Underground Quality’s Jus-Ed, joins Mule Electronic for the release of new long player “Vision Dance”. The album includes 10 tracks of deep house, a blend of tough, syncopated percussion and ethereal, melodic synthlines, Handclaps, dark atmospheres, minimal piano melodies, and a warm seducing bassline underneath.
The Portland duo Soft Metals present their debut self titled LP on Captured Tracks. Ian Hicks and Patricia Hall, music and voice, have combined to make a mechanical, robotic yet very human record and it’s the result of the by-play at work between Hick’s machine like synths, effects and beats and Hall’s ethereal and dreamy vocals. The album includes 10 synth-pop track.
Opilec Music bring the first ever remix album of San Francisco’s cult synthesizer-punk legends, The Units. Reworks by Alexander Robotnick, Chris Carrier, Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi, Dompteur Mooner & The Outlier ft. Pollyester, In Flagranti, Klein & Mbo, LoSoul, Nick Chacona, Sinner DC, The Love Supreme and many many more!
Detroit heavyweight Jeff Mills has always been one of techno’s visionaries, prone to translating great concepts into near-cinematic soundscapes. Given techno’s roots, it’s no surprise that many of these concepts have been inspired by science fiction, and in particular obscure sci-fi films. Inspired by Franklin Adreon’s 1966 film Cyborg 2087, “2087” offers a dark and uneasy but at times brilliant mix of intense dancefloor techno, creepy electronica, woozy ambience and clunking IDM – all designed to mirror the cloying futurist horror of the original film.
Nebraska drops a new album on Rush Hour. The album features 8 excellent house tracks completely unreleased before, combining fun loving, party starting disco jams with cinematic, luscious work outs.
Parade Ground has always been the duo of brothers Jean-Marc and Pierre Pauly from Brussels, Belgium formed in 1981. Taking cues from Post-Punk, Cold Wave, Dada and Surrealism, Parade Ground channeled suffering, tension and rage through pulsing synthesizers, skeletal guitar, severe bass and Jean-Marc’s expressive vocals as the most melodic and emotional instrument. “The Golden Years” is an 11-song, career-spanning collection of Parade Ground’s long out-of-print 7” and 12” singles as well as rare compilation tracks from the pioneers of emotional body music created during 1982-1988.
Domestica produce a selection which gathers up and represents part of the original work during the most experimental era of Gary Ramon’s music career. The songs that Gary Ramon edited during the Modern Art era (from approximately 1982 to 1989) were basically from cassettes; most of his music didn’t take off outside of the English ‘Underground’ scene in the 80’s.
Upset The Rhythm released John Maus’ third album ‘We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves’. Questing synthesisers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines providing the perfect backdrop for John’s deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal.
Mojuba Records is facing the next level with the debut album Kawasaki by Stereociti aka Ken Sumitani. Kawasaki is delivering the quintessence of what is considered as the Mojuba sound, a timeless piece of music, equipped with everything you need for an outstanding album experience.
Dublicator is back with his first full length album since 2008 and the brilliant ‘Chord Center’. This new full-length release for ZeECc, ‘Singularity’, is a complex combination of intense atmospheres developed from powerful and hypnotic sounds. This album contains ten sublime tracks from ambient to pure dub-techno.
‘Recluse’ is the name of the new Mr. Cloudy’s opus. One of the most productive and innovative artist from Russia has produced so many incomparable albums and releases for the best dub-techno labels. More introspective, ‘Recluse’ contains nine tracks of wonderful deepness and audible proof that passion and integrity are the essence of creativity and a source for inspiration.
Splendidly full spectrum dedication to Detroit and Chicago from Poland’s Kuba Sojka. ‘Mysterious Intrigue’ is his second release on Mathematics, expanding on the ‘Bright Shadow Of A Star’ showcase with two plates spanning beatdown, piano House, acid and more romantical styles. The first late is largely more loved-up and smoky, but the second covers the ruder stuff, from the climactic peaks of ‘Do Not Be Afraid’ to the hard-bodied wriggle of ‘I Can’t Stop (Acid Mix)’.
“Sam Baker’s Album” operates within recognisable Brainfeeder territory: instrumental tracks with compressed sound; unquantized, misshapen beats, with an analogue haze hanging over it all like smog (although Baker actually works digitally, favouring the Roland SP-303). But within these familiar parameters Baker successfully applies his creativity to making funk-derived sample-based hip hop sound fresh.
The Romanian label Nutation Records proudly presents the first album release, “Nonexistent People 001” by label owner Task Kreed! Four years of work, four years of promoting the underground techno phenomenon in Romania and now, on June, the moment has come for Task Kreed to finally release his first album.
Robert Hood, the Detroit legend and true originator of minimal techno returns to revisit the Omega project he first began last year. It was inspired by the 1971 sci-fi thriller “The Omega Man”, which may be unfamiliar, but is based on the 1954 novel “I Am Legend.” The original album was released last year, however, this time around, he has given it a makeover in order to suit a live show he will be touring around this upcoming summer. On ‘Omega: Alive’ Hood takes the raw elements of the originals and builds them into a tense and pulsating live show that propels ‘Omega’ into a new light. Opening with new track ‘Bells At Dusk’ Hood builds over a sparse drum pattern before a scatter shot piano riff announces the unmistakable kick sound of the minimal master. ‘Run’ keeps up with soft pads and then Hood drops one of the albums key tracks with the staccato-strobe flash of ‘Alpha: Alive’ as he works the original into a mesmerizing and melodic, string inflected monster. Then we have new track ‘Minimal, Minimal’ whose hypnotic refrain could well be a call to arms across the world’s dancefloors this summer whilst Hood also re-works classics like ‘Who Taught You Math?’, ‘Unix’, ‘Minus’ and ‘Side Effect’ into his unique rhythm of vision. Finally Hood wraps the Omega story up with three bonus tracks including brand new track ‘Atomic’.
Debut album from Massimiliano Pagliara. Massimiliano has got the chug on lock, keeping the tempo around a sensually sub-110 bpm over 13 tracky grooves intended for the connoisseurs and the steamiest points of the night. Fairly simple stuff, but very effective.
Debut album for both the artist as the Uzuri label! “Amanatto” remains true to what Lerosa’s best known for – deftly-produced house music that conveys maximum emotion whilst exercising classy restraint. Some new ground is covered, too – most notably on the vocal tracks, produced in collaboration with The Oliverwho Factory. Musically, there are hints of melancholy, but it’s by no means a brooding album. Amanatto contains some of the lushest compositions Lerosa has produced to date – his beloved clean tones sounding warm, accentuated by the aforementioned vocals.
After being introduced with his “Life on Titan EP” on Mathematics, this rising producer brings his debut full-length containing some of the freshest sounding material of present day house. Dirty beats, lo-fi gritty melodies with mind crushing energy.
Ranging from melodic to a bit heavier work this Tevo album is an ideal little update to your house collection. Lots of Chicago and a well sized portion of acid in it.
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