B2B News | Stark Future has entered a strategic partnership with Wanxiang A123 to industrialise the 26120 cylindrical battery cell for next-generation electric motorcycles. Purpose-designed for two-wheel performance, the 26120 format delivers major gains in energy density, charging speed, and thermal performance compared with car-derived cell architectures.

Unlike widely used 21700 cells adapted from automotive applications, the 26120 format exploits motorcycle chassis width to improve volumetric efficiency while reducing module complexity. The result is lower pack mass, fewer interconnects, and cleaner thermal pathways.

An aluminium cell enclosure further enhances heat transfer while reducing weight, enabling sustained high-load operation across off-road and street use cases. Target performance includes approximately 330 Wh/kg energy density and 10-15 minute ultra-fast charging, establishing a new benchmark for premium electric two-wheelers.

Dr. Jack Li, General Manager, Wanxiang A123: "A123 has always focused on high-power lithium-ion battery technologies. The development of the 26120 cell demonstrates the depth of our long-term technical capabilities and our commitment to pioneering new formats for emerging mobility segments."

Initial development of the 26120 cell began in collaboration with EVE Energy, whose early programs validated the motorcycle-specific format and accelerated laboratory and field testing.

In line with Stark Future's multi-sourcing strategy to enhance resilience, scalability, and innovation, Wanxiang A123 has now been selected as a series-supply partner for the 26120 platform. This diversified supply model ensures performance continuity for riders while enabling rapid industrialisation across future products and regions.

A123's proprietary high-power powder technology is engineered for high-rate discharge, rapid charge acceptance, and inherent thermal stability, critical for repeated hard acceleration, aggressive regenerative braking, and sustained peak loads.

The low-impedance cylindrical architecture optimises the jelly-roll, tabs, and current collectors to minimise internal resistance and heat generation at high C-rates. The aluminium can acts as an effective heat spreader, simplifying pack-level cooling and maintaining consistent output during long motos or repeated heats.

Anton Wass, CEO and Founder, Stark Future: "Motorcycles deserve their own battery architecture, not hand-me-downs from the car industry. With 26120, we unlock higher capacity, reduce weight, and dramatically improve charge time. It's a step-change for electric motorcycle performance."

Integrated safety features include robust separators, controlled venting, and pack-level BMS logic, including cut-out, fault isolation, and cell monitoring, tailored for motorsport environments. This enables rapid post-event discharge and careful investigation, while supporting long cycle life under partial-charge operation and demanding real-world conditions such as vibration, shock, and wide temperature variation.

With more than 20 years of lithium-ion innovation and 700+ core patents (including over 500 invention patents), Wanxiang A123 supplies leading OEMs worldwide. Its global footprint, spanning three R&D bases and five laboratories across China, the United States, and Europe, alongside approximately 80 GWh of production capacity, enables a "global R&D, local supply" model that moves efficiently from prototype to mass production.

A123's high-power pedigree, including Formula 1 battery programs, underpins the 26120's pulse-current capability, fast-charge durability, and wide-temperature resilience demanded by premium electric motorcycles.

Demand for large cylindrical cells in electric two-wheelers accelerated sharply in 2024, with shipments up approximately 150%, positioning the 26120 format as a timely platform for the next wave of high-performance electric motorcycles.

With 26120 prototypes now undergoing validation at Stark Future's Barcelona R&D centre, the company plans to integrate the format into future platforms, reinforcing its position at the forefront of high-performance electric motorcycle technology.

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B2B News | Source: NX Technologies - LinkedIn | NX Technologies has entered a collaboration with BBM Motorcycles, a new electric motorcycle brand with ambitions to redefine performance, design, and fast-charging capability in the two-wheel electric space.

Founded by Guillaume Barras and Benoit Barras, BBM Motorcycles is focused on developing a new generation of high-performance electric motorcycles. The brand places equal emphasis on engineering precision, riding experience, and a strong design identity, areas that remain critical as electric motorcycles continue to evolve beyond early-adopter technology.

To support this vision, NX Technologies is supplying compact, high-performance power electronics tailored to the demands of lightweight, performance-driven electric motorcycles. NX's inverter technology, designed for high power density while minimizing weight and size, plays a central role in improving efficiency without compromising performance.

The partnership highlights how advanced power electronics and a clearly defined product philosophy can work together to push electric mobility forward. By combining BBM's performance-led approach with NX's technical expertise, the collaboration aims to deliver electric motorcycles that are not only more efficient and sustainable, but also more engaging to ride.

As BBM Motorcycles continues development, more details are expected to emerge as this new electric platform moves closer to the road.

Previous article(s) about BBM Motorcycles:

A new name is making noise in the European e-motorcycle scene: BBM Motorcycles

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I've read articles explaining "Camber thrust" theory but never seen any real world evidence of the effects of camber on a bike in a similar way that Bill Milliken did with his MX1 "Camber Car". Often wondered how to do that but couldn't think of an easy way until the 2WS Demo Bike construction was almost done. Replacing the 2WS Demo Bike forks with 30 degree cambered forks, but with only one wheel steering, was fairly easy.

Took a little time away from the new racer project and made a cheap and easy to build electric 2WS demonstration bike. I've known about the effect of 2WS on lean angle for decades, but never effectively demonstrated it. The end of the video has frame grabs that illustrate the 2WS effects on lean angle and front wheel steering angle.

• Weight with battery 62 pounds. 
• Wheelbase 53 inches. 
• Head tube angle at both ends 0 degrees. 
• Trail at both ends 1.4 inches. 
• Weight distribution with rider 60% F | 40% R. 
• RWS settings 0%, 50%, and 66%. 
• Hubmotor 48V 1000W. 
• Battery capacity 20 Ah.
• Top speed 24 MPH.

(a) evidence how—in contrast to other safer transport sectors—TfL does not place a high priority on Human Factors in how public services are contracted, managed and controlled in London, and;(b) offer evidenced-based suggestions as to how TfL's known ignorance of Human Factors that negatively impact Bus Driver Working Conditions can be mitigated. 

Episode 1: Human Factors and the Future of Bus Safety — "If a system allows you to make an error it is a bad system.  If a system induces you to make an error, it is a really bad system."
Episode 2: Londons' iBus Radio System: Fit for purpose? — Bill of Rights No. 8. ⁠"The Right to drive without being forced to answer radio messages and texts from Controllers whilst in motion"
Episode 3: Worse & Better Communication - "You can either blame—or learn—it's very hard to do both"

(a) TfL's failure to consider Human Factors in how Bus Door Controls are designed that makes Driver error inevitable, and (b) how to fix these known problems.

"killed on on by a Bus", inter alia, by "collisions on private land, noncollisions (e.g. death due to medical episodes or slips, trips and falls on a bus), incidents outside the Greater London boundary and death occurring after 30 days". 

Ezarhul Islam (73), who fell after a Go Ahead 191 Bus moved suddenly without warning in October 2015, but died while still in hospital in December 2015. Because Mr. Islam died 30 days after  his death—which resulted in the Coroner issuing a "Prevention of Future Deaths" Order in June 2016—TfL recorded his death as a "Medical" in origin and didn't include the incident in any official Road Casualty reporting, including Figure 17.  Since 1 January 2014, TfL has recorded 69 Fatalities with "Medical" serving as the cause. How many of these "Medical" deaths represent Bus Injury Victims like Mr. Islam, who died 30 days after the incident?  
Saba Mirza (31), who was critically injured on a Zebra Crossing by a Metroline Route 46 in November 2016 but, I understand, died while still in hospital in January 2021 (i.e., after 30 days). By the way, the collision incident that eventually killed Saba Mirza is not recorded in any of TfL's published Bus Safety Performance records, including "TfL Bus Drivers critically injuring pedestrians on Zebra Crossings". 
A Male Pedestrian (41) hit by a speeding Go Ahead Route 191 Bus at Edmonton Green Bus Station in February 2020. 
Melissa Burr (32) hit by a Go Ahead Route 507 Bus at Victoria Bus Station in August 2021. 
Stephen Mitchell (60), killed while trying to board a Go Ahead Route 363 Bus in Peckham in November 2022. Until London Assembly Member Keith Prince reported the fact that the Bus Driver was convicted for "causing death by driving without due care and attention" in 2025, on its website TfL previously recorded the incident as a non-fatal "Collision" Incident where the victim required "No Treatment".  Since 1 January 2014, TfL has recorded 3053 Bus Collision Incidents where the victim required "No Treatment".  How many of these incidents resulted in the death of the victim where the Bus Driver was convicted? 
Grace Mecaley (74) hit by Go Ahead Route 212 Bus at Walthamstow Bus Station in December 2023. 

'TfL does not receive ongoing updates on the status and health outcomes of people who were previously involved in bus incidents and has no information about the health status of members of the public up to eight years after an incident' 

"On 11 September 2019, a former TfL Board Director and Safety Panel Chair told the London Assembly Transport Committee and your Deputy Mayor for Transport: "We owe it to the victims of that accident [Sandilands] and we owe it to victims of accidents on the buses and on other parts of the network to get to the bottom of exactly how this organisation is run. How does it deal with this sort of situation? What happened? Why did it happen? How did they do that audit? What lessons can we learn about how to do audits? How can we make sure that we are delivering the radical transparency that is the only way to deliver Vision Zero? I am not trying to be difficult or unpleasant or cause problems, but I can tell you now that if you do not deal with that culture and if you do not have robust audit processes, you will get nowhere near to Vision Zero. Nowhere near to Vision Zero." Since (a) bus collisions remain at the same level (about 80 per day) as when you announced your Vision Zero Programme in July 2018 and (b) casualties from buses are now higher than when you took office, will you commit to a policy of "radical transparency" on bus safety?"

In your response, you stated —

"Transport for London (TfL) has no higher priority than the safety of its customers, staff, and those affected by its operations, and continues to strive to reach the ambitious Vision Zero targets."

I need not remind you that, 

• since you've been Mayor, your Vision Zero Target for Buses that "no one to be killed on or by a bus by 2030" has been going the other way.

• on 3 July 2025, your own Transport Commissioner admitted to the London Assembly that—

 "until this year...the Bus Companies would still be penalised if they curtailed or did not meet their performance requirements because of the hot weather or because they were taking action to support Driver Welfare"

• you will get nowhere near Vision Zero unless you compel TfL to deliver 'radical transparency' on Londons' failing Bus Safety Performance and unsafe Bus Driver Working Conditions.  

1) Issuing a Formal Apology to each of the families of Saba Mirza, Stephen Mitchell, Melissa Lamb and Grace Mecaley—all killed "on or by a bus" under your watch as Mayor and TfL Chair—with a full explanation as to why—since their loved ones' deaths "do not meet STATS19 criteria"—TfL did not include their incidents as part of (a) "the underpinning data source for all road safety policy and from which Transport for London (TfL) built its evidence base for the Bus Safety Standard (BSS)" (b)  "TfL's road safety targets and baseline" (c) in the determination of executives' bonuses for achieving safety targets in, respectively, 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023, (d) Figure 17. 

2) Publishing a Consolidated Annual Figure for people "killed on or by a bus" in London. 

Your explanation as why you refuse to order TfL to perform the simple task of publishing a consolidated annual figure that shows all the people "killed on or by a bus" is, frankly, contemptuous of the families of the over 100 victims who—while you have served as Mayor and TfL chair—have been killed "on or by a bus", as well as of the at least 9698 victims who've been sent to hospital from preventable Bus-related injuries over the same period.  A truly just Vision Zero Policy would not impose on the families of victims—or on victims themselves—the obligation to interrogate TfL's dubious datasets in order to discern the actual number of how many people have been killed "on or by a bus" in London. Both you and TfL are wittingly adding insult to injury: have you no shame?

3) Instructing TfL to conduct a Independent Data Integrity Audit of all TfL's published Bus Safety Datasets

Since at least 2022, Keith Prince has been asking you instruct TfL to conduct an Independent Audit of the Integrity of TfL's published Bus Safety Performance Data. 

March 2025 - Vision Zero: Bus Safety Data Integrity Audit

November 2024- Vision Zero: Independent Data Integrity Audit of TfL Bus Safety Data

March 2022 - Independent Audit of TfL's Quarterly Bus Safety Data

"TfL will probably say 'we don't recognise this because nobody's brought this to our attention'.
"But if it has been brought to their attention and they're not doing anything about it, that's a very different thing."

Under your watch as Mayor and TfL Chair, you've presided over a Surface Transport Operation that has produced— 

• at least 100 deaths from preventable Bus Safety Incidents;
• 76 deaths of Bus Drivers from Covid-19; and, 
• 7 deaths from the 2016 Croydon Tram Crash at Sandilands.

"While Sadiq Khan has been mayor and TfL [Transport for London] chair, about every six weeks someone has been killed in a London bus safety incident. Three in four of these deaths are the result of a bus collision. In 2024 someone was killed in a preventable bus safety incident every three weeks. Except for a short period during the Covid-19 pandemic, recorded crashes have been stuck at an eerily predictable 80 bus crashes per day for the past five years."

• analyses of years of TfL's published casualty data reveal that TfL Buses—which (a) constitute about 1 percent of the vehicles on the road at any time, and (b) are solely contracted by TfL—were involved in 15 percent of all pedestrian fatalities from Road Vehicles in London in 2024, an increase from the ghastly 10 percent annual average from 2014-2023. 
• when benchmarked to its 'World City' peers by Imperial College, year-after-year London consistently appears at the bottom tercile for Bus Collisions. 

• every day over 3 people have been hospitalised from a preventable bus safety incident, 1 of which is due to a collision.
• deaths "on or by a bus" have risen from 12 in 2016 to 16 in 2024, despite at least an 8% fall in the number of bus miles driven. 
• at least 100 people have lost their lives from preventable safety incidents "on or by" TfL buses.  
• and—at least— 76 Bus Drivers lost their lives to Covid-19 and 7 passengers were killed in the Croydon Tram Crash, both safety catastrophes that, despite the many serious questions about TfL's poor oversight of these crises that remain outstanding, you are obviously desperate to close the books on

• inscribing the Bus Driver's Bill of Rights into TfL's Framework Bus Services Contract; and, 
• appointing an 'Independent Judge-Led Enquiry" to investigate TfL's Safety Culture 

After presenting a recording from Salvatore Mercatante on our Bandcamp last year, I wanted to try and keep up this approach on the label by surfacing live sets from our artists wherever possible. I knew as soon as I was immersed in WNDFRM's live set last year, that it would make a great live release and would be enjoyed by anyone who picked up his WVLT release.

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WNDFRM has long occupied a parallel lane, equal parts reductionist and tactile. His studio output, including his 2025 release on ASIP, WVLT, is often about what isn't there, carving space with restraint and a patient sense of pacing. But in this rare live recording from his appearance at Seattle's Nonseq series in late 2025, we're reminded how those same principles can hum with immediacy, weight, and physicality.

Tim's live set leans even deeper into the tactileness hinted at on WVLT. Over 37 minutes, WNDFRM builds a slow-motion tension through dub-damaged rhythms, brittle textures, and dissolving sequences. Familiar elements, saturated pads, clipped delay lines, off-grid percussion, surface and vanish without resolution. A gradual unravelling from a sound designer in his element.

A huge thanks to Steve Peters, Chloe Harris and the Nonsequitur community for the evening.

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2025 is probably our first year without a proper ambient release, with this year's annual compilation reflecting how diverse our catalog has grown.

KILN and Monoparts presented music this year that pushed expectations, with KILN's music pretty much in a world of its own anyway, and Monoparts bringing a vocal-heavy trip-hop record to the lineup - two records that would stand on their own on any label, irrespective of genre classifications.

Christian Kleine's second Lost World volume spoke to our true IDM roots of past, and Mikkel Rev's Journey Beyond, to the future perhaps, with a subtle wink to Trance music running through our blood.

A new signing in WNDFRM presented a landscape of micro-rhythmic IDM, as did returning artist Salvatore Mercatante, through a live set that traversed a spectrum of bass-heavy atmospheres.

Tying this all together in one mix has become todos' annual challenge, and he would be the first to admit this one was his most challenging yet. While I would never force this concept on him, if it didn't work, todos has the permission to edit, layer, chop and re-work where he needs to, just like a live set. In turn, his magic becomes a completely new way to absorb the releases from our past year, and an enjoyable way to spot moments you missed.

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Thank you to everyone who has supported the label and the artists included here this year.

todos - Continuous mix tracklist

01. Mikkel Rev - 'Fragile' (edit) / WNDFRM - 'WVLT 021' (edit) / Monoparts - 'Abandoned Woods' (edit) / KILN - 'Moon Ratchet' (edit)
02. KILN - 'Ptarmigan'
03. KILN - 'Moon Ratchet' / Christian Kleine - 'Beyond Repair' (edit)
04. Mikkel Rev - 'Transmit' (edit) / KILN - 'Solarsystem Breathing'
05. Christian Kleine - 'Slow' / KILN - 'Cadmium Lounge' (edit)
06. Salvatore Mercatante - Extract from 'Live at Public Records'
07. Mikkel Rev - 'LM8182'
08. Monoparts - 'Abandoned Woods'
09. WNDFRM - 'WVLT 021' / Salvatore Mercatante - Extract from 'Live at Public Records' (edit)
10. Christian Kleine - 'Closer'
11. Monoparts - 'Abandoned Woods' (ASC Remix)

As with all my previous 'Reflection' year-end mixes, I begin with a collection of albums, EPs, and compilations that resonated with me over the past year. From there, I curate tracks to build the mix - a process that's as much about omission as inclusion. Inevitably, many of my favorite tracks and albums don't make the final cut, simply because they don't fit the flow of the mix or get lost along the way. There are plenty of albums I played on repeat that aren't included here, but I enjoy this process much more than creating lists.

As I remind myself each year, this isn't meant to be a definitive "best-of" list. Instead, it's a snapshot of some of my favorite music from the year, distilled into one cohesive and listenable format. Compiling these mixes under self-imposed restrictions is my way of revisiting and celebrating the music I've loved critically, while sharing it with you in a way that's both meaningful and accessible. For me, listening back to these mixes is like flipping through an audio photograph, capturing the essence of my year in music and invoking memories from special moments.

I encourage you to use this mix as a jumping-off point—dive into each artist, explore their albums in full, and check out the labels behind the music. You can find a Buy Music Club list linked below to help you dig deeper. If you're curious about the broader scope of music I've supported this year, my Bandcamp collection is always up to date. And for the ASIP year-end label compilation, that's coming very soon…

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2025 was nearly the year of breaking point with my time and effort spent on the label. A new job, a third child, and… well that's enough to do it I guess. So as the year-end drew closer, the idea of completing this mix became laughable in its scope and I thought it might be the first year in over a decade I haven't completed one.

It's helped that I haven't done many mixes this year, so approaching it pulled on some much needed creativity, but even when looking back at what music I had supported on Bandcamp and the records on my shelves, it took me a long time to organize, make sure I had it downloaded, and even pull the trigger on items in my wishlist (my wishlist often revolves around vinyl I've picked up with no BC download code offered - gripe). Those who go through this obsessive process know how much time it can take up.

Looking back at the mix now it's complete, I've managed to include around 80% of what was in high rotation for me this year (there's always some that don't make it into mix form) and the styles are on point as usual in reflecting my taste over the year. We're starting with the deep ambient cuts, moving into more IDM and techno, and moving through a lot more energetic tracks towards the end - from Jungle to Trance…

One of the only live gigs I got to emerge from my family life to see was WNDFRM and Patricia Wolf in Seattle, so of course, Patricia's newest installment on Balmat (who also had another epic year as a label) is included. Related to that event, organizer Raica (Chloe Harris) made a return with two albums this year I believe - both worthy of praise, but her piece for (another relentless outpost) Quiet Details was the stand out. A regular on these reflection mixes, MPU101 on Ilian Tape gets another nod- a BoC-vibe regular who always manages to tickle the right part of my ears. Alex Kassian had about three tracks or remixes in my original shortlist (including the lush remix of Spooky) so I had to do my best to not over-indulge - his remix of a classic Pianoman melody will bring back the Global Communication / Tangerine Dream vibes. Skee Mask is still releasing archive material that defies expectations. In one of the most welcome moves of the year, finding All Possible Worlds on Bandcamp made many people ecstatic, not least because of the full release of Irini's odyssey, or the random track found on their profile. Light of Cacti got my Schnauss tastebuds tingling. Anushka Chkheidze has been on my radar for a long time now, so it was a treat to see her collabing with the much respected Robert Lippok across a very interesting record. OPN landed late in 2025, but arguably released one of his more welcomed albums by die-hard fans, hooking me right back into his unique worlds. Simon Littaeur came into my feed through his Instagram videos (normally something that doesn't always result in a quality album) but his production lived up to the visual hype. The album by jp on emerging label Theory Therapy was full of big tracks, and I did my best to make sure one was included on here. Talking of big, Djrum's latest didnt dissapoint, and he'll continue to be classed as an innovator with output like this years. I nearly stopped at the Barker track, as it doesn't get much bigger than that euphoric high, but something told me to bring it back down a little bit more, so into a slight trance we went with a superb debut by Alvar (Teo Bachs) and of course, the masters of hypnotizing techno, Voices from The Lake making a much needed return. The ending comes from vinyl selector Chee Shimizu, a unique piece of music that would bring the sun down on any horizon and one of two great tracks included in the mix from the ESP LA fundraiser.

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Tracklist (Artist - Title - Album - Label)

1 - HARZ - 0647 - (polychromatic) [Empty Space]
2 - Roméo Poirier - Picobello - (Off the Record) [Faitiche]
3 - Florian TM Zeisig - Earth Loop - (A New Life) [Stroom]
4 - Patricia Wolf - I'll Take Care of You - (Hrafnamynd) [Balmat]
5 - Saapato - Active Decay (feat. Patricia Wolf) - (Decomposition: Fox on a Highway) [Constellation Tatsu]
6 - Pianeti Sintetici - Part One - (Space Opera) [Astral Industries]
7 - Heavenchord, Infinity Dots - Entering Landscapes - (Landscapes Of The Soul) [Secret Domain]
8 - placa - cityzen - (in trance it) [Non-transparent]
9 - Area 3 - Grass Turns To Sponge - (View) [Khotin Industries]
10 - Cahl Sel - Leaf - (Traces) [Reflective Records]
11 - Raica - Not There Though, Dive - (The Absence of Being) [Quiet Details]
12 - MPU101 - 3100beta2 - (MPU106) [Ilian Tape]
13 - Jo Johnson - Variance Remnants 3 (field recording) - (Variance - Remnants (Alterations)) [Self]
14 - Pentagrams Of Discordia - < - (Triskaidekaphobia Extd.) [Self]
15 - Alex Kassian - Lost in Hanoi - (ESP Institute XV) [ESP]
16 - all possible worlds - untitled - [all possible worlds]
17 - Skee Mask - 32Crescent - (E) [Self]
18 - Rod Modell - Snowstorm in Naubinway - (Northern Michigan Snowstorms) [Silentes]
19 - Strategy - Earthling - (A Cooler World) [Constellation Tatsu]
20 - µ-Ziq - Peppermint Aero - (Manzana) [Balmat]
21 - Lord Of The Isles - Opalescent - (Signals Aligned) [Self]
22 - Plant43 - Skyway Shadow - (Luminous Machines) [Self]
23 - Xenia Reaper - Drift__ - (Nept Polarisation) [Delsin]
24 - Lord Of The Isles - United Wire - (Signals Aligned) [Self]
25 - Martinou - The Last Hour - (The Glow That Lingers) [FauxPas]
26 - Coatshek - Eternal Lovers - (Sound Bath) [Dark Entries]
27 - Light of Cacti - Washed Away In Pink Skies On Brighton Shores - (Neverland is a State of Mind) [Tonights Dream]
28 - Pianoman - Pasion (Alex Kassian's Mandarine Dream Mix) - (Pasion) [Planet Strange Love]
29 - Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok - Uncontrollable Thoughts - (Uncontrollable Thoughts) [Morr Music]
30 - Oneohtrix Point Never - Measuring Ruins - (Tranquilizer) [Warp]
31 - Simon Littauer - Phicet - (Modular) [Katharsis]
32 - arcologies - asleep and dreaming - (PARTICLE SHIFT) [Rabbithole Club]
33 - E.L Heath and Karen Vogt - This Is Spirit - (This Is Spirit) [Plenty Wenlock]
34 - Aural Imbalance - Thermal Isolation - (Edge Of Space) [Auxiliary]
35 - jp - planes - (we're here all the time) [Theory Therapy]
36 - Vivian Koch - September (Gold) - (Colors of September) [Self]
37 - Courtney Bailey - Under The Water - (In Dream) [Music From Memory]
38 - Djrum - Waxcap - (Under Tangled Silence) [Houndstooth]
39 - Roméo Poirier - 12 - Steve A. - (Off the Record) [Faitiche]
40 - Barker - Reframing - (Stochastic Drift) [Smalltown Supersound]
41 - Alvar - Meg og sola - (The Mist LP) [Peak Experience]
42 - irini - The Higher (Lost In Dreams) [all possible worlds]
43 - Voices From The Lake - Aquateo (II) [Spazio Disponibile]
44 - Chee Shimizu - Zeze (ESP Institute XV) [ESP]

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Last December, we were fortunate to host one of our largest label nights to date at Public Records, New York, one of the most renowned venues in the world for sound system quality. One year later, we present to you one of the recordings from the evening, by Brooklyn's own Salvatore Mercatante.

Live at Public Records captures Salvatore Mercatante at his most unguarded and instinctual, set free from the polish of post-production, delivered to a room of people who gave themselves over to the quiet pull of tension, decay, and harmonic dissonance on one of the best sound systems in the world.

Performed as part of a curated label night inside Public Records' intimate Sound Room, Salvatore's set was equal parts sculpture and erosion. Working with a minimalist setup that belied the richness of the result, Salvatore traced an arc through fractured rhythms, bent tones, and fogged-out signal paths, drawing on his 2024 album 'Ø' and a trove of unreleased and WIP material.

Following a DJ-set by Aspetuck and preceding a live set by OKRAA as part of the label's biggest showcase to date, Salvatore's set was the perfect middle-ground, with signature low-end blooms and crisp drum patterns, reconstituted in real time and massaged by the custom four-point sound system.

Live at Public Records was recorded on December 6th, 2024 in Brooklyn NY, mastered by Antony Ryan at RedRedPaw Mastering. Artwork and video taken from photography by Daniel Salemi.

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Photos by Daniel Salemi

Photos by Daniel Salemi

WVLT is the newest sonic addition from WNDFRM (Portland-based, Tim Westcott), an album of eight distinct explorations of micro-rhythmic IDM.

Tim Westcott's practice is rooted in an acute, nearly forensic attention to sound. Subtle tones, sculpted drones, and lean percussive gestures, always pursued with a patient ear and obsession with sound design. 

With previous releases on Prologue, Home Normal, and Dragon's Eye Recordings, and several live performances at Mutek, a new album from Tim is a rare yet welcome occurrence. The conceptual approach for WVLT began in 2021, mixing synths with drum machines and granular processing. Lightly arced structures slip between gates of rhythm, shifting pulses, translucent washes, and disquieting residue. There's a precision to the hesitation and an insistence in the space between notes, a deft balance of raw improvisation and sculpted quietude.

An exercise in immediacy and response, each track builds and unspools, like form in fleeting motion, driven by the moment's tonal contrasts, micro‑rhythmic interplay, and slight gestures that alter entire planes of listening. It's minimal without sparsity, intense without density.

Available digitally and on limited transparent dark blue 12"  vinyl on September 26th 2025. Mastered by Taylor Deupree @12k Mastering and featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding.

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