Buy Music Day, February 2026

Alien Strain
by Psionic Syndicate on X-IMG

Gritty, sinister, cybernetic, dark electro and industrial EBM, new from Psionic Syndicate on this brand new 2-track single on X-IMG. A little spooky, a little clubby, I love the whole thing.

Favorite tracks:

• Track 1, “ALIEN STRAIN” – Dark electro EBM body horror.
• Track 2, “WE TURN OFF” – Sinister, cybernetic, industrial EBM.

Loops & Tonic EP
by The Miller on Backspin Records

You’re standing there in the dimly lit booth. It’s late and the floor is packed. You see a green PLAY button pulsing at 140BPM. When you press it, this is exactly what you want to hear next. From the first bar, this is 40 minutes of ripping, rolling, groovy hardtechno for maxed out dance floors.

Favorite tracks:

• Track 4, “Sax” – Great. A bangin’ hardtechno rave heater.
• Track 5, “Bastard (Gaetano Parisio Groove Cut)” – Remixed by the Neapolitan legend, Gaetano Parisio, delivers a dose of hardgroove with tech-y trance flourishes.
• Track 7, “Megadrive” – Pulsing, late night hardtechno.

endless energy
V/A on Endless Energy

This was an excellent little V/A compilation find. Hardgroove and clubby hard techno with a late night, dark and visceral 3am strobe energy to it. A steal at €5, and I hope I hear more from this label.

Favorite tracks:

• Track 8, “Reformist – Dressed in Black” – Posi-vibes, upbeat. Essential techy house and trance, built on a rolling hardgroove beat.
• Track 4, “CELL1 – Uncultured” – Hard techno, hardgroove, dystopian, industrial.
• Track 3, “Alfa Cornae – 7 novembre” – Buzzy, bouncy, minimal acid.

Científicos del Ruido
by SOJ on Soil Records

Soil Records boss SOJ brings us a brand new Name Your Price 4-track industrial EP featuring dark electro and aggro EBM. Punchy, cybernetic, creeping, and gritty industrial sounds with pounding, 4-to-the-floor kicks.

Favorite tracks:

• Track 1, “El Museo de la Inocencia” – Dark electro, electro industrial EBM.
• Track 4, “Científico del Ruido” – Thumpy and heavy. Rough and imposing, heavy industrial techno.

Surface
by LUBU on Obscuur Records

Deep and clubby, hard techno and tech house.

Favorite tracks:

• Track 1, “RYU”
• Track 4, “PETROL DUB ft. AURA” – Grime vocals with electro breaks & heavy garage house.

Una luz inaccesible
by Cambiaforma on Of Dolls and Murder

New from the shapeshifters Cambiaforma, this EP features 3 classic raw & sinsister dark electro and EBM originals, with 3 strong electro and aggro industrial remixes. This is extremely my shit, I love it.

Favorite tracks:

• Track 3, “Blindaje” – Raw, minimal, dark electro, EBM.
• Track 4, “Una luz inaccesible (Black.n Remix)” – Strong EBM.
• Track 6, “Blindaje (Corppo Remix)” – Great, clubby remix. Industrial EBM.

Left At Sunset
by Tornado Wallace on Running Back

I had to add the genre “chillhouse” to the site to tag this. I keep a big stash of laid back, beachy house on my phone because you never know when its gonna be nice out an you’ll want to ride a bike to the beach. I’m trying to post more of the music I just listen to (as opposed to playlist and mix) in these Buy Music Day lists, so here’s another one.

Blissed out, positive vibes. Deep and melodic, Chicago house, electro breaks, a little bit of Balearic moods melodies drifting in and out. Maybe I’m just ready for spring.

Favorite tracks:

• Track 1, “Asahi Ga Yondeiru ft. Courtney Bailey” – Chill & beachy, neon electro, bit of Chicago and deep house.
• Track 2, “Left At Sunset” – Deep and groovy, blissed out electro breakbeats. Buzzy, warm.