Blocaus Series releases Era Novum, 15 tracks compilation featuring Adriana Lopez, AWB, Blue Hour, Burden, Clotur, Espen Lauritzen, Function, Javier Bähr, Keikari, Landwehr & Fleer, Oscar Mulero, Peter Van Hoesen, Surgeon, Thomas Hessler, Vith.
A long list of artists that contribute to our scene, familiar names including rising talents and true techno legends. Era Novum’s sound oscillates between of variety of styles, a wide musical spectrum varying from ambient, deep, hypnotic to raw straightforward techno tracks.
This V/A is comprised of 15 transcendent and effective cuts with a different approach in mind, making this compilation a truly musical experience. “Era Novum”, a Latin name symbolises a new area after the chaos wrought by the coronavirus pandemic: we are on the cusp of a new era.
All profits will be donated to UNICEF France who protect and support children and families affected by COVID-19. Blocaus Series is planning to continue with this project, each compilation promoting new talents with the contribution of established artists, while also raising fund and awareness for a great cause.
Support the release on Bandcamp here and enjoy a premiere of Surgeon’s track on the release below!
More About Blocaus Series
Blocaus Series is a French techno label created in 2016, as the next stage in our evolution after four successful years of hosting parties at various venues in Paris. By, among other things, showcasing label nights and giving a number of international artists their Paris debut performance, Blocaus has achieved a reputation as a highly acclaimed event with an incredible vision and focus to support the techno scene in France.
More About Surgeon
Surgeon, real name Anthony Child, has been at the forefront of UK techno since 1994.
His debut “Surgeon EP” is regarded by many as seminal, and along with several early Downwards releases, caused a ripple of excitement through the techno cognoscenti of the time. Surgeon released a further three albums on Tresor, numerous Counterbalance and Dynamic Tension EPs and LPs “Body Request” in 2000, “Breaking The Frame” LP in 2011, and “From Farthest Known Objects” in 2016.
Over the course of his career, the Birmingham resident has perfected a unique and uncommonly effective production style. His is a tough techno sound with an industrial murk about it but also plenty of funk, swing and a sophisticated sense of dub-space learned in part from his Chain Reaction contemporaries in Berlin.
Further evidence of these multi-functional production skills can be seen on Surgeon’s impressive remix CV, working with the biggest names in techno (Dave Clarke, Luke Slater/PAS, Green