AC Records brings 6 tracks of the finest Detroit influenced dystopian electro futurism from Koova. Sinister pads and dark angels sing the praises of a moist bubbling electro bass.
Month: August 2011
Soft Metals – Soft Metals [CT116]
The Portland duo Soft Metals present their debut self titled LP on Captured Tracks. Ian Hicks and Patricia Hall, music and voice, have combined to make a mechanical, robotic yet very human record and it’s the result of the by-play at work between Hick’s machine like synths, effects and beats and Hall’s ethereal and dreamy vocals. The album includes 10 synth-pop track.
The Third Man – Trace A Line 053
Xhin @ The End Up, San Francisco, 02.07.2011
Regis – In A Syrian Tongue [BLACKEST004]
“I A Syrian Tongue” is Karl O’Connor’s first solo EP as Regis in ten years. Across these three tracks, Regis showcases a sound that delivers the industrial intensity of his vintage Downwards work, the elegance and swing of his Sandwell District contributions, and a seemingly new ingredient: something powerfully, irreducibly Blackest Ever Black.
STABLO – No. 9996 [STABLO9996]
Jeff Mills Interview
June – Fill Yer Boots Guest Mix Six
Robert Owens & Tevo Howard – One Tear [TTHR003]
Chicago legend Robert Owens teams up with Tevo Howard for a 4 tracks single on Tevo Howard Recordings. The EP features a moody original version in the spirit of Chicago House and three remixes.
Terekke – Damn / Pf Pf Pass [LIES005.5]
Two dusty d.i.y. straight to tape house jams from Brooklyn’s lowlands, by basement producer Terekke. Over saturated house energy meets voices of paranoia while shifting Juno chord changes and a dirtbag 707 drums keep things moving.
VA – Twentyfour Ways [SMALLVILLE024]
“Twentyfour Ways” presents four sunset tracks by Benjamin Brunn, Christopher Rau and Smallpeople and special guests C-Beams aka Break SL & Sandrow Mitzschke from Dresden.
Mark Du Mosch – Concepto Radio MIX #46
The Units – Connections [OPCMLTDCD002]
Opilec Music bring the first ever remix album of San Francisco’s cult synthesizer-punk legends, The Units. Reworks by Alexander Robotnick, Chris Carrier, Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi, Dompteur Mooner & The Outlier ft. Pollyester, In Flagranti, Klein & Mbo, LoSoul, Nick Chacona, Sinner DC, The Love Supreme and many many more!
Fall On Your Sword – The First Time I Saw Jupiter [DFA2305]
Brooklyn band Fall On Your Sword release on DFA Records. “The First Time I Saw Jupiter” creates an atmosphere of eerie, icy desolation; sounds emit outward in what feels like the loneliness and desertion of space. “Rhoda’s Theme” feels slightly more hopeful and less lonely. The song begins with a soft, repeating keyboard line, and then opens up onto beatific synths. There are slight shifts of shape across its nine-minute duration, as it moves from moments of driven beats and rhythms to sections of gorgeous, nearly orchestral streams of sound.
Kuba Sojka – Berlin News [SLN002]
Polish producer Kuba Sojka with a smoky and nostalgic house on London label Souliner. Title track “Berlin News” utilises multiple layers of expansive pads over an ascending analogue bassline; considering how many elements are jostling for position the effect is impressively reined in. On the B-Side, “Electronic Fever”, the same kind of arrangements are used, but building up to a complex improvised piano melody. The last track “Auster Session” is a collaboration with Electribalt.
Maxi Mill – To The Next / Sun Rays [RH-VD005]
Next up on Tom Trago’s Voyage Direct series is Maxi Mill, a young producer from Amsterdam. ‘To The Next’ / ‘Sun Rays’ is his debut release and showcases his love for raw, dirty and syncopated house music.
The Hipodrome Of Music 