Job Jobse – Dekmantel Podcast 231
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Intrinsic – Firewalls [EMP019]
Steven Tang’s Emphasis returns with the reclusive Intrinsic on Firewalls. ”Firewalls” builds soulfully techno syncopated synths & rhythms while the deeply modulated ”Falling” is thick & smoky filled with delayed synth madness that coalesces with a brooding bass line. Includes ”Bonus Beats”.
VA – TRB01 [TRB01]
Tribe is a record label created by like-minded artists from Barcelona, with a bold purpose of generating and sharing their idea of timeless electronic music. The debut EP Tribe01 comprises four different yet catchy and charismatic tunes that meet at the same point – the dance floor.
Telephones – From The Vaults 1998-2018 Vol. 2 [EC02/TLF02]
Digging deeper into rescued attic-material, Telephones offers even more genre-wobbly, and inspired sounds, featuring bipolar detroit techno/bongo-disco, stuttering warehouse-atmospheres and a failed attempt at making Speed Garage (without ever really knowing what that was) – instead ending up somewhere, which can best be described as balearic techno with a dutch twist, hyperactive steroid-disco and degenerate house. Originally conceived and programmed by a juvenile Mr Telephones on ancient PC-software at the turn of the 90s/Y2K – 20 years later, salvaged, exported and meticulously overdubbed, re-recorded and edited to current high standards of Telephonic Communication.
VA – The Tuffest Of The Tuffest (2019 Edition) [WAFLP2]
London’s Warriors Dance label was a unique operation and a pioneering London label during the late 80’s acid house phenomena. Home to an assortment of DJs, MCs and soundmen, they went on to make their own original and indelible mark on the rave scene from the infamous ‘Addis Ababa’ studio on Harrow Road on the North-West side of the city. This is an updated and expanded 2019 version of the Warriors Dance compilation 89′ that boasts some unreleased DAT tape outtakes and cuts that have never seen the light of day – until now. This compilation is crammed full of the breakbeats, deep as the centre of the earth basslines, left-field influenced acid cuts and dubwise new-wave esque dance sounds..
Hieroglyphic Being – A Synthetic Love Life Vol. 1 [MATHPLUS015]
Hieroglyphic Being has materialized with the limited & stamped “A Synthetic Love Life Vol. 1” created a decade ago to cassette & sonically presented to higher plane listeners. Volume 1 of 9 for Mathematics Plus.
Drvg Cvltvre – The World Is On Fire But We Still Dance Like Twats – Part 2 [CLTD-011]
The New York Haunted label owner Drvg Cvltvre drops 3 new tracks on Concrete Records. Strong synths, acid bass lines and aggressive sounds are the elements that always characterized Drvg Cvltvre’s music, in this EP he shows another more sophisticated and personal side: pads and ambient suggestions coexist with the strong basslines and rhythms. A different approach that gives a more deep and mental oriented tone to the tracks. A lot of percussion add raw sound characterized this three tracks, a just balance between the raw house genre and the violent techno sound.
Koga – Hive Mind EP [OCP001]
OCP presents their debut release, coming from Koga, Frankfurt underground DJ and connoisseur of the M1 organ bass. The ‘Hive Mind’ EP contains four well executed tracks that are likely to disintegrate dance floors around the globe. Title track ‘Hive Mind’, featuring Simon Moncler, is a Brooklyn-style techno jam packed with hard hitting RZ-1 hats, while ‘Survivor (M&M’s techno will survive mix)’, featuring Maurice, freshly connects trancey elements with breaks and bleeps. The B side kicks off with ‘Fox Undercover’, a jam displaying developed knowledge of clunky baselines and pounding grooves, the 12″ rounds of with a bass-heavy remix of ‘Fox Undercover’ by DJ Slyngshot.
Tiger & Woods – A.O.D. [RBLP13]
What once started as an anonymous underground project with stamped white labels and a clever take on sampling, has since then unfolded to be one of the longest-running and most successful teams in current dance music. Nurtured by the sounds of the past and blessed with the techniques of today, the music of Tiger & Woods always kept evolving in and around the tropes of disco, house and boogie. Celebrating the 10th anniversary this year, Marco Passarani and Valerio Delphi managed to arrive at album number three. A.O.D. (adult oriented dance) is inspired by the faded buildings and images of discotheques on the Italian countryside, the romantic start and bittersweet endings of summer, beach life and the excitement of travelling through the landscape to get to aforementioned temples of dance and subsequently the morning after. Except for the 100% sample-free 1:00 am, everything on A.O.D. is based on a quiver of cleared samples from the Roman institution that is Claudio Donato and his Full Time and Goodymusic emporium. In Tiger & Woods hometown Rome, the often very electronic and futuristic sound of Italo Disco had a different twist. Much more boogie-based and influenced by the song-writing styles of New York City’s dance scene, it played in a league of its own. Tiger & Woods use these materials to take them apart, out of context and into contrasting areas. Molding something completely new, one gets fooled to recognize Sade songs that aren’t, pop music instrumentals and a reprise of memories that never existed. A ride through ones brain in a convertible with an Italian FM radio station playing in the background. Or to use less stiff poetry: a chill out album you can dance to or a dance album you can chill out to.
Khidja – In The Middle Of The Night [DFA2635]
Romanian production duo Khidja present their first EP for DFA. With four tracks of inner city insomnia, The Middle Of The Night soundtracks the realm between being half awake and asleep. With jagged and pulsating synths and dubbed out howling vocals, we are left disorientated in the underground tunnels that connect the clubs of Bucharest, London, and Berlin. Summoning the spirits of Kraftwerk and John Carpenter, they cast a spell on the dancefloor that is a perfect addition to the ever-evolving DFA roster.
Marco Bernardi – Plat + Form P.F. [BT33]
BT33 drags back Marco Bernardi for his 3rd solo EP on brokntoys. Plat + Form P.F. finds Marco run ragged through time, revisiting his sleeper-project Octogen’s lost 3rd album alongside his latest productions. Cruising the dystopia, the EP moves through unnerving melodies hung against stuttering rhythms. Handstamped and with screenprinted sleeve.
Innershades – Ocular Unity [MTRON012]
Innershades presents a heavy and vibrant trip through electro, techno and acid on Ocular Unity, the 12th release on Berlin’s Mechatronica. Following up on his ”Aalst To Charlois” rave weapon released on the label last year, the Belgian producer continues to push his signature sound in new directions, maintaining harmony and once again underlining his undeniable strength in producing hypnotizing electronic music for the floor.
No Moon – Where Do We Go From Here [CKNOWEP15]
No Moon returns to Craigie Knowes with another spectacular 3-track cosmic exhibition. A journey of electronic voices, strange drum patterns, complementary bass and pads that climb and fall – all executed with a beautiful uniqueness.
Kosh – Endless Quest [EUDEMONIA003]
Next up on Eudemonia is Moroccan born and based Kosh. The 28-year-old delivers a versatile and funky techno/electro EP with breakbeat and acid influences. Any profits from selling this EP will be donated to Musicians Without Borders.
Innershades – ASZ [TP11]
Innershades with his signature mixture of electro, house and techno hybrids on Time Passages.
Full Circle – Back To Disco Valley Vol. III [CRWDSPCRX007]
Juju & Jordash – Slack Trax Vol. 2 [SLACKTRAX02]
Juju & Jordash presents the second release on their new label Slack Trax, an outlet that focuses solely on material focusing firmly on the dance floor. Slack Trax Vol. 2 includes no messing club missiles from the dextrous duo.
Legowelt – Star Simulator [CJFD32]
Travelling from star to star, from galaxy to galaxy, visiting any planet, moon, or asteroid with the ability to explore the alien landscapes. Legowelt’s ‘Star Simulator’ alters the perception of space time and give you the ability to observe a nearby exoplanet or a faraway celestial phenomenon.
Aril Brikha – Pattern Recognition [MULE236]
TOPO – Ba Ba Go Go [BST-X054]
The official remastered reissue of one of the rarest and sought after italo-disco record from early 80’s. This is an epic out there electronic production that’s one of a kind. In the same period of other italo-disco classics like REM, STOPP, Klein & MBO, GANG previously reissued by Best Italy, they representing the roots of chicago sound played by the pioneers like Ron Hardy.
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