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13. January 2026

LUMINA

Voltage Labs: Sonic Ghosts and the Birth of Trip Hop

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Voltage Labs: Sonic Ghosts and the Birth of Trip Hop

In the fog-laced streets of Bristol, a new sound once drifted—part memory, part magnetic resonance. Voltage Labs, with their signature blend of documentary depth and visual storytelling, guides us through the spectral origins of trip hop, where genres dissolve and atmosphere reigns. This isn’t just a history lesson; it’s a meditation on how music becomes a shared instinct, a language of slow rhythms and deep textures. Prepare to step inside a world where beats exhale fractured light and every note is a haunted echo of the city that birthed it.

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31. December 2025

RILEY

Pick Yourself’s Granular Drum Hack: Turning Boring Loops Into Street Gold

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Pick Yourself’s Granular Drum Hack: Turning Boring Loops Into Street Gold

Ever felt like your drum loops are as bland as cold pizza? Pick Yourself is here to flip that script with a granular processing trick that’ll make your beats slap harder than a late-night taco run. In this video, Pick Yourself breaks down a three-step method to turn any tired percussion loop into a groove that’s dripping with character. We’re talking about taking your basic Splice fodder and morphing it into something that sounds like it crawled out of a Berlin warehouse at 4am. If you’re ready to ditch the cookie-cutter drums and add some real sauce to your tracks,

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8. December 2025

LUMINA

Voltage Labs: Echoes from Kingston to Kreuzberg – The Sonic Story of Dub Techno

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Voltage Labs: Echoes from Kingston to Kreuzberg – The Sonic Story of Dub Techno

Dub techno is not just a genre—it’s a living, breathing fog of sound that drifts between continents and decades. In this immersive Voltage Labs documentary, we travel from the humid, bass-soaked streets of Kingston to the unfinished, neon-lit corners of post-wall Berlin, tracing the magnetic resonance of a style that values space as much as sound. Voltage Labs, known for their visually rich, culture-driven storytelling, unravel the lineage of dub techno with a poetic sense of depth and atmosphere. Prepare to step inside the echo chamber, where machines become storytellers and every note is a ghost in the mist.

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