Part 3 in the ‘Warm sounds’ series bringin more raw & highly effective dancefloor workouts, ranging from deep house to looped disco/techno business, reminding a bit of early Anthony Shakir stuff.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago, chris mitchell, detroit, house, vanguard sound
Chris Mitchell is up next on Vanguard Sound with a solo piece called Phrenetic EP. A four track 12″ that shows off Chris’ versatility as each track has a different style and feel. Some new music from the American south that is making waves as Chris is creating his own sound.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: detroit, dvs1, prime numbers, techno, terrence dixon, trus'me
As Trus’me steers himself further into techno territory after his emergence as a champion of funk-rooted house music, this latest set of remixes further highlights how the man has impeccable taste to match his production abilities. DVS1 creates a cavernous beast out of “In The Red”, as a sumptuous metallic reverb provides the centrepiece for fluttering hats and flat kicks in a masterful exercise in techno restraint. Meanwhile Terrence Dixon proves his worth in the world of leftfield Detroitisms with a mesmerizing melodic hook and an insistent yet restrained bassline as he tackles “Shakea Body”.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: albert van abbe, der zyklus, detroit, electro, no commnet
John von Neumann’s Universal Constructor is a self-replicating machine in a cellular automata (CA) environment. It was designed in the 1940s, without the use of a computer. The fundamental details of the machine were published in von Neumann’s book Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata, completed in 1966 by Arthur W. Burks after von Neumann’s death.
Filed under: 010.Interviews, 100.Sessions | Tags: deep house, delano smith, detroit, interview, little white earbuds, podcast
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: aesthetic audio, detroit, house, keith worthy, techno
Moments in Rhythm vol 3. was inspired by an in-depth conversation that questioned the level of importance that today’s society does or does not value it’s critical art forms, most specifically music … the universal language, as a means of free expression. From this passionate discussion spawned the composition of an opened ended letter, written in 4/4 format that captures and shares the passion of this conversation, and ultimately asks some questions such as … Is It In You?
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: deep house, delsin records, detroit, soul 223, steve pickton
Second release on the new house music aligned Delsin series is coming from Soul 223 aka Steve Pickton. He has been producing melodic, Detroit inspired sounds since the mid 90s, most often as Stasis on labels like Peacefrog and Mo Wax.
A keen sense of melodic colour also characterises the four cuts that make up this EP, with the first, ‘Almost Like It Used To Be’ pairing radiant pads with a lolloping house beat and plenty of melted synth sounds. Next up, ‘Arties Mood’ slows to a Moodymann styled pace, layering percussive samples, keys and jazzy motifs onto of a lazy house beat to conjure a perfect sunny afternoon vibe. ’Heartstrings’ is alive with the sound of the cosmos as it rolls on through organic sounding bongos, sharper claps and plenty of neon lines. Closing track ‘Essex’ has a gummy, gritty bottom end sweetened by more glistening melodies and key work, all the while chugging along at a most inviting deep house pace.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: album, delsin records, delta funktionen, detroit, electro, techno
After four years of techno EPs for Delsin and Ann Aimee, Niels Luinenburg aka Delta Funktionen has finished his debut full length, Traces. Though still very much couched in techno, the album sees the Dutchman explore plenty of new sonic territory, as he often does in his long ranging DJ sets. It’s adventurous, basically, and is an album that doesn’t loose itself in intricate sound design, but instead pairs a raw, machine made aesthetic with plenty of real human soul and palpable earthly emotion.
“Traces is about my long time research into electronic music. It covers tracks that make reference to my favourite subgenres within electronic music: techno, house, electro and (Italo)-disco. There was no specific idea behind it because the album contains tracks made over a long time. Some are 3 years old, others were made this year, but in the end I think it sounds like a coherent piece of work.”
Made using a mixture of drum machines, FM and digital synthesizers, various bits of hardware and digital FX units, the whole thing was sequenced in Ableton with plenty of sample use to finish it off. From the atmospheric openings of blissful electro joint “Frozen Land” through the sultry and searching acid of “Enter” and on to more forceful cuts like “Redemption”, this is an album for listening to as much as it is for dancing. Mood driven landscapes like “Onkalo” prove that, but you’ll have to check it out for yourself to get a real appreciation of the story Delta Funktionen is telling.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: actress, convextion, detroit, electro, rush hour, techno, terrence dixon, tom trago, tracks from the vault
Rush Hour digs out from the vault a very juicy 12″, with an Actress remix for Tom Trago and an unreleased Convextion re-slap of Terrence Dixon.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: craig huckaby, deep house, detroit, pirahnahead, sound signature, theo parrish
Brand new Sound Signature from Craig Huckaby featuring production from Theo Parrish and Pirahnahead. Two tracks of beautiful soul drenched house with spoken words, and an additional beatless poem as a last track.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: black eye peas, conant gardens posse, detroit, fenkell ave, fxhe, house, l'renee, omar s
New one from Omar S, featuring vocals from L’Renee. Three different mixes of a great tune- one naughty house track, one 80s influenced synth mix, and one mix that sounds like a sexy transmission from outer space.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: album, deep house, detroit, sound signature, theo parrish
Theo Parrish presents Sound Signature Volume Two, a 9 track compilation of previous Sound Signature releases and a previously unreleased track, “Didn’t Pay Dues”.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: 7 days entertainment, big strick, detroit, generation next, house
Big Strick is back at it and this time he brings Generation Next the first artist from the 7 Days camp to emerge from the city streets of the D. Only 16 this young man is shaping up to be one of the premier producers in the Biz!
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: aaron fit, chicago, detroit, fit sound, house, marcus mixx
Next up on Fit Sound is A split 12″ that combines the way out sounds of Chicago from veteran producer Marcus Mixx and the modern raw Detroit sound from label owner Fit, aka Aaron “FIT” Siegel.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: detroit, house, john heckle, tabernacle records, techno, the analogue cops, trackmasta lou
For the 10th release, Taberbacle Records Trackmasta Lou of Scan 7 delivers a warm, uplifting house track straight from the hood of Detroit. In contrast the b-side features two spanking remixes from Tabernacle cohorts John Heckle and The Analogue Cops.
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Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: detroit, electro, erik travis, f.a.c.t. records
The first Erik Travis release on F.A.C.T. Records since 2003. Four deep fat electro tracks inspired from the Detroit landscape.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago, deep house, detroit, episodes, hakim murphy, ike release
New Chicago label with some lovely tracks going somewhere between traditional Chicago house, Detroit techno and finer club tracks. 3 tracks of foggy, saturated house hinting only slightly to the past while remaining firmly in the present. Comes with a stripped to the bone remix by Hakim Murphy.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: deep techno, detroit, jakob altmann, statik entertainment
Jakob Altmann from Munich is the new fresh artist on the Statik Entertainment – Roaster. These are six raw techno-cuts in a really dark atmosphere.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: deep techno, detroit, imugem orihasam, nysde
Imugem Orihasam succeeds like no other to balance apparent opposites by using cool and clear transparency in contrast to the mesmerizing and warm pulsating soundscapes to create depth of the highest quality.A1 “Gleam From Distant Gate” is one of those tracks which seem quite unremarkable first, but with the time it creates a massiv hypnotic attraction, a wormhole-like effect you cannot escape from. That space seems endless, just right big enough to loose yourself in it. B1 “Misty Evening” seems to be just the right soundtrack to build an underwater metropolisis. It starts building a 2 minute elevated tension before its firering on all cylinders. B2 “Kotoni” is clearest balance and harmony.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: analogue solutions records, detroit, eduardo de la calle, minimal techno
Next edition of sample driven tracks inspired by classic techno tracks done in the classic sample and re-use and reshape tradition of house music. Deep, dubby techno tracks, featuring held back percussion, hypnotic and prolonged use of slowly modulated patterns
