Author: hipodrome
DE.KOLECTI.F @ Hala Balanta (Sibiu) 12.10.2013
Line-up:
- Pollyester (DE) LIVE
- Rochite (RO) LIVE
- Hardrock Striker (FR)
- Cos Mir (RO)
- DREAMREC (RO)
R-Zone – R-Zone 05 [RZONE005]
Here comes R-Zone 05, this time coming from a pair of established producers who work both solo and as a duo (and one of them runs a prominent German label). The first track is ‘Jungle Fever’, a slowed down, dub-culture tinged track of sampled loon bird calls, tooting melodies and raw metallic drums that churn deep down below. Its the sort of track that needs to be played in summer, ideally with a reefer on the go. ‘Down-E rave’ again calls on druggy references for its inspiration this time E’d-up dancefloors in the mid-nineties. Its a lazy beat with curious vocal stabs, prominent drum breaks and plenty of deft synth work that takes you up, up and away in style. The flip-side sees two versions of ‘nRg Zone’. The Happy Mix is a rinsed out and tripped out track of streaming melodies, more old school and rough drums and plenty of bright, pixelated melodies stabs as well as softer background pads. The Moody Mix operates much more down in the darkened doldrums. It seems to have heavy heart and sultry mood as the percussion churns on beneath golden streaming pads and like everything on the R-Zone series, is stuffed with plenty of very real atmosphere.
Joey Anderson – Come Behind The Tree [SYNCRO017]
Joey Anderson with wo psychedelic jacking techno/house jams on Syncrophone. “Ass Kicked” comes correct with some excellent drum patterns and a steady bassline to keep the jackin techno/house going. On the flip we have “Sunday Is Brunch”. If you’re into acid tracks, then this is the one for you.
VA – 25th Anniversary [LDSQ001]
First release for Le Disque Record label, dedicated to quality House Music, touching the deepest jazz realms with the song ‘Spiritually Captured’ by Glenn Underground and on the flipside the wonderful “How I Feel” by Isoul8 that features the genius Kaidi Tatham on keyboards, licensed from the Neroli Records catalogue and remastered for the event. Also on the B side a wild collaboration from Isoul8 & Ricardo Miranda, a real futuristic track for the headz.
Catamaran – Gymnasium [DSCVRY005]
Catamaran, a young NYC based producer who’s tracks are infused with the life of the city – from jackin’ house to lush rhodes grooves. Plus, a Fort Romeau remix that takes the sound across the pond. 500 copies, hand stamped, vinyl only.
DE.KOLECTI.F @ Boiler Club (Cluj-Napoca) 20.09.2013
Hieroglyphic Being – Sonotown Podcast 079
Polysick – Witness [MRX025]
Cool new release with sick JTC acid remix on Minimal Rome Records! Polysick has the honour to have the 25th release of the label, with two tracks for the MRX-Patiendum Est series. From the mysterious hypnotic visions of Digital Native (Planet Mu) and the Proustian reverie of Daydream (AudioMER), Polysick moves towards an obscure and sinister dancefloor with a 12” that hosts on the B-side a whirling acid remix by JTC.
Drvg Cvltvre – Porn Wax Five [PW005]
Unknown – The Elite [ELITE001]
Beautiful Swimmers – Son [FT018]
Future Times is very happy to present Son, the debut full-length release from Beautiful Swimmers.Nine brand-new tracks and two out-of-print classics from the duo of Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (aka Maxmillion Dunbar) that ride together across 2 LPs. Son is a true trip, an hour in the zone that sounds like everything in the duo’s record bags happening at once.
Nick Beringer – Afterhour Cuts Vol.1 [LAX134]
With Afterhour Cuts Vol.1, Berlin based producer Nick Beringer returns to Skylax Records after his First Floor EP appeared on the sub-label Wax Classic back in 2012. He brings six great house tracks of varying degrees of deepness and as the name of the EP suggests, all are designed for the afterhours.
Luv Jam – Tropical 3.4 [HOUSEWAX010]
Luv Jam the Rawax affiliated Housewax to his sizeable discography with the four track deep Tropical 3.4 12″. Commencing with the title track, Luv Jam’s in restrained and stripped back form, as a deep acid line tries to emerge from the ether beneath a playful analogue bassline and the minimum of percussion. “Sailaway” sees him collaborate with vocalist Molly Knew on a moody and echo laden production that has a similar feel of set opener to it, whilst the flip holds more productions where Luv Jam’s musicality shines through.
Torn Hawk / Black Deer – LIES-017.5 [LIES017.5]
A natural pairing. Hawk & Deer share this 12″ both dropping sublime slices of kraut inspired chug.
Floorplan – FACT Mix 400
VA – Point Of View Part 1 [ST005]
Soundtravels Recordings presents ”Point Of View Part 1”. They have compiled six contemporary, electronic bombs from artists all around Europe… Featuring Louis Guilliaume, Baz Reznik, Dircsen, Endfest, Chocolate Noir and Neotnas.
Smell The Flesh – Smell The Flesh [SKUDGEWHITE004]
Skudge introduce MRSK’s latest project, a journey beyond techno that almost takes a shamanistic turn. In his new Smell The Flesh guise, the man delivers six cuts of eerie beats, challenging his western esthetics with a nonetheless complex yet primal approach.
Jahiliyya Fields – Pleasure Sentence [LIES032]
Following last year’s “Unicursal Hexagram” LP Brooklyn producer Jahiliyya Fields enters a new realm with this four track EP. Taking elements from his past industrial fueled efforts and this time expanding upon them with the addition of the kick drum. One can hear a non-traditional and refreshing approach being brought to traditional beat driven electronics with piercingly harsh undertones and creeping melody. This ep explores the vast sonic elements which are designed to affect the body, the mind and the relationship between the two and the music.
Marcel Dettmann – Corebox (James Ruskin Mixes) [MDR012]
The Blueprint boss turns in three remixes of Dettmann’s “Corebox”, originally taken from MDR04 (featuring “Lattice”), supplying two club crafted tracks and an ambient 3rd Version. Ruskin reworks the original’s famous chords, adding overdrive and reverb in his first remix, while his Event mix strips them dry. Ruskin’s ambient version again uses the chords as its centrepiece, but buries them in a soundscape made for a ’70s horror film.
