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The first 2026 output on topo2 is here: @_urner_ - Afterimages 💠 Afterimages is the debut vinyl LP from experimental musician Urner. Almost three years after our first exchange of music, I’m so happy to share this album with you. Across ten compositions, Afterimages is a truly adventurous ambient record, inventively constructed yet warmly immersive. The sound sources of Afterimages include Sanukite lithophone tones, VGM soundfonts, uncanny PCM loops, modular synthesis, and the artist’s voice. In a thriving experimental scene filled with fresh voices, I think Urner’s world is surprisingly addictive. The record is available now via my Bandcamp and in record stores worldwide. 💠 Artwork is courtesy of Rohan Chaurasia @_rchau . The record sleeve features digitally composed glyphs, UV-printed onto a handmade pulp tablet. Its layout and typography draw from archeological archive websites encountered during the design process. The digital artifacts of the glyphs interact with the material surface, transforming pixelation into organic textures. Ike Zwanniken @lucky_bloke mastered this album with great precision. Mastering the third record for the label, I can recommend him strongly. A thank you with no ending to the ever-amazing Kees de Klein @greatexpectations.earth for the details on the record cover and photo’s. Release date: 3 April 2026 Formats: limited ICCS-certified 180gr bio-vinyl LP (200 copies), digital Shops: please get in touch with @rhd_rushhourdistribution and say hi to me too if you like! URL with full stream: topo2.nl

Release day for the last topo2 record of the year! @morelian - Solid Space is out today. When I picked up the records at the plant this week I was so happy how the physical version worked out, it’s very pretty. Please consider buying a vinyl or the digital files instead of streaming to support the ecosystem. Its available in good record shops around the globe and via my own website/bandcamp.

Announcing the fourth release on topo2: @morelian - Solid Space 🪐 A decade after her first release, this is the debut album from electronic musician and lovely human Mor Elian. On this record, she shows the full depth of her creative range, drifting between dream-like listening states and experimental club spaces. After discovering her Alloy Sea material years back, I was totally game from the get-go when Mor approached me with this versatile material. I love it when artists reveal their full musical spectrum and play with preconceived notions of what their art should look like. Lastly, running a label for me is also about building personal connections. I’m truly honored to be able to release such a personal record. Sharing the blessings (and annoyances) of being a parent of young kids while doing so makes it even better. The record is available for pre-order via my Bandcamp and in record stores worldwide. 🪐 I’ve said it so often, but I’m truly blessed by working with Kees de Klein @greatexpectations.earth who crafted all the artwork - can’t wait to see this record in the physical world. Mixing was taken care of by @gramrcy . Additional production and mixing on track 7 by @c_a_r_r_i_e_r_ . The record also features the talented work of @zoepolanski and @jonasfriedlich . With a crazy deadline, Ike Zwanniken @lucky_bloke mastered this album as if he worked on it for years. Thanks a lot and please find him if you’re ever in need of this service. I’m grateful to Eelco Couvreur for finding the words and putting them into beautiful poetry that resonates so well with the feeling of making the record. Much of the music I enjoy (and ultimately release) is the fruit of hard work, passion and time put into outstanding curatorship of others. Therefore I also like to thank @dania_paralaxe for releasing the Alloy Sea material that made me aware of Mor’s musical mind - it’s still available on the Paralaxe Bandcamp. Release date: 28 November 2025 Formats: limited ICCS-certified 180gr bio-vinyl LP (300 copies), digital Shops: please get in touch with @rhd_rushhourdistribution and say hi to me too if you like! URL with full stream: topo2.nl

A new record on which we worked 2 years is here: @sebastiano.carghini - Ramble 🏃‍♂️ Ramble is the debut LP on vinyl from electronic musician Sebastiano Carghini and is now available. Only a few years back I discovered his work and immediately got hooked on his sound. After sending me loads of music, and talking about running in the Italian hills and mountains, it was very clear to me we had to work together. An ambient-no-ambient journey, the album fits topo2 like a glove as it is hard to categorise and sonically forms it's own ecosystem. The record is available via my bandcamp and record stores worldwide. 📖 The artwork embodies the music, which is a great compliment to @tj0ki and looks even better in real life in combination with the vinyl. Thank you dear Kees (@greatexpectations.earth ) for the photo's and labels - real kersen-op-de-taart-work The first time topo2 works with the mastering services of Ike Zwanniken (@lucky_bloke ) and with great pleasure - highly recommended . And lastly - and this apparently becomes a thing - but thank you my best friend Eelco Couvreur for your beautiful poetry. Release date: 25 July 2025 Formats: limited ICCS-certified minty-ice colored 180gr bio-vinyl LP (200 copies), digital Shops: please get in touch with @rhd_rushhourdistribution and say hi to me too if you like! URL: topo2.nl

🚨Repress alert🚨 Back in November I kickstarted topo2 with the @upsammy_ album Strange Meridians. It went very fast so I’m happy more people can get their hands on it now - on beautiful silver vinyl no less. Again it’s a limited run so act quick and get the wax via topo2, upsammy or your local recordshop! Photo’s by @keesdekleinnn ❤️

Last week I published my latest newsletter. It covers my favorite 100 releases of 2024 and the latest topo2 news. Lots of music to discover so hop off this app and into an unhealthy amount of bandcamp tabs.

Out today! Windu - Juxtapose (topo2-002) Quite the thing to hold the first record of my brothers work in my hand - I actually don’t care if I sell any other copy haha. But if you do want it too, you can support by buying it in recordstores around the globe, and on my website/bandcamp. If you want a more personal handover, I also sell the record at the topo2 events in @murmur.ams tonight and @rushhourstore next week + you see Windu perform as well. 😊

Back at the record store where I spent most of my digging time and probably also bought most of my records! I’m happy I’m welcome at @rushhourstore to do a cute instore event with topo2 featuring a live-set from @upsammy_ and a listening session by Windu, who’s LP will be sold on the spot. Free entrance so if you want to start your weekend with great music, please join us the 21st of March. Design by @greatexpectations.earth

In two weeks, we’re celebrating the release of Juxtapose, the first release ever from @windu_w.i.n.d . At @murmur.ams we play 6 hours of music from the album, outtakes, new things and of course a whole bunch of influential stuff. Perhaps we can even do a little dance this time around 🤫 I’ll be selling copies of the vinyl too. Beautiful artwork by @greatexpectations.earth

I’m hosting an evening of music at Future Intel with topo2 showcasing five artists I’m pretty wild about. Anushka Chkheidze *live @__halfie__ Ever since I discovered her debut album ‘Halfie’ some years ago, I felt in love with her music. Anushka is a very bright talent with a big future ahead of her. I’m stoked she will perform a live-set live on the stream! @thelazergazer Other than being a very lovely human, Hala honestly is one of the best contemporary DJs in NL. Her sets are tight and playfully mixed and she’s the type of dj that keeps you on your toes with her selection going a lot of places without it being messy. @sebastiano.carghini *live Sebastiano’s hazy, taped out music totally hits my sweet spot. I can float around in it for hours so it will not be a surprise that later this year he will make his debut on topo2. He will also perform a live set with strictly original material! @camille__maria Camille Maria is one of the people behind the renowned Dusty Cabinets sound system parties in Amsterdam, but is also a sick selector and music geek. I come back at a lot of his mixes very often so asking him for this night is quite self serving, but he deserves the platform for sure! @windu_w.i.n.d In the week I announced his debut album, Windu is the central point of celebration on this evening. Word has it he produced a lot of new music for the stream so you might already hear the future here first. Design by @keesdekleinnn @greatexpectations.earth

I proudly present the second release on topo2: @windu_w.i.n.d - Juxtapose 🔊 Compiled from over 250 tracks created between 2017 and 2024, Juxtapose is Windu’s first ever release — a freeform, shapeshifting snapshot of sound. This release is very dear to me as it is a project I’ve been working on for multiple years together with my brother Windu. There’s nobody in the world who had a bigger musical influence on me than him and I’m so proud his artistic work finally sees the light of day. Juxtapose entails the spirit of topo2 in its core as it refers to the countless nights and dj-sets we did under that moniker back in the day, genre-hopping like there was no tomorrow. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did getting it together. 🪐 A giant round of applause once again for Kees (@greatexpectations.earth ) who crafted the artwork from scratch. Isabel Schröer (@ddolomeaa ) at @scapemastering did a fantastic job making such a versatile album sound like one piece. We are lucky to have dear friends that are good at their job. Pascal Pinkert (@ambassade__ ) brilliantly mixed all the tracks and Eelco Couvreur wrote a fitting piece of poetry and accompanying words. Release date: 14 March 2025 Formats: limited bio-vinyl LP (300 copies), digital Shops: please get in touch with @rhd_rushhourdistribution and say hi to me too if you like! URL: topo2.nl/release/windu-juxtapose/

With a “little” delay, here’s topo2 world no #2! More than 30 music tips including my favorite Dutch album of the year (probably) - and no, it’s obviously not something from my own label. There’s also a secret link in the mailer to listen a track from the next release on topo2 🎁 Check out the mailer via my website or substack! See u all in ‘25!