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London Modular Alliance

Cracked Dice

The Cracked Dice EP represents the first time that the trio have come through on CPU in full force, with Simon Lynch completing the lineup alongside K... more...

• 01 Cracked Dice
• 02 Head of the Keeper
• 03 Chemical Peel
• 04 Lemon Mishap

Blackploid

Cosmic Traveler

Recommended by: Dr Troy (Medical Records)

Cosmic Traveler, a four-track affair, marks Matiske's debut appearance on Sheffield's Central Processing Unit. Given the long wait, it's great just to... more...

• 01 Electric Engine
• 02 Night Drive
• 03 Pleasure Activism
• 04 The Race

Tim Koch

Tourbillon

Recommended by: Alex Jann

Tourbillon is a four-track EP which dazzles with its perpetual-motion post-IDM productions. The term 'tourbillon' has two meanings - it is the French... more...

• 01 Estranger
• 02 Disfugue
• 03 Dreitark
• 04 Hankert

Proswell

People are Giving and Receiving Thanks at Incredible Speeds

The core sonic palette of PAGARTAIS is one schooled in the IDM and electronica sounds of imprints like Rephlex Records, B12 and Skam. These tracks are... more...

• 1 PAGARTAIS I
• 2 PAGARTAIS II
• 3 PAGARTAIS III
• 4 PAGARTAIS IV

Biochip

Crux Alley

Synthase found Biochip twisting up Braindance, IDM and electro to their own ends, and Crux Alley is an album which hits similar sonic sweet-spots. Bio... more...

• 1 Mind Bubbles
• 2 Polymorphic State
• 3 Orbital Rendezvous
• 4 Antagonist Part 6

Silicon Scally

Dormant

Recommended by: Kessler

Silicon Scally is the most prolific of Finlow's alias projects, and on Dormant, the third Silicon Scally release for Sheffield's Central Processing Un... more...

• 1 V Electro
• 2 Bode
• 3 Proximity Sensor
• 4 Dormant

Automatic Tasty

The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

'The future is not what it used to be - no past, no memory'. With this robo-voiced intonation, Automatic Tasty returns to Sheffield's Central Processi... more...

• 1 The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
• 2 Romance in the Old Country
• 3 Rising Sun
• 4 Adventures in the World of Becoming

Baby T

I Against I

Recommended by: Kessler

Baby T's Central Processing Unit debut I Against I tackles dystopian electro, impressionistic drum 'n' bass and dark ambient, all while adhering to ju... more...

• 1 I Wish
• 2 Acid Science
• 3 Estrogen Attitude
• 4 We Could Disappear

Paul Blackford

Betamax

While the tempos of Betamax may be rather relaxed, the sonic palette used here very much links up with CPU's other drops. It is one forged in the forw... more...

• 01 Betamax
• 02 Neon Shores
• 03 Far from Home
• 04 Fortress

Nullptr

Future World

Nullptr has created a set of perpetual-motion marvels here, wind-'em-up-and-watch-'em-go electro tunes in which synth lines and 808s weave dexterously... more...

• 01 Arrowhead
• 02 Wave Cannon
• 03 Sweet Luna
• 04 Bit Device

Bochum Welt

Seafire Remixes

Recommended by: Solvent

As well as a pair of new versions from Bochum Welt himself, this five-track set also contains a trio of tunes which rewire Seafire originals - one rem... more...

• 1 More Light (Radio Edit)
• 2 G1 (Ambient Mix)
• 3 More Light (EOD Remix)
• 4 More Light (James Zabiela Remix)

Bit Folder

Silicon Frontier

Silicon Frontier is a futuro-rave adventure that conjures up the brave new world hinted at by its title. Like the classic 90s techno/IDM that it chann... more...

• 1 Youka
• 2 Silicon Frontier
• 3 The Tritan Cord
• 4 Legs Akimbo

Annie Hall

Fum

Annie Hall's Fum is the best of both worlds. Here we have a record which brings together the roughneck electro snap of CPU's club weapons with the mel... more...

• 1 verd mar
• 2 d un altre planeta
• 3 fum
• 4 promeses de fusta

S>>D

Co Intel PRO

S>>D aka Sean Dorris from Belfast delivers his debut album 'Co Intel Pro' on CPU. Refined sampling alongside hip hop influenced breaks sees S>>D opera... more...

• 01 Intro Preflight
• 02 VTOL
• 03 Co Intel PRO
• 04 After Burner

Calum Gunn

Addenda

Gunn's Addenda EP, his debut drop for Central Processing Unit, contains some of his most dynamic work to date. While his commitment to experimentalism... more...

• 1 ESEPHONY
• 2 MOEBU
• 3 TERNENMARZ
• 4 PINS

Trypheme

Aluminia

Belin's productions are characterised by frequent use of vocals, either processed to provide atmosphere or deployed high in the mix as passages of sin... more...

• 1 LAVA
• 2 FEY
• 3 EEDYU
• 4 X-RAY MANTRA

Noumen

Obscurium

Noumen, aka Andriy Vezdenko, returns to CPU with his second album 'Obscurium'. Vezdenko demonstrates mastery in the studio again with his signature me... more...

• 01 Mist
• 02 Hydra
• 03 Call of Darkness
• 04 Haunter

96 Back

Issue in Surreal

The 'Issue In Surreal' E.P. is paired with a heavyweight remix E.P. featuring remixes from Jensen Interceptor, Happa & Jabes, Sync 24 and Volruptus. F... more...

• 1 Knock Out
• 2 My Time Here
• 3 It's Bright Out
• 4 Typeface 333

Datassette

Kestrel Manoeuvres in the Dark

Four tracks of intricate analord-esque rhythms and melodies that will satisfy even the most discerning IDM fans.

• 1 Kestrel Manoeuvres in the Dark
• 2 To the Scullery
• 3 Stoatle Excelsior
• 4 Polyhedron Navigator

Bochum Welt

Seafire

Recommended by: Solvent

For this new album, Gianluigi Di Costanzo, aka Bochum Welt, devoted himself to the pursuit of creating new sounds, using old monster synthesizers to p... more...

• 01 Color Me (Extended)
• 02 At Dawn
• 03 Southern England in Summer
• 04 Canyon Drive

Biochip

Synthase

Eight tracks of analog electro and acid techno, all recorded live. Very much of the Selected Ambient Works Vol. 1 ilk. Beautifully noisy, highly melod... more...

• 1 M.O.
• 2 Simulated Events
• 3 Frame Shift
• 4 Doctor Effect

Silicon Scally

Cobalt Blue

This record picks up right where he left us last time; lush melodies with infectious grooves on top of his highly refined electro template.

• 1 Cobalt Blue
• 2 Scintillation
• 3 Asynchronous
• 4 Protocol 2

SDEM

Index Hole

4 tracks of exploratory electronics held together with expertly crafted - hip hop influenced beats. Knapp ran the legendary IDM label ICASEA with Team... more...

• 1 Arc Rail
• 2 BX16
• 3 Mitherer
• 4 6448

Cygnus

Deep Analysis

Cygnus aka Phillip Washington returns home to CPU with Deep Analysis. Six tracks of nebulous compositions all containing his signature emotional and m... more...

• 1 Her Majesty (The Universe)
• 2 Sheffield Bleep
• 3 Deep Analysis
• 4 Ultraterrestrial

Plant43

Three Dimensions

Recommended by: MinimalRome | Gian | Hutton Drive (Domenic Cappello)

Plant43 aka Emile Facey, one of CPU's originators delivers his fourth album 'Three Dimensions'. Eight tracks of crystalline electro with his signature... more...

• 1 Neon Vista
• 2 Three Dimensions
• 3 Lo-res Dreams
• 4 Disrupt & Disobey