Franco Cangelli returns to his own Mowar label for a four-track EP. Inspired by classic techno and contemporary machinations in equal measure, Cangelli’s palette is varied but sophisticated.
001.Features
DJ Jus-Ed – Deeply I Feel [UQ035]
Hot new wax from the Underground Quality camp. Number 35 sees label boss Jus-Ed take the reins, remixes by Marcus Nega and Joey Anderson, all while Alison Crockett and Brother Don Q are taking care of the vocals.
VA – The Aphotic Segments Part One [SIS015]
Patrice Scott presents a new Sistrum series called “The Aphotic Segments”. This is the first part showcasing the talents of Patrice Scott, XDB, Leonid and Anton Zap, aaking yet another statement on deep, intense and timeless techno music.
Sirko Müller – Reexplored [6THJOURNEY]
Sirko Müller makes his return, after a long hiatus he is now ready for some new action, so to reintroduce him, here’s some of his 90’s classic tracks as well as some unreleased bits!
Ryo Murakami – Underworld [BAUD04]
Mysterious shadows, sensual formations and intransparent depths rewrite the fourth baud release of Ryo Murakami from Tokyo.The A-side is launched by the title track “Underworld”, which is evident in an appealing soundscape by classical and contemporary dub elements.Also on the front side is the playful “Night dew”. Swirled iridescent synths attend to the atmospheric and unexplored morning dew.“Closer” opens the B-side with a gentle, bubbling acidline that rounds off the background with jacking swinging moments,Like an enchanted, dark veil “Fog” appears on the back side, by building up strings into unsearchable depths.
Tom Trago – Shutters [RH114]
Tom Trago will drop his second album this spring, called “Iris”. “Shutters” is thought as a teaser track to whet your appetite and get you in the mood for the long player. “Shutters” is a simmering, soul-drenched and summerish funk tune.
Leo Gunn – Rise & Fall [DEEPEX021]
Leo Gunn features his comeback to Deep Explorer with a new release. “Rise & Fall” Ep is a compilation of his new deep and emotional songs. Four original tracks written by Leo Gunn under the production of Dubbyman & Above Smoke plus a special extended remix by Specter.
STABLO – No. 9999 [STABLO9999]
If you don’t know it already, it’s the time of faceless artists and labels. In a time when traditional record shops are dying every day and the vinyl seems to be seriously overtaken by the digital media, faceless labels and artist are starting to flourish. An other example, in this direction, is the new mysterious label Stablo, which have just release they first EP with some underground sounds from an unknown artist. The EP, called No. 9999, includes two untitled tracks with a unique dubby house style, ready to hypnotize the listener or the dancer. This release has every single copy hand-stamped and individually numbered and you can find it in very limited numbers.
Phaeleh – Falling [DISF012]
Phaeleh steps up to Disfigured Dubz with the atmospheric roller ‘Falling’ b/w a junglist rework from Kulture. Phaeleh’s signature feel for rave-yearning, tranced-out melodic arrangements and cleanly produced dubstep rhythms are fully intact. However, the Kulture remix takes that diva vocal where it really needs to go, arming her with an undercarriage of heavy junglist rollidge.
George FitzGerald – Don’t You [HFT014]
Hotflush Recordings presents the follow-up single to George FitzGerald’s summer 2010 debut “The Let Down” and “Weakness”.Here we see the budding London-based producer reaching into the brighter side of post-dubstep and UK garage styles, achieving a mood that is both blissful and emotive. On the flipside, Scuba gives the original mix a churning techno re-flex under his SCB guise.
Saturn V / X2 – Rhythm Relics EP [NAT009]
New release on Nation, the “Rhythm Relics” EP is an approach towards the beginnings of an evolving acid-driven Dance scene in the UK two decades ago. Stemming ideas from that era, Saturn V and X2 came up with a testament of evolutionary ideas and musical shape-shifting to bring our influences to the audiences of today.
Gesloten Cirkel – Moustache Techno Series 001 [MTECHS001]
Moustache Records presents the first release from the new Moustache Techno Series. Top notch techno from Gesloten Cirkel.
Dimi Angelis & Jeroen Search – Karakter EP [BALANS001]
New release from Dimi Angelis and Jeroen Search on a new label called Balans. The EP includes three tracks: Funktie, Evenwicht and Klappert.
Shifted – Drained [MOTE021]
The forever-progressive Luke Slater has plucked a special release from the ether that will impress and intrigue followers of Mote’s approach to underground techno. Shrouded in anonymity, Shifted’s productions are fuelled by a personal passion for techno, this fourtrack EP for Mote Evolver represents an earnest expression of creativity from an enigmatic artist; freed from the restrictions of expectation and reputation.
Deep Space Orchestra – Riding In My Imaginary Jeep [FOTO003]
Foto Recordings enlist the talents of Deep Space Orchestra for release number three in the catalog. First up “Riding In My Imaginary Jeep” showcases their trademark old synths/modern production aesthetic to full effect, taking in classic drum machines and warm synth lines to produce an epic piece of deep house. Second track “Sir Shina” sees them doing some deft sample-manipulation with a big chugging midtempo jam the result. Label owner OOFT! is also present with a remix.
Shakarchi & Straneus – Dodskallar Och Korallrev [BARN002]
Shakarchi & Stranéus comes with their five track EP “Dödskallar Och Korallrev”, Studio Barnhus’ second release. They are making some of the most catchy, emotional and well crafted dance music.
Tin Man – Nonneo [ASD015]
This is the debut release in this new series done by Absurd Recordings. The first Acid Test 12″ features 3 tracks from Tin Man, including a remix of “Nanneo” by Donato Dozzy.
Julius Steinhoff – Out In The Woods [GEO002]
The second release from Geography Records is the debut solo EP by the very talented Julius Steinhoff of Smallville Records. Steinhoff sets a beautiful atmospheric mood throughout the EPs three tracks. Starting of with the warm and vibrant “Mischief Of One and Another”, then the straight forward yet subtle “Out In he Woods” and ending it with the mesmerizing “Zealand”. “Out In the Woods EP” is a future classic whitin modern deep electronic music.
Mike Dehnert – Framework [86DSR]
Framework – as you’d expect of a man who performs genuinely live for hours, often only ever calling on his own tweaked, edited and skewed productions – is an uncompromising album made up of pure techno tracks of the sort you’d expect to hear on the dancefloors of places like Berghain or Tresor. They go from pulsing and classic sounding to skipping and glitchy, through greyed-out and sandy via swinging and syncopated but always with a sense of restraint and control whether they are abstract, apocalyptic, atmospheric or whatever else. Drawing from a dusty, dirty toolbox of sounds, the echo-y, cavernous chambers and dusky warehouse aesthetics of Dehnert’s moody music betrays the purity and simplicity of his arrangements. Although his records are undeniably functional, at the same time, they are neither nondescript nor forgettable: somehow, through masterful sound designs and an accomplished knack for blending real tension and atmosphere with his obvious Basic Channel and Berghain influences, Mike Dehnert manages to lock you into whatever mood takes his fancy with apparent ease.
