New tracks from Detroit’s acid wizard, the one and only Jared Wilson.
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Phantom Planet Outlaws – Muscle Patrol [TABR012]
With Phantom Planet in disarray, three unlikely heroes form an alliance to overthrow the oppressive Muscle Patrol. Meet mythical rebellion leader ‘The Forsh’, fearsome former Patrol agent ‘Bin Man’, and mysterious smuggler ‘The Red Defender’. These are the Phantom Planet Outlaws!
‘In Memory of Nick Hardie’
MPIA3 – Wttp / Casual Welding [AVN004]
Bare-boned Techno jak trax from the crypticall encoded MPIA3. ‘War To The Planets’ shackles discordant acid and bludgeoning kicks on the A-side and ‘Casual Wedding’ pumps overdriven kicks and spiralling synth grot on the flip.
Appointment – Reunion [AP006]
After a 5 months hiatus the Appointment krew (Emg, Marieu, John Swing and Lucretio) is back to the game with another cluster bomb manufactured up to the latest discoveries in analogue techniques.
Juho Kahilainen – We Heard It Coming [MRECLTDGS001]
Deep spaced out techno, acid and electronix on the new sub series of M_REC LTD. Juho Kahilainen sounds like a finn, and so does the music
Marco Shuttle – Modula [EE001]
Marco Shuttle starts an adventure with his very own Eerie records label. First trip is a great 3 track ep in Marco’s signature sound. Deep, super deep acid & 808 driven grooves and dark dubby reverbed drums and dramatic strings.
Jack Curtu – Senza Via D’Uscita [LXRC009]
In Italy’s deepest south, where summer sun is harsh and burns you at midday, sweat is real. You can smell, taste and feel it. It’s cold sweat. From constant fear, that haunts people in the dusty streets like shadows. Some say, it’s only paranoia. But you can’t deny the kidnappings, the stick-ups and the killings. Police is doomed to watch, hands cuffed, since the power lays in the hands of others. Who are they? They are invisible. You can only see the bloodshed and the tears. And like everywhere else in the world: violence is always calling for more violence. This is the life of Jack Curtu. And his music takes you there. Three slices, each unique in style, yet united by human rage, misery and desperation. Senza via d’uscita – there’s no way out!
Alien Rain – Alien Rain 1 [ALIENRAIN001]
Cassegrain & Tin Man – Carnal [KILLEKILL008]
Dope deeper acid tracks on the Killekill label by Cassegrain and Tin Man. Reminds a bit of early Plastikman and Caustic Window (afx).
VA – Space Jam [JAMTRAXX002]
J.A.M. Traxx is a vinyl only label inspired by synth and analog machines, spacey- hypnotic atmospheres and everything is showing a genuine passion for complex rhythm and going against. This is the second various EP and includes tracks by Punknown, Humandrone, Elec Pt.1, Alternativ 2 and Tiger Mask.
Midland – Placement Remixes EP [AUS1238]
Deep, melodic reinterpretations of the originals by frontrunners Lone and Motor City Drum Ensemble quickly following up the original EP.
Lone – Galaxy Garden [RS1206LP]
Matt Cutler is back with his fifth album, which is an impressive feat in just five years of releasing music. Galaxy Garden starts off on a more esoteric tip with the tropical electronica of “New Colour”, in its sunshine chimes. By the time we get to “Lying In The Reeds” we’re up to a house tempo that harks back to the softer side of early Detroit. It’s when “Crystal Caverns 1991” starts up that we reach the most blatant distillation of old-skool; kicking off a breakstep beat with sweet but punchy 90s synths, the track cuts into a deadly rave motif without so much as a pause in the beat and it’s like being back in, er, 1991. Every track reeks of originality, whether it be the surprising track structures, the superbly detailed production, even the evocative imagery that the music conjures up.
Kryptic Universe – JC Michigan EP [LOCKERTMATIK001]
This is the second Lockertmatik release. Another small DIY release in a small run with advanced acid techno tracks with a sharp edge. Challenging and fresh release for true school Acid House jackers.
Automatic Tasty – Speech And Silence [WRSAS]
Jonny Dillon is gracing WR with a brand new full length album as Automatic Tasty! “Speech and Silence” is a 10 track album loaded with bouncy acid hooks and bubbling hyper-color melodies.
RVDS – Lunar Eclipse [ITS009]
Detroitrocketscience & Kuba Sojka – 22.300 Miles Above Neo-Detroit [MSR006]
Alan Oldham aka Detroitrocketscience shares a retro-sounding Neo-Detroit split with Kuba Sojka. Oldham’s two tracks trek across trippy, metallic harmonics on ‘Curved Space’ and proper, swinging hi-tek funk calculations on ‘Black Math’. Sojka meanwhile offers the acid-licked and uptempo 313 romance of ‘Low Gravity’ and ‘Black Hole’s plush Techno soul.
Recondite – On Acid [ATLP001]
Acid Test’s first double pack is a mini album of deep melancholic acid tracks from the Berlin producer Recondite. Includes a remix from Tin Man as well as a remix from Scuba.
Eduardo De La Calle – Suprawax 3 [SUPRAWAX003]
Effective dub inspired house/techno tracks by this Analogue Solutions off spring by Eduardo De La Calle.
Magic Mountain High – The Schnitzel Box Vol. 1 [WORKSHOPXX]
News first surfaced over a year ago of Move D collaborating with Juju & Jordash on an analogue heavy live project entitled Magic Mountain High with the added promise of Workshop released material to follow. Several illuminating festival appearances and many months later and the Workshop label finally present The Schnitzel Box Vol 1, with three untitled productions from the trio that ensure the wait was worth it. Granted the freedom of the A Side, the opening track is allowed the time and space to incorporate both brooding analogue drone and sprawling key laden melodic glisten. Flip over and “Untitled 2” is quicker off the blocks, swiftly settling into a fizzing house jam rich in warm colour and tone and driven by crisp Roland rhythms, whilst the final arrangement is surely the most eminently danceable with yet more warm analogue patterns and Hitchcockian synth drones worming their way around a skipping techno beat.
Gareth Clarke – Atheist In Foxhole EP [CF061] [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Gareth Clarke delivers his long awaited sophomore release, underlining his reputation as one of the brightest lights and best-kept secrets in electronic music today. Oozing elegance and sensory richness throughout; subtle, playful and visceral often in the same moment, somehow. GC has elicited the perfect pleasure amalgam for body and brain.
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