Seven tracks from DJ Bone on his label Subject Detroit.
detroit techno
30drop – Vacuum Geometry EP [30D001]
Vacuum Geometry EP is the first release of the 30drop project. Four tracks have been edited, to further on be understood as a conclusion of the experiment and evolution of Detroit Techno on one hand, and as a dark and industrial european Techno on the other hand. With this, a new a mix of styles is born, acquiring a particular and differential sound expressed by hypnotic, synthetic and cosmic textures, and by oppressive and evocative pads.
Simone Gatto – Deep Vibes EP [NV024]
Strong underground tracks with a great variety by Simone Gatto on the Dutch label NightVision. The EP includes a remix by Santonio Echols.
Shlomo – Rechaim EP [BSRX003]
Parisian techno producer Shlomo gets another chance to show why he’s so highly rated with the third release on the Right Sounds label. As you might expect, lead track “The Other Side” (808 Intuition) swamps skittering Roland drum arrangements in an intoxicating dub techno atmosphere – what a bassline – and this dense production approach is displayed fully as the EP unfolds. There’s something spectral hidden in the depths of the glistening “Grounded Queen” whilst the title track reins in the drums to a percussive shiver as Shlomo focuses on hypnotising you with his sound design. This aspect is evident on closing track “Theory Is The Worst” too, but Shlomo brings the dancefloor pulse to the fore with impressive results. More please Shlomo.
Sterac aka Steve Rachmad @ Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 03.08.2014
MFO – Future City Traffic Part 2 [DKMNTL019]
After making their debut on Dekmantel not so long ago, Italian duo Dario Di Pace and Massimo Di Lena, together known as Mephisto Frequency Oscillator (MFO) now serve up part two of the Future City Traffic EP. Across four new tracks they continue to explore grainy, dirty house that is variously soulful, funky or cosmic in nature.
Vex / Dmo – Vex1 / Fifteen [INF014]
Infrastructure presents VEX/DMO, three tracks from two of David Sumner’s lesser known alter-egos. Produced between ’98 and ’99, the tracks were originally released separately on 2 different 12’s, and now come together, re-mastered on INF-014.
Head Front Panel – HFP #006 [HFP006]
Head Front Panel is a new sub-label from Tabernacle Records focusing on techno from anonymous artists in 2014.
Head Front Panel – HFP #005 [HFP005]
Head Front Panel is a new sub-label from Tabernacle Records focusing on techno from anonymous artists in 2014.
Vernon Felicity – Superficial Pleasures EP [MID004]
Number four will be born to the floor. Melomanic mastermind Vernon Felicty is the freshest residential of the harbour city and we had to trouble up faster then Bonny & Clyde’s motorbike. Here’s what happened… Get ready for a fix of Rotterdam’s danger!
Population One – Theater Of A Confused Mind [RHM013]
Deadly Population One album from Terrence Dixon on Rush Hour. Under the Population One codename, Detroit citizen Terrence Dixon has realized some of his most vivid, esoteric portals to the Motor City mindset. ‘Theater Of A Confused Mind’ is Dixon’s 2nd album in this mode, twenty years after his debut album, ‘Unknown Black Shapes’, and the ‘Hippnotic Culture’ 2LP, whose ‘Rush Hour’ track inspired the company’s name.
Sterac aka Steve Rachmad – The Hypnoticus [108DSR]
Upfront white label copy with two tight & funky techno movers by Dutch techno legend Sterac aka Steve Rachmad. Official release later this year with new/other tracks and remixes.
MFO – Future City Traffic Part 1 [DKMNTL018]
Mephisto Frequency Oscillator (MFO) is a dynamic production duo made up of Italians Dario Di Pace and Massimo Di Lena. Here they release their first of a two part EP series, Future City Traffic, on Dutch label Dekmantel having only previously released on Early Sounds Recordings. Across three tracks they lie out some fine space funk and dirty deep house and prove they have a great understanding together.
L Neils – BAROC001 [BAROC001]
Baroc launch their imprint with two slices of tough, analogue house and techno from L Neils. Heat treated drums crack and thump underneath layers of ethereal synths and rolling, bubbling basslines.
Robert Hood @ T In The Park, Kinross (Scotland) 12.07.2014
Voiski – Spotlight Diktat EP [SNBV002]
“Spotlight Diktat” in reference to the feeling some DJs have when they are on tour. A kind of DJ melancholia generated by airplanes, dehumanized hotels, waiting hours in boring terminals, basically traveling alone.
“I made these tracks out of this mood. At first they sounds like the typical groovy dance tracks, but when the melody comes out, you immediately feel there is something wrong… now the track is on and you still dance (of course it’s made for that) but you could almost cry to it too. So this is what happens when a DJ or a producer has to do their job, but they aren’t really in the mood for it. When the party comes, they just forget everything and make the show happen regardless. They have to bear the spotlight diktat and keep on entertaining people regardless of what they have in mind.”
CEOL – The Light [DBA016]
Versatile techno three tracker by CEOL, A moniker adopted by Glasgow’s Dom Cappello and Lee Duncan. Dom’s productions as Hutton Drive have appeared on cult labels like Soma and Frantic Flowers, whilst as half of Harri & Domenic he continues to hold down the residency at Glasgow’s legendary Sub Club. Fellow Glaswegian Lee Duncan records as Leeon and debuted in 2012 on the cult Seventh Sign label. Lee will also return under his solo alias later this year.
Eachnewhour – Eachnewhour [EACHNEWHOUR]
Mike Servito – BIS Radio Show #740
Orlando Voorn – Black Diamond [OUTA002]
Orlando Voorn is back with a new album, on Out-Er. Acid European influences combined to Detroit techno with continuous dance melodies. Orlando Voorn experimental and innovative music strikes again.
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