acid house
Mantra – Many Words [SOM/CIC03]
Solar One Music is always on the search for new missions and now its time for a new series on this label called “The Crystal Issue”. Focus will be more on Acid/Chicago/Detroit/Techno/House which also big influences for the label heads of SOM. First release is from Mantra.
Michael Ferragosto – Synthdrome At The Disco [MUZIQUE011]
Marcello Napoletano presents Michael Ferragosto’s “Synthdrome at the disco” a banging four track EP starting with “Amore jacking per 77” & followed by “Risque Intentions”. On the flip, “V2021” and the title track continue with the raw Chicago influenced warehouse vibe, old drum machines & synths. Some deep acid trax.
Alis – Azimuth EP [DBA010]
The tenth release on Don’t Be Afraid is coming from Alis. Alis is the new project from Italo-Bulgarian Londoner, Sabina Plamenova. Azimuth EP showcases this producer’s fresh take on electronic music across a range of tempos. The influence of acid house on Alis’s music, and the influence of cities like Detroit and Chicago, are pronounced. In addition D’Marc Cantu remixes the EP’s most dancefloor-friendly track, Azimuth, lending it a deeper and more brooding edge.
The Exaltics / Elec Pt 1 – The Exaltics Meets Elec Pt. 1 [SOM022]
Elect Pt1 becomes the latest collaborator in The Exaltics Meets series following prior introductions to Morphology and Gosub. German speakers will be able to decipher Elect Pt1’s “Drei Chinesen Mit Dem Acidbass”, a potential retrospective nod to Bunker’s “acid planet” squat parties. A flabby kick, crushed hats and white noise sounding more like a baby robot tantrum than synthesis opens “The Party”, before unexpected doo-doo-doo vocals become the tracks centrepiece. The Exaltics opens his side of the 12″ with throbbing drums and hardedge acid in “The Midnight Connexion”, which later gives way to uplifting chords. Acid and breakneck drum loops make up “Nichts Aber Auch Nichts” which also receives some euphoric synth treatment.
Vape / Vulcano – Muscle 002 [MUSCLE002]
Vape is the new Italo-techno project of the Riviera band. Their first tracks range from the charming pop womanly appeal of “Antonello” to the pesticidal harshness of “Raid”, across the gross provincial anthem “Radioactivo”. Vulcano is the joint venture of Marco Shuttle and Perseus Traxx with the Vape manufacturers at the Brenta Studios. Their poisonous bits sprayed on this 12″ are the state of the art in pest control. These cats are really pushing things forwards here, the B-side especially is some out-there sonic manipulation. “Ugly Faders” reinforcing the feelings one might get if trapped in a malfunctioning space station. “Vulvano” continues the anti-gravity aesthetic and smudges the whole thing in a thick acid wash.
Perseus Traxx – Tales From The Night Sky Part 1 [MOS018]
After his excellent and well-received Coded Emotion EP on the MOS label in late 2011, analogue fetishist Perseus Traxx returns for another MOS outing. It finds the producer in similarly classic mode, exploring the deep down depths of house and techno in his own fuzzy and hugely atmospheric way. ‘Gorgon’ has widescreen synths, tightly coiled synth lines and jagged beats all tussling with each other, whilst ‘Poseidon’s Monster’ is about chattering claps hanging above a synth line that twists and turns, implodes and explodes at whim. It’s focused and forceful at the same time as sounding some how human. On the flip, ‘Return To Seriphos’ is another dense soundscape, but one that invites you into its core thanks to the freeform analogue lines, contrast of rough with smooth and generally classy Chicago vibes. ‘Stranger Shores’ is less troubled and more reflective with bright melodic chords glowing from the centre of the track as warbling, swollen sub undulates all around them.
Andy Vaz – Imaginary Beings [CHIWAX006]
Return of Andy Vaz who delivers some minimal jacking acid for Chiwax, four tracks of acidy goodness from the hands of the Yore Records labelboss. ”He Used To Be An Asian” track is a perfect executed track of hypnotic jacking acid.
Marquis Hawkes – Higher Forces At Work [DABJ1204]
CCO – Music For Cosmonauts [LXCD001]
CCO played a stunning and completely live & analog set at Zukunft, in Zurich. Lux Rec asked him to reenact the set and record it once again, live. The result is an electronic music suite, filled with 808 and 707 beats, 303 acid lines and spatial sounds. It was magic to see CCO at work, as no computer was used in the process every pattern specs had to be written down on paper, and machines programmed on the run. Following the vinyl EP previously released on Lux Rec, which contained revised excerpts taken from same liveset, this CD includes the entire piece.
Achterbahn D’Amour – Acid Test 06 [ASD020]
Achterbahn D’Amour is delivering the latest 12 inch in the Acid Test series from L.A.’s Absurd Recordings. “Cardbox” is a laid back, stripped down and tripped out groove with a spacey dubbed out remix from Chicago’s Innespace Halflife on the B-side along with the bonus cut “Harmonia”.
Svengalisghost – Concepto MIX #109
Jared Wilson – A Little Moonlight Dancing [SKUDGEPT006]
Jared Wilson with a double 12″ on Skudge, featuring some deep acid vibes, new school Detroit.
David Vunk – Mixed up in Blijdorp 14.11.2012
VA – Downtown Dirt 2 [AACID004]
Abstract Acid presents a super-tasty acid collection with cuts from our Elec Pt.1, Etcher, Crime Scene and Takeshi Kouzuki. Splendid sounds for the oldschool heads.
Jazzanova feat. Paul Randolph – I Human (Fred Everything Remix) [FRED001]
Sonar Kolectiv present a collection of remixes by Fred Everything for Jazzanova’s “I Human Here”.
Baz Reznik – Wine & Mix
Obsolete Music Technology – Since The Accident [EMP012]
Proper box-bangers and sci-fi house from Steven Tang aka Obsolete Music Technology, backed with a cracking Specter remix. Steven recreates a track he imagines he heard at the Since The Accident party, in the 80s. 303 bass over 707 drums. Also includes a bonus beat & Specter remix of STA, plus added track “Descending”.
Perseus Traxx – So Much Drama In The Hood – Creme Podcast #4
Funkineven – Cha / Dracula [APRON004]
Dope new 12″ from Funkinevil produced with Kyle Hall. The two tracks on it make for a stylistic about-turn from the TV theme funk of the last Apron release Chips & Sweets, “Dracula” is the kind of stuttering 303 acid jam FunkinEven is an expert of, reminiscent of the brilliant “Roland’s Jam”, while “Cha!” is a loose-limbed slice of proto-techno which goes heavy on the unfiltered analogue bass, driven forward with lolloping drum machine beats.
The Hipodrome Of Music 