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
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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
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