Month: July 2011
June – The Olympian Chronicles [CCC012]
Tasmpikos Fronas aka June with some tracks firmly rooted in proto-house and acid. A whirlwind of crystalline electronics, sunshine-bright melodies and playful synthesizer riffs with a dash of original chi-town jack thrown in. The package includes also a remix by italian producer Simoncino.
DVS1 interview
Rolando – XLR8R Podcast 206
Gerald Mitchell – Baby Ohh EP [GMI001]
Gerald Mitchel of Los Hermanos fame comes with his own label handled from his hometown Detroit! G.M.I. Gerald Mitchel International. Pure Detroit techno in the best tradition of the Motor city. Title track ‘Baby Ohh’ is a uplifting track that radiates Detroit techno funk combined with slightly housier vibes. ‘Funktropolis’ and ‘Resurrection 2011’ are essential tracks for everyone who loves that Los Hermanos Knights of the Jaguar sound.
Delano Smith – Light Shades Of Detroit [SUSHP0136]
Delano Smith was suitably impressive on the recent ‘Dark Shades Of Detroit’ EP. He’s just bettered that with the ‘Light Shades Of Detroit’ EP on Sushitech’s sister Purple offshoot… Three tracks of heads-down, quality deep & dark house music from Delano.
Parade Ground – The Golden Years [DE018]
Parade Ground has always been the duo of brothers Jean-Marc and Pierre Pauly from Brussels, Belgium formed in 1981. Taking cues from Post-Punk, Cold Wave, Dada and Surrealism, Parade Ground channeled suffering, tension and rage through pulsing synthesizers, skeletal guitar, severe bass and Jean-Marc’s expressive vocals as the most melodic and emotional instrument. “The Golden Years” is an 11-song, career-spanning collection of Parade Ground’s long out-of-print 7” and 12” singles as well as rare compilation tracks from the pioneers of emotional body music created during 1982-1988.
Modern Art – Circuit Lights (1982-1986) [DOM01L]
Domestica produce a selection which gathers up and represents part of the original work during the most experimental era of Gary Ramon’s music career. The songs that Gary Ramon edited during the Modern Art era (from approximately 1982 to 1989) were basically from cassettes; most of his music didn’t take off outside of the English ‘Underground’ scene in the 80’s.
Fred Ventura – The Years [IDIB030]
Italians Do It Better release four Fred Ventura classic tracks. Side One The Years (Go By) (1984), The Years (Instrumental) (1984), Side Two You Want Me (1986), Don’t Give Up (1987 ).
Pacific Horizons – Beaches Of The Black Sea [PWF003]
Two tracks of urban psychedelia from the heart of L.A. “Beaches Of The Black Sea” is an ambitious chugger filled with flamenco guitars and synths. The B-side “Stealing The Fire From Heaven” is a more experimental cut with neo-industrial rhythms and a rolling bassline.
Tyson Ballard – Little Too Much [VR006]
New Ep from the Voyeurhythm camp. Label founder Tyson Ballard weighs in with melodic, analogue bounce on the original, laced with a husky soul vocal that climaxes in a hip shaking freestyle percussion jam. Sidwho? on remix duty and builds up a dark, steamy synth-driven dub, complete with snarling vocoder on the Late Nite mix. Ben Sun comes with a version that slowly unveils a cracked, shimmering melody over the top of his dusty drums and sub bass, as the vocal gently persists on the Dawn’s Arrival mix.
Tevo Howard interview
Laurent Garnier interview
Lerosa – DJBroadcast Podcast 161
TLR – Juno Plus Podcast 12
Semtek – Pizza EP [DBA006]
Pizza is the 6th release on Don’t Be Afraid. The first track on the 12”, “Pizza” combines disco, techno and acid house elements on a broken funky base. “Goons” is a mean little track with caper-like 303s and a bumping trumpet bassline, backed by sweet drum machine beats. DJ 3000 takes the fundamentals of the original and replaces them with some of his own locally sourced Detroit ingredients, including a euphoric rhodes and some rich pads.
Aroy Dee – zero” podcast 048
RA.267 DJ Qu
The Analogue Cops – RA Label of the Month 1107 Mix: Restoration
Ebb & Flow – 85@Union EP [RS003EP]
Roundabout Sounds presents its 3rd Ep 85@Union named after the south San Jose neighborhood where the resides and put the Ep together. The original tracks by Ebb & Flow (Joe Babylon & Warren Cowley) stay true to the moody/dubby house vibe that the label represents along with remixes from Amsterdam’s Duijn & Douglas (Esther Duijn & Steady Douglas) and Detroit deep house icon Mike Huckaby.
The Hipodrome Of Music 