R-A-G live @ Vera Club (Groningen) 01.03.2014
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Ngly live @ Saponificio Abbandonato (Milano) 27.02.2015
Gavin Russom – Lies 025.5 [LIES025.5]
Epic, tense, and driving Russom goes for the throat crafting beautifully produced functional club tracks that teeter on the edge of the deepest psychedelic realm. With hints of many different electronic strains creeping into his productions, we get the full specturm and see this talented producer doing some of his best work in recent times, the hidden gem being the b-side’s closing track, The Telstar File.
Stephen Lopkin – Cathcart Circle EP [RWT-2]
Raw Tools returns with four powerful tracks from the vaults of talented Scottish producer Stephen Lopkin. Chicago flavored beats and acid driven grooves bolted onto Detroit rhythms and swirling pads of analog goodness.
Entro Senestre – ES [WT022]
Jon Beall finally follows up “La Caccia” with an even deeper and more diverse record. Great versatile release touching deeply rooted techno, bass, house and electronix. Another winner on WT Records.
Photonz – Gnosis Of Wolfers [CR1281]
Photonz, Portugese producer based in London Marco Rodriguez, makes his debut on Creme Organization. His first cut, ‘Gnosis Of Wolfers’ is a raw, knackered sounding house track with glassy melodic tension and slow-jack drums. It’s intense, multi-layered and nervy and keeps you engaged from start to finish. ‘Ceremonial Acid’ is then an airy, spacious affair with heavenly pads and gurgling synths and drums. Loose but atmospheric, it’s a fulsome track that really places you in the middle of Photonz’s sound world. ‘Sad Mania’ is another misty sounding cut with watery droplets, aqueous textures and ramshackle drums rattling below, before ‘Filterhatz’ is a slow and sludgy acid offering with sharp hi hats, filtered 303 lines and lots of wobble. Lastly, digital only track ‘Basik’ rounds out the EP in brooding fashion, with big retro synths, percolating drums and pinging percussion.
Interstellar Funk – Untitled [TAPE008]
First solo EP by Interstellar Funk on Tape Records. Driving sinister tracks giving you an eerie sensation of spaciousness supported by subtle melodylines bubbling up and touching you right where it matters.
The Invariants – TI999 [TI999]
The next release on The Invariants contains three edits of tracks from the deep. The a side contains a Chicago leaning version of middle eastern esotherics and a more techno dub version of the same track. On the flip are black metal synths combined with 90s strings in a live jam recorded slightly in the red.
Tevo Howard’s Black Electro Orchestra – Cosmopolitan 1987 [TTHRDR024]
The Black Electro Orchestra is an alias of Tevo Howard that was originally meant to be used as a template for other artists to take and use, rearrange, rework, and reiterate.. Respectively, after a first eclectic album, the alias took on the identity of cover songs reiterated as Chicago House and Chicago Electro House tracks.. This album titled Cosmopolitan 1987 does consist of that, 12 covers from classic electronic compositions that paved roads in the 1980s and set the path for electronic composers today….
Carl & Carol Jacobs – Robot Jam [ERC022]
The second in the Caribbean reissue series comes this time from Trinidad with an electro-sample Jam for all intents and purposes. The super rare Robot Jam by singer song writing duo Carl and Carol Jacobs is presented in 2 parts and comes with a very special remix via the esteemed Nick The Record, here teaming up with Dan Idjut for a dub-electro work out.
Eros – Eros 01X [EROS001X]
The mysterious EROS return with the ‘X’ series, an altogether more strobe-lit and full-tilt take on the glorious Disco supernova from whence we all came.
Conforce – Planet Delsin Mix (March 2015)
Interstellar Funk – Digital Tsunami 064
Sneaker DJ – Les Yeux Orange #041
Basic Soul Unit – You Knew EP [DOLLY021]
After a small hiatus Basic Soul Unit is back on track, delivering some serious jacking club action! Four deep & intense cuts, but all still with that tremendous party vibe… all equally powerful.
Nitam – Retold EP [UTON006]
Its debut release time for Nitam as the Retold 12″ surfaces on Ostgut-Ton’s intermittent sublabel concern Unterton. It’s certainly the kind of friendly, melodic stuff that the Berlin label gravitates more readily towards, with a healthy amount of techno powering the machines. “Retold” strides forth with big room intent but not at the expense of the depth of the track, for it is indeed a hypnotic experience to behold. “Neotyp” meanwhile edges in a touch more groove to make for a gentler overall mood, before the muscular pump of “Value Time” brings in some sturdy bass, edgy strings and swooping synth tones. “Exiam” finishes the EP off with a drum-led workout that will have plenty of DJs swooning with mixable delight.
Trenton Chase – The Manor Conspiracy EP [JUNE006]
For June Records’ sixth release, the Vampire of Sacramento returns with a live jammin’, four track techno EP, filthy and as raw as anything previously consumed by the monster. A sequel to Trenton Chase’s full blown manic episode taking place inside the Manor asylum.
Legowelt – Immensity of Cosmic Space [UTTU050]
50 releases in under four years is no mean feat, so a round of applause to Unknown to the Unknown who surpass the landmark with a new record from Legowelt. The superbly named Immensity Of Cosmic Space arrives hot on the heels of Legowelt’s fine Vaporware Tracks record for Creme and sees the Dutchman exploring the realm of rave era breakbeat techno. Of course what makes Danny Wolfers work as Legowelt so distinctive his mastery of star gazing melodies and hearing them fused with recycled drum breaks on the title track and the Amen filled “Lumeria2” is a real delight.
Trevor Jackson – Format: Lumiline [VF116-1]
Acclaimed creative director and music maker trevor jackson releases format, a collection of unreleased music & his first album in 14 years. F O R M A T is no ordinary album release – instead it charts the legacy of the physical music format, in a characteristically beautiful and uncompromising way, paying homage to physically released formats over the decades and also celebrating the artistry, design, as well as the individual experience of playing music via physical methods. Initially available as a limited edition release, each track is available on : 12″, 10″, 7″ vinyl, cd, mini cd, cassette, usb, mini disc, dat, 8 track and 1/4 reel to reel.
Raw M.T. – La Duna [MORK002]
The second Mork release finally gets out of the blocks, helmed by Italian analogue explorer Raw M.T. With some seriously heavy cuts under his belt, we coaxed him out of hiding for a varied 12” of low-slung house, dreamy beachside dreams and hammering arpeggiated techno, cut deep and heavy over two sides of wax.
The Hipodrome Of Music 