Stroboscopic Artefacts Labelnight @ Suicide Circus (9th Dec 11)

After the two Stroboscopic Artefacts showcases we've had this year at London's Corsica Studios, we know that an SA party is no run of the mill, bog standard clubnight. If tomorrow's party at Suicide Circus is anything like the London events, it'll be extremely special.

SA's 3 main artists will be taking centre stage, Xhin and label boss, Lucy will be providing DJ sets, there will be a live set from Dadub and visuals throughout the night from Oblivious Artefacts.

Doors open at midnight, entrance is 10 euros. The rest of the info can be found on Resident Advsior. Check out the Stroboscopic Artefacts Website or their Facebook Fan Page for plenty of info on their artists releases and up coming events.

EarToGround pres Xhin Album Launch, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Fachwerk Records @ Corsica Studios (12th Nov 11)

Seven months ago Stroboscopic Artefacts descended on London's Corsica Studios to showcase their label to the capital for the very first time. If you was there, then like us, you'll hold very fond memories of that night. That was April but now we're in November and our friends over at EarToGround felt it was time London got exposed to the collective again.

The party coincides with the launch of Xhin's superb 'Sword' album so of course the man from Singapore is the deserved headliner and we know he's going to mark the occasion with something extra special. He'll be expertly backed up by SA artists Lucy, Pfirter (making his London debut), Inigo Kennedy with visuals from Oblivious Artefacts.

Room 2 isn't looking too bad either. After already playing host to Mike Dehnert, ETG are now bringing over the other two members of Fachwerk Records, Roman Lindau and Sascha Rydell for an extended b2b set. Additional support comes from ETG boss Gareth Wild and one half of the team behind the first release on ETG's label, Dax J.

Tickets are still available on Resident Advisor. Get them on the Event Page, you can also find the rest of the info there too. And of course once it hits 6am the party will be far from over because they'll all be heading to Cable for the after party and help Jaded celebrate turning 7. Expect some big names and huge surprises. All the details and tickets are on the Jaded Resident Advisor page

Video: Stroboscopic Artefacts Showcase @ Sonar

We're gutted we missed Sonar this year, especially the Stroboscopic Artefacts, and as is always the case with the SA boys, they didn't waste time in getting some video evidence of the amazing party up on the old t'interweb.

The showcase saw performances from Lucy and Dadub as they display their considerable talents. Check out the quick video

Stroboscopic Artefacts Showcase @Sonar 2011 from Amélie Ravalec on Vimeo.

More info on Lucy can be found on his Facebook Fan Page and the same applies for Dadub

Pfirter / Dadub - Universe / Metropolis [Stroboscopic Artefacts 009]

Stroboscopic Artefacts is considered by many to be the label of the moment. It's safe to say they're flying high. With a string of forward thinking releases. 3 excellent Label Showcases in Berlin, New York and London. The launch of label boss, Lucy's debut album 'Wordplay For Working Bees'. Things keep going from strength to strength.

Their 9th release is a split pack featuring 3 SA artists, Pfirter provides 'Universe', Dadub provides 'Metropolis' and Edit Select remixes both tracks for the B Side. Dadub has taken the time to upload his original and Edit Selects remix of 'Metropolis'. Have a listen below

Metropolis [Stroboscopic Artefacts] by Dadub

Metropolis (Edit Select Dub) [Stroboscopic Artefacts] by Dadub

You can listen to samples of Pfirter's 'Universe' and the Edit Select remix, by heading over to the Stroboscopic Artefacts Website where you can have a listen to them, and all the previous releases. The Facebookers among you will no doubt want to check out their Facebook Fan Page and Twitterers will want to follow them on Twitter.

SA009 is out now in all the best record stores so go grab yourself a copy before they all go

Stroboscopic Artefacts Showcase @ Corsica Studios (2nd Apr 11)

If you've been paying attention to the blog over the last couple of weeks you'll of definitely noticed a theme of late. We've been featuring plenty of posts about Stroboscopic Artefacts artists, such as new releases from label boss, Lucy, and mixes from Xhin and Truss, and it's all been building up to this weekend.

Stroboscopic Artefacts has exploded onto the underground techno scene in the most emphatic way. Already they've racked up label showcases at Berghain and in New York and now it's time for them to bring their signature sound to London.

The line up is a little different from the flyer. Unfortunately due to visa issues, Jonas Kopp can no longer make the event, but it's not all bad. Added to the line up is the superb Dadub, performing a live set alongside Lucy, Xhin and Truss.

Both Slash Dot Dash residents, XI and Chris Stanford, will be performing. With the room 1 change around, XI has been moved into the main room to kick things of with his signature dub techno sound that you'll be extremely familiar with from the last 3 SDD parties.

And as if room 1 wasn't big enough for you, room 2, hosted by EarToGround, have the head of Sleaze Records, Hans Bouffmyhre, headlining their room with a selection of London's finest in support.

We still have discounted £5 tickets available so if you've not got yours yet, drop us an e-mail to info@slashdotdash.biz to get yours. But don't hang around, they won't be about for long. And if you miss them then it's £20 on the door!

There will be plenty of Stroboscopic Artefacts merchandise available on the night too, from CDs to vinyl to the uber cool SA T Shirts. All the remaining info, can be found on the Resident Advisor Event Page.

Stroboscopic Artefacts related news can be found on their Facebook Fan Page and you can follow them on Twitter

Lucy - Wordplay For Working Bees [Stroboscopic Artefacts]

2010 was a big year for Stroboscopic Artefacts. They cemented their place amongst the shining stars of Underground Techno with a string of exceptional releases from the likes of Jonas Kopp, Perc, Xhin... and 2011 is going to be more of the same, if not even bigger.

Already we've seen the 'Beelines For Working Bees' package, with incredible remixes from Tommy Four Seven, James Ruskin, Peter Van Hoesen and Truss, to wet your appetite for the album, then last month they took on the mighty Berghain in Berlin for the label showcase and this month finally sees the launch of the debut album from the man behind Stroboscopic Artefacts.

After giving the album a full listen on my drive to work the other morning, I can tell you it's superb listening for the club, the car, the frontroom or anywhere that you could possibly want to listen to some beautiful crafted music. I could sit here and bore you with an indepth analysis of each track, or I could just let you make up you're own mind...

Y0u can stream all the tracks from the album on Lucy's Soundcloud Page. (I would of added the player on to the post but for some reason soundcloud wont let me.)

The album is available both on cd and digitally from the all the usual places, so make sure you go out and buy it, because this is something you'll go back to time and time again!

Mix Of The Day: Peter Van Hoesen @ Berghain (6th Feb 11)

The first Klubnacht of February was a pretty special one. Big favourites of Slash Dot Dash, Stroboscopic Artefacts, were invited along to showcase the sounds of their label. A line up including Lucy, Perc, Xhin, Norman Nodge and of course Peter Van Hoesen, and that was just in Berghain.

The focus of this post is about Peter Van Hoesen. Belgium's premier techno export was handed the 4 hour period between 8am and midday, and he was nice enough to record every single minute of it and host it on soundcloud for our listening pleasure. We would of loved to of been there, but this is a very special 2nd prize.

Peter Van Hoesen at Berghain - 022011 by petervanhoesen

Lucy - Beelines For Working Bees [Stroboscopic Artefacts 008]

'Beelines For Working Bees' is a 12" that sees four of the most innovative artists in electronic music rethinking and reconfiguring the strands of Lucy's forthcoming album 'Wordplay For Working Bees'. The relationship between the point of origin and the end point is not a prescribed one: the beelines for Tommy Four Seve, James Ruskin, Peter Van Hoesen and Truss return to the hive of Lucy's album taking the most experimental and cross-pollinated paths. SA008 acts as a case in point for techno, melding and fusing genre boundaries to reveal new hybrid sounds.

On A1 Tommy Four Seven takes 'Tof' and teases it ethereal whispers into a strong, steely structure for the plumped up beats to lie upon. From one of Lucy's most complex structures he creates malevolently broken techno. James Ruskin's A2 takes 'Bein' the album's most 4/4 cut and fortifies it, seasoning with snuffing snaps of multi-layered pads. He refuses to be hemmed in by a genre, slipping across borders to create an utterly distinct track. B1 sees 'Lav' taken head-on by Peter Van Hoesen. It's transformed into intelligent prime time material, loaded with iridescence and bristling with dubbed-out sub frequencies. To close, Truss moulds his fearsome bass lines around the obscure and prickly top lines of 'Eon' unleashing an analogue scream.

SA008 presents a utopian vision that's puckering at the seams. The artists chose the tracks they wished to remix and fused their own defined sound identities with the of Stroboscopic Artefacts. In anticipation of Lucy's debut album this is a delicious foretaste of what's to come and a cryptic insights into four of techno's leading minds

Words: Clare Molloy

Check out the samples below

A1 - Tof (Tommy Four Seven Remix)

A2 - Bein (James Ruskin Remix)

B1 - Lav (Peter Van Hoesen Remix)

B2 - Eon (Truss Remix)

The EP is out in all good stores today. More info can be found on Stroboscopic Artefacts, their artists and all the releases on the Stroboscopic Artefacts Website

Mix Of The Day: Lucy - Mixtape 054, Mixmag Russia

For those of you who don't know Lucy. He's the man behind one of technos best labels, Stroboscopic Artefacts. We like him, and the label a lot. So we was rather pleased when Lucy uploaded a new mix to his soundcloud page.

Lucy - Mixtape 054 - Mixmag Russia by lucy

Tracklisting

Shackleton "Hackney Marshed" [Tectonic]
Peverlist "The Grind" [Punch Drunk]
James Ruskin and Mark Broom "The Future That Was" [Blueprint]
Lone "Cloud 909" [Magic Wire]
Shed "With Bag and Baggage" [Monkeytown]
Phil Kieran "Empty Vessels" (Gary Beck Remix) [Electric Deluxe]
Traversable Wormhole "Exiting The Milkway" (Surgeon Remix) [CLR]
Steve Rachmad "Chios" [Music Man]
Marcel Dettmann "Lyrate" [Monkeytown]
Lucy & Xhin "LX1" [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
Mike "Pompage" [Echocord Colour]
Cally "Wake Oops!" [Fear Of Flying]
Darko Esser "Clean Slate" (DVS1 Remix) [Curle]
Darko Esser "Clean Slate" (Lucy Remix) [Curle]
Claudio PRC "Clear Dephts" (Silent Servant Remix) [Prologue]

More info can be found on Lucy and Stroboscopic Artefacts on their website