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Is Nonplus the Label Of The Decade? Vote now

Ever since Boddika started Nonplus in 2009, the label has been at the forefront of a house and techno revolution. The darkness-drenched sounds of artists like Kassem Mosse, Actress and Skudge typified a movement occurring around that time and it’s continued to push on ever since. In 2013 the ‘Think and Change’ compilation dropped and it contained a wealth of heavy-artillery weapons that are still in regular rotation today. Four Tet’s ‘For These Times’, Joy Orbison’s ‘Big Room Tech House DJ Tool - TIP’ and also his collaboration with Boddika ‘&Fate’ sum up just how much heat the label has put forward. Last year EPs from Shlomi Aber and Vin Sol explored the harder side of techno, proving that bleak doesn’t have to mean bad.