The third part in Absurd Recordings’ Acid Test Series is “a spaced out ambient acid tune” recorded for the Labyrinth festival in 2010 by Donato Dozzy. Labelmate Tin Man remixes the track on the flipside and turns it “into a dark tripped out acid journey” with his added vocals.
As dRUMMAN, Jori Hulkkonen, is taking his live music back to the roots, illustrating his multifaceted musical skills he is redefining his gigs using drum machines, analog sequencers and synths. After a number of gigs under his new moniker he’s delivering an amazing E.P. in the same spirit.
Roy of the Ravers releases his debut album, a somewhat deeper and darker affair than the “2010 Annual” EP and showing another side to the enigmatic acid-purveying, comic strip plagiarising hardware aficionado. Anyone else wondering what happened to track 16? Us too.
A new release by Tropic of Cancer, the LA-based duo of Camella Lobo and Juan Mendez (aka Silent Servant). They make make raw, visceral music in the loose tradition of minimal synth, post-punk, industrial and goth, produced with authority and a supremely evolved grasp of spatial arrangement. Superb experimental edged & punk drone-rock infected cuts.
The first release on the Freebeat label from Spain, delivers some serious quality deep House vibes, from the Chicago producer Chris Gray.
E.R.P. and Morphology and Boris Divider remixing one of Hardfloors album tracks on this limited edition 12”. Three names that are essential for everyone into techno and Electro! Futuristic sounds with beautiful and haunting melodies to full effect.
Hardfloor ‘4th Dimension of the 5th Ward’, featuring two E.R.P works and a Dynamik Bass System remix, to deliver some of the hottest electro techno tracks around. E.R.P. delivers some of his best works with stellar strings and beautiful melodies that make you float away. The third and final tracks goes into the Metroplex, Detroit Techno area with that typical bassline and vocals by Detroit in Effect finnished off by some of that Hardfloor 303.
Impakt shows once more that he is an exceptionally gifted artist and producer. He delivers for Solar One Music, an amazing full length album with fourteen tracks of finest Braindance Tunes.
Hypnotizing acid-EBM-electro-wave masterpiece from Düsseldorf’s Tolouse Low Trax aka Detlef Weinrich. Tolouse Low Trax remixes Noblesse Oblige’s already fantastic ”The Great Electrifier” into a mesmerizing and highly original blend of electronic dub and new-wave-like techno. The other three tracks are solely by the hand of Tolouse Low Trax. Teutonic marching beats with layers of spaced-out, dubby electronics.
New release on Frustrated Funk by Clatterbox, featuring 5 excellent electro tracks with an ambient flavour.
Shifted starts his own label Avian. The first release features 2 tracks of deep tripping, highly reduced techno plus a bonus cut of droning ambiance.
“The Parkhurst” gives us five cuts spanning a wide spectrum of emotional hues and dancefloor objectives and we can see Terrence venturing into some rare territory for one who has hewed such a well-defined and recognizable sound through his career. “City Nights” it’s a maze of operatic afrobeat-tinged house music rushing gaining momentum with each angular twist into sweaty oblivion.“Suspended” is the breather after the workout: sensory deprivation courtesy of rippling strands of static chords, featuring a deep extended digital-only mix of this mesmerizing little jewel. “After Five” carves a languid, oversexed groove—the perfect soundtrack for a rainy evening at home or in the morning sessions at the club. On the flip, “The Parkhurst” brings that old familiar no-bullshit aesthetic back into the picture with a pensive minor key melody fused with alien orchestral accompaniment. The clooser, “Multiply” reaches into techno’s past to communicate with us in the here and now—giving each new element room to grow and sing.
The second Unthank release by Vakula delivering some nice deep tracks on the Firecracker sub label. A strong contrast to the debut Unthank EP from Bakey Ustl, this 3 tracker contains influences as diverse as Aphex Twin, Claro Intellecto or even DBX.
New project by up and coming house producer James Johnson for more techno orientated tracks. “In Darkness” comes with true spirit and four hypnotic techno tracks. From the first song on Plural lets you notice the influences he has in early Dubtechno and vibrations from Detroit.
Jazzy playfull laidback tracks from Marcellus Pittmann on this new label. Limited edition collectors release according the label.
Second release from Orlando B. on Yore Records. The UK producer laid down the new release’s material in West London, but its heart and soul lies an ocean away, as the ”Motor City” track title suggests; He also got a soft spot for classic house and techno, as evidenced by the title he’s given to the thirty-minute EP.
About Group is a band comprised of members of Hot Chip, Spring Heel Jack and This Heat. “You’re No Good” is taken from the album ‘Start And Complete’. The Theo Parrish translation showcases a super deep reworking of pure quality from the master.
New release on Uzuri, coming from Pittsburgh Track Authority aka Preslav Lefterov, Thomas Cox, and Adam Ratana.
The Uncanny Valley-quartet is rounded up by the Ace of Spades. Before starting to release its first Artist-EPs, the compilation-series is rounded up for now with the roughest EP so far. Sneaker’s “You Think You Think!” takes no prisoners and comes with a dark bass line. The track is a musclebound monster and includes claps that are out of control and freaked out vocals by Sneaker himself. No less rough is cvbox’ “machinematch”, even if its acid-thunderstorm builds up far more subtly. Finally, “Platschern” by Stefan Lohse takes us on a 100-BPM-journey straight into analogue wonderland…
