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Renaissance man Bert Libeert plays drums in GOOSE and has produced/worked on many other projects, including co-writing Raving George & Oscar And The Wolf’s 2015 gold-selling release “You’re Mine.” For the past few years he’s been focused on his live techno project, the minimally titled B, which he bills as “one man, four machines.” Aggressive, bold and unafraid to sound caustic, B’s debut EP, Ambush, out April 8 on Lektroluv Records, finds Libeert investigating disparate sounds including industrial and acid within the context of techno. We’re pleased to world premiere “Kreuzberg,” an acid-infused banger that pays homage to the Berlin neighborhood the EP was recorded in. It’s a must-listen for those who won’t techno for an answer.

Andre Crom‘s transition from house into the world of techno has been fascinating to witness. Not only has Crom come into his own as an artist and DJ but his OFF Recordings has in the process reaped the rewards of his personal transformation. OFF’s next release is the Isolated EP from Italian duo Uakoz and Alex Lentini, a pair of rising stars who’ve released tracks on labels including Terminal M and Elevate. We’re excited to world premiere the title track, a seven-minute euphoria-inducing techno opus awash in beautiful beats, blips and bleeps. Check the premiere of “Isolated” below and delve into the five-track EP on April 4, which includes a remix of “Puzzling” by Crom.

With releases on Claude VonStroke’s Dirtybird, Riva Starr’s Snatch! and his own Keno Records, Berlin house hero David Keno continues on his mission to push house music to its limits. “Another Day” from his Moonshine EP out today on Mother Recordings is a down and dirty house groover that finds the Swiss-born DJ/producer putting the pedal to the metal and leaving everyone in the dust. Trust us when we say that this is one bad-ass jam for the dance floor.

We all need to hit the pause button, take a breath and reflect on how we got here from there. DJ Sun did exactly that when he embarked on an ancestral quest with photographer Jasmine Lee Richardson to trace the journey of his Chinese ancestor, Soon Sam Sin, who departed in 1858 from the South of China via Macau to Suriname, South America as an indentured servant. The project commissioned in 2015 by Asia Society Texas Center came to be known as an audio-visual performance by DJ Sun and Richardson’s company, Everyday is Sunday. Qingxi, the accompanying 50-minute soundtrack, will be released on March 25, 2016. We’re pleased to world premiere the glorious downtempo track “Macau,” which finds DJ Sun paying homage to the past by using the musical tools of the present.