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Silicon Scally

Revelations

Recommended by: Clone.nl Spotify Chart

Silicon Scally (Carl Finlow) continues his fine run on Central Processing Unit with the Revelations EP, a set of steely electro bangers which comes ba... more...

• 1 Revelations
• 2 Walk Over
• 3 Walk Over (Carl Finlow Remix)
• 4 Revelations (Fleck E S C Remix)

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

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

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

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

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

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

SDEM

Index Hole (damaged sleeve)

Recommended by: Cygnus

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

96 Back

Excitable, Girl

Recommended by: Leeon | Earth Trax

96 Back, aka Evan Majumdar-Swift, returns to CPU with his debut album 'Excitable, Girl'. Bringing his thoroughbred Sheffield electronic heritage back... more...

• 01 I'm Lost
• 02 Matryoshka
• 03 Excited, Boy
• 04 Ghzel Tea

Mikron

Severance

Recommended by: Solvent | Jensen Interceptor | 214 | Mattheis

Mikron return to CPU with their second album 'Severance'. The Corcoran brothers refine their critically acclaimed sound which has evolved to be more h... more...

• 01 Embers
• 02 Lyre
• 03 Oceania
• 04 Ghost Node

Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code

Kinematics

Recommended by: James Booth

Hot on the heels of 'Hyper Reality' ?and 'Vapour Waves' on Cultivated Electronics & Mechatronica respectively, Melas and Zacharias deliver another fou... more...

• 1 Abstract Model
• 2 Kinematics
• 3 Extraction
• 4 VR Escort

Djedjotronic

Cruising

DJEDJOTRONIC aka Jérémy Cottereau drops an icy 4 track electro cut for CPU. There's a clear Drexciyan influence here with plenty of dystopian drama.

• 1 Cruising
• 2 Celular
• 3 Tunnel
• 4 1 0 2

Maelstrom

Fragment

Maelstrom returns to CPU with another essential electro cut. Acid fans be sure to check out USSIDD for some raw bass line action.

• 1 Fragment
• 2 The Scope
• 3 USSIDD
• 4 Utility Shift

Yuri Urano

Autline

Perhaps CPU's deepest foray into techno, Osaka-based artist Yuri Urano's 'Autline' E.P. draws parallels with the machine-like incremental builds of Sw... more...

• 1 Autline
• 2 Pec
• 3 Knock
• 4 Massio

Nullptr

AFTRMTH

Recommended by: MinimalRome

Modular synthesis wizard Eddie Symons, aka Nullptr [null pointer], lands on CPU with some of the finest laid back analogue electro you will hear post... more...

• 1 LPC-10
• 2 Polytopes
• 3 AFTRMTH
• 4 Skyline

Fleck ESC

Discrete Opinion

Recommended by: MinimalRome

Fleck E.S.C, aka Franck Collin, brings his unique blend of dancefloor electro to the CPU stable. Originally from France and now based in Tokyo, Collin... more...

• 1 Discrete Opinion
• 2 The Selfix Job
• 3 Little Man
• 4 Night & Day

LA-4A

Slackline

Recommended by: Honey Soundsystem

A past affiliate of Richie Hawtin's Minus label, Berlin-based expat Kevin McHugh (aka Ambivalent) joins the ranks at CPU under his more recent alter e... more...

• 1 Slackline
• 2 Punishment
• 3 Creased
• 4 Vague Complaint

96 Back

Provisional Electronics

Recommended by: MinimalRome

We are extremely proud and excited to announce our first Sheffield artist on CPU - 96 Back aka Evan Majumdar-Swift. Swift has delivered a 4 track elec... more...

• 1 000
• 2 050
• 3 085
• 4 100

Secret State

Zero Zero One

From another analogue basement, amidst paranoid conspiracy theories and wild youtube truths, the heat of a Tr-808 and Juno-60, and dreams of forgotten... more...

• 1 CIA UFO Google Search
• 2 De-Pattern
• 3 The Sleep Room
• 4 Weep For Joy

Maelstrom

ALPH4

Recommended by: Helena Hauff | Animistic Beliefs | Clone

With releases on BNR Trax, Minimal Wave's Cititrax and a regular on Zone Records, French producer and RAAR co-founder Maelstrom makes his debut on CPU... more...

• 1 ALPH4
• 2 Who Else Is Reading
• 3 Letter from M
• 4 Lost Echoes (feat. Djedjotronic)

Neil Landstrumm

A Death, a Mexican and a Mormon

Recommended by: MinimalRome | Animistic Beliefs

CPU and dance music's polymath Neil Landstrumm share a love for classic bleep techno, hence Landstrumm has brought to the table four superb reminders... more...

• 1 The Tomorrow People
• 2 Chrome and Ferric
• 3 Sahara
• 4 The Chemical Con

AB2088

TX0

Brown has already shown his knack for crafting beautiful red planet-esque techno and this 7 galvanises his reputation. A number of different tempos an... more...

• 1 All the Eyes
• 2 TX0

Detromental

Move

Recommended by: Deniro

Ahead of their 5th anniversary CPU announce 50th release with rebuilds of 2 rare bleep techno tracks from 1990 - in a one-off purple sleeve! Originall... more...

• 1 Move (Rebuilt)
• 2 Rewind (Rebuilt)

Noumen

White Silence

We first spotted Noumen in 2012 and alongside Cygnus was one of the first to be asked to join CPU. Over 4 years later he finally delivers an EP and LP... more...

• 1 White Silence
• 2 Fear
• 3 Frightening Thoughts
• 4 Alpha & Omega

Nadia Struiwigh

Lenticular (Cassette Tape)

Recommended by: Alessandro Parisi

Nadia Struiwigh is an electronic music DJ & producer from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sitting somewhere between Biosphere and Boards of Canada, Struiwigh'... more...

• 1 Intrope
• 2 Space Tribe
• 3 Extraterrestrial
• 4 4Es

Nadia Struiwigh

Lenticular

Recommended by: Conforce

Nadia Struiwigh is an electronic music DJ & producer from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sitting somewhere between Biosphere and Boards of Canada, Struiwigh'... more...

• 1 Lenticular
• 2 Trip in Fiction

Alek Stark

Blueshifted People

Stark's attention to detail in everything he does is particularly apparent in his music - his tracks are all first class analogue electro. He pulls no... more...

• 1 IC 3258
• 2 GC 4406
• 3 RMB 56
• 4 NGC 4569

Pip Williams

Outer Limits

One third of London Modular Alliance and sought after electro artist Pip Williams (aka Phil Ventre) graces CPU with some acid drenched electro-funk. O... more...

• 1 Outer Limits
• 2 I Was All Alone
• 3 Cutty Told Me
• 4 Bitty Ends

Noumen

Apeiron

We first spotted Noumen in 2012 and alongside Cygnus was one of the first to be asked to join CPU. Over 4 years later he finally delivers an EP and LP... more...

• 01 Outlook
• 02 White Silence
• 03 Hidden
• 04 Abyss

Trypheme

Online Dating

All tracks taken from her debut album 'Online Dating'. Introducing Tryphème aka Tiphaine Belin a Machiniste / Synthesizer-friendly artistfrom Lyon, Fr... more...

• 1 Away From Prying Eyes
• 2 Idem
• 3 Melo-dramatique
• 4 Les Yeux de la Grandesse

Daddy Long Legs

Intergalactic Lover

Intergalactic Lover is the first release on CPU's new 7'' vinyl series and is the debut single from Daddy Long Legs aka Tom Parker, one half of City G... more...

• 1 Intergalactic Lover
• 2 The Club