Three-track EP featuring two originals from Orion and a raw remix from Johannes Volk.
detroit techno
Natan H – Glen Park EP [MMAKEM016]
LA resident Natan H returns to Man Make Music with the Glen Park EP. 3 slabs of rounded, undulating deep house that will be warming up sunrise & daytime dancefloors across both sides of the pond.
Tapirus – Enlightenment [EMP014]
Hailing from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Dutch artist, Tapirus aka Charlton Ravenberg reemerges with new single on U.S. imprint, Emphasis. Enlightenment is an ethereal jacking track, taking inspiration from the Dutch and Detroit techno of yesteryear. Shuffling 707+808+909 drum sounds underneath melancholic synth pad. A string solo plays gingerly on top, sending the listener into deep space! Finishing off side A, is What Do You Recon, a bubbling, burbling acid track; twisting and warping minds on the dance floor. Had To Walk Away Girl, because sometimes you just have to. Its not about you! Dutch techno at its finest here. Acid bassline tweaking underneath solo synth line that meanders through the ebb and flow of your thoughts. Rounding out the single is Specific Epithet, which conjures up dark, wide spaces in the mind with its eerie synth solo and low synth bass stabs.
Robert Hood – Moveable Parts Chapter 1 [MPM024]
If one variation of confused blips and synths gurgles underpinned by a rock solid 909 beat by Robert Hood isn’t enough than indulge yourself in two. For this first chapter of the Moveable Parts EP series, Hood’s work here will please those after some more Monobox action as both “Untitled 1” and “Untitled 4” are discombobulated versions of each other. If you’re after a mutant version of the latter for the packed dancefloor however, Hood’s got you covered with “Untitled Sketch”.
Function – Synewave Reissues Part 1: 1995-97 [INF016]
Back when Dave Sumner relaunched his dormant Infrastructure New York label at the start of the year, vague allusions to some sort of planned retrospective were made as a means to tantalise and excite. With the label now fully up and running thanks to a series of great techno 12″s from Function, Campbell Irvine, Inland and a select reissue or two, it seems those plans for a retrospective are a lot firmer. Synewave Reissues Part I: 1995-97 is the first of two 12″s that will precede the release of the 28 track Recompiled: Various Works & Pseudonyms, 1995-2012 compilation in 2015 and draws from material Sumner committed to Damon Wild’s Synewave label. Both “F3” and “F4” are some of the earliest productions Sumner committed to tape as Function and are complemented by a new edit of “Shift F1” from his Infrastructure pardner Inland.
Mattia Trani – Over The Future [PM009]
Pushmaster Discs presents a remix collection from Gerald Mitchell, Claude Young and Orlando Voorn.
John Shima – Movement EP [EE0001]
VA – Night Shift EP [CRAY002]
Great techno tracks ranging from straight up and pounding to post Detroit deepness. tracks by Mark Ambrose, Orlando Voorn & David Holness.
Kuba Sojka – Circle Of Thought EP [DMK001]
Debut release from the London based DMK label comes from Kuba Sojka, kicking things off in fine style with the ‘Circle Of Thought EP’.
Franck Roger – #4 [HI004]
Home Invasion is the label from Real Tone man Franck Roger, a man whose career has scaled the full depths of house music over the past decade or so. Evidently seeking a new challenge, the Parisian’s new imprint promises to adhere to a vehemently underground way of working, with every EP released on vinyl-only terms and produced exclusively on analogue equipment.
Robert Hood – Protein Valve EP [MPM023]
M Plant’s 20 Year anniversary celebrations are set to end on a high with a triple CD compilation featuring a wealth of new, remastered and unreleased material alongside some classics from the Robert Hood canon. Before then, the latest in an ongoing series of celebratory 12″ releases sees Hood look to the classic Protein Valve, which was the first 12″ issued on M Plant back in 1994. The title track has already been subject to some edits as part of this M Plant 20 series, but it’s nice to see three tracks from that original 12″ reissued here as a reminder how Hood’s pioneering minimal approach first took shape.
Jeff Mills – Emerging Crystal Universe [AX065]
Axis Records present the 8th chapter of Jeff Mills Sleeper Wakes series. After the previous release of the exotic expedition to The Jungle Planet, his continuing science fiction story makes a significant turn to a Parallel Universe.
Dan Physics – Dan Physics [LIES022.5]
Dan Physics came up in the ranks of the early 90s Midwest & NYC dance underground, when record shops still existed and the club scene was still diverse and vibrant. Working at Sonic Groove Records alongside Adam-X and Frankie Bones, through the years Dan had gained an encyclopedic knowledge of house, techno, industrial music and many genres in between. What we have here is a document from his past recording archives which demonstrates his studio expertise and is an impressive take of high bpm, yet melodic techno.
VA – We Are Not Alone Vol. I [FAN006]
Four tracks out of the Spanish techno scene here – comes with contributions by the likes of Architectural, UnCUT, Eduardo De La Calle and The Transhumans.
Arkadelphia – New Sun [NORD006]
Danish NORD Records presents NORD006, an EP made by Arkadelphia from Tennessee, United States of America. The EP contains four warm sounding tracks that goes very deep.
Victor Santana & Dj Skull – Different Connections [CHAVAL011]
Four track split ep from Chicago producer Dj Skull and Victor Santa. ‘Different Connections’ contains a hybrid sound of Chicago rooted house and Detroit techno.
Myles Serge – The Awakening EP [KW014]
Esteban Adame – Paper People EP [RS003]
Esteban Adame – Out To Get It / The Grind EP [EPM08V]
The 2nd EP taken from Esteban Adame’s debut album “Day Labor”. Features a remix from New York’s Anthony Parasole & Phil Moffa.
Lerosa – Shoot The Owner EP [FER303]
Ferox is very proud to welcome a new artist to the roster for this release. Dublin-based Lerosa has a raw style very much his own and is well-known for his releases on Uzuri, Real Soon and Ireland’s own D1 Recordings.
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