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Updates to the Mantis Radio Patreon.
The Mantis Radio Patreon gets a refresh – updates to tiers, patron benefits and revised look.

We’re live on AAJA radio tonight, Weds August 26
Mike continues his AAJA Deptford monthly residency tonight from 9pm (London). Listen live online, or head down to the arch in Deptford.

Store update – no shipping March 14 -19
We won’t be shipping from our store (or Bandcamp) until Tuesday March 19th.

An update on Darkfloor, our label and our show Mantis Radio.
An update on our label Darkfloor Sound, and our show Mantis Radio, which will begin transmitting again, weekly from Monday Feb 25th.

Pre-order Savier’s – The Fountain of Perpetual Decrepitude
Pre-order ‘The Fountain of Perpetual Decrepitude’ by Savier feat. Submechanical, Opine Kosinsky, Herd, Robert Logan, Metalogue, 5th Of July, and A Vengeance.

07/03 – Mantis Radio present Weldroid
This Wednesday, March 7th, Mantis Radio host a session from Stockholm’s Weldroid. Tune in to futuremusic FM to catch the live broadcast.

Darkfloor merch – now available
We’ve got Darkfloor merchandise – logo tee’s and snapback caps are on offer, literally.

Si Begg returns to Mantis Radio, Sunday 11.06
Si Begg returns to Mantis Radio, this Sunday June 11th w/ a session charting the evolution of electronic music from the 1950s to the present day. Essential.

Mantis Radio goes grindcore – Sunday 04.06
Mantis Radio goes grindcore his Sunday, June 4th on futuremusic FM – with a special mix from C Mantle and metal influences from DVNT.

Sunday’s Mantis Radio guest is clocolan
On this Sunday’s Mantis Radio, a session from Rhode Island’s clocolan.

We’ve a session from Stingrays, this Sunday, 07.05
In the Mantis Radio session this week, Sunday May 7th, Singapore’s uncompromising Stingrays.

09.04 – Mantis Radio presents Yullippe
Coming up on Sunday, April 9th, we’ve a guest session from Japan’s Yullippe.

02.04 – Zone Eater guests on Mantis Radio
On this week’s Mantis Radio (our 228th) the insanity of Zone Eater.

26.03 – Mantis Radio presents Death Qualia
On Sunday, March 26th, Mantis Radio presents a session from Death Qualia.

Mantis Radio w/ GRVD – Sunday, March 12th
Mantis Radio is moving broadcast day, and frequency. Coming up this Sunday, a session of blackened noise from Michigan’s GRVD.

Herd makes Headphone Commute’s Best of 2016.
Herd’s 12″ ‘ARTEATER’ makes it to Headphone Commute’s best of 2016 list, alongside Lakker, Lustmord, 36, Fennesz, The Caretaker, Svarte Greiner, Gidge, …

Ontal ready new EP feat. Orphx
Industrial club hench pair Ontal ready up a new EP.

22.11 – Mantis Radio presents Feryne
On Mantis Radio this Tuesday, November 22nd, we’ve in session the excellent selection talents of feryne.

27.09 – A return from Derlich to Mantis Radio
Belgium’s Derlich returns to Mantis Radio this week with a snapshot mix of his current DJ sound.

AJA’s HEX BITCH tour hits London 19.09
On September 19th AJA plays London’s New River Studios as part of her HEX BITCH European tour. Providing DJ support – DVNT.

13.09 – Mantis Radio presents Ivan Margolin
On our upcoming 213th broadcast, Mantis Radio will host an exclusive session from Ukraine’s Lectromagnetique.

Forest People readies new EP for Arts sublabel
Forest People readies EP for Italian imprint Arts Digital Series. Preview ‘Scarlet’.

We’re in Brixton this Saturday 13.08
We’re running a Darkfloor Sound label stall this weekend at Pop Brixton’s charity all-dayer. Packed with live music, DJs, art, clothes and record stalls.

Mantis Radio presents Mindtrick Records 02.08
Rotterdam’s Mindtrick Records provide a label showcase for Mantis Radio August 2nd, packed with forthcoming bass weight, compiled + mixed by label head Atiq

Phat Chex plays Elements Festival 01.07
Phat Chex plays Devon’s Elements Festival this weekend, July 1st -3rd.

Mantis Radio 21.06 w/ Ryuji Takeuchi
In session this week on Mantis Radio (21.06.2016) – Osaka’s Ryuji Takeuchi (HueHelix, LSN)

LDN / Flint Kids, Defunkt Dialekt, DVNT + more
Flint Kids, Defunkt Dialekt, DVNT, Errorbeauty, ADJ + more play London’s electro centric Frequency Resonate, Friday June 17th

Herd’s ARTEATER is now shipping
Out now – Herd’s ARTEATER. A captivating, expansive and unique 40 minute opus.

Autechre announce 2016 European tour
Autechre announce big European tour this November

Tonight in Paris, Ingen (LIVE) 26.05
Ingen (Savagen) plays Paris’ Glazart tonight alongside B R 1 0 0 2, Lucindo + WarinD

Pre-order new Darkfloor – Herd’s ARTEATER
Herd’s opus ‘ARTEATER’ is now available to preview and pre-order on 12″ vinyl and digital formats.

Mantis Radio presents Bone Skippers, 24.05
UK/Canadian duo Bone Skippers are our guests this week on Mantis Radio.

Mantis Radio returns tonight w/ Ordinate
Mantis Radio returns to the FUTUREMUSIC.FM airwaves with a session from London techno band Ordinate.

Ontal release with AMOK Tapes
Ontal release the acid enriched ‘Simulacron’ on Berlin’s AMOK Tapes

Pre-order A Vengeance’s debut.
Pre-orders are now available for Darkfloor Sound’s next release – from new blood duo A Vengeance.

Mantis Radio w/ Timothy Alexander / 02.02
Up this week in the Mantis Radio session hot seat Timothy Alexander (Sonic Groove, Diacope Records)

Mantis Radio’s special 200th broadcast event 27.02
for our 200th Mantis Radio broadcast we host sessions from Radioactive Man, Bandulu and Texture live at Peckham’s Rye Wax.

Darkfloor Sound signs A Vengeance, debut drops Feb
We present our new signing – industrial noise duo A Vengeance, and their debut ‘ANTENNAE’.

Mantis Radio presents Partisan / 09.01
In session for our 198th show, we welcome the maximal, artisanal, HD grime for the post-internet age – Partisan.

Our Winter Solstice charity compilation
Today we released our first Winter Solstice charity comp.

Darkfloor v6.0 arrives
Our new site is live and we’ve news of tonight’s Mantis Radio w/ AAIMON’s Brant Showers aka SOLVE.

24.11 – Mantis Radio pres. Worker/Parasite
we welcome the return of Ben Versluis to Mantis Radio, this time under his solo alias – Worker/Parasite,

Mantis Radio’s guest tonight – Matt TDK
on tonight’s Mantis Radio show we’ve Darkfloor’s own man in Rotterdam – Matt TDK.

Mantis Radio presents A Thousand Details – 13.10
Coming up on this week’s Mantis Radio broadcast we’ve a session from Portugal’s Gustavo Lima aka A Thousand Details.

Listen to a new mix from Matt TDK – and catch him live in Rotterdam this w/end.
Matt TDK’s fresh techno mix meat, and news of his Rotterdam gig this Saturday w/ Ansome, Octave, Patriarch Conflicts + Auxxua

tonight’s guest on Mantis Radio – Tim Reaper
Packing a hefty bag of drums, bass and jungle riddims, in session this week on Mantis Radio – Tim Reaper.

Dronelock announce A/V live shows
Dronelock announce live A/V shows for Leeds and London this September/November. Watch the preview.

18.08 / Mantis Radio presents Pip Williams
Coming up this week on Mantis Radio, a session from London Modular Alliance’s Pip Williams. Tuesday, 2000 UK on Future Music FM.

O/H announce European dates for September
O/H (Ontario Hospital) aka Orphx’s Rich Oddie + Huren’s Dave Foster (aka Teste) announce a series of European dates for September

Mazzula’s 2012 live set.
Enjoy a 2012 live set from British electro talent Mazzula as well as news about Mazzula + The Advent.

21.07 / tonight on Mantis Radio – Estonia’s Thing
On tonight’s Mantis Radio we head to Estonia to present a session from Thing aka Kristjan Jõgeva (31 Recordings, Blu Mar Ten Music, Dubthing Records).

07.07 / tonight on Mantis Radio – Huck Farper
In session on Darkfloor’s Mantis Radio tonight we have a session from Canada’s noisy techno mofo Huck Farper.

DVNT plays DESOLATE LDN this Saturday 20.06
DVNT returns to DESOLATE LDN this Saturday, 20.06 alongside live sets from Bitraete, Subsea and DJ support from Mdm Chaos.

09.06 / Mantis Radio presents FZV (live)
Coming up on this week’s Mantis Radio we’ve another live session – from East London’s Richard Herbert AKA FZV.

DVNT + P-Hocto play PROCSS (Cork, IE) 12.06.2015
Next weekend Darkfloor’s DVNT makes his Irish début at Cork’s fledging techno obsessive rave den PROCSS.

preview Nonima + Stormfield’s ‘Stratosphere EP’
London’s Combat Recordings are readying up their next release – from label boss Stormfield and Section27’s IDM don Nonima.

16.05 / Bop Gun w. Duke Slammer + thatboytim at London’s Bar A Bar
Bop Gun host Duke Slammer, thatboytim, DJ Controlled Weirdness, Platinum Ray + more

12.05 / Mantis Radio’s 8th Anniversary
Tomorrow, Tuesday May 12th, our long running show Mantis Radio celebrates its 8th Anniversary (and 180th show).

Surgeon & Ingen are live from Dommune today at 1400
Surgeon and Ingen are both live from Japan’s Dommune today from 2pm.

28.04 / Mantis Radio presents WIKAN
This Tuesday, Mantis Radio welcomes Sheffield’s occultist musician Wikan.

tonight on Mantis Radio – Chris Goudreau & Corax
on Mantis Radio tonight, a joint session from Chris Goudreau (Sickness) and Rodz Konez’ Corax

UK electro talent Mazzula is back.
Does exactly what it says on the tin – UK electro talent Mazzula is back.

tonight on Mantis Radio – Lag
On tonight’s Mantis Radio broadcast we’ve a session from Mord label and Exit festival regular Lag.

Darkfloor Sound’s 5th EP is coming in April
In April we drop our 5th Darkfloor Sound EP, featuring Vacated, Lag + Forest People, Matt TDK and Ruins. Check out the preview.

Mantis Radio + S S S S on Future Music FM, Tues 24.03
Our long running Mantis Radio hosts a session from Haunter Records signed S S S S, live on Tuesday on Future Music FM

Darkfloor’s Matt TDK in session on RTE 2FM this weekend
This Saturday night on RTE 2FM’s Late Sessions, a 60 minute hard mix from Darkfloor Sound’s Matt TDK, previewing our new EP ‘Mechanistic Overlap’ out soon

Some info on BM Soho and sales or return labels
An update on London’s vinyl institution BM Soho and labels who had a sales or return deal with the shop.

the wee djs guests on Mantis Radio tonight
Tonight on Mantis Radio, the Scottish electro mangler the wee djs.

tonight on Mantis Radio, we’ve A Vengeance
tonight on Mantis Radio a session from the as yet unknown British industrial noise duo – A Vengeance

Savagen make Datacide’s best of 2014 chart
Darkfloor Sound’s Scottish duo Savagen make noise & politics magazine Datacide’s best of 2014 chart

David Meiser plays Spain’s Atom Club, 31.01.2015
David Meiser plays Spain’s Atom Club at Wow Sala, January 31st alongside Pet Duo, Paul Mac and local talent Motzler and Brome.

on Tuesday, Mantis Radio presents Ynoji
Mantis Radio presents Belgium’s Ynoji who’ll be performing a set, live from London’s Darkfloor Hive.

EU VAT and our Darkfloor Bandcamp.
new EU VAT rules means we’ll be taking down our Darkfloor Sound EPs from Bandcamp whilst we look at alternatives, solutions and understanding the new rules

Tonight, Mantis Radio presents a session from Key
tonight, Mantis Radio presents a session from Void Tactical Media’s Key. Broadcasting live on Future Music FM – 2000 GMT

David Meiser / 2014 dates
David Meiser plays Croatia, Spain and Germany this Nov/Dec – and this Friday, Nov 7th – he is radio show Bass Agenda’s featured artist and interviewee.

Gareth Clarke, DVNT + The Byte Stripes play Desolate London – Friday, Nov 7
Gareth Clarke (Sublight, Bit-Phalanx), DVNT, The Byte Stripes (Werk Discs) + Future Image play London’s free Desolate night, Friday November 5.

Mantis Radio takeover RTE 2fm this Saturday night
Mantis Radio returns to RTE 2fm this Sat/Sun at 0100, covering for Sunil Sharpe. We’ve an interview with Objekt and in session, Downwards duo OAKE.

Scrase, Darkfloor + CRX091081GB play Desolate London – Friday, Sept 5
Scrase, Mike Darkfloor, CRX091081GB + Future Image play London’s free Desolate night, Friday September 5.

Catch David Meiser this Friday at Dubtek, Leeds.
Catch Darkfloor Sound’s David Meiser headlining Dubtek, in Leeds this Friday, August 15th. Support from Retsof, Ross Alexander and CWS.

Ambient metal duo Northumbria in session tonight on Mantis Radio
On Mantis Radio tonight, a live session from ambient metal duo Northumbria feat Famine.