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Review: Frank Staniek has previous form in the minimal tech house scene as Frank Sonic, recording for the likes of Trapez and My Best Friend. Now he's helping shape out the sound of new San Jose label Wild Palms Trax by laying down the second release under a new alias, Link Gaetz. This is minimal delivered with a crisp focus, from the deliciously pointed 'El Camino' to the deep-diving 'Floripa'. The rhythm section is precision tooled and the atmospherics walk the line between escapism and restraint with ease. 'Cactaceae' is a freakier offering on the flip, but it's still looped up for a direct hit, while 'Into The Redwoods' plays around with vocal hooks and synth riffs for something more like an end-of-set knees up, minimal style.

Review: The Daily Flash originated in Seattle in 1965, and true to their name burned bright and fast for around three years before disbanding. Fronted by Steve Lalor and with Doug Hastings on guitar, it's also noticeable their drummer was Jon Keliehor, who has since had an accomplished career in ambient and experimental music. As a perfect embodiment of the original psychedelic wave when it was still relatively attached to 60s pop, The Daily Flash have been revisited in scattershot form over the years, but finally their outstanding archive of recordings has been gathered in one coherent compilation which covers their brief but brilliant tenure.

Review: Emmy award winning composer Ramin Djawadi has an endless slew of projects under his name such as Clash of the Titans, Pacific Rim, Iron Man as well as television series including Prison Break and Westworld. That name nowadays is most synonymous, however, with the iconic Game Of Thrones score, which makes his work on the House Of The Dragon prequel series a no-brainer. Bombastic, modern classical orchestrations utilising era-specific folk instrumentation, compositionally reflecting the geographies of fictitious nations, it's all here at the remarkably grandiose standard set by its predecessor.

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box opened, light surface marks, product in perfect working condition ***


UDG have further finetuned what was already a great design concept for a flight case into one especially for the most discerning DJ/producer. Constructed from solid 9mm thick plywood, the outside is laminated in a black finished honeycomb/hexagonal "Stage Grip" pattern. The inner sides are protected with high density diamond embossed EVA foam protective padding. This extremely robust padding protects the equipment against scratches, dust or other damages, creating a unique stylish & practical finish.

Extra wide black finished aluminium profile & massive UDG logo embossed ball corners are incorporated to ensure longevity & maintaining a permanently attractive, professional design. The UDG Ultimate Flight Case Set Pioneer CDJ-3000/A9 Black Plus (Laptop Shelf + Wheels) also features built-in corner wheels with high quality in-line skate bearings for convenient transport and heavy-duty, spring-loaded handles for a secured lift & load. In addition, there is an extra notebook shelf included for your notebook, mouse and/or any other devices such as effect processor and interfaces.

UDG Ultimate Flight Case Set Pioneer CDJ-3000/A9 Black Plus (Laptop Shelf + Wheels) not only transports your complete set up easily & securely, but also facilitates devices to be setup within minutes. With these premium features incorporated, the UDG Ultimate Flight cases provide premium professional quality in a very stylish modern black coloured combination.

Colour: Black
Weight: 25,00 kg / 55 lbs
Outer Dimensions (W x H x D): 116.7 x 53.8 x 21.9 cm | 45.9 x 21.2 x 8.6 inch
Inner Dimensions (W x H x D): PLAYER COMPARTMENT: 33.2 x 42.4 x 8.7 cm | 13.1 x 16.7 x 3.4 inch
MIXER COMPARTMENT: 40.9 x 42.4 x 8.7 cm | 16.1 x 16.7 x 3.4 inch
Material: Heavy duty construction of 9 mm thick plywood
Protection: Improved powder coated and anodized hardware
High density diamond embossed EVA foam & carpeted protective padding
Dual anchor rivets with included washer
Extra-wide silver solid aluminium profiles
Secure stacking due to stackable ball corner

Extras

Convenient 80 mm space at rear for connections & PSU storage
Cable access hole with removable UDG emblem cover
Removable front access panel
Built-in corner wheels with high quality in-line skate bearings
Adjustable laptop shelf
Fits: 1 x Pioneer DJM-A9 and 2 x CDJ-3000 and CDJ/DJM models or any 12"-mixer/ CD-player models from Allen & Heath, Denon, Rane, Reloop etc. + 1 x Laptop + Accessories

Review: Acid Jazz has got an ongoing deal to issue and reissue music from Benin funk supergroup Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou and the latest fruits of that is this reissue of their Le Sato album. It is a follow-up to the one they dropped back in 2021 and is another section of traditional voodoo ceremonial music from the group from the mid-seventies. The name of the album is taken from the large ceremonial Sato drum, which is played with wooden stick beaters at special ceremonial occasions. Here it can be heard in all its glory making traditional rhythms and deeply ritualistic grooves that will leave you in a trance.

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box opened, product in excellent condition, no original internal packaging***


Intellijel has made the already awesome Thru Zero VCO Rubicon even better! In addition to the seven waveforms plus sub-oscillator of the first version, the second generation offers a new Warp stage, which generates a hybrid of complex pulse and other waves - you can even use external audio material. In order to keep results in the range of 10 Vpp, there is a wave folder called Squish. On top, the FM capabilities were expanded.

Review: As the title makes clear, this three-disc, unmixed collection has one simple aim: to soundtrack kitchen discos, living room dances and long car journeys with a jam-packed selection of disco hits and disco-tinged pop favourites. It does a good job at that, even if some of the selections tend towards the lesser-known end of the commercial disco spectrum, with all three discs showcasing such disco must-haves and part-starting sing-alongs as Dan Hartman's soaring 'Relight My Fire' (famously covered by Take That in the 90s), Diana Ross's 'I'm Coming Out', Chaka Khan's inspired 'Young Hearts Run Free', Grace Jones' punk-funk Roxy Music cover 'Love Is The Drug', McFadden & Whitehead's epic 'Ain't No Stopping Us Now' and Cheryl Lynn's peerless 'Got To Be Real'.

Review: Minneapolis' Chris Bartels aka Blurstem, and Philadelphia's Andrew Tasselmyer of the likes of Hotel Neon and Gray Acres have hooked up once more for a second collaborative album Midnight Letters. This album's starting point was original concepts played out on guitar which were then processed and experimented with through an ages-old analog tape machine. Add in an array of iPad audio processing apps, samplers, and Ableton software and you have a perfect mix of tools to serve up a sonic journey that perfectly merges the old with the new. The resulting ambient soundscapes are immersive and sparse but packed with subtle details that convey all manner of emotions.

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box opened, product in perfect working order***


Record. Mangle. Destroy.

Nebulae is a granular sampler and DSP platform. Its phase vocoder audio engine provides elastic audio, which can be time stretched, granularized, and mangled to no end. With independent control over pitch and speed, and granular controls such as overlap, window, and density, finding new sonic territory is only a knob turn away. Nebulae can use live audio input, a recorded buffer, or audio files as the source material for its powerful audio manipulations. The live input buffer can record up to five minutes of stereo audio at 48kHz, 24 bit. In addition, up to 75 MB of stereo audio can be loaded simultaneously through the USB port. No naming convention or special formatting necessary; just plug and play.

Nebulae lives a double life as an open source DSP platform with an extensive library of off the shelf alternate instruments. You can turn the module into a lush reverb, spectral delay, or tape-style looper simply by loading a new file onto the flash drive. Do you want to tweak one aspect of an existing instrument, even the default functionality? No problem. No prior coding knowledge is necessary to tweak and refine existing firmware to your liking or start with one of our templates. Alternate firmware files can be written with Pure Data, Csound, SuperCollider, and even bare-bones C programs.

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box opened, light surface marks, product in perfect working condition ***


Inspired by Roland's TR-x0x sequencers, the Drum Sequencer brings that classic approach to Eurorack, offering a massive 16 trigger channels with gate and accent outputs, plus a CV/gate track for synths.

Supplier's notes:
X0X-style beat creation for modular systems - Erica's drum sequencer is based on the concepts of classic Roland TR rhythm composers. The module offers 16 trigger channels, twelve of which also feature accent outputs. Additionally, there is a CV and a gate track, meaning you can also notate a bass line or melody. The maximum pattern length is 64 steps. Extensive playback and random functions plus two LFOs help you with creating lively results. Large buttons provide a fantastic feel while programming patterns.