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Interview: Sara Landry Invites Charlie Sparks, Caravel, EAS, Selective Response and more for COVEN VOL. 1 V/A on Her HEKATE Imprint

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Sara Landry returns with her next offering on her American Hard Techno imprint HEKATE, this time unveiling her first V/A on the label – COVEN VOL.1.

‘Coven’ means a gang of witches, and Sara has certainly managed to pull together a gang of like-minded and highly excited techno producers on this V/A, including Charlie Sparks, Caravel, Selective Response, EAS and many more.

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WORK Residents 2022

WORK 2022 Residents: Selective Response Makes Techno His Own Way

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After a decade in the industry, 2018 saw the birth of Selective Response, a project solely focused on Techno, EBM, Industrial, and electro. With his Crisis of Man label he has received support from such heavyweights as Dax J, Rebekah, I Hate Models, Perc, Cleric, Amelie Lens, and many more. Selective Response has also recently joined the WORK Residents in 2022 and talks to 6AM about his project and views on music.

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Discovering Emptyshell

Discovering Emptyshell

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Emptyshell just made her debut on Crisis Of Man with The Same Dream, including remix support of the title track by label boss Selective Response.

Something of a mystery still, Emptyshell is taking her very first steps into the production world and we are incredibly proud to be able to offer her a platform, but if her recent bootleg of Andrew Bayer and Matt Lange’s ‘In and Out of Phase’ is anything to go by, she has a big future ahead of her.

I grabbed a conversation with Emptyshell in an attempt to discover who is behind the mysterious veil that this first release has been shrouded in.

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Sensory Deprivation with selective response

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Earlier this year, selective response released his first music to the world, scoring a premiere and support on the coveted HATE YouTube channel. Both his last single-track releases ‘Scorched Earth Policy’ and ‘Weekend At Nik’s’ provided a clear indication that the California Native was not messing around, with his powerful, industrial driving productions. No doubt, a new name for many, his productions have already had early support from Cleric, Dax J, I Hate Models and Perc.

This September he launched his imprint Crisis Of Man and after the success of the first release, brings a hard-hitting second round for November and the darker months ahead.

The title track of this EP, titled Sensory Deprivation, features a huge kettle drum kick and rumbling bass to lead the way, joined swiftly by sparse percussions and unsettling, tensive sonics. Something of an oasis midway sees new percussive tones added before the tension is heaped on for the big payoff.

Far more insistent than the first, “Help Me Hate You” features scattergun melodics that add to the melee before hats and rides hammer the aggression home. Heightening the tension throughout, becoming almost visceral by the end. Aptly named, this track derives from dark emotions and soundscapes.

Today we not only premiere “Help Me Hate You” from the EP, but present to you an exclusive interview with the man himself.

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