Mutant Beat Dance is a collaboration between research scientist and vintage synthesizer enthusiast Beau Wanzer and pioneer of the jakbeat sound Traxx. ”Another World” takes you on a bass heavy psychedelic journey. Think old school psychedelic jakbeat with a bit of a Fingers vibe but more banging. On the flip is ”New News is Old News”, a deep and hypnotic analog track,sort of a more updated take on an 80’s industrial / italo sound.
Second release on the New York imprint Sequencias. Expect three dark and introspective offerings, deeper-than-deep, dirty, and gritty house that jacks with the best the movement has to offer. We have to say that Orpheus firmly delivers here.
Alternative mixes taking Virgo Four into darker / more experimental territory. Capracara and his studio pal, Scott Fraser, turn in a 100% replayed version of the much sort after ‘Lites Go Out ’. On the flip, Jamal Moss steps into his Hieroglyphic Being guise and kicks out a brilliant reworking of ‘Boing’.
Four slices of raw Chicago House. Zurich based Florin Büchel aka CCO (Contra Communem Opinionem), has filled his flat with old school synthesizers and drum machines a few years ago, because these are the ultimate tools to make the music he likes in a way that is fun. It is liquid sensual music that sounds like machines, always looking for the feeling beyond the beat
Nite Vision is a project from Nigel Rogers aka Perseus Traxx and Mantra that moves around early US midwestern’s house music sounds with a dim twist – which results in analog drum machine patterns melting over moody floaty pads and obscure synth leads. Rogers returs to Ben Boe’s label with a solid 9-track LP named ‘The Time Is Now’.
“This ep written some year and one half ago at Beautiful Granville studio features 3 dance selections, which includes the title track, The Drapes in the Livingroom. Also presented in dance form is the very long awaited Shaquanda, which is often played in my live sets. Here, we have the original and first recording of the track. Last, I am presenting Bedroom Music, which is a track designed to be played in those private moments, as well as within nightclub confines. I simply hope that you’ll find the bump in this one.” Tevo Howard
The second appearance from Nigel Rogers aka Persues Traxx on Bunker Records, featuring more Deep Chicago style house vibes.
300 Degrees is a side project by IJO, dedicated to live electronic music made with vintage drum machines, synths and other analog gear. Recorded live as a part of a performance / improvisation between 2008 and 2010. Some of the tracks on this album have been previously released on “Napalm Enema Records” and “Cactus Island Recordings”.
Traxx aka Melvin Oliphant III returs to MOS Deep with a stunning solo-project. Under his The Poetic Painter M pseudonym he serves up ‘Marie’s Transcendance’ backed-up by two reworks from compadre Sean Hernandez aka Chicago Skyway and label owner Aroy Dee. ‘Marie’s Transcendance’ is a frenetic yet hypnotizing house track that echoes memories of downpitched Newbeat material and the hooky coldness of new wave. Melvin, though, re-defines rather than regurgitates these influences and re-launches them into a dark and moody acid-flecked future. Chicago Skyway reworks it into a deep, emotional just as acid-version which seems to float into eternity as solid 808-beat programming plays out busily behind. Aroy Dee edits a second rework of “Marie’s”, creating a simple but highly effective and bouncing track that’s carried along by a psychedelic, out-of-this-world bass line.
After several releases on Creme and M>O>S, Nation as well as collaborations as 2AMFM, Saturn V, X2 etc, here is D’Marc Cantu’s debut Album on Creme JAK.
Lux Rec brings out the latest work by Mathematics & HotMix artist Joe Drive, delivering a spaced out three track EP, from “Clone Replacement” dark funk mutations to the Drexciyan electro of “Crossing the Forbidden Planet”, landing eventually on “Saturn 15” hitech soul.
New release on Kinda Soul Recordings by mathematics artist Takeshi Kouzuki. 3 tracks on this new 12″ blending smooth acidic otherworldy sounds with classic Chicago influenced bouncy beats.
Bosconi Records presents a three tracker by Rocardo Miranda. Analogue pleasure and dancefloor goodness including the bouncy acid house groover “State Of Mind”, the dry and minimilastic Chicago rooted drum tool track called “Drum With The Funk”, and in the end the peaceful, dreamy and atmospheric trip of “No Sound”.
The Hipodrome Of Music 