Day: December 15, 2009
Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir – Frictionalism [RH110CD]
Compilation of Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir’s best work from his own Frictional label (and some choice output from 7th City) over the past 15 years. This limited edition 4×12” set comes with an exclusive two track 7” (only available with this pack). The label Shake started brought us some of the deepest, funkiest and most diverse techno of it’s time and has been surprisingly overlooked by many. After a few years hiatus, Shake is now back and will be recording and releasing on Frictional again soon. This compilation includes all of the classics like Arise, Frictionalized, Get A Feeling, My Computer Is An Optimist , The Floor Filler, as well as an unreleased track The Other One. All tracks have been carefully re-mastered, breathing new life into the original recordings.
Paul du Lac – Blowback EP [CJFD03]
Paul du Lac with his follow up on his limited Clone X release. 3 tracks of which 2 tracks that are a mixture of the good old Dj International days, Joey Lewis and K-Alexi Shelby and a little bit of that Dutch Unit Moebius sound. Clone J.F.D. is not about inventing new sounds… its just about cool tracks that deliver some classic grooves, good vibes and fun… thats what mr Du Lac delivers.
Aroy Dee – Tears EP [MOS012]
Four track EP by label owner Aroy Dee. The first track Once U Loved, is warm and emotional, with slowly evolving strings topped with mysterious whispering vocals, reminding to older Blake Baxter material. 2nd track, Tears is a fierce and sexy Chicago-house influenced dancetrack, with a solid baseline, steady beats and lush keys. First track on the B-side is Lift Me High, a downtempo dreamlike analogue house classic with haunting strings and vocals of miss Salvador, merging Larry Heard and G-Strings with an Italo-disco kind of atmosphere. Last on this EP is Soul Spark, an atmospheric techno track with the raw energy of early Relief-releases and the psychedelia of Dance Mania.
DJ Qu – Party People Clap [DEC003]
Killer house track with a raw edge. Levon Vincent beats the original with his remix that has a steady dirty house groove with fat claps and layers of sounds. Monotone groove but with a lot of tension.. another club hit for Levon!. Anthony Parasole and Fred P deliver a technoish version and Jus Ed doing a light mix compared to the others with more housier vibes. Stand out release!!
Jason Fine – Future Thought [KM012]
Jason Fine with his debut album on the sweet Kontra Musik. Mr Fine known for his releases on FXHE (Omar S his label) comes with a great hybrid between some sort of Dance Mania Chicago house (bass lines and drum programming) and Detroit techno (including the intense and overwhelming layers of strings) and stirs things together to his own unique blend of techno music.
Wbeeza – City Shuffle EP [3EEP-108]
VA – 61 Center Returning Part 1 [T2X08]
Peter van Hoesen returns with his Time 2 Express label after being on tour during the summer season. And in the meantime he got a great selection together with remixes and new tracks by the T2X artists. Peter himself is getting a dirty make-over job executed by Norman Nodge and Pendle Coven. With exciting results as one might expect from these guys! Sendai and Samuli Kemppi delivering some powerful abstract basement techno tracks. T2X with another essential techno release!
Lowtec – Angstrom [PF008]
Since the 90’s Lowtec is a reliable source for good deep techno tracks. And this time its no different … probably the tempo is a bit slower then 10 years ago… but the quality went up. Together with his Workshop release probably our favorite Lowtec sofar.
The Hipodrome Of Music 