Month: December 2009

Reggie Dokes – The Golden Years EP [DEEPEX018]

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The Golden years EP represents the special tribute that Deep Explorer make to Psychostasia Records, one of the most influential labels of the underground house of this age. The EP opens the fire with Reggie Dokes that plays with the tribal electronics in his completely new song called “Mother Africa” and its exactly what the title suggest, a tribal journey through the machines into the continent. In the same side the EP continues rescuing a lost track from Eric Johnson planned for a new Psychostasia but because the big pause of the label in 2006 the precious rhodes and tribal percussion of “In 2 deep” never saw the light. In the B side we afront the personal tribute that Dubbyman makes to the Psychostasia label creating two remixes but in a different way never seen before; taking samplers from many songs included in the Psychostasia catalogue to create new collage versions from one of the first songs edited in Psychostasia in 2001: the classic “Black thoughts” and “Mother africa” the ultimate song from Reggie Dokes. The first one called “deep in the hole mix” rides the 4×4 rhythm into a neverending deep climax. The “tribute mix” pitch down the tempo in a kaleidoscope of different sounds like a musical collage. Of course that the remixes are a wink to the Psychofans but also is a perfect time to discover the sound …through Deep Explorer….

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Reggie Dokes – The Golden Years EP [DEEPEX018]

Vivace – 2 Need U [VIVACE1001]

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Vivace is a project of Stephen Hitchell (cv313, Echospace, Intrusion) and is a unique hybrid of deep house, dub, jazz, & soul, a sort of new school/old school fusion which pays homage to Chicago house heroes like Chez Damier & Ron Trent in their Prescription era but with a modern twist. This project is the continuation of his previous Soultek material initially featured on Germany’s Force Tracks & Force Inc family of labels back at the start of the century. The title track in its original form is a sub-aquatic journey through space and bass, as deep as you would come to expect from an Echospace production but the sound palette has changed, shifting into a world filled with ambience and free form jazz. The use of live instrumentation & vocals are a driving force behind this project and add a depth and soul oceans deep, its like melting in sonic butter. The Soultek mix is a frenzy of edits, funked up and sounds like it could be a schizophrenic’s take on house music, Brendon Moeller dives deep into soul, shifting and morphing the original into a proper late nigh house jam you could only imagine Derrick Carter or Theo Parrish dropping at the wee hours of the morning. The closing Intrusion mix gives the original a frosty lime green haze best absorbed while inhaling, real trippy stuff. This first release has already earned countless play from Francois K and in its inception (as Soultek) was hailed as “Jack’s Echo — The Future Sound Of Chicago” by De-Bug Magazine, Germany.

Vivace – 2 Need U [VIVACE1001]

Mick Welch – Morphological Construct [ESR001]

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Classically rooted Neo-Detroit electro from Mick Welch, initiating his Elektrosouls Recordings with a Stephen Hitchell-mastered set of machine rhythms. Welch certainly knows his B12, Black Dog, Juan Atkins and Kenny Larkin tracks, as he neatly approximates a style in between each of his predecessors with crisp and robustly robotic rhythms alloyed to piquant synthlines benefitting from Hitchell’s mastering clarity.

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Mick Welch – Morphological Construct [ESR001]

Trus’me – In The Red [FCCD030]

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Fat City Recordings and Prime Numbers present the much-anticipated album “In The Red” by Trus’me. Since the release of his debut “Working Nights” in 2007, Trus’me has been doing just that, both DJ’ing in the best clubs around the world and putting in plenty of late night studio sessions alongside some heavyweight talent. The result has been a rapturous dancefloor response to his eclectic dj sets, an impressive roll call of quality remixes (inc LCD Soundsystem, Amp Fiddler & Dabrye ) and not least the production of his long-awaited second album “In The Red” “Working Nights” is regularly held up as “one of the finest deep house and disco albums to come out of the U.K in years”, but this was just the beginning of the Trusme sound. Since then he has become increasingly adept and inventive at taking on the sound system roots of reggae, soul, and disco, blending them with house and techno,to create a hypnotically radical sound.

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Trus’me – In The Red [FCCD030]

Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir – Frictionalism [RH110CD]

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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.

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Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir – Frictionalism [RH110CD]

Paul du Lac – Blowback EP [CJFD03]

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Paul Du Lac - Blowback

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.

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Paul du Lac – Blowback EP [CJFD03]

Aroy Dee – Tears EP [MOS012]

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Tears EP

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.

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Aroy Dee – Tears EP [MOS012]

DJ Qu – Party People Clap [DEC003]

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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!!

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DJ Qu – Party People Clap [DEC003]

Jason Fine – Future Thought [KM012]

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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.

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Jason Fine – Future Thought [KM012]

Wbeeza – City Shuffle EP [3EEP-108]

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First 350 Copies Comes As Transparent Blue Vinyl In A Black Padded Inner Sleeve!!! This Is The 3rd Wbeeza Ep On Third Ear Recordings, Following The Heavy Stuff Ep (3eep-096) And The New Skank Ep (3eep-100), And Shows The Young Londoner Beginning To Stretch Out And Further Show His Writing And Production Skills. Listen
Wbeeza – City Shuffle EP [3EEP-108]

VA – 61 Center Returning Part 1 [T2X08]

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Various Artists - 61 Center Returning Volume 1

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!

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VA – 61 Center Returning Part 1 [T2X08]

Lowtec – Angstrom [PF008]

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Lowtec - Angstrom EP

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.

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Lowtec – Angstrom [PF008]

Bf Session @ Old Friends Pub (Sibiu) December 18

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Vineri ii sarbatorim pe Bianca, Iulius si Ninu + 4 ani de BeatFactor

Line Up:
Toygun
Thommy
Giorgio Rousseau
+ secret guests

Locatia: Old Friends Pub, Sibiu, Piata Mica nr. 13

Intrarea este libera!

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Bf Session @ Old Friends Pub (Sibiu) December 18

Jeff Mills – Sleeper Wakes [XE CD-1122]

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The Sleeper Wakes is a project created by Jeff Mills that focuses on the proactive aspects in Electronic Music. Using the architectural concept of Compression – Release conceptualize by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mills creates a scenario whereabouts he makes a profound gesture through a concept entitled “One Man Spaceship” CD/Events – Womb/Tokyo 2005; an adventurous approach to Electronic Music by applying Classical orchestrations in ways that were uncompromising and without much explanation. Immediately following the debut this release, he choses to step back and disappear from the Japanese Electronic music scene for a scheduled timespan of (4) four years. In this time, Mills has been constantly creating a new style of music for the next and final phase of the Sleeper Project. Conceptually, he explains that he is now travelling the Universe in search of New Worlds to explore(“Worlds” meaning Sounds in Music). His calculation is that such a extended absence from his long and close relationship with the Japanese music audience would create the foundation in which new ideas can be displayed, taking a giant step forward in terms of what the audience would be prepared for. Jeff Mills’ expected return date to Earth (Womb/Tokyo, Japan) will be the first second of the first day of the Year 2010 (New Years Eve 01:01:10 – 12:01am). Listen http://sleeperwakes.com
Jeff Mills – Sleeper Wakes [XE CD-1122]

Master Plan – Obama Tribute [FVR012]

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Ron Trent presents the Master Plan >Obama Tribute<, a musical tribute to the election of BAarack Obama. Two versions of >Melting Pot< (one being the instrumental) combine layered speech excerpts over a dreamy, conga driven deep house beat w/an uplifting piano solo towards the end.

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Master Plan – Obama Tribute [FVR012]