Premiere: François X — In Memory Of [XXL010]

HATE exclusive premiere. Full streaming of the EP soon on our HATE YouTube channel. Support the label, buy it here: https://xxlabrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-skin-between-us-part-2 François X closes The Skin Between Us with a second chapter that feels less like a conclusion than a sharpening of intent. Where Part I wrestled with heritage and tension, Part II is about clarity: two tracks that underline his belief in techno as something lived, not abstracted. Artist: François X Title: The Skin Between Us | Part II Label: XX LAB Catalogue: XXL010 Format: Digital Genre: Electronic Style: #Techno Release date: October 31, 2025 All Tracks Written and Mixed By François X Mastered By Beau Thomas At Ten Eght Mastering Studios Follow #FrançoisX here: https://soundcloud.com/francoisx https://www.instagram.com/francois_x/ https://www.facebook.com/Francoisx/ Follow #XXLAB here: https://soundcloud.com/xxlabrec https://www.instagram.com/xxlab75 https://www.facebook.com/xxlabrec Tracklist: 1. Before I Knew The Words 2. In Memory Of Taken together, the diptych is François X’s most personal work to date. It reframes techno not as a detached exercise in form, but as a language of memory and presence, music that belongs to both the body and the self. As ever, François X’s sound is caught between lineages. Rooted in the legacy of Black American dance music but shaped by the European club experience, it refuses to treat those influences as separate. They echo through each other here, hybrid and inseparable, just as they do in the artist himself. Part II distills this into two striking statements. Before I Knew The World is immersive and weighty, built on reverberant kicks and deep pads that pull you in like gravity. In Memory Of is more direct: a driving, knight-like piece of techno that balances percussive force with tenderness, offering affirmation rather than confrontation. More than a release, The Skin Between Us asks what it means to belong to a scene, to a lineage, to a body. François X doesn’t attempt to answer. Instead, he creates presence: techno that remembers, resists, and insists on its own language The vinyl edition presses both parts into a single object: tension and clarity fused, a reminder that these are not separate states but two faces of the same coin. ___ DISCLAIMER: All tracks are uploaded in a low quality for promotional purposes only and with buy links to respect label and artists. CONTACT EMAIL: [email protected] Follow us on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK for releases previews and news: https://www.instagram.com/hate_collective https://www.facebook.com/hatecollective/ Follow us on SOUNDCLOUD for exclusive podcast series: https://soundcloud.com/hate_music