Michael C

It’s crazy to say this but I’m so excited to announce I’ll be performing at Dekmantel festival @dkmntl this year in Amsterdam as the drummer of Sepehr’s live band debut 🖤 Sepehr and I go waaay back, we’ve known each other since we were 15 years old and making beats on Fruity Loops in high school. Eventually ending up becoming roommates in San Francisco and started off on a wild music journey which we’ve been on ever since. It’s quite serendipitous that I’ve been picking up the drums again these past few years in New York while he was working on a band oriented project while living Europe. So when we realized the timing of both we knew we had to make it happen 🔒 See you July 30th

❁ Welcoming Michael Claus (@mikec187 ) to the label with “Static Drift” EP: a moody, textural sojourn through a cybernetic fever dream. Six tracks that flicker between weightless electro and shimmering, anodized techno. Michael’s catalog of productions have spanned over a decade of distinctly gauzy, dubbed out atmospheres. He heads the Silva Electronics label (@silvaelectronics ) now based out of Brooklyn and is also ofc, a deep homie of the SF music community extended universe ((• ◡ •)) very excited to finally share this as part of the label extending into new territory. Out on Feb 6 2026 with pre-orders available now on Bandcamp ✶ Artwork by Ryan Ormsby (@rhomas_ormsby ) Mastered by Ike Zwanniken (@lucky_bloke )

today’s rhythm: latin grooves ~170bpm chasing time in circles. hands trying their best. 🪘↻⏱️ #drums #latinjazz #groove #jazzdrums #jazz #drumpractice #postbop #zildjian #gretsch #drumkit

🌐 Last month I had the pleasure of joining R. Gamble @richardggamble on his Lost Souls Enterprise show on Mutant Radio Tbilisi!! @mutantradiotbilisi @lostsoulenterprises The mix builds from deep half tempo techno and trip hop into ~115 BPM EBM, electro and leftfield jams. Even threw in an unreleased (but forthcoming) track of mine ✨✨ Huge shout out to Richard and Heidi @heidisabertooth for having me, really appreciate it 🙏🏻 — Tracklist: The Melting Mask - Mike Parker @mike_parker_geophone PRESSURE (PART I) - Bobby Blackbird Tapah - Deru @deru Subterra (Mole Mix) - Saru Bread - Committee Let It Come Down - Cabaret Voltaire @cabaretvoltaireband Dust Under Brightness - In Aeternam Vale @inaeternamvale Zie Het Onder Ogen - Wladimir M. Yellow Fire - Credit 00 & Wolf Muller @credit_00_rat_life Bhir (Cassius Select Enemy Mix) - Enayet @_enayet Burundanger 2-3 (Mike Parker Remix) - Quixosis @quixosis Unreleased - Michael Claus Busy - Ploy @dj_ploy Lost Desires - C.L.A.W.S. and Tyrel @c.l.a.w.s._sf @tyrelwilliams Prohibition - Chino Suicider - MANISDRON Whirling Of The Spirits - Bali

Last month I had the pleasure of visiting Lot Radio @thelotradio to play some grooves, spanning tripped-out downtempo to techno 🌀 Here’s a few clips in no particular order! 1. Miro’s Cat (Feat. Spivak) - King Softy 2. Plastic Soul (one of mine) with Elektri by VC-118A 3. Waldorf Salad by Juju, Jordash 4. Unreleased of mine 5. Unreleased of mine As per usual, links in bio! And shout out Renee @fridacarlorossi and Ryc @ryc.ola for joining me! Set list for the full mix: Keyed - Dregs @dregs.mud Miro’s Cat (Feat. Spivak) - King Softy Peeeeel - Echo Party Sjikamo - Devon Rexi @devonrexi Jaco 92 - Pablo’s Eye @pabloseye 20:28 - Beta Librae Plastic Soul - Michael Claus Elektri - VC-118A @vc118a Fixed Distance - Tammo Hesselink @tammo8000 Waldorf Salad - Juju, Jordash @gal_juju Unreleased - Michael Claus TRS2 - Meat Beat Manifesto @meatbeatmanifesto Doll - Relaxer @relaxerelaxer Unreleased - Michael Claus Seeing No Ghost - Laurine Frost Orient ACD - Buttechno

“Static Drift” by Michael Claus @mikec187 is out today 2.6.26 ✶ been such a fun collab getting this one out in the world <3 Six tracks from @silvaelectronics head Michael Claus pushing his signature hazy atmospherics into a hi-fi dreamspace ༄༄ 1. Terra-X 2. Static Drift 3. Surveillance Species 4. Astral Dunes 5. Crimson Network 6. Orphism Artwork @rhomas_ormsby Mastered by @lucky_bloke Out now on Bandcamp via our links :)

Really grateful to see my new EP *Static Drift* getting some love. Some really nice write-ups from Bolting Bits @boltingbits (title track “Static Drift”), Les Yeux Orange @lesyeuxorange (“Astral Dunes”), and Sound Transitions @soundtransitions (“Orphism”). Huge thanks to the Club Moniker @club.moniker crew and everyone who’s supported so far. Pre-order is live, full release lands Feb 6!

⚔️ Episode 6 comes from Silva Electronics founder and Brooklyn-based Producer / DJ Michael Claus. For this one he digs deep into the “lower middle-bottom left section” of his record collection for an all vinyl mix, stitching together psychedelic jazz, krautrock, post-punk, leftfield, New Wave, industrial, EBM, crust punk, and metal. IG: instagram.com/mikec187/ SC: soundcloud.com/michael-claus 📲 Full track list and interview via the link in bio ( blog.silvaelectronics.net ) /post/792908032569999360/se-podcast-6-michael-claus “I recorded this mix on a summer night, New York humidity in full effect, all the windows and the balcony door wide open to let in whatever little breeze was available. I was enjoying a night in, so I dug through the lower middle-bottom left section of my record collection, hooked up my second turntable to an old DJ “battle” mixer (Tascam XS-4) I had stashed in the closet, plugged it into my laptop, and hit record." - Miles Davis - In A Silent Way / It’s About That Time [In A Silent Way, Side B] - CAN - Paperhouse / Mushroom [Tago Mago, A1, A2] - Bronze - Dulcinea [World Arena, A3] [2014, Not Not Fun Records] <3 - The Clash - The Call Up [EP, A1] - Crass - Beg The Question [Christ - The Album, A5] - The Clash - The Magnificent Dance [EP, B1] - Art Of Noise - Legs [Legs, B1] - Grauzone - Der Weg Zu Zweit [Grauzone, B4] - Bronze - Played [World Arena, A1] <3 - Grauzone - Schlachtet! [Grauzone, A2] - Borghesia - She Is Not Alone [She Is Not Alone, A1] - Cabaret Voltaire - Crackdown [EP, A1] - Severed Heads - A Million Angels [Since The Accident, A2] - Cardinal & Nun - I Met The Devil [Cardinal & Nun, A1] - Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Open [Since The Accident, A5] - Chrome - The Chronicles Of The Beacons [The Chronicles II, A1] - GBH - Tipuki Thunder [Wot a Bargin’, A4] - Crass - Have A Nice Day [Christ - The Album, A1] - Amebix - Monolith / Nobody’s Driving / The Power Remains [Monolith, A1, A2, A3] - Darkthrone - These Shores Are Damned / Canadian Metal [F.O.A.D., A1, A2] - Anti Cimex - Pain Killer [Anti-Cimex EP, B1] - Power Trip - Manifest Desimation / Heretic’s Fork [Manifest Decimation, A1, A2]

A few photos from our trip to visit SF last month. Should have taken more, but still need to get some developed 📸 #kodak #ektarh35n #35mm #cinestill400d #halfframe

Feels good to be back home in SF!! Tonight will be DJing some tunes on the radio at the @sutrofm studio!! Starting at 7p pacific! Tune in at SutroFM.net !! Locked!! 🔐 @sutrofm @silvaelectronics

🪞 Big thanks to Inverted Audio (@invertedaudio ) + OOUKFunkyOO (@quinoline_yellow ) for premiering Michael Claus’ (@mikec187 ) track “Plastic Soul”, taken from the upcoming *Gradient Dreams* EP on @silvaelectronics Extra love to Jason + the Inverted Audio crew for the thoughtful write-up. Grateful for the kind words and support 🙏🏻✨  “Plastic Soul” is available for instant download with EP pre-order. Full release drops next friday (june 13) link’s in the usual place ( /album/gradient-dreams-ep ) 🌐💿 Excerpt from the IA article: Following 2023’s ‘Dark Forest’, New York-based producer Michael Claus is set to release ‘Gradient Dreams’, a 4-track fever dream of dark, rhythmic techno. We first heard Claus’ unique sound on past cassette editions for 100% Silk, with a mixture of heady dub techno and DIY electronics. The last few years have seen him move from San Francisco to Brooklyn, and he’s focused his energies on his own and others’ releases for his Silva Electronics outlet, including last year’s Slow Blink EP. Out June 13, ‘Gradient Dreams’ was “drawn from live performances in San Francisco and Sacramento between 2022 and 2023”. That energy is apparent as each track bursts with crunchy drum patterns and blasted keys. It’s hard techno for hard, dystopian times. Today, we’re excited to premiere “Plastic Soul”, an industrial acid house burner brimming with a vibrant, gritty aesthetic. Distorted, undulating synth waves spar with crisp percussive snaps that tie together for a deeply hypnotic groove. Turn on “Plastic Soul” and find yourself immersed in a warehouse party at 2am, the summer heatwave still simmering late into the night.