Delayed with... Torsion

This week we’re in the Bay Area, where Endzeit has quietly become one of the most thoughtful techno series on the West Coast. Over the past few years, they’ve brought in artists who feel closely aligned with our extended niche community, people who approach sound with care, intention, and a sense of forward movement. We’re glad to host Torsion, the founders of the Endzeit, whose "Delayed with..." mix captures the clarity and pressure that runs through everything they do. Torsion doesn’t move in straight lines. Their work circles, strains, folds in on itself, always dragging tension to the surface. Formerly known as Sentient, the duo has spent years refining a sound that resists resolution. Their recent track Misgivings, released on Semantica’s Petricor compilation, lands like a pressure system, low-end submerged just enough to make your footing uncertain. There’s no payoff, no center, just a dense psychoacoustic atmosphere that holds you in place and dares you to find shape in it. Torsion's mix for Delayed stays on-brand in the best way: tight, physical, with a kind of controlled momentum that hits first in the chest, then catches up to your head. It opens with force, big room sound, no wasted space, but somewhere around the midpoint, the gears slip. Syncopation edges in, structure blurs. It’s not a derailment, more like a detour through darker, looser terrain. By the end, the groove snaps back, but the trip has already shifted. What starts as propulsion ends in something more hypnotic. It’s techno made with discipline and intent. No spectacle, no filler, just impact. https://soundcloud.com/sentientechno https://www.instagram.com/___torsion/ Write up by @gilleswasserman Tracklist: Fadi Mohem – Solute Sciahri & CONCEPTION – Ritmo Oscuro 1 Pyramidal Decode – Optical Noise MODE_1 – Cascade Torsion – Blunt (unreleased) Talismann – Yaw Altinbas – Serenese Stef Mendesidis – Aquaton Stef Mendesidis – Pain Killer Augusto Taito – Inner Engineering Altinbas – Horizon Glow Cravo – Funana Marcal – Steady Talismann – Fryction Nørbak – Dano Arthur Robert – Frostbite Levzon – False Hope Valentino Mora – Portal Rhyw – Aversion to Memory Torsion – Misgivings Forest Drive West – Escape Seph – Geomancer Reeko – Urmah 1 Sciahri – Dance of the Knives Viels, Pyramidal Decode – Privazione Individuale Abstract Division – Don’t Fall Asleep (Rrose Remix) Neel – Moto Torsion – Kind (unreleased) Vil – The Reaction Kike Pravda – Noiser Len Faki – Shri Yantra (Luke Slater Deep Heat Remix) Sentient – Glade Schacke – A Future Not Materialized Follow us on social media: https://soundcloud.com/itsdelayed https://linktr.ee/delayed https://www.delayed.nyc https://www.facebook.com/itsdelayed https://www.instagram.com/_____delayed https://www.youtube.com/@_____delayed Contact us: [email protected]