Editorial

Into the Optic Portal
The backdoor of Spekki Webu's Mirror Zone label opens as Optic Portal emerges with Oregon-based musician Production Unit Xero’s Nexus Points.
![Premiere: LDS - Vone [BLUEHOUR020] Artwork](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/626247fd776b77414c8dcfc0/6328604bf3e1fb9ee8bb6a07_BLUEHOUR020A(comp).webp)
Premiere: LDS - Vone
The German FM synthesis wizard Luca Daniel Schwarz aka LDS presents his upcoming release 'algo5' on the Berlin label Blue Hour Music.
![Artwork of Divergence - Cynical Moves [VOLT009] by Altinbas on Voltage Imprint](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/626247fd776b77414c8dcfc0/632855154b0f450581686af7_AltinBas_Premiere_Voltage_MinimalCollective.webp)
Premiere: Altinbas & Cirkle - Divergence
The Belgian VOLTAGE Imprint closes of its single digit releases with a fine taste, club-focused EP by Altinbas & Cirkle: Cynical Moves.

Broadening horizons at Horst Arts & Music Festival
Horst Arts & Music goes beyond the intensity of the regular dancefloor and rediscovers its non-club identity with listening space Turning Circles.

Broadening horizons at Horst Arts & Music Festival

Premiere: ZETA - Techno Shanty
Resurrected from the '90s, the repress of the EP Ad Astra by Japanese trance legend ZETA is here. Re-released by one of London’s newest labels; area127.

Premiere: Sanjib - Flavours Awakening (Concrete Gold Remix)
Sanjib returns with another creation of an authentic and richly textured world consisting of ambient and dub-techno on the hypnotic techno label Crescent London.

Premiere: Sanjib - Flavours Awakening (Concrete Gold Remix)
![Artwork of Multiplicity - Aureola [HARMONY009] by Shoal on Harmony Rec.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/626247fd776b77414c8dcfc0/6310592da744845a1caa6c79_Shoal%20thumbnail.webp)
Premiere: Shoal - Multiplicity
Shoal’s second release on Hormony Rec ‘Aureola’ characterizes the current sound of the Prague-based label collective. The Utrecht-based producer aims for the body and mind:

Premiere: Saphileaum - Nearby the Golden Lake
Multi-media mystic Andro Gogibedashvili aka Saphileaum expands his ‘spherical ambient’ lexicon into increasingly celestial terrain on his newest creation Ganbane, inspired by...

Premiere: Saphileaum - Nearby the Golden Lake

Premiere: V-Ram - Hypnose
examine-archive announces its first physical release; the avant-garde double CD compilation VA-EXAMINE-ARCHIVE-INTERNATIONAL-SAMPLER, featuring 24 artists and a booklet with conten

Premiere: Jasmín - Grumpy Cat
EMA’s Woozy label continues apace with WZY2.5; a new compilation highlighting eight artists from Ireland and afar that embody the imprint’s obsession with low-end futurism.
![Artwork of Dreams Collide-RE:DREAM [GDZ016] by SEO John on GODDEZZ](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/626247fd776b77414c8dcfc0/6302113eb0cecc7c52a5a353_Soe%20John%20thumbnail.webp)
Premiere: Seo John - Dreams Collide
GODDEZZ returns with a dreamy 16 track V/A compilation of trance, breaks and lucid recollections of the highest dance sounds.
![Artwork of Pavo-Proto III/III [UTE009] by Kineta on Ute.Rec](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/626247fd776b77414c8dcfc0/630110bdce32d110898a2c7b_Pavo-Proto%20II_I____III%20%5BUTE009%5D%20by%20Kineta%20on%20Ute.Rec%20-%20Thumbnail%20.webp)
Premiere: Kineta - Pavo
Kineta, a techno/trance project, comprises the Ute co-founder Oprofessionell & Ute-affiliate Alpha Tracks, two of the most prominent artists in today's blooming neo-trance scene.