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 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.
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 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.
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.
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”.
