Magnetron Music

Fatima Yamaha’s “Sushi and Baklava” is the place to start: 130 bpm of melancholic circuitry, its leftfield melody finding an unexpected emotional centre without losing the floor. Tom Trago’s “Ignorance” is the counterweight — sleek, high-voltage electro at 133 bpm, magnetically severe and wired like a live wire. Together they map a label that treats house and electro not as separate lanes but as temperaments: wistful versus stern, melodic versus electric.

The shared trait is precision with feeling: neither record is merely functional, but both know exactly where the dancefloor’s nerve endings are. Where it plays safe? “Ignorance” leans hard on severity, and with only these two examples the label’s emotional range rests largely on Yamaha’s melancholy. Still, as a calling card, Magnetron is worth following: start with “Sushi and Baklava”, then let “Ignorance” raise the voltage.