This week Gliesse steps up to the Waveform Sessions controls fresh from the release of his acclaimed Lost Data LP, a sterling electro mix is ready for your ears. Over in Peak Oscillations, Detroit's Filthiest brings the Motor City heat, Mira Ló represents Paris in fine style, and the Methyl netlabel delivers a charity compilation that deserves every penny you can spare.

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Long-term readers will remember Gliesse from issue #9, where Moscow-based producer Ilya Chunakov gave us the exclusive world premiere of CEERS; a track taken from his then-forthcoming Lost Data LP on EC Underground.

That album has since landed to considerable acclaim, with EC Underground coining the term "electro mutant" to describe Chunakov's genre-defying approach to production; a sound that moves fluidly between electro, IDM, and techno. We are absolutely delighted to welcome him to the Waveform Sessions for mix number eight.

Fans of electro, strap up. This is a fast one.

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This week's Peak Oscillations moves from the streets of Detroit, through the Parisian club underground, before landing on a pay-what-you-can charity compilation from one of the internet's most quietly anarchic netlabels.

Julian Shamou has been releasing music under more aliases than most producers have had hot dinners; from Digitek in the early nineties through 313 Bass Mechanics (whose Pass Out was famously sampled by Disclosure for Bang That) to his current Detroit's Filthiest incarnation.

What makes his story genuinely remarkable is the sheer breadth of what he's done with that second wind; collaborating with Sinistarr on Yo Speakerz (which earned support from DJ Shadow and Doc Scott), landing on Curtis Electronix, House of Underground, Defrostatica, and Casa Voyager, and recently teaming up with UK producer Jamie Fielding for Party Over Here.

His output over the past few years alone spans electro, drum and bass, hip-hop, jungle, and funk and soul; a producer constitutionally incapable of staying in one lane. LUV2LUVU is his latest on his own Motor City Electro Company imprint.

The track locks in with a charged kick and cowbell flurry, alongside an "ooh I love" vocal sample that repeats throughout. A spinback grabs the attention early before we catapult off amidst prime electro drum programming.

The star of the show, however, has to be the 80s flex of that funky as fuck bassline; a pitch slide dropping every other bar with the kind of insouciant swagger that belongs on a Miami rooftop circa 1987. The breakdown is equally dutty; a snaking glissando synth that has "Testarossa and blow" splashed all over it in neon.

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Ana Lopez started her journey as Mira Ló in the bars of Paris's Oberkampf district before quickly graduating to the stage of the Nouveau Casino at just 22.

Her sound draws equally from the Chicago house records she grew up studying and the nu-disco and garage influences that colour her productions; a combination that has seen her share stages with Terrence Parker, Dimitri From Paris, and The Magician, and earn a spot on Apple Music's Women in Electronic series following her debut EP Memories in 2023.

A second EP, Tribute to Chicago, arrived on Pont Neuf in 2024, followed by Stronger on the same label in late 2025. The Way We Glowed! is her latest on Nowadays Records; the Paris-based imprint whose roster spans Fakear, La Fine Equipe, and Chien Méchant.

Across six tracks, Mira Ló confidently delivers a selection of club-ready bumpers perfectly suited to the Nowadays Records aesthetic. Opener Rose Quartz sets the tone immediately; a buoyant euro house bassline built for longevity, hazy dreamlike interludes, and infectious breakbeat drum programming. An extended mix follows for good measure.

HOW DOES IT FEEL then throws down a masterful UKG break that carries the track forward with considerable energy. The first breakdown, arriving on a wave of string swells, trumpets, and a bulbous bottom end, is sheer bliss.

Still firmly on a garage tip, Don't Lie is a warper whose pitched vocals about unrequited love sit in perfect tension with the club-ready bassline beneath them. The tempo then notches up a gear with Give It To You; heater territory, no question.

Never Be Defeated closes the collection on a fittingly euphoric, soulful note; a "never be defeated, you've already won" refrain that sends you back out into the world with your chin up and your shoulders back.

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Methyl is a netlabel run by producers ps.a and pill with the kind of stripped-back, no-frills ethos that feels like a throwback to the golden age of internet-native music distribution; a neocities website, a Bandcamp page, and absolutely zero interest in playing the conventional music industry game. You don’t get much more underground…

Prevention #2 is the label's second charity compilation and its tenth release overall; fourteen tracks of electronic music spanning electro, rave, and experimental club music, released on a pay-what-you-can basis with every penny split between Doctors Without Borders, The Red Cross, and UNICEF.

The compilation opens with the moody atmospherics of ps.a's Tsar 1918; a distinctly experimental take on electro that remains rooted in the sound's signature tropes while simultaneously amalgamating an entirely different formula. Dark and dismal, just as electro should be in our humble opinion.

Utopic Meadow takes the stage next, entering low-slung hip-hop territory with a cosmic jazz edge courtesy of some glistening bell synths. Check out that bass too. Momentary Blisness follows, with Enry laying down the kind of IDM shid that will see any self-respecting braindance fan dissolving into a puddle of ambient breakbeats.

Freeman serves up A Bag of Chips next; focusing firmly on the electronic variant rather than the potato version. Amidst glistening pads and strings sits the sort of off-kilter drum programming that would put a Windowlicker-wide grin across anyone's face.

The zany chiptune-meets-breakcore ride that is door host's antonio's car reverses over us before we're back on the road with a VIP mix from pill; another chiptune laugh-riot that any 2000s Planet Mu fan will feel instantly at home with.

Morph bitcrushes samples beyond redemption with Aquella Noche de Noviembre; an atmospheric ode to what we imagine to be a fairly sodden evening, given the digital downpour the track conjures. Kusch Spitfire follows with 98765432; a rattling production loaded with think-break sensibilities alongside contrasting, softly ringing synths.

SECTION//sessions2 arrives next; y-Twokoop's contribution to the compilation. A thunderous bottom end provides a dense foundation upon which kinetic drum breaks do their best work. pill then reappears with the staccato bassline of reason; the kind of gloriously unhinged track that would have Kid606 hanging his laptop up for good.

Not content with letting pill have the last word, y-Twokoop clatters back into the soundspace with the belligerent breakcore of Amara Glimpse Lap Mess Used Inside I Rosene, Enjoy The Stay.

In case your pulse hadn't already reached dangerous levels, Pitchdrop offers up a remaster of Tachycardia; a wildly chaotic IDM jungle track that takes our favourite spot on the entire compilation.

We finish on an exhilarating note with ZonerG's soaring synth work on In Addition to Reviving Great People; a most fitting crescendo to a genuinely brilliant collection.

Head to Bandcamp, buy it, and give generously.

Every week there is more music worth your ears than fits in a single newsletter. Head to the Waveform Recommends section on the website for this week's picks; short, sharp spotlights on the releases that deserve your attention beyond the main feature. Links below.

That's transmission #14 wrapped up. Thank you as always for being here, and an extra special nod to everyone who picks up a copy of Prevention #2; your generosity genuinely matters.

Next week we go deep into various artist compilation territory with two VA releases in the EP and album slots. Details to follow; watch this space.

Until then, take care of each other on the dancefloor.