Month: January 2013
Scott Ferguson – Honeypotcast (HNY176)
Massimo Di Lena – Hardlife EP [EAS002]
The long overdue follow-up of Early Sounds 001! This time a solo project of the talented Massimo Di Lena, delivering four original and hard-rocking analogue house/techno hybrids.
The Analogue Cops – Five EP [BCR029T]
Bass Culture Records returns with a unique and varied double A-side featuring collaborations between Ryan Elliott, Alex Picone and the Analogue Cops. The release brings to light these artists true weight and resonance in today’s scene, with the A-side showcasing Ryan Elliott and The Analogue Cops true ear for a modern techno gem and the B-side presenting Alex Picone and The Analogue Cops live credentials. A siders Gentlemen and Homeboys take listeners to the very depths of bass with low end fuzz, the subtlest hint of dub and a percussive swing welcomed at any hour on the dance floor. Out of Passion and No Stress go deeper still, with a true sense of liveness to the drums, heart-grasping basslines and sensual undertones.
Livio Improta – Analog.ie EP [HOUSEWAX007]
The debut release by Italian Livio Improta from Naples on Housewax, offering an “old school” sonority with continue references to repertory of Detroit and Chicago.
DJ TLR – 10 Years of Squadron
Delroy Edwards – Heart And Soul / Sprk Tha Dust [LIES-XMAS-001]
Better late than never: Special X-mas edition from the L.I.E.S. camp, Delroy Edwards comes in hitting hard with this 2 track piece of vinyl
Bookworms & Steve Summers – Confused House 1 [CH001]
Debut release for Steve Summers’ Confused House label. The first in an ongoing series of collaborations focusing on live improvised hardware based jams comes to us from Bookworms and Steve Summers. Three raw whirlpool techno / house tracks.
Robin Scholz – Retrospective EP [RAWAX010.5]
FNM – Rosso [STBB003]
Filippo Naughty Moscatello with an other release on Save The Black Beauty with the FNM project. Rubini comes this timw with the remix.
G String – MOS Deep Essentials Vol.1
VA – Field 09 [FIELD009]
An exquisite collection of cuts by Orgue Electronique, Crystal Maze, ESHU and Ohrwert cover the ninth Field EP.
G-String – Burial Grounds EP [EVR008]
Echovolt notch up their 8th release with a fine offering by R-A-G and Crystal Maze member, G-String. G-String delivers two delicately rough dance music delights, effortlessly marrying tripped out emotive ambience to the essence of jack. The 12” is topped off with a wonderfully blurred out remix of ‘Ghoul’ by D’Marc Cantu!
Perseus Traxx – A Girl Named Rebecca [CHIWAX007]
With releases under a range of pseudonyms (Orpheus, Sir Leon Greg, Nite Vision), once again Perseus Traxx unashamedly shows his nature on this release. Thoughts, feelings and emotions are by far the most important influences on music, and capturing moments then translating into a musical form he once again documents the more personal elements of his life, taking you deep. Perseus weaves a rich tapestry of emotions and desires using heavily weighted bass tones and skipping percussion that thread together with expansive strings and pads. These are married with more detailed melodies and modulated tones that shimmer in and out of the psyche as he uses analogue boxes and their warmth like a loom. This collection of music ranges from the deep and dreamy, to total transcendence within steady dance floor rhythms clothed in a warm yet spacious fabric of sound. Deep House, sometimes with a real sense of urgency that juxtaposes with itʼs inherent flights of fancy.
Perseus Traxx – Raw Cuts [SUIT003]
Stay Underground, It Pays with the 3rd release from Perseus Traxx. The analog man is back with some killer tracks, deep & jacking chicago sounds with haunting pads, big basselines & some classic TR 707 – 909 drum machines. The title track ‘Hindsight’ is a raw bumpy cut with a sneaky bassline going all along with rolling claps & rims. Influenced by all the best 80’s trax records releases, it’s a late night masterpiece of minimalistic electronic sounds. The 4 other tracks ‘Late night calls’, ‘A slave to feelings’, ‘How the future lies’ & the crazy ‘wrangle’ are clearly working in the same movement.
RA.348 Zenker Brothers
Staffan Linzatti Live PA – Recorded Exclusively for Fabric January 2013
Tadeo – Inward Series Vol.19
Abstract Division @ Berghain Klubnacht (Berlin) 29.12.2012
Go Hiyama – Discreet Marble [WU032]
The Japanese lord of darkness comes back home with this brand new release. This time he delivers three original tracks, plus two Oscar Mulero remixes; five tracks of the purest techno around: incisive, cyclical and futuristic. On the A side, “Dull acuity” is a power-fuelled track with repetitive synth sequences, massive kick drums and shuffled 909 hi hats. Subtle micro drones fly over the beat, constantly evolving and changing. “Common Blank” starts with broken rhythms till the metallic percussions come in. A high-pitched pad sound adds tension to the arrangement, as do various digital noises. On the B side, OM reworks “Common Blank”. He uses fatter kicks, but preserves the broken rhythms, and the same opaque and grey sounds you can hear on his latest album, Black Propaganda. “First refusal” slows down the speed a lot, introducing organic Koto sounds, and guitar-like sequences. Dreamy atmospheres add melancholy to the overall feeling, creating a great intelligent techno track with an industrial gothic flavour.
The Hipodrome Of Music 