Takuya Matsumoto’s tribute to the heydaze with four beautifully crafted tracks. Touching all the bases of influence from the early years of House Music. This EP takes us all the way back…
Takuya Matsumoto – 85 – 88 [CJFD34]
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EDO8 presents Binary System – Binary System [CWCS021]
EDO8 aka Mr. Portamento, part of Doubledutch and half of the Cosmic Force (who had their debut on Clone Records in 1998!). EDO8 comes back with solo work on the Clone West Coats Series. After years of relative silence the dutch electro master hits back hard with this funked up 6 tracker of pure machine funk. Techno, House and Electro rooted in the classics…. the undoubtable influences of early Detroit techno, Kraftwerk and 80’s electro are present and stirred to a unique blend which results in EDO8’s signature sound carefully developed and crafted over the last 25 years.
The Exaltics – Some Other Place LP [CWCS008LP]
Loaded triple pack of the Exaltics’ debut for Clone West Coast series. The Exaltics’ stark, futuristic sound with a more melancholic and introspective side. You can almost hear the longing for other places.
Alden Tyrell – MicroComposer [C#DUB047]
Alden Tyrell dusts of the Roland MC202 MicroComposer for a 6 track EP based around just the one synth. Easily floating between techno, electro, IDM and ambient this collection shows the versatility of the machine and the producer.
Versalife – Night Time Activities LP [CWCS006LP]
The original Versalife tryptich on Clone West Coast Series. “Night Time Activities” is taking us down deep into the night. Versalife is creating a setting with sounds radiating the midnight atmosphere that reflects the twin peak-esque life on a almost deserted windy Dutch coastal island where the clouds rush through the dark night time skies projecting all variations of grey and black on the mystifying dunes. Futuristic electro techno tracks with emotive synth work created with exploratory imagination. Dark, sinister and intense!
The Hasbeens – Make The World Go Away [CWCS019]
Long-awaited Re-issue of The Hasbeens’ ”Make The World Go Away” Clone release. 3 timeless energetic mechanical Disco tracks with a dark new-wave/synth atmosphere merged with some artifical hyper Italo happiness for some bipolar dancefloor energy. Remastered versions of the already heavy 2006 release by Alden Tyrell and DJ Overdose, now on the Clone West Coast Series.
Head Front Panel – Phonetic EP [RRR002]
Head Front Panel signs on for the second ‘Repetitive Rhythm Research’ with his ‘Phonetic’ EP. Relentless, heady, analogue techno. Rooted firmly in 90’s dark basements, updated for the 2020’s.
Masarima – Freak Like U [ROYAL048]
Italian proto house vibes on this new Clone Royal Oak 12”. An elegant Mystic Jungle & Whodamanny production that’s ready to be a regular force on dancefloors from Rimini to NYC and the Chitown. The classy vocal heavy club mix is backed up by the re-mix and freak-appella.
Betonkust & Innershades – Benelux Connection [CJFD33]
A true lowlands collaboration on the Clone Jack For Daze Series. Betonkust and Innershades team up for the Benelux Connection EP. Harking back to the days of when New Beat and early Chicago House ruled the Dutch and Belgian dance floors and ravers cruised the Benelux in search of that perfect beat.
Serge – EPM Podcast 121
Serge @ Das Werk (Vienna) 29.03.2019
Legowelt – Star Simulator [CJFD32]
Travelling from star to star, from galaxy to galaxy, visiting any planet, moon, or asteroid with the ability to explore the alien landscapes. Legowelt’s ‘Star Simulator’ alters the perception of space time and give you the ability to observe a nearby exoplanet or a faraway celestial phenomenon.
Elecktroids – Elektroworld [C#CC035LP]
Clone Classic Cuts reissue of the illustrious ‘Elecktroids’ one and only album from 1995. “Based in Flint, Michigan, USA the four young sons of an electrician welded together their debut album. This album, titled Elektroworld, is a personal tribute to the well known pioneers of the electro-disco-beat; Kraftwerk.”
Legowelt – Omnibus Babylon EP [CWCS011]
Dusty grooves from the dunes of Scheveningen. Inspired by myth, legend and scifi; Legowelt conjures up four ancient mysticism and space odyssey themed tracks that will take you on another journey through psychedelic space and paranormal rituals.
Third System – Third System EP [ROYAL043]
Clone Royal Oak 043 delivering fresh new cuts from the dutch west-coast. Adventurous psychedelic house tracks with colorful warm tones squeezed out of an artillery of warm and wooly sounding vintage synths creating futuristic vibes.
Gerd – Planet F.M.D.X. pt. 2 [ROYAL042]
Gerd fired up the legendary Yamaha DX100 synth and proves he’s still the master of machines from Planet FMDX. 4 housey techno tracks ranging from the beautiful melancholic to dancefloor stomper.
D.I.E. – The Men You’ll Never See Pt. 2 [CWCS010]
Second time around for D.I.E’s The Man You’ll Never See Part 2, a near legendary set of bustling, funk-fuelled electro cuts that first surfaced on Clone back in 2003. This new edition includes five of the EP’s six original tracks, replacing “Space Travel” with the similarly sought-after “Programming” – a Drexciya-esque workout rich in fizzing drum machine beats, rumbling sub-bass and deep space acid lines – which originally appeared on 2002’s Keep Hanging EP. It remains a superb set of tracks, all told, with the Motor City duo flitting between deep and melodious cuts (“Other People”), vocal-laced Cybotron tributes (“Keep Hanging”), decidedly intergalactic fare (“Out With Tha Old”) and quirky, glassy-eyed gems (“U Can’t See Us”).
Cosmic Garden – Pleasure Moment [ROYAL041]
Cosmic Garden new on our Royal Oak Series. Four tracks of smooth bleepy house that only Italians do right. Deep, timeless, all analog produced tracks for that Pleasure Moment.
Serge @ Shelter Amsterdam 20.01.2018
Lab Rat XL – Mice or Cyborg [CAL011/C#31LP]
For those not schooled in Drexciyan history, Lab Rat XL was a short-lived alternative alias of the legendary Motor City electro duo. Mice or Cyborg, the project’s only release, originally appeared on Clone in 2003, just months after member James Stinson passed away. It remains a superb example of timeless, otherworldly electro and techno fusion, with Stinson’s penchant for ethereal melodies, atmospheric chords and fizzing drum machine rhythms – such a regular feature of his work with both Drexciya and the Other People Place – rightfully coming to the fore. Naturally, the inherent positivity of some of the tracks is counter-balanced by clandestine creepiness in others, making Mice or Cyborg a brilliantly balanced and hugely entertaining collection of cuts.
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