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Casey Tucker – Affirmative Action [LVNO001]
New label from Brooklyn’s Nathaniel Jay, also known for his Love Revolution label, and his work as half of Soho808. Original music by Casey Tucker, whose recent releases on Boe off-shoot, For Those Who Knoe, Inspired Jay to seek him out. On remix duties, Italy’s underground don, Nick Anothony Simoncino.
Urtzi / Jose Rico – Adventures in Subconsciousness EP [DOWNBEAT009]
Downbeat Black features some heavily cerebral deep house founders Urtzi and Jose Rico. Urtzi impresses with his two contributions, the undulating, pad-heavy bliss of “Memories From Another Life”, and “No Back Memory” – a pensive slither of rich, piano-laden beatdown. Jose Rico opts for a slightly more energetic approach on his two cuts, though both “Small Island” (built around some superb percussion and tumbling chords) and the sun-kissed “Aint” are still lovingly melodious.
John Daly – Shine EP [LFR009]
Irish maestro John Daly kicks of the new year with a release on Love Fever Records. Layered, progressive, modern electronic music with ethereal harmonics and a nod to analogue forefathers is a universal in John Daly’s musical cannon. And with Shine he’s formulated a song that could encapsulate a moment in time at a Love Fever party. That 5am throb. Peaks and lows of a breather in the night, the sweating crowd, the stabbing baseline and fluctuating strings played loud and proud. In short an unstoppable single from a producer on the very top of his game. A Detroit influenced yet clearly very contemporary release with strong support already on this one.
Lerosa – Private View EP [WAKEUP!004]
Lerosa takes his unique approach on house even further. Private View is exactly what its title promises: an exclusive visit into a enigmatic and fascinating world of groove and sound. It’s full of puzzling places and mysterious events. Delicate arrangements and artful sound combinations amount to a unique record without turning to caprice or flourish. Simplicity that makes sense.
Fred Ventura – The Years (Go By) 30th Anniversary Reworks [DM010]
Disco Modernism presents the imminent release of the 30th anniversary remix project of the most successful Fred Ventura single to date. Originally produced by godfathers of Italo disco Turatti and Chieregato and released on Gong records at the end of november 1984, this extremely limited deluxe gatefold package contains an amazing array of finely crafted remixes from amazing talents from across the globe.
TTJ Edits – TTJ #182 [TTJ182]
Three edit jobs again of Todd Terje this time of Roni Griffith’s “Love Is The Drug”, Rinder & Lewis 1979 rarity “Willie And The Hand Jive” and Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”.
N.O.I.A. – Stranger In A Strange Land [EXIT009]
Since the late seventy’s N.O.I.A. have always been well present on the electronic scene. In 2015, they are back on Italian Records with their 1983 italo classic. All original versions, plus a new remix by I-Robots.
Marcello Giordani – Danza Meccanica [IDR008]
Italo Deviance’s boss Marcello Giordani strikes back with a wonderful and stylish piece of real Electronic Disco. Danza Meccanica is a bass driven, snuggy slice of sexy early ’80s Disco. Azione Motoria is an hybrid between Disco and Detroit Techno, Spacey, with analogic arpeggios and melodies from other dimensions
S.M. Nurse – Hometape Recordings 1981-1983 [DOM020]
Around 1980 Menko Konings (eM.) started the Dutch underground formation S.M. Nurse, first together with Jos Jak and later also with Anneke Stempher. S.M. Nurse experimented with collage-like music and were inspired by N.Y.-ultra, disco e.g. The band mainly performed in the Amsterdam ultra-circuit (Oktopus, Paradiso), clubs and discotheques. They were played regularly on the famous radio programmes RadioNome and Spleen and performed live on radio in the villa of the VPRO in Hilversum. They also contributed to the theme cassette Turkish Delight of the label Ding Dong and there was a cassette release on the label Top Tape. At the end of 1983, S.M. Nurse split up.
Black Seed – Logical Consequence [DTLSND004]
Following the debut 12-inch Wild Rites for Details Sound imprint, talented artist Matteo Viani returns under his Black Seed guise with a condensed noise-filled techno formula, revealing a spectrum of dark energy experiments.
Kirlian Camera – Blue Room [DISORDINE001]
Kirlian Camera are one of the pioneers of the Italian electronic scene. Active since 1979 under the name Suicide Commando, the band changed name in 1980 releasing the first demo-tape Dawn and the self-titled mini-album in late 1981. The early records contain a mix of synth pop and new wave/dance songs, while towards the end of the 1980s’ Kirlian Camera’s music became darker, turning into electro-gothic sound. Nearly every release since then has explored different fields, from industrial to ambient and trip-hop.
Bourbonese Qualk – Lies [MNQ059]
“Lies,” a track from the now-defunct UK experimental group Bourbonese Qualk, get new life by way of a vinyl release on Mannequin Records with Ancient Methods on edit and remix duties. “Lies”, a terse, TR 808 driven electro-tinged cut just under two minutes long, originally came out in 1986 on the Preparing For Power LP by way of the group’s own label Recloose Organization.
Delta Funktionen @ The Last Weekender, Trouw (Amsterdam) 28.12.2014
Virginia – My Fantasy EP [OSTGUTTON083]
Faster Action – Untitled [RHSTOREJAMS008]
Amsterdam’s fastest, getting down with the machines and laying down some proper dirty rhythm tracks.
Magic Mountain High – MMH Live @ Fuse [MHLIVE001]
The improvised electronics of Dave Moufang’s long running Magic Mountain High project with Juju & Jordash is no stranger to the vinyl format, first appearing on a Workshop 12″ back in 2012 and gracing that label as well as Jordan ‘Jordash’ Czamanski’s Off Minor with further material. However, as anyone that’s witnessed Magic Mountain High in the flesh will attest, the trio are best experienced live, but for logistical reasons that might not always be possible. This 12″ which consists of a recording of Magic Mountain High straight from the mixing desk at Brussels venue Fuse last year will satisfy the cravings of anyone whose yet to see them perform, with three next level deep house workouts to lose yourself in again and again.
Nu Sound II Crew / Magnus II – Split EP [DE081]
Dark Entries reissues a split EP of rare and out of print Detroit Electro jams from Nu Sound II Crew and Magnus II. Both were projects of mastermind Sam Anderson aka DJ Maestro. Influenced by Kraftwerk and Cybotron, Nu Sound II Crew created fresh, fast, dark electro beats with tough drum machines and lyrics about traveling through outer space.
DJ Overdose – Master Control [V026]
After being returned from his abduction by aliens from the hidden planet Nibiru, DJ Overdose was given an alien synthesizer ‘the HAEX-HRLL’ as a thank you for all the cerebral research the aliens did on him. On returning back to Earth all DJ Overdose had to do was finish the 6 tracks the aliens had started to work on, which became this EP. Straight forward Techno Hop Electro Funk without any fancy-pants pretentious hooha. It’s like a black and white movie which makes you think ‘why the hell is there colors anyway?!’ After completion, the only record label he could imagine being fit for such rawness would be Viewlexx… and so here it is.
Momentform – Grave [LXRC022]
Lux Rec’s first record for 2015 is a dark and moody affair coming from Momentform, a French musician that has no fear to plunge into obscurity, melancholy, a somber look into memories that are too painful to forget. Yet, he transformed all those postcards from the past into listening and dance material. Our last dance together.
