Dance Mania presents a collection of 6 classic Jacking Chicago tracks from the legendary Robert Armani.
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Bookworms – Japanese Zelkova [LIES030]
Nik Dawson, better known as Bookworms, releases the follow up to his African Rhythms single. This three song 12″ titled ‘Japanese Zelkova’ is a divergence from his last record in some sense, whereas the former was based around dusty crunched out samples and programming, this release is more focused on the man/machine element. That is not to say there aren’t pieces of his past work in there. If you let the title track play on you’ll see what we mean.
Gerstaffelen – The Old Villagers [MOSDEEP017]
Mysterious producer Gerstaffelen here debuts on Dutch label MOS Deep with The Old Villagers, a four track EP of grainy analogue house. The title track opens things up at a mid tempo house pace. It’s a dense, multi-layered track with plenty of squiggly synths, bobbling analogue basslines and radiant pads. ‘Game On Major’ is slightly more frenzied, with dusty hi hats looping over fairly frenzied synth sounds and some hints of acid are buried deep within this hazy sound world. ‘Little Green Munchkin Men’ gets even more unhinged and techno leaning with the sounds of various analogue machines all meshing together into a nebulous brew of off killer melody and curious metal hooks, before last track ‘When The Mind Stops’ brings a bit of raw old school house flavour to the table. The beats jack, some muffled vocals add an important human element and like everything on the EP the track invites you to lose your shit in the most beguiling of ways.
SCD – Correlation #1 [ROYAL019]
Hipodrome Podcast 015 – Muzikalist b2b Maxi Clash
Here you go! A surprise edition of the Hipodrome Podcast series, a back2back session from Muzikalist and Maxi Clash aka Eugene Efimenko and Maxim Falaleev, two young DJs, musicians and promoters based in Kaliningrad. They forged down a “Guide To The Dark” with more than two hours of acid house and techno.
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Brad Peterson – The Perimeter EP [HM012]
Orlando Voorn – For Composers EP [HOUSEWAX011]
Housewax presents the Dutch technosoul godfather Orlando Voorn, with some smooth, warm & funky tech workouts.
DJ Qu – Eden / Do This Here [YYGREC002]
The second series of yygrec comes from DJ QU. The 2 new tracks unleashes yet another underground vibe with a dark, mysterious, composed simple touch. More than anything, the uplifting rhythm unique to a former dancer will surely capture and fulfill your senses.
Jordan Fields – I Dub The 90s [HW011]
Leisure Connection – Jungle Dancing / Wave Riding [RHD008LEISURE]
More Peaking Lights related 12″ goodies arriving not on a label…. Producer Aaron Coyes is joined by friend and former bandmate Nate Archer. Both tracks clock in over 10 minutes each, making this a real double sided mind expander.
Matt Star & Locke – Sounds From The Mainlab 2 [MAINLTD009]
Matt Star with some cosmic disco house on this new Main Records release. The last track is a collaboration with Locke.
Moonraker – Lowjit Vagrants [TTT009]
Trilogy Tapes release a new EP of battered techno and skittery sound design by Philadelphia’s Moonraker. ‘Oronimbus’ weaves eerie space-age blips into pattering beats, ‘Plot Query’ judders excitingly like it might veer of course at any moment. ‘Tilt March’ dispenses with the dreamy synths of the other tracks and goes for full on thick and beastly, scraping noise. Yet another incredible release from the always intriguing London label.
Spaventi Dazzurro – Lonely [COSMOS000]
Summer surprises don’t come better than this.. 2 versions of a new track from this Amsterdam based studio don… refreshing house cocktails with a twists of acid.
Zagittarius – Zhicago EP [CHIWAX001LTD]
The first release on Chiwax Limited, featuring some good retro jack tracks by this mysterious Zagittarius.
Funkinevil – Ignorant / In The Grid [WOEVIL002]
Wild Oats present the highly anticipated second collaboration from FunkinEvil aka Kyle Hall & FunkinEven. The duo offer up a 4 track EP with sounds that pull you into the Evil world. This follow-up release ventures into the world of the unknown, and the trapped. “You fear what you do not understand” …
R-Zone – R-Zone 04 [RZONE004]
For the fourth R-Zone, we serve up three more tracks of fizzing atmospheric house. First track Exclamation is rough and rugged with rattling percussion hidden behind layers of grainy sci fi ambiance and the breathy exhalations of a male voice. Nebulous pads and synths spiral around each other forming a dense layer of dust and next track March Of The Worms is even more militant. This one crawls deep below the surface where analogue machines carve out weird patterns, forming a truly knackered sounding house groove. Finally, Claustrophobic Habits bangs a bit harder, its all splintered drums and coarse claps backed with a howling, gnarly groan and truly transports you to a sonic universe miles away from the norm.
Helena Hauff – Actio Reactio [WDNT005]
A regular fixture at Hamburg’s Golden Pudel club where she presides over the Birds and Other Instruments night, Helena Hauff is a killer DJ with a keen interest in classic and contemporary electro. A longstanding friendship with Actress has resulted in his Werkdiscs label issuing Actio Reactio, her debut EP of solo productions. Both the title track and “Break Force” see Hauff utilize her arsenal of analogue gear to deliver two tracks of acid-drenched hardware techno, while shorter production “Micro Manifesto” is more grounded in the realm of primitive electronics.
Monomood / Jacob Stoy – Animal 002 [ANIMAL002]
The second release features multi talented Uncanny Valley artist Jacob Stoy. His fascinating bassline cruiser “S51” from the UV 010 is being properly tuned by Monomood into a massive acid dirt bike racer, that leaves torn soil behind. On the B side you get another deep techno mover called “Dominate” as well as a detroitish and dubby remix by Jacob Stoy.
