Go Hiyama returns to Token.‘Arc One’ contains 3 tracks, each with a different timbre. ‘Farnsworth House’ focuses on hazy atmospherics over a stomping drum pattern, while ‘Dymaxion Map’ is a more of an instant heavy hitter with punishing percussion. ‘Fallingwater’ builds slowly over a tough yet sophisticated off beat rhythm. Tension grows while the haunting noisy synths lead to a thrilling breakdown, after which it kicks back in ferociously.
Hypnotic Berlin techno by Tobias. on Ostgut Ton. Freeze is a darkly shining jewel that scoops its hypnotic energy from a rolling synth- sequence. Charged by repetition, Perfect Sense has a similar tractive force, but turns the inward looking, dark mood of the A-side into a subtly euphoric, outgoing direction.
Matt Star’s with his first release on Movida Records, featuring two original tracks, a dub interpretation and a remix by Dorian Paic.
Shed presents under his newst aliases WK7 and Head High two 90’s influenced and Detroit house flavoured techno tracks.
Andres’ second EP on his own La Vida label, following up the label debut “New For U. The “Second Time Around EP” features the single “Skate This Way,” a house tune with epic strings guaranteed to bang the dance floor. On the flip is “Second Time Around” and “Hart Plaza” both originally released on KDJ Records, but here we new versions with additional keys courtesy of Detroit’s own Amp Dog Knight.
New Sound Signature release by the very talented Andrew Ashong, an up and coming musician from the UK. Funky, soulful and romantic, with additional production from Theo Parrish.
Beautiful South Sudanese song by Mary Boyoi, with outstanding, epic Portable rework & direct, Chicago-esque Tama Sumo version.
Tom Demac makes the step up to the Glass Table imprint with a far ranging three track EP. ‘Obstructing The Light’ is a lazy and moody soup of swirling deep house. Dreamy voices drift like clouds above a chugging kick clap combo as light finger melodies keep things from growing all too dour. ‘Four Leaves Right’ is a quicker joint, but the moods are still studiously sombre and melancholic. There’s an irresistibly swinging arc to each kick that really sweeps you up, along with a deep, buried, bobbling Bristol bass-like b-line to keep things firmly rooted on the dancefloor despite the dream-pop vocals and layers of intricate percussion.
After a small Shevchenko break, the Slavic Spiritual Warrior is back! Expect the usual mind-melting psychedelic dub warfare from all angles. ‘No Music’ is proper warehouse gear – intense, dark and cut at 45rpm for maximum damage. Flip over for two more abstract, analogue voyages into the Ukranium.
Felizol comes with his 3rd EP for Ntrop recordings. “Our Team Never Won” of 3 tracks, attempts to bridge experimental hardware music with programmed club-oriented grooves. Randomness and roughness straggle with elegance and balance. Our team Never Won is a deep techno song with foggy vocals, aggressive kicks, distorted bass and side-chained melodies. “11 Years” minimize latin harmonies and guitar timbres while the dry house beat and the warm poly-analogs follow the repetitious vocals. “The Promise” is an experimental dub with jazz fragments and minor piano chords constructed around the field recording of a Finish lunatic old man talking to himself.
New Trackman Lafonte & Bon Qui Qui aka Legowelt & Xosar. Raw analogue house music. When computer programmer and music enthusiast Lowrell “Trackman” LaFonte was relocated to a small suburb North of Santa Barbra California a chance encounter brought him to meet Bonquiqui Pardue. As he scoured his local break to find someone with a resin patch kit to fix a fresh ding in his favorite tri-fin fishtail, Bonquiqui, dental hygienist, and also an avid surfer just so happened to have a kit handy and a union was born. From this moment on Lafonte & Bonquiqui were inseparable, often hitting the clubs and immersing themselves in Latin Freestyle and obscure local house productions from the smog filled Valley. As it would have it, eventually the two moved in together and began working on their own music, using strictly Casio drum machines and keyboards. Inadvertently, Lafonte & Bonquiqui pioneered a sound now known by the masses as “Surfer House.” These three tracks stand as a testament to a time in California music history that can never be recreated, no matter how hard the posuers at the local break try.
Andreas Ghem returns once again to the Mathematics imprint for more banging house cuts. “Fire & Ice” along with “From Space 3 SunsS” bring old school Chicago house vibes with raw drums and eerie synths. “Warm Words Don’t Help As Much As A Helping Hand” with the title track take on the flip.
From the full length double CD Mysterious Intrigue by Kuba Sojka on Mathematics Recordings, comes 4 tracks previously unreleased on wax. The original version of “I Can’t Stop” and “So Far Away” take on the A-side while “El Trompetista” and “Galactic Ritual” fill the flip. All cuts show the producer’s top notch skill and balance between house and techno.
Spanish Chaval records with their 5th release show casing the talents of a group of spanish techno producers. A sharp energetic selection of tracks by Groof, Tadeo, Architectural, Retrovision, De Felipe, Ausdrucke. The future for the iberican techno looks bright!
As a first taster of the upcoming Nighttime World 3 album by Robert Hood, Music Man presents Torque One (taken from the album) and an exclusive & vinyl-only track to this 12”, called Movement. As a first taster of the album we now present to you ‘Torque One’ (taken from the album) and an exclusive & vinyl-only track to this 12”, called ‘Movement’. With this release, mister Hood delivers 2 timeless pieces of electronic music inspired by a jazzy, dreamy ‘Nighttime World’. Quality.
Effective dub inspired house/techno tracks by this Analogue Solutions offspring by Eduardo De La Calle.
Strong Detroit inspired tracks on Rawax. This one digging in the rich history of Detroit techno for its influences resulting in a cool 3 track ep of some timeless techno tracks on clear vinyl 10”.
Two tracks on Huckaby’s own label SYNTH that complete his “Baseline” series (the first being last years Baseline 87′ on Sushitech, which quickly sold out). Two jackin Detroit house tracks that will also quickly sell out as usual!
