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Recloose – Magic [RH038]
Recloose is back on Rush Hour with a new 12″, featuring 3 soulfull house tracks and with a corking Carl Craig re-edit.
Photonz – Love Spectre EP [DBA007]
New release from Photonz on Don’t Be Afraid imprint. “Spectre” is a forward thinking house track with a jaded xylophone hooks and cold as ice groove. “Wall” is a slice of trademark Photonz Portuguese acid, an infinite groove that builds and builds. “Dokos” is a more downbeat track, with old school house sound of Chicago and Detroit. “Prometheus” catches the pair at their most experimental, upping the tempo and unleashing an ambitious techno juke roller.
Self Enemy – Daytwa EP [SYNCRO010]
First collaboration between frenchy “Professor Inc” & Detroiter “Kris Wadsworth” that will takes you deeply inside the Motor City Town, Daytwa.
The Rasundas – Buttered Piano [LH004]
Forth Lonesome Hero release features a solid house track that kicks off with an intoxicating metalic bassline that hypnotically segues into The Rasundas’ staple groove-heavy drums, with an achingly timeless piano peppered all over the top. On the flip-side, the boys over at Campaign of Love handle the remix duties. By tracking it out a bit, COL have roughed up the original with a combination of strings and 909 snares, while keeping the spirit of the original mix alive with a snippet of its massive bassline.
Peaking Lights – 936 Remixed [SILK014]
100% Silk are out in force to remix Peaking Lights’ adored ‘936’ LP. Ital refits ‘Marshmellow Yellow’ with a struttin’ Mr. Soft groove, all spongy bass bumps and refracted melody, while Xander Harris views ‘Birds Of Paradise’ as a sludgy piece of Balearic baroque with spy-eyed arpeggios. Best of all is Innergaze’s baggy acid re-tweak of ‘Shines For U’, full of lip-smacking MDMA charm, and Cuticle make a welcome return to the label with the seeping, sideways Chicago revision of ‘Tiger Eyes’.
Mark du Mosch – Salmiak [SD020]
Astonishing album by Mark du Mosch, who delivers his first full length album on Syncom Data Records and it’s quite simply overwhelming. In a true Detroit fashion Mark du Mosch rides that fine line between techno, house and disco. That line which guides you to the dancefloor as well as a higher musical and emotional level. With ”Salmiak” Mark du Mosch shows he’s not only a great DJ, but one of Hollands finest producers as well.
Feedback – Walk The Line [MRX021]
New release on MinimalRome, featuring an original track by Feedback and two remixes by Rude 66 and Mark du Mosch.
Gerd – Slabs 159
John Swing – Relative 007 [RELATIVE007]
Relative is back. John Swing manages to deliver 4 tracks that are equally strong and all capture the free and joyful spirit of house music. Controlled raw production and effective arrangements make these tracks standing out
Djebali – Vol. 3 [DJEB003]
The third EP from Djebali affirms the French producer as an accomplished purveyor of warm house. Comprised of two tracks, the sounds are deep and hypnotic creating a sexy, underground dancefloor feel.
Aeromaschine – Feldgrau EP [WRM002]
The second release on White Rabbit Music is coming from Romanian Alin „Aeromaschine“ Crihan. On the Remix Duty we asked Cosmic Cowboys & Oliver Deutschmann. Oliver Deutschmann´s mix reminds to some groovey early 90´s House while the Cosmic Cowboys remix move into the deeper fields.
The House Nerds – Moment In Nerds [HNA1204]
House Nerds with a 3 track with classic New Jersey and Detroit inspired House tracks. Just proper timeless house cuts that will get every floor grooving
VA – Dekmantel Anniversary Series Part 3 [DKMNTLAS005.3]
To celebrate Dekmantel’s five year anniversary, the Amsterdam based label will release a compilation which features quality house and techno tracks from friends and artists who have performed at the Dekmantel’s parties. Part 3 is celebrated by Hundred20 & Hunee
Basic Soul Unit – Leisure Mix #07
Da Sampla – West Side Sessions [WOSH008K]
A wonderful project new/old by Detroit Techno Legend Anthony Shakir on Kyle Hall’s label, featuring remastered tracks from the rare Shake out of print 12inch ”M3 Sessions” originally released by the, now defunct, legendary Detroit record shop ”Record Time’. Fortunately Wild Oats Label head Kyle Hall, and Detroit Legend Shake have now gotten together for the new full release of the record which also contains unreleased material from that very same DAT Tape. On the 7inch there are 2 secret little Locked Grooves ”GJ LKD” and ”FRCTBEAT 6LKD” making for both a fun and Functional DJ tool.
Madteo – Bugler Gold Pt. 1 [HINF8672]
Coming from Workshop associate Madteo, the first release from Joy Orbison and Will Bankhead’s Hinge Finger doesn’t disappoint. Aesthetically, the grainy, Bankhead designed sleeve is typically beautiful, whilst sonically has all the appeal of the aforementioned German imprint, oozing the foggy atmosphere of Amber-era Autechre, filtered through the lens of Detroit beatdown.. On “Bugler Gold” for instance, a languorous bassline drips between a barely-there kickdrum; it couldn’t be more different than “(Biz R Us (Whore Powers Resolution)” which follows it, a clunking rhythmic machine that maintains a thunderous forward momentum despite its sharper edges being coated in a soporific blanket of Chloroformed cotton wool. The B-Side delivers a further surprise in the library music inspired oddity of “Scream Seq”. “Xtra Loose Change (2010 refix)” meanwhile, is the sort of relentlessly deep house that is held together with little more than rhythm and pure atmosphere, each percussive micro-element perfectly balanced with a bass which is almost beyond the limit of human hearing.
Gene Hunt – May The Funk Be With You [RH039]
The ‘May The Funk Be With You’ white label gets a full release. Gene Hunt takes a classic warehouse theme and turns it into an almost anthemic, synth laden Chicago jack release. Theo Parrish turns it into a hypnotic eight minute long gospel-techno-jazz work out that just sticks.
Lord Of The Isles – Unthank003 [UNTHANK003]
Lord Of The Isles throws a curveball and gives us the third installment in the Unthank series. Synth sketches, floating ambience and warehouse tracks, taken from a hard drive that time forgot. A journey of whiskey, analogue electronics, Scottish landscapes, nostalgia and underground parties. As usual, there will be only one press with silk-screened artwork from House Of Traps.
A Sagittariun – Carina EP [EDREAMS002]
Bristol-based A Sagittariun’s Elastic Dreams follows up its debut release with a 4 track EP entitled ‘Carina’. The label’s latest, ‘Carina’, combines afrobeat, dub, jazz, Detroit soundscapes and British electronica to create the sort of varied EP that is rarely heard these days. While the tempos, rhythms and feelings shift from track to track there’s a deeper theme that joins them and it’s the unmistakable references to a time when house/techno meant more than heads down, 4/4 club fodder. October delivers a remix of A Sagittariun’s “Carina” and shows yet again why his output is head and shoulders above the rest. Raw, analog and emotive it’s a classic piece of house music that oozes real passion for machines and beats.
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