A dubby offshoot of the highly collectable Rawax label called Dubwax. The first release includes four stripped-down obscure house tracks from Vualitron.
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VA – Finale Sessions #9 [FS009]
The ninth Finale Sessions release. Miles Sagnia gets into some acid business, Carlos Nilmmns AKA Ross Mcmillan drops some lush deep house, Opolopo gives up analog madness w/killer drums, Shane Linehan remixes Dave Pezzner’s ”Waking Up Then Going Back To Sleep”
VA – Finale Sessions #8 [FS008]
Strong no.8 in the Finale Sessions series. Basic Soul Unit with a bubly chicago style track. Joey Anderson goes deep with an intense track and Vincenzo delivers some summerish vibes.
Iron Curtis – Soft Wide Waist Band [MIRAULP001]
Some warm and especially funky treats on Johannes Paluka aka Iron Curtis’ longplayer-debut on the Hamburg-imprint Mirau Musik. ‘Soft Wide Waist Band’ is Curtis’ entrance into the world of long players and the first of its kind for the Hamburg imprint. Of course, the man has earned his four-to-the-floor stripes navigation between deep house and soulful techno leanings, but he has also managed to steer clear of genre silt. Thus the task of creating a coherent, yet amusing album without blinkers is passed with distinction here. It streaks all the places and spaces in the past, present and future: the basic knowledge of engineering skills hones in New York, Chicago and Detroit left its traces here as much as a touch of British freewheeling mixed with the flow and indie poetry of a German country boy who has heard of electronic pop music before.
Rick Wade – Detroit Lotus Style [OFM001]
Dj Aakmael – Sour Alien EP [HIZOU002]
The second release on Hizou Deep Rooted Music with some excellent deep underground chicago house.
Traumprinz – Paradise With A Lobotomy [KANN011]
KANN returns with Prince of Denmark under his alias Traumprinz. “Paradise with a Lobotomy” expands the labels horizon towards to further individual interpretations of house and techno. For that Traumpinz brought three more than diverse tracks straight from home, to reveal a bit more of his royal universe to all the techno-paparazzis. Somewhere in between dubbed out & Disco infected House.
Steve Moore – Zen Spiders / Lwaxana [FT014]
New Yorker Steve Moore on Future Times with two deep slow cosmic house tracks. “Zen Spiders” heads for the Outback with cresting waves and eureka moments set against a blinking synth sculpture. On the flip, “Lwaxana” turns slow motion into no motion at all as the track hovers and forms into a cloud, at sleaze tempo.
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Jus-Ed – FACT mix 329
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Baaz – What About Talk About #1 [OFFICE001]
The debut release on Office Recordings is the first part of a series produced by label founder Baaz. “In My Mind” is a subtle, shiny piece of jazzyfied house music with a steady rolling groove and dirty kickdrum. “Glim” bangs the box with deep dubs and a sexy vigorous groove. The flip starts with two mind-bending downbeat cuts with a stumbling beat. Last but not least a slowburning remix of “Way Out Citti” by Matthias Reiling (Session Victim, Giegling Recordings) and Björn Astrup who did a brilliant job twisting the original into a soulful homage to the slow side of house
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Red Rack’em – If Only The Past EP [BERGERAC003]
Three track EP of pretty banging bassy techno and wonky house following up the first releases on the label. The title track, “If Only The Past”, plays tricks on your inner rhythm with its loose percussion, Detroit driven pads and a deep vocal injection. The bassline and the kick drum work in conjunction with an immersive bass tone, enveloping you in low-frequency hypnosis. “Alone Always” is a sluggish yet fiercely moving house jam. A well placed medley of samples, startling pads and sharp chords punctuate a penetrating beat – best suited to an early-morning, sub-level sweatbox.
Soul 223 – Almost Like It Used To Be [DSR-H002]
Second release on the new house music aligned Delsin series is coming from Soul 223 aka Steve Pickton. He has been producing melodic, Detroit inspired sounds since the mid 90s, most often as Stasis on labels like Peacefrog and Mo Wax.
A keen sense of melodic colour also characterises the four cuts that make up this EP, with the first, ‘Almost Like It Used To Be’ pairing radiant pads with a lolloping house beat and plenty of melted synth sounds. Next up, ‘Arties Mood’ slows to a Moodymann styled pace, layering percussive samples, keys and jazzy motifs onto of a lazy house beat to conjure a perfect sunny afternoon vibe. ‘Heartstrings’ is alive with the sound of the cosmos as it rolls on through organic sounding bongos, sharper claps and plenty of neon lines. Closing track ‘Essex’ has a gummy, gritty bottom end sweetened by more glistening melodies and key work, all the while chugging along at a most inviting deep house pace.
VA – I’m Starting To Feel Okay Vol 5 Part 1 [ENDLESSFLIGHT044]
The first single cut from upcoming mule musiq compilation “I’m Starting To Feel Okay Vol 5”. A side, Juju & Jordash with a very unique psychedelic techno stuff, Move D on A2 and DJ Sprinkles on B side are first available on vinyl.
Jonsson / Alter – Mod Mixes [KM024]
Jonsson/Alter Mod album remixes are here, featuring Minilogue, Donato Dozzy and Dorisburg. All remixes has some kind uplifting and sunny trance mode to them, so as it turns out, this is actually the prefect spring release. Minilogue starts out with the track Kyrka 2.0 and ads both speed and length. Donato takes on the track Acapellan and does everything right. Keeping the beautiful vocals of the original, Donato adds bass line and new drums. The EP closes with another Swedish contribution. Alexander Berg aka Dorisburg from duo Genius Of Time reworks Djup House, and does it well. A solid bass line keeps us grounded to the dance floor while dreamy melodies and harmonies gently lift our serotonin levels.
Jouem – Episodes 1/8 [MOJUBAJOUEM001]
Introducing a new outlet called Mojuba Jouem for a special project of a special artist. Jouem graces Mojuba with a series of releases called episodes to be seen as a whole conceptual piece of art.
Session Victim – The Haunted House of House [DOGCD002]
Delusions of Grandeur presents ‘The Haunted House Of House’ the debut album by Session Victim. Opening track Dark Sienna sets the mood and serves as a good taster of what you can expect from their highly accomplished debut. We’re talking looped up deep-disco territory here with a lovely mid-tempo rolling groove driven along by open hats and a square wave bassline, lush string sections and dubbed vocal hits all adding heat to the mix.
Specter – Mix for Chicago Radio Vocalo 89.5
Carlos Nilmmns – Lune Eclaire Album Sampler [LIFE005]
Carlos Nilmmns knows all about delivering deep driving techno and house. It is time for a full album called Lune Eclaire in 2012. Lifeworld presents 6 of Nilmmns’ finest tracks to date on this beautiful dark red marbled piece of wax. The producer’s skills range from deep driving techno to electronica, from acid to pumping house.
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