“This was done in one take, with some preparation but not too much. It’s a mixture of recent purchases and old ‘classics’, a lot of which I forgot I had until recently. None of my own tracks are in here, which was a deliberate decision. I didn’t see the need, one would assume I’d play them in a club anyway. So yeah, have fun!”

Recent releases:

Contour Grip EP – Komisch

Upcoming:

V/A – LDN WHT 01

V/A – Wakkler 02

Stride for Stride – Opal Tapes

Mercenary producer currently affiliated with Mira

UK techno artists and owners of the excellent Avian label Shifted and Ventress recently launched the new label Mira.

Shifted is the techno alias of a well-known producer whose true identity is under wraps. He first emerged in 2011 with a string of atmospheric techno productions and his own label, Avian. Ventress is an equally mysterious techno artist who made his debut on Avian last year. Mira shows the two artists teaming up to focus on “stuff that doesn’t fit with the general aesthetic of Avian, be that experimental techno stuff, noise, drone or industrial pieces,” in the words of Shifted himself. All of Mira’s artwork will be handled by Juan Mendez (AKA Silent Servant), and cut to vinyl from analogue 1/4-inch tape.

The first two releases will be ten-inch vinyl EPs from yet another shadowy techno project, Bleaching Agent

Words: Andrew Ryce