Orb Mag

Orb Mag is an online magazine that covers a wide range of alternative music, art, culture, and technology.

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Fur:ther Sessions celebrates its fifth anniversary with 5 Years, a sprawling 2×12″ compilation marking half a decade of the label, featuring tracks from Tauceti, Psyk & ORBE, Na Nich, Kangding Ray, Adam Pits, Re:Axis and more, out on May 29th.

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.@patricksiech returns to @parabelmusic with Vivid Grey EP, a restrained yet forceful release, featuring remixes by Evigt Mörker, Joel Mull, and Joline Scheffler, out on May 8th.

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Six artists come together for a charity compilation raising funds for Taawon organisation, directing humanitarian aid to Gaza and the region, out via Intifada Records on March 6th.

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For her fifth album, Nadia Struiwigh presents her most personal work so far. IKIGAI captures Struiwigh in a vulnerable creative process, patiently drawing on visceral textures and understated rhythms, out via Distorted Waves on March 6th.

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WTP marks the Australian label Paper-Cuts’ 11th release with the full-length album, Duality. 6-tracks spanning downtempo, IDM, progressive house, out on March 31st.

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For its fifth release, peaou returns with a five-track EP, crafted for dance floor purposes by a. brehme. drawing firmly from the playful, elastic early Perlon days, out on March 4th.

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The Swedish duo Ebende & Vilhelm Hasselgren return with Harbour Sounds 002, a four-track EP titled Cycle, blending dub, drum & bass, techno and house into a sound of their own, out on March 6th.

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Substrata welcomes Mazout for a six-track EP featuring four original cuts and two remixes, navigating between soundsystem-driven organic techno, cathartic breaks and ethereal ambient textures, out on February 27th.

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POD & Edward Richards bring you part two of their journey into languid tempos and sonic explorations following their Polar Phase EP, out via Kinetic Vision on February 27th.

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United Identities continues its forward streak with a two-tracker by Lewski that taps straight into the Dutch electro lineage, out on March 4th.

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French composer Vincent Villuis, under his AES Dana moniker, unveils a remastered edition of Perimeters, originally released in 2011, out via Ultimae on February 14th.

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LA underground hubs Elbow Grease and DISCOS XXX aka DX3 join forces to present Point Winona Sound Library Vol 1, featuring 20 distinct artists from the inspired local dance music scene, out on March 6th.

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Sunju Hargun presents the last chapter of Extans Mantra series with remix contributions by Robert Istoc, DJ MARIA, FILM, Midnight Traffic & Innerworld, out on February 6th.

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Whispering Signals unveils Schweres Wasser, a new sub-label guided by Thorsten Hoffmann and Markus Offermann, rooted in Aachen’s influential techno scene, out on January 30th.

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Aquaregia celebrates its tenth anniversary with 10, a five-track compilation bringing together artists who have each shaped the imprint’s sound over the past decade, out on January 23rd.

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Luke Hess invites nine artists to reimagine his latest Arkeo album on DeepLabs, each bringing their own unique perspective to the label’s sound, out on January 23rd.

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Default Mode by Raleigh & Takenaga continues the newly established X series – Harmony’s platform for new voices and limitless exploration, out on December 19th.

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Seekers EP by Gats is a dub-soaked, trance-tinged exploration of texture, rhythm, and atmosphere, out via Special Place Recordings on February 6th.

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Rafael Anton Irisarri (@blackknoll) presents his new album, Points of Inaccessibility, out on February 6th.

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Mandarax completes https://t.co/ETUeR4XwCu’s trilogy, a total of 16 tracks of diverse and exploratory bass music, deeply rooted in techno, dubstep, and dub, out via Comfortnoise on November 27th.

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