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An excursion into the lesser-known territories of the Asian musical landscape, 'Ragom (Various Artists)' is the latest release from Bangkok’s enigmatic @siamesetwinsrecords. Ahead of its release, the premiere spotlight falls on Kiss Nuka’s 'Taabiir', a word that translates to “deeper interpretation (of dreams)” in Urdu.

True to its name, the track channels Kiss Nuka's mystical insight and raw emotion through a hypnotic variation of vocal percussion, reminiscent of konakkol, the rhythmic vocal tradition of Carnatic music. Fractured beats move in procession while ghostly tones dance around them, never fully landing. Kiss Nuka constructs a sonic ecology where boundaries dissolve between inner and outer, past and present. Taabiir doesn’t demand attention; it quietly draws you in.

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Following our recent news article on Kokong Festival, today we turn our attention to the festival’s inaugural sampler - a curated glimpse into the artists set to perform this weekend inside the iconic geodesic dome at Pub Stallhagen on Åland.

Spanning four tracks, the compilation brings together leading voices from the Nordic electronic music scene: FISK, the analog techno alias of Finnish producer and Elektron product specialist Daniel Troberg; the exploratory textures of Andreas Tilliander and jazz trumpeter Goran Kajfeš; the murky Baltic atmospheres of Havsmörker; and the pulsating club energy of Norwegian techno veteran Mental Overdrive.

Our pick from the sampler is the opening track 'Ilväder' by Scandinavian duo @havsmoorker. Comprising Anton Johansson and Axel Jonsson, the pair fuse field recordings, analogue synthesis, and traditional acoustic instrumentation into immersive folktronica and ambient works. Their sound conjures a sense of sensory navigation - foggy, spatial, and deeply intuitive.

Steeped in atmosphere, Ilväder is both murky and crystalline - a meditative piece that weaves mystical synth lines with effervescent percussion, blending natural elements like flute with earthy, ancient textures. The result is an experimental, downbeat track that gently leans toward the techno spectrum, while remaining rooted in introspection and place.

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Los Angeles-based visual artist and producer Jeremy Raskin – better known as Vijunns – emerges from the threads of urban mayhem with his latest single ‘Industry'...Our pick is the original version - pulsing with a slow-burning intensity, drifting through spectral arpeggios as distant, space-delayed atmospheres glow in a midnight sun. It's as if the ghostly noise of a post-industrial metropolis has been recycled into a high-powered turbine, propelling listeners into a dazzling dance.

@vijunns

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Emerging from the foggy thresholds between Lille and Berlin via LBJ Records, ‘Spookie’ marks a nocturnal alliance between French duo You Man and the restless dark disco outfit Local Suicide...With a heavy-footed kick and a convoy of metallic synth layers, ‘Spookie’ opens like an engine coughing to life beneath dim-lit lights. As the momentum thickens, the track shifts into a slow-motion cyclone of haunted vocal loops, operated by Vamparela’s spectral intuition. By the midpoint, the mood subtly morphs into quasi-Eurohouse chords beaming through the haze like the first hint of sunrise.

@you_man

@localsuicide

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Presenting their fourteenth release, today London-based Soul Quest Records issue ‘A Ghostly Tryst‘ from off-kilter production outfit Berkeley Hunt...Our pick is the original version of 'Wicked Sins' – a crooked broken beat burner sizzling a cauldron of introspection. Sitting somewhere between the lines of a bossa nova shaker and saturated VHS feedback, convulsing beneath drunken drums and dissipating jazz.

@berkeleyhunt

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Bristol-based Common Ancestors Records present 'Shore', the latest digital release from New Zealand-born, now Copenhagen-based sound and video artist Fred Small, working under his production alias raptAGOG...Our pick, Estuary, draws listeners into a 134 BPM submersion of space-delayed echoes and staccato rhythmic frameworks, while Small’s spectral tones flicker like rogue transmissions on the edge of perception.

@common-ancestors

@fred-small

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NYC-based Hidden Recordings return with ‘DSC031 - DSC033‘ EP from label boss Deepak Sharma...Our pick is the closing track, ‘DSC033’ - a 136 BPM techno power surge built for peak-time euphoria. Teetering between smoked-out inertia and mind-bending ecstasy, it melts into a magma of Teutonic polyrhythms, where tension-laced synths, steamy whistles, and industrial toms drive through a high-pressure techno landscape.

@deepaksharma_official

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Berlin-based italo-disco record label Slow Motion mark their return with the full-length release 'Cafe Futuro', the sophomore album from label boss Franz Scala...Our pick is the fifth track ‘Saxon Rebel’ - a sleek, hyper stylised descent into the nocturnal undercurrents of Northern Germany. Co-produced by Local Suicide, the track operates at a steady 120 BPM, maintaining an unflinching tension without ever rushing. Acid-washed synth lines snake through layers of gleaming new beat arpeggios, while Vamparela’s Greek spoken-word passages lend an air of ritualistic mystique. The result is a seductive time-warp, where fragments of ancient rites and sci-fi futures converge into an hallucinatory dancefloor reverie.

@franz-scala

@slow-motion-records

@localsuicide

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Berlin-based record label Wie Ein Gott prepare to unleash ‘Sledgehammer‘ from Berlin-based producer XTR Human...Our pick is Baha‘s version of ‘Sledgehammer‘ thanks to its warehouse-primed techno sermon infused in euro-trance sweat. Kicking off with smoked vocals and horror-score synths, the track plunges into a blackout of breaks. As the track evolves, thumping kick-drums intertwine with bleached arpeggios and decayed monologues, wrapping the audience in a climax of ecstasy.

@krisbaha

@xtrhuman

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Following up records from Hame and Kareem Ali, Bordeaux-based label Noire & Blanche line up 'Azura' EP from Newcastle-born producer Edmondson...Our pick from the EP, ‘Every Night I Dream of Catching Trains’, unfolds like a half-remembered dream, drifting through the hidden corners of the mind. Distorted transmissions mirror a celestial spectrum filled with stretched-out piano chords and ultra-filtered sax phrases, while Edmondson's rumbling train blasts off with his highly-arranged deep house rhythms.

@noireblanche

@edmondson