Four solid techno tracks from Paty Pat. Joined by the Nighttripper himself on Unknown Synth.
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VA – Space Jammin EP [CRAY003]
Crayon Records with the third release, featuring some deep Deetroit techno by Mark Ambrose, Analog People and D’Funk.
Benales – Elements EP [SINO031]
Born in Normandy (France), and now based in Paris, Benales aka Benjamin Morales has been honing his craft since the end of the 90s. An avid record collector and enthusiast of Techno and House – his DJ sets and tracks combine the raw, dark and deep elements of these musical forms with a firm nod in the direction of Detroit. Now he brings his debut release, a 4 track EP, featuring raw, straight techno tools.
Steven Tang – Infintesimal [EMP017]
Surprisingly, this is Steven Tang’s first 12″ in some two years (under his own name), and marks his first appearance on Emphasis Recordings (an imprint he founded way back in 1998) since 2011. Happily, it was worth the wait, because Infintesimal is amongst the Chicagoan’s best worth to date. Heavily influenced by vintage Detroit techno, its’ four tracks take in rolling creepiness (“Approaching Theory”), shimmering blends of Larry Heard style deep house and Motor City futurism (“Escaping Thoughts”), deep and spacey dancefloor bliss (“Verged (Obsolete Mix)”), and retro-futurist techno sweatiness (the undulating chords and hissing cymbals of title track “Infintesimal”). In other words, it’s a fine EP packed full of floor-friendly gems.
Carlos Nilmmns – Midnight Chronicles EP [ORN039]
Carlos Nilmmns with a collection of atmospheric tracks between classical compositions, Detroit techno and oldschool deep House, on the Ornaments label.
Mattia Trani – The Hi-tech Mission [PM015]
Pushmaster Discs presents the debut LP by Mattia Trani. ‘The Hi-Tech Mission’ is not just the usual techno album, it also represents a space travel around the futuristic techno vision of the Italian producer, that continues to push Detroit sounds, as well as venturing into some jungle rhythms. The shuttle reaches a mysterious planet, it seems that the mission is not finished yet.
To be continued…
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Terrence Dixon – Minimal Detroit Album Vol. 1
New Terrence Dixon album appears on Bandcamp.
Orbe – Kepler 438 [BAO056.5]
Coherence is a new vinyl only series from Be As One, a channel of expression with a different approach than the main label catalogue. Focused exclusively towards hypnotic and carefully programmed Techno, Coherence will be an outlet for established artists, but also for breaking the new and exciting talent. The first release comes from techno alumnus Orbe, who launch this new limited series with a double LP of dreamy, hypnotic Techno.
2030 – Prescience [CLFT011]
The mysterious Italian producer 2030 is back on CLFT. Here – with these four tracks – comes another deep and refreshing breath, still full of these unique retro-futur-rhythms.
Xenogears – Second Room EP [PM014]
Machine soul Hi-techno funk rooted cuts from the Berlin based Analogue Cops as Xenogears. Included a space acid solid remix by Mattia Trani.
Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland – Transport [TRESOR285]
To coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Berlin club Tresor, Juan Atkins and Moritz Von Oswald have released a second Borderland album together. It begins in ominous mode, with the title track’s brooding bass tones casting a long, dark shadow, but the pair soon find a way to break away from the gloom with the mesmerising chords and heavy rhythm of “Lightyears” and the wonderfully spacey Detroit techno of “Riod”. Both “Odyssey” and “Merkur” push the tempo back down but keep an emphasis on hypnotic, woozy textures, snappy drums and jazzy tones, while “2600” shows that Van Oswald hasn’t lost his ability to craft dub-heavy, dreamy techno.
Johannes Volk – Asteroid Riding EP [PLTR014]
Johannes Volk returns to Polytone with his debut EP. Two excellent techno tracks are in place and a spaced out ambient piece called “It Could Happen” describes the mysterious view from a spacecraft cockpit into the wideness of the universe. On the A-Side Volk blows the whistle of the EP’s title “Asteroid Riding” with funky chords accompanied by a wide deep bassline, short samples, classic percussions and a cropped stomping kick-drum, that let you ride through the orbit. On the B-Side “Earthbound” pounds with a broad hollow kick, arpeggiated synth’s, alerting sounds and a harmonically settled type of string-line that eases the element’s diversity like the blue planet’s gravity. Within the tracks that have been built to transport the feel of time and space, Johannes Volk again pushes himself on the cutting edge of electronic music.
Dan Curtin – The Waters of Mars EP [7SR027]
A key artist in the shaping of electronic music, Dan Curtin has explored many styles in his career and now he has come full circle. The hardware repopulates the studio, bringing with it the inventive, organic techno sound he is most fondly known for, this time with a modern twist. These tracks take you to the heart of the man and are some of his best work.
Eduardo De La Calle – Adept Of The Light EP [PRRUKWHT005]
For the 5th installment in the Planet Rhythm White series, Spanish hardware icon ”Eduardo De La Calle” returns to Planet Rhythm with his ”Adept to the light EP”. ”TR3B Conspiracy” serves as the opener which combines odd rhythmic arps and subtly placed drum sequences to make a somewhat uncanny atmosphere. On the B side we find ”Ranchor Will Cut The Mood” which is a repetitive techno cut that should be useful for after hours. The Doubt Of The Unknown (B2) has a somewhat foreboding title. It’s a FX heavy synth jam that uses oddball synthesis and nicely placed FX chains that evolve throughout.
DJ 3000 – Take Me Away [MT090]
The Motech label has been building a high reputation of late but it’s actually been three years since co-owner, Detroit’s DJ 3000 (Franki Juncaj) released a 12inch of his own. Putting that to rights, he delivers ‘Take Me Away’ and featured is a deadly remix by Truncate.
MGUN – Gentium [DBALP001]
Detroit native MGUN aka Manuel Gonzales returns from a two year break from releasing to unveil his debut LP for Don’t Be Afraid, marking the UK-based label’s first artist album. In drawing from these recordings and methods developed over such a long period of time, Gentium captures the growth of a modern electronic artist in a way few albums do, charting the evolution from an unknown quantity in the birthplace of techno to the DJ & producer widely admired today for the fresh immediacy of his approach.
”About half of these tracks were made in my childhood home between 2007 and 2010. Most were recorded on cassette then digitized on a Windows millennium edition PC. I would record these to the standard WAV recorder you can find in the sound preferences, which from there it was possible to use primitive effects to manipulate the audio file.” ”The other half were produced in my current home studio, using somewhat of the same system I used back then, one take for the most part. There is hardly any multi-tracking involved with any of my productions. I use a basic WAV editor to manipulate recordings as well as various analog recording mediums beforehand.”
Terrace – Ilmenite Mine [RAWAXS003]
Unreleased tracks from the vault of the Dutch techno pioneer Stefan Robbers under the Terrace guise.
Malvito – Mirage EP [SYNCRO026]
Karim Sahraoui – Eternal Life EP Part 2 [MS093]
This new Transmat release from Karim Sahraoui displays typical elements from Detroit‘s classic sound. Finely Intricately and wonderfully worked orchestrated sequences and string sounds take the audience on a voyage through space. Thanks to the songwriting‘s depth of the songwriting, the tracks don‘t lose contact with the ground.
Rhythmath – Rhythmath #003 [RTMT003]
Conceived to offer dance-floor friendly techno music, created to conceptually unite rhythm and mathematical theories, Rhythmath is back with his third release taking inspiration from the well-known mathematical Fibonacci sequence. Rhythmath #003 is set represents the audible base of the aforementioned sequence through three swinging, functional but versatile techno tracks appearing onto the usual mathematically-related artwork.
The Hipodrome Of Music 