Four groove-focused dance trax from CTR operator Steel Grooves. Tension built, tension held, tension released — a full EP of floor tools with the tempo pinned and the swing intact.
THE RELEASE
X-Tension EP is Steel Grooves working in his home register: percussion out front, low end that moves rather than sits, and arrangements that give a DJ somewhere to go.
The title track sets the terms and The Problem presses on them. Freak Freely is the loosest thing here — jacking, hands-up, unbothered — before Runway closes it out with the long build that gives the EP its name. Headbanger boogie for rooms that want to move as much as they want to hit.
TRACKLIST
- X-Tension — Original Mix
- The Problem — Original Mix
- Freak Freely — Original Mix
- Runway — Original Mix
RELEASE DETAILS
- Catalog
- CTR123
- Artist
- Steel Grooves
- Title
- X-Tension EP
- Release Date
- 8 August 2026
- Label
- Capital Techno Recordings
- Genre
- Hardgroove / Techno
- Format
- Digital EP — 4 tracks
- Origin
- Austin, Texas
ABOUT STEEL GROOVES
Steel Grooves is Rex Bruton — DJ, producer, and founder of Capital Techno Recordings in Austin, Texas. He runs the label, curates its roster, and anchors its sound: groove-first, percussion-led techno made to be played rather than admired.