Alex Smith aka Omar-S with his new album on FXHE. The fourteen tracks on this disc demonstrate Smith’s studio prowess and his dynamic range as a producer – from uplifting house to raw techno beats and acid.
001.Features
The 3 Chairs – Demigods [3CH004]
Three chairs with a new releases… 4 hot tracks of which the opener Demigods (a1) is a sick acid injected Detroit house cut in a style fusion of Marcellus Pittmann and Theo Parris. 6 mile is another stunner on this Ep wih a nice rolling beat and an upbeat feel.
Synchrojack – Archive [VP005]
The label arm of booking agency Vibes & Pepper have come through with something a bit special for their latest release, with a collection of tracks from the archives of UK house producers Synchrojack.
VA – Udacha 5 [UDACHA005]
Udacha comes with the fifth release, featuring four warm & forward thinking deephouse tracks by Alex Danilov, Brother G & Yuri Shulgin, A5, Kurvenschreiber and Trueman.
Headless Ghost – Frontend EP [ROYAL016]
Clone Royal Oak with a release by Headless Ghost, a production alias of Ripperton delivering three shit hot tracks. Asking what the difference is between Ripperton and his Headless Ghost production he said ””while the headless ghost is doing stuff intuitive, i see what you did there”. Not sure if we completely understand, but the intuitive thing makes sense while listening to the tracks. Killer 3 track ep with a some sharp edged house music.
Matt Tolfrey – Distant Story (Mr Finger Dubs) [LEFT037]
Two dubs of Matt Tolfrey’s ‘Distant Story’ taken from his brilliant ‘Word Of Mouth’ album courtesy of Larry Heard. These intergalactic slices of effortless dub-tastic beauty are truly mesmeric. Larry Heard has created two beguiling takes on Matt original track.
Marcman – Dici EP [PARAGRAM002]
Next Paragram release is the debut EP from the Romanian based Marcman. Marcman’s tracks are always a mixture between dancefloor moovers including groovy rhythms and big baselines. ‘Dici’ combines a super bass pumping tool that make you move even in in the most remote corner of the club, while ‘Arficeva’ and ‘Rigid’ gives priority to the hypnotic effect of the groove combined with mighty dub chords.
Will Azada – The Contrast [FS014WL]
Deeper, dubbier house tracks by Will Azada. Nice hybrid of stripped down Chicago house and moisty techno on the cool Finale Sessions label.
Mike Steva – Visions Of Paradise [YSD51]
Hailing from Melbourne, Mike Steva with his debut release on Yoruba. Mike brings forth an ep of three of the deepest grooves. The opening track “New Beginning” is a drum infused floor filler, whereas “Moment In Time” features the lovely voice of seasoned vocalist George Levin hinted with flowing electric pianos, rolling bass lines and percussive rhythms creating a modern day soulful classic. We complete the package with “Chiko”, A battle of piano stabs, percussion and a driving kick drum makes this a nice addition.
Borai – Moonlight On The Malago [NUDES001]
Bristol-based producer Borai comes with his first solo work via Tasteful Nudes – a brand new label from Chicago.
Hieroglyphic Being – Imaginary Soundscapes #9 [MATHPLUS09CD]
Long awaited album, “Imaginary Soundscapes”, from Jamal Moss brings nine breathtaking compositions of raw electronic goodness that only he can concoct. From soft atmospheric sound environments to banging warehouse beat tracks, this is pure sonic bliss.
CF & Daywalker – EP [LIES013.5]
White label ‘blink and you miss it’ business from LIES… Willie Burns and Entro Senestre in this out there duo guise, previously unveiled on Gerd Janson’s ‘Musik For Autobahns’ compilation.
Steve Summers & Bookworms – Confused House 2 [CH002]
The second in this series of collaborations focusing on live improvised hardware jams, again from Bookworms and Steve Summers..cool and heady stuff once again.
Chino – Early Days [REP031]
Fresh stuff by Chino aka Artur Oleś on the Polish Recognition Records. The EP comes with a Legowelt remix.
The Exaltics – The Rise and Fall [CREC013]
The Exaltics return to Creme with this mondo otherworldly rip roaring robotronic assassination squad that exposes Judge Dredd as the cartoon character he actually is and tear him to shreds while they’re at it.
VA – World Electronix Volume 2 [CE012LTD]
Cultivated Electronics returns with the next instalment of the World Electronix series. This EP focuses on 4 moody acid lead electro tracks perfect for dark basements and warehouses. First up CE is proud to welcome The Exaltics to label with a hard piercing track not for the feint hearted. Next up CE label head Sync 24 delivers a signature style hypnotic groove for dance floor. The flip side see’s Sync 24 and Abstract Forms label head Deixis team up for there second release. This time tuning in an acidic kick drum heavy roller. Finally the EP is rounded off by CRC aka Michael Deikmann who is no stranger to CE as one half of electro duo Morphology.
Maarten van der Vleuten – Internaut EP [SHIP019]
Maarten van der Vleuten, one of the godfathers of Dutch Techno and a true electronic music pioneer, on Shipwrec serves up his own recipe for Electro in the form of the ‘Internaut EP’. The title piece takes the rhythmic mould of the 808 but shifts the floorboards with industrial soundscapes and UK Techno sidesteps framing. A morphing and melting piece of otherworldly Electronics, over ten minutes of shifting synthsizer sands. “Holographic Inserts” lands with terse clips and pulsing basslines before a rumbling analogue chord breaks the surface. Warbling bulwarks of space meet clinical lines in an immense track of expansive proportions. An epic of atmospheric, sinister and sharp sounds; a style pushing the boundaries of Electro.
DeFekt – Switch [SIG004]
Fourth release on Signal Code from one of Irelands finest producers DeFeKT. Here he delivers four top quality, chilled, smooth synth-laden electro tracks that will definitely stand the test of time. Electro has always had this timeless quality when it’s done right and this is certainly the case with this release.
Space Dimension Controller – Welcome To Mikrosector-50 [RS1303]
Durant – The Dove Ultimatum [VVR005]
Vae Victis can’t hide their love and passion for raw house and techno. On this 5th release there is another fine selection of hybrids between styles perfectly expressing their love for genre bending music. Durant exists out of a small collective of producers with main roles for Steve Murphy, Die Roh and Lucretio. The Dove Ultimatum, a 4 tracks ep of punchy analogue electronic music. On the a-side lay General Motors and At Ten, 2 broken beat electro techno tracks a la Drexciya showing the hardest and most experimental side of the project. While on the flip the trio bring things on a housier field, though staying loyal to the a-side vibe by delivering 2 dark and obsessive raw house tracks.
