Month: April 2017
Danny Wolfers – Unfolding The Future With Amateur Space Jazz [NW014]
What is Amateur Space Jazz One could call it a Lo-Fi Minimal Wavish version of Cosmic Space Jazz and anything closely related to it…from spiritual soul, G-FUNK, ethiopian jazz to ambient and everything in between…no knowledge of musical theory is required…Played with a D.I.Y punk approach on crappy digital synthesizers – preferably with dubious renditions of real instruments. Warmed up to the right temperature with some offbeat effectsbox. Multitracking is a technique widely used…to Create a “one person band with all its members oneself’s multidimensional copies in time.”…….Comes with a 24 page graphic novel written and drawn by Danny Wolfers himself and a Nightwind Amateur Space Jazz gummy domed sticker…….Let’s enter world of Amateur Space Jazz!!!
Move D & Thomas Meinecke – On The Map [OMLP12]
The long-standing partnership of Moufang and Meinecke hit album number five with On The Map. A conceptual piece comprising five tracks that explore and celebrate black music and cultural history in five neighbourhoods across America, we’re treated to an arresting blend of found sounds and motifs across the deliciously slo-mo soundscapes. From the coastal blues of “Norfolk” and the darker, paranoid twangs and unease of “Washington DC” and “Watts” to the strutting space bound “Houston” and jazz blasts of “East St Louis”, this could be M & M’s best trip to date.
Gaussian Curve – The Distance [MFM018]
New LP from Gigi Masin, Jonny Nash and Young Marco. Although their methodology remained the same, the inspirations were different. Whereas Clouds was intimate by design, The Distance reflects more on spaciousness, distance and time. It is instantly recognizable as a Gaussian Curve record, but feels different in scope and tone.
Sentomea – Preface [123DSR]
Delsin’s next trick is a debut double 12″ from Sentomea, an Amsterdam native, real name Sander Schuurman, you might not have heard of but a real synth freak. Exclusively producing his music in hardware-based live takes, and that gives rise to perfectly imperfect stuff that feels visceral and alive. Often making music with a visual connection, this EP is full of versatile 909 beats and fizzing electronic textures. ‘Relative Solace’ is up first and is a frosty house trip with bell textures and melancholic strings sounding all celestial and heavenly. ‘Wander’ is all about a sludgy 909 groove being lit up with bright strings and icy hi hat ringlets as dissonant pads stretch and skew all about the arrangement then ‘Fortitude Boogie’ has classic Detroit pads, a lovely broken rhythm and a funkateer bassline that makes the whole cut dance and emotional dance. ‘Fluid’ is more stripped back and clean, with rubbery 909 drums plodding below watery, gurgling synth sounds up top and this most expressive and textural EP closes with the experimental FM synthesis that is ‘Matter’ with its raw, off beat grooves and glassy surfaces, and finally ‘Reminiscent,’ a horizontal, star gazing cut that encourages you to lay back and day dream in the grass.
Echoplex – This Is My Techno Melody [ARTSCOLLECTIVE016]
Echoplex is synonym of guarantee. He is back giving us a groundbreaking Timeless Peace of Wax. The most intriguing records you will encounter in this life are the records who had insights about you, that you didn’t know about yourself.
Leiras & Svreca – The Bridges I Burn [OWN009]
First Collaborative Ep from the Ownlife Chronicles. The mind behind Semantica Records, Svreca, joining forces with the label owner, Leiras. Another four tracker shaping the cyclical, repetitive and deep sound characteristic from the series.
Peter Van Hoesen – Oscar’s Blood [T2X028]
Oscar’s Blood is Peter Van Hoesen’s tenth solo EP for his own Time To Express label. It features four new tracks, composed and refined in the producer’s Berlin studio and properly tested during several shows in late 2016 and early 2017. Both Oscar’s Blood and Circumference 12 feature Van Hoesen’s take on driving and hypnotic techno. He applies a different approach to Unit Prep and Theoretical Terminal. Both compositions take their cue from subtle yet vibrant percussive patterns, extending into blissful atmospheres.
John Daly – March Session 1 [FE301]
Straight up raw techno from the Feel Music boss. For fans of his 11 51 26 41 2 EP from 2015 on Running Back. 1 of 3.
Robert D – Lost Legacy Tracks EP [AAL005]
Robin De Wolf is a man of many talents (and identities). Almost two years ago, he co-produced a groundbreaking debut EP, as one half of SHIN. At the moment, he’s making a name for himself as ‘Phara’ with uncompromising hard techno on labels such as Black Sun and Stockholm LTD. And now he delivered us three solid tracks under his new alter ego ‘Robert D’. While ‘Un Ni Yo is a house track with a wavy sound and affective synths, the second A-sided track ‘Dommel’ is a banger that begins with a smooth intro that changes over into hard kicks and raw bass chords. On the B-side, you can find a more melancholic uptempo track that goes by the name of White’s Wisdom. Interstellar Funk’ tops it all off with a remix of ‘Un Ni Yo’ that combines the wavy sound of the original with synth-heavy electronics.
Mihail P – Sleeper EP [7SR028]
Breakthrough artist Mihail P’s debut presents two stunning original tracks alongside mixes by young Hungarian wizard Gnork and the label’s own Hutton Drive aka Domenic Cappello, also of Glasgow’s fabled Sub Club.
Pendle Watkins – The Four Winds [SRTX017]
Spookily-named hard-cutting electro here from Pendle Watkins. The Four Winds has four tracks, each built on gorgeous vintage drum machines and driven by a focused desire for wild-eyed ecstatic dancefloor experience. This 12” EP release has been put out there by the Super Rhythm Trax label.
Sean Dixon – Because EP [FINALCHAPTER007]
Final Chapter return with an EP of deftly crafted house jams from Sean Dixon, that each tip their hat in the direction of Chicago.
Myriadd – A New Day [PT008]
The 8th release of Polybius Trax will be an EP of Myriadd, name which Craig Stainton distils acid house that evokes us to the golden age of the genre. Analogue drums, droning acid bass and 303-bating riffs. Delivers the hard-hitting jack-attack that is “A New Day’ the utterly Chicago- fuelled. Melancholy synth and ethereal melodies that ascend and dissolve into neon clouds. infectiously funky drums, warm, enveloping synth atmospherics and elevated by lush, bass acid lines that make the body sweat on the dance floor.
VA – RDY #40 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY040]
All the real djs were looking for those for years. Rich Cason & The Galactic Orchestra – “2001”, Real To Reel – “Love Me Like This”, “Flor De Coca” (5:40) and “Snakecharmer” (Snake Dub).
VA – RDY #39 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY039]
All the real djs were looking for those for years. Patrick Cowley – “Get A Little’, Harry Thurman – “Underwater” and “Jacks The Boxx” (Basement mix).
Unit Black Flight – Evocations [GD022]
The return of Unit Black Flight on Giallo Disco. Four newly mastered tracks plus an exclusive remix from LA’s night phantom Umberto. UBF’s signatures are all over this: Classic Carpenter Worship, H.O.T.T. Linn Action, analog nightmares. Security camera blues. Perfect for late night missions or dancefloor destruction. Pain peeling from old wood, as the stairs creak and your EVP recordings have disappeared. Walls are moving, doors are switching location, there’s a cold hand on yours. Welcome to our nightmare fiends… we’re gonna have a blast.
G-Machine – Flying Objects [BAP090]
Maoupa Mazzocchetti Interview
Èlan Vital – Shadow Self [FISH018]
Èlan Vital formed in 2015 in Dunedin’s None Gallery, an artist-run creative community in a former pharmaceutical factory near the city centre. Their sound takes contemporary European cold-wave synth-pop dance music layered on analogue drum machines, then blends in the warm psychedelic organ sounds of 1960s garage rock. Distorted, overdriven bass guitar adds a further element of chaos into the mix. The expression Èlan Vital describes the vital force or impulse of life. The music on “Shadow Self” represents that life impulse in an ambiguous zone between machine and human worlds. A dense claustrophobic swirl of dark dance-tempo synth-pop blooms from gloomy cold industrial dance music with vocoder vocals into uplifting melodic dream-pop catharsis about memory, longing, and obsession.
The Hipodrome Of Music 