New release on Fachwerk techno train from Sascha Rydell. On the A-side Sascha delivers a proper Berlin machine-techno track, undercooled, intense, heavy. On the B-side a surprisingly relaxed techno excursion with dubby hints of Detroit techno.
001.Features
Humandrone – Yellow EP [WPHYELLOW]
We Play House with their limited series. A new artist from Japan called Humandrone a.k.a. Takaaki Shibuya, with his twist on jackin’ Chicago rhythms. A twist deeply melancholic, almost Detroit like, showing us that Chicago music can be both jackin and musical at the same time.
Arttu – Fear Diluted [PHP052]
Arttu aka Lump comes with two tracks of raw minimal music with an edge and unpredictable arrangements.
Ricardo Miranda – Floorwax [HHYR014]
Hour House is Your Rush is releasing an EP from Chicagoian Ricardo Miranda. ‘Floorwax’ urges us to do the damn thing, assuming that he leaves us no choice but to slam dance to this hypnotic acid work out. ‘Redline’ starts out with just drums and a pulsating acid line, but halfway through a utopian string line eases in and shows us the way to the promised land.
Benny Rodrigues – I Like Acid [BAO029]
Rotterdam’s Benny Rodrigues’ interpretation of acid house takes the form of ”I Like Acid”, and surely it sounds classic! Acid synth madness like in the old days but with an updated touch. ”Choice” hypnotic appeal will not get unnoticed on the floor, once again a track that finds its strength in the basic structure of its arrangement, effective drums patterns with a ”freakish” top line that carry the track into peak time. Steve Rachmad as ”Sterac” and Mike Dehnert are providing the remixes for ”I Like Acid”, to close the EP.
Atheus – Compile [SSCD009]
The latest release from Vancouver Island’s Silent Season imprint, “Compile,” collects ten compositions (nine previously available as vinyl-only releases) in CD form from Montreal’s Serge Collin under his Atheus moniker.
Not from Earth – The Origin EP [PRGDIG008]
The first release from Italian duo Not from Earth. Is a new project on Prologue with more deep ambient sounds.
Freund Der Familie & Phidias – Black Secret 1/2 [FDFRAW002]
“Black Street” is a nice spherical dubby techno track from Freund Der Familie & Phidias. The EP comes with a Sven Weisemann remix.
214 – Submanouvers [FR023]
214 (TwoFourteen) witll release a new EP on Frustrated Funk. Four solid electro-techno tracks, with sharp electro rhythms combined with deep string laden melodies, pads and very strong attention for detail are the ingredients for this beautiful piece of machine funk.
Gedankenexperiment – Experiment Defined [WEME313.5]
“Gedankenexperiment” (german for ‘thought experiment’) is a one-time project by Beta Evers and Heinrich Mueller for WeMe313. For “Gedankenexperiment” Evers and Mueller designed a hypothetical situation and followed the structure of a typcial experiment to explore its consequences.
Factory Floor – Real Love [OM013]
Optimo Music are in the unique position of doing a remix for London-base band Factory Floor and having a exclusive single release for it.
VA – Entrada EP [MODULARZ003]
Truncate, Silent Servant, Santiago Salazar and Developer with four rocking techno tracks on the American techno label Modularz.
Volta Cab – Running Man / Motion Map [TS001T]
This is the first of a new series and Imprint from the Balance/Finale family. Tech Sessions is a 10″inch Vinyl series from various of artist from around the world who wants to express the deep and harder side of House and Techno.
Marco Zenker – Blue Air EP [ILIAN008]
Marco Zenker has his second record on Ilian Tape. “Invisible Shadows” its building up slowly and leads into a very open space – the perfect track to give the night another direction. “Remain Silent” goes down, you almost can call that cut a meditation hymne. Finally we have a tripping remix from Conforce. Its just free spirited, soulful and open minded.
C.C. – Sound Carrier 2 [SC02Y]
Hermannstadt Collective Feat. Markus Homm – Midnight Fun [3120015]
Thirtyonetwenty welcomes on the 15th release the Romanian duo Hermannstadt Collective, aka Mihai Popoviciu and Jay Bliss, and this time Markus Homm joins them. “Midnight Fun” is a homage to classic Detroit dance tracks with an up-to-date feel. The original comes along with a dub version and a remix from Olderic & Alex Piccini.
Sankt Goran – Slobban [GORAN001]
Sankt Goran presents a old Swedish release that has been released as promo only in 1999. Its a release called Slobban by a late 90’s trio of Jens Johansson, Peter Gustafsson and Carl Magnus Ernström from Falun in the woods of Dalarna. Almost classic Detroit Techno tracks with some jazzy influences from these guys that have been playing around and tweeking their Deep Bass Nine, TB-303, Korg DW8000 and Yamaha DX7 & DX10, sprinkling some samples on top with the Casio FZ-10M since 1994.
Esteban Adame – East Lost Luv EP [UQ038]
Kerri vs. Nina – Westwin [KVN001]
Juergen Junker – Unhampered By Regulations Vol. 1 [NR010]
A few years have passed and Neurhythmics resurfaces after like-minded souls decided to bring it back. Juergen Junker returns with a 3 track 12” that stems from a live-set concept he created over the last few months. Raw as you like, it takes a distinct bow towards the earlier days of the windy city.
