WHEN ARE YOU FROM VOL. 01 [printed sleeve / insert]

Various Artists

Record label
Chronicles Diary
Catalog Number
WAYF01
Release Date
February 20th 2026
Genres

Tracks

playpostitleartistsduration
A1Bullet TrainBoyd Schidt & Uväll
A2Battle RitesCommissar Lag
B1Aion_01MMSS
B2StudTime Traveler

The first chapter of a new series exploring identity, temporality and the many dialects of contemporary techno. Four tracks, four distinct approaches, yet bound by a shared pursuit of tension, texture and transcendence. Chronicles Diary introduces its identity with WAYF VOL1, the first entry in a series asking when, not where, this music belongs. The answer comes in four club pieces that favour impact over ornament, tracing tension, texture and a sense of forward movement. Boyd Schidt & Uvall's "Bullet Train" is tensile 4/4, serrated hats and a tunnelling bassline pulling the room into a tight zone. Commissar Lag's "Battle Rites" ups the pressure, all offline bass and percussive rhythm. MMSS pares things back on "Aion_01," a looping, hypnotic figure that blurs time without dropping energy. Time Traveller (UK) closes with "Stud," glitched and driving, a roughcast groove that breathes between the hits. Four perspectives, one intent: functional, underground Techno that works.