06-11-2025
Founded in Schiedam, Nederland by DJ Maarten "Forkowski" Lammers in 2022 is Pleistocene Future, a label focused on something of a revivalist bent with a slogan of "The future is the past." Now while I don't always want things to sound like older tunes that pioneered the sounds we'd come to know and love, there is something I can never get enough of which is contemporary techno that doesn't feel the need to limit itself to the dark, brooding, cavernous reverb sound. (I for one am ready to move on from that for the most part).
2022
DJ Savage - Pleistocene Future 1 (PF001)
A1 Reformed [4:32]
A2 Trauma [5:31]
B1 Rejected [4:34]
B2 Restructured [4:13]
Boasting "four ultra-hefty cuts" by a veritable "groovemaster", this inaugural EP does not disappoint and is full of the type of one-chord, ultra-jacky, techno which is hypermonotonous in the most glorious way possible.
2023
Bas Mooy - Pleistocene Future 2 (PF002)
A1 Saatanaa [4:50]
A2 Lood [5:13]
B1 Bajesklant [4:48]
B2 Ekster [5:03]
The man himself, Mord Records' head DJ/producer from Rotterdam, Bas Mooy. More extreme repetition with an A and B melodic parts on the ominously named opening number, Saatana. Next up is Lood which is heavy as the name would suggest but not in the overly dark gloomy way you might be worried about, some interesting sound design, more repetitive, so might suit your purposes as a tool more than standalone but still quite neat. Up next is Bajesklant which means "jailbird" in Dutch, followed by Ekster which means "magpie". The whole EP is quite solid, with my favourites being all but the third.
Thanos Hana - Pleistocene Future 3 (PF003)
A1 Het Hoog [5:08]
A2 Ton Zelf [5:37]
B1 Version 7 [5:00]
B2 The Drums [4:37]
Thanos Papadopolous, better known as Thanos Hana, is a Greek born DJ/producer based for sometime in the Netherlands, who heads the Rotterdam label TH Tar Hollow. The first number here, whose name means "the high" in Dutch sets the tone for most of the EP, delightfully minimal and very percussion-forward. The whole EP is great, but I just wish the first piece had a bit more melodic content, because the percussion is a blast and there still is some stuff happening, it would just be nice if it were a bit higher in the mix on that one cut.
Dario Evangelista - Pleistocene Future 4 (incl. DJ Savage Remix) Dromornithidae (PF004)
A1 Repentless [5:47]
A2 Ice Notes [5:36]
B1 Repentless (DJ Savage Mix) [4:36]
B2 Ascent [6:08]
Very tools-y. Nothing you haven't heard anyone do before, but in a good way. It's nice sometimes to have such a perfect execution of something that just radiates with (one of the sides of) the quintessence of techno. DJ Savage's remix of Repentless adds a bit more dynamism,
ARKVS - Pleistocene Future 5 - Coelodonta Antiquitatis (PF005)
A1 Surcharge [4:55]
A2 Neoprene [6:01]
B1 Crave Slave [5:44]
B2 Steam [5:25]
ARKVS are a duet consisting of Stefan Meijerink and Wesley Visser. They have recorded mostly for
2024
DJ Savage - Pleistocene Future 6 (PF006)
Dynamic Forces - Pleistocene Future 7 (PF007)
2025
543FF & Lenson- Pleistocene Future 8 (PF008)
Mion aka Edit Select - Theme Re-Mastered & Re-Mixed) (PF009)
Nachtwaker - Pleistocene Future 10 (PF010)