"Mariposa EP" is a fresh reimagining of dubstep — one that breaks away from familiar genre tropes while doubling as a tribute to some of the most personally influential video games to W3C.

It kicks off with "Rise and Shine," a celebration of the 20-year anniversary of Half-Life 2 (2004). Much like in the game, you're woken up and thrown straight into action, with industrial ambiance and a downright menacing bassline setting the tone.

The title track, "Mariposa," reworks the Brian Eno-esque ambient soundtrack of Fallout 1 (1997) into a more dramatic but equally enigmatic trip through bottomless subbass.

"Resonance Cascade" channels the claustrophobic energy of Half-Life 1 (1998) into what seems like a classic dubstep shape — until it suddenly accelerates into a corrosive techno roller in its second act.

Rounding things out, "The Land of Opportunity" is a leftfield dubstep spin on the already ice-cold theme of GTA4 (2008), driven by a fittingly off-kilter kick pattern.

We're back with a recently decrypted transmission from the far reaches of outer space. These three W3C tracks have been floating undiscovered for nearly a decade, only now resurfacing — fully remastered for your listening pleasure.

First up is "WarTek", a collaboration with the legendary Latvian beatmaker & producer Oriole. The track is a bold re-imagining of '90s Hardcore — a relentless belter driven by pounding kicks, a nasty bassline, and snares so sharp they will leave you reeling. It goes hard, and it knows it!

Next, you've got to watch out— a devious cyborg serpent is on the prowl, and you're its ideal prey. "Mecharattler" insidiously lures you in with hypnotic, rattling percussion and atmospheric hissing before ambushing you with earth-shattering kicks and ice-cold bass stabs. This twisted creation is a collaboration with Tatradang, so you better watch out for that guy!

Finally, what was once a beautiful ballad by W3C and Body Double seems to have been corrupted by an artificial bacteria of their own making. The intricate melodies have vanished, replaced by mechanical chittering and surgically sharp yet twisted bass detonations. The result is "Contamination" — a more industrial spin on the cold, abrasive grime instrumentals of years past.

The "Dubbing Myself EP" heralds W3C's return to sonic experimentation, diving deep into the roots and future of soundsystem culture. Paying homage to the rich lineage of UK electronic music, the EP also serves as a meditation on W3C's creative evolution.

The title track draws from the spirit of Foul Play's legendary 1992 classic "Dubbing You," yet stands firmly on its own ground. Gritty percussion and a brooding bassline drive the track, channeling the soul of 90s Jungle and Hardcore into a contemporary techno journey brimming with tension.

"Cruisin" takes a different path, melding earthy textures, tribal rhythms, and hints of Latin flair into a hypnotic exploration of dub techno. A deep sub-bass anchors the track, as it shifts between the driving precision of a 4/4 techno rhythm and the frenetic energy of breakbeats.

Closing the release, Tatradang (formerly minciisha ieraksti) reimagines "Cruisin" with a Brazilian funk-inspired rework. Centered around powerful kick drums and dynamic percussion, the remix weaves in enigmatic flutes and string instruments, amplifying the original’s Latin pulse while confidently emphasizing its own identity.

Buy/listen: Dubbing Myself EP by W3C

Available now on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.

This track got released as part of Infinite Machine's 10 Years Compilation

I started it back in 2015 while I was in Nida, Lithuania for the Baltic Trail musicians' gathering. There i tried to capture the locale, especially the Curonian split, and the emotions it evoked through field recordings which are used throughout this piece.

W3C returns to Infinite Machine following-up his highly acclaimed "State Of Absolute Alienation" EP released in 2017.

"Event Horizon" symbolically portrays a trip into a very distant and completely alien region of space in which many of our preconceptions are turned on their head. Especially those of what the UK sound is and what you can potentially do with it.

Thoroughly emphasized is the interaction and symbiosis of the old and the new, the known and the unknown. As the symbolic space vessel enters the deep unknown of our universe, the well known characteristics and traits of the UK sound get mangled and mutated into something wholly different.

When listening and passing through the "Event Horizon" you enter into a realm of epic, unimagined vistas of sound, of deep, all-consuming waves of bass and of a deeply strange and primordial quality.

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Artwork by: Alessandro de Angelis

Mastered by Cyrcular Mastering

This Gqom inspired track was released on Infinite Machine as part of WOLF's & 111X's "Final Star" EP

Latvian producer W3C, taking his moniker from the acronym for the World Wide Web Consortium, affords oversight to the totality of the Internet comparable to his namesake standards organization. And where the latter concerns itself with education, outreach and software development, the former is a pastiche and collage savant – using online connectivity and access to wrangle all strains of electronic music and collide their respective particles into an unrecognizable, yet eerily inviting sonic edifices.

Debuting in style, earlier this year, with the vinyl-only “Atmospheric Entry” EP, via Pinch’s Tectonic-side-venture Cold Recordings, W3C now joins the Infinite Machine family with “State Of Absolute Alienation”, on 12” and digital.

Opener “Ascension (Intro)” does what it says on the tin – it stands as an apt overture to the proceedings herein, leaning on harsh, bass-heavy noise bursts before sprinkling in grime decorations and ascendant, reverb-drenched, hollow-synth contrapuntal melody that very much anchors the record into the now, referencing the likes of instrumental grime revivalists such as Dark0, Murlo or Slackk.

“Xenotrack” then shifts gears into what sounds like an inspired take on the psytrance of yesteryear, only slower, steadier… A degraded, alien morphology supporting a nonetheless “club” grammar - making the title, yet again, quite self-explanatory.

…Which rings true a third time for “Bot-o’-War”, a raucous industrial epic which evokes a combat deployment scene in a mecha-centric direct-to-video feature, wherein the subtle naval theming of the title is aurally transcribed into the suffocating, submerged sound design of the latter half.

On the flip, “Short Circuit” (the grimiest of the lot), an unintuitive blend of Mumdance doing his thing, a run-of-the-mill “Ice Rink” homage and a trap lead that could turn heads at a GHE20G0TH1K party, somehow works.

Finally, “Invasion”, replete with sci-fi-blockbuster-trailer aesthetics, sounds like if Two Steps from Hell remixed a mash-up of individually much subtler cuts from Pan Sonic and Gatekeeper, respectively. Absolute alienation indeed.

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Latvian based producer W3C makes his stone-Cold vinyl debut with this killer 4-track EP, showcasing the producers hard and uncompromising sonic: industrial techno meets rolling UK-style broken rhythms, around the 125-130bpm tempo range. Sounds from an unknown dimension percolate and fizz around masterfully crafted percussive layers, always guided by a dramatic, evolving narrative. If you like dark, progressive electronic music, then you need to own this release. W3C opens with 'Atmospheric Entry', setting the mood for the rest of the EP with building technoid tensions, before a warping baseline emerges and charges the broken beats with furious purpose. Hard and energising, this one works very well on the dancefloor. 'Bile' takes things into deep dark waters - more rolling and restrained than the opening track, but no less powerful for it. Delicate sounds simmer and bubble in and out, vying for attention as drums build and build before dropping back into alien textures and rolling beats. 'Prometheus' sets the context for an apocalyptic battle scene - like the sound of attacking warships and the ensuing aftermath. Tense strings hold the mood while drums crash hard, punctuating the drilling of hi-hats and swooping bass hits that drop like giant cannons blowing ships from the sky. 'Fire, Walk With Me' closes things off, aching with a subtle melancholy that's triggered over a soundscape mapped out by atmospheric tension and intricate percussive layers.

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This is a remix I did for Tomas Urquieta for his "Manuscript EP" on Infinite Machine

This one was released on Dirty Deal Audio for minciisha ieraksti's "3 000 000 Remixed" EP

It got played in DJ sets by both Björk and Aphex Twin at the time!

Ice Rink is proud to present "2015Q2EP", incredibly sculpted deep space transmissions from Latvian producer DJ W3C backed by remixes from Minciisha Ieraksti, Spurz [Infinite Machine / Tessier-Ashpool], and Krimslo [Raw Records]. "Digital Void" and "The Nostromo" are zero gravity grime cuts, hissing and contorting machine language inside a drifting space capsule. "Bug Y10K", a collaboration with E91 [Main Course] recasts W3C's sound set into a galvanized club tool. Remixes from Minciisha Ieraksti, Spurz, and Krimslo further explore the boundaries between the charted grime universe and the bleak unknown beyond. Advance support from Mumdance on Rinse.FM.

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