Flashnap – Suludada [BEYOND003]

Newcomer Ingo Thomas provides the next installment on Beyond with three very unique, raw and individual tracks on vinyl. The off kilter, deep and detroit inspired ‚Suludada‘ charms and chimes its way down a dusty, richly textured path as the meandering synth themes intertwine and grow throughout 8 and half minutes. Painting a mysterious picture of late night abandon, echoes of dark moody club atmospheres and super deep vibes a plenty, its a really stand out track… and the quality doesn‘t let off here! ‚Sweep‘ is another suitably textural offering that lays down tense atmospheric chords and uplifting synth themes from the very start. Reminding us of some of the very best deep techno from over the decades, thrown into one giant melting pot of quality, inventive production, it makes us wonder if our man Ingo just might be a future electronic music figurehead in the making! Closing the record we find ‚Hum Reprise‘, whose dubby stabs, tricky arrangement and bad ass reduction all contribute to another wonderful track. Certainly intended to play loud, this outstanding piece of other worldly electronic entertainment is yet another reason to remember the name Flashnap.

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Flashnap – Suludada [BEYOND003]

Jacob Korn – I Like The Sun [RB017]

Jacob Korn comes with a epic house track with a nice euphoric feeling and a deeper introvert techno track that reminds a bit of Duplex. Prins Thomas is on remix duty and added some live flavored drum sounds and a disco-ish bass… and hear.. another nu-disco stomper!

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Jacob Korn – I Like The Sun [RB017]

Jacob Korn – Supakrank [Dolly001]

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This is the first record on Steffi’s new label Dolly and it’s signed by Jacob Korn. Korn is a German producer that started releasing music in 2004, under different aliases  like graNuFunk and Jacob Grain. He also started a project with Sebastian Gaiser in 2003 called Sket.
Jacob Korn – Supakrank [Dolly001]

Lil Tony – Underground Sound Of Helsinki EP [RB019]

Finland’s hardest working DJ Lil Tony is no stranger to people who spent the last 15 years with house music. Part of Nu-Spirit Helsinki, the powerful Future Beat Investigators and the driving force of the city’s pulsating club scene, this man did it right from start to finish (no pun intended). Recently, Tony started to flex his muscles as a solo artist as well with recordings for Innervisions, Versatile or Mood Music and most of all the inspired jacking re-work of Arthur Russell’s Treehouse that the RB office is still jealous of. Blindfolded we would have declared on oath to listen to a missing Ron Hardy rework. But to move on to pastures new, The Underground Sound of Helsinki EP is also a kind of a lost gem with its roots house approach. Three big tracks from Lil Tony: Mona evokes gentle feelings of rough classics from the vaults of Steve Poindexter, Armando and Mike Dunn or all the other cats living in oblivion – ruff, rugged and raw. Saturday Morning is a perfect mood builder and does what straight house music does best, while Employee Only spreads as much optimism and hope as it multiplies those feelings of melancholy just house can evoke to make sad people happy. Subterranean vault music with a fine ear for the action.

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Lil Tony – Underground Sound Of Helsinki EP [RB019]