Fall is one of our favorite times of the year here at Fiction Lab. It’s the most colorful season with many sonic facets that come upon us gradually, descending in delicate shades of shimming gold.

TRACK OF THE MOMENT: Column - Hostels (map.ache Remix) [Areal Records / IRR]

Jan Philipp Janzen’s “Hostels” has received an elegant and spatially alluring rework from the depth of map.ache’s digital realm of hypnotic sounds

ReleasesIrina KotikSeptember 7, 2018Column, map.ache, international records, techno, leftfield, areal records

REVIEW: Future Sounds Of Jazz volume 14 compiled by Permanent Vacation [Compost Records]

Every year, there are a plethora of music compilations being released. Each vying for your time and attention

Best New Releases from August 2018

August had been at the forefront of stunning release, amazing albums and impressive remixes saturated with depth, intricacy, and power.

TRACK OF THE MOMENT: Vril - Riese [Giegling]

Vril is a man of few words and an artist of a few notes. His productions tend to favor dark and dusty, crackling sounds with atmosphere and ambiance doing the heavy lifting and being used almost as a musical instrument.

ReleasesGuest UserAugust 23, 2018vril, giegling, electronica, techno, slav ka

High 5 - Luca Bacchetti

Italian DJ, producer and Endless record label head Luca Bacchetti has built a huge reputation on the strength of his production

High 5, ReleasesIrina KotikAugust 22, 2018luca bacchetti, max loderbauer, disk, divisi62, palta & ti, Jordan Poling, I :cube

High 5 - Kiani & His Legion

In 2013, Thomas Neyens first blipped into view under his alias Kiani & His Legion with two releases on Red D’s We Play House Recordings - the Records & Culture and WPH Grey Eps

Best New Releases from July 2018

Summer is in full swing hitting up with fresh albums, exciting releases, and impressive remixes

Best New Releases from June 2018

June has already established a fresh and sunny summer vibe in the underground electronic music scene with stunning releases by Cleveland, Love Over Entropy, Human Space Machine, Lord Of The Isles, Red Axes, Afriqua, Dorisburg & Fabian Bruhn, Toto Chiavetta, Supreems and Pional

REVIEW: R100 & Amin Fallaha - DUAT 003 [Duat Records]

DUAT (pronounced "do-aht") was the realm of the dead in ancient Egyptian mythology. A fitting name for a new label from R100 (aka Ruede Hagelstein) and Amin Fallaha focused on slow, heavy techno that transports your soul to a dystopian fantasy realm.

ReleasesIrina KotikJuly 6, 2018Duat Records, R100, Amin Fallaha, Ruede Hagelstein

TRACK OF THE MOMENT: Meditation Tunnel - La La La

Are you are suffering from music review fatigue? Do all those fancy words and clever observations blend in your head into one hot ball of "la la la"

ReleasesGuest UserJuly 3, 2018meditation tunnel, blitz, life and death, slav ka, house, idm

High 5 - cmd q

When it comes to German underground electronic music hotspots, Leipzig is surely worth keeping an eye on

High 5, ReleasesIrina KotikJune 26, 2018cmd q, suzanne kraft, 543ff, betonkunst, palmbomen, vainqueur, ravechild

TRACK OF THE MOMENT: Queniv - Old Friend

When you're asked to review a track from an artist you don’t know on a compilation with no familiar names and on a label that doesn’t ring a bell, what possible context can you have?

ReleasesGuest UserJune 19, 2018queniv, de lichting, native response, techno, house, electro, ambient, slav ka

Best New Releases from May 2018

Summer is upon us, and with it we herald the arrival of stunning albums, gorgeous releases, and exiting remixes from the likes of Llewellyn, Lawrence, Konduku, Eduardo De La Calle, Arkajo, Ripperton, Superpitcher, Marcus Worgull, Skee Mask and Upsammy .

REVIEW: Melatonin Man - ‘Cruise Control Love’ EP

‘Cruise Control Love’ is the debut full EP from Melatonin Man aka Tammo Hesselink out now on Dutch label Nous’klaer Audio

High 5 - LOR

For our latest installment in High 5 series we welcome our friend and astonishingly talented artist from Belfast, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous aka LOR

High 5, ReleasesIrina KotikJune 6, 2018LOR, Orbital, Ro70, Kraftwerk, Plastikman, Aphex Twin

TRACK OF THE MOMENT: Catz 'n Dogz - Don't (Roman Flügel Remix)

There is not a lot that hasn’t been said about Roman Flügel’s storied career

ReleasesZach HueninkJune 5, 2018roman flugel, pets recordings, catz'n dogz, idm, techno, zach huenink

REVIEW: DJ Healer - Nothing 2 Loose LP

Hailing from the mysterious producer of many monikers, ‘Nothing 2 Loose’ is a stunning ambient album from the artist formerly known as the Prince of Denmark or Traumprinz but this time under a brand new alias, DJ Healer

TRACK OF THE MOMENT: Pacifica - Lochergut [Zukunft]

Zurich-based Zukunft Recordings welcomes duo Pacifica to their label this May to deliver “Heaven Machine” EP.

ReleasesIrina KotikMay 23, 2018pacifica, zukunft records, house, irina kotik

High 5 - Tsepo

Dutchman Jan van der Lugt aka Tsepo, has been making a name for himself in his native Dutch scene for a couple of years now