Semantica HHV Records 17 Items

2022 Reissue of this split electro Mini-LP originally released on 2009.

Germany's rising newcomer DJ and producer Desroi will deliver his debut album on Semantica by early November. He has gained wide attention with his Dwell in Motion EP on Avian in 2018. Each artist has a special story to tell about their musicianship. Techno producer Desroi, who in every day life goes under the name Frederic Lindemann, has a relatively no-nonsense one. Observing from the outside, his production process seems to be one of tight structure and focus, holding great modernistic vision. Desroi studied Composition at Folkwang University of Arts - parallel to his already ongoing career as a DJ, producer and label owner - having graduated in 2018. His craftsmanship combined with a more theoretical academic view gives him a distinguished position on the scene. Desroi is curious about exploring the bridges between contemporary music and techno, and he recently said he is less interested in arrangement, melodies and harmony, and much rather focuses strongly on textures, rhythms and new sounds. Listening to his compositions these quotes makes nothing but sense; Desroi's techno is entrancing and layered but holds no unnecessary clutter. His tracks are so strictly organized and reduced that after spending some time with these stripped creations, the listener will discover something way more abstract than at first glance. Both as a live artist as well as a DJ, Desroi's performances again focus on unsparingly and unsentimentally exposed material. Raw surface sounds and screeching futuristic signals prevail. Floating In Empty will present the artist's first full-blown 8-tracker, providing 44 minutes of new and unheard sounds. The ambient techno LP is due for release in early November on Spain's well reputed imprint Semantica. The album travels through multi-faceted textures and experimental techno sonics, weaving through pleasing textures & subtle rhythmic anomalies, to arrive at a sweet spot between dance-floor potency & the more cerebral posits of the Techno genre. Desroi's work is as distinct as it is complex, with him exploring heady drum machine programming on titles such as "As You Desire Me" tethered with a single warping synth motif shifting about the sonic periphery. Whereas tracks like "Blindfold" or "From Afar" don't necessarily need a kick drum to unfold their full mesmerism, resolving into frenzied soundscapes and moments of introspection and outright gloom. The journey gets round off by highlights such as "When All Is Said And Done" and "Disentangled". On the latter Desroi conceived an elaborate classic by layering its ingenious but consecutive kick drum with further rugged, percussive elements. The strong visceral base of this track is gradually decorated with touching pad chord progressions to create an exhilarating, dense dance-floor bliss. "Floating In Empty" is a new height within the more mature genres of Techno music, displaying the ideal homogeneity between spiralling, sonics explorations and functional dance floor music. Desroi's qualification to harness the full potential of such a reduced assortment of elements and stripped back instrumentation is attestation to the producer's finesse as an artist within the scene, creating an impressive feel for coherence and consistency.

Famed Spanish techno artist Svreca is back on his own well regarded label, Semantica, with a new four track EP that is due for release in January. Entitled Narita, the release is inspired by, and dedicated to, Japan, and the tracks are a collage of all the experiences and emotions the producer has picked up there whilst on his travels. This release was also due to be the 44th on the label (which has now made it up to number 67) and so has clearly been cooking for a long time. Once again it proves the man behind it to be focused on stripped back and hypnotic grooves, shadowy textures and subliminal synths that are abstract and truly heady. Up first, 'Sleepless' is a spooky and hypnotic techno roller with icy pads and rubber drums that roll on like a haunted midnight train burrowning deep into your brain. 'Ebisu' is even more reserved, with just a light, skipping kick and tinkling, glassy keys suspending you in a wide open space of abstract atmospheric sound. On th e flip side, 'Mountain Splitter' is more urgent and immediate, with nervy pads this time racing alongside woodpecker precision and supple drums. It's heady stuff that really distracts you from the world before finally 'Trance' is a wash of grainy white noise and groaning synths that soundtrack a word deep down in the depths of the ocean. Svreca is a master of getting deep inside both body and brain and does so in different but captivating ways with all four of these cuts.

Orbe is the latest addition to Semantica Records label. 'El Bosque de la Niebla' is an extended EP where the Spanish artist signs one of his most personal works to date.

Italian artist Viels have been shaping an strong identity writing solid releases on key techno labels during last decade. 'Il Quarto Respiro' sets the return to Semantica into an extended EP format, in a moment where Viels is sculpting his produtionswhile he's playing often with some of the best techno figures.

D-leria debuts on Semantica Records with an entire release after a few key contributions to the label. The Italian artist signs a 12" full of references to his different sound trademarks.

Remastered and recut 2021 reissue of this notorious Svreca release dating back to the early Semantica catalogue. Comes with a stunning Regis remix!

Semantica Records marks 10 years with a worldwide tour and a 10 release series in 2016. Semantica 10.I features tracks from Donato Dozzy, Mod21, Stanislav Tolkachev and Skirt in a 4 track EP.

Stanislav Tolkachev unveils his fourth EP on Semantica. This 12" entitled 'Vira' is probably h is most personal and deeper work to date; recorded in Ukraine between September 2021 and June 2022 it showcases a level of sensibility and rawness hard to find into the current techno scene.

Tough and broken Techno on Semantica!

Second Aiken 12'' for Semantica. Four excellent subtle yet powerful & hypnotic techno cuts.

Between Method and Madness' is the first LP from the Polish artist on the Semantica imprint. A solid proposal around his personal sound trademark, with emphasis in the opening and the perfect progression that the album format invite the artist to create.

Retina.it duo and Domenico Crisci returns to Semantica after a long hiatus. This new 12" marks the first collab between them in the studio translated into a collection of techno tracks specially crafted to club environment.