It’s November 20, 2026. The weather is shamelessly cold, but a pleasant little buzz is running through the city. “Hey, cyborg! Which road bends its way to Toldi around here?” asked a strange, lizard-like creature a few thousand years old, freshly arrived at Nyugati Railway Station from the Danube Bend. The downtown cyborg confidently raised its trekking pole towards the south, pointing the way for the unusual but friendly crew, who have already made it through five Láposodások, eight Techlakes, a whole bunch of forest-edge illegals, quite a few Turbina club nights, marathon Nomád marches, all-night longs, all-day longs, Dürer open airs, Budafok paper factory affairs, Pontoon adventures and many other peculiar journeys. They’ve watched 12 (soon 13!) compilation releases take flight, witnessed the birth of 20+ EPs, and experienced the musical visions of 250+ artists. For techlab.bp’s 7th birthday — the first one to be officially celebrated — sounds closest to the label’s heart will arrive from 7+1 friendly sources. Joining the local forces from Berlin is Sioc, the English-born artist who was already there two and a half years ago for our first-ever solo Turbina club night. This year, he also made it to Techlake, while his track featured on our third VA has remained one of the most-played pieces in our catalogue ever since. // For the birthday, we’ll also be opening portals to Rebel Beach, Nagymaros and Kerekhegy. Feel free to use these gates — we’d just like to ask all you beginner time-benders to exercise due caution when jumping between locations. (It’s complicated, but you’ll see.) //