Rush Hour kicks of its Direct Current series with NYC based Falty DL. This series is about today’s electronic music in all shapes by new and upcoming producers. Falty DL is known for his releases on Planet Mu and Ramp. His sounds shifts somewhere between hip hop, funk, dubstep, house and techno. Its this cross breeding that gives Falty DL his signature sound. With ‘All In The Place’ he delivers one of his best releases to date. Four tracks that sound classic, yet futuristic at the same time.
Poker Flat is proud to announce Donnacha Costello‘s new full length album; ‚Before We Say Goodbye‘. Echoes of Chicago House, Detroit Techno, and UK Ambient Techno flow through its futuristic core, as we find Donnacha exploring further his love for deep, hypnotizing grooves, rich synth themes and emotive harmonies.
After weeks of hard work here is my new EP for the Italo Disco lovers!
Looking at Saturn with those unique rings I always thought it´s a planet trapped in itself. Sometimes I feel myself like Saturn…, trapped in my own musical influences. My father’s fault!.. those records of Moroder!…
I can´t pass up this opportunity to use this beautiful planet for this cover…
The 4th Ep from Mezerik is ready and is free for download. “Deeper EP” includes three tracks going from Deep Techno, to Acid House and Robert Hood.
This is the debut from both Khixbrrr and Northern General, presenting three tracks of heavy club orientated Techno music. Its a focused, unapologetic blend of tough rhythms, raw melodies and stark noises that when rubbed up against one another create restless sounds, rich and sonorous, bound for big systems and dark spaces.
With his new single Kude Leon Segka emerge a cut of detroit dub and electro. An outgoing kick and bass driving his dark atackless pads while spooky whispers are crawling in beetween. At the b side Bodycode from Spectral clearly reinstall Kude to his future retro style.
Hot on the heels of the excellent Bad Cop Bad Cop EP comes the amazing new four tracker from Smear, otherwise known as one half of Forward Strategy Group, encompassing all that is good when it comes to hypnotic, rhythmic techno. Think of old school Jeff Mills.
On the In Vaders EP, Donato Dozzy teams up with Dino Sabatini to deliver a pair of deep techno cuts that are complemented by an additional track from Sabatini and chums in their Modern Heads guise. The title track is definitely the dancefloor killer here with a rolling percussive groove and skittery effects providing a platform for the arcade-style bleeps that no doubt provide the inspiration for the title. Nocturnal is a much more sedate affair based on Sähkö style minimalism perfect for headphone listening and Mooger mixes thick ambience with tough Berghainesque percussion to deliver a slowly-evolving tool filled with subtle twists and turns to keep your ears pricked up.
With Iori we have a young up streaming talent from Japan as a new member of the well known Prologue Community engaged to provide us profound deepness and sustain rhythm tunes. His Unknown Place EP comes with three versions of hypnotic, thrilling tracks, Unknown place starts with a straight forward beat decorated with fascinating percussions, Magnetic as the dub expedition and Dial to close with a hypnotic and outstanding trip into electronic space. Follow the spirit to an unknown place!
The mysterious Bicep (the lost behind the killer blog of the same name) drop a very, very nice 12″ of deep, hypnotic grooves. Going for a resolutely US sound to their house, Bicep build simple, melodic grooves that’ll grow on you in no time!
Second release from Italo Deviance. More 70s disco than the previous outing. The A-side features a jazzy disco latin edit bu Marcello Giordani of Idris Muhammad’s “One with a Star”. The flipside features edits by Loudtone on Marcella Bella ‘s “Nessuno Mai” and Mina’s “Amante Amore”.
Santiago Salazar aka DJ S2 (of Underground Resistance) has always blended house and techno in his productions. This time around, he raises the bar with “Your Club Went Hollywood” – a sensual, soulful groove that dares to ask what we’ve all been wondering: What happened to the Underground? If the original version asks the question, Detroit producer Aaron‐Carl provides the answer with a dark, winding remix that commands the dancefloor. A useful acapella rounds out the release.
Three tracks on Jus Ed’s Underground Quality label by this, to us unknown producer. Comes with a remix by Jus-Ed as well. Excellent soulful & jazzy deephouse tracks.
The second release of the Swedish duo Skudge on their ownlabel. Elias Landberg and Gustaf Wallnerstrom are offering more pacey dub sounds …. tough and direct.
Flashback Records presents the fourth release in their series of 12” singles from some of the scenes finest talents. The mysterious Wild Geese crew return after their previous Flashback smash “Macho Disco Master”.
Aesthetic Audio LLC. continues down the path to continuously produce and distribute 100% Pure genre free deepness .. with that being said …. comes the number #008 release written and produced by Miles Sagnia. After 12 years as a committed DJ working the underground House & Techno scene in the UK and abroad, Miles kicked off his own imprint in 2009 “Atmospheric Existence Recordings” as a vision for his own solo productions. Sagnia is a tireless pusher of quality underground, and always remains humble and never compromises his sound. With these signature traits as the musical focus and common denominator for Aesthetic Audio’s Worthy as well … Aesthetic Audio proudly presents “The Sounds from the Abyss e.p.
Mild Pitch return with their first release in the new decade and serve you Manuel Tur’s solo debut on the young Essen-based label. Opening the EP with the sizzling beatless prelude that is “The Priceless Message”, the title track “Agrafena” carries on with heavy rough drums and countless layers of shifting vibes and strings that grow to a swirl of epic dimension. The dramatic build-up and fuzzy textures create that trademark dense atmosphere Manuel’s work is best known for. The flip side offers a more experimental take, fusing the stomping and jazzy drums of “Agrafena” with the deconstructed sound fragments of the prelude, that make “Dream & Delirium” a truly phantasmagoric yet mysteriously dark but hot-blooded affair.
New label with a phat house release that is playing with the heritage of more then 20 years of house music history. Royal Oak is delivering heat with these two tracks that are produced and created with knowledge of the roots of our dance music. The roots from where all its offspring have grown. According the labels promo text its like a Royal Oak standing proud in the middle of the forest overseeing its offspring.
Following two cool contributions to the Quintessentials imprint, Jagged return with a badass 12″ for the Bonzzaj imprint. There’s three original tracks from the Jagged boys, that center around the raw, deep sounds of Detroit. The difference is that Jagged’s sound is more homage that replication – their own personality shines through their productions. And as is the case with their previous releases, they’ve got a heavy remix to go with their own tracks. This time the honour goes to Aardvarck, one half of the Rednose District, who roughen up the original of “Ten To Twelve” and turn it into a big, synth heavy anthem!
