More UK produced dark, robotic electro by Q-chip, reminiscent of old Dopplereffekt, and sinister film-noir soundtrack, electroscape music on the flip side from Cestrian.
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Ali Renault – Ali Renault [CYBERDANCE011]
One of the UK’s most endearing electro stalwarts presents his debut solo album after nearly ten years of operations. All that experience has been funnelled into his eponymous LP, a sexy, melancholic crush of Italo, Electro, Synth-pop and disco bearing vocals from none other than Fred “The Voice Of Italo” Ventura and Marika Gauci of Hotel Motel. Marika opens the account on a Freestylin’ Electro ace ‘Snowdrift’, while ‘Mont Chaberton’ is pure Euro-synth romance, and the likes of ‘Zombie Raffle’ and ‘Pagan Run’ put his sleazy spin on fat-bottomed slow disco. ‘Fade Away’ features a typically cool vocal from Fred Ventura on some kinda savant-electro-boogie rhythm, but we’d have to say our favourite is the humid Italo/EBM throbber ‘Flies a Kungan’. Lovers of phat, raw, analog electro need to check this album instantly.
Cestrian / Perseus – Annihilator [FFLASH002]
Ali Renault dons his Cestrian outfit once again for some equally momentous movements for the Future Flash imprint. “Annihilator” surely ranks in the upper echelons of apt titles as Renault explodes into a frenzy of spazmoid analogue rhythms from the off. Spectral flourishes and bubbling textures keep it interesting and it all rides on top of a pummelling aqua techno groove. The aforementioned spectral elements are expanded on by Perseus Traxx on an eerie electro refix that displays all the producers’ talent for eking every last drop of lysergia out of analogue machinery.
VA – Messages From The Void Vol. 2 [CYBERDANCE009LP]
Cyber Dance Records are proud to present their first album release ‘Messages From The Void Vol 2’, a compilation, on double-vinyl and CD, that confidently re-defines the sound of the label in more exciting and varied directions at once than ever before. Consisting of eleven tracks that range from electro to synth-pop and from Italo to disco-funk, the album features contributions from Cyber Dance regulars like Mark Du Mosch, Ali Renault and Tommy Walker 3 alongside tracks from emerging artists like Bill Ambrose, Brassica, Meschi and Serious Lover and also the more mysterious Night System and Martin Aston.
Ali Renault – Bleep43 Podcast 167
Ajello feat. Fred Ventura – My Rhythm EP [DWDK001]
New label Danny Was A Drag King and the first release from Ajello featuring Fred Ventura vocals. Nostalgic Italo disco with remixes by Ali Renault, Crimea X and King Of Basia.
Ali Renault – Running On Vapours EP [MST013]
Manchester – Rotterdam Connection, 666 Km, 9hours 35minutes by car. A Hot summer in the year 2031 Moustache records is very proud to release MST013 Ali Renault – Running on vapours E.P. This top London-based musician delivers us a slowflight electro nu-disco napolitana 4 tracker E.P. Expect drunken cowbels, fat flow low basslines, trippy popcorn sounds and robotico vocoders from the heart and soul of downtown London city. High energy like a discoball and bloody slow like a retarded butcher on ketamine. Cutted by the master Lex van Coeverden, a special secret inlay and as always limited vinyl pressing!
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