Month: February 2012
Vakula – Asuwant [SHEVC005]
New release on Firecracker Recordings sublabel Shevchenko by Vakula, with three cuts dusted, dubbed and pushed to the limits of abstraction yet still in the realms of house and techno.
Wasserfall – Thursday EP [GCW002V]
Deep deep house music for the heads, recorded on analog gear and heavily infiltred with his own field recordings. Nothing lightweight, just the heavy goods!
John Swing – Relative 007 [RELATIVE007]
Relative is back. John Swing manages to deliver 4 tracks that are equally strong and all capture the free and joyful spirit of house music. Controlled raw production and effective arrangements make these tracks standing out
Djebali – Vol. 3 [DJEB003]
The third EP from Djebali affirms the French producer as an accomplished purveyor of warm house. Comprised of two tracks, the sounds are deep and hypnotic creating a sexy, underground dancefloor feel.
Aeromaschine – Feldgrau EP [WRM002]
The second release on White Rabbit Music is coming from Romanian Alin „Aeromaschine“ Crihan. On the Remix Duty we asked Cosmic Cowboys & Oliver Deutschmann. Oliver Deutschmann´s mix reminds to some groovey early 90´s House while the Cosmic Cowboys remix move into the deeper fields.
The House Nerds – Moment In Nerds [HNA1204]
House Nerds with a 3 track with classic New Jersey and Detroit inspired House tracks. Just proper timeless house cuts that will get every floor grooving
VA – Dekmantel Anniversary Series Part 3 [DKMNTLAS005.3]
To celebrate Dekmantel’s five year anniversary, the Amsterdam based label will release a compilation which features quality house and techno tracks from friends and artists who have performed at the Dekmantel’s parties. Part 3 is celebrated by Hundred20 & Hunee
Basic Soul Unit – Leisure Mix #07
Da Sampla – West Side Sessions [WOSH008K]
A wonderful project new/old by Detroit Techno Legend Anthony Shakir on Kyle Hall’s label, featuring remastered tracks from the rare Shake out of print 12inch ”M3 Sessions” originally released by the, now defunct, legendary Detroit record shop ”Record Time’. Fortunately Wild Oats Label head Kyle Hall, and Detroit Legend Shake have now gotten together for the new full release of the record which also contains unreleased material from that very same DAT Tape. On the 7inch there are 2 secret little Locked Grooves ”GJ LKD” and ”FRCTBEAT 6LKD” making for both a fun and Functional DJ tool.
Planetary Assault Systems – Remixes: Silent Servant & The Black Dog [OSTGUTTON053]
Ostgut Ton presents two remixes for PAS. Silent Servant transforms Bell Blocker to a slow burning hypnotic techno ride. For their remix The Black Dog combines their brooding melodics and dancefloor oriented production skills to create the perfect counterpart to the flipside of this 12”, somewhere between plain scary and profoundly deep.
VA – It’s All For You (Album Sampler 1) [SECTCDVS001]
Sect Records’ recent compilation It’s All For You showcased the exceptionally high standard of the label’s roster as well as introducing some talent to the world, and this, the first 12″ sampler from the album, selects three of the compilation’s finest tracks for vinyl treatment. Victor Martinez takes over the A-Side with “Dav To Dub”, combining heavily delayed chords filtered to breaking point, while a massive kick drum propels everything along, and a jazzy piano melody adds some subtle ambience. On the flip, D’Knox’s “I’m Sorry (remix)”, is a sparse number contrasting soothing chords with micro-loops which contain the spectre of disco, with a rapid rhythmic flutter and chittering melody at its core, while Fanon Flowers closes with “Invisible Life”, a murky production filled with chords that ripple like sheet metal over a flurry of 909 rimshots.
Eduardo De La Calle – Suprawax 2 [SUPRAWAX002]
Second release on Analogue Solutions sublabel Suprawax, featuring two tracks by Eduardo de la Calle.
Skudge live @ Trainwreck (Dublin) 03.02.2012
Conforce – 24 EP [CBS012]
After Conforce’s tight album release on Delsin and other concept projects he did he/we went wild with this one and selected some tracks we just want to play out loud in a club from vinyl (incl. a killer remix by Gesloten Cirkel for the title track). At first sight these tracks dont have much in common… and probably still not for the second listen, but we didnt really bother for this one. It will be a standard in our dj box for the coming months with 4 tracks that all have a bit of a different groove and a different mood. Grain, Be There At Night, 24 and 24 remixed by Gesloten Cirkel. This is probably as versatile as a Clone Basement release can get.
Developer – Developer Archive 1 [DEVELOPER001]
Modularz label head Developer launches a special project currently limited to only vinyl on limited pressings. The ”Developer Archive” sheds more light on re-invention of American Techno in its purest form.
Madteo – Bugler Gold Pt. 1 [HINF8672]
Coming from Workshop associate Madteo, the first release from Joy Orbison and Will Bankhead’s Hinge Finger doesn’t disappoint. Aesthetically, the grainy, Bankhead designed sleeve is typically beautiful, whilst sonically has all the appeal of the aforementioned German imprint, oozing the foggy atmosphere of Amber-era Autechre, filtered through the lens of Detroit beatdown.. On “Bugler Gold” for instance, a languorous bassline drips between a barely-there kickdrum; it couldn’t be more different than “(Biz R Us (Whore Powers Resolution)” which follows it, a clunking rhythmic machine that maintains a thunderous forward momentum despite its sharper edges being coated in a soporific blanket of Chloroformed cotton wool. The B-Side delivers a further surprise in the library music inspired oddity of “Scream Seq”. “Xtra Loose Change (2010 refix)” meanwhile, is the sort of relentlessly deep house that is held together with little more than rhythm and pure atmosphere, each percussive micro-element perfectly balanced with a bass which is almost beyond the limit of human hearing.
785 – Mada Theory [APT018]
Kansas native 785 debuts with his first 12″ ever on Jerome Sydenham’s Apotek records. It is clear this evasive sound engineer has a special gift to craft Techno from sources.
Mick Wills – Boom Bar Podcast #21
Gene Hunt – May The Funk Be With You [RH039]
The ‘May The Funk Be With You’ white label gets a full release. Gene Hunt takes a classic warehouse theme and turns it into an almost anthemic, synth laden Chicago jack release. Theo Parrish turns it into a hypnotic eight minute long gospel-techno-jazz work out that just sticks.
The Hipodrome Of Music 