Reggie Dokes is definitely keeping busy – “House Is My Soul” is the latest in a series of releases for 2010. Deep, melodic Detroit house done in Reggie’s signature, string heavy style which already has many fans.
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Jose Rico / Mike Huckaby – Downbeat 03 [DOWNBEAT003]
In the 3rd Downbeat release, the main star is the Waldorf Sound. This release means the debut of one of the heads of the label, Jose Rico. His two tracks (“Restructure again” and “About it”) are obsessive, direct and forceful and define clearly his tastes and influences. Detroit and above all, Detroit. On side B, (the essential) Mike Huckaby gives us a bright pearl with a piano solo reminding us of his works on Deep Transportation.
Jeff Mills – Something In The Sky 4 [SITS004]
Techno deity Jeff Mills presents the fourth installment of his series of unexplained (and unnamed) techno phenemonena. No stranger to providing techno backing to Sci Fi classics, Something In The Sky Vol 4 sounds like Mills providing the music to a 50s B movie about a Martian invasion of Washington DC via four cuts of outer galactic head music.
88uw – TPDC008
VA – The Dust Off Volume 3 [OKLTD004]
First up is ‘Sepia’, a collaboration between Matt O’Brien and Audiostatic, who deliver a low slung, head nodding, 120 bpm dubbed out house monster. Recorded over 8 years ago, this track has a timeless quality which makes it just as relevant today. Minor Planets kick off the B side with skeletal electro of ‘Constructor’ – heavy sub bass underpins a clanking beat while muted reverberated melodies bubble up to the surface. Rounding off this EP is ‘3dub’ by Kimble, a blissed out piece of ethereal lo-fi electronica.
John Daly live @ Future Nature at East Village, London 30.04.2010
Sauveur Mallia – Spatial Disco 2 [ETS010]
The Spatial Disco series continues with the best of the library albums, and Automation from the legendary Tele Music label. After the hype about the cult disco album Sauveur Mallia needs no introduction. Volume 2 focuses on his electronic productions from 1981 to 1984. Artwork by the Berlin based artist Remy Mouton! All tracks written by Sauveur Mallia…
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various / spatial disco – Spatial Disco 2
We missed out on the first volume, but we’re certainly not making the same mistake with ‘Spatial Disco 2’! It’s the second in a series of library records compiled by the Austrian Electunes label and entirely drawn from the legendary Tele Music catalogue, this time focusing on the electronic productions of Saveur Mallia between 1981 and 1984, most specifically the ‘Cosmosynthetic’, ‘Percussions Modernes’ and ‘Automation’ albums. The styles rove between early Art Of Noise or Arthur Baker alike electro on ‘Smurfissimo’ to Robotnick-esque jaunts such as ‘New Wave Sequence’ and urgently uptempo breakdancers like ‘Robot Scratch’. Our favourites have to be the Italo propulsion of ‘Macadam Locomotion’ and the atmospheric bassline arpeggios of ‘Rectangle Astral’. A must for anyone who got a kick out of the Tangerine Traume compilation or fans of Riechmann, John Carpenter etc.
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Apiento & Co – She Walks [LENG004]
Apiento & Co follow up their 7” for Claremont 56 with a new 12” for Leng. This again has lush, mellow ibizian mood about it but could work wonders on the dancefloor late at night. The slow arpegiated groove leads us into a hooky piano with the strings and then a lovely piano solo drifts along and completes the package. Pete Herbert turns it round and aims straight for the dancefloor in true disco Herbert style.
Mike Simonetti – That Look In Your Eye [PERSEO01]
Mike Simonetti takes an edit to three very obscure 90s house tracks. A track was modified for better club use… extended so it builds, builds and builds… The two tracks on the b-side sound like 90’s Japanese piano house and a happy house rave track flipped on 33.
Traversable Wormhole – The Remixes Part.1 [CLR035]
The first series of remixes for Adam X’s project Traversable Wormhole on CLR. The first two remixes comes from Berlin’s Marcel Dettmann and Brussels’ Peter van Hoesen. The package includes also two Traversable Wormhole original tracks.
Roberto Bosco – Berlin Music City [FIGURE028]
Roberto Bosco comes to Figure with a new four track masterclass in rumbling, earth-shaking and proudly contemporary techno. Dark, moody techno from one of the most reliable label’s in the game.
Mike Dehnert – Spreepool [FW015]
New release from Mike Dehnert on his Fachwerk. Two new striped killer Berlin flavoured techno, house club tracks.
Sigha – OCS001 [OCS001]
Inspired by the creative freedom found In Berlin, and fused with a classic UK aesthetic, Sigha’s ‘Our Circula Sound’ project represents his growing immersion in the more spacious and abstract realms of Techno. Dark, introspective and hypnotic, the labels output will mirror the sound that Sigha has become know for, with his obsession for detail clear through out. The first release includes an original track from Sigha and a remix from Marcel Dettmann.
Hauntologists – Ep 3 [HAUNTOLOGIST03]
Tripping & subtle dubbed out, stripped down & heavy house rhythms tracks from the Hardwax stable. Murky techno tracks with the flavor of early Yorkshire bleep techno distilled through the minimal sounds of Berlin!
Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid – For An Answer [F003]
Great club-suited trippy bouncing techno tracks by these resident dj’s of Stockholms no. 1 underground club Fukt, Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid.
Marko Fürstenberg – Counter Mode EP [ARTLESS2192]
The Mojuba sublabel brings you two new tunes from the vaults of Marco Fürstenberg. These two tracks of pure dub techno magic build a seamless connection to his previous releases Surphased ep and Repentance ep and capture the special sound and feel of a true Fürstenberg track how it can only be done for this label!
Nemanja Nikolic – Is The Future Still There [DPRESS038]
Dub techno, evolving pads, reverbs, space and delays with experimental, darker, minimal tracks with lots of sfx, samples from the real world and live instruments. Comes with a remix from Delta Funktionen.
VA – Tokyo Connection EP [YORE025]
Yore returns with four funky and warm disco-ish house tracks that the Tokyo Connection boys Kez YM, Rodenion and No Milk.
Ka§par – So Right [CCS02]
Deep, fluffy, romantic, introspective, dubby, ron trent tribute type house music, Ka§par style on Clone. Gerd comes with the remix.
