Month: April 2011
Dimi Angélis @ Underground Sessions (Illegal Party) 23.04.11
Hardfloor feat. E.R.P. – You Know The Score [HF014]
E.R.P. and Morphology and Boris Divider remixing one of Hardfloors album tracks on this limited edition 12”. Three names that are essential for everyone into techno and Electro! Futuristic sounds with beautiful and haunting melodies to full effect.
Hardfloor feat. E.R.P. – 4th Dimension Of The 5th Ward [HF013]
Hardfloor ‘4th Dimension of the 5th Ward’, featuring two E.R.P works and a Dynamik Bass System remix, to deliver some of the hottest electro techno tracks around. E.R.P. delivers some of his best works with stellar strings and beautiful melodies that make you float away. The third and final tracks goes into the Metroplex, Detroit Techno area with that typical bassline and vocals by Detroit in Effect finnished off by some of that Hardfloor 303.
Impakt – Resonant Escape [SOM015]
Impakt shows once more that he is an exceptionally gifted artist and producer. He delivers for Solar One Music, an amazing full length album with fourteen tracks of finest Braindance Tunes.
Tolouse Low Trax – Asimiad [SD024]
Hypnotizing acid-EBM-electro-wave masterpiece from Düsseldorf’s Tolouse Low Trax aka Detlef Weinrich. Tolouse Low Trax remixes Noblesse Oblige’s already fantastic ”The Great Electrifier” into a mesmerizing and highly original blend of electronic dub and new-wave-like techno. The other three tracks are solely by the hand of Tolouse Low Trax. Teutonic marching beats with layers of spaced-out, dubby electronics.
Clatterbox – Desolate Void [FR019]
New release on Frustrated Funk by Clatterbox, featuring 5 excellent electro tracks with an ambient flavour.
Ryan Elliott – LWE Podcast 82
Shifted – Avian 1 [AVN001]
Shifted starts his own label Avian. The first release features 2 tracks of deep tripping, highly reduced techno plus a bonus cut of droning ambiance.
Terrence Dixon – The Parkhurst [THEMA022]
“The Parkhurst” gives us five cuts spanning a wide spectrum of emotional hues and dancefloor objectives and we can see Terrence venturing into some rare territory for one who has hewed such a well-defined and recognizable sound through his career. “City Nights” it’s a maze of operatic afrobeat-tinged house music rushing gaining momentum with each angular twist into sweaty oblivion.“Suspended” is the breather after the workout: sensory deprivation courtesy of rippling strands of static chords, featuring a deep extended digital-only mix of this mesmerizing little jewel. “After Five” carves a languid, oversexed groove—the perfect soundtrack for a rainy evening at home or in the morning sessions at the club. On the flip, “The Parkhurst” brings that old familiar no-bullshit aesthetic back into the picture with a pensive minor key melody fused with alien orchestral accompaniment. The clooser, “Multiply” reaches into techno’s past to communicate with us in the here and now—giving each new element room to grow and sing.
Vakula – Unthank 2 [UNTHANK002]
The second Unthank release by Vakula delivering some nice deep tracks on the Firecracker sub label. A strong contrast to the debut Unthank EP from Bakey Ustl, this 3 tracker contains influences as diverse as Aphex Twin, Claro Intellecto or even DBX.
James Johnson aka Plural – In Darkness [SSPT003]
New project by up and coming house producer James Johnson for more techno orientated tracks. “In Darkness” comes with true spirit and four hypnotic techno tracks. From the first song on Plural lets you notice the influences he has in early Dubtechno and vibrations from Detroit.
Marcellus Pittman – On a Beautiful / By Your Side [LTG001]
Jazzy playfull laidback tracks from Marcellus Pittmann on this new label. Limited edition collectors release according the label.
Orlando B. – Future Resist EP [YORE004LTD]
Second release from Orlando B. on Yore Records. The UK producer laid down the new release’s material in West London, but its heart and soul lies an ocean away, as the ”Motor City” track title suggests; He also got a soft spot for classic house and techno, as evidenced by the title he’s given to the thirty-minute EP.
Owiny Sigoma Band – Wires [BROWNSWOOD063]
About Group – You’re No Good [RUG397T]
About Group is a band comprised of members of Hot Chip, Spring Heel Jack and This Heat. “You’re No Good” is taken from the album ‘Start And Complete’. The Theo Parrish translation showcases a super deep reworking of pure quality from the master.
Pittsburgh Track Authority – The First Four EP [UZURI015]
New release on Uzuri, coming from Pittsburgh Track Authority aka Preslav Lefterov, Thomas Cox, and Adam Ratana.
VA – Uncanny Valley 004 [UNCANNY004]
The Uncanny Valley-quartet is rounded up by the Ace of Spades. Before starting to release its first Artist-EPs, the compilation-series is rounded up for now with the roughest EP so far. Sneaker’s “You Think You Think!” takes no prisoners and comes with a dark bass line. The track is a musclebound monster and includes claps that are out of control and freaked out vocals by Sneaker himself. No less rough is cvbox’ “machinematch”, even if its acid-thunderstorm builds up far more subtly. Finally, “Platschern” by Stefan Lohse takes us on a 100-BPM-journey straight into analogue wonderland…
VA – Untitled [AVA001]
ava. is a new label, probably a new Giegling sublabel. The first EP contains four deep house grooves with a Detroit feeling. One original track from Damiano von Erckert and one collaboration with Funkycan. Christopher Rau also participates with one cut and Murat Tepeli provides a remix for Damiano.
STABLO – No. 9997 [STABLO9997]
Third strike from the Berlin based label Stablo, again with underground sounds from another mysterious source.
The Hipodrome Of Music 