VA – Fabric Presents: Helena Hauff [FABRIC217LP]

Hamburg-born and raised, Helena Hauff studied both Fine Art and Systematic Music Science. Her astonishing DJ and producing skills reflect this experience, as this juxtaposition shaped her approach to coaxing music from her machines. As a former resident of the esteemed Golden Pudel club, Helena has established herself as a selector who prefers playing vinyl, a producer who uses vintage hardware, and a virtuoso of seamlessly handling the crowd. Wherever she performs, her style is significant and recognizable—fierce, rough, and raw, yet steadfast and playful. All this is perfectly captured in Helena’s mix for the ‘fabric presents’ series. Nine tracks from Helena’s mix for fabric, cut to double vinyl by Matt Colton. The bundle includes her new single for fabric Records, ‘Turn Your Sights Inward’, as well as the exclusive ‘Alter Simus’ by Magda Rot. The killer remix by Autechre of D-Breeze’s ‘Crazy For Love’ from 1999, is here, and digitally for the first time; it was originally released on the MASK 500 compilation record from the legendary Skam Records’ limited-edition series.

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VA – Fabric Presents: Helena Hauff [FABRIC217LP]

Clarence G – Hyperspace Sound Lab [CAL006]

Before his untimely death in 2002, Drexciya member James Stinson recorded a number of killer solo records. Hyperspace Soundlab, initially released in 1991 and credited to Clarence G, is undoubtedly one of his best. It’s long been something of an in-demand gem, with copies changing hands for several hundred pounds. Here, Clone have done us all a favour and given it a much-needed reissue via their Aqualung series dedicated to all things Drexciyan. As you’d perhaps expect, all four tracks explore the Detroit elecro sound Stinson did much to develop, with the producer adding his own rap vocals to the killer “Clarence G’s Club”, and the ghetto-influenced bounce of “Cause I Said It Right”. Elsewhere, “Turbine” is an exercise in industrial-tinged drum machine abuse, while “Data Transfer” sees Stinson doffing a cap to classic Chicago acid.

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Clarence G – Hyperspace Sound Lab [CAL006]