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Noctural Legacy emerges from the creative union of two artists with a long-standing connection: André Gazolla and Antônio Farhy. The EP dives into a dark, cinematic aesthetic where dense atmospheres meet driving grooves and hypnotic percussion. With a serious and elegant approach, each track guides the listener through an immersive journey, balancing tension and flow on the dancefloor. The result is a cohesive and deeply expressive body of work, reflecting the strong artistic synergy built between the two over the years. credits released March 25, 2026 All tracks written and produced by André Gazolla(Adrenaz) & Antonio Farhy Master by SM Analogic Mastering UK Artwork by Niagora (@niagora_)

ALEX ALIPE | PADANG LAB SERIES This special edition of the Padang Lab Series captures a unique moment from Syncronic — a collaborative night between Padang Records and Blacklite, where distinct underground identities converged into a single immersive experience. For this set, Alex Alipe delivers a focused and intentional journey built exclusively around Padang Records’ catalogue, presenting the label’s sonic identity through his refined mixing approach and deep understanding of dancefloor dynamics. Recognized as a Brazilian mixing champion in the psytrance category, Alex Alipe stands out for his technical precision and ability to craft cohesive, hypnotic narratives on the dancefloor. In this recording, he translates the Padang sound into a seamless flow of tension, groove, and depth. The full lineup of the night featured: DIENSTMANN ALEX ALIPE TENEBRA b2b TEKMALL GREEN WAVES SECULAR BONZO SHOVE vs PIAZER ABSTRACT MACHINE More than a set, this is a curated perspective on the Padang universe — interpreted live, on a real dancefloor.

Sündenböck & Maddizin - Flying Zoo (Preview) by Padang Records

Algia - Unstable Orbit (Preview) Out Now by Padang Records

1. Trigger Warning 08:38 2. Prism Fold 07:07 3. Napna 07:11 4. Signals 07:32 5. Filament 06:29 released February 3, 2026 All tracks written and produced by Tyler Artwork by Ymani Master by SM Analogic Mastering UK

1. Fractal Joke & Secular Bonzo - Court of Owls 09:14 2. Green Waves & Slip Hypnotic - Bon Voyage 07:42 3. Champirolls - My Confession is a Blast 06:58 4. Headweller - Resonance of Uncertainty 06:56 5. Alternative Roots - Portal of the Soul 07:08 6. Sufferender & Rhabia - Dirty Roots 08:20 7. Smokcid - How Big is The Universe 09:18 8. Niobiun & Orbsynth - Stars Chronicles 08:27 9. Camps Elisis - The Deserted Forest 07:22 10. Vorg - Cave 404 08:36 11. Braindrop - Phat Phuck 06:08 12. Aoos - Synthetic 07:42 13. Psypox - Grade a Hippie Bullshit 08:36 14. Paracoaster - Humanity Control 08:22 15. Paracozm - Oni 10:07 16. Runehk - Revolution 08:12 17. Airi - Sooner 06:01 18. Falzar - Cosmos 06:37 19. Sündenböck & Maddizin - Fruits of Frequency 09:05 20. Musgolino - What? 07:33 21. MNGRM - Black Sun 05:47 22. Monococ - Machine 06:22 23. Bensaid - Hit for the Hater 07:38 24.Krumelur & Damonga - Bad Connection 07:10 25. B2PC - Obsidian 07:02 26. Tilda - Light is My Realm 06:46 27. Dienstmann - Durga 06:30 28. Breger - Spooky Degree 08:38 29. Kilbee - El Viaje Oscuro del Alma 07:24 30. Reverse Osmosis - Urag 06:37 They say the dance never ends. Barong moves first — teeth, rhythm, protection. Rangda moves after — the truth we avoid, the shadow that waits. We spend our lives building temples of “good,” painting our masks brighter, hoping the darkness won’t recognize us. But the darkness is the part of us that connects us to everything. And when we finally turn to face it, it doesn’t destroy — it completes. Here, the dance becomes a mirror. A conversation. A sacred argument. A spiral toward wholeness. 2025 Anthology is offered freely — a small blessing, a thank you, an offering of smoke left at the gate. For everyone who has listened, shared, danced, and kept Padang alive in the invisible places. Take it. Keep it. Pass it on. May it find you in the hour you need it. And when the fog rises, may you recognize yourself — fully, finally — in both the smile and the teeth. — Dienstmann Padang Records

1. Ether 07:00 2. Tekra 05:54 3. Black Sun 05:47 Two figures drift toward one another, formed not of flesh, but of currents, vapors, and vanishing edges. Twin faces meeting in a moment suspended— a dialogue of mirrors where self and shadow trade places and neither one truly stays. This is Tekra: a dance of duality, a collision of forces that flicker between becoming and dissolving. MNGRM moves through these states as if tracing the outline of smoke— shifting, slipping, returning, never the same shape twice. The music rises from that tension: dark pulses bending like liquid metal, textures breathing in slow spirals, melodies coiling around each other until you can’t tell which voice belongs to... more credits released December 11, 2025 Tracks written and produced by MNGRM Artwork by Ymani Master by SM Analogic Mastering UK

1. Hybrid Feat. Yami - Elyria 08:00 2. Berto & Aaron King - Double Dash 07:13 3. Semilocybe - Ex Alia Parte 08:00 4. Pórvaldr - Myrrvaettir 07:40 5. Aoos - The Pinwheel 08:42 6. Vorg - Undercity 07:04 7. Bensaid - Black Pendulum 08:20 8. Jungle Haze - Sweat Offering 07:14 9. Groovy Smoothy - Advent of the Submerged 07:49 10. Honigkater - Darkroot 07:57 11. Zhyr - At the Mountains of Madness 07:46 12. Ebony Willis - Obscuro 07:32 about Nyctophilia is not the absence of light, but the choice to remain when light steps away. It is the hour when sound gains power, when rhythm sinks deeper, and the mind opens its hidden rooms ~ where darkness becomes a warm place of rest, not escape. Here, frequencies carry weight, and shadows feel familiar. ~ steady, patient, fluid. This compilation moves through that inner realm. Hypnotic structures unfold with intention, deep atmospheres breathe in low registers, and warmth emerges not in spite of the darkness, but because of it. A terrain where introspection takes form, where transformation happens without force unfolding all emotions naturally. Nyctophilia Vol. 2 traces the music’s tension between shadow and glow, revealing how beauty persists in both states ~ how stillness can illuminate & how the dark knows the way to water your seed. Step in. The dark is not to be feared. credits released January 1, 2026 Compiled by Rhabia Master by SM Analogic Mastering UK Artwork by Sophie Holder

Padang Lab Series | EP. 20 - Champirolls by Padang Records

Padang Lab Series | EP.19 - Mallki - Hypnotic Sessions by Padang Records

There are two brothers walking through the inner desert. Two sons of the same flame, born in the fold where silence breathes the deepest. They carry on their skin the dust of ancient nights, and in their hands — dream machines, cracks of light that open when the world shuts its eyes. And so they move… down the endless hallway of creation, listening to the underground murmur of things without names. They slip through invisible doors, touch walls made of wind, stare into the dark like greeting an old friend. From this crossing come three tracks, three sonic serpents wrapped around the same ancestral trunk: raw dark progressive, stone-cut, unpolished, no ornaments, no disguises, only depth, only truth, only the pulse that comes before language. They called it Mind Echoes — but maybe it’s just the echo of something you’ve always known, the reflection of what vibrates behind the bones, a memory trying to return while dancing in the dark. Close your eyes. Listen with your body. Let the brothers lead you through the corridors of the unseen. Because every mind has echoes. And some… never fade.

Falzar - Õtoto (Preview) Out Now by Padang Records

Padang Lab Series | EP.18 - Dienstmann Vs Vorg @ Earthdance 2025 (Live recorded) by Padang Records

Now we present our next episode — Algia, a producer from Hungary and one of our recent additions in the Padang roster. Known for his precise approach to dark progressive and techno, Algia shapes a set built on depth, movement, and restraint. Layered percussion and evolving textures guide the mix, creating steady tension and flow. A focused and immersive session that highlights his refined sound design and tight rhythmic control.

Across ten chapters, Chronicles is a map—drawn at night, folded by the dancefloor, creased by long drives and longer afterthoughts. Each track captures a meeting, a shift, a discovery. What started as fragments—faces, places, transmissions at the edge of sleep—returns here as rhythm and tone. The grooves move like fault lines: patient, pressurized, then suddenly open, revealing rooms inside the low end where details flicker and resolve. Shaped within Padang Records’ shadow-lit terrain, Chronicles carries the Green Waves current—dark progressive with a quiet insistence, sub-bass that walks, percussion that thinks. Melodic threads surface like landmarks you recognize without recalling when you’ve been there; textures breathe in and out, trading weight for space, tension for glide. It’s music for late hours and clear minds, built to hold both the pulse of a floor and the focus of headphones. Taken together, these ten pieces read like field notes from a longer journey: coordinates sketched in kick and drone, margins annotated with small revelations. Chronicles doesn’t spell out the path so much as invite you to travel it—to feel how encounters become grooves, how transformations become tone, how the road itself becomes the record you hear.

Runehk - Revolution (Preview) Out Soon by Padang Records

Smokcid - Portal Space EP Preview by Padang Records

Welcome into the Nightmare's journey. Curated by @djnuitnoire, here is a travel where frightening memories and pleasure collide. A trip that connects shadow and light while embracing our darkest emotions. This project nourishes our consciousness for dreams, especially the scary ones, with a blend of techno and dark progressive. Out on @padang.records Artwork by @vi.ledoux 1. Digital Committee - Lunae 11:07 2. Reverse Osmosis - Roasted Nuts 07:15 3. Bam Signal - Out of Nowhere 06:54 4. Monococ - Machine 06:22 5. Airi - Sooner 06:01 6. Psycha - Sick game 07:56 7. Papahelius & Skin of Noise - Lack of Evolution 07:34 8. Spektrx - Dark Voice 06:18 9. Aoos - Funboosting DarkSide 07:35 10. Alternative Roots - Portal of the Soul 07:08 11. El3ctricdisord3r - Phase 3 05:57 12. K-Pill & Kelvin - Groove Essence 05:52

Padang records presents "The Weight of Thought" EP from Headweller - OUT SOON Thought is power. It can set you free or build your prison. It can lift you into light, or drown you in shadow. It shapes how we live, how we see ourselves, how we treat others. The same mind that inspires can also destroy. The mind... Tracklist: Neuroflux The Resonance of Uncertainty Zygyzy All tracks written and produced by Christos Chouvardas | Greece Mastering: SM Analog Mastering

1. Kilbee - Deep Change 07:48 2. Bensaid - Voices Inside 07:01 3. Niukid - Cotton 06:56 4. Pallida - Faded Memories 07:15 5. Dienstmann - Durga 06:30 6. IAN CRIS - It Was Green 06:42 7. Black 11 - What Creates Illusion 06:37 8. Aphe - PLAY 06:53 9. Miguel Matoz - Plastek 07:00 10. Calm Chor - Keep It Simple 07:37 11. Voraje - Into Darkness 06:41 12. Breger - Spooky Degree 08:38 13. Monococ - THE WALL 06:42

Peel back the membrane of consensus and taste the volatile ripeness of something not meant for daylight. Frequencies slither like vines through the cortex, dripping with bittersweet data. Textures shimmer—half-organic, half-machine—fermenting in subterranean rhythms that breathe and convulse. Sweetness is deceptive. Patterns loop, mutate, collapse. Time liquefies. Meaning ferments. What grows here has no name, only sensation. Bite deeper. Let the bloom take hold.

This is not a map, but the territory itself—a sonic cartography for the nocturnal pilgrimage of the psyche. Herein lies a transmission broadcast from the event horizon of the self, a sequence of recursive rhythms and tenebrous hums designed to dislocate the listener from the anchor of the mundane. Enter a labyrinth of chthonic bass and whispering static, where each beat is a footfall in a corridor of mirrors. This is an auditory ritual for the age of absurdity, a soundtrack for the elegant decay of certainty. Kilbee weaves a tapestry of phantom mechanics and ectoplasmic synth lines—a sound that is both surgically precise and beautifully delirious. Let the somatic metronome guide you through landscapes of sublime dread and into the crepuscular architecture of your own inner world. El Viaje Oscuro del Alma is a key, a current, a cog in a machine you were already a part of. Tune in. Dissolve. Proceed.

Paracoaster - Predators EP (Out Now) by Padang Records

From the remote depths of Sirius B, they perceived the colossal alarm reverberating throughout Earth’s atmosphere—a cryptic cosmic cry that defied human comprehension. Drawn by the planet’s trembling pulse, they found their first sanctuaries among ancient temples scattered across the globe, with Indonesia’s fabled shores serving as their initial gateway. Their presence stirred an eerie hush across the land, blending curiosity with foreboding. Silent tongues spun unearthly melodies carried on invisible winds, drifting into the deepest corners of mortal consciousness like distant whispers from a nameless beyond. Fear and fascination intermingled in humanity’s collective soul as this otherworldly alarm sounded an irreversible shift. Hope flickered amid the chill of the unknown, yet was overshadowed by a haunting sense of cosmic power at play. In each resonant chord, these visitors unraveled the boundaries between realms, luring humankind toward an uncertain dawn of unity—and revelation. Music became their cryptic language; temples, their sanctuaries. Within those storied strongholds, primal energies converged, forging a spectral bridge across unfathomable chasms, illuminating a path that shimmered with both dread and promise. 0:00 MethOdd 1:07 Spaceman 2:09 Synthetic 3:13 Punk Phenomenon 4:30 Ulti-Mate 5:43 TraBuBu All right reserved Artwork by Ymani, Brazil. Mastered in the UK by www.smanalogmastering.com

Minimal psychedelic legend Nikolaj (aka Psypox) is back and stranger than ever. "Cowcaine" delivers a delirious blend of hypnotic basslines, off-kilter grooves, and sonic mischief—perfectly distilling the madness that made Nikolaj a cult icon. Prepare for a head-first dive into warped rhythms, freaky melodies, and the thrilling edge where sanity slips away. Strap in; Psypox is here to blow your mind once again! 1. Binary Dreams 08:30 2. Cowcaine 10:00 3. Dubble Slit 10:08 4. Grade a Hippie Bullshit 08:36

And a seeker stood before the night and asked: “What is this longing I feel when the sun bows to the horizon? Why does my soul stir when the world is cloaked in darkness?” And the night spoke, saying: "You are not lost in the dark, but found. For in the absence of light, your spirit is no longer bound by the illusions of the day. Here, in the stillness, you remember. You become." "This music is not of the world you know, nor is it of the silence beyond. It is the voice of the unseen, the rhythm of shadows stretching long, the whisper of the wind that knows no master. It moves like the tide, not to drown you, but to cleanse. It trembles like fire, not to burn, but to illuminate. It calls you forth, not as a prisoner, but as a dancer upon the threshold of all things hidden." "Do not fear the night, for it is only another face of the beloved. And do not fear the sound, for it is but your own heartbeat echoed back to you. Step forth into the darkness, for here, you will find not an end, but a beginning." 1. Tilda - Light is My Realm 06:46 2. Akudama - Elixir 07:54 3. Audible Thought - Nightfall 09:42 4. Headweller vs Smokcid - Noctura 09:44 5. Champirrols - The 3 Knots 07:40 6. Urklang - Nycto 08:48 7. DMnT & Semilocybe & Rhabia - Amante Oscuro 08:42 8. Groovy Smoothy - Data Sonification 08:42 9. Vorg - Cave 404 08:36 10. Brojanowski - Illusions (Sufferender & Inverted Remix) 07:48 credits released February 5, 2025 Compiled by Rhabia Artwork by Sophie Holder @phivisualart Master by NPM

VA Yin and Yang Studio Gang is a meticulously curated compilation by STiX, also known as Deepy Sidhu, an artist who defines herself beyond labels and predefined styles. Her unique approach reflects a creative freedom that transcends boundaries, exploring soundscapes that range from introspective to explosive, always with depth and authenticity. This VA is a direct reflection of her artistic vision: a celebration of the duality of life and music, balancing contrasts like light and darkness, chaos and harmony. STiX dedicated years to assembling a selection of tracks that resonate with one another, crafting an immersive and captivating sonic experience. More than just a compilation, Yin and Yang Studio Gang is an invitation to explore the infinite possibilities of electronic music without labels, guided by the visionary spirit of a curator who refuses to be confined by conventions. Release date 16 - 01 - 2025 00:00 Hypnoplex - Carrier (Original mix) (NPM) 01:09 Headweller - Duality Dance (Original mix) (NPM) 02:21 ShadowStar - Shadow Play (Original mix) (NPM) 03:51 Bensaid, Schysto - Paradox (Original mix) (NPM) 05:14 Harrison Downes - Somehow Equal (Original mix) NPM) 06:39 Stix - Digital Sea (Original mix) NPM) 08:08 Aoos - No Kick No Party (Original mix) SMAM 09:23 Dienstmann - Aka Brujo (Original mix) (NPM) 10:40 10. Braindrop - Phat Phuck (Original mix) (NPM) 12:01 Lo Progression - Suspicious Fishes (Original mix) (NPM) 13:26 Unstable Fable & PhotonicsIt's Over (Original mix) NPM) Artwork by Stix and Ymani Master by NPM and SMAnalogMastering.com

The eagerly awaited Volume 2 of one of Padang Records’ most distinctive VA’s comes to life through the vision of Anaïs Lin, a powerful presence in underground electronic scene. The result of over a year of profound research and meticulous curation, this release reveals a alchemy merging hypnotic tech, tribal percussions, and ritualistic atmospheres—a musical narrative designed to lead mind and body along hypnotic, transcendent paths. Each track was carefully analog-mastered at the renowned SM Studios UK, ensuring warmth, depth, and authenticity.

1. Urag 06:37 2. Rusty Nail 07:14 3. This is Different 07:39 Reverse Osmosis arrives on Padang Records with Fire In The Kitchen, an offering of raw, unfiltered energy. Each track unfolds like a spark catching flame, deliberate and unpredictable, balanced between precision and chaos. This is sound as an element—untamed, transforming everything it touches. It doesn’t seek to explain itself. It exists to be felt, to burn, to shift the air around it. A quiet intensity underpins the work, a reminder that the fire within is both destruction and creation, a force to be reckoned with. credits released January 8, 2025 Artwork by Nitio Master by NPM license all rights reserved

In the beginning, there were shadows. Flickering, shifting, silent specters, dancing on the walls of a forgotten cave. Men and women, bound in chains of their own making, worshiping the echoes of a world they could not see. Blind to the fire, blind to the light, blind to the song calling them home. But somewhere, deep within the hollow, a rhythm began to rise. A pulse. A beat. A whisper that turned to thunder. Break the Chains, it said. And some heard it. They climbed. They crawled. Hands bloodied, minds shattered, hearts wide open. They left the shadows behind. They rose toward the unknown, toward the shimmering light of a new dawn. Now, here we are—standing on the edge of the great divide. The cave behind us, the stars above us, the music inside us. Do you hear it? The electric hum, the primal throb. Machines and humans, dancing in communion. Time dissolves. Chains shatter. A symphony of freedom, born from chaos, carrying us higher. Step into the fire. Let it burn away the lies. Dance your way to truth. The shadows are gone. The light is here. But the question remains: Will you stay in the cave, or will you join us in the firelight of forever? released December 25, 2024 Master by NPM Artwork by @joe_blastard

Stancke - Byte Boulevard EP (Out Now) by Padang Records

1. Smoking Mirror 07:22 2. Cosmic Struggle 07:52 3. Raft Of Serpents 01:59 ‘Tula’ conceptualises 5 stages of progression; from the coming of the universe and planet Earth to the destruction and undoing of all life and beauty due to our incompetence and selfishness as a species, interpreted through Mayan mythology. The Mayans believed that their God of peace, the Feathered Serpent, had arrived from the Eastern Sea. He founded their cities, formed laws, taught them how to be civilised and peaceful and gave them the skills and knowledge needed to thrive as a civilisation while forbidding the practice of human sacrifice. This enlightened rule of the Feathered Serpent was then brought to an end by the malevolent God, Smoking Mirror, whose nightmarish cult demanded human sacrifice. Smoking Mirror was associated with night, darkness and the sacred jaguar. A struggle of light and darkness took place at the ancient site, Tula. After battling each other for a number of years the Feathered Serpent was defeated and then driven out of Tula. Along with great sadness he sailed off again in the direction from where he had come on a Raft Of Serpents. After his departure the blood-splattering rituals were reintroduced with vengeance. The concept was inspired by Graham Hancock’s book ‘Fingerprints Of The Gods.’ The myth epitomises modern man’s intent to destroy our planet and sacrifice all living creatures despite the fact that we ourselves will not survive the aftermath, and deservedly so. credits released November 14, 2024

Join Dienstmann and Vorg as they take the stage together for the first time in a dynamic tribute to Padang Records' 11th anniversary. This electrifying performance features an unforgettable lineup of classic tracks from the label’s storied history, alongside exclusive unreleased material soon to debut on the label. Don’t miss this journey through the evolution of dark progressive and psytechno! 1. Soulid - Crop Circles - Soulid - Tetrahedron Crystal 2. NO-C - VA Hybrid Dynamics - Hybrid Dynamics 3. VORG - In is Out 4. Psydewise - Mandelbrot Sequence - Rolls Vvoyce 5. Bensaid - Virtuous Spiral - Mr Progbowski 6. Green Waves & Slip Hypnotic - NN (UNR) 7. Headweller - Internal Contrast - Headweller - Unexpected Shades 8. Myrtox & Mentor - VA Haunted Spectre 3 - Abstract Evolution 9. Neuronod - VA Ancestral Spirits - Nostromo 10. Akari System - VA Nukaya - Slippery Slope (Bensaid Remix) 11.Double Cheese - VA Nukaya - Cherry Bomb 12.Psydewise - Mandelbrot Sequence - Sometimes Like Tonight 13.Dienstmann - VA Nukaya - Offline Providings 14.Dataura - VA Technomad - Mysticity 14. Runehk - Broken Mind - Broken Mind 16. MNGRM - VA Technomad - Fracture 17. Monococ - VA Nukaya - Dark City 18.Aka Nina - VA Technomad - Don_t Walk 19.Vorg - VA Technomad - Diffuser Watch LIVE at Earthdance on PADANGTV Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWDsqVog2Ho&t=13s

Every year our resident artist Robson Morche aka Vorg present us with his choice top tracks from the year releases by Padang. In this set he goes from a progressive trance beginning increasing the bpm's to the bestfrom dark progressive. Enjoy at your home or car, with our gift

Version Bizar - Lycanthrope EP (Preview) out on Feb 27 1. Version Bizar - Lycanthrope 09:10 2. Version Bizar - Autumn Leaf 07:53 3. Version Bizar - Wild Asparagus 08:36 4. Version Bizar - Earth Science 08:31 5. Version Bizar - Deturn 08:03 6. Version Bizar - N°1354896 09:02 All tracks written by Leon Journaud Master by Re:Creation Studios Artwork by Hmapa(fb.com/HmapaArt) and Jib'n'Jok(fb.com/Jibnjok) Version Bizar https://www.soundcloud.com/versionbizar/ http://padang.bancamp.com

Release 01.10.2015 @ padang.bandcamp.com

Album released in 27 April by Padang Rec.