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Andreas Tilliander's TM404 project – with tracks recorded in real time and no work done in post – is a tribute to a handful of genre-defining Roland drum machines from the 1980's (the 202, 303, 606, 707 and 808). As evidenced by the self-explanatory track labeling, his output solely makes use of the aforementioned hardware, which was pivotal to the development of acid house and techno. Yet he avoids fetishizing its squelchy synth sounds by conjuring up polyrhythmic, hypnotic dub melodies, which he refers to as "somnolent acid". .

OD404 is the Brighton based UK Hard House / Hard Trance & NRG producing duo consisting of Superfast Oz & Dom Sweeten. They have been instrumental in the early days of UK Hard House / Nu NRG and have since domineered the scene with some of the biggest tracks and remixes in the history of Hard Dance. Classic productions on every label that matters in the scene have catapulted them to legend status where they are continually astounding their fans. When they are not producing together, solo, with other budding producers on various projects, running Kaktai Records or doing the...