy, but with snappy, electrified beats holding it up like a drunk at a bar vying for the bartender’s attention.

Rounding things off, ‘Relative Point’ floats somewhere between VHS nostalgia and late-night contemplation, where the insistent beat and bass hold steady and the synths do the wandering.

Five tracks of future electro-funk from Spanish DJ and producer Lefrenk, who makes his Gated debut.

Across five expertly warped tracks, the EP pulls from 80s Balearic sunsets, fried breakbeats, warehouse-scented house music, and electro that’s been lightly basted in funk and grilled over a lovely DAW.

‘Brainstorm’ kicks off with pummelling beats then goes widescreen, like a sci-fi epic barging into your set uninvited but winning you over immediately. It’s bold, abstractly beautiful, and absolutely means business.

‘Clocks’ loops squelchy bass and a twinkling melody that develops masterfully, intent on living in your head proudly — like a tenant who pays rent on time and doesn’t play the saxophone.

‘Funk Awake’ could soundtrack a very stylish chase scene between two people in vintage tracksuits.

‘Ocaso’ slows it down a little — warm and woozy, but with snappy, electrified beats holding it up like a drunk at a bar vying for the bartender’s attention.

Rounding things off, ‘Relative Point’ floats somewhere between VHS nostalgia and late-night contemplation, where the insistent beat and bass hold steady and the synths do the wandering.

Five tracks of future electro-funk from Spanish DJ and producer Lefrenk, who makes his Gated debut.

Across five expertly warped tracks, the EP pulls from 80s Balearic sunsets, fried breakbeats, warehouse-scented house music, and electro that’s been lightly basted in funk and grilled over a lovely DAW.

‘Brainstorm’ kicks off with pummelling beats then goes widescreen, like a sci-fi epic barging into your set uninvited but winning you over immediately. It’s bold, abstractly beautiful, and absolutely means business.

‘Clocks’ loops squelchy bass and a twinkling melody that develops masterfully, intent on living in your head proudly — like a tenant who pays rent on time and doesn’t play the saxophone.

‘Funk Awake’ could soundtrack a very stylish chase scene between two people in vintage tracksuits.

‘Ocaso’ slows it down a little — warm and woozy, but with snappy, electrified beats holding it up like a drunk at a bar vying for the bartender’s attention.

Rounding things off, ‘Relative Point’ floats somewhere between VHS nostalgia and late-night contemplation, where the insistent beat and bass hold steady and the synths do the wandering.

Five tracks of future electro-funk from Spanish DJ and producer Lefrenk, who makes his Gated debut.

Across five expertly warped tracks, the EP pulls from 80s Balearic sunsets, fried breakbeats, warehouse-scented house music, and electro that’s been lightly basted in funk and grilled over a lovely DAW.

‘Brainstorm’ kicks off with pummelling beats then goes widescreen, like a sci-fi epic barging into your set uninvited but winning you over immediately. It’s bold, abstractly beautiful, and absolutely means business.

‘Clocks’ loops squelchy bass and a twinkling melody that develops masterfully, intent on living in your head proudly — like a tenant who pays rent on time and doesn’t play the saxophone.

‘Funk Awake’ could soundtrack a very stylish chase scene between two people in vintage tracksuits.

‘Ocaso’ slows it down a little — warm and woozy, but with snappy, electrified beats holding it up like a drunk at a bar vying for the bartender’s attention.

Rounding things off, ‘Relative Point’ floats somewhere between VHS nostalgia and late-night contemplation, where the insistent beat and bass hold steady and the synths do the wandering.

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Happy 303 day!

Here at Gated you know how much we love the aciid (when it's not the reflux kind) - and so for this year's special 303 day we are super excited to bring you a massive mix from the multi-talented Acidic geezer - Jozef K.

Expect non-stop bubblers from start to finish. Remember to pack your Renees, coz this ones gna leave some burns.

Tracklist

1. Jozef K & Tin Man - Perfectly Symmetrical Acid


2. Donato Dozzy & Tin Man - Test 7


3. El_Txef_A - Claim Of Planet Earth (El_Txef_A's Tree Of Life)

4. Jozef K - Immortal Acid

5. Posthuman - Into Gestalt

6. Jozef K - Minamisenju Acid

7. D3 - Thrill

8. Jagdstaffel 66 - Alle Piloten Mit in Den Tod

9. Alien Rain - Illusion

10. Jackin Jones - Simpatico

11. Alien Rain - Alienated 5B

12. Tin Man - Running Acid

13. Legowelt - Institute Of The Overmind (Photonz Remix)

14. Hardfloor - Machines On A Mission

Somewhere between techno, early 90s Italian progressive, and goa trance, the debut EP by Astral Renegades is difficult to pigeonhole, but works wonders on a saucer-eyed dancefloor.

The brainchild of a mysterious but established producer, Astral Renegades takes things in a whole new headspinning direction.

EP opener Planetarium sets out its stall early, getting straight into trippy, trancey territory within the first few seconds, an acid bassline underpinning the swirl to devastating effect.

Wunderland goes even deeper, with a mind-bendingly detuned melody and that ever-present acid bass.

Pluto FM on the B-side pushes the repetition to the limit with pulsing synth loops, while EP closer Milchstr brings an element of funk to the bassline.

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Just 2 left of our latest from Gated from DIM DJ - Electronic Friction https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-friction

More available from all good record shops.

Catch Zobol on his Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/zobol

Welcome back to the Gated podcast and we're stoked to kick off 2025 with a return from one of our favourite DJs - The Bristol-based Zobol. The multi talented chap has a reasl knack for track selection and also makes some seriously good tracks of his own.

So for Gated this time round expect a full spread of lucious Electro We start with a set of new Gated bits we're eager to share.

Use liberally to get the icey memory of January out of your veins.

Tracklist

Gated big 3

(Forthcoming)

Astral Renegades - Pluto

(Forthcoming)

Zobol

1. Zobol – Rhetorical Question [ Electro Vino ]

2. Not Even Noticed – Cyber Rhythm [ Who Is Paula? ]

3. Featherstone – Microcosm [ Gated ]

4. Zeta Reticula – An Activity Cycle [ Wave Function ]

5. E.R.P – V/Eight [ Omn:nia ]

6. Nullptr – Sytasol [ Fanzine ]

7. Zeta Reticula – Need To Orbit [ Wave Function ]

8. Noamm – Science We Trust [ Tiger Weeds ]

9. Obzerv – Platinum [ Gunfinger Food ]

10. Zobol – Retrofuturism [ Tiger Weeds ]

11. Wedding Acid Group – Low Moisture Acid [ Undersound ]

12. Lloyd Stellar – Sterrenwacht [ Wave Function ]

13. Vertical67 – Twitch [ Analogical Force ]

14. Sound Synthesis – Unstable Mind [ Nonlinear Rhythm ]

DimDJ makes a welcome return on Gated for a second EP of acid-inflected hardware tracks, showcasing a range of sounds, from mid-tempo arpeggiated opener Next On Next, followed by the faster Detroit electro-influenced The Path, and low-end bothering Cashe on the A side.

The B leads with the rather lovely 10th Of May, which in our book is basically a summer-soaked Balearic house track, followed by the experimental acid techno of Crash, before Ampi 00 Pattern winds down the EP in pensive ambient style.

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Welcome to the end of year round up from Node!

It's been one hell of a year for good music, so here's a selection including bits from all the Gated releases over the year and a load of other amazing tunes. It's not a "best of" per se, just a collection of what we've been listening to over the year that have stood out personally and also fit together pretty nicely for a varied selection of bpms and styles.

Here's to a new year and a podcast schedule that should be back to normal in January.

If you're in London on 11th January you can catch Node playing with good friend Dom (Invisible Menders) down at Next Door Records, Shephard’s Bush, 6pm - 12am for an indulgent session of just good music ;)

Tracklist

Donato Dozzy - Lucrezia (Spazio Disponibile) https://soundcloud.com/donato-dozzy

Uf0 - Gomesia Delay (Fourier Transform) https://soundcloud.com/user-956993165

Ruby My Dear - PnT2 (Analogical Force) https://soundcloud.com/analogicalforce

Acidulant - Sonic Expansion (Gated) https://soundcloud.com/acidulant

Jim Thompson - Naranjito (Self-released)

Fluffy Inside - Limitation Unlimited (Mighty Force) https://soundcloud.com/user-128761180

Perseus Traxx - Remembering Bari (Chiwax)https://soundcloud.com/rawax-chiwax-housewax

p1nkf1re - Couch Pinkmix (Analogical Force) https://soundcloud.com/p1nkf1re

DimDJ - Cashe (Gated - Supposed to be for '24) https://soundcloud.com/dimdj

Batu - Sunday (A Long Strange Dream) https://soundcloud.com/batuuk

Perseus Traxx - Sheet 96 (Gated) https://soundcloud.com/perseus-traxx

Feral - Mind Garden (Hypnus) https://soundcloud.com/hypnus

Featherstone - Moving Towards You (Ernest's Way) https://soundcloud.com/featherstone_adl

Obergman - Quasiparticle (Cragie Knowes) https://soundcloud.com/obergman

Léonce - Amyl Nitrate (Morph Tracks) https://soundcloud.com/djleoatl

James Shinra - Trippin (Self-Released) https://soundcloud.com/jamesshinra

DJ Q - Gunshot! (Local Action) https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic

Nikki Nair - Snake (LuckyMe) https://soundcloud.com/nikki-nair https://soundcloud.com/luckyme

bastiengoat - Slander (Self-released) https://soundcloud.com/bastiengoat

JIALING - Addy (feat. Third Self, HONEY B, Rose Kourts) (Clasico) https://soundcloud.com/clasicorecs https://soundcloud.com/pbnstrawberryjam

The Jaffa Kid - Moseley (Kulture Galerie) https://soundcloud.com/jaffakid-1 https://soundcloud.com/msmkulturegalerie

Wiles - Man of the Future (Gated)

Human Rebellion - Light And Shadow (LDI) https://soundcloud.com/ldirecords

Keith Carnal - Dark Clowns (Second Degree) https://soundcloud.com/keithcarnal

Skee Mask - Double Standard (Ilin Tape) https://soundcloud.com/ilian-tape

not even noticed - Xenograft (WIP) https://soundcloud.com/who22 https://soundcloud.com/not-even-noticed

Doctor Jeep - Pika 2 (Tra Tra Trax) https://soundcloud.com/drjeep

Hassan Abou Alam - Basha (Nerve Collect) https://soundcloud.com/hassan-abou-alam

T5umut5umu - 武者 Musha (Sneaker Social Club) https://soundcloud.com/sneakersocialclub

James Shinra - Finch (Self-Released)

Mani Festo - Bioscan (WNCL) https://soundcloud.com/westnorwoodcassette

MOY - Supermassive (Analogical Force) https://soundcloud.com/moy

Eva808 - LET'S BE HAVIN U? (Exit) https://soundcloud.com/exitrecords

wrk.dat - Breaking Character (Defrostatica) https://soundcloud.com/defrostatica

re:ni - Below Sanpaku (Timedance) https://soundcloud.com/renildn

NikNak - You've Never Seen A Miracle (Accidental Records) https://soundcloud.com/accidentalrecords-1

DMX Krew - Idea Two (Hypercolour) https://soundcloud.com/dmxkrew https://soundcloud.com/hypercolourrecords