Vince Watson‘s Bio imprint is now back in full flow, and following on from the „Pressure“ EP last month, the 2nd installment of the release, with some very exclusive guest mixes and yet another killer track from Vince himself. Steve Rachmad and Octave One deliver the remixes.
Debut release of the new US. label Stolen Kisses. Hakim Murphy delivers the original version, a dark and moody track driven by salvos of cutting percussion that give rise to glowering synth progressions and ominous blooms of sub-bass. Its paired with two remixes from Los Angeles Santiago Salazar.
New comer John Jastszebski delivers here one of his most Detroit influenced release. So it is naturally that mister ‘Big Daddy’ Rick Wade takes place to this project. Proper house music.
Harbour City Sorrow presents a special release from Paul du Lac. The EP include three original track by the Dutch man and a Tevo Howard remix.
Omar-S presents his new album “It Can Be Done, But Only I Can Do It”, on his own FXHE label. The album features brand new material alongside a number of previously released tracks, including ‘Here’s Your Trance, Now Dance’ and ‘Over To You’, a new version of the 2005 cut ‘U’, from much-loved 2009 Fabric Mix.
Scion A/V presents a free ep from Omar S. He continues his streak of dark, mind-expanding, form-busting dance floor voodoo. Each song is a city within a city, as gritty and spirited as his beloved 313.
Andres delivering his third album for Mahogani Records, featuring 6 tracks, a tasteful mixture of house and gritty, yet soulful downbeat tracks.
Amsterdam-based duo Crystal Maze have produced the ultimate mix of Detroit techno, Chicago house and electro. Chicago Skyway delivers aDepth audio’s hottest, jackin’ remix, seriously influenced by the original analogue sound of Chicago house.
For this new re-edition on P&D Recordings a release with two classic tracks from Rick Wade. “Night Station” was on Rick Wade album “Dark Ascencion in 2004, incredible deep & haunting but banging as well. For the B Side, “2A.M Detroit” is one of the jazzy deepness by Big Daddy was released on Trackmode in 1998 !
AC Records brings 6 tracks of the finest Detroit influenced dystopian electro futurism from Koova. Sinister pads and dark angels sing the praises of a moist bubbling electro bass.
Exium presents the follow-up on the great album “Roots of Time”. “The Unexpected” is an excellent take on the deeper side of techno, from the building energy on the 1st part with the lucious chords and wicked percussion to the dreamy sequence on the 3rd.
Aybee teams up with Miles Sagnia for two cuts each on the Eternal Radiance EP on Sagnia’s Atmospheric Existence imprint. Taking over the A-Side, Aybee serves up “A Glance” which oozes with classic US house charm. Acoustic piano chords and are layered on top of a chugging bassline and electronic melody, tightly produced and melting in its warmth. “Isis” gets heavier with a more underground vibe of crashing echoes and tinny drum arrangements. On the flip, Sagnia’s “Journey 2 Forever” fuses multi-tracked choral chants, the impeccable sound of the Hammond and a rapid techy groove. His Visual Foci Reprise of “Journey 2 Forever” ditches the chants, instead opting for a sensual male vocal.
Detroit heavyweight Jeff Mills has always been one of techno’s visionaries, prone to translating great concepts into near-cinematic soundscapes. Given techno’s roots, it’s no surprise that many of these concepts have been inspired by science fiction, and in particular obscure sci-fi films. Inspired by Franklin Adreon’s 1966 film Cyborg 2087, “2087” offers a dark and uneasy but at times brilliant mix of intense dancefloor techno, creepy electronica, woozy ambience and clunking IDM – all designed to mirror the cloying futurist horror of the original film.
New release on M-Plant with Robert Hood delivering three new tracks as the ‘Sanctified’ extended player, under his Floorplan moniker. With Floorplan, Robert Hood blends techno elements with disco, house and soul to create a real party vibe.
Luke Hess and Motorcitysoul on the same EP different labels, featuring 4 deep house and techno cuts. This is part one to a series of releases Finale Sessions and DeepLabs have planned for the 2011 season.
Detroit influenced deepness from Ferrispark label head Scott Ferguson. Two seductive mixes of ‘Sweet To You’ plus two more head-nodders.
The Parallel is back with three deep techno tracks that mark the start of an interplanetary trilogy for the Komisch label. ‘Exopshere’ takes up where his Komisch debut left off, with foreboding, dub-tinged chords building into a menacing climax and swarms of driving, razor sharp percussion keeping the arrangement focused on the dancefloor. ‘Deep End’ explores more esoteric sounds, with swirling, layered chords underpinned by dubbed out drums, heavy claps and hissing percussion, while ‘Analogue City’ brings a mellow end to the release.
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