Label: Downwards - All

Regis

Tongue Box

Regis revisits his Blackest Ever Black-era recordings in entirely reworked and remastered versions of perhaps our favourite of all of his recordings,... more...

• 1 Blood Witness
• 2 Blinding Horses
• 3 Blinding Horses (Stable Boy mix)
• 4 Manbait

Regis

Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss

Recommended by: Cardinal & Nun | Konduku

Finally, Regis lets his rhythmic noise opus out into the world, a bruising and hauntingly absorbing new album - his first since 2001 - recorded in Ber... more...

• 1 Calling Down A Curse
• 2 Eros In Tangiers
• 3 The Blind Departing
• 4 I See Fire

Various Artists

Let Love Decide Pt 1

Karl O’Connor (Regis) rallies the Downwards troops for the odd family portrait of ‘Let Love Decide’, including the first new Concrete Fence collab bet... more...

• 1 Cub - Teenage Fists
• 2 You Hung - The Truth Was Different
• 3 Fret - Helicopter Rig
• 4 Concrete Fench - Track 5

Regis

Delivered Into The Hands Of Indifference

21st anniversary edition of Regis’ totemic sophomore album on Downwards, newly remastered and recut with 3 bonus locked grooves. It's a crucial, defin... more...

• 01 Hands Of A Stranger
• 02 Disease Through Affection
• 03 Body Unknown
• 04 Barriers

Slow White Fall

Total EP

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• 1 A Blinding Light
• 2 Releasing Together
• 3 Slate
• 4 Our Eyes

Veronica Vasicka

In Silhouette

Pivotal, peerless DJ/selector and Minimal Wave overse’er Veronica Vasicka serves her solo debut on Downwards in ‘From Here’, a dank industrial-pop wor... more...

• 1 From Here
• 2 From Here (Regis remix)
• 3 From Here (Paul Kendal mix)
• 4 From Here (Chasm mix)

O/V/R

The World Remade

UK techno heavyweights Karl O’Connor & James Ruskin whip out a deadly new OVR session on Downwards more...

• 1 The World Remade
• 2 Lock 1
• 3 Lock 2
• 4 Reversing Into Tomorrow

CUB (Regis)

Seeing From Above

The long-awaited return of Regis’ killer, slower CUB alias, featuring guest input by Simon Shreeve aka Mønic / Kryptic Minds. Tough, elastic hybrids o... more...

• 1 Seeing From Above
• 2 Informal Beauty
• 3 Primitive Sleep

Samuel Kerridge

The I Is Nothing

Recommended by: Kreggo | Swarm Intelligence

Downwards return with an EP of Hardcore techno ballistics and mutant metal alloys from Samuel Kerridge, featuring vocals by Aaron Turner (Isis, Sumac,... more...

• 1 Silent Notes
• 2 Fascination Sustain
• 3 Propagates Of Desire (feat Aaron Turner)
• 4 Actuality Repeats

JK Flesh

Exit Stance

Justin K Broadrick puts his club foot forward for Downwards on four trampling techno bombs gathered under the Exit Stance EP. With no prizes for guess... more...

• 1 Exit Stance
• 2 Motivated By Jealousy
• 3 Bullied By Love
• 4 Caveman

Various Artists

The Immortal Eye

Regis compiles a killer Downwards label survey for 2017 featuring excluisve new material from DVA Damas, Autumns, Grebenstein, Sefried and Layne, veer... more...

• 1 Grebenstein & Seefried - Wufferfraction
• 2 Layne - Love
• 3 Autumns - Imposter Syndrome
• 4 DVA Damas - Shortcut To X

My Disco

Remixes (Regis / Lustmord)

Recommended by: Sedvs

Gobsmacking industrial and dark ambient reworks of Aussie post punks My Disco by Regis and Lustmord...

• 1 Our Decade (Regis mix)
• 2 1991 (Lustmord 20-20 mix)

Simon Shreeve

Lust Product

The gifted producer behind Mønic and Kryptic Minds returns to Downwards under his own name with a crushingly physical testament to his knowledge of so... more...

• 1 System Living
• 2 Silver Sun
• 3 Lust Product
• 4 External Laws

Dva Damas

Clear Cut

Since their eponymous arrival in 2010, L.A.’s DVA Damas have emerged as the most distinctive players on Downwards’ new wave of techno mutants. Clear C... more...

• 1 Clear Cut
• 2 Do I (dub)
• 3 In The Clear
• 4 Clear Cut (radio edit)

JK Flesh x Surgeon

Nothing Is Free

Recommended by: Gambo | UVB

Crushing collision of Brummie industrial institutions: Justin K Broadrick vs Regis’ Downwards, with a fearsome Surgeon remix.

• 1 Nothing Is Free
• 2 Nothing Is Free (Surgeon remix)
• 3 Kontorted

Female

Angel Plague

Recommended by: UVB

Proper pounding and rolling techno tracks from 1999, remastered and pressed on clear white vinyl. Ltd edition of 300 copies. more...

• 1 No Sense No reason
• 2 My Untied Hands
• 3 Day In Day Out
• 4 Because The Night

Samuel Kerridge

Fallen Empire

Techno, Industrial Noise and dark soundscapes to create an unsettling, heady and unique mixture. more...

• 1 Chant
• 2 Poor Mans Sunset
• 3 Death Is Upon Us
• 4 Straight To Hell

Various Artists

20 years of Downwards Records

One of the strong UK techno labels is around for 20 Years! Time for a special release. Advanced darker abstract techno and electronix. Pressed on CLEA... more...

• 1 Antonym - Consumer Design
• 2 Mark Farmer - None Of This
• 3 Regis - Cold Water (Substance version)
• 4 Anthony Child - Over Napoli

Cut Hands

Mad Woman

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• 1 Madwoman
• 2 River Mumma
• 3 Eat Them Like Bread
• 4 Inchantment

Oake

Drenba Nih Sendaut

Excellent, Industrial leaning leftfield Electronic EP

• 1 A1
• 2 B1
• 3 B2

Russell Haswell

Remixed By Regis, William Bennett, Kevin Drumm

Haswell's improvised modular synth recordings are given the radical remix treatment. Fellow Midlander, Regis delivers a beat driven techno noise mulch... more...

• 1 Chua Rave (Regis remix)
• 2 Harshing (William Bennett remix)
• 3 Harshing (Kevin Drumm GODDAMNIT 123 remix)

Various Artists

So Click Heels

Recommended by: klen

’A DNS/ compilation’ - 2nd wave Downwards outsider/Indie Rock showcase. Recommended! more...

• 01 deathday - dropped into obscurity
• 02 the kvb - dayzed
• 03 pink playground - ten
• 04 tropic of cancer - be brave (richard h kirk remix)

Regis

Ital

Essential and highly recommended new revision of the brilliant Application Of Language tracks taken from the original 'Lino11' 12” but with the added... more...

• 1 itai
• 2 surface
• 3 lapal
• 4 keep planning (unreleased version)

Regis

Speak To Me / Model Friendship (remastered!)

Recommended by: Rivet | klen

Regis explores the various forms and effects of repetition within this D.A.F. inspired 1995 British underground techno classic. Properly mastered for... more...

• 1 speak to me
• 2 model friendship

Tropic Of Cancer

The End Of All Things

Recommended by: klen

Tropic Of Cancer wrap up their time on Downwards (before their full time move to Blackest Ever Black) with a retrospective of their Downwards EPs and... more...

• 01 The Dull Age
• 02 Victims
• 03 Be Brave
• 04 LOVE Feelings

The KVB

Into The Night

fter a few titles on ~taqueOT, FLA Records & Tapes and BEKO DSL we're pleased to present a full 10'' release on Downwards. Featuring hand numbering, c... more...

• 1 into the night
• 2 lost
• 3 hide and wait

Pink Playground

Ten / Come Find

Recommended by: klen

Following a string of titles on Zoon Music, Clan Destine and Skrot Up, Houston's lo-fi guitar-rock band Pink Playground present a full 10'' on Downwar... more...

• 1 ten
• 2 come find me

Tropic Of Cancer

Be Brave (Richard H Kirk remix)

Recommended by: Svreca

Stark and beautiful.. an amazing new title from John Mendez (Silent Servant / Sandwell) alongside his partner Camella Lobbo with the one and only Rich... more...

• 1 be brave
• 2 be brave (richard h kirk remix)

DVA Damas

Brand New Head

Recommended by: Ame (kristian)

Downwards spins out three tracks of snotty goth garage from California's Dva Damas. Their songs are brief but assured, from the ghoulish Rock-a-billy... more...

• 1 Brand New Head
• 1 brand new head
• 2 see me
• 2 See Me

Regis

Against Nature

Recommended by: Sedvs

This is the original version of 'Against Nature' as intended by the artistes that never got released back in 2000. It features the orignal and missing... more...

• 1 Track 1
• 2 Track 2
• 3 Track 3
• 4 Track 4

Regis

Delivered into the Hands of Indifference

Downwards continue their string of great re-issues with another outing from Regis in the form of his classic '97 LP 'Delivered Into The Hands Of Indif... more...

• 1 Body Unknown
• 2 Barriers
• 3 Hands Of A Stranger
• 4 Concentrate

Sandra Electronics

Untitled

Recommended by: Peter van Hoesen | Ame

Ultra limited new Downwards 10'' release by the brilliant 'Sandra Electronics' who were last seen close to ten years ago on 7''.... Beware the Mind Be... more...

• 1 It Slipped Her Mind
• 2 Protection Now
• 3 New Purpose

Ugandan Methods

Mat Oput

I guess it was only a matter of time before Regis (who is now largely resident in Berlin) hooked up with the Ancient Methods boys, pushing as they are... more...

• 1 a
• 2 b

Tropic Of Cancer

The Dull Age / Victims

Downwards sidestep expectations again with this glorious limited 10'' vinyl release from Tropic of Cancer. Two beautifully dark compositions that remi... more...

• 1 the dull age
• 2 victims

V/A

the End Of Living / The Start Of Survival

If you're looking for the definitive compilation of ‘ Birmingham techno' , and a cross-section of Downwards' early contributions to the worldwide tech... more...

• 1 surgeon - electric chicken
• 2 female - slave (version)
• 3 regis - she 1
• 4 female - ready made

Regis

Necklace Of Bites

Recommended by: Ernestas Sadau

The Downwards re-issue series continues with ‘Necklace of Bites', and this time the spotlight is on label main-man Regis . This meticulously compiled... more...

• 01 solution (voices)
• 02 wound us
• 03 solution (music)
• 04 executive handshake

Regis

Delivered in the hands..

2 lp with great minimal techno,great dancefloor stuff

Regis

Blood Witness Versions

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• 1 Blood Witness (extended)
• 2 Blood Witness (edit)
• 3 Blood Witness (instrumental)

Unknown

Ugandan Speed Trials

Killer broken minimal techno from the pope on Downwards DN Series.

• 1 a
• 2 b

Anthony Child

Boys, School Showers & Swimming Pools

Experimental noizy stuff by Surgeon, taken from original cassette recordings made in 1984-85.

British Murder Boys

Fist / Splinter

Reissue of the fourth in the BMB series this is recognized by many as a keypoint in the development of their sound. The brutal distorted beat attack o... more...

• 1 fist
• 2 splinter

Diversion Group

Playground Procedure (repress)

2006 re-issue of the Lino 022 by the Diversion Group (Surgeon, Regis & Female) with slightly different tracks. Comes in limited clear vinyl. Hard qual... more...

Surgeon

Communications

Re-press of this classic debut album from 1996 by Surgeon (Antony Child) which contains some of his best work. A landmark release at the time. Limited... more...

• 1 syllable
• 2 cable
• 3 wire
• 4 wave

Surgeon / Regis / Portion Reform

Backwards Man ep

Some rare Downwards gear for ya! Taken from the Downwards Japanese tour in 1997, the Surgeon and Portion Reform tracks both previously saw the light o... more...

• 1 surgeon - track 1
• 2 regis - track 2
• 3 portion reform - track 3

V/A

If You Stand For Nothing...

Re-mastered early Downwards cuts by Surgeon, Female, Regis and Portion Reform. Must for all true dark techno lovers!! TIP!! more...

• 1 surgeon - magneze
• 2 regis - lapal
• 3 regis - speak to me
• 4 portion reform - reduction

Surgeon

Magneze

Recommended by: Jacob Korn

Kerridge

Fatal Light Attraction

Recommended by: UVB

Kerridge’s 3rd long player marks a more fluid, or effluent, refinement of his sound, blurring the boundaries between organic audio sources and custom-... more...

• 1 FLA-1
• 2 FLA-2
• 3 FLA-3
• 4 FLA-4