Tevo Howard with his Tyrez project releasing some of his deep hypnotic house tracks. Basic production and intuitive programming did become Tevo’s trademarks and here 4 tracks rooted in the Chicago traditions.
Author: hipodrome
Henry Saiz – Our Discovery (Orgue Electronique Remix) [Creme012X01]
By popular demand, Orgue’s tip-top remix of Henry Saiz’ summer House hit gets a well deserved limited single sided run. Play it in your car and melt the ice off the road.
Eric Cloutier @ Les Enfants Terribles #5 (Amsterdam) 24.11.2012
Function – Incubation [OSTGUTLP024]
Function aka Dave Sumner presents “Incubation”, his first solo album on Ostgut Ton. Over nine tracks we are guided through the varying moods and scenes of Function’s musical temperament. Be it through writhing layered club tracks, soaring string-led atmospheres, or melodic pieces founded on classic electronic traditions, ‘Incubation’ marks a new level of maturity for the Berlin-based producer.
Subjected – Vault Series 13.0 [VAULT0136]
Shifted – The Cold Light (Part 1/2) [AVN008]
Expert attention to detail across all visual and sonic elements is present and correct once again on this sick new release from the Avian nest, with the label opting for a cardboard sleeve this time. Label co-founder Shifted is at the helm, presenting the first of a two part Cold Light series; “Cold Light Sektor A” is all about the contrast between elements as the near incandescent lightness of those dubby chords battles with the growing weight of Shifted’s sludgy rhythmic arrangements. Complementing this, “Sektor B” opts to burrow down a plinking locked groove making it a perfect DJ tool.
A Sagitarriun – Transparent Mind EP [EDREAMS005]
A Sagittarium brandished a fully formed blend of becoming house and techno and a cloak of mystery and both elements to his/her/their identity have remained intact across the smattering of material that has surfaced in the subsequent period. A Transparent Mind is a fine return for A Sagittarium pairing two original productions against remixes from Marco Bernardi and Aubrey.
Camera Sambo @ Club Control (Bucharest) 07.03.2013
Umberto – Confrontations [NNF270LP]
Halloween is early this year……fantasy soundtracking returns with his third official full-length, two years after the badass psychodrama of Prophecy of the Black Widow. What instantly distinguishes this new album from the previous two is its ominous, slow-burn compositional model, building its evil temple brick by brick, basking in the tension of each new chiming, Carpenteresque synth line or monkish doom Om for multiple measures before stirring the next substance into the cauldron. This elegant sense of patience gives the tracks a more oozing, operatic aura; these confrontations aren’t hostile showdowns in the woods but the creeping dread of alien-nation body snatchers infiltrating the populace. Death comes slipping.
Tranzistors – Zanadu Super Sound Single [UFO012]
New Detroit group Tranzistors pay tribute to Warhol, Studio 54, and Xanadu on their new single “Zanadu.” Three versions remixed by night club luminaries: San Serac (Environ), 100 Limosines (Detroit), and Jackie O’Body’s School of Dance (aka Samuel Consiglio, ex-Adult + Tamion 12″ Inch). Take off your shirts and start dancin’.
Antoni Maiovvi – Delta City [CYBERDANCE008]
The inherent romanticism of Italo Disco has always lent the genre a more esoteric edge, and with this Cyber Dance release, Antoni Maiovvi seems intent on creating a narrative that cannot be contained by a simple dance track. This is not to say that both “Impulse” and “Requiem for Clarence Boddiker” are not suited to club play. They both pound down with that staccato urgency, and equally rise and fall through moments of intensity and serenity. It’s just that, at 12 and 11 minutes respectively, both sides of this record have ample room in which to tell a more involved story.
Disco Cuatro – CVLT Edits [DISCOS004]
Discos Capablanca is back… and you know its hot when they drop it! Two excellent edits from CVLT, somewhere between wave / cosmic / flamenco / psych blues.
Surahn – Watching The World [DFA2353]
Surahn is the newest signing to DFA Records and he made his debut with his self titled EP. The single “Watching The World” was rearranged by the Norwegian disco legend Prins Thomas. Mr. Thomas takes the song and flips it into one of the best, most delightful arpeggiated disco-pop 12″ singles DFA has had the privilege of releasing.
Container – Treatment [DOSER016]
U-202 – Straightjacket [LIESBLK001]
Nukubus – Skylark [SDN001]
An electrotechno bomb by Nukubus on Syncom Data Records. Comes with the epic 13 minutes original, the hammering dub version and the trippy space mix by Louis Guilliaume in a wonderful double vinyl package.
Actress – Silver Cloud [WDNT004]
Following his critically acclaimed “R.I.P.” album on Honest Jons, Actress returns with 3 new tracks on his own Werkdiscs imprint.
Albert van Abbe – Sugar Lobby Series [CURLE042]
G String – Slabs 172
VA – Praterei 006 [PRATEREI006]
Austrian label Praterei kick off 2013 with a various artists EP. Mysterious jack lovers Snuff Crew take the lead with an unsurprisingly old school flavored slice of house. Raw and unpolished, classic hi hats and sturdy kicks set the tone beneath colorful stabs and increasingly wild percussion. 7 Citizens ́s ‘Perse’ is darker and deeper, a nagging hook snakes about menacingly as a starry night sky of melodies reveals itself above. Esteemed Chi Town man Chicago Skyway’s track ‘Shy Girl’ is anything but, instead it’s a gauzy and derelict house track with scattered drum hits caked in dust and grime. Ethyl closes out a dark and delicious EP with a feels-like-you’re-floating, dubby house track.
