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.
Gatto Fritto presents an impressive debut album on International Feel records. The album includes 8 minimalist space-disco tracks.
Roy of the Ravers releases his debut album, a somewhat deeper and darker affair than the “2010 Annual” EP and showing another side to the enigmatic acid-purveying, comic strip plagiarising hardware aficionado. Anyone else wondering what happened to track 16? Us too.
Impakt shows once more that he is an exceptionally gifted artist and producer. He delivers for Solar One Music, an amazing full length album with fourteen tracks of finest Braindance Tunes.
‘Parallel Harbors’, the sixth album on Other Heights connects Coppice Halifax and Ohrwert. Coppice Halifax’s ‘Acres’, which have already been wandered on OH#Three, now return with their rough and dry subtleness, whilst Ohrwert takes his dubbed-out productions to strengthen this to a solid album.
Aboriginal, new-age inspired rhythmic jams from Jamal Moss. Quite abstract in parts, but right on the ball with fresh rhythms and influences.
New mini album from UK’s Andy Stott, with 7 tracks on Modern Love. This album is an uncompromising and hugely absorbing work, by turns brutal and beautiful, from one of the UK’s most talented and criminally underrated producers.
The Sleeper Wakes saga continues… We arrive at a crucial point where the integration back into Earth’s Culture becomes difficult and the drift towards a different type of isolation begins. Traveling four years throughout the Universe in search of discoveries has taken its mental toll and the price of an intervention is high. This album demonstrates the process of a person who gradually loses their sense of belonging. Obscure illusions brought on by an unique ability to control Electricity contracted in “The Occurrence” chapter creates a unwarranted threat to the worlds International Security. Severe detachments evolve that pushes the mind beyond acceptable limits.
Delsin is proud to present this “Best Of Ambient”-compilation by one of their all-time electronic music heroes John Beltran. 16 tracks presented on triple vinyl and cd, including ‘Collage Of Dreams’ as featured on HBO’s Six Feet Under series and other material from his sought after albums originally released on Peacefrog and R&S and more. With extensive liner notes from the artist himself.
“Time Axis Manipulation” is the eight full-length album from Swedish experimental dub/drone act Mokira. You can call this album and the music of Mokira electronic kraut, harsh ambient or the deepest dub. On the album “Time Axis Manipulation” Mokira again focuses on the beauty of sound. Sounds beautiful enough in their own right. Together as songs, Mokira brings rain to your summer.
Brendon Moeller, aka Echologist and Beat Pharmacy, will release his seventh full length album. “Subterranean” is a deeply narcotic listening experience. Subtly evolving atmospheres, hypnotic sub-basslines, reverb-soaked drones and lush vibrating textures abound. All elements possess their own pulse and cadence, but stay in sync to create an otherworldly sub-aquatic experience. The album gently ebbs and flows as exquisite modulations and articulations create a mesmerizing ambience that is at times as propulsive as it is passive.
The latest release from Vancouver Island’s Silent Season imprint, “Compile,” collects ten compositions (nine previously available as vinyl-only releases) in CD form from Montreal’s Serge Collin under his Atheus moniker.
Debut album from the highly intriguing June. ‘Cyntheria’ is a canny mix of vintage Chicago moods and grooves with more European Italo influences, dreamy and ethereal electronic music grounded in classic chicago, acid house, new wave and synth pop. The album includes also two DJ Sprinkles remixes.
Automatic Tasty (real name Jonny Dillon) has released a new free web-only album ‘Life After Debt’ through The Centrifuge. The thirteen tracks gathered here see Dillon throwing the focus upon warm analogue house and electro atmospheres that favor subtle disco-funk elements as much as they do darker, more leftfield-oriented retro-acid excursions.
Autumn, the legendary minimal wave project of Peter Bonne and Geert Coppens released a full length LP. ‘Synthesize’ the LP reissue features a selection of Autumn’s best material.
