Raw, booming and pretty straightforward yet with that typical Jeroen Search touch. “Ellipse” is loopy, minimalistic and a very effective dancefloor weapon. “Periapsis” on the other hand is a calmer track, deepness, darkness, smoothness. The background sounds give it a unsettling vibe while the acid’ish stabs give it that hypnotic feel you drugheads all crave for. But the icing on the cake is definetely the Conforce remix.
Milton Bradley recently released a new EP with Grounded Theory’s Henning Baer as K209. Some harder stomping noisy techno cuts.
50 Weapons presents Benjamin Damage and Doc Daneeka with 2 stunning collaboration works, merging classic Techno and House influences with UK Bass elements. “Creeper/Infamous” yet again shows Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons label from a new and different perspective.
Arne Weinberg’s Integrity Constraint – Part 2 is a worthy follow up to the well-received first release in this series. Arne has produced these tracks in his atmospheric and well-known style, in which beautifully arranged sounds embrace the listener in a timeless journey.
Re-issue of the Classic Instant House Vinyl EP. Includes the 6 original tracks, along an unreleased bonus cut from the Instant House Archives titled “Hat Hat”.
Hudd Traxx are back with an EP from Agnès. This is an EP that takes you through a variety of avenues; from the tripped out and soul tinged ‘Silent Obz’, through to the wickedly sleazy sounds of ‘You Did Naughty’. The title track ‘Got That Music in My Mind’ on the flip cranks up the bmp a bit with a track that’s high energy but still knows how to rock a deep synth, and finishing up proceedings, ‘Spanky Times’ offers a cheeky groove and slick beats that are guaranteed to get the floor rocking.
Debut album from the highly intriguing June. ‘Cyntheria’ is a canny mix of vintage Chicago moods and grooves with more European Italo influences, dreamy and ethereal electronic music grounded in classic chicago, acid house, new wave and synth pop. The album includes also two DJ Sprinkles remixes.
Tabernacle Records is releasing a Daniel Andréasson, keen photographer and self-confessed acid addict, EP with an introspective yet versatile 5 track EP.
ProForm Series brings a new raw jackin’ Chicago style 12”. Wwritten, produced & performed live by Matti Turunen (the other half of electro duo Morphology) this four tracker named “Chi Trax” is pure Chicago madness.
New 4 track EP by Takeshi Kouzuki on Abstract Acid. Analogue vibes are the order of the day, from gritty blends of acidic machine funk to melodic enriched house vibes.
DJ Yoav B. releases three new tracks on the Belgian Meakusma label. Gently rubbing shoulders with Detroit Techno and HipHop, built on crazy loops and raw rhythms, the tracks are enhanced with psychedelic and playful sounds, that give them the feeling of being in continuous flux and movement. The mood here is absorbing yet ambivalent. On top of this, Protect-U, from the fantastic Future Times camp, delivers a remix, pulling the music away from reality, firmly aiming it for the universe. With a mid-tempo House feeling, a crispy bassline and abstract synthesizer pattern, they take the listener beyond the infinite.
Nicholas makes his debut on 4lux. “All Night Long” is an old school 90’s piano house nugget that also gets the remix touch by 4lux head honcho Gerd: early 90’s house influenced vibes. The flip contains “All I Need” and the slow paced house cut “Stay Together”.
Ajello releases another solid EP of slightly off the beaten track disco action on the Demo Disc label.
Detroit grooves from Sebastien San with a deep San Soda remix on top. We Play House Recordings is kickin’ the new year with ‘Great Cities E.P.’, a package crammed with Detroit delights, with a deep San Soda remix as a little bonus thrown in.
New Mahogani release from Joy of Sound Productions, with some lovely soulful house and a wonderful beatdown soul cut with sublime male vocal. All with that rich, organic Mahogani feel – congas, Rhodes, live bass etc.
Praterei present their third installment, 7 Citizens returns with more Chicago synthestry in the form of ‘Quietus’. The remix comes from Force/Emerge and proffers a gritty low slung alternative.
Automatic Tasty (real name Jonny Dillon) has released a new free web-only album ‘Life After Debt’ through The Centrifuge. The thirteen tracks gathered here see Dillon throwing the focus upon warm analogue house and electro atmospheres that favor subtle disco-funk elements as much as they do darker, more leftfield-oriented retro-acid excursions.
Autumn, the legendary minimal wave project of Peter Bonne and Geert Coppens released a full length LP. ‘Synthesize’ the LP reissue features a selection of Autumn’s best material.
Two deep space electro tracks EP, from the duo Matti Turunen and Michael Diekmann aka Morphology on the Spanish outfit Semantica Records.
