Tel Avivs Deep’a & Biri and Iran-born producer Aril Brikha unite on a forthcoming 12” on Deeps & Biris Black Crow label, from which proceeds will be donated to a Israel/Palestine peace projects organization.
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Rolando – TRAX.101
Loud Neighbor – The Fellonship [WT001]
Lionel Weets – Alien Opera [MT052]
Motech Records, DJ 3000’s label heads to another new signing with two tracks by Lionel Weets, taken from his forthcoming debut album, `Stellar Orchestra’. Techno and house producer, Lionel Weets hails from Belgium and yet his style is clearly influenced by Detroit Techno with its deep, soulful and melodic sound, plus that additional funky touch.
Santiago Salazar – Galatic Stomp EP [FB013]
Following a five-year hiatus the #Stockholm based label, Finest Blend makes its return. With previous releases from the likes of Orlando Voorn, Shawn Rudiman, Terence Dixon and label head, Kenny Black it became synonymous with hi-tech grooves, breaking barriers, crossing genres and developing new ones. For its re-launch Finest Blend turns to Santiago Salazar with three tracks of his characteristic house / techno sound. His new EP for Finest Blend opens with the upbeat ‘Galactic Stomp’ full of shimmering flourishes and a tough bassline, before the funked-up shuffle of ‘The Twang’ makes its hit, ending with the spacey electronics of ‘3000 Northend’.
Kuba Sojka – Pure Tone [RO006]
For those who traveled along all across the universe of techno music, for those who knows the meaning of not only classic but also mature sound of electronics. Sophisticated recipient open for frugal but at the same time full of greater meaning detail – even exacting listener looking for another sense than the sound itself only will be sure startled with its seemingly simple and raw forms. This is a musical journey starts right from the adventure. Kuba Sojka captures the essence of the genre and creates a coherent and harmonious whole thing. In subsequent works carrying the listener through controlled and straightforward wording, refined with deep emotions, which will certainly be felt strong by every enthusiast of not only modern dancefloors. Don t miss here a Daniels’ Knox aka D-Knox remix as well, some great piece of 20 years Michigan history can be found in here likewise.
Alex W / Denizo – Detroit Techno Archive II [DTA002]
Detroit Techno Archive II is by Alex W and Denizo with a solid 6 tracks Ep. Techno tracks that are rooted in Transmats Share in Classic Detroit Techno.
Marco Bernadi / Johannes Volk – Glare / Never On A Monday EP [TIEF003]
Tief present a very special split EP from Marco Bernadi and Johannes Volk. Synth-led techno bombs rooted in the early Detroit tradidtion.
Dj Bone – A Larger Orbit [SUB038]
Label boss DJ Bone mans the controls for the 38th release on Subject Detroit, laying down a typically fierce, three pronged auditory attack. “What He Said” tactfully yet forcefully treads the line between house and techno, cherry picking physiognomies from each side of that ever-blurring line and constructing something fresh but bristling with familiar Subject Detroit elegances. A favourite fixture from Bone’s more recent DJ sets, “I Do” sees bubbling, arpeggiated chords simmer and swoop from foreground to background loosely as one solitary, remanipulated ticking hat keeps things in formation. Watch out for the thunderous, doubled-up drum arrangement that crashes in to the picture out of nowhere! B Side track “Rhythm Soul Funk” is a genuine hard hitter and another that tiptoes between the old school and the nouveau.
Robert Hood – Eleven [MPM018]
Following on from his Floorplan album and November’s Floorplan EP, Robert Hood returns with a new double header on M-Plant, to close 2013. He delivers these two new cuts of pulsating, body-moving Techno with that classic, deep and minimal Hood sound. He builds ‘Eleven’ and ‘Alarm’, layer upon layer, gradually drawing all the elements together, until they become a penetrating attack on the senses.
Duplex – First Day EP [DOLLY016]
The return of the Dutch masters of deep! Rotterdam techno veterans Duplex show how it’s done with three lush & warm interstellar techno tracks from that forgotten future… Pure, dedicated and very well-crafted. This will orbit the dancefloor straight into outer space. And as an extra the Steven Tang remix of ‘Jx3PO’ to heat things even more up.
Terrence Dixon – Badge Of Honor [SFTDXLP001]
Badge of Honor pushing the envelope of techno with quirky, Detroit-infused abstractions that only the masterful Dixon could conjure up. Far removed from his Population One moniker, this is Terrence Dixon’s fourth LP in an illustrious 20-year career. The album hits us with raw, all-encompassing techno cuts alongside some choice left-field experiments (View From A Lighthouse, Radio Room and Light Years), cementing Terrence’s reputation as the free-form producer of choice, not unlike a modern day Sun Ra. From the P-Funk basslines and melodies of Operation Acoustic and Incoming, to the dark, undulating Mills-esque sound of The Atlantic, this is a release that seemingly covers all the bases. Over a year in the making and already doing the rounds with those in the know, Badge of Honor represents techno from a future age, conceptualised to go well beyond the surface…
Johannes Volk – Beneath The Ice [EXP007]
The New Exploration contains 4 Jacking Stompers! Deep Under the Ice we explore sparkling piano riffs, adventurous synth sculptures and tons of rimshots, toms and bleeps! Get ready, its getting cold!
HD Substance – Marriot Room 808 EP [FAN003]
Fanzine Records launches its third record, this time by one of the Spanish techno classics. HD Substance presents its own brand of techno in “Marriot Room 808”, based on analogue sounds, and traditional production and mixing methods.
With a long history and a large number of published LPs, HD joins the Fanzine Records family with this three-song EP.
Kirk Degiorgio – Unreleased 1991-1992 [AERA009]
Indigo Aera is very honored to release these precious gems from Kirk Degiorgio’s personal archive. Kirk found the tracks by accident going through his DAT tapes from 1991-1992. Time captured in music which deserves to be on black gold.
Population One – Random Variables [REDUCTIONTHREE]
Terrence Dixon turns it up even higher with the third release on his own Reduction label. Chiming, melodic and magnificent abstractions from the depths.
Maarten van der Vleuten – Systematically Declassified 2 [SIGNDIG1202]
Second album in a series of previously unreleased material from the Signum Recordings archive. Maarten van der Vleuten recordings dates are from 1991 – 1998.
Myles Sergé – Inside the Box [BSRX001]
Berlin label Bright Sounds debuts with 12inch release from Brighton-based DJ & producer Myles Serge, a self-described Reclusive Perfectionist, whose haunting production sound reflects influences from early Detroit & Chicago electronic music. The Inside The Box EP collects three stripped down & floor-ready techno cuts: Building Blocks continues the Detroit tradition of doing a lot with a little, piecing together a groove of subtle intensity by small increment
Eduardo De La Calle – The Supreme [NON009]
Mon series returns with a new EP of detroitescque techno by Eduardo De La Calle. Raw, dubby and spaced out 4 tracker.
Obsolete Music Technology – Incite [EMP013]
New EP on Emphasis Recordings. Track “Incite” from ”Thoughts From Chicago Vol. Three” 7” (Eargasmic) gets a rearrange by Steven Tang, and a Dubbyman remix. A mid tempo goover called ”Slight” rounds out the EP.
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