Romania’s Andy Simion joins the Berlin-based SEVEN sublabel A.2AUM with the ‘The Wrong Train’ EP 11th December 2026. He opens the release with the title track: a mysterious, dissonant-sounding, drifting minimal bomb, perfect for big systems and an educated crowd, with thumping kick drums, off-centre elements, and distant, bubbly, bleepy sound design that pulls you underwater. The excellent ‘Rolling Dub’ is carried by lush, distant pads that hover between beautiful and disturbing. Hollow toms and bouncing drums build off-centre grooves that never quite sit where you expect them to.
On Simion’s ‘Hi There’, the mid-bass plays an interesting call-and-response with the deeper sub-bass, while sprinkled synth sequences add ear candy that tickles your brain. ‘Rhodesia’ rounds off the EP exactly how it should: funky, jacking, straight micro house and reduced to what is really needed, nothing more. A track that shines through subtle movement, small variations and shifts in energy that you feel rather than hear. Then come two digital bonuses: ‘Funk Injection,’ with a more progressive feel and gnarly, electro-ish acid basslines, and ‘X-Ray Lessons,’ another highly detailed masterpiece with perfect dynamics.
Andu Simion is a Ploiești-based artist and long-standing figure in the rominimal scene, known for a deep, groove-led sound with touches of acid. Active since the early 2010s across projects including A Dublu, Anduli, Anxious Delay Group, Awendu, Two Metromaniac Guys and Timbral Shift, he is also one-third of Lisière Collectif alongside Dan Gheorghe and Bogdan Ardeleanu. His catalogue spans Palinoia, Polen, Particular, Cueva Records, Diffuse Reality, Atipic, and Atipic Lab. 2026 has seen a strong run of releases, including ‘The Saga of Andu Simion Vol. 1’ on System Error, ‘Crucial Sonus’ EP on Rotation, and the vinyl-only ‘Code Sho’t EP on Detroit’s Moods & Grooves, alongside contributions to physical compilations on Seaweed Rhythms, TW Limited, and London’s Hours.
Andu Simion ‘The Wrong Train’ EP releases via A.2AUM 11th December 2026
Tracklist
A1 The Wrong Train
A2 Rolling Dub
B1 Hi There
B2 Rhodesia
DIGI1 Funk Injection
DIGI2 X-Ray Lesson
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