Dark and deep industrialesque techno. This is self-preservation music forming from the black waters of isolation and loss, there is no “artist” in this equation, no ordained or predestined genius operating behind the mystified veil of divined talent, imminent fate or blind luck.
Franco Cangelli returns to his own Mowar label for a four-track EP. Inspired by classic techno and contemporary machinations in equal measure, Cangelli’s palette is varied but sophisticated.
Hot new wax from the Underground Quality camp. Number 35 sees label boss Jus-Ed take the reins, remixes by Marcus Nega and Joey Anderson, all while Alison Crockett and Brother Don Q are taking care of the vocals.
Patrice Scott presents a new Sistrum series called “The Aphotic Segments”. This is the first part showcasing the talents of Patrice Scott, XDB, Leonid and Anton Zap, aaking yet another statement on deep, intense and timeless techno music.
Sirko Müller makes his return, after a long hiatus he is now ready for some new action, so to reintroduce him, here’s some of his 90’s classic tracks as well as some unreleased bits!
Mysterious shadows, sensual formations and intransparent depths rewrite the fourth baud release of Ryo Murakami from Tokyo.The A-side is launched by the title track “Underworld”, which is evident in an appealing soundscape by classical and contemporary dub elements.Also on the front side is the playful “Night dew”. Swirled iridescent synths attend to the atmospheric and unexplored morning dew.“Closer” opens the B-side with a gentle, bubbling acidline that rounds off the background with jacking swinging moments,Like an enchanted, dark veil “Fog” appears on the back side, by building up strings into unsearchable depths.
Tom Trago will drop his second album this spring, called “Iris”. “Shutters” is thought as a teaser track to whet your appetite and get you in the mood for the long player. “Shutters” is a simmering, soul-drenched and summerish funk tune.
Leo Gunn features his comeback to Deep Explorer with a new release. “Rise & Fall” Ep is a compilation of his new deep and emotional songs. Four original tracks written by Leo Gunn under the production of Dubbyman & Above Smoke plus a special extended remix by Specter.
If you don’t know it already, it’s the time of faceless artists and labels. In a time when traditional record shops are dying every day and the vinyl seems to be seriously overtaken by the digital media, faceless labels and artist are starting to flourish. An other example, in this direction, is the new mysterious label Stablo, which have just release they first EP with some underground sounds from an unknown artist. The EP, called No. 9999, includes two untitled tracks with a unique dubby house style, ready to hypnotize the listener or the dancer. This release has every single copy hand-stamped and individually numbered and you can find it in very limited numbers.
Phaeleh steps up to Disfigured Dubz with the atmospheric roller ‘Falling’ b/w a junglist rework from Kulture. Phaeleh’s signature feel for rave-yearning, tranced-out melodic arrangements and cleanly produced dubstep rhythms are fully intact. However, the Kulture remix takes that diva vocal where it really needs to go, arming her with an undercarriage of heavy junglist rollidge.
Hotflush Recordings presents the follow-up single to George FitzGerald’s summer 2010 debut “The Let Down” and “Weakness”.Here we see the budding London-based producer reaching into the brighter side of post-dubstep and UK garage styles, achieving a mood that is both blissful and emotive. On the flipside, Scuba gives the original mix a churning techno re-flex under his SCB guise.
New release on Nation, the “Rhythm Relics” EP is an approach towards the beginnings of an evolving acid-driven Dance scene in the UK two decades ago. Stemming ideas from that era, Saturn V and X2 came up with a testament of evolutionary ideas and musical shape-shifting to bring our influences to the audiences of today.
New release from Dimi Angelis and Jeroen Search on a new label called Balans. The EP includes three tracks: Funktie, Evenwicht and Klappert.
The forever-progressive Luke Slater has plucked a special release from the ether that will impress and intrigue followers of Mote’s approach to underground techno. Shrouded in anonymity, Shifted’s productions are fuelled by a personal passion for techno, this fourtrack EP for Mote Evolver represents an earnest expression of creativity from an enigmatic artist; freed from the restrictions of expectation and reputation.
MZ-006 is available in mp3 (320 kbps) and also in high quality aif free downloads. The thinking behind this EP was to use 2 synth patches and manipulate those 2 sounds to create 4 different versions of a similar track working them around different arrangements and percussion.
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