State side Influenced techno from Argentinian Pulse One on Fullpanda Records. Check that 4th track if you’re into E.R.P. styled electro!
001.Features
Optic Nerve – Celestial Encounters EP [PBX028]
New Detroit Electro/Techno release on Puzzlebox Records by Optic Nerve aka Keith Tucker. Comes with a remix from Blaktony.
Ambivalent – Janus EP [VAL003]
Ambivalent adapts the raw hardware strategies of his LA-4A alias into peak-time analog techno. Truncate is on remix duty and delivers one of his power techno productions to top the release off.
Sleeparchive – Windows EP [WU041]
Window 057′ is an arpeggiated tool made of a crazy synth sequence, shuffled hats and subtle kick drums in a constantly moving structure.’Window 092′ starts with a massive bass drum accompanied by synthetic bleeps and noises that soon are joined by repetitive sequences carrying the flow. Oscar Mulero’s remix for ‘Window 057’ is a cleaner approach to the original, less shuffled on the rhythms but with a lot more movement on the arpeggiated synth lines. The ‘Window 092’ remake slows down the pressure on behalf of a more liquid approach on the drums, and is more reverberated and deep. Oscar adds more percussive elements and puts the bleeps away using the main sequence as the centre of the arrangement.
Gareth Wild – Precision Divice [ETG014]
New release on EarToGround label featuring two dark and solid dancefloor Techno from label boss Gareth Wild with remixes by UVB and Aiken.
VA – Dead Architect Series: Portfolio Two [MODULARZ019]
Modularz returns with a new release. The return of the limited project – Dead Architect Series ” Portfolio Two focusing the entire release on Historic Architectural marvels and attempting to release tracks fueled by how they have influenced each of the producers and redistributing the energy through the language of techno.
Aurora Halal – Shapeshifter [MD002]
The 2nd release on Aurora’s Mutual Dreaming label with a nice collection of dreamy Legowelt-esque tracks. ”The EP dives deeper into the unique sound world introduced by last year’s Passageway, its 5 tracks a deftly conjured ride through liquid emotive states. Shimmering waves of dark hypnotic energy rise and fall, evoking both synthetic plasmoid menace and soft sighing warmth, all brought to life by Halal’s nuanced and rapidly evolving sound design.”
VA – Rotate Freely [AMR035R]
Californian label Altered Moods Recordings returns in triumphant fashion with one more split 12″. Inspired by the Freerotation festival, label boss Malcolm Moore has called on artists who have either played or attended the cultish Welsh gathering for this Rotate Freely 12″. Along with Moore, Natan H, Chicago Skyway and Mick Welch all contribute.
Food Pyramid – Oh Mercy [EES017]
Food Pyramid align with Especial for a remix EP based around “Oh Mercy”, a track from their 2012 album Mango Sunrise. The warped breakbeat jam-fusion of the original is ripe for reinvention and gets the remix treatment from Especial in-house team Apophenia (aka Piers Harrison, Stuart Leath, Tim Fairplay), Inhalt and Jamie Paton.
Africans With Mainframes – Commission Number 3 [RHYTHM015]
Three more post-Chicago transcendental machine funk sessions by the Africans… You can’t stop the prophet.
UABOS – Dusk [BM004]
UABOS, aka Matteo Pepe, is a young and rising star from the fashion capital of Europe. This Milan musician melts the Mediterranean with 707 attitude, connecting his homeland with the iconic floor grooves of Chicago.
June – Renate Podcast 016
Max Vincent – The Future Has Designed Us [DCM001]
A lifework compilation of 10 never released songs from 1984-2002 by one of the most innovative synth pioneers in Eastern Europe, Max Vincent, mainly known as Max & Intro. His music will take you deep through the horizonts of unexplored analog synth sounds, human voice and sound effects, providing you with liring recapitulation of various electronic styles. Those who love early Yello, wave, EBM or 80’s synth pop will find this material very seductive, wondering how it happened that they haven’t heard for this music before! A bleak, prophetic and very convincing synthetic dream of future that has designed us.
George Kamm – Durst & Hunger [MME6006]
Reinforcing the way things happen since the beginning on Macadam Mambo, London new comer George Kamm has selected and adjusted 4 cuts of Weirdo synth-pop, alternating dance floor killers and experimental nuggets. No need to say that its again high digging level, and extremely well done edits.
VA – This Is How It Started Vol. 3 [CHITOWN003]
‘This Is How It Started’ focuses heavily on the early days of the Chicago sound, especially in the formative years at Ron Hardy’s Music Box. Vinyl Sampler 3 of a comprehensive journey in the essence of Chicago House Music, features Gene Hunt, Chicago Blues Orchestra, Yam Who & GG.
Plus Instruments – Bodies [ERC024]
Emotional Rescue returns to the early 80’s Downtown NYC post punk / new wave scene with Plus Instruments – collecting their best and rarest songs on one groove laden EP. 4 tracks of pure Downtown punk-dub-funk, all with the nonchalant Euro-style delivery of Truus de Groot. Coming with extended unreleased versions, the originals were collected from sought after EPs, an obscure compilation LP and fiishes with a never before released song – this is history.
Etcher – Corrosive Days [PAMLTD012]
Pastamusik present Corrosive Days a Acid-Bass 4-Tracker by Etcher. The title track Corrosive Days deals with the consistent depletion of time at every single day. No matter what happens, at the end the time is irrecoverable gone und the process start all over again. In Wormway we dive underneath the earth, into the myriads of tunnels created by our little flat mates during their ever- lasting travels through the ground. On the B-Side we first get electronically sedated Sedition and then converted into steam Vapor People to finally float away like little clouds. With Corrosive Days, Etcher submitted a terrific homogeneous and timeless interpretation of classic Roland-Productions and successfully avoids to sound frumpy or worn-out.
HNS-X – Towel Dance Department [HNS-X-2]
Notorious HNS-X strikes back with two bangers. If you like good, plain club food without added fancy go for it. If you like it basic, juicy and straight to ze point go for it. You like basslines with a ravey touch? Go for it. You know what: go for it anyways.
I-Robots / Virgo Four – Dirty Talk [OPCM12075.1]
The Opilec Music label has once again cooked up a very special new project for its next EP: ‘Dirty Talk’ is a remake of the classic ’80s Italo disco, proto-house tune by Klein & M.B.O. and has been produced by label boss I-Robots. The release comes with a Club Version made by I-Robots together with the Piatto Brothers, Alessandro & Davide, who bring a truly authentic Italo sound to the project and the cult disco soul singer, Donna McGhee. The Virgo Four original version is a more modern sounding, deeper and stripped back house cut with driving rubbery drums and bouncy melodies.
VA – KHCC001 [KHCC001]
Knekelhuis presents a cassette featuring a selection of six industrial/EBM tracks from Beau Wanzer, Parrish Smith, Maekkot, Sige Bythos and Volition Immanent. The tapes are housed in a black library case clear front black back.
