After their debut, Achterbahn D’Amour (aka Iron Curtis & Edit Piafra) return to Absurd, with 2 new tracks plus a massive remix from Skudge.
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XDB – Recago EP [DOLLY008]
This time it’s XDB delivering the goodies for Dolly, as always pushing the boundaries between house and deep techno. With this 4 excellent cuts XDB is taking the label in even deeper territories. Even though they are very well playable and will easily rock the floor, taking it up to somewhere between jupiter & mars, XDB’s tracks are more than just proper dj-tools. So well-crafted, deep, harsh and hypnotising, but always firmly keeping floor contact with minimal yet funky drum programming, exactly as this kind of music should be. To top things of, Brooks Mosher on remix duties delivers a Detroit inspired remix of ‘Sunda’.
Unbroken Dub – Siberia EP [RAWAX005]
Rawax with another strong ep done by the young talented Unbroken Dubs. Raw analogue sounding techno tracks with a nice lively feel and funking drum machines!
Dj Sotofett – DJ Sotofett Presenterer Dritfett [WANIA098]
All the tracks here are based around the 909 – thunderous kickdrums and sharp, hissing hi-hats that cut through the mix. Still, there’s a broad range of sounds, from head-down, fists-clenched warehouse workouts with an industrial edge, to more melodic tracks with Detroit references aplenty. Good honest techno with a real raw live feel.
PolyRhythmic – The Original Theme Track [TTHR004]
The Band PolyRhythmic is compiled thoughts on rhythmic structures between Kate Simko and Tevo Howard. Here featured is the first appearance of PolyRhythmic who are proudly presenting the theme track in 3 versions. The band is also currently in studio work hoping to release more material, which includes coming EPs.
John Heckle – Hard Sleeper / Ancient Deep [SIG.MMXI.IV]
From the Signals imprint in the North of England comes two suitably rough and tough cuts of British house/techno from Liverpool wunderkind John Heckle. This is how techno and house should be made! Machine driven; raw, moody with heart and soul.
DJ Sotofett – Acido Records Presents DJ Sotofett [ACIDO009]
Selected by Acido Records’ Dynamo Dreesen, five tracks feat. the talents of Bjørn Torske, Sensational and Tim ”Love” Lee all remixed and prod. by DJ Sotofett. In the times of cheap loops this 12” purifyes the old school dee-jay attitude with the coherent limitations of record jugling, remixing, archive digging and intuitive live studio recordings.
Abacus Pres. Idrum – Idrum This Djembe [NDALT006]
NDATL continues with it’s latest release ABACUS pres IDrum “Bang This Djembe.” “Welcome To The Party” is a classic analog track, with smooth chords and driving drums. Also a bonus drum dub is included for our layering DJ’s to drive danceoors into a frenzy!
Persnickety Presents – Persnickerty Electric EP [PS1005]
Persnickety Sounds is here to funk-ti-fy your world! In this era of Nu-Disco, Space Disco, Cosmic Disco, Disco House and shit, there must be a beacon of quality to light the way and lead the faithful back to a place where good grooves matter and realness is holding court.
Mathew Jonson – Dayz [CRM085]
Mathew Jonson makes his debut on Crosstown Rebels, with the Dayz EP. ‘Dayz’ is a very melodic house-meets-techno affair. Driven by punchy kicks, the track fuses silky synthesizers to vivid keys, with the overall result being a strong Detroit-ish track. ‘Cold Blooded’ is a more static, electro-based house track with twisted melodies, nasty bass stabs and super heavy vintage synth waves in the middle part.
Alex Cortex – Kihon [POM027]
Pomelo presents Alex Cortex’ third album. ‘Kihon’ is a very personal effort, as suggested by the self-portrait on the cover. The carefully elaborated design of this gatefold double LP speaks as a whole and in true minimalist fashion about the passing of time, without ever declaring nostalgia to be a means for itself. In 11 nameless tracks, ‘Kihon’ takes us on a journey through organic worlds of sound that invites us to flow with the music and connect with the feelings contained in it. Concentrating on the bare essentials, the music begins to speak, turning the album into a harmonic whole. ‘Kihon’ therefore is also a return to listening, away from a utilitarian perception of music as a background sound.
OCH – Whalesong [TR021]
Trelik presents OCH, with a compulsive passion for the dying art of crate-digging combined with a love for modern synthesis techniques he manages to put together a 12″ that could easily be described as psychedelic Chicago. ‘Whalesong’ is a pulsating floor work-out which references the US greats whilst building an emotive sub-aqua soundscape. ‘Blind is The Wind’ follows with a sneaky chord driven spoken interlude which creates an air of tension before climaxing into ‘Last Chance Saloon’. This is deep yet driving showcasing haunting vocals with lush chords alongside the original principles of house music and plenty of bass.
ItaloJohnson – 04 [ITJ004]
ItaloJohnson releases its fourth release. On the long recorded side, you’ll find a house track that can be hardly surpassed in any type in its directness. An unfussy arrangement, a straight oppressive subject and a low flying breakdown compose the A-stamped side. The concrete in-your-face-drumming, piano lessons and stabbing strings combined with the ItaloJohnson charm becomes the (double A) AA-side. Finally, the AA-2 track emotionally rounds up the release with ItaloJohnson’s trademark-sound in which all the brothers and sisters are invited to explore.
Kurt Baggaley – Magic Of Human EP [HM003]
HotMix Records for his third release presents “Magic Of Human EP” written and produced by mysterious Kurt Baggaley ! This EP contains five tracks reminiscent of the glorious productions on NuGroove Records , with melodies and shade that bring to mind the Tangerine Dream and Vangelis.
Morphosis – FACT mix 291
Steffi – Boiler Room 50 Min Mix
Tama Sumo – Louche Podcast #57
Baz Reznik – Sound Travels @ Bootleg 09.10.2011
Surgeon @ Machine, Trouw (Amsterdam) 24.09.2011
Makam – Glacial Valley [PRTR011]
Pariter, the deep techno sublabel of Sushitech Records, presents the new release by Makam. The EP features two deep and trippy cuts.
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