Since the beginning of Aube Records Roland Sebastian Faber has been serving up his brand of analogue astronomy, creating lush interplanetary sounds and otherworldly vistas. The French voyager, across three 12”s, has introduced listeners to his astral world; one of deep electronic tones, cosmic undercurrents and 70s electro disco passion. Once more this Moog veteran is setting off on a journey into the synthesizer stars.
Italy’s Mario Pierro aka Raiders of the Lost ARP returns with two outstanding Sci-Fi influenced electro/disco tracks for the 9th release on Lunar Disko Records. Both tracks are accompanied by a remixe from Dutch master, Rude 66 with his distinctive dark and atmospheric production style. Both artists create contrasting soundscapes on each side that compliment each other brilliantly.
A soundtrack for the time of the day when nothing really matters except the music you love. An after-hours musical narrative, crafted in unadulterated authenticity. Drivetrain brings on acclaimed writer/vocalist Diamondancer, dropping seductive expressions of passion and desire on “Peppermint Kisses.” Nate Mattimore makes his Soiree debute with veteran, Todd Perrine remixing CloudMasterWeed’s track “Sunny.” BlackJack’s ever-expanding repetoir of productions reaches a new level with his production “Triaxial.” “Quindrant Dub” is Professor Inc’s dark and nocturnal poison.
Luv Jam, Maxim Lany, Katorski, Scott Ferguson are the peeps doing good here! Lany Records with its 2nd release! On the a-side warm vocal house with a jazzy vibe. On the flip deep, darker, menacing dancefloor grooves.
New album by Portable. On the fifth longplayer, Alan Abrahams teams up with Efdemin, Johannes Schön and “Süd Electronic” labelmate Lakuti, to lead us “Into Infinity”.
Andy Vaz’s Straight Vacationing, his first full-length artist album since 2006, registers as less a straight-up collection of dance-floor burners and more of a variety pack that mixes club tracks and full-fledged house songs. Listeners hungry for just ordinary 4/4 throw-downs will not entirely get their share of those, but they’ll also get a whole lot more on this dynamic and well-rounded set of eight album tracks and that is exploring House Music not just as a simple one way street, but give you a very personal view of the music we call House. Straight Vacationing dives into the genre in all it’s rich variety: From deep melodic, early Chicago influenced Acid House, Jacking-Jedi Mind Tricks to Disco-type grooves and last but not least excursions into Bizzaro World, with a vaz typical almost psychedelic experimental-edged Sound, it’s all there.
Consistent with the previous Aesthetic Audio releases, Yasuo Sato formula is an wonderful rollercoaster of deepness, raw substance and timeless music that clearly will keep heads nodding.
Ragrange Records debuts with the label owner, Rondenion, delivering a killer house EP! The title track is a warm yet bass heavy tune with a serious groove. “Black Sky” follows in a real deep fashion. Flip it for “Mechanical Motion”, a harder edged track with an old school feel.
James Johnston dives in even deeper territory with these four excellent US-inspired deephouse cuts. We have the dark sexy groover ‘A new day begins’, the sunny rhodes-driven ‘Drive around the city’, the smoked-out ‘Haze’ and the hypnotizing late-night workout ‘Why do they wanna go’.
Skylax Records presents Wax Classic. The first release features 4 fantastic trax by legendary Detroit producer Jason Grove.
Dekmantel comes up with some serious tracks from the brilliant Detroit producer, Terrence Parker. Two tracks that came out earlier under different project names, now in the rebound on the same EP.
Parker Music Works presents a collaboration between Terrence Parker under his Polatronics guise and Chris Shivers as Tralopscinor. The EP includes 4 old deep detroit house tracks, released under different labels.
New 7 inch on Kyle Hall’s Wild Oats label produced by Jay Simon. ”Faith” is an interesting debut track from Simon with female vox from a familiar voice.
Paul Bennett returns with his label paying hommage to the classics. Immaculately programmed Maydayesque drum machines, emotive & expansive pitch bent synths, thundering low frequencies and clanks galore. This is a supercharged rewiring of the Detroit blueprint in three startlingly well executed flavours.
Claude Young teams up with his Takasi Nakajima to deliver the next EP on ART. Cool no-nonsense but thoughtful future-tech, with plenty of analog modulations for the heads – and dance-floor thump for the party people. On the flip, the legendary Ian O’Brien delivers a typically deep, Detroit tinged remix with trademark warm bass and glistening top lines. On the digital release two other remixes from label owner Kirk Degiorgio and TJ Korg.
The Spanish duo Exium returns to Pole headquarters with “Complex” EP. With this new release they give their style a new twist by making the synths the starring element of “Complex”, a melodic techno number, full of harmonies, portamento leads and pulsating beats. Detroit’s own legendary Dj Rolando reworks the original version in a more percussive style, but preserving the melodies and leads. A sure floor smasher. ”The Quiet Man” closes this release by returning to the classic Exium sound: hard drums, sharp hatzs and dense atmospheres, for the darkest fans of pure techno grooves.
Electric Deluxe presets an EP coming from a new and mysterious project called Back Pack Poets.
Great techno on the Frozen Border label with three solid subtle atmospheric & swinging tracks.
More uncompromising techno sounds from Russia as Unbalance starts his newly minted label of the same name with this triple header arriving on strictly limited, hand stamped clear vinyl. “Rhythm Slave” sets the tone, wasting little time settling into a heavily pressurised groove of throbbing acid oscillations and glowering bass movements, shards of percussion bouncing off in rhythmic fashion. The screw is tightened to breaking point, at which Unbalance drops some pneumatic hi-hats. Coincidentally, the track adopts a druggy, knackered sound akin to Andy Stott when played at the wrong speed. Turn over for the sci fi freakery of “Deep Journey” which eschews the locked groove dynamism of the A Side for a descent into a thick soup of growling mechanical textures. “Meteor” operates somewhere between the previous two productions, as skipping syncopation drives through the desolate industrial soundscape.
