More Ron Hardy edit business from the vaults: First choice – ‘Let No Man Put Asunder’ (unreleased Ron Hardy Edit) and Jamie Priciple – ‘Your love’ (original unreleased version female vocals).
001.Features
Paul Mac – Sometimes It’s That Simple [STIM046]
New release from Paul Mac on his Stimulus imprint delivering a funky, percussive, chord-laden A-side plus an excellent Acid House remix from John Heckle on the flip side.
Dimi Angelis & Jeroen Search – A&S004 [A&S004]
Dimi and Jeroen delivers again a fantastic single with 3 amazing and mind tripping tunes on their label A&S Records.
Claudia Anderson – Hysteria [SINGR001]
This is the debut release for Marcellus’ new label Singular Records, featuring a new artist from Vienna, Claudia Anderson.
Albert van Abbe – No Comment 007 [NOCOMMENT007]
No comment is a platform focused on sharing channeled auditive and synaesthetic/ multi sensory perceptions. The concept was conceived to help the energy levels rise towards the transcendence of spacetime, entering the multiverse. The seventh release includes two tracks by label owner Albert van Abbe and a remix by Mohlao.
Sawlin – Eviment [ANN017]
‘Eviment’ is the second release of Sawlin on Delsin off shoot Ann Aimee, made up of three more deep and subterranean techno cuts that play with plenty of textures. Title track ‘Eviment’ is a tortured and paranoid offering that has a nagging vocal stretched out over splashy claps and a foreboding bottom end thud. It’s vast and dark, spare and haunting where ‘Kretze’ is a bigger and bolder track. The analogue percussion and serrated lines all sound old and aged as they mark out a scraping, dystopian vision of a world well away from here. ‘Sour Tear’ has a more syncopated, techno-funk groove but is still padded out with plenty of dubby undercurrents. Sawlin’s percussion sounds are wholly non standard, from clanking metal to twanging strings, everything sounds like a real world sound, which makes his music as arresting as anyone’s, despite being made firmly for the techno backroom.
Yagya – Rhythm Of Snow [SUBWAXBCNCD01]
Subwax Bcn is a new born record shop based in Barcelona and run by two swedish music lovers. To celebrate the opening of the new shop they here proudly presents Iceland’s finest ambient/dub producers Yagya! This album was originally released back in 2002 and has since then been a real collectors gemm. It features 10 stunning and timeless ambient/dub techno tracks, recorded in Reykjavik during the frozen summer of 2001.
Marco Shuttle – There’s No Point… That’s The Point [EE002]
Second installment on Marco Shuttle’s EERIE is again a 2 tracker by himself. Sticking to the deep cinematic hypnotic signature sound that has trademarked all his work so far, the London based Italian producer delivers 2 long journeys of deep, dubby, Detroit flavoured EDM. Both tracks have a subtle progression, building up gently from an intro initial part to a more ”dramatic” core through very subtly arranged and modulated layers of sounds and subliminal melodic elements.
Sven Weisemann – Gravity Treatment EP 1/2 [ESSAYS004]
Sven Weisemann keeps exploring the depths of dub on the 4th release of his vinyl-only Essays label.
Vril – 8-10 [GLGST007]
Following on V5-V7, here’s the second last part of the series with three cuts of gentle dub techno from Vril. Deep, gritty, foggy techno only Vril can deliver.
Vril – Flux [SEM045]
Semantica Records with deep, layered, gritty forward-thinking techno tracks from Vril. ‘Ztatdast’ was co-produced by Zum Goldenen Schwarm.
Juan Atkins – Electric Jungle [BM018]
Recently unearthed are three unreleased tracks from the master creator of Techno Juan Atkins all Juan’s trade marks are here from the driving Oh La la to the of the wall Electric Jungle and the minimal Impulse. Three tracks that translated the restless musical developments from that era into musical outings from Juan Atkins as we haven’t heard from him before, capturing the ”zeitgeist” and fusing outside influences with his trademark Atkins sound.
Carl Taylor – Debbie’s Groove [EPM002V]
Debbie’s Groove sees Carl Taylor in full on jacking mode, with tinges of disco and a stomping beat that will see you heading straight for the nearest dancefloor. Robert Hood turns his hand to Debbie’s Groove adding that magic touch, with a deep bassline, funky claps and a vocal snippet that echoes his Floorplan sound alongside the tougher tech workouts we’re used to hearing from this master technician. Good Vibrations gives us a deeper blend of the house meets techno sound that Carl has become known for, with its tough syncopated groove reaching dizzying heights.
Truncate – Modify [TRUNCATE007]
“Modify” is rawest bleep techno that revels in a dry beat, a repeating melodic phrase and an undulating vocal hook, devastating in its simplicity. “10th” however opts for a dub techno approach, letting a plush chord pulse in and out of the action while the beat remains a muted but driving kind of techno. “30” ends on a curiously tropical note, working an exotic flavour into the rolling construction through some crafty handling of hand claps, rounding off a sterling EP.
Eduardo De La Calle – Emerging Era EP [DREF015]
Two originals, Speedlight Speedmind and Dynamic Arrangements, complimented by a rework of ROD. The A-Sides minute soundscaping, Hood, Mills and Search-esque sounds, precise filtering and delicate accents throughout and the flipsides wicked Basic Channel-like stabs turn both originals into weapons. Classic techno done in an impeccable manner. ROD strips, shuffles and roughens Speedlight Speedmind up in his trademark get to the point fashion. Aimed at destroying any dancefloor RODs rework keeps the original close, but lets only its basic instincts deftly filter through at just the right moments. Bomb, its really that simple.
Prad Bitt – The Fight Is Over [SNBLCK001]
Prad Bitt is Adi Dumitra and Toygun new alias, where they decided to explore the dub techno side and this is their first release featuring two tracks of pure dub & techno. Remix duties are covered by Brendon Moeller and Salz.
Henning Baer – Consumption EP [NWHITE002]
Henning Baer has released his Consumption EP on Psyk’s vinyl only nwhite. The release features 4 stunning, psychotic and dark techno monsters. Consumption EP is Henning’s third solo EP to date showcasing his very own raw Techno sound.
Low Jack – Bass That [BC014]
Chevel – Hearing EP [NON005]
Non Series continues with a hard hitting 4 tracker. Raw minimalized techno and jacking acid on this 4 track ep.
Trevino – Forged [KLOCKWORKS009]
Deadly, fresh, crafty & aware killer techno on Ben Klock’s imprint, coming from Marcus Intalex under his Trevino project.
