The seventh installment of Jeff Mills’ conceptual sublabel, Something In The Sky.
001.Features
Shifted – Reach [SZ002]
Second release on Syndrome Z label, with some excellent chord-ish / Detroit techno from Shifted. The EP is closed by a Szare remix.
AnD – Black Sun 2 [BSR002]
Subtle atmospheric techno released by Black Sun Records, coming from an unknown producer A.n.D.
VA – East Wind Steps [FULLPANDA017]
Steady wind keeps blowing from the east with these tracks by Andrei Oid, KHZ and Stanislav Tolkachev on Fullpanda Records. Experimental edged, dark & spaced out techno EP.
Stephen Brown – Extensive Perception EP [HEM005]
Two Detroit tracks by Stephen Brown on his first appearance on Heliocentric Music. The record starts with “HMI”, a very deep dancefloor-experience with lots of spheric sounds, which make the track perfect for the crowd as well as for home-listerners. “My Harmony” is of such a beauty, that one simply has to listen. Ambient-soundscapes and electro-drummings are the key here and take the listener on a truly fantastic journey.
Dj F aka Ideograma – Reflection For The Ubiquity [SEMANTICA034]
Vril – 5-7 [STAUB004]
Vril comes with his second 12″ on Giegling Staub delivering some gritty chord driven techno tracks.
DJ Qu – Gymnastics [SMR010]
DJ Qu, the New Jersey based producer and DJ, will release his debut album on Strength Music stable. The album will include a 3×12″ providing 12 dark, stripped-down productions in his well known style.
Rio Padice – Earthrise [MORRIS0746]
Rio Padice’s new “Earthrise” release for Morris Audio is a catchy slightly old school house affair.
Ryo Murakami – In Chain [CURLE034]
Jus Ed – House vs Techno [UQDIGITAL003]
Digital release from Jus-Ed on Underground Quality, with 4 serious long players, with the longest “July (Remix)” at 10:36. Ultra deep heads grabbing tracks.
Black Jazz Consortium – Electric Blues [DEEPEX023]
A moment of darkness to one step into the light , simply like that.Fred P arrives to the files of the Deep Explorer’s army with his Black Jazz Comsortium project. Electric Blues EP includes new fresh works from one of the men of the moment plus a downbeat remix by Dubbyman on the flipside.
Coefficient – Field Transitions EP [M_RECLTD007]
M_REC LTD will release new EP coming from England’s Coefficient with some cleanly, hypnotic, uncompromising techno. The EP is completed by a remix of Michaelangelo, with an even more dark and hypnotic style.
Cyclo. – ID [RASTER127]
A decade since its inception, Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai are relaunching their collaborative project, Cyclo., a project that focuses on the visualization of sound and seeks to create a new hybrid of visual art and music.
VA – 61 Center Returning Vol. 4 [T2X015]
The 4th installment in the 61 Center Returning series is an all Belgo-Italian affair. A side is taken up by Peter Van Hoesen and Donato Dozzy, with ‘Dock’ a dense, psychedelic track, bubbling percussion works its way through swirls of oscillating soundscapes. On the B-side Lucy reports for remix duty. He provides a remix ‘Defense Against The Self’ with a solid dose of steroids, injecting cavernous kicks and bleeps.
John Daly – First Water LP [PLAKLP002]
John Daly with classy rooted house and techno tracks. A nice dubby influenced affair combined with Chicago-ish elements. “First Water” is a brand new collection of warm analog rooted house/ techno carefully shaped for your endless week-end.
Eve White – Bribe ‘Em With Candy [PSPV003.3]
Perspectiv Records kick off their 2011 vinyl releases with the ”Bribe ’em With Candy” EP. This is the debut on the label for German duo Motec and Daniel Gelbe under their production pseudonym, Eve White, featuring some exquisite deep house tracks.
Reggie Dokes – Once Again / Haiti [ROYAL008]
Reggie Dokes returns on Clone Royal Oak, with 2 amazing tracks. Emotional and passionated house tracks, raw, unpolished music. Title track “Once Again” has received a remix treatment by two young dutch producers called Morning Factory. These guys show the same passion for their productions as Reggie, and they delivered a great edit version that added some extra energy to the original mix.
Michael Frosinone – No. 1 [UNPREDICTABLE001]
Unpredicatbles first release is a compromiseless raw killer maxisingle at the boundaries of filtered house and dub techno with thefull power of the analogue productions.
Steve Moore – Zero-point Field EP [LIES003]
L.I.E.S. is back with another offering from the underground, this time by Steve Moore. He delivers two tracks of epic, heavily synth-driven, nu-age techno which shifts between moments of light, darkness and the grey area in between, slowly morphing as they progress onward.
