TUGWAVE RECORDS
Where sound travels through time and space and the underground pulses beyond borders.
Surging from shadowed dancefloors and forgotten basements, we are a label for the rebels and the visionaries shaping tomorrow’s dancefloors.
Born from the heart of Tehran Underground’s rave culture, TUGWAVE transmits waves of untamed frequency that cross borders, crashing through bodies, breaking silence and reaching every soul tuned to the pulse.
Get ready to Ride the WAVE!
SIDE A : KORE
Fortuned for this VA Album to be released in the middle of chaotic times, KORE delivers an intense, body-driven sonic assault grounded in acid techno, hard techno, schranz, and industrial. this side conjures a raw and unforgiving terrain—erupting in sequences that echo through subterranean chambers. basslines that bruise, and kicks that shake the ground. every track hits like a hammer to the chest—percussive warfare crafted for pitch-black warehouses and uncompromising dancefloors. it’s a return to the roots of techno brutality, filtered through the fierce urgency of now;
KORE is the sound of becoming.
Distorted textures grind like rusted steel, kicks strike with mechanical force, and relentless rhythms lock the listener into forward motion.
SIDE B : VORTA
VORTA opens the portal to the mental dimension of the rave. Built from Psytech, Hypnotic, Trance, and Tekno mutations, it traces the neural pathways of altered states of music for the soul to get lost and found again in motion.
The energy here is still intense, but it coils inward Psychedelic Loops, Trippy Textures, and Rhythms sharpened like ritual blades that guide the listener into a liminal space between clarity and chaos.
This side is about Resonance.
A journey through layers of consciousness, expanding outward where memory glitches into freedom.
Vorta Vol.02 invites you into expansive realms of color and sonic diversity. Moving fluidly from psytechno and trance atmospheres into deeper territories of tekno and tribe, the journey unfolds as a spiral of sound. Featuring eight tracks from artists based across different corners of the planet, this compilation maps a multidimensional passage through rhythm and energy. Which dimension is your station?
CONCEPTS AND EVENTS
PERSIAN UNDERGROUND COMMINUTY
UNDERGROUND FACES
a concept consisting of underground artists who mostly work independently and have their own unique sound style in different genres. gathering recorded mixes of artists from all around the globe who tell stories through their own aural vision. the podcasts are available on underground tehran’s soundcloud profile
RÉVOLTE
FUTURE RIDE
is the concept working towards discovering the new generation of local artists with hidden talents. supporting the young artists who are potentially able to ride the future of electronic music scene by performances unveiling their sound style and creating their path to the future