Dead Planet 2024

Between Method and Madness.
by Blazej Malinowski on Semantica Records

Shadowy and atmospheric dark minimal techno. Opening with tense, industrial soundscapes that build on looming percussion and unfold into hypnotic and pulsing dark techno.

“Madness” is cavernous and booming, with smoky atmosphere and a steady dance floor kick. Swirling and minimal, “Sequential Dust” pulses in the darkness, and “Fear” builds a on hypnotic acid groove.

Blazej Malinowski, has previously released on TGP and Silent Season, and is currently based in Berlin.

Rising Moon
by Martin Goodwin & Infinity on Agos

Powerful downbeat, churning with heady atmosphere. Dark, stellar-scale, minimal techno. Dynamic, pulsing and progressive basslines carve through reverberating, uptempo percussion.

Martin Goodwin’s “Blinding Light” features astral dark techno, driven by a steady, echoing kick. “Coldhan” is brighter and infused with energy, polyrhythmic and rolling through an extraterrestrial landscape.

Lunar Synthesis
V/A on Orbitando

Very chill, this V/A compilation features Immersive and layered deep minimal techno. “After Of The After” by ØSC begins with abstract and cinematic atmosphere before dropping in to drift around inside a deep, hazy groove. Van Morph’s “Heimskringla” is progressive, pulsing, and cosmic minimal techno.

Radio Universe – Ultima
V/A on TGP

Ultima is the grand finale of the “Radio Universe” series and features immersive, atmospheric, and constantly evolving starscapes of ambient, dark, and minimal techno.

Alexskyspirit’s “En Route” is a slowly tilting lunar sunrise; steady, minimal and taught. Next up, “Behind The Point Of Non Return” by Solarythm pulses in the darkness, while “Mist” by Adjust is a soaring low-altitude flyby over a smoky world.

Desde la Sombra.
by NWHR on Semantica Records

Dense and powerful dark minimal techno.

Blistering with interstellar radiation, “Eligiendo mi Destino” tears through space with sawtooth distortion, powered by a distant rumbling drum.

Speedy dark & minimal percussion gets an orbital gravity assist on “Hacia el Abismo” before tangling with klaxon synths, and spiraling into the abysmal darkness.

NWHR is based in Buenos Aires and has recent releases on Mord and Warm Up Recordings.

Lunar Synthesis – Part.2
V/A on Orbitando

The second entry in Orbitando‘s Lunar Synthesis compilation series, showcasing intricate and atmospheric ambient techno. “Bandli” by artists Antidote Mt & Faddi is a ghostly deep space transmission. Icy, ethereal pads drift, flow and envelop orbital wreckage haunted by voices.

Hesse EP
by Whoismarce on Diffuse Reality Records

“El Lobo Estepario” explodes with charging, hard minimal techno; focusing plasma blasts of dense distorted synth like an orbital laser.

Platform Decay
by Uun on Ego Death

“Sight Unseen” is dark, uninhabited, minimal space techno.

Skin
by Koexistant

“Let It Sink Into Your Skin” opens the EP like an astral dawn; with glowing vocal pads tilting their way around a dense core of distant percussion.

Mass Inertia
by Geert on Agos

“Heat Tracing” is steady and layered deep & minimal techno.

Fragments #1
by Alexskyspirit on Khôros Records

Alexskyspirit returns for a second orbit through our playlist, with a 3 track EP of deep, driving, dark, and minimal techno.

Exquisite Corpse
by Randstad & Casko on Leyla Records

Signing off with looming dark techno and distorted deep space transmissions on “Exquisite” from a Split EP by Randstad & CASKO.

Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, ejects plumes containing salted water, silica-rich sand, nitrogen, organic molecules, and hydrocarbons like methane and formaldehyde, suggesting hydrothermal activity within its subsurface ocean. This ocean is believed to interact with the moon’s porous rocky core, potentially generating molecular hydrogen and other energy sources that could support life. Recent findings, including the detection of phosphates and hydrogen cyanide, complete the basic chemical ingredients for life and strengthen its potential as a site for astrobiological research. Proposed missions like Enceladus Life Finder (ELF) aim to explore its plumes and assess its habitability further.

The Enceladus Orbilander is a proposed $4.9 billion NASA Flagship mission to study Saturn’s moon Enceladus. It would orbit the moon for 1.5 years to sample its water plumes and then land for a two-year surface mission to search for evidence of life. Proposed for the late 2030s launch and early 2050s landing, it ranks as the third-highest priority in the 2023–2032 Planetary Science Decadal Survey, following missions to Uranus and Mars.