With this ‘Merovingienne ep’, I:Cube arrives at the synthesis. The influences are there, seminal: mental techno and creepy funk mate to give birth to sublimes bastards. A dirty sound, and chiseled structures, which reveal a little more each listening.
001.Features
Tyree Cooper – Get Up [WPHGREEN54803 ]
Chicago’s Tyree Cooper drops some old school hip house action on WPH’s ultra limited colour series.
GB – The Xpander [DX001]
Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker aka GB comes with The Xpander ep. He delivers some deep introvert electro tracks. A-track The Xpander is an uptempo track, while the flip side is a more introvert electro piece that slowly builds and builds until both feet aren’t touching ground anymore.
Anthony Shake Shakir – At the Bonnie Brook [ALR012]
New Shake gear backed with remixes from Osborne and Photonz on Astro Lab Recordings! ‘At The Bonnie Brook’ catches him in a top mood, banging out bucking house beats with crisply cornered synth edits finished as only Shake can. Osborne’s mix drops the tempo for a ruff Detroit jackers fix, while Photonz gives contrasting ruff and smoove fixes on the flip.
Cassegrain – Cotton [MWAVE013]
New release on Mikrowave from Cassegrain, with a Perc remix. Nautical sounding subtle techno.
JS – Reworks [STYRAX LEAVES JS1]
Deep and dubby techno reworks from Manchester’s JS Zeiter, touching up a Berlin-inspired Detroit groove with effervescent chords.
D-Bridge – Producer 2 Remix EP [FC12035]
Remix session from Shed and Ramadanman tackling D-Bridge’s killer ‘ZX81’ from the ‘Producer 2’ compilation on Fat City!
Roberto Bosco – Biosphere [MSR005]
Mr. Bosco has outdone himself with this 2 tracker EP release for Minimal Soul Recordings. Uptempo kicking and Detroit-inspired techno. He goes full tilt with both sides, setting ornate rhythm patterns to hold his florid melodies and uplifting synthline vibes.
DJ Qu – Law [DVR012]
New Jersey’s DJ Qu lays down another dancer’s spesh on ‘Law’ backed with Brothers Vibe dub and Sascha Dive remix. This guy basically has the latin deep house shake on lock with a rack of crisp and punchy drums, submerged strings and that innately classical touch that signifies the best of his tracks for Strength Music and Underground Quality. Brothers Vibe reinforce this with a standardised dub mix and Dive takes the pace down for a deeper swingers mix.
Andres Zacco – Drawing Clouds [GREENER002]
“Drawing Clouds” focuses on the raw techno aspect of Andrés Zacco’s production. Never forgetting the more dubby textures and winding electrics so dear to the Argentine master of wizardry, he creates yet another enthralling landscape right at the first seconds of the title track. As the maelstrom wraps around your mind, the unbeatable rhythms and fast-pace of the flip “Space Mountain” wallop your body for a tremendous trek.
Urban Tribe – Loyal Opposition [PE65319-1]
The Detroit band project (Moodymann, Anthony Shake Shakir and DJ Stingray) makes their debut on Planet E with this nice melodic yet ruff house/ techno hybrid.
Samuel L. Session – Inner City Dust [FIGURE0276]
Deep techno, from the masterful Samuel L. Session. Four takes on the same track – all solid, dark driving beats and wobbly atmospheres. Another strong release from Len Faki’s Figure imprint.
Unknown – Lost Trax 2 [SCSIID026]
SCSI is back with a classy Detroit techno record which has been sat in the vaults for quite some time waiting patiently to be released. As the second part of the Lost Trax series expect deep bass, booming 808 kicks and Carl Craig-esque sounding strings. The Lost Trax series is a project for producers who have inspired the label to record something special and release anonymously as we don’t believe it’s necessary to sell music on the strength of a specific artist’s reputation.
Claudio Fabrianesi & Donato Dozzy – Disco Infecta [MULEELECTRO070]
Mule Electronic proudly announce the debut release of italian producer Donato Dozzy, with his friend Claudio Fabrianesi. The music of their collaboration are very different with the usual sound of Donato. You can associate this new Donato track with Larry Heard or Theo Parrish or slow mo house producer like Mark E.
Bogdan – Human Thermodynamics [LCL01]
#4.26 – Frozen Border 005 [FB005]
Red Rack’em – Exhalt/Underground [SHIFTV001]
This EP is the debut release for Shift London and is Red Rack’em akaDanny Berman’s deepest release to date. “Underground” sees a dubbed out Detroit groove teased out over a driving bass line and understated kick drum. “Exhalt” tunnels even further into the machine functions of ever so warm deep house, with the quirkiest of synth lines arising in unison with a kick drum from the electronic ether to smile inducing results.
Skudge – Overture / Mirage [SKUDGE003]
Skudge make their machine music the old way. They channel these processes into their heavyweight dub sound.
Jenifa Mayanja – Sound Dig Series Vol. 2 [BUM015]
Jennifa digs deep into her bag for two dreamy house numbers plus ethereal remixes by Isoul8/Volcov & Marco Nega. Mostly instrumentals, bathed in a warm, uplifting glow.
Patrick Specke – The Antman EP [HELLO015]
Patrick Specke enters the floor with some smiling excursions of deepness on Hello… Also a late night groove remix by Delano Smith!
